Licensed Practical Nursing

This program prepares individuals to function as a skilled member of the health care team and is an intense program designed for delivering care to people of all ages and diverse cultures. Students will study human anatomy, physiology, and factors that affect health. Students will develop the basic nursing skills necessary to care for individuals throughout the health and wellness continuum. The curriculum includes the nursing principles and skills. The clinical component of the program provides experiences that allow students to apply skills learned in the classroom into various hospital and community settings. Upon completion of the program, students will be prepared to sit for the National Licensure exam. After passing the licensure exam, graduates will have the skills necessary to work as a Licensed Practical Nurse

Clinical II - Medical Surgical Nursing (Part I)

Adult Medical Surgical Clinical focuses on utilization of the nursing process in caring for acute care patients. The emphasis will be on prioritization, decision making, time management and critical thinking appropriate to the LPN’s scope of practice. As the student progresses, more complex patient situations will be presented and they will begin to function in a role independent of the instructor. Rotations includes nursing care for patients with medical surgical problems, home health needs, geriatric nursing needs and conditions that requires visits to the medical office.

Concepts of Nursing

This course focuses on use of nursing/related concepts by practical nurses as providers of care/members of discipline in collaboration with health team members. Emphasis is placed on the concepts of learning, teamwork, communication in nursing, human development, professionalism, health promotion, nursing ethics and law, and changing health care delivery systems.

Fundamentals of Nursing

This course is an introduction to nursing care. Topics include utilizing the nursing process, performing assessment/data collection, and providing patient education. Principles and skills of nursing practice, documentation, and an introduction to physical assessment/data collection are taught. Special topics covering the care of the geriatric patient, the dying patient, the oncology patient, the pre/post operative patient, and the management of pain are included in the course. Emphasis will be given to the practical nursing student developing critical thinking skills, demonstrating professionalism by maintaining confidentiality, recognizing legal/ethical responsibilities, acting as a patient advocate, maintaining positive patient/colleague relationships, and by implementing appropriate standards of care.

Clinical I Basic Nursing

The PN student will provide comfort and assistance in performance of activities of daily living for patients with common non-complicated disorders. Data collection skills will be practiced. The student will assist the client and significant others during the normal expected stages of growth and development from conception through advanced old age. Experiences will be provided that will give the student the opportunity to reduce the patient’s potential for developing complications or health problems related to treatments, procedures or existing conditions. Students will identify patient problems, identify appropriate interventions and evaluate nursing care to patients in both acute and extended care facilities.

Pharmacology and Intravenous Therapy Skills

This course provides instruction in basic pharmacology and medication administration skills, including IV therapy, as well as skills needed for safe and effective medication administration. Fluid and electrolyte balance will be included Content includes components of medication preparation and administration including the essential knowledge needed to adequately contribute to the assessment and evaluation of the effect of medication on clients throughout the lifespan

Medical Surgical Nursing I

Building on concepts from previous courses, this course focuses on health management, maintenance and prevention of illness; care of the individual as a whole; and deviations from the normal state of health. The administration of client care includes using the nursing process, performing focused assessments, using critical thinking, and assisting with client education. The systems included are cardiac, vascular, hematology, respiratory, urinary, reproductive and endocrine. The concepts of client care; treatments, pharmacology, and diet therapy are included within each system. Content is presented from a client-centered approach based on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Patient care includes consideration of physiological, cognitive, psychosocial, and spiritual needs. Consideration is also given to the impact of health issues; the potential physical and mental adjustments as well as diversional and rehabilitative activities.

Medical Surgical Nursing II

Building on concepts from previous courses, this course focuses on health management, maintenance and prevention of illness; care for the individual as a whole; and deviations from the normal state of health. Administering patient care includes use of the nursing process while performing focused assessments, using sound judgment, and providing patient education. The systems included are immunology, sensory, neurology, digestive, endocrine, urinary, and reproductive, as well as oncology nursing. The concepts of patient care, treatments, pharmacology, and diet therapy are included within each system. Content is presented from a patient-centered approach based on Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Patient care involves consideration of physiological, cognitive, psychosocial, and spiritual needs within a cultural framework. Consideration is also given to the impact of health issues: the potential physical and mental adjustments required, as well as any necessary diversional or rehabilitative activities.

Long Term Care Nursing Assistant Course

Follow the course framework for Long Term Care Nursing Assistant

Pediatric Nursing

At the completion of the course the student will be able to: relate normal growth and development, as well as, the physical, emotional and social needs of the pediatric client; apply fundamental nursing skills and principles in the care of the pediatric client and family; and describe various pediatric disorders.

Maternal – Newborn Nursing

Maternal Newborn Nursing is designed to familiarize the student with the holistic approach to care for the antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum client and the neonate. The normal processes of conception, fetal development, labor and delivery, postpartum period, and family involvement will be included. The course includes the care of the normal client and newborn as well as those with complications.

Clinical IV –Maternal/Newborn, Pediatric and Mental Health

The PN student will assist the client and significant others during the normal expected stages of growth and development from conception through advanced old age in the clinical environment. The PN student will reduce the client’s potential for developing complications or health problems related to treatments, procedures or existing conditions and provide client care related to prevention and early detection of health problems. The PN student will participate in recognizing and providing care for clients with maladaptive behavior and assist with behavior management of the client with acute and/or chronic mental illness and cognitive psychosocial disturbances. Additionally the PN student will participate in recognizing and providing care for clients with maladaptive behavior and assist with behavior management of the client with acute and/or chronic mental illness and cognitive psychosocial disturbances.

Mental Health Concepts

This course presents an introduction to Mental Health Nursing with a focus on the role of the practical nurse. The course begins with universal concepts needed in the care of clients experiencing a mental health alteration. An understanding of the health care needs of clients experiencing common mental health alterations is then built upon this foundation. The course concludes with mental health issues, as well as care needs, that frequently challenge the elderly.

Transition to Practice

This course is designed to provide concepts to be discussed in relation to the transition from student to Licensed Practical Nurse. Beginning organization and management skills are included. The student will participate in job readiness skills.

Clinical V - Role Transition

Role transition skills are enhanced as the student functions in the role of team leader. The course will prepare the student to independently assume the role of the LPN in professional practice; a preceptor rotation assists in the completion of this transition.

Clinical III-Medical Surgical Nursing (Part II)

Advanced Adult Medical Surgical Clinical is a continuation of the utilization of the nursing process in caring for acute care patients. Patients with multiple medical conditions will be assigned. The emphasis will be on prioritization, decision making, time management and critical thinking appropriate to the LPN’s scope of practice. As the student progresses, more complex patient situations will be presented and they will begin to function in a role independent of the instructor.