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NSG 1003 Pharmacology 3 Credit Hours
This course is designed to provide an introduction to pharmacology and safe medication
administration. Course content includes the nursing process, ethical principles and legal
standards as they relate to medications affecting the cardiovascular, neurological, respiratory,
gastrointestinal, endocrine, hematologic, and male and female reproductive body systems of
adult clients. Medications utilized to treat mental and behavioral health, infection, pain, and
inflammation are also addressed. Dimensional analysis will be utilized to correctly calculate
medication dosages. The course will include basic units of measurement, abbreviations,
equivalencies, apothecary/household, metric conversions, dosage calculations, and calculations
by weight and safe dose range. This course will combine classroom (theory) hours, the Jenzabar
learning management system located on MyBHCLR Portal and ATI resources. Student learning
outcomes specified within this course reflect the QSEN competencies relevant to the scope of
practice for the registered nurse. This course is a co-requisite of NSG 1010. The twenty-two (22)
week course includes the following number of contact hours: theory- 53.

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

NSG 2107 Adult Nursing II 7 Credit Hours
This course builds on the knowledge base and skills introduces in Adult Nursing I and
Pharmacology. This course focuses on coordinating care of the adult client with chronic and
acute illness. Course content includes the culturally-competent, evidence-based, coordination of
care of the various system disorders in the adult client including pre and post-operative nursing
care in the perioperative setting and the role of the case manager. Selected medical-surgical skills
are demonstrated and practiced in the Nursing Skills Laboratory and includes refinement of adult
health assessment, critical thinking skills, initiation of intravenous (IV) therapy, dosage
calculation including calculation of IV medication rates, injectable medications, knowledge of
medications and safe medication administration skills for the adult client. The clinical laboratory
experiences correlate with classroom instruction by focusing on the nurse as a leader who utilizes
clinical decision making and professional skills, attitudes and behaviors to provide holistic,
culturally competent, ethical safe client-centered care to adult clients and their families in a
variety of health care settings. Prerequisites for this course include successful completion of the
Freshman Semester and eight (8) of nine (9) general education courses. Student learning
outcomes specified within this course reflect the QSEN competencies relevant to the scope of
practice for the registered nurse. This twenty-two (22) week course includes the following
number of contact hours: Theory-89; and Clinical Laboratory-82; Skills Laboratory-10 for a total
of 181 contact hours.

NSG 2104 Mental Health 4 Credit Hours
The course focuses on nursing care of the client and family experiencing acute and chronic
mental health conditions throughout the life cycle. Course content includes a basic theoretical
and historical foundation for understanding mental health issues and an introduction to nursing
care and interventions for the client and family diagnosed with a mental health disorder. Special
topics related to care of the mental health client and family are explored. Foundational issues
include legal and ethical perspectives, theoretical frameworks for care, principles of crisis
intervention, addiction, stress adaptation and management, psychosocial growth and

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