27 courses with the subject NSG, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
This course introduces the student to nursing as a profession. Various roles and functions of the nurse are explored. Content includes the profession of nursing and attributes of professionalism; behaviors for success; healthcare competencies, including quality and safety education for nurses; and the role of critical thinking in the nursing process.
Focus will be on general principles of medication administration including determination of dosage preparation, safe administration, lifespan considerations, cultural, legal, and ethical considerations, common medication errors and prevention, patient education, and documentation of multiple forms of drugs. Instruction includes basics of medication administration, various systems of measurement, and methods of dosage calculation. Prerequisites: MAT 101 College Algebra or higher AND admission to the Nursing program. Corequisite: NSG 325 Pharmacology I. If a student drops either course (NSG 300 or NSG 325 Pharmacology I) then they must drop the other.
An introduction to the concepts basic to professional nursing practice. Course content will include history of nursing, theoretical concepts, medical terminology, diagnostic testing, basic human needs, psychosocial concepts, nursing process through the life span with cultural considerations and professional standards. Students will be introduced to legal/ethical issues and the importance of accountability both professionally and personally. This course meets for four (4) hours of lecture each week. Corequisite: NSG 303 Basic Nursing Care.
An introduction to nursing skills. Laboratory content includes basic, intermediate, and advanced clinical skills. This course meets for six (6) hours of lab each week. Corequisite: NSG 301 Fundamentals of Nursing.
This course focuses on the aging adult and end-of-life care. The required competencies necessary to provide high-quality care to older adults and families will be explored.
An introduction to physical assessment. This course will focus on the physical exam and history of adults and children. Content will include interviewing skills, physical exam, mental status exam, and assessment of clients, families, and communities with regard to their cultural, spiritual, and economic environments. This course meets for two (2) hours of lecture each week. Corequisite:
This laboratory course will focus on the practice and validation of interviewing skills, physical exam, mental status exam, and assessment of clients, families, and communities with regard to their cultural, spiritual, and economic environments. Practice and validations will be done in the skills laboratory and a variety of clinical settings. This course meets for three (3) hours of lab each week.
Focus on the basic drug classifications, concepts, and principles of pharmacology with special consideration for the nursing role in developing a comprehensive approach to the clinical application of drug therapy through the use of the nursing process. Medications are taught by groupings and profiles to include the nursing process and legal, ethical, and cultural considerations across the lifespan. This course meets for two (2) hours of lecture each week. Prerequisites: Admission to the Nursing program AND MAT 101 College Algebra or higher. Corequisites: NSG 300 Essentials of Medication Administration and Dosage Calculation, NSG 301 Fundamentals of Nursing, NSG 303 Basic Nursing Care, AND NSG 315 and 315L Health Assessment and Lab.
A continuation of NSG 325, focusing on the basic drug classifications, concepts, and principles of pharmacology with special consideration for the nursing role in developing a comprehensive approach to the clinical application of drug therapy through the use of the nursing process. Medications are taught by groupings and profiles to include the nursing process and legal, ethical, and cultural considerations across the lifespan. This course meets for two (2) hours of lecture each week. Prerequisites: NSG 300 Essentials of Medication Administration and Dosage Calculation, NSG 325 Pharmacology I, AND positive progression in the Nursing program.
Focus will be on promotion, prevention, maintenance, and restoration of health for children. Course content will include the child from birth to adolescence. The cultural, spiritual, and psychosocial aspects, as well as the growth and development phases will be addressed. This course meets for three (3) hours of lecture each week. Prerequisites: Successful completion of prior nursing courses AND positive progression in the Nursing program. Corequisite: NSG 332L Pediatric Practicum.
The student will provide care to children from birth to adolescence. Clinical hours will be spent caring for children in the hospital, clinic, and community. A minimum of 45 clinical hours is required for one (1) hour credit. Corequisite: NSG 332 Pediatric Nursing.
The student will learn to communicate and provide care to adults with psychiatric-mental health problems. Course content includes assessment strategies, therapeutic communication, psychobiological disorders from moderate to severe, working with groups, and psychiatric emergencies. This course meets for three (3) hours of lecture each week. This course includes a significant writing component. Corequisite: NSG 334L Mental Health Practicum.
Clinical hours will be spent in an acute psychiatric care and substance abuse facility. A minimum of 45 clinical hours is required for one (1) hour credit. Corequisite: NSG 334 Mental Health Nursing. 375
The student will be introduced to each step of evidence-based practice (EBP) in nursing on how to read, understand, analyze, and evaluate EBP issues for clinical settings. This course includes a significant writing component. Prerequisite: MAT 235 Introductory Statistics.
This course is open to both nursing and non-nursing students and will provide an overview of the legal and ethical principles related to medical malpractice and provide participants with the knowledge and skills to assess and respond to potential malpractice situations.
Focus will be on promotion; prevention; and maintenance or restoration of health for women, for childbearing women, and for neonates. Course content will include women’s health issues, normal/high risk pregnancy, labor/delivery, the postpartum period, and the neonate. This course meets for three (3) hours of lecture each week. Prerequisites: Successful completion of prior nursing courses AND positive progression in the Nursing program. Corequisite: NSG 431L Women and Newborn Practicum.
The student will provide nursing care for women’s health problems, women in labor and delivery, and newborns in a variety of in-patient settings and in the community. A minimum of 45 clinical hours is required for one (1) hour credit. Corequisite: NSG 431 Women’s Health.
Content will focus on epidemiology, environmental health, public healthcare policy, disaster management, and communicable diseases. This course will address the role and responsibility of the community/public health nurse. Additional emphasis will be on the assessment, education, wellness/health promotion, and health maintenance/restoration. This course meets for three (3) hours of lecture each week. Corequisite: NSG 432L Community Practicum.
Clinical will focus on wellness/health promotion, health maintenance/restoration, and children/families in the community or local congregation. A minimum of 45 clinical hours is required. Corequisite: NSG 432 Faith–Based Community Nursing.
An introduction to adult nursing. Students will focus on content needed to provide holistic care to adults with medical-surgical health alterations. Content will include health promotion, biopsychosocial concepts, and alteration in functioning with all body systems. This course meets for four (4) hours of lecture each week. Corequisite: NSG 440L Adult Practicum I.
Clinical hours will be in the hospital on medical and surgical units. A minimum of 135 clinical hours is required. Corequisite: NSG 440 Adult Nursing I.
This is a continuation of NSG 440. Students will focus on content needed to provide holistic care to adults with medical-surgical health alterations. Content will include health promotion, biopsychosocial concepts, and alteration in functioning with all body systems. This course meets for four (4) hours of lecture each week. Corequisite: NSG 441L Adult Practicum II.
This is a continuation of NSG 440L. Clinical hours will be in the hospital on medical and surgical units. A minimum of 135 clinical hours is required. Corequisite: NSG 441 Adult Nursing II. 376
Current issues in professional nursing will be discussed. Issues include legal, ethical, and political issues in nursing, nursing shortage, staffing ratios, violence in nursing, and professionalism. This course meets for two (2) hours of lecture each week. This course includes a significant writing component.
This course will explore leadership management techniques in both the hospital and community. Content will cover role of leader/manager, legal/ethical issues, delegation, decision making, organizational structure, professional accountability and responsibility, financial management including staffing issues, and conflict management. Corequisite: NSG 470L Nursing Management Practicum.
Preceptorship will focus on leadership/management responsibilities, the importance of follow-up care of clients and their families and communication with the healthcare team, healthcare delivery, finance, and documentation necessary to provide quality nursing care. A minimum of 45 clinical hours is required. Corequisite: NSG 470 Leadership Management Nursing.
This course will prepare the student to be successful on the NCLEX–RN examination and focuses on strategies for professional and career development. This course includes three (3) computer laboratory hours each week. Students will need to be prepared to pay costs required by the state in which the student plans to sit for the NCLEX–RN and the NCLEX testing center ($200). PEA Physical Education Activity
Source: Freed-Hardeman University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
