2016-2017 CATALOG AND STUDENT HANDBOOK COURSE DESCRIPTIONS MLT 2450 Immunohematology 40 hours, 3 credits MLT 2450 Lecture (20 hours, 2 credits) MLT 2450L Lab (20 hours, 2 credits) An introduction to the fundamentals of the immune system and the principles of genetics as they apply to blood group inheritance and blood banking procedures. Includes donor selection, blood collection, blood component processing and administration of blood components. Utilizes a student laboratory for experiences in routine blood banking procedures. Prerequisites: Hematology I; Immunology MLT 2533 Clinical Microbiology II 60 hours, 4 credits MLT 2533 Lecture (30 hours, 2.5 credits) MLT 2533L Lab (30 hours, 1.5 credits) Expanding on concepts learned in Clinical Microbiology I, this course provides further instruction in basic microbiology with emphasis placed on viruses, fungi and parasites. Epidemiology and infection control will be introduced. A student laboratory will be utilized for experiences in fundamental microbiology techniques. Prerequisite: Clinical Microbiology I MLT 2775 Clinical Practicum 360 hours, 12 credits Supervised clinical rotations and or simulation laboratory experience of the microbiology, immunohematology, clinical chemistry, urinalysis, hematology, and phlebotomy departments. Prerequisite: Approval by MLT Program Coordinator; completion of all coursework required by clinical affiliate and MLT Program Coordinator Co-requisite: Medical Laboratory Technician Capstone MLT 2864 Medical Laboratory Technician Capstone 20 hours, 2 credits Students will demonstrate their knowledge, clinical and laboratory experience in the areas of microbiology, immunohematology, clinical chemistry, urinalysis, hematology, and phlebotomy. Co-requisite: Clinical Practicum MMC 3209 Realities of Crime and Justice 40 hours, 4 credits In this course, students will analyze and critique media portrayals of crime and justice. Public perceptions of crime and realities of crime are evaluated. The mass media and “spectacular” cases are used to exemplify the media’s influence on crime and justice. Prerequisite: None MMC 3407 Visual Communication in the Media 40 hours, 4 credits This course examines how people understand their world through visual images. Students will examine how people visually gather, process, and interpret information presented through media sources. Prerequisite: None MNA 1161 Customer Service 40 hours, 4 credits This course covers the basic concepts of essential communication skills needed in business to interact/work effectively with individuals and/or groups. Special areas of emphasis include solving problems, developing a customer service strategy, coping with challenging customers, increasing customer retention and surveying customer satisfaction. Prerequisite: None NUR 1172 Nutritional Principles in Nursing 40 hours, 4 credits This course introduces the student to the chemical processes that occur on a cellular level related to nutrient intake and digestion. Emphasis is placed on the concept of metabolism and the body’s ability to meet basic health and wellness needs as it pertains to a diverse set of clients across the life span. Students will be introduced to basic physiological concepts and are encouraged to explore clinical and nursing judgment, education and health promotion, and motivational wellness. Special emphasis is placed on growth and development, cellular regulation, and clinical nutrition in order to prepare the student to critically apply these principles throughout the nursing program in the form of knowledge, skills, and attitudes. Practical Nursing Diploma: Prerequisites: Admission to Practical Nursing program Professional Nursing and A-BSN entrance options: Pre-requisite: Human Anatomy & Physiology I Pre- or co-requisite: Human Anatomy and Physiology II NUR 1245 Introduction to Professional Nursing 40 hours, 4 credits This course introduces the student to key concepts of professional nursing. The student will be exposed to the professional expectations and scope of practice for the registered nurse in diverse healthcare settings. Also included are aspects of patient-centered care based upon evidence and quality. The concept-based framework for the Professional Nursing Program is introduced, along with the fundamental QSEN Core Competencies. Special emphasis is placed on interdisciplinary collaboration, communication, and professionalism. Students will gain the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to practice safely in the nursing profession in the role of the registered nurse by discovering their own learning styles and personal identities. Prerequisite: Admission to the Professional Nursing Program or entry into the Mobility Bridge Entry Option NUR 1381 Introduction to Critical Thinking, Informatics, and Ethical Concepts in Professional Nursing 40 hours, 4 credits This course introduces students to critical thinking as a professional nurse by providing the theoretical basis for problem-solving embedded in clinical judgment. Building upon these critical thinking skills, ethical concepts are crucially examined and nursing informatics is introduced within the healthcare infrastructure. Special emphasis is placed on nursing ethics and law, clinical judgment, evidence-based practice, nursing informatics, and quality improvement. Students are challenged to explore evidence- based solutions to key issues and trends that are relevant to the professional nurse’s role based on current trends and issues in healthcare. Prerequisite: Admission to the Professional Nursing Program or entry into the Mobility Bridge Entry Option NUR 2058 Dimensions of Nursing Practice 40 Hours, 4 Credits This course introduces students to key principles and concepts of professional nursing and how nursing is practiced in diverse healthcare settings with patients across the life span. Focus is on nursing’s past and present, professionalism, theory and concept-based nursing, evidence- based practice, legal and ethical issues, critical-thinking skills and clinical judgment, the nursing process, client safety, quality and quality improvement, and fundamental QSEN Core Competencies. Interdisciplinary collaboration, communication, cultural diversity, and nursing informatics are also emphasized. The course concludes with discussion of care coordination and continuity, key issues and trends and a self- care/development plan for success during the Nursing program. Prerequisite: Admission to a Nursing program NUR 2092 Health Assessment 45 Hours, 4 credits NUR 2092 Lecture (35 hours, 3.5 credits) NUR 2092L Lab (10 hours, 0.5 credits) This course provides students with a variety of opportunities to develop their critical thinking, clinical, communication, and interviewing skills to conduct comprehensive and focused systematic client assessments inclusive of health history, nursing diagnoses, physical examinations, and psychosocial findings of clients. Focus is on the acquisition, processing, and interpretation of data collected and differentiation between normal and abnormal findings. Students use the physical, psychological, sociocultural, and spiritual information collected to analyze the health status of clients across the lifespan with emphasis on adults and geriatric populations. Prerequisite: Human Anatomy and Physiology I Pre- or co-requisite: Human Anatomy and Physiology II NUR 2115 Fundamentals of Professional Nursing 107.5 hours, 6 credits NUR 2115 Lecture (30 hours, 3 credits) NUR 2115L Lab (25 hours, 1.25 credit) NUR 2115LL Clinical (52.5 hours, 1.75 credits) This course is comprised of a theory, lab, and clinical component where professional nursing students are introduced to the fundamental concepts and nursing abilities required to meet basic health and wellness needs. The theoretical basis for patient-centered care, functional ability, and basic physiologic concepts are presented. Emphasis is placed on skills related to mobility, elimination, gas exchange, inflammation, infection, tissue integrity, glucose regulation, thermoregulation, and pain. This course will continue to build upon the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to provide safe, quality care for a diverse set of clients across the lifespan with a special emphasis on attitudes required to master communication, interdisciplinary collaboration, evidence-based practice, clinical judgment, professionalism, and nursing informatics. The student must demonstrate proficiency in a variety of nursing skills in order to successfully complete this course. Prerequisites: Dimensions of Nursing Practice; Health Assessment Pre- or co-requisites: Nutritional Principles in Nursing; Pharmacology NUR 2162 Critical Analysis and Nursing Science 50 Hours, 4 Credits NUR 2162 Lecture (35 Hours, 3.5 Credits) NUR 2162LL Clinical (15 Hours, 0.5 Credits) This course examines the balance needed between the art and science of nursing and the delivery of compassionate holistic care. Students will develop critical reasoning and analysis skills supported by evidence-based research to study core frameworks, models, theories, and concepts that influence nursing practice, such as health, alterations in health, wellness, illness, holism, caring, environment, self-care, diversity, interpersonal and team relationships, transitional care, nursing process, client safety and quality, ethics, standards of practice, and evidence-based clinical decision-making. The history of nursing, nurse theorists, and present- day presence and image will be investigated to gain an understanding about how they have influenced the discipline and healthcare. Having the opportunity to integrate theory, research, and practice, students will begin to appreciate nursing’s unique role in responding to and meeting the physical, behavioral, and psychological needs of society, the environment, diverse populations and communities, families, and clients. Pre- or co-requisite: English Composition NUR 2284 Health, Wellness and Self-Care 40 hours, 4 credits This course is designed to expand students’ appreciation and integration of holistic nursing philosophy, theory, and practice. Highlighted are determinants of health, wellness, alterations in health, and disease/illness across the life span. Students will learn the importance of using holistic health assessments for communities, families, clients, and themselves along with nursing’s role in health promotion and disease/ illness prevention. Self-care and health and healing in daily living are also significant components of this course. Students will begin examining linkages between mind, body, and spirit, and how stress is a challenge to health and well- being. The course provides an opportunity for students to identify evidence-based self-care strategies and methods to respond to stress in health-producing ways, make healthy choices, adhere to and practice wellness for their own self-care, and that of communities, families, and clients. Prerequisite: None NUR 2320 Nursing Ethics and Legal Issues 40 Hours, 4 Credits This course provides the framework needed to critically investigate ethical and legal concepts, issues and regulations, their interconnecting relationship, and the ethical-legal-moral dilemmas that may occur in delivering safe, competent, and compassionate care in diverse healthcare settings. Legal issues and their underlying implications and ethical theories, values, and decision making processes will also be carefully examined. Selected cases reflecting problems where ethical and legal decisions affecting nurses, nursing, clients, and the delivery of healthcare will be analyzed using legal-moral- ethical perspectives and approaches. Pre- or co-requisite: Essentials of Professional Nursing 888-5-RASMUSSEN 87 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
