7 courses with the subject LPVN, 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.
LPVN 100Fundamentals of Practical Nursing
Semester Credit Hour(s) 6 This course introduces foundational principles and skills of practical nursing. These principles and skills use an interdisciplinary approach to provide nursing care to adult patients. The nursing process will be introduced to assist in the collaboration of care in the clinical setting. The course presents principles of health promotion, maintenance, and restoration in the care of the adult. This course will provide the practical nursing student experiences to practice fundamental nursing principles and skills necessary to provide care in a variety of settings. Clinical experiences are based on basic nursing procedures, skills, and critical thinking learned and practiced in the nursing skills lab.
Semester Credit Hour(s) 4 This course provides information to the student on basic medical surgical/mental health principles and skills. The use of the nursing process to make problem-solving decisions about medical surgical/mental health care needs will be presented. Medical surgical concepts presented include peri-operative care, principles of pain management, oncology care, health promotion, the wellness/illness continuum, nutrition, and diet therapy. Mental health concepts presented include anxiety, depression, bipolar, panic disorders, schizophrenia and PTSD. Care of patients who have common diseases and disorders affecting the following body systems: musculoskeletal, sensory, immune and lymphatic, respiratory, and cardiovascular systems will be included. Use of information technology to provide basic care will be explored in clients with medical-surgical and mental health care needs. Principles of medical surgical nursing and medication administration with an interdisciplinary approach to providing care to adult clients requiring medical-surgical and mental health nursing care are practiced in the clinical area. Demonstrating and monitoring IV therapy will be included in this course.
Semester Credit Hour(s) 2 This course will explain the role of the practical nurse in relationship to pharmacology. The student will learn about drug classifications, actions, side effects, adverse reactions, contraindications, and calculation of medication dosages. Medications, procedures, regulations, and considerations for safe administration are emphasized. Medication considerations for specific populations across the lifespan will be studied.
Semester Credit Hour(s) 1 This course presents an overview of IV therapy principles and guidelines. A glossary of common terminology pertinent to intravenous therapy is included. Principles of asepsis are reviewed, basic equipment and supplies needed to start and maintain intravenous therapy are outlined. Pharmacology related to intravenous therapy and methods of managing intravenous therapy are included. The roles of the Practical Nurse in managing IV therapy are discussed. This course includes didactic, laboratory, and supervised clinical practice, including a testing component through which a student is able to demonstrate competency related to intravenous therapy, and a means to verify that a student has successfully completed the course in intravenous therapy. Students will also practice intravenous therapy skills during the clinical component of the PN-Medical-Surgical Nursing course.
LPVN 115Practical Nursing Leadership and Transition
Semester Credit Hour(s) 2 The focus of this capstone course is to transition from student nurse to graduate nurse, including preparation for the NCLEX-PN licensure examination upon graduation. The student will learn to assist in the coordination of human and material resources for assigned clients, participate in group processes to promote the provision of nursing care, use the nursing process and clinical judgment to make decisions about basic healthcare needs and use information technology to provide basic care. Learning experiences will provide growth for the student to make the transition from student to practical nurse. In this course, students apply clinical principles and use an interdisciplinary approach to provide care to adult clients requiring medical-surgical nursing care incorporating leadership skills. The student will use principles of health promotion; maintenance and restoration; and physiological integrity across the lifespan to meet patient healthcare needs in a clinical setting. Students will learn time management and delegation skills as well as implement various components of quality assurance.
Semester Credit Hour(s) 3 This course introduces the practical nursing student to the study of the reproductive systems, maternal and child health nursing. The course will include obstetric nursing care in a healthy pregnancy with emphasis on physical safety to ensure best possible outcomes for the mother, baby and family. Content addresses care of mother and baby from conception to postpartum, as well as discharge and home care. An overview of high-risk situations will be included. This course includes health promotion and disease prevention unique to the pediatric patients and their families. Deviation from normal growth and development will be explained to meet healthcare needs of pediatric patients. Study of principles and skills to assist children with health deviations to achieve, maintain, and restore an optimum level of health will be included. Clinical experiences are based on previous learned nursing skills.
Semester Credit Hour(s) 5 This course builds upon the concepts covered in Med Surg I. The use of the nursing process and clinical judgement to make problem-solving decisions about medical surgical healthcare needs will be presented. A review and application of peri-operative care, principles of pain management, oncology care, health promotion, the wellness/illness continuum, nutrition and diet therapy will continue to be emphasized. Care of clients who have common diseases and disorders affecting the following body systems: neurologic, endocrine, urinary, and gastrointestinal will be included. Use of information technology to provide basic care will be explored in clients with medical-surgical healthcare needs. Principles of medical surgical nursing and medication administration with an interdisciplinary approach to providing care to adult clients requiring medical-surgical nursing care are practiced in the clinical area.
