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NURS: Nursing
NURS 50-Preparation for Nursing (0) [1]
Prerequisite: Acceptance into clinical nursing program
(formerly NU 50)
Serves as a basis for developing proficiency
and accuracy in dosage calculation. Includes
computations for oral, parenteral, and intravenous
routes of administration for adults and children using
the apothecaries, metric, and household systems of
measurement.
NURS 101-Introduction to Clinical Nursing (6)
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Prerequisite or Co-requisite: Passing score on Math for
Medication Safety Test
(formerly NU 101)
Introduces concepts of professional nursing.
Emphasis is on the acquisition and application of
basic knowledge, skills, and professional behaviors
needed for the delivery of comprehensive care to the
adult client.
NURS 105-Pharmacology for Nurses (2)
Prerequisite: Passing score on the Math for Medication
Safety Test
(formerly NU 105)
Provides instruction in basic pharmacology
necessary for providing safe and effective medication
administration. Content includes essential drug
knowledge needed to adequately assess, administer,
and evaluate drug effects in clients. Emphasis is on
the acquisition and application of basic knowledge
needed for the delivery of comprehensive care to
clients in all healthcare settings.
NURS 160-Licensed Practical Nurse, Paramedic,
and Military Veteran Transition to Nursing
Clinical Course (2)
Prerequisite: Permission of FCC Director of Nursing
Education
(formerly NU 160)
Provides supervised directed clinical laboratory
experiences to prepare Licensed Practical Nurses,
Paramedics, U.S. Air Force Medical Technicians, U.S.
Navy Hospital Corpsmen, and U.S. Army Medics to
transition into the second year of the FCC Associate
Degree Nursing Program.
NURS 211-Medical-Surgical Nursing I (7)
Prerequisite: NURS 101; Prerequisite or Co-requisite:
Passing score on Math for Medication Safety Test
(formerly NU 211)
Introduces the study of the adult client with acute
and chronic alterations in wellness. Emphasis is on
assimilation and knowledge, skills, and professional
behaviors needed for the delivery of comprehensive
care.
NURS 212-Medical-Surgical Nursing II (4)
Prerequisite: NURS 211; Prerequisite or Co-requisite:
Passing score on Math for Medication Safety Test
(formerly NU 212)
Continues study of the adult client with increasingly
complex acute and chronic alterations in health.
Emphasis is on assimilation of knowledge, skills, and
professional behaviors needed for the delivery of
comprehensive care.
NURS 214-Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing (3)
Prerequisite: NURS 101; Prerequisite or Co-requisite:
Passing score on Math for Medication Safety Test
(formerly NU 214)
Examines the impact of mental illness on the
individual, family, and community. Explores
treatment options and issues; and reviews
the evidence-based principles and practice of
psychiatric-mental health nursing. Emphasis is placed
on the adaptation of knowledge, skills, and attitudes
related to caring for clients with alterations in mental
health.
NURS 218-Maternal, Child, and Family Nursing
(5)
Prerequisite: NURS 211; Prerequisite or Co-requisite:
Passing score on Math for Medication Safety Test
(formerly NU 218)
Introduces maternal, child, and family nursing.
Focuses on the reproductive phase of family life, the
specific health needs of women from adolescence
to menopause, the healthy newborn, and pediatric
clients with acute alterations in health. Emphasis is
on assimilation of knowledge, skills, and professional
behaviors needed for delivery of family-centered,
comprehensive care.
NURS 231-Medical-Surgical Nursing III (4)
Prerequisites: NURS 212 and NURS 218
(formerly NU 213)
Continues study of the adult client with acute,
complex, and critical alterations in health. Emphasis
is on the adaptation of knowledge, skills, and
attitudes needed for the delivery of comprehensive
care.
NURS 261-Preparation for Practice (2)
Prerequisite: NURS 212 and NURS 218
(formerly NU 216)
Facilitates the student's adaptation into professional
nursing practice. Explores current trends in nursing
and concepts related to the nurse as a professional,
a member of the health care team, and manager of
client care.
NUTR: Nutrition
NUTR 100-Nutrition Basics (1)
(formerly HE 110)
Applies a basic knowledge of nutrition to enable the
students to make good dietary decisions. Provides a
basis for discerning healthy diets.
NUTR 102-Nutrition in a ChangingWorld (3)
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Prerequisites: ENGL 70 or ENGL 75 or (ESOL 72 and ESOL
73) or ESOL 100 OR Co-requisite: ENGL 75 or ESOL 100
(formerly HE 102)
Presents the basic principles of human nutrition with
emphasis on the nutrients and factors that affect
their use in the human body.
NUTR 200-Principles and Application of
Nutrition (3)
Prerequisite: BSCI 100 or BSCI 150 or BI 101 or BSCI 201
or BI 103 or BSCI 107 or BI 117
(formerly HE 200)
Introduces the principles of nutrition for the
maintenance of good health throughout the
life-cycle. Applications of nutritional principles are
presented via the connection between diet and the
prevention and treatment of disease. Investigates the
socioeconomic, ecological and political factors that
shape national nutritional policy and ultimately affect
personal health.
PHED: Physical Education
PHED 100-Aerobics (1)
(formerly PE 131)
Offers muscular and cardiovascular endurance
exercises performed to music.
PHED 103-Body Sculpting (1)
(formerly PE 191)
Offers muscular strength and endurance exercises
through the use of free weights, balls, and resistance
tubes.
PHED 105-Elementary Fencing (1)
(formerly PE 160)
Introduces the history, safety, rules and etiquette of
fencing. Teaches basic skills required to participate
in a fencing match, as well as skills in directing and
scoring a match.
PHED 110-Volleyball (1)
(formerly PE 165)
Includes orientation, instruction and participation in
specific skills, rules and etiquette of the sport.
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