Standard Healthcare Services-College of Nursing · Courses
LPN
6 courses with the subject LPN, 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.
LPN 210FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING - SKILLS & CONCEPTS
Hours: 206 Theory Hours and 66 Lab Hours = 272 Total Clock Hours This course introduces the foundational nursing concepts of practical nursing, including collecting patient data as a basis for providing safe, quality, patient-centered nursing applied to the care of diverse adult and geriatric patients with commonly occurring health problems. Includes legal and ethical responsibilities of the practical nurse and introduces caring, quality improvement, infection control, and communication used when interacting with patients and members of the interprofessional team. Additionally, this course introduces the learner to the process of critical thinking in practical nursing and relates it to clinical judgment, the nursing process, and evidence-based nursing interventions. Application of knowledge and skills occurs in the nursing skills laboratory and in the Clinical Practicum I and II courses.
LPN 220ADULT HEALTH/ MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING - SKILLS AND CONCEPTS
Hours: 202 Theory Hours = 202 Total Clock Hours This course provides for the acquisition of adult health nursing for the Practical Nurse building on the content learned in the foundations of nursing course, incorporating communication, collaboration, caring, and clinical judgment necessary for safe, patient-centered nursing care to diverse adult patients experiencing commonly occurring chronic and acute health problems requiring medical/surgical interventions. Emphasis is placed on providing and documenting care for individuals undergoing diagnostic tests, emergencies, surgery, fluid and electrolyte imbalance, and common alterations in musculoskeletal, respiratory, urinary, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, hematologic, musculoskeletal, neurologic, sensory, lymphatic, gastrointestinal, urinary, endocrine, reproductive and integumentary systems including related conditions, such as cancer. Nutrition, communication skills, cultural concepts and pharmacology and medication administration are integrated throughout this course. The course incorporates evidence-based practice, quality improvement, standards of care, and legal and ethical responsibilities of the Practical Nurse. Application of knowledge and skills occurs using case studies and in the Clinical Practicum II and III clinical courses. CATALOG 2026 -2027 69
LPN 230MATERNAL-NEWBORN NURSING - SKILLS AND CONCEPTS
Hours: 50 Theory Hours and 4 Lab Hours = 54 Total Clock Hours This course provides for the acquisition of maternal/newborn practical nursing theory, incorporating communication, collaboration, caring, and clinical judgment necessary for safe, patient-centered nursing care to diverse reproducing families. Incorporates evidence-based practice, quality improvement, standards of care, and legal and ethical responsibilities of the Practical Nurse. Application of knowledge and skills occurs using case studies and in the Clinical Practicum III course.
LPN 250MENTAL HEALTH NURSING - SKILLS AND CONCEPTS
Hours: 54 Theory Hours = 54 Total Clock Hours The course provides for the acquisition of mental health practical nursing theory, incorporating communication, collaboration, caring, and clinical judgment necessary for safe, patient- centered nursing care to diverse patients experiencing commonly occurring mental health problems. Topics covered include human developmental needs, advanced therapeutic communication skills, normal and abnormal behaviors, and mental health treatment modalities. Pharmacology, therapeutic communication, and cultural concepts are integrated throughout this course. Incorporates evidence-based practice, quality improvement, standards of care, and legal and ethical responsibilities of the Practical Nurse. Application of knowledge and skills occurs using case studies and in the Clinical Practicum II course.
Hours: 50 Theory Hours and 4 Lab Hours = 54 Total Clock Hours This course provides for the acquisition of pediatric practical nursing theory, incorporating communication, collaboration, caring, and clinical judgment necessary for safe, patient- centered nursing care to children with commonly occurring health problems in diverse childrearing families. Incorporates evidence-based practice, quality improvement, standards of care, and legal and ethical responsibilities of the Practical Nurse. Application of knowledge and skills occurs using case studies and in the Clinical Practicum III course.
