Course Descriptions
T = THEORY C = CLINICAL L = LABORATORY
Nursing Requirements:
LEVEL II
N200 3T 3 Credits
Theories And Issues In Nursing
An introduction to the conceptual organization of the discipline of nursing and the scope of professional nursing practice. Topics such as the evolution of modern nursing, nursing process, standards and theories, ethical and legal considerations in nursing, therapeutic communication, organization of nursing practice and nursing roles are considered. Additional emphasis is placed on introducing the student to the organizing framework of Lakeview College of Nursing.
(Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of English Composition (Rhetoric) I and II.)
N201 2T, 1L 3 Credits
Health Assessment of Individuals
in States of Well-being
This course builds on knowledge from anatomy, physiology, and the basic social sciences. The student is provided with the opportunity to develop skills in data collection and systematic examination of clients at various stages in the lifespan. Basic assessment concepts will be addressed utilizing a systems approach. Students will be provided the opportunity to analyze assessment data in relation to the nursing process. A didactic component is presented weekly which serves as a basis for skills practice in a laboratory setting. The laboratory setting may include, but is not limited to, the nursing skills lab and health care settings.
(Prerequisite: Anatomy & Physiology I and II and N200 taken either prior to or concurrently.)
N202 3T 3 Credits
Pathophysiologic and Pharmacologic Principles of Nursing Practice: Part I
This course is a combination of basic pharmacologic, pathophysiologic, and mathematical concepts, which assist the student to understand basic adaptive human responses to health threats, and related drug therapy. The focus of this course is on the application of knowledge from anatomy and physiology, chemistry, and microbiology, and algebra. This introductory course explores conditions of disrupted physiologic processes and provides a theoretical basis for pharmacological interventions. The focus is on understanding the rationale underlying various therapeutic nursing modalities pertinent to the disease process and drug therapy. The fundamental concepts of drug actions, assessment of the degree of individual tolerance to drug therapy, contraindications to medication administration use, drug interaction, and physical and chemical incompatibilities in relation to specific disease states are discussed.
(Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of Anatomy and Physiology I and II, Chemistry 114 and 115 (I and II), and Microbiology, or permission of instructor.)
N206 2T 2 Credits
Interactional Dynamics
Interactional dynamics expands upon self-awareness, communications and learned roles. The focus is on behavioral theories and theorists, motivational theories and models, and the dynamics of group interaction applied to clinical or work settings. Methods of learning will include lecture, individual assignments, classroom seminars, and small group process. Emphasis is placed on roles, function, and relationships within a small group setting.
(Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion Behavioral and Social Science Requirements.)
N210 3T, 2C/L 5 Credits
Foundations of Nursing Practice
The focus of this course is on the adaptive responses of the individual and family to actual or potential threats to internal dimensions of well-being. Nursing’s focus is on decision making in the utilization of the nursing process and coordination of health care through collaborative relationships in additional roles defined as advocate and collaborator. This course develops critical thinking skills by use of the nursing process. Communication skills and therapeutic nursing intervention skills are also developed. Scientific foundations of basic human needs such as; safety, hygiene, oxygenation, fluid balance, comfort, nutrition, elimination, mobility, skin integrity and wound care, and infection control are explored. Basic nursing interventions to complement each concept are learned in the laboratory and in a variety of clinical settings.
(Prerequisite: N200, N201 and N202 taken prior to or concurrently.)
Please Note: A student health and immunization record must be on file in the Registrar’s Office in order to attend any class with a clinical component. Also, to assure that the LCN student possesses the basic math skills needed to accurately calculate drug dosages and intravenous fluid flow rates, the College includes math skills in N210: Foundations of Nursing Practice. Students are required to pass a math proficiency test before being allowed to pass medications in N210 Foundations of Nursing Practice (the first course in which the student administers medications). Transfer students must pass the math proficiency test before their first clinical course at LCN. The test can be obtained from the Director of Assessment. All students are required to pass the math test at 100%; the test may be taken a maximum of three times before the student will be asked to withdraw from N210 and to remediate math skills. Students will not be allowed to pass medications in the clinical setting until they have successfully completed the math test. RNs who are currently practicing as licensed nurses are excused from the math proficiency.
N301 3T, 2C 5 Credits
Nursing of the Adult Client
The focus of this course is on the application of the nursing process in the delivery of nursing care to individuals and families. Emphasis is placed on actual or potential threats to internal dimensions of well-being. Correlation of knowledge related to human responses in the physical, biological, social, cultural and spiritual spheres to chronic and acute health threats are explored. Concentration will be placed on the role of the nurse as advocate and collaborator. Clinical experience for the student includes selected clients in a variety of hospital and outpatient settings allowing them to apply concepts in nursing practice drawn from foundational principles, while implementing and evaluating therapeutic nursing interventions.
(Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of Level I nursing courses and N307 Pathophysiologic/Pharmacologic Principles of Nursing Practice Part II take prior to or concurrently.)
N302 3T 3 Credits
Nursing Research
The course introduces the student to planning a nursing research proposal based on a simple inquiry. A survey of the techniques, methods, and tools of research is presented. The course focuses on defining the problem of nursing interest, determining the study purpose, choosing a data selection instrument, and planning for data analysis. The course will emphasize the importance of protection of human rights in nursing research, as well as the reading of research reports for applicability to nursing practice. Students will select a problem of interest to them in professional nursing and write a research proposal.
(Prerequisite: Successful completion of Level I Nursing Courses and concurrent enrollment in Level II Nursing Courses and Statistics, or permission of instructor.)
N305 3T, 2C 5 Credits
Nursing of the Childbearing Family
This course builds on the students’ broad knowledge base gained from their liberal studies of psychology, sociology, anatomy and physiology, human growth and development and from their knowledge of the nursing process. The focus of the course is on the normal process of childbearing and the promotion of family growth and adaptation through the generative cycle. A conceptual base is provided for examining the effects of acute biopsychosocial stressors on the childbearing woman and her family.
(Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of Level I nursing courses and N307Pathophysiologic/Pharmacologic Principles of Nursing Practice Part II take prior to or concurrently.)
N306 A, B, C, D, E, or F
Nursing Electives 2-3T 2-3 Credits
N306 A-Course Overview: Critical Care Nursing provides a foundation for caring for the critically ill client. The focus of the course will be the development of critical thinking in complex situations while utilizing the nursing process. Information presented will be synthesized with knowledge gained in previous courses, specifically pathophysiology, assessment, pharmacology, and medical-surgical nursing. The population addressed will be the adult client. The nursing knowledge and skills needed most frequently in the critical care setting will be emphasized in this basic level critical care course. The research background and implications will be incorporated throughout. Professional values will also be incorporated, examining the ethical and legal aspects of critical care nursing. The impact of the critical care environment on the adaptive responses of the individual, family and group will also be explored. Students may choose a clinical practice option through independent study.
(Prerequisite: Successful completion of Level I and N301)
N306 B- Course Overview: Holistic Health Promotion and Complementary Therapies offers students the opportunity to explore and practice holistic nursing care beyond the traditional bio-medical medication and treatments. The foundations of holistic health promotion, treatment modalities, applications, and integrating a holistic approach as a part of nursing care will be addressed. A holistic health promotion approach encompasses the nurse using healing practices and alternative systems of healthcare such as: mind-body interventions, bioelectromagnetic therapies, manual healing methods, pharmacologic and biologic treatments, herbal medicine, diet and nutrition, and comprehensive ancient medical systems will be addressed.
(Prerequisite: Successful completion of Level I courses or permission of the instructor.)
N306 C- Course Overview: Death, Dying and Bereavement provides a practical framework for understanding the needs of the dying client, his/her family, and their health care providers. The impact of death whether it is sudden, anticipated, or after a long term illness throughout the life span will be explored. Palliative care issues, hospice care, advance directives, organ transplantation, transitional care, and rituals at the time of death will be addressed from a cultural perspective. This course will give students the opportunity to learn and practice “what to say” and “what to do” in working with families in a variety of settings.
(Prerequisite: Successful completion of Level I courses or permission of the instructor.)
N306 D-Course Overview: Birth Companion offers students on the LCN-EIU campus the opportunity to participate in a families childbearing experience. This course combines the physiologic and philosophic principles of birthing and infant care to enable the student to understand the labor and delivery process as a “four trimester”, life-changing event for a family. The focus of the course is on the application of knowledge from prerequisites with hands-on experience provided. Students will attend four workshops with content including the role of the birth assistant and techniques and philosophies applied, and will then follow a pregnant client’s progress throughout the remainder of her pregnancy and into the birthing room as a “Lady in Waiting”, with follow up during the postpartum period. Physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of the birthing process and becoming a family will be thoroughly explored. The course will culminate in a portfolio created by the student who will present it to the client at the postpartum visit. Students must interview to participate in this elective.
(Prerequisite: Successful completion of Level I courses and N305.)
N306 E-Course Overview: Faith Community Nursing is designed to expand the student’s knowledge and understanding of faith community nursing that is being utilized by a number of growing congregations. Students will have the opportunity to learn how faith community nursing can help benefit the needs of individuals whose spiritual life is intertwined with a faith affiliation. (Prerequisite: Successful completion of Level I courses.)
N306 F-Course Overview: Nutrition and Diet Therapy builds on the students’ broad knowledge base gained from their liberal studies of composition, anatomy and physiology, human growth and development, biology, General Chemistry I & II, Nursing Foundations and Med-Surg I. This course will introduce the student to the basic principles of normal nutrition and investigates the modification of those guidelines for therapeutic needs in the clinical setting. (Prerequisite: Successful completion of Level I courses or permission of the instructor.)
N307 3T 3 Credits
Pathophysiologic and Pharmacologic Principles
of Nursing Practice: Part II
This course is a continuation of N202 and is to be taken in conjunction with N304. The focus of this course is on the correlation of knowledge from the sciences and Level II nursing courses. It provides the student with the opportunity to correlate theory with clinical practice in a variety of settings. Higher level concepts are presented in this advanced course.
(Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of N202 Pathophysiologic/Pharmacologic Principles of Nursing Practice Part I.)
N308 3T, 2C 5 Credits
Nursing of the Childrearing Family
This course builds on the students’ broad knowledge base gained form their liberal studies of psychology, sociology, anatomy and physiology, human growth and development and from their knowledge of the nursing process. This course examines concepts relevant to the childrearing cycle, including normal growth of development from birth through adolescence. The concepts include adaptation, stress, loss, role, socialization, need, family lifestyles, and culture. Genetic principles, chronic illness processes, ethical concerns, and legal issues are also addressed. Concepts that impact on the childrearing cycle are explored as they relate to health/illness continuum of children and adolescents. Clinical experience for the student includes the application of the nursing process on selected clients in a variety of hospital, outpatient and community settings.
(Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of Level I nursing courses and N307 Pathophysiologic/Pharmacologic Principles of Nursing Practice Part II take prior to or concurrently.)
N309 2T, 1C 3 Credits
Nursing of the Gerontological Client
The course involves a multi-disciplinary collaborative approach that will enable the student to understand the aging process. This didactic course focuses on the current status of the elderly, and their family relationships in contemporary society, developmental tasks of the elderly, attitudes and theories of aging. Content then progresses to aging changes and common health problems of the elderly that may require varying degrees of dependence on family and health care professionals. Components of the nursing process will be utilized to increase awareness of the unique responses of the elderly to threats to internal and external dimensions of well-being.
(Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of Level I nursing courses .)
N310 3T, 2C 5 Credits
Nursing of the Mental Health Client
Mental Health Nursing focuses on the individual, family or group facing actual or potential threats to psychological well-being in the internal or external dimensions of the environment. Emphasis is placed on promotion and support of the client’s adaptive responses through facilitative communication and the therapeutic relationship. Aspects of mental health nursing that are examined include stress and coping, levels of prevention, legal and ethical issues, and the conceptual framework for mental health care. Clinical experience is provided in hospital and community settings. In theory and clinical experience, utilization of the nursing process to meet mental health needs of clients across the lifespan is emphasized. Attention is directed to the student’s feelings and reactions to promote self-awareness and self-growth.
(Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of all Level I Nursing Courses and N307 Pathophysiologic/Pharmacologic Principles of Nursing Practice Part II take prior to or concurrently.)
N403 3T, 2C 5 Credits
Nursing of the Client with Complex Health Situations
The focus of this course is on the integration of the knowledge from the general education and nursing courses through a focus on the adaptive responses of individual and family to actual or potential health threats. Nursing focus is on critical analysis in the utilization of the nursing process in the roles of case-finder, change agent, and facilitator. Emphasis is placed on care of individuals and families who are experiencing complex multidimensional stressors in the physical, biological, social, cultural, and spiritual spheres. Clinical experience for the student includes selected clients in a variety of settings allowing them to apply concepts drawn from Level II nursing courses.
(Prerequisites: Satisfactory completion of all Level I and Level II nursing courses.)
N404 3T, 2C 5 Credits
Nursing in Community Health
The course expands upon the concepts of professional nursing presented in previous levels. The knowledge of therapeutic communication and group process is utilized by the student in the community setting. Independence and self-direction, which have been gained through successful completion of previous clinical and theory experience of increasing complexity, are necessary tools for the less structured community health care setting. Cultural differences are addressed in theory and clinical experience to allow the student to develop an understanding and acceptance of different values, lifestyles and religious and ethnic backgrounds. Care of the individual, family or group is addressed with focus on the welfare of the community or population as a whole.
(Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of Level I and II nursing courses.)
N405 3T, 1C 4 Credits
Nursing Leadership and Management
Leadership and management in nursing prepare individuals to assume leadership roles based on the management function concepts of planning, organizing, directing, staffing, controlling and evaluating. This course builds upon the roles of case finder, communicator, change agent, and facilitator. Theories of motivation and group dynamics are applied to develop the nurse as a leader in collaborative relationships. Students will be placed in a variety of organizational settings where they will function as self-directed learners assuming a leadership role. Recognized leaders, in clinical and community settings, will precept students to enhance their self-directed learning objectives that are congruent with course and level objectives.
(Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of all Level I and II nursing courses.)
N408 3T 3 Credits
Nursing Seminar
The course prepares all students, basic BSN students and RN/BSN Completion students, for transition into professional nursing. Issues facing the professional nursing practice will be addressed. For the undergraduate basic BSN students will have an opportunity to review and prepare for RN-NCLEX examination. A synthesis of previous coursework is required for successful completion.
(Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of all Level I and II nursing courses .)
N499 1T -3T 1-3 Credits
Independent Study
The Independent Study provides students whose transfer course credit is not equivalent to LCN’s credit to receive addition credit for nursing courses. Independent study also offers students the opportunity for in depth exploration of a topic of professional interest. The focus of study may be a research project, clinical experience, non-clinical professional experience, or service project.
(Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of Level I courses or by permission of instructor.)
Prerequisites:
CHEM 114 3T, 1L 4 Credits
Chemistry 114
Introduction to the general principles of inorganic chemistry. Emphasis is placed on matter and energy, atomic and molecular structure, bonding, reactions and stoichiometry, gas laws, solutions and colloids, acids/bases, salts, and nuclear chemistry.
(Prerequisite: One year of secondary school algebra or equivalent.)
CHEM 115 3T, 1L 4 Credits
Chemistry 115
Introduction to the general principles of organic and biochemistry. This course is based on carbon compounds, structure, identification, and reactions. Emphasis is placed on natural products, structure, properties, synthesis, function, and metabolism in the body.
(Prerequisite: One year of secondary school algebra or equivalent.)
Stats 320 3T 3 Credits
Statistics 320
An introductory course in statistics designed for the nursing student and medical field practitioner. The course uses examples and application relevant to the health sciences. Topics include descriptive statistics, frequency distributions, measures of central tendency, variability, correlation and regression, hypothesis testing, and analysis of variance. Computer applications of statistical analysis are also presented.
(Prerequisite: One year of secondary school algebra or equivalent.)
N203 Online Only 1 Credit
The Language of Health Care
The Language of Health Care is an online course that prepares students to understand the language used in health care. Medical terminology, abbreviations, and basic health care terms are covered by systems to help the student. Methods of learning will include online learning, creative learning strategies, end of chapter tests, and homework. Emphasis is placed on students developing the ability to communicate with other members of the health care team. (Prerequisite: English Comp. I & II, Anatomy & Physiology)
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Due to the dynamics of health care, changes within the course content may not be reflected in this publication.
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