Nursing students train to care for sick and disabled patients and to promote better health.
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110B |
Spanish For Health Care Professionals |
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Credits: 1. Prerequisites: none
Provides a course for health professionals who work with Spanish speaking patients and families. Pronunciation and health related commands will be practiced. |
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130 |
Nursing Assistant |
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Credits: 6. Prerequisites: basic Life Support/Healthcare Provider CPR certification and background check information. See Nursing and Allied Health website for additional information.
Prepares students to function as nursing assistant trainees (NAT) who assist licensed nurses to provide direct care to health care consumers across the lifespan in a variety of heath care settings. The 150-hour competency based course is designed to prepare students to achieve certification as a nurse assistant in the State of Nevada. The course is approved by the Nevada State Board of Nursing and is in accordance with the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) and Occupational Safety and Health Agency (OSHA) regulations. |
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136 |
Foundations of Nursing Theory |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: admission to the first year of the nursing program. Corequisites: NURS 137 & NURS 138
Introduces students to the role of the associate degree nurse in contemporary practice. Students are guided to utilize knowledge from the sciences, humanities and nursing to understand man as a bio/psycho/social/cultural and spiritual being. Sudents are introduced to the nursing program organizing concepts and outcomes which include professional behaviors, communication, collaboration, nursing process, clinical decision making, management of care and teaching learning. |
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137 |
Foundations of Nursing Laboratory |
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Credits: 1. Prerequisites: admission to the first year of the nursing program. Corequisites: NURS 136 & NURS 138
Provides students with knowledge and practical application of basic nursing skills while incorporating concepts learned in NURS 136. Students learn and practices basic nursing bedside nursing skills in personal care, sterile technique, patient safety, and medication administration. Emphasizes the critical elements of nursing procedures and the scientific rationale for performing the procedures correctly. |
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138 |
Foundations of Nursing Clinical |
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Credits: 2. Prerequisites: admission to the first year of the nursing program. Corequisites: NURS 136 & NURS 137
Provides opportunities for students to utilize knowledge, concepts and skills learned in first semester nursing courses to meet the bio/psycho/social/cultural and spiritual needs of patients in a long term health care facility. Students use the nursing process and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs at a beginning level to assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care. |
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140 |
Medical Terminology |
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Credits: 2. Prerequisites: none
Provides a basic foundation for students interested in the nursing and allied health field. Emphasis is on analyzing word parts and learning basic prefixes, suffixes and word roots. The course also highlights the body systems: basic anatomy and physiology, including basic terms used in disease and surgical procedures. Appropriate for medical secretaries, medical transcriptionists and for beginning nursing students. (Not equivalent to COT 124) |
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141 |
Foundations of Pharmacology in Nursing |
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Credits: 2. Prerequisites: admission to the first year of the nursing program.
Provides students with an overview of pharmacology with an emphasis on clinical applications within the context of the nursing process and prioritization of needs; with special consideration given to the physiological, psycho/social, cultural, and spiritual needs of patients. Explores indications, modes of action, effects, contraindications and interactions for selected drugs. Specific nursing responsibilities related to drug administration are emphasized. |
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163 |
Maternal Child Health I Theory |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: successful completion of first semester of the nursing program. Corequisites: NURS 164 & NURS 165
Introduces students to concepts of health promotion and health maintenance related to; ante-partal, intra-partal, post-partal, and newborn care; developmental stages and transitions; and techniques of physical assessment. Classroom discussion of nursing care for patients and their family systems is organized around the nursing process with special consideration given to the physiologic, psychosocial, cultural and spiritual needs of the normal, low risk childbearing and childrearing families. |
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164 |
Maternal Child Health I Clinical |
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Credits: 1. Prerequisites: successful completion of first semester of the nursing program. Corequisites: NURS 163 & NURS 165
Introduces students to the care of low-risk childbearing and pediatric patients. Students utilize the nursing process in the application of knowledge of expected growth and development principles; prevention and/or early detection of health problems, and strategies to achieve optimal bio/psycho/socio/cultural and spiritual health. |
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165 |
Nursing Across the Lifespan Laboratory |
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Credits: 1. Prerequisites: successful completion of first semester of the nursing program. Corequisites: NURS 166 & NURS 167
Provides students with experiences that provide knowledge and practical application of intermediate nursing skills utilized in the care of hospitalized patient populations of all ages. Emphasizes the critical elements of nursing procedures and the scientific rationale for performing the procedures safely. |
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166 |
Health/Illness Across Lifespan Theory |
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Credits: 4. Prerequisites: successful completion of first semester of the nursing program. Corequisites: NURS 165 & NURS 167
Assists students to integrate knowledge derived from the sciences, humanities, and nursing to deliver safe, competent care to selected patients experiencing illnesses and disorders across the lifespan. The organizational structure of the course is grounded in evidence based practice to achieve best practice outcomes in adult and pediatric medical-surgical settings. Particular emphasis is placed on the concepts of holistic care, patient education, and discharge planning. |
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167 |
Health/Illness Across Lifespan Clinical |
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Credits: 2. Prerequisites: successful completion of first semester of the nursing program. Corequisites: NURS 165 & NURS 166
Provides opportunities for students to utilize knowledge from the sciences, humanities and nursing to deliver safe, competent care to selected patients across the lifespan experiencing acute and chronic alterations in health. The bio/psycho/psycho/cultural and spiritual domains are assessed to prioritize and implement nursing interventions designed to meet the health care needs of patients. Concepts of priority setting, nursing process, holistic care, patient education and discharge planning are integrated into the course. |
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197B |
Apprentice Nurse Work Study |
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Credits: 1–3. Prerequisites: Successful completion of the first semester of the nursing program and consent of instructor
Provides nursing students with an opportunity to earn college credit through involvement in the Apprentice Nurse program at a participating regional health care facilities in Nevada. Offers students the opportunity to practice clinical skills and acclimate to the role of the professional nurse under the direction of a preceptor/s. The skills practiced will be in compliance with the accepted skill list identified by the Nevada State Board of Nursing. May be repeated one time up to six credits. |
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200 |
Health Assessment Theory |
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Credits: 2. Prerequisites: admission to the nursing program or consent of the Nursing and Allied Health Director. Corequisites: NURS 201
Provides opportunities for students to gain knowledge necessary to holistically assess adult and elder patients. Students utilize concepts of previously learned content from pre-requisite and co-requisite nursing courses including the nursing process and methods of prioritizing to perform nursing assessment and nursing diagnosis. Students learn the difference among a comprehensive assessment, an ongoing/partial assessment, a focused, problem-oriented assessment and an emergency assessment of a resident in a long term care facility. |
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201 |
Health Assessment Laboratory |
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Credits: 1. Prerequisites: admission to the nursing program or consent of the Nursing and Allied Health Director. Corequisites: NURS 200
Incorporates knowledge from NURS 200 to provide students with learning opportunities to collect, organize, analyze and synthesize health assessment data for adult and elder patients in a laboratory setting using simulation and live patients. |
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236 |
Mental Health and Illness Theory |
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Credits: 1. Prerequisites: admission to the second year of the nursing program. Corequisites: NURS 237 & NURS 238
Assists students to gain knowledge of nursing care for the patient experiencing primary threats to psychosocial integrity. Examines the principles and practice of psychiatric nursing through a variety of theoretical frameworks and legal and ethical values that guide its practice. Emphasis is placed on the use of culturally relevant therapeutic communication skills, development of therapeutic nurse/patient relationships, and interventions that are grounded in evidence based practice to achieve best practice outcomes. |
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237 |
Mental Health and Illness Laboratory |
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Credits: 1. Prerequisites: admission to the second year of the nursing program. Corequisites: NURS 236 & NURS 238
Provides opportunities for students to utilize the nursing process in a simulated laboratory setting to understand the care of patients experiencing major disruptions in psycho/social functioning. Through the use of active learning modalities, including classroom presentations and group work, students are encouraged to scrutinize their beliefs regarding psychiatric illness. Students will explore nurse/patient relationships and the importance of therapeutic communication, and examine psychotherapeutic approaches designed to meet the bio/psycho/social/cultural and spiritual needs of patients. |
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238 |
Mental Health and Illness Clinical |
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Credits: 1. Prerequisites: admission to the second year of the nursing program. Corequisites: NURS 236 & NURS 237
Requires students to utilize the nursing process to apply knowledge of the principles and practice of psychiatric nursing to the care of patients experiencing disruptions in psycho/social functioning. Collaborative experiences involving students, members of the psychiatric health care team, patients and their families occur at acute care and outpatient settings. Relevant legal and ethical issues are explored within the context of care of patients with disruptions in psychosocial integrity. |
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265 |
Alterations In Maternal/Child Health Theory |
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Credits: 2. Prerequisites: admission to the second year of the nursing program. Corequisites: NURS 266 & NURS 267 & NURS 268
Introduces students to concepts of holistic care for high-risk childbearing and pediatric patients, issues in women's health, and alterations in family processes, including concepts of loss and grieving. Knowledge of nursing care of patients and their families is organized using the framework of the nursing process and bio/psycho/social/cultural and spiritual needs. |
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266 |
Alterations in Maternal/Child Health Laboratory |
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Credits: 1. Prerequisites: admission to the second year of the nursing program. Corequisites: NURS 265 & NURS 267 & NURS 268
In conjunction with knowledge learned in NURS 265, provides active learning and simulated experiences. Enables students to apply knowledge, skills and concepts to the care of high risk maternal/newborn, gynecological and pediatric patients in laboratory and community settings. Focuses on the bio/psycho/social/cultural and spiritual needs of patients, with an emphasis on maintaining a safe, effective care environment and promotion of physiological and psychosocial adaptation. |
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267 |
Alterations in Maternal Health Clinical |
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Credits: 1. Prerequisites: admission to the second year of the nursing program. Corequisites: NURS 265 & NURS 266 & NURS 268
Requires students to apply the nursing process in the provision of care to high-risk maternal/newborn populations and women experiencing gynecological dysfunction. Students address bio/psycho/social/cultural and spiritual needs of patients in the acute care and community setting. Emphasis also is placed on promotion and maintenance of health, caring, communication, documentation, and teaching/learning. |
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268 |
Alterations in Child Health Clinical |
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Credits: 1. Prerequisites: admission to the second year of the nursing program. Corequisites: NURS 265 & NURS 266 & NURS 267
Requires the student to utilize the nursing process in the care of high risk pediatric populations experiencing disruptions in bio/psycho/social/cultural and spiritual needs. Emphasis also is placed on promotion and maintenance of health, caring, communication, documentation, and teaching/learning. |
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270 |
Advanced Clinical Nursing I Theory |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: admission to the second year of the nursing program. Corequisites: NURS 271
Organized around the nursing process and its application to patient needs. Requires students to apply the principles of providing a safe care environment, while addressing health promotion and health maintenance needs for persons experiencing complex/acute alterations in health. Students will also apply concepts of community care, case management, health teaching and discharge planning. |
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271 |
Advanced Clinical Nursing I Clinical |
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Credits: 2. Prerequisites: admission to the second year of the nursing program. Corequisites: NURS 270
Requires students to use the nursing process to identify and prioritize health care needs in the provision of care for patients experiencing complex/acute alterations in health. Expands upon previous clinical learning to include the teaching/learning process and administration of intravenous fluids and medications in the acute care setting. |
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276 |
Advanced Medical Surgical Nursing II Theory |
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Credits: 3. Prerequisites: successful completion of third semester of the nursing program. Corequisites: NURS 277
Assists students to gain knowledge of nursing care for the patient experiencing primary threats to physiological integrity due to complex multisystem disruption in cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, integumentary, elimination, and digestive systems. Students apply the nursing process to address needs in the psycho/social/cultural and spiritual domains which emerge when there are primary threats to physiological integrity. Related legal, ethical, teaching/learning and communication/documentation issues are also explored. |
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277 |
Advanced Medical Surgical Nursing II Clinical |
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Credits: 2. Prerequisites: successful completion of third semester of the nursing program. Corequisites: NURS 276
Requires students to apply knowledge and skills to the care of adult patients in a simulated laboratory and acute care environments experiencing needs resulting from complex multisystem disruptions. Students apply the nursing process and utilize information literacy skills to achieve deliberative and competent decision-making that is grounded in evidence based practice to achieve best practice outcomes. Emphasis will be placed on prioritization of care through collaboration with other members of the health care team, patients and their families. |
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284 |
Role of the ADN Manager of Care |
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Credits: 2. Prerequisites: successful completion of third semester of nursing program
Capstone laboratory/clinical course facilitates the role transition from student to graduate nurse. Students integrate knowledge derived from the bio/psycho/social sciences, humanities and nursing to achieve best practice outcomes for multiple patients and their significant others in the acute care setting. Students apply advanced concepts of leadership and management while functioning in the legal, ethical and regulatory structures of the profession of nursing. In the clinical setting students will establish a therapeutic environment to meet the needs of multiple patients and their significant others by demonstrating the ability to meet the nursing program educational outcomes. |
