NUR 101 
Fundamentals of Nursing Practice (5 hours)
Prerequisite: Admission to ADN Program

NUR 101 introduces students to nursing foundations that are essential to nursing practice including perception of basic human needs, interpersonal relationships, and the nursing process.  Basic medical terminology will be included.  Key concepts include professional standards in nursing practice, developing critical thinking skills, infection prevention and control, safe medication administration, community-based nursing practice, healthcare delivery system, developmental theories, theoretical foundations of nursing practice, evidence-based nursing practice, nursing assessment, managing patient care, communication, client education, and safe nursing practice.    Students are provided with learning opportunities to develop nursing skills in the classroom, clinical skills laboratory, and in the clinical area.  Emphasis is placed upon developing critical thinking skills to meet the needs of individuals across the lifespan.

NUR 102
Health Promotions and Assessment (1 hour)
Prerequisite: Admission to ADN Program  

NUR 102 is an introductory course that provides the student with the skills necessary to obtain histories and perform assessments of clients.  This course focuses on assessment as a basis for determining needs for implementing the nursing process.  Assessment skills are acquired in the classroom and in simulated and clinical laboratories.  The concept of nutrition and its importance to health and wellness is provided. Emphasis is placed upon developing critical thinking skills to meet client needs for the prevention of illness, health maintenance, health promotion, nutrition, and the restoration of health. 

NUR 103
Introduction to Pharmacology & Drug Dosage (1 hour)
Prerequisite: Admission to ADN Program

NUR 103 is an introduction to the principles of pharmacology and drug dosage from a nurse’s perspective.  The primary focus of this course is to provide students with basic knowledge of pharmacology necessary for safe medication administration practices.  Methods of calculation, systems of measurement with conversion, the nursing process, and client teaching are included.  Major classifications of medications are discussed. 

NUR 201
Pharmacology & Drug Dosage (2 hours)
Prerequisite: Admission to ADN Program

NUR 201 provides comprehensive principles of pharmacology from the unique perspective of nursing.  These include medication safety, pharmacotherapeutics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, client education, and the nursing process.  Drug classifications and pharmacological action are discussed in detail.  This course covers contemporary issues in pharmacology, including the changing drug approval process. Clinical side effects and contraindications of major drug classifications will be explained.  Students will be provided a comprehensive review of drug dosage calculations for adults and children.  Methods of drug dosage and calculation will be reviewed.  This course provides opportunities for students to develop competencies necessary to practice safe medication administration, using the nursing process and develop critical thinking skills necessary to care for individuals across the lifespan.  Emphasis is placed on the provision of safe, legal, and ethical nursing care using the nursing process.  Cultural considerations, pathophysiology, preventing medication errors, and critical thinking case studies are included.  NCLEX-RN Examination review content, including scientific rationale, will be discussed and reviewed.   

NUR 202
Medical-Surgical Nursing I (6 hours)
Prerequisite: Admission to ADN Program

NUR 202 contains content that builds upon previous instruction and provides additional opportunities to develop competencies necessary to meet the needs of individuals in a safe, legal, and ethical manner utilizing the nursing process.  This course provides a study of the nursing needs of patients whose health problems are perceived as moderately threatening, with the expected prognosis being a return to health or control of the problem.  Identification of factors which influence perception of and reaction to stressors, determine nursing actions to meet client needs with intervention, evaluation, and revision of nursing care to resolve nursing problems are emphasized.  This course also emphasizes critical thinking and problem solving skills.  In addition, this course explores the role of the nurse in coping with health and illness problems of individuals, families, groups of clients, and communities.  Experiences for students to implement preventive, acute, and rehabilitative care in the community setting are provided.  Clinical experiences will provide opportunities for students to develop cognitive, psychomotor, and affective skills in the provision of safe, and ethical nursing care in a variety of settings.

 
NUR 203
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing (5 hours)
Prerequisite: Admission to ADN Program

NUR 203 focuses on mental illness and psychiatric disorders.  The student will be provided with information offering a holistic approach to nursing care including the complex causation of mental illness, its diagnosis, effective interventions and treatments, and the client’s experience of mental illness.  This course emphasizes critical thinking and problem solving skills.  Clinical experiences will provide opportunities for students to develop cognitive, psychomotor, and affective skills in the provision of community and mental health nursing care. Specific mental health needs of individuals, families, and groups will be addressed across the lifespan. Diverse and at-risk populations are discussed.  Mental health concepts will concentrate on adaptive/maladaptive behaviors and specific mental health disorders.