Licensed Practical Nursing (LPN)

This course meets CDC, OSHA and NFPA guidelines for basic life support. It focuses on immediate life-threatening situations, demonstrates quick, effective responses and presents perspectives on how frequently these situations occur. It is ideal for professionals such as firefighters, police, paramedics, lifeguards, athletic trainers, medical assistants and other medical professionals. Topics covered include the professional rescuer’s role in emergencies; victim’s condition assessment; basic life support; rescue breathing; cardiac emergencies; airway obstructions; AED use; and resuscitation in special situations. This class is offered for credit as a Pass/No Pass course.

Basic anatomy and physiology of the human body. Systems studied include integumentary, musculo-skeletal, nervous, circulatory, lymphatic, respiratory, urinary, digestive, endocrine and reproductive. (A grade of ”C” or higher required to continue in medical programs.)

Focuses on the foundational development of the role of the Practical Nurse. Legal and ethical standards, trends in nursing, and scope of practice of practical nursing will be explored. This course also introduces the student to the nursing processes as a tool to guide clinical judgment. Additional concepts within the course include communication, documentation, caring, confidentiality, infection control, safety, and information security.4 credits

The clinical component of LPN 101. This course is a continuation of fundamentals course with application of theoretical nursing content into the clinical, lab, and simulation setting. Students will gain experience mastering basic nursing skills and foundational clinical decision making.

Designed to provide students with opportunities to develop pharmacological competencies necessary to meet the needs of individuals throughout the lifespan in a safe, legal, and ethical manner. This course contains a basic pharmacological foundation of knowledge of drug classifications and medication prototypes, therapeutic actions, side-effects, and nursing implications. 

This course is designed to develop students’ problem-solving skills and quantitative reasoning through topics including: problem-solving processes, logic, percentages, measurement, ratios and proportions, statistics, linear equations, geometry and trigonometry, and personal finance.

Provides a foundation for gaining the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for college success. Students will learn to make a successful transition to higher education by setting up a pattern of success that will last the rest of their lives. Students will define goals and develop thinking skills, learning strategies and personal qualities essential to both academic and career success. Please note: Students who have served active military duty (excluding basic training and AIT) may be exempt from the Student Success course. Student must provide a copy of DD214 or other official military documentation to the registrar for verification.

Builds upon the fundamentals nursing course. This course is designed to acquaint the learner with classification of medical/ surgical diseases using the Body System approach as the framework. The significance of each symptom and the nurse’s responsibility for patient care will be stressed. Emphasis is placed on physiological disorders that require management in an acute and/or long term care facility. Nutrition, pharmacology, communication, and cultural concepts are integrated throughout this course.

The clinical component of LPN 105. Clinical experiences provide the student an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts and implement safe patient care in lab, simulation, and selected clinical settings. Medication administration concepts and skills, patient care management principles and professional/therapeutic communication will be developed throughout the clinical course.

Provides an integrative, family-centered approach to maternity and pediatric nursing, highlighting the ways in which infants and children differ from adults. Emphasis is placed on normal and abnormal pregnancies, birthing process, family dynamics, care of the newborn, growth and development and common pediatric disorders. The impact of psycho-social and cultural values and practices of the childbearing family unit are also explored. The nursing process is used in identifying and meeting the needs of the childbearing family to facilitate optimal functioning. Nutrition, pharmacology, and communication concepts are integrated throughout this course.

The clinical component of LPN 107. Clinical experiences provide the student an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts and to provide safe patient care to childbearing family unit and children in the lab, simulation, and selected clinical settings.

Ethical principles and legal regulations governing a medical practice.

This course builds upon Adult Health Nursing I and continues to acquaint the learner with classification of medical/surgical diseases using the Body System approach as the framework. The knowledge regarding disease processes and application of the nursing process is also emphasized. This course is designed to assist the student in developing concepts of mental health and his/her role in the mental health effort. An awareness of mental illness, its treatment, and relationship to all areas of nursing will be included. Nutrition, pharmacology, culture, critical thinking skills, prioritizing, ethical and legal issues, documentation, and working with other members of the healthcare team are concepts that are interwoven throughout this course.

This course is an overview of the normal physical, psychological and cultural aspects of the aging process. It addresses common disease processes of aging and exploration of attitudes toward care of the older adult as guided by the National League for Nursing Advancing Care Excellence for Seniors (ACES). Also covered are preventative care and restorative measures for the older adult. An emphasis is given on adaptations in the provision of nursing care to the older individual. Nutrition, pharmacology, communication, and cultural concepts are integrated throughout this course.

This course is the clinical component of LPN 110 and LPN 111. Clinical experiences provide the student an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts and to provide safe patient care to complex patient situations with an emphasis on the geriatric population with multiple co-morbidities in the lab, simulation, and selected clinical settings. Care of the patient with the student having a more autonomous role will be emphasized.

This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to integrate clinical and theoretical learning from previous nursing courses through a role-transition clinical experience. The purpose is for students to function in the professional nursing role and further the transition from student nurse to professional practical nurse.

Designed to relate psychology to everyday life. Students will gain a basic understanding of how we develop throughout our life span and how we learn throughout our lives. Special emphasis is placed on understanding causes, symptoms and treatment of the most prevalent psychological disorders in our society. An empathetic perspective for those who suffer from these disorders and how the disorders affect their families is stressed.