Course Descriptions

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NURSING

NRS110 Fundamentals of Nursing - Health Promotions
9 credits (5 lec, 12 lab hrs/wk)
The course introduces the Oregon Consortium for Nursing Education (OCNE) curriculum framework. The emphasis is on health promotion across the life span which includes learning about self-health as well as client health practices. Students learn how to modify skills to address health promotion and chronic illness needs for clients.
Prerequisite: Minimum of 49 prerequisite credits with a 3.75 GPA or higher and acceptance into the Nursing Program.

NRS111 Foundations of Nursing in Chronic Illness I
6 credits (3 lec, 9 lab hrs/wk)
This course introduces chronic illness assessment and interventions across the lifespan. The client and family’s “lived experience” of the illness, practice guidelines and research evidence are used to guide clinical judgment in the care of the chronically ill. Roles of the multidisciplinary team and legal aspects of delegation are explored.
Prerequisite: NRS110 with a “C” or better.
Concurrent: NRS230 and NRS232.

NRS112 Foundations of Nursing in Acute Care I
6 credits (3 lec, 9 lab hrs/wk)
This course introduces the learner to assessment and common interventions and technical procedures for patient care during an acute episode of disease/illness. Disease/illness trajectories and their translation into clinical practice guidelines and/or standard procedures are considered in relation to their impact on providing culturally sensitive, client-centered care. Includes classroom and clinical learning experiences..
Prerequisite: NRS111, NRS230 and NRS232 with a “C” or better.
Concurrent: NRS231and NRS233.

NRS221 Foundations of Nursing in Chronic Illness II and End-of-Life
9 credits (4 lec, 15 lab hrs/wk)
This course builds on Foundations of Nursing in Chronic Illness I. The evidence base of nursing interventions related to family care giving, relationships, functional status, and symptom management is a major focus. Advocacy, self-determination, and autonomy issues are addressed within the framework of cultural beliefs and lifespan issues.
Prerequisite: NRS222 with a “C” or better.

NRS222 Foundations of Nursing in Acute Care II and End-of-Life
9 credits (4 lec, 15 lab hrs/wk)
This course builds on Nursing in Acute Care I focusing on complex and/or unstable patient care situations. The emphasis is on development of clinical judgment in managing patient and family care issues in the acute care setting. Exemplars include acute conditions affecting multiple body systems, and legal and ethical issues.
Prerequisite: NRS112, NRS231 and NRS233 with a “C” or better.

NRS224 Scope of Practice/Integrated Practicum
9 credits (2 lec, 21 lab, hrs/wk)
This course is designed to formalize the clinical judgments, knowledge and skills necessary in safe, registered nurse practice. Faculty/preceptor/student analysis and reflection throughout the experience provide the student with evaluative criteria against which they can judge their own performance and develop a practice framework.
Prerequisite: NRS221 with a “C” or better.

NRS230 Clinical Pharmacology I
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
This two course sequence introduces the theoretical background related to drugs and natural products used by clients throughout the lifespan. Drugs are studied by therapeutic class. Students will learn to administer medications safely using current, reliable research evidence. Client education and working within the client and clinical environment are emphasized.
Prerequisite: NRS110 with a “C” or better.
Concurrent: NRS111 and NRS232.

NRS231 Clinical Pharmacology II
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
Clinical Pharmacology II builds on a theoretical background that enables students to provide safe and effective care related to medication administration. The course addresses additional classes of drugs and related natural products not contained in Clinical Pharmacology I. Prerequisite: NRS111, NRS230, NRS232 with a “C” or better.
Concurrent: NRS112 and NRS233.

NRS232 Pathophysiological Processes I
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
This course introduces pathophysiological processes that contribute to disease states across the lifespan. Students learn to make selective clinical decisions using current reliable evidence based research. Assessments, teaching and communicating with clients and health care team members about pathophysiological processes are emphasized.
Prerequisite: NRS110 with a “C” or better.
Concurrent: NRS111 and NRS230.

NRS233 Pathophysiological Processes II
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
This course continues to explore pathophysiologcal processes that contribute to disease states across the lifespan and human responses to those processes. The course addresses additional disease entities not contained in Pathophysiological Process I.
Prerequisite: NRS111, NRS230, NRS232 with a “C” or better.
Concurrent: NRS112 and NRS231.

NUR9411 Perioperative Nursing
4 credits (3 lec 3 lec-lab hrs/wk)
This introductory course is designed for the registered nurse who has had no previous experience in operating room nursing. Course content includes knowledge and skills required to care for patients having surgical intervention. Emphasis will be on those skills required to prepare the nurse for beginning-level independent practice. Students, through direct classroom instruction and lecture/lab work in an operating room suite, will gain the knowledge and skills required to provide care to patients during the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative period.

NUR9412 Perioperative Nursing Clinical Practicum
6 credits (18 lab hrs/wk)
This course is designed as a vehicle to put into practice the knowledge and skills learned in Perioperative Nursing, NUR9411. Students will complete a minimum of two 8-hour practicum shifts per week in an operating room. Emphasis will be placed on performing those functions directly related to scrubbing and circulating for selected
surgical procedures.
Prerequisite: NUR9411.

NUR9413 Basic Critical Care Nursing
3 credits (3 lec hrs/wk)
This introductory course is designed for practicing registered nurses to increase their knowledge of physiology and application of this knowledge with critical thinking skills to care approaches for the more acute critical patient. Its purpose is to provide information on body-system specific pathophysiology for advanced nursing management. Students will be introduced to specific skills pertinent to care of critical patients, with an emphasis on skills needed in Intensive Care Units (ICU), Intermediate Care Units (IMCU), Post Anesthesia Care Units (PACU), and Emergency Departments (ED).

NUR546 Basic Nursing Assistant
8 credits (52 lec, 101 lab hrs/total)
This course prepares a Basic Nursing Assistant to be eligible for certification as outlined by the Oregon State Board of Nursing. The student is prepared to care for clients in a variety of settings including long-term care, intermediate care, home health, hospice care, acute care, foster care, and assisted living situations.
Prerequisites: CPR Certification: Heartsaver from the American Heart Association or Adult CPR from the American Red Cross; Pre-application testing, health assessment,
immunization status.

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