Nursing

This course provides a general overview of the many health-related professions and the special concerns of the health care worker.

Students will learn the skills needed to respond to and manage an emergency until emergency medical services arrives. Skills covered in this course include first air; choking relief in adults, children, and infants; and what to do for sudden cardiac arrest in adults, children, and infants.

This course provides students with the core knowledge, skills and attitudes to function in the capacity of a first responder. The First Responder uses a limited amount of equipment to perform initial assessment and intervention and is trained to assist other EMS providers.

A study of concepts that serve as the foundation for health professions courses. Topics include client handling and safety issues, health documentation and methods, and care of the client in a long term care facility. With successful completion of this course, the student will be eligible to take the state certification exam and to apply for certification as a nursing assistant. CPR certification will also be obtained. This course follows guidelines established by the Office of Long Term Care.

This course prepares individuals, under the supervision of physicians and other health care professionals, to draw blood samples from patients using a variety of intrusive procedures. Includes instruction in basic vascular anatomy and physiology, blood physiology, skin puncture techniques, venipuncture, venous specimen collection and handling, safety and sanitation procedures, and applicable standards and regulations.

Covers the fundamentals of normal and clinical nutrition. Information regarding clinical nutrition is organized according to an organ system/disease states approach. Topics such as fitness, consumer concerns, cancer and AIDS are included.

Provides learners with the opportunity to develop and practice health history taking and physical examination skills. History taking methodology, physical examination skills, health promotion techniques and clinical assessment tools are discussed. Age related assessment considerations and findings are reviewed. Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to perform a comprehensive medical history and physical assessment.  Student must hold a current RN license or be enrolled in the registered nursing program or obtain the instructor's permission.

This three credit hour course will examine how the body handles drugs and the effects of various classes of drugs on the body, including sites and mechanisms of action, therapeutic and side effect, and toxicology. The pharmacologic knowledge will prepare the learner to function in the changing health care environment. Successful and safe clinical practice is built on understanding the concepts and principles of pharmacology. The concepts of pharmacology will guide drug use in clinical practice. The approach is to relate the physiologic and pathophysiologic factors of disease processes to drug mechanisms and subsequent care.