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NURSING Nursing is a selective entry program that prepares students for licensure as entry level registered nurses. The Nursing prerequisites include a strong foundation in communication, humanities, and biological and social sciences, which students utilize in the subsequent nursing courses. Students integrate nursing theory and nursing practice in various settings during the Nursing Program, including campus laboratories and classrooms, acute care hospitals, long-term care facilities, and a variety of community settings. Graduates receive an Associate of Arts and Sciences in Nursing degree, after which they must satisfactorily complete the NCLEX-RN licensing exam to become registered nurses. In addition to the Student Core Learning Outcomes, the Program Specific Outcomes include: • Participate with the patient, family, significant others, and members of the healthcare team to utilize the nursing process in the provision of patient-centered care. • Demonstrate critical thinking skills in the delivery of patient-centered care to well and ill patients. • Employ effective communication with patients, families, significant others, and other professionals within the context of the healthcare environment. • Demonstrate behaviors consistent with the legal and ethical framework of nursing. • Create an environment that promotes caring and professionalism with consideration for the patient’s cultural/societal beliefs and practices. • Utilize scientific and evidence -based knowledge, regarding alterations in health, to guide actions which promote and maintain patient-centered care. • Demonstrate commitment, accountability, integrity, and discretionary judgment in their nursing practice. • Recognize their role in shaping healthcare delivery. Program requirements and application information are available at: EverettCC.edu/Nursing Program Approval: Washington State Nursing Care Quality Assurance Commission (NCQAC) PO Box 47864 Olympia, WA 98504-7864 360-236-4702 nursing@doh.wa.gov http://www.doh.wa.gov/LicensesPermitsandCertificates/NursingCommission/ NursingEducation/NursingPrograms Program Accreditation: Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) 3343 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 850 Atlanta, GA 30326 404-975-5000 www.acenursing.org Faculty Advisors: K. Boyd J. Casperson G. McLean S. Shirley E. Wangia C. Whedon S. Wilner S. Wilson N. Zoeller
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NURS 95 Success Strategies for Nursing Study
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Course is designed to assist the nursing student to experience success in the nursing program. Content includes problem solving and study strategies specific to the art and science of nursing. Practice is offered in critical thinking and reasoning skills, application of the nursing process, test taking skills, and preparation for learning related to study required for nursing courses. Prerequisites: Admission to the Nursing Program, selection by the Nursing Admission Committee. NURS 101 Nursing Clinical Makeup
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Skill building course to supplement clinical performance for continuation in the program.
Prerequisites: Current enrollment in the Nursing Program. Nursing instructor permission. NURS 110 Nursing Therapeutics I: Introduction to Nursing and the Client 10
Introduces caring as a framework underlying nursing as a science and a profession. Four concepts are examined: client, nursing, health, and environment. Themes of nursing process, problem solving, communication, teaching, learning ethics, and legal aspects are introduced. Models of health care delivery are explored. Additionally, altered health states of protective and healing mechanisms are introduced to provide a foundation for studying diseases and disorders of human functioning. Topics include cellular injury, inflammation, wound healing, ineffective thermoregulation, infection, immune response, stress, and activity intolerance. During lab, students develop the concept of health promotion as a basis for assessing and intervening to maintain wellness. Holistic dimensions of client assessment are presented along with techniques used in communication, interviewing, history taking, diagnostic reasoning, and health promotion. The student will apply techniques of physical assessment through practice on well adults. Documentation techniques are incorporated throughout the course. Specific health related issues focus on the middle and older aged adult. Basic skills of nursing are included in this course. Corequisites: NURS 114/PHIL 114 Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Nursing program. NURS 114 Ethics and Policy in Healthcare I
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Explores values, ethics, and legal decision-making frameworks and policies used to support the wellbeing of people and groups within the context of the healthcare professions. This content is embedded into and taught seamlessly with the theory content in NURS 110. Corequisites: NURS 110 Prerequisites: Successful admission into Nursing program. NURS 120 Nursing Therapeutics II: Chronicity and Rehabilitation
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Presents an integrated view of mind/body responses to altered health states. Selected health problems of adults are viewed in relation to epidemiology, risk factors, pathophysiological mechanisms and clinical manifestations. Content incorporates rationale for health care interventions, including diagnostic methods and treatment. Explores the application of nursing principles and theories to determine appropriate nursing diagnoses and nursing therapies. Provides opportunities for the development of cognitive, interpersonal, and technical skills essential to the care of adult clients. Alterations in fluid, electrolytes, acid-base balance, mobility, sensation, mood, cognition, integumentary, immunity, and metabolism are addressed. During lab students integrate and apply the art and science of nursing through the use of case studies, scenarios, clinical simulations, client care, and special projects. This course utilizes the nursing process, critical thinking, and self- reflective activities as the basis for collaborative learning in the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care for adults experiencing selected health alterations. Corequisites: NURS 125/PSYC 125, NURS 126/NUTR 126 Prerequisites: NURS 110
