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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
Transfer General Education Credit Hours 31
Number of Contact Hours (Theory) 405
Number of Contact Hours (Clinical 288
Laboratory)
Number of Contact Hours (Skills Laboratory) 30
Total Contact Hours 723

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