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medical management and nursing care. Other course content will include the foundation, tools and
processes of professional nursing practice. This course incorporates evidence-based practice and
management of care. Selected complex medical-surgical nursing skills are demonstrated and practiced in
the nursing skills laboratory. Clinical laboratory experiences correlate with classroom instruction by
focusing on the nurse as a leader who utilizes the nursing processes and critical thinking to care for
groups of clients and their families in a variety of health care settings, as well as practicing select complex
nursing skills, safe medication administration, and dosage calculation while adapting interpersonal
relationship skills and practicing professionalism. Considering previously acquired knowledge and
experience of the LPN/LPTN or Paramedic to RN student, content and clinical laboratory experiences
will be amended to meet the needs of that student population. Each student must fulfill all clinical
requirements including validation of nursing knowledge base by achieving a minimum score of 850 on
the Health Education Systems Incorporated (HESI) examination within four (4) attempts. The twenty-two
(22) week course includes the following number of contact hours: Theory - 80; Clinical Laboratory - 124
and Nursing Skills Laboratory - 8; for a total of 232 contact hours.

NSG 2304 Mental Health 4 Credit Hours
This course focuses on nursing care of clients and families who are experiencing mental health problems
throughout the life cycle. Considering previous acquired knowledge and experience of the LPN/LPTN
and Paramedic, the course content and clinical laboratory experiences are abbreviated. Course content is
organized to expand knowledge base related to understanding psychiatric issues, introduce nursing care of
clients diagnosed with mental health disorders, and explore special topics. Foundational issues include
historical/legal/ethical perspectives, theoretical frameworks for care, anxiety and crisis principles, stress
adaptation and management, psychosocial growth and development, human sexuality and suicidal crisis.
Clinical laboratory experiences correlate with classroom instruction by focusing on utilization of critical
thinking in the nursing process for care of client and their family in hospitals, community agencies, and
other non-traditional settings. Students observe and participate in a variety of treatment modalities. The
twenty-two (22) week course includes the following number of contact hours: Theory: 65 contact hours,
Clinical Laboratory: 34 contact hours for a total of 99 contact hours.

[The above course is a residential-blended (hybrid) course which is described in the Academic section of
this catalog.]

NSG 2401 Pharmacology III for Accelerated Students 1 Credit Hour
This course focuses on concepts of dosage calculation and safe medication administration for the adult
client. Fundamental to this course is to use the nursing process and the integration of pharmacological
concepts for the adult client with emphasis on safe medication administration to the adult client in acute,
critical, and mental health care. The twenty-two (22) week course includes the following number of
contact hours: Theory: 25 contact hours for a total of 25 contact hours.

[The above course is a residential-blended (hybrid) course which is described in the Academic section of
this catalog.]

Program Totals

Total Number of Courses 16
BHCLR Courses 7
Transfer General Education Courses 9
Total Number of Credit Hours 72
BHCLR Credits by Validation 12
BHCLR Credit Hours 29

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