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NURSING SCIENCE 205

216 219 223
INTERMEDIATE CLINICAL CLINICAL ENRICHMENT MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH
EXPERIENCE 2.0 Units 6.0 Units
2.0 Units NS 219 provides the currently enrolled or NS 223 focuses on the needs of the growing
NS 216 provides the more advanced nursing returning nursing student with additional family and incorporates both maternity
student with additional supervised clinical supervised clinical experience in the acute and pediatric nursing content. The nursing
experience in the acute care hospital setting. care hospital setting. Clinical assignments process is stressed in providing patient-
Clinical assignments are intended to provide are intended to provide the opportunity for centered care as the student learns to adapt
the opportunity for the student to augment the student to strengthen previously learned previously learned skills and knowledge
previously learned basic nursing skills basic nursing skills through repetition. This to the unmet needs of maternity and pedi-
through repetition. The rotation is further course fosters the knowledge and skills of atric patients. Observation and direct care
designed to encourage the development of the student to eff ectively perform patient- of normal and high-risk populations are
new nursing competencies and sets of skills centered care. The rotation is designed to included. Theory and clinical experiences are
by exposure to new assignments and expe- improve general patient care skills by off er- structured to provide the second year nurs-
riences. Note: This course is Pass/No Pass ing experiences which foster confi dence, ing student with the opportunity to develop
only. Laboratory 6 hours. Prerequisite: NS critical thinking, time management and essential linkages for decision making
212 (Generic Nursing Program) or NS 213 and prioritizing skills, communication in the and prioritization unique to this specialty.
NS 217 (Career Ladder LVN-RN Program) clinical setting, and collaboration/teamwork Lecture 3.5 hours/Laboratory 7.5 hours.
or equivalent. Course Typically Off ered: with all members of the healthcare team. Prerequisite: NS 222 or previous completion
Winter/Summer. Transfer Credit: CSU. Note: This course is Pass/No Pass only. of equivalent coursework. Recommended
Laboratory 6 hours. Prerequisite: NS 210 or Corequisite: Enrollment in NS 203 Course
217 equivalent. Transfer Credit: CSU. Typically Off ered: Fall/Spring. Transfer
ADVANCED PLACEMENT NURSING Credit: CSU.
BRIDGE COURSE 222
1.0 Unit PSYCHIATRIC NURSING 255
NS 217 is an introduction for the advanced 3.5 Units BASIC ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY
placement student (Licensed Vocational NS 222 focuses on the dynamics of patients/ 2.0 Units
Nurse-Registered Nurse, Foreign Nurse clients undergoing acute and chronic NS 255 is designed to provide an overview
Graduate, or Generic Transfer) to the concepts psychosocial stress. The nursing process, and introduce the novice healthcare provider
central to registered nursing practice. It including interviewing skills, is presented to the basics of electrocardiography (EKG).
provides clarifi cation of the philosophy, within a framework of total mental health Course content reviews principles of cardiac
unifying theme, and the nursing process team management. Therapeutic relationship anatomy, physiology, and electrophysiology
that serve as the foundation for the registered is presented as a means of expressing an which are foundational to course content.
nurse curriculum at Glendale Community attitude of caring. The causes of stress are Content includes cardiac hemodynam-
College. Topics also provide an overview identifi ed from various theoretical perspec- ics, proper lead placement to obtain EKG
of regulatory scopes of practice, healthcare tives. The student is encouraged to undertake waveforms, waveform identifi cation, rate
delivery trends, and the infl uence of commis- self-exploration and develop a concept of calculation, normal rhythm, and arrhyth-
sions and agencies on nursing practice, such the individual that includes the ability to mia recognition and treatment. Note: This
as the Quality and Safety Education for adapt as a result of successful human need course is intended for nursing students,
Nurses framework (QSEN). Methods and fulfi llment. The course provides the student nurses, EMT students, EMTs, or individuals
review of contemporary library and database with knowledge and understanding of the working in health care settings who have
research and their application to nursing interrelatedness of developmental, environ- suffi cient background knowledge to master
scholarship and practice are presented. mental, cultural, socioeconomic and ethnic the content and the concepts. Note: This
Lecture 1 hour/Laboratory 1.5 hours. factors aff ecting psychosocial adaptation course is Pass/No Pass only. Lecture 2 hours.
Prerequisite: Selection for enrollment in the along the health-illness continuum. Labora- Prerequisite: None.
Registered Nursing Program. Recommended tory experiences in mental health settings
Preparation: LIB 191. Transfer Credit: CSU. are included. Lecture 2 hours/Laboratory
4.5 hours. Prerequisite: NS 211 or NS 217,
218 NS 218, and Career Ladder LVN-RN Nurs-
NURSING PHARMACOLOGY REVIEW ing Program, or previous completion of
AND UPDATE equivalent coursework. Recommended
1.5 Units
Corequisite: Enrollment in NS 202 is highly
NS 218 encompasses a review of basic phar- recommended. Course Typically Off ered:
macology content and dosage calculation, Fall/Spring. Transfer Credit: CSU.
emphasizing pharmaceutical principles.
Current changes in medication administra-
tion safety measures are stressed, including
intravenous medication administration.
The course establishes a current foundation
for pharmacological therapy in nursing by
providing a review of drug classifi cations
while giving prominence to current changes
in these classifi cations and representative
agents. Lecture 1.5 hours. Prerequisite:
Selection for enrollment in the Registered
Nursing Program.

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