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  • NSG 114: Health and Physical Assessment Throughout the Lifespan

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    The five critical elements of the WCCC nursing program: caring, competency, communication, critical thinking, and commitment serve as the framework of the course. This course provides the basic knowledge needed to assess the health status of individuals from infancy through old age, including physical, developmental, psychological, cultural and spiritual dimensions. The laboratory experience, focused on the adult individual provides students the opportunities for skill acquisition in history taking, assessment skills and documentation of findings. Prerequisite(s): BIO 171, CPT 150; Corequisite(s): BIO 172, NSG 112, NSG 116
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  • NSG 116: Foundations Of Nursing Care

    7.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    This course presents the basic concepts and practices skills that are fundamental to providing nursing care across the life-span for individuals with basic human needs. An integration of principles from the biological, physical and behavioral sciences with nursing theory, prepares the student to use the nursing process to promote, maintain and restore health. The teaching of related practice skills takes place in the campus laboratory. The application of the basic concepts and practice skills occurs in various health care settings. Prerequisite(s): BIO 171, CPT 150; Corequisite(s): BIO 172, NSG 114
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  • NSG 124: Medical-Surgical Nursing Care of the Adult

    9.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    This course emphasizes the role of the nurse as provider and manager of care for adults, with common health problems who have alterations in physiologic, safety, esteem, and self-actualization human needs. In addition, an emphasis is placed on health promotion, risk reduction, disease prevention and treatment to prevent health problems from occurring or reoccurring. Mental health concepts and management principles are introduced in this course to provide a basis for care of adult patients in the acute care setting. The opportunity to develop and practice selected skills is provided in the campus laboratory and in the acute care clinical setting. Prerequisite(s): BIO 171, BIO 172, CPT 150, NSG 112, NSG 114, NSG 116; Corequisite(s): ALH 120, PSY 160
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  • NSG 200: LPN Transition Into Associate Degree Nursing

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    Designed specifically for the LPN who meets the criteria for advanced placement in the ADN program. Provides theoretical knowledge and practical experience which assists the student in making the transition from the practical to the professional nursing student role. The LPN will be familiarized with the nursing program at WCCC. The course emphasizes the major components of the conceptual framework of all nursing courses. These include caring, competency, communication, critical thinking, and commitment/conduct. The course includes critical thinking concepts and the nursing process, organization of assessment data using functional health patterns, communication and care across life spans with emphasis on beginning therapeutic communication skills. Students will demonstrate application of these concepts and technical skills/math skill in the campus lab and clinical lab segment of the course. Prerequisite(s): Level I ADN support courses, must be an LPN and accepted into the ADN program Corequisite(s): None
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  • NSG 210: Role Of The Associate Degree Nurse

    2.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    Introduces the student to the role of the professional nurse with an emphasis on provider of care. The roles of the nurse as a manager of care and member of a discipline are introduced. Focus is on the knowledge, skills and behaviors necessary to become a caring, competent and committed nurse who thinks critically and communicates effectively when caring for individuals and their families in a variety of settings. The campus laboratory provides the opportunity to practice activities to promote health, prevent disease and to develop skills related to the role of the professional nurse as provider of care. Prerequisite(s): Level I ADN nursing and support courses
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  • NSG 212: Specialty Nursing Across the Lifespan

    9.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    The five critical elements of the WCCC Nursing Program: caring, competency, communication, clinical judgment and commitment serve as the framework for this course. Students are introduced to the role of the nurse as the provider of care to clients in specialty settings across the lifespan. Specific focus is on health promotion during common processes for women, children, infants and families as well as health restoration for individuals experiencing alterations in psychosocial needs. Emphasis is placed on caring communication, teaching and learning and identifying and responding to health alterations. Students will have opportunities to practice skills in the clinical and laboratory settings. Learning activities will take place in a variety of simulations, direct care clinical and community settings providing the student with a rich and diverse experience.
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  • NSG 224: Advanced Medical-Surgical Nursing Care of the Adult

    7.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    The five critical elements of the Westmoreland County Community College Nursing Program - caring, competency, communication, clinical judgment and commitment - serve as the framework for this course. This course emphasizes the utilization of the nursing process in the care of individuals with alterations in basic human needs. Evidence-based research and practices are employed to focus on advanced health problems in acute care settings. In addition, an emphasis is placed on health promotion, risk reduction, disease prevention, and treatment to prevent health problems from occurring or reoccurring. The opportunity to practice psychomotor and clinical judgment related to patient care and symptom management is provided in the campus laboratory and acute care clinical settings.
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  • NSG 225: Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family, Infant and Child

    4.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    The five critical elements of the WCCC nursing program: caring, competency, communication, critical thinking, and commitment serve as the framework for this course. This course introduces the student to the role of the professional nurse as provider of care when working with childbearing individuals, the newborn, infant, child and family. Emphasis is placed on identifying alteration in basic human needs and applying the nursing process to the promotion, restoration, or maintenance of health throughout the phases of the childbearing process. Common health problems of newborns and of women in each phase of childbearing are explored. Health promotion, disease prevention, and care of the infant and child with common health problems are studied. Opportunities for practice of related skills are provided in campus laboratory and a variety of clinical and community settings to provide the student with opportunities to apply concepts. Prerequisite(s): All Level ADN nursing and support courses. Corequisite(s): Level II ADN nursing and support courses in assigned sequence semester.
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  • NSG 236: Capstone: Transition to Practice

    4.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    The five critical elements of the Westmoreland County Community College Nursing Program - caring, competency, communication, clinical judgment and commitment - serve as the framework for this course. Students are provided the opportunity to comprehensively apply and integrate learned concepts from previous nursing courses into a capstone experience. An emphasis is placed on the development of personal and professional strategies needed to make the transition from student to graduate nurse. Supervised learning experiences in faculty and/or preceptor-guided college nursing laboratories, clinical settings, and/or simulated environments are utilized.
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  • NSG 240: Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Care

    3.00 Credits
    Westmoreland County Community College

    Emphasizes the utilization of the nursing process in the care of patients with alterations in their psychosocial needs. Focus is on the nurse as provider of care with emphasis on the development of caring communications and teaching/learning concepts in assisting individuals in meeting their basic needs. The campus laboratory is utilized as a forum to practice developing skills. Clinical laboratory experiences in area mental health settings provide the student with opportunities to apply knowledge and caring in the therapeutic nurse/patient relationship. Prerequisite(s): Level I ADN nursing and support courses. Corequisite(s): Level II nursing and support courses.
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