Nursing - RN


RNSG 1105 Nursing Skills I

Format: 3 lab (1 credit hour)

Introduction to the science of pharmacology with emphasis on the actions, interactions, adverse effects, and nursing implications of each drug classification. Topics include the roles and responsibilities as well as the skills of the nurse in safe administration of medications within a legal/ethical framework. 

Credits: 1

Distribution: RNSG

Offered: Fall Only

Course Fee: Lab fee= $24; ATI fee= $620; Health professions fee= $35

 

RNSG 1144 Nursing Skills II

Format: 2 lab (1 credit hour)

Study of the concepts and principles necessary to perform intermediate or advanced nursing skills for the adult patient and demonstrate competence in the performance of nursing procedures. Content includes knowledge, judgment, skills and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. This course lends itself to a blocked approach.

Credits: 1

Distribution: RNSG

Offered: Spring Only

Course Fee: Lab fee= $24; Health professions fee= $35

 

RNSG 1201 Pharmacology

Format: 3 lecture / 1 lab (2 credit hour)

Introduction to the science of pharmacology with emphasis on the actions, interactions, adverse effects, and nursing implications of each drug classification. Topics include the roles and responsibilities as well as the skills of the nurse in safe administration of medications within a legal/ethical framework. 

Prerequisites: BIOL 2401, BIOL 2402 BIOL 2420

Corequisites: RNSG 1413, RNSG 1261

Credits: 2

Distribution: RNSG

Offered: Fall Only

Course Fee: Lab fee= $24; Health professions fee= $35

 

RNSG 1260 Clinical I

Format:  (2 credit hour)

8 external hours. A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional.

Credits: 2

Distribution: RNSG

Offered: Fall Only

Course Fee: Insurance=$13; Clinical travel fee=$20; Mock trail fee=$45; Health professions fee= $70

 

RNSG 1261 Clinical- Nursing Foundations

Format:  (2 credit hour)

8 external hours. 16 clinical hours a week for 8 weeks. Clinical experience involving direct patient/client nursing care in selected long-term care and acute care clinical facilities. The student will be expected to apply foundations of nursing practice theory concepts and skills as well as demonstrate legal and ethical behavior, safety practices, interpersonal and teamwork skills, and appropriate communication. 

Prerequisites: BIOL 2401, BIOL 2402, BIOL 2420

Corequisites: RNSG 1413, RNSG 1201

Credits: 2

Distribution: RNSG

Offered: Fall Only

Course Fee: Health professions fee= $70

 

RNSG 1262 Clinical - Nursing Practice I For Articulating Students

Format:  (2 credit hour)

6 external hours. (16 hours a week) A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional.

Corequisites: RNSG 1517

Credits: 2

Distribution: RNSG

Offered: Summer Only

Course Fee: Health professions fee= $70

 

RNSG 1360 Clinical II

Format:  (3 credit hour)

A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional.

Credits: 3

Distribution: RNSG

Offered: Spring Only

Course Fee: Clinical travel fee= $20; Health professions fee= $105

 

RNSG 1361 Clinical- Nursing Care of Clients With Common Health Care Needs

Format:  (3 credit hour)

12 external hours (16 hours a week). Clinical experience involving the provision of nursing care to diverse clients/families experiencing common health care needs. The student will be expected to apply related theory, concepts, and skills as well as demonstrate legal and ethical behavior, safety practices, interpersonal and teamwork skills, and appropriate communication. 

Prerequisites: RNSG 1413, RNSG 1261, RNSG 1201

Corequisites: RNSG 2504

Credits: 3

Distribution: RNSG

Offered: Spring Only

Course Fee: Health professions fee= $105

 

RNSG 1412 Nursing Care of the Childbearing and Childrearing Family

Format:  3 lecture / 3 lab (4 credit hour)

Study of the concepts related to the provision of nursing care for childbearing and childrearing families. Application of systematic problem-solving processes and critical thinking skills, including a focus on the childbearing family during the perinatal periods and the childrearing family from birth to adolescence; and competency in knowledge, judgment, skill, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. This course lends itself to a blocked approach.

Corequisites: RNSG 2161

Credits: 4

Distribution: RNSG

Offered: Summer II Only

Course Fee: Lab fee= $24; Health professions fee= $140

 

RNSG 1413 Foundations of Nursing Practice

Format:  3 lecture / 4 lab (4 credit hour)

Introduction to the role of the associate degree nurse as a provider of care, coordinator of care, and member of a profession. Topics include fundamentals of nursing, and nursing knowledge, judgment, skills and professional values within a legal/ethical framework.

Prerequisites: BIOL 2401, BIOL 2402, BIOL 2420

Corequisites: RNSG 1261, RNSG 1201

Credits: 4

Distribution: RNSG

Offered: Fall Only

Course Fee: Lab fee= $24;  ATI testing fee= $620; Examsoft fee= $85; Health professions fee= $140

 

RNSG 1443 Complex Concepts of Adult Health

Format:  3 lecture / 3 lab (4 credit hour)

Integration of previous knowledge and skills related to common adult health needs into the continued development of the professional nurse as a provider of patient-centered care, patient safety advocate, member of health care team, and member of the profession in the care of adult patients and families with complex medical-surgical health care needs associated with body systems. Emphasis on complex knowledge, judgments, skills, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. This course lends itself to a blocked approach.

Credits: 4

Distribution: RNSG

Offered: Fall Only

Course Fee: Lab fee= $24;  ATI testing fee= $620; Examsoft fee= $85; Health professions fee= $140

 

RNSG 1512 Nursing Care for the Childbearing and Childrearing Family

Format:  4 lecture / 2 lab (5 credit hours)

Study of the concepts related to the provision of nursing care for childbearing and childrearing families. Application of clinical reasoning processes and clinical judgment including a focus on the childbearing family during the prenatal, perinatal, postnatal periods and the childrearing family from birth through adolescence; and competency in knowledge, judgment, skill, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. This course lends itself to a blocked approach.

Credits: 5

Distribution: RNSG

Offered: Fall Only

Course Fee: ATI testing fee= $320, Health professions fee= $175, Lab fee= $24

 

RNSG 1517 Concepts of Nursing Practice I For Articulating Students

Format:  4 lecture / 2 lab (5 credit hours)

Provides the articulating student the opportunity to examine the role of the professional nurse; application of clinical reasoning processes and clinical judgment related to patient care; and competency in knowledge, judgment, skill, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. This course lends itself to either a blocked or integrated approach.

Corequisites: RNSG 1262

Credits: 5

Distribution: RNSG

Offered: Summer Only

Course Fee: Lab fee= $24; Health professions fee= $175

 

RNSG 2161 Clinical-Nursing Care of the Childbearing and Childrearing Family

Format:  (72 credit hours)

A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professionals.

Distribution: RNSG

Offered: Summer II Only

Course Fee: Health professions fee= $70, Lab fee= $24

 

RNSG 2213 Mental Health Nursing

Format:  2 lecture / 1 lab (2 credit hours)

Principles and concepts of mental health, psychopathology, and treatment modalities related to the nursing care of patients and their families. This course lends itself to a blocked approach.

Credits: 2

Distribution: RNSG

Offered: Fall Only

Course Fee: Health professions fee= $105, Lab fee= $24

 

RNSG 2307 Adaptation of the Role of Professional Nurse

Format:  2 lecture / 2 lab (3 credit hours)

Selected concepts related to the role of the professional nurse as a provider of patient-centered care, patient safety advocate, member of health care team, and member of the profession. Review of trends and issues impacting nursing and health care today and in the future. Content includes knowledge, judgment, skill, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. This course lends itself to a blocked approach

Credits: 3

Distribution: RNSG

Offered: Spring Only

Course Fee: Lab fee= $24; NGN HESI fee= $83; Health professions fee= $105

 

RNSG 2331 Advanced Concepts of Adult Health

Format:  2 lecture / 2 lab (3 credit hours)

Application of advanced concepts and skills for the development of the professional nurse's roles in caring for adult patients and families. Emphasis on advanced knowledge, judgment, skills, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. This course lends itself to a blocked approach.

Credits: 3

Distribution: RNSG

Offered: Spring Only

Course Fee: Lab fee= $24; ATI fee= $620; Health professions fee= $105

 

RNSG 2362 Clinical III

Format:  (3 credit hours)

A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. 

Credits: 3

Distribution: RNSG

Offered: Fall Only

Course Fee: Insurance fee= $13; Clinical travel fee= $20; Health professions fee= $105

 

RNSG 2363 Clinical IV

Format:  (3 credit hours)

A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. 

Credits: 3

Distribution: RNSG

Offered: Spring Only

Course Fee: Clinical travel fee= $20; Health professions fee= $105

 

RNSG 2404 Integrated Care of the Patient With Common Health Care Needs

Format:  3 lecture / 2 lab (4 credit hours)

Application of a systematic problem-solving process and critical thinking skills to provide nursing care to diverse patients and families across the life span with common health care needs. Emphasis on secondary disease prevention and collaboration with members of the interdisciplinary health care team. Content includes applicable competencies in knowledge, judgment, skills, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. 

Prerequisites: RNSG 1413, RNSG 1261, RNSG 1201.

Corequisites: RNSG 1361

Credits: 4

Distribution: RNSG

Offered: Spring Only

Course Fee: Lab fee= $24; Health professions fee= $140

 

RNSG 2414 Integrated Care of the Patient With Complex Health Care Needs

Format:  3 lecture / 4 lab (4 credit hours)

Application of clinical reasoning processes and clinical judgment to provide comprehensive nursing care to patients and families across the lifespan with complex health care needs including, but not limited to, complex childhood/adolescent diseases, complicated perinatal care, acute mental illness, complex perioperative care, complex adult health problems and health issues related to aging. Emphasis on tertiary disease prevention, health maintenance/restoration and collaboration with members of the interdisciplinary health care team. Content includes the roles of the professional nurse and applicable competencies in knowledge, judgment, skills, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. This course lends itself to an integrated approach.

Corequisites: RNSG 2461

Credits: 4

Distribution: RNSG

Offered: Fall Only

Course Fee: Lab fee= $24; Health professions fee= $140

 

RNSG 2435 Integrated Client Care Management

Format:  4 lecture (4 credit hours)

Application of independent nursing interventions to care for patients and families throughout the lifespan whose health care needs may be difficult to predict. Emphasis on collaborative clinical reasoning, nursing leadership skills, and patient management. Content includes the significance of professional development, trends in nursing and health care, and applicable knowledge, judgment, skills, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. This course lends itself to an integrated approach.

Corequisites: RNSG 2462

Credits: 4

Distribution: RNSG

Offered: Spring Only

Course Fee:  Health professions fee= $140

 

RNSG 2461 Clinical- Nursing Care of Clients With Complex Health Care Needs

Format:  (4 credit hours)

16 external hours. (16 clinical hrs. a week) A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional.

Corequisites: RNSG 2414

Credits: 4

Distribution: RNSG

Offered: Fall Only

Course Fee:  Health professions fee= $140

 

RNSG 2462 Clinical- Integrated Client Management

Format:  (4 credit hours)

24 external hours (16 clinical hrs. a week) A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional.

Corequisites: RNSG 2435

Credits: 4

Distribution: RNSG

Offered: Spring Only

Course Fee:  Health professions fee= $140

 

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