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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.]

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