4 courses with the subject NRST, 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.
NRST 1510Nursing Assistant3
Students gain proficiency in basic resident care skills, beginning infection control, communication and interpersonal skills through theory, practice and supervised clinical experience. This course is designed to meet OBRA guidelines, and follows state-approved curriculum. Students prepare to take the qualifying exam for the Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) as an integral part of this course to qualify to work in healthcare facilities.Course Fees: $20.00
NRST 1520Practical Nursing Foundations - Health Promotion9
Students acquire introductory knowledge and principles basic to all nursing courses and practice. Students apply the nursing process to the study of the biopsychosocial spiritual individual by addressing oxygenation-circulation, nutrition-metabolic, sensory-security, and self-concept needs. Students also begin to apply theory as related to nursing’s core components: professional behaviors, communication, assessment, clinical decision making, caring interventions, teaching and learning, collaboration and managing care. Students expand their comprehension of maternal child practical nursing care through theory and clinical experience. With assistance, the student will demonstrate the understanding of becoming a provider of care, a member within the discipline, and coordinator of care for the childbearing family within the guidelines of an individualized plan of care. Students associate the concepts and skills necessary for safe and accurate drug dosage calculations. Students utilize the nursing process necessary for safe medication administration, problem solving, critical thinking, and practical functions of the nurse through labs, simulations, and clinical experiences.Course Fees: $500.00
NRST 1530Practical Nursing - Chronic Illness Management Across the Life Span9
Students enhance their knowledge of the following nursing core components: Professional behaviors, communication, assessment, clinical decision making, caring interventions, teaching and learning, collaboration, and managing care and interventions. Students apply the nursing process to the care of the individual with alterations in basic human needs and chronic illness throughout the lifespan. Students learn contemporary psychiatric and mental health nursing theories related to psychiatric disorders. Students explore various treatment modalities and apply the nursing process when contributing to the plan of care for the client with unmet psychosocial needs. Students begin to learn about how drug therapy is used to effectively treat patients so that health can be maintained and/or improved. Students demonstrate competency in nursing interventions utilized in patient care in both clinical and laboratory settings. Students apply theory to the care of the individual through the beginning use of the nursing process, written care plans and by addressing basic human needs and core components: professional behaviors, communication, assessment, clinical decision making, caring interventions, teaching and learning, collaboration, and managing care.Course Fees: $500.00
Students use an ever-expanding body of knowledge and the nursing process to demonstrate the role of the practical nurse through critical thinking and problem solving to provide basic care for clients with chronic conditions across the lifespan. The Practical Nursing student coordinates and contributes to an established plan of care to meet the chronic illness human needs for diverse client populations in a variety of health care delivery settings.Course Fees: $500.00
