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nursing process for women, children, and their families. A variety of clinical setting are utilized.
The twenty-two (22) week course includes the following number of contact hours: Theory: 95
contact hours, Nursing Skills Laboratory: 8 contact hours, Clinical Laboratory: 60 contact hours
for a total of 163 contact hours.

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

NSG 2301 Pharmacology II 1 Credit Hours
This course focuses on the concepts of dosage calculation and safe medication administration
across the life span. Considering previously acquired knowledge and experience of the
LPN/LPTN and Paramedic, course content is abbreviated. The focus of this course is to use the
nursing process and the integration of pharmacological concepts across the lifespan with
emphasis on safe medication administration to the adult and pediatric client. This twenty-two
(22) week course includes the following number of contact hours: Theory – 25; and Clinical
Laboratory – 0; 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.]

NSG 2407 Adult Nursing III 7 Credit Hours
This course focuses on the nursing care of the adult client with multiple problems in the acute,
chronic, and critical care setting while incorporating the professional roles in nursing practice to
further expand the knowledge base. The care of the adult client will be addressed with an
emphasis on pathophysiology, 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

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