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RNSG1205 | Nursing Skills

Credit Hours: 2

Lecture Hours: 16

Lab Hours: 64

Contact Hours: 80

Fee: Yes

Description: Study of the concepts and principles necessary to perform basic 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.

Prerequisites: BIOL 2401, BIOL 2402, RNSG 1208, ENGL 1301, PSYC 2301 or PSYC 2314, and BIOL 2420.

Corequisites: RNSG 1215, RNSG 1309, and RNSG 1262

School: School of Health Careers

RNSG1208 | Dosage Calculations For Nursing

Credit Hours: 2

Lecture Hours: 32

Lab Hours: 16

Contact Hours: 48

Description: Read, interpret, and solve dosage calculation problems.

Prerequisites: Meet TSI college readiness standards for mathematics.

Corequisites: None

School: School of Health Careers

RNSG1215 | Health Assessment

Credit Hours: 2

Lecture Hours: 16

Lab Hours: 48

Contact Hours: 64

Fee: Yes

Description: Development of skills and techniques required for a comprehensive nursing health assessment within a legal/ethical framework. 16 lecture and 48 lab hours.

Prerequisites: BIOL 2401 and BIOL 2402, RNSG 1208, ENGL 1301, PSYC 2301 or PSYC 2314, and BIOL 2420

Corequisites: RNSG 1205, RNSG 1262, and RNSG 1309

School: School of Health Careers

RNSG1260 | Clinical Nursing-Transition

Credit Hours: 2

Lab Hours: 144

Contact Hours: 144

Fee: Yes

Description: 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. 144 clinical hours.

Prerequisites: BIOL 2401, BIOL 2402, BIOL 2420, RNSG 1208, ENGL 1301, PSYC 2314, and a current CPR card

Corequisites: RNSG 1327

School: School of Health Careers

RNSG1262 | Clinical Nursing

Credit Hours: 2

Lab Hours: 192

Contact Hours: 192

Fee: Yes

Description: 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. Placement in first year nursing curriculum during the fall semester is required.

Prerequisites: BIOL 2401, BIOL 2402, RNSG 1208, ENGL 1301, PSYC 2301 or 2314, BIOL 2420, and a current CPR card

Corequisites: RNSG 1205, RNSG 1215, and RNSG 1309

School: School of Health Careers

RNSG1301 | Pharmacology

Credit Hours: 3

Lecture Hours: 48

Contact Hours: 48

Description: Introduction to the science of pharmacology with emphasis on the actions, interactions, adverse effects, and nursing implications of each drug classification. Content includes the roles and responsibilities of the nurse in safe administration of medications within a legal/ethical framework.

Prerequisites: Completion of all nursing prerequisite courses, RNSG 1205, RNSG 1215, RNSG 1309, RNSG 1262, and BIOL 2420

Corequisites: RNSG 1363 and RNSG 1341

School: School of Health Careers

RNSG1309 | Introduction To Nursing

Credit Hours: 3

Lecture Hours: 48

Contact Hours: 48

Description: Overview of nursing and the role of the professional nurse as a provider of patient-centered care, patient safety advocate, member of the health care team, and member of the profession. Content includes knowledge, judgment, skills, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. This course lends itself to a blocked approach. Lab and specialty exam fees.

Prerequisites: BIOL 2401 and BIOL 2402, RNSG 1208, ENGL 1301, PSYC 2301 or PSYC 2314, and BIOL 2420

Corequisites: RNSG 1205, RNSG 1215, and RNSG 1262

School: School of Health Careers

RNSG1327 | Transition LVN To ADN

Credit Hours: 3

Lecture Hours: 48

Contact Hours: 48

Fee: Yes

Description: Content includes health promotion, expanded assessment, analysis of data, clinical reasoning processes and clinical judgment, pharmacology, interdisciplinary teamwork, communication, and applicable competencies in knowledge, judgment, skills, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework throughout the life span. This course lends itself to a blocked approach.

Prerequisites: BIOL 2401, BIOL 2402, BIOL 2420, RNSG 1208, ENGL 1301, and PSYC 2301 or PSYC 2314

Corequisites: RNSG 1260

School: School of Health Careers

RNSG1341 | Common Concepts Of Adult Health

Credit Hours: 3

Lecture Hours: 48

Contact Hours: 48

Fee: Yes

Description: Basic integration of 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. Study of the common concepts of caring for adult patients and families with medical-surgical health care needs related to body systems, emphasizing knowledge, judgment, skills, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. This course lends itself to a blocked approach.

Prerequisites: RNSG 1205, RNSG 1215, RNSG 1309, RNSG 1262, and BIOL 2420

Corequisites: RNSG 1301, RNSG 1262, and RNSG 1363

School: School of Health Careers

RNSG1363 | Clinical Nursing

Credit Hours: 3

Lab Hours: 288

Contact Hours: 288

Fee: Yes

Description: 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. Placement in first year nursing curriculum during the spring semester is required. 288 clinical hours.

Prerequisites: RNSG 1205, RNSG 1215, RNSG 1262, RNSG 1309, and current CPR card

Corequisites: RNSG 1301, RNSG 1341, and PSYC 2314.

School: School of Health Careers

RNSG1412 | Nurse Care Of The Childbearing

Credit Hours: 4

Lecture Hours: 80

Lab Hours: 16

Contact Hours: 96

Fee: Yes

Description: 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 pernatal, perinatal, postnatal periods and the childbearing 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.

Prerequisites: RNSG 1262, RNSG 1341, RNSG 1301, and RNSG 1363

Corequisites: RNSG 1343 and RNSG 2360

School: School of Health Careers

RNSG2130 | Prof Nursing Review & Licensure

Credit Hours: 1

Lecture Hours: 16

Contact Hours: 16

Description: (Capstone Course) Review of concepts required for licensure examination and entry into the practice of professional nursing. Includes application of National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) test plan, assessment of knowledge deficits, and remediation. Lab and specialty exam fees.

Prerequisites: RNSG 1343, RNSG 1412, and RNSG 2360

Corequisites: RNSG 2213, RNSG 2331, and RNSG 2363

School: School of Health Careers

RNSG2213 | Mental Health Nursing

Credit Hours: 2

Lecture Hours: 48

Contact Hours: 48

Description: 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. Lab and specialty exam fees.

Prerequisites: RNSG 1343, RNSG 1412, and RNSG 2360

Corequisites: RNSG 2130, RNSG 2213, and RNSG 2363

School: School of Health Careers

RNSG2331 | Advanced Concepts Of Adult Health

Credit Hours: 3

Lecture Hours: 48

Contact Hours: 48

Fee: Yes

Description: 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.

Prerequisites: RNSG 1343, RNSG 1412, and RNSG 2360

Corequisites: RNSG 2130, RNSG 2213, and RNSG 2363

School: School of Health Careers

RNSG2360 | Clinical Nursing

Credit Hours: 3

Lab Hours: 288

Contact Hours: 288

Fee: Yes

Description: 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. Placement in second year nursing curriculum during the fall semester is required. 288 clinical hours.

Prerequisites: RNSG 1341, 1363, 1301, and a current CPR card

Corequisites: None

School: School of Health Careers

RNSG2363 | Clinical Nursing

Credit Hours: 3

Lab Hours: 288

Contact Hours: 288

Fee: Yes

Description: 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. Placement in second year nursing curriculum during the spring semester is required.

Prerequisites: RNSG 1412, RNSG 1343, RNSG 2360, and a current CPR card

Corequisites: RNSG 2130, RNSG 2331, and RNSG 2313

School: School of Health Careers