9 courses with the subject NUR, 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.
NUR 116Selected Nursing Concepts-Nursing Medication Skills & Simulation1
The Course is designed as a simulation/skills lab course for the novice or more experienced student to give an overview of pharmacology while primarily focusing on safely and competently administering medications. The simulation will provide opportunity to decipher physician orders and enhance knowledge on medication classifications and use throughout specific patient populations (pediatric, geriatric, adult, and critical care).
Introduces principles of wound healing including types, stages, and complications; types, preparation and care of surgical supplies, packing, dressings, catheters, drains, tubes, supplies, and equipment; classifications of instruments, sutures and needles. Describes responsibilities related to the scrub and circulating roles. Provides students practical experience in the operating room.
Focuses on nursing care of individuals/families requiring the integration of complex concepts of nursing related to psychiatric and medical/surgical disorders throughout the lifespan. Includes math computational skills, basic computer instruction related to the delivery of nursing care; psychiatric, respiratory, regulatory, endocrine and hematological disorders. Uses all concepts of the nursing process with increasing degrees of skill. Provides supervised learning experiences in college nursing laboratories and/or cooperating agencies. Prerequisites determined by local college.
NUR 112 and NUR 115 and Admission into the Associates in Applied Science Nursing Program.
NUR 217Integrated Concepts III8
Focuses on nursing care of individuals/families requiring the integration concepts related to nursing care of complex medical/surgical disorders. Includes math computational skills, basic computer instruction related to the delivery of nursing care; sensory, neurological, integumentary, renal and cardiovascular disorders; and, nursing care of clients experiencing major trauma. Uses all concepts of the nursing process with increasing degrees of skill. Provides supervised learning experiences in college nursing laboratories and/or cooperating agencies. Prerequisites determined by local college.
Completion of NSG 216 and Admission into the Associates in Applied Science Nursing Program.
NUR 254Dimensions of Professional Nursing2
Explores the role of the professional nurse. Emphasizes nursing organizations, legal and ethical implications, and addresses trends in management and organizational skills. Explores group dynamics, relationships, conflicts, and leadership styles.
Introduces the surgical environment, ethical and legal patient and employee rights, preparation of the patient for surgery, surgical conscience, and the operative nurse’s role and responsibilities. Includes laboratory and clinical experience.
Focuses on the technical and clinical aspects of perioperative nursing, including perioperative pharmacology, risk management and quality improvement, monitoring and documentation, and standard precautions. Includes Laboratory and clinical experience.
NUR 142 and NUR 280 and Licensed Practical Nurse in Virginia and documentation of current immunizations and other credentials. See www. germanna.edu Nursing and Allied Health/Surgical Scrub Nursing.
NUR 295Topics In1-5
Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students. May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit.
