Nov 02, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
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NURS 225 - Practical Nursing Concepts


Number of Credits: 5
Facilitate entry to the licensed practical nursing role. Model the role of a novice practical nurse with supervision and guidance from faculty and a licensed practical nurse in a long-term care facility. Sixty hours of lecture and forty-five hours of clinical experience each semester. Additional $207 fee required. (Summer Term Only) Schedule varies by week. Five Credits. Five billable hours.

Pre-requisite(s): NURS 131 , NURS 132 , NURS 133 , NURS 140 .
Course Topics:
Infection, Hormonal Regulation, Cognition, Caregiving, Gas Exchange, Sexuality, Psychosis, Addiction, Interpersonal Violence, Care Coordination, Perfusion, Mood & Affect, Anxiety, Population Health, Intracranial Regulation, Inflammation, Reproduction, Leadership, Collaboration, Professional Identity, Evidence, Ethics, Health Care Organizations, Health Care Economics, and Health Law.
Course Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
 

  1. Contribute to the nursing process as part of the healthcare team (PG 1)
  2. Assimilate into the profession of practical nursing (PG 2)
  3. Provide patient-centered care (PG 3)



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