NRSX29 NCLEX Review

Credits 0

Registration Requirement: Successful completion of all prior nursing curriculum courses, each with a grade of "C" or better. Concurrent enrollment in NRS224 is required.

This review course is intended to help prepare the students for the RN-NCLEX exam for licensure. Nursing content is reviewed and emphasis placed on subject areas tested in the national RN-NCLEX exam. Students review test taking strategies, prioritization, application and evaluation components of NCLEX style test questions.

View Course Outcomes:

1. Accurately assess own areas of strength and weaknesses in nursing content and application
2. Establish a plan to increase his/her knowledge of nursing theory and critical thinking on nursing related test items
3. Identify content areas that need to be remediated before taking before taking the NCLEX exam

NRS110A Foundations of Nursing: Health Promotion - A

Credits 6

Registration Requirement: Acceptance into the Nursing program. Concurrent enrollment in NRS230 and NRS110B is required.

This course introduces the learner to framework of the OCNE curriculum. The emphasis on health promotion across the lifespan includes learning about self-care as well as patient health practices. To support self and patient health practices, students learn to access evidence about healthy lifestyle patterns and risk factors for disease/illness, apply growth and development theory, interview patients in a culturally sensitive manner, identify members of an inter professional team, and use reflective thinking about their practice as nursing students.

Additional Course Fee: $335.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Demonstrate clinical judgment by using the nursing process in holistic care planning.
2. Examine health promotion strategies that are person-centered, family-centered, developmentally appropriate, and culturally-aware to support a patient's health behavior change.
3. Identify communication strategies that establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with the patient/family system.
4. Apply selected nursing, ethical, and legal standards of practice to theory and clinical activities.
5. Identify therapeutic communication skills for the development of relationships with patients and their families, and/or important others.

NRS110B Foundations of Nursing: Health Promotion - B

Credits 3

Registration Requirement: Acceptance into the Nursing program. Concurrent requisites: NRS110A and NRA230.

This course introduces the learner to framework of the OCNE curriculum. The emphasis on health promotion across the lifespan includes learning about self-care as well as patient health practices. To support self and patient health practices, students learn to access evidence about healthy lifestyle patterns and risk factors for disease/illness, apply growth and developmental theory, interview patients in a culturally sensitive manner, identify members of an inter professional team, and use reflective thinking about their practice as nursing students. Includes classroom and clinical learning experiences. The clinical portion of the curses includes practice with selected core nursing skills.

Additional Course Fee: $787.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Complete a comprehensive health assessment.
2. Demonstrate clinical judgment by using the nursing process in holistic care planning.
3. Examine health promotion strategies that are person-centered, family-centered, developmentally appropriate, and culturally-aware to support a patient's health behavior change.
4. Identify therapeutic communication skills for the development of relationships with patients and their families, and/or important others.
5. Apply selected nursing, ethical, and legal standards of practice to clinical activities.
6. Demonstrate compliance with institutional policies and procedures regarding timely completion of assignments.
7. Demonstrate safe practice of fundamental nursing care skills consistent with nursing standards of practice and professional performance.

NRS111A Foundations of Nursing in Chronic Illness I - A

Credits 3

Registration Requirement: Completion of NRS110A and BI234, each with a grade of "C" or higher. Co-requisite: NRS231 and NRS232. Concurrent enrollment in NRS111B.

The course introduces the learner to the application of clinical judgment for the care of patients across the lifespan who are experiencing chronic health conditions. Legal and ethical aspects of care are incorporated to guide evidence-based, person-centered care. The course includes classroom and clinical learning experiences.

Additional Course Fee: $335.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Use developmentally and culturally appropriate knowledge and skills to conduct person-centered assessments of patients across the lifespan living with chronic conditions.
2. Interpret data, including assessments, patient goals, and knowledge of illness trajectory, to develop person-centered plans of care.
3. Identify the ANA Code of Ethics provisions and regulatory guidelines in the care of persons with chronic conditions.
4. Identify roles and functions of members of the health care team to provide person-centered care.
5. Use therapeutic communication skills in the development of relationships with patients and their families and/or important others.\\n

NRS111B Foundations of Nursing in Chronic Illness I - B

Credits 3

Registration Requirement: NRS110A and BI234, each with a grade of "C" or higher. Co-requisite: NRS231 and NRS232. Concurrent enrollment in NRS111A.

The course introduces the learner to the application of clinical judgment for the care of patients across the lifespan who are experiencing chronic health conditions. Legal and ethical aspects of care are incorporated to guide evidence-based, person-centered care. The course includes classroom and clinical learning experiences.

Additional Course Fee: $864.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Use developmentally and culturally appropriate knowledge and skills to conduct person-centered assessments of patients across the lifespan living with chronic conditions.
2. Interpret data, including assessments, patient goals, and knowledge of illness trajectory, to develop person-centered plans of care.
3. Demonstrate safe, evidence-based interventions while caring for the patient with chronic conditions.
4. Evaluate patient response to chronic interventions and recognize the need to adjust the plan of care.
5. Use therapeutic communication skills in the development of relationships with patients and their families and/or important others.

NRS112A Foundations of Nursing in Acute Care I - A

Credits 4

Registration Requirement: Concurrent enrollment in NRS112B.

This course introduces the learner to application of clinical judgment for care of culturally diverse patients across the lifespan who are experiencing prevalent acute conditions or acute exacerbations of chronic conditions. Legal and ethical aspects of care are incorporated to guide evidence-based, patient-centered nursing care.

Additional Course Fee: $335.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Interpret data, including assessments, patient goals, and knowledge of illness trajectory to plan culturally sensitive, patient-centered care.
2. Identify relevant clinical practice guidelines and evidence-based literature to guide decision-making in the acute care environment.

NRS112B Foundations of Nursing in Acute Care I - B

Credit 1

Registration Requirement: Successful completion of all prior nursing courses with a grade of "C" or higher. Concurrent enrollment in NRS112A is required.

This course introduces the learner to application of clinical judgment for care of culturally diverse patients across the lifespan who are experiencing prevalent acute conditions or acute exacerbations of chronic conditions. Legal and ethical aspects of care are incorporated to guide evidence-based, patient-centered nursing care. Includes classroom and clinical learning experiences.

Additional Course Fee: $710.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Use developmentally and culturally appropriate knowledge and skills to conduct assessments of patients across the lifespan in acute care settings.
2. Interpret data, including assessments, patient goals, and knowledge of illness trajectory to plan culturally sensitive, patient-centered care.
3. Demonstrate safe, evidence-based nursing interventions to manage acute conditions or problems.
4. Assess patient response to acute interventions.
5. Identify relevant clinical practice guidelines and evidence-based literature to guide decision-making in the acute care environment.
6. Demonstrate professional and effective communication with patients and members of the health care team.

NRS112BL Foundations of Nursing in Acute Care I - B Lab

Credit 1

Registration Requirement: Successful completion of all prior nursing courses with a grade of "C" or higher. Concurrent enrollment in NRS112A is required.

This course introduces the learner to application of clinical judgment for care of culturally diverse patients across the lifespan who are experiencing prevalent acute conditions or acute exacerbations of chronic conditions. Legal and ethical aspects of care are incorporated to guide evidence-based, patient-centered nursing care. Includes classroom and clinical learning experiences.

View Course Outcomes:

1. Use developmentally and culturally appropriate knowledge and skills to conduct assessments of patients across the lifespan in acute care settings.
2. Interpret data, including assessments, patient goals, and knowledge of illness trajectory to plan culturally sensitive, patient-centered care.
3. Demonstrate safe, evidence-based nursing interventions to manage acute conditions or problems.
4. Assess patient response to acute interventions.
5. Identify relevant clinical practice guidelines and evidence-based literature to guide decision-making in the acute care environment.
6. Demonstrate professional and effective communication with patients and members of the health care team.

NRS221A Nursing in Chronic Illness II and End of Life - A

Credits 4

Registration Requirement: NRS110A, NRS110B, NRS111A, NRS111B, NRS112A, NRS112B, NRS230, NRS231, NRS232, and NRS233, each with a grade of "C" or higher. Concurrent enrollment in NRS221B.

This course builds upon Nursing in Chronic 1, with a focus on mental health conditions and end-of-life nursing care. In this course, learners will apply clinical judgment using person-centered care practices in caring for people with chronic physical and/or mental health conditions that affect functional status and may impact important relationships. Legal and ethical aspects of care are incorporated to guide evidence-based, person-centered nursing care.

Additional Course Fee: $335.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Create a developmentally and culturally appropriate plan of care that supports patients with chronic mental health conditions and those at the end of life, promotes functional status, and addresses the impact on patients, families, and/or important others.
2. Interpret the etiology, symptoms, experiences, and stigmas of chronic mental health conditions and patients at the end of life and their impact on the patient, family, and/or important others.
3. Identify resources needed to assist patients through transitions of care.
4. Analyze the impact of healthcare systems, payor structures, and policy on chronic physical and mental health and end-of-life care by comparing funding mechanisms, assessing financial decision-making challenges, and evaluating resource suitability for patients and families.

NRS221B Nursing in Chronic Illness II and End-of-Life - B

Credits 4

Registration Requirement: Successful completion of all prior nursing curriculum courses with a grade of "C" or higher. Concurrent enrollment in NRS221A.

This course builds upon Nursing in Chronic 1, with a focus on mental health conditions and end-of-life nursing care. In this course, learners will apply clinical judgment using person-centered care practices in caring for people with chronic physical and/or mental health conditions that affect functional status and may impact important relationships. Legal and ethical aspects of care are incorporated to guide evidence-based, person-centered nursing care.

Additional Course Fee: $710.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Create a developmentally and culturally appropriate plan of care that supports patients with chronic mental health conditions and those at the end of life, promotes functional status, and addresses the impact on patients, families, and/or important others.
2. Demonstrate safe evidence-based nursing practices across the lifespan to support patients, families, and/or important others experiencing chronic mental health conditions and those at the end of life.
3. Demonstrate person-centered communication techniques with patients experiencing chronic mental health conditions and those at the end of life.
4. Collaborate with health care team members to provide person-centered care.

NRS221BL Nursing in Chronic Illness II and End-of-Life - B Lab

Credit 1

Registration Requirement: Successful completion of all prior nursing curriculum courses with a grade of "C" or higher.

This course builds upon Nursing in Chronic 1, with a focus on mental health conditions and end-of-life nursing care. In this course, learners will apply clinical judgment using person-centered care practices in caring for people with chronic physical and/or mental health conditions that affect functional status and may impact important relationships. Legal and ethical aspects of care are incorporated to guide evidence-based, person-centered nursing care.

View Course Outcomes:

1. Create a developmentally and culturally appropriate plan of care that supports patients with chronic mental health conditions and those at the end of life, promotes functional status, and addresses the impact on patients, families, and/or important others.
2. Demonstrate safe evidence-based nursing practices across the lifespan to support patients, families, and/or important others experiencing chronic mental health conditions and those at the end of life.
3. Demonstrate person-centered communication techniques with patients experiencing chronic mental health conditions and those at the end of life.
4. Collaborate with health care team members to provide person-centered care.

NRS222A Foundations of Nursing in Acute Care II and End of Life - A

Credits 4

Registration Requirement: Concurrent enrollment in NRS222B.

This course builds upon Nursing in Acute 1, with a focus on more complex conditions in patients across the lifespan. Learners will continue to apply clinical judgment, with a focus on culturally diverse patients who are experiencing acute, complex, rapidly changing, multisystem conditions and situations. Legal and ethical aspects of care are incorporated to guide evidence-based, patient-centered nursing care. Includes classroom learning experiences.

Additional Course Fee: $335.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Synthesize data, including assessments, patient goals, changing clinical status, and knowledge of illness trajectory to plan and prioritize culturally sensitive, patient-centered care.
2. Distinguish the professional role of the nurse within the healthcare team.

NRS222B Foundations of Nursing in Acute Care II and End-of-Life-B

Credits 4

Registration Requirement: Successful completion of all prior nursing curriculum courses, each with a grade of "C" or higher. Concurrent enrollment in NRS222A.

This course builds upon Nursing in Acute 1, with a focus on more complex conditions in patients across the lifespan. Learners will continue to apply clinical judgment, with a focus on culturally diverse patients who are experiencing acute, complex, rapidly changing, multisystem conditions and situations. Legal and ethical aspects of care are incorporated to guide evidence-based, patient-centered nursing care. Includes clinical experiences.

Additional Course Fee: $710.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Use developmentally and culturally appropriate knowledge and skills to discern assessment data in patients across the lifespan with complex, rapidly changing, or multisystem conditions.
2. Synthesize data, including assessments, patient goals, changing clinical status, and knowledge of illness trajectory to plan and prioritize culturally sensitive, patient-centered care.
3. Demonstrate safe, evidence-based nursing interventions in dynamic situations.
4. Revise plan of care based on patient response to acute interventions.
5. Integrate clinical practice guidelines and evidence-based literature in decision-making in the acute care environment.
6. Distinguish the professional role of the nurse within the healthcare team.

NRS222BL Foundations of Nursing in Acute Care II and End-of-Life - B Lab

Credit 1

Registration Requirement: Successful completion of all prior nursing curriculum courses, each with a grade of "C" or higher. Concurrent enrollment in NRS221A.

This course builds upon Nursing in Acute 1, with a focus on more complex conditions in patients across the lifespan. Learners will continue to apply clinical judgment, with a focus on culturally diverse patients who are experiencing acute, complex, rapidly changing, multisystem conditions and situations. Legal and ethical aspects of care are incorporated to guide evidence-based, patient-centered nursing care. Includes lab experiences.

View Course Outcomes:

1. Use developmentally and culturally appropriate knowledge and skills to discern assessment data in patients across the lifespan with complex, rapidly changing, or multisystem conditions.
2. Synthesize data, including assessments, patient goals, changing clinical status, and knowledge of illness trajectory to plan and prioritize culturally sensitive, patient-centered care.
3. Demonstrate safe, evidence-based nursing interventions in dynamic situations.
4. Revise plan of care based on patient response to acute interventions.
5. Integrate clinical practice guidelines and evidence-based literature in decision-making in the acute care environment.
6. Distinguish the professional role of the nurse within the healthcare team.

NRS224A Integrative Practicum I - A

Credits 2

Registration Requirement: Concurrent enrollment in NRS224B.

This practicum course provides students with opportunities to apply theories and skills learned in previous nursing courses. It is designed to refine the clinical judgments, knowledge and skills necessary for safe and effective registered nurse practice, using a variety of evidence-based teaching and learning models. This course provides opportunities for analysis and reflection throughout the clinical experience and provides the student with evaluative criteria against which they can judge their own progress towards achieving course outcomes. Includes immersive clinical experience, seminar, self-directed study, which focuses on the transition from the student role to the professional nursing practice role.

Additional Course Fee: $160.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Demonstrate self-reflection and self-analysis to identify strengths and areas for improvement.
2. Plan individualized, trauma-informed care for patients and families.
3. Explain the concept of continuous quality improvement to enhance care delivery across the continuum of care.

NRS224B Integrative Practicum I - B

Credits 7

Registration Requirement: Concurrent enrollment in NRS224A.

This practicum course provides students with opportunities to apply theories and skills learned in previous nursing courses. It is designed to refine the clinical judgments, knowledge and skills necessary for safe and effective registered nurse practice, using a variety of evidence-based teaching and learning models. This course provides opportunities for analysis and reflection throughout the clinical experience and provides the student with evaluative criteria against which they can judge their own progress towards achieving course outcomes. Includes immersive clinical experience, seminar, self-directed study, focusing on the transition from the student role to the professional nursing practice role.

Additional Course Fee: $810.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Make sound clinical judgments based on an increasingly complex knowledge base, best practice evidence and experience in care of selected populations.
2. Create priorities in the provision of care with attention to individual patient needs and preferences, available resources and ethical aspects of patient care.
3. Demonstrate self-reflection and self-analysis to identify strengths and areas for improvement.
4. Plan individualized, trauma-informed care for patients and families.
5. Collaborate with the health care team to facilitate optimal patient care.
6. Integrate program theories and skills into practice to enhance professional role development and transition from student to nurse.

NRS230 Clinical Pharmacology I

Credits 3

Registration Requirement: Acceptance into the Nursing program. Concurrent requisites: NRS110A and NRS110B.

This course introduces the theoretical background that enables students to provide safe and effective care related to drugs and natural products to persons throughout the lifespan. It includes the foundational concepts of principles of pharmacology, as well as numerous classes of drugs. Students will learn to make selected clinical decisions in the context of nursing regarding using current, reliable sources of information, understanding of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, developmental physiologic considerations, monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of drug therapy, teaching persons from diverse populations regarding safe and effective use of drugs and natural products. Drugs are studied by therapeutic class.

Additional Course Fee: $220.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Select pertinent information about drugs and natural products from current, reliable sources of information, focusing on\\n• identification of appropriate reliable sources of information in specific nursing situations,\\n• rapid and accurate retrieval of pertinent information from a current drug guide, and\\n• accurate retrieval of information from a comprehensive drug information source.
2. Evaluate the effectiveness of drug therapy, focusing on\\n• selection and interpretation of basic focused nursing assessments to detect therapeutic effects, adverse effects, and drug-drug, drug-food, and drug-natural product interactions for specific classes of drugs, and\\n• surveillance for vulnerability to negative effects of specific classes of drugs based on age, developmental physiology, genetic polymorphisms, and concurrent pathophysiology, psychopathology, or other factors
3. Teach patients, family members, and others from diverse populations across the lifespan regarding safe and effective use of drugs and natural products, focusing on\\n• self-management of specific classes of over-the-counter and prescription drugs that are used episodically,\\n• self-management of specific classes of drugs that are taken for chronic conditions,\\n• how the action of specific classes of drugs relates to developmental, maturational, aging, neurochemical, and pathophysiological processes, or normal physiology,\\n• which adverse effects of specific classes of drugs and natural products to self-manage and which ones to report to health professionals, and\\n• how to avoid or recognize drug-drug, drug-food, and drug-natural product interactions with specific classes of drugs.
4. Identify appropriate nursing interventions to increase therapeutic benefits and reduce potential negative effects of drug therapy, focusing on\\n• identification of basic nonpharmacological nursing interventions that potentially enhance the effectiveness of specific classes of drugs and\\n• assessment of barriers to adherence to drug therapy, including social determinants of health, with specific classes of drugs.
5. Communicate appropriately with other health professionals regarding drug therapy, focusing on\\n• using appropriate technical language related to pharmacology,\\n• explaining drug mechanisms of action and their relationship to normal physiology, and \\n• reporting pertinent information about an individual's response to specific classes of drugs or natural products.

NRS231 Clinical Pharmacology II

Credits 3

Registration Requirement: NRS230, with a grade of "C" or better. Concurrent requisites: NRS111A, NRS111B, and NRS232.

This sequel to Clinical Pharmacology I continues to provide the theoretical background that enables students to provide safe and effective nursing care related to drugs and natural products to persons throughout the life span. Students will learn to make selected clinical decisions in the context of nursing regarding using current, reliable sources of information, monitoring & evaluating the effectiveness of drug therapy, teaching persons from diverse populations regarding safe & effective use of drugs and natural products, intervening to increase therapeutic benefits and reduce potential negative effects, & communicating appropriately with other health professionals regarding drug therapy. Contains drugs & products not in NRS230.

Additional Course Fee: $220.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Select pertinent information about drugs and natural products from current, reliable sources of information, focusing on 1) finding and interpreting current information from a drug guide, comprehensive drug information sources, and electronic data bases, and 2) accessing and interpreting pharmacology-focused articles in current professional journals.
2. Evaluate the effectiveness of drug therapy, focusing on 1) selection, interpretation, and prioritization of focused nursing assessments to detect therapeutic effects, adverse effects, and drug-drug, drug-food, and drug-natural product interactions, and 2) surveillance for vulnerability to negative effects of specific classes of drugs based on age, developmental physiology, genetic polymorphisms, concurrent pathophysiology, psychopathology, or other factors.
3. Teach patients, family members, and others from diverse populations across the lifespan regarding safe and effective use of drugs and natural products, focusing on 1) self-management of specific classes of over-the-counter and prescription drugs that are used episodically, 2) self-management of multiple drugs that are taken concurrently for chronic conditions, 3)how the action of specific classes of drugs relates to the pathophysiological processes, neurochemical processes, or normal physiology, 4) which adverse effects of specific classes of drugs and natural products to self-manage and which ones to report to health professionals, and 5) how to avoid or recognize drug-drug, drug-food, drug-natural product interactions with specific classes of drugs.
4. Identify appropriate nursing interventions to increase therapeutic benefits and reduce potential negative effects of drug therapy, focusing on 1) identification of basic non-pharmacological nursing interventions that potentially enhance the effectiveness of specific classes of drugs, 2) assessment of barriers to adherence to drug therapy, including social determinants of health, with specific classes of drugs, and 3) recognition and basic strategies for reduction of poly pharmacy in older adults.
5. Communicate appropriately with other health professionals regarding drug therapy, focusing on 1) using appropriate technical language related to pharmacology, 2) explaining drug mechanisms of action and their relationship to normal physiology, and 3) prioritizing and reporting pertinent information about an individual's response to specific classes of drugs or natural products

NRS232 Pathophysiological Processes I

Credits 3

Registration Requirement: Concurrent enrollment in NRS111A, NRS111B, and NRS231.

This course introduces pathophysiological processes that contribute to many different disease states across the life span and human responses to those processes. It includes foundational concepts of cellular adaptation, injury and death; inflammation and tissue healing; fluid and electrolyte imbalances; and physiologic response to stressors and pain, and pathophysiological processes. Students learn to make clinical decisions using current, reliable sources of pathophysiological information, selecting and interpreting nursing assessments based on a knowledge of pathophysiological processes, teaching persons from diverse populations about pathophysiological changes, and communicating with other health professionals.

Additional Course Fee: $220.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Access current, reliable information about selected pathophysiological processes, including cellular adaptation, injury, and death; inflammation and tissue healing; fluid and electrolyte imbalances; and physiologic response to stressors.
2. Select and interpret basic focused nursing assessments based on knowledge of clinical manifestations of and developmental considerations in selected pathophysiological processes in patients across the life span.
3. Teach persons from diverse populations across the lifespan regarding selected pathophysiological processes, focusing on\\n• explaining how the risk factors relate to specific pathophysiological processes,\\n• describing selected pathophysiological processes in appropriate terms, \\n• explaining how the signs and symptoms relate to specific pathophysiological processes,\\n• explaining which signs and symptoms to report to a health professional,\\n• explaining how developmental factors relate to pathophysiology.
4. Communicate effectively with other health professionals regarding selected pathophysiological processes, focusing on\\n• using appropriate technical language,\\n• clarifying technical details of pathophysiological processes,\\n• reporting pertinent information about a patient’s status.

NRS233 Pathophysiological Processes II

Credits 3

Registration Requirement: Concurrent enrollment in NRS112A and NRS112B.

This sequel to Pathophysiological Processes I continues to explore pathophysiological processes that contribute to disease states across the life span and human responses to those processes. Students learn to make selected clinical decisions in the context of nursing using current, reliable sources of pathophysiology information, selecting and interpreting focused nursing assessments based on knowledge of pathophysiological processes, teaching persons from diverse populations regarding pathophysiological processes, and communicating with other health professionals regarding pathophysiological processes. The course addresses additional pathophysiological processes not contained in Pathophysiological Processes I.

Additional Course Fee: $220.00

View Course Outcomes:

1. Access and interpret current, reliable information about selected pathophysiological processes.
2. Select and interpret focused nursing assessments based on knowledge of clinical manifestations, developmental considerations, and potential complications of selected pathophysiological processes in patients across the lifespan.
3. Teach persons from diverse populations across the lifespan regarding selected pathophysiological processes, focusing on\\n• explaining how the risk factors relate to specific pathophysiological processes,\\n• describing selected pathophysiological processes in appropriate terms,\\n• explaining how the signs and symptoms relate to specific pathophysiological processes,\\n• explaining which signs and symptoms to report to a health professional, and\\n• explaining how developmental factors relate to pathophysiology, symptom experience, symptom reporting, and symptom management.
4. Communicate effectively with other health professionals regarding selected pathophysiological processes, focusing on\\n• using appropriate technical language,\\n• clarifying technical details of pathophysiological processes, and\\n• prioritizing and reporting pertinent information regarding a patient’s status.