2020 - 2021 Catalog
Course Descriptions for Nursing

Course Number: NUPC 1191 (1 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): ECC

Course Title: Special Topics in Patient Care Assistant/Aide

This is a WECM Course Number.
Course Description: This Patient Care Technician Review follows the NHA Detailed Certified Patient Care Technician Test Plan and provides a review of material related to Patient Care Technician. The course includes the use of Practice Exams that simulate an actual certification examination experience, as well as the use of CPCT study guides and hands on lab skills practice. Successful completers of this Capstone course will be prepared to challenge the National Healthcareer Association (NHA) Certified Patient Care Technician/Assistant exam (CPCT/A). This course may be repeated if topics and learning outcomes vary. (1 Lec., 1 Lab.)

Course Number: RNSG 1105 (1 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): BHC, MVC

Course Title: Nursing Skills I

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Recommended: Admission to the Professional Nursing Program or administrative approval.
Course Description: Study of the concepts and principles necessary to perform basic nursing skills for the adult patient; and demonstrate competence in the performance of nursing procedures. Content includes knowledge, judgment, skills, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. This course lends itself to a blocked approach. (4 Lab.)

Course Number: RNSG 1118 (1 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): ECC

Course Title: Transition to Professional Nursing Competencies

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Recommended: Admission to the Associate Degree Nursing Transition Semester.
Course Description: Transition to professional nursing competencies in the care of patients throughout the lifespan. Validates proficiency in psychomotor skills and clinical reasoning in the performance of nursing procedures related to the concepts of: clinical judgment, comfort, elimination, fluid and electrolytes, nutrition, gas exchange, safety, functional ability, immunity, metabolism, mobility, and tissue integrity. Includes health assessment and medication administration. Licensing/certification Agency: Texas Board of Nursing (BON). (4 Lab.)

Course Number: RNSG 1125 (1 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): ECC

Course Title: Professional Nursing Concepts I

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Recommended: Admission to the Associate Degree Nursing Program.
Course Description: Introduction to professional nursing concepts and exemplars within the professional nursing roles: member of profession, provider of patient-centered care, patient safety advocate, and member of the health care team. Content includes clinical judgment, communication, ethical-legal, evidenced-based practice, health promotion, health information technology, patient-centered care, patient education, professionalism, safety, and team/collaboration. Emphasizes role development of the professional nurse. Licensing/certification Agency: Texas Board of Nursing (BON). (1 Lec.)

Course Number: RNSG 1126 (1 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): ECC

Course Title: Professional Nursing Concepts II

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Required: RNSG 1125.
Course Description: Expanding professional nursing concepts and exemplars within the professional nursing roles. Applying concepts of clinical judgment, ethical-legal, evidence-based practice, patient-centered care, professionalism, safety, and team/collaboration to the exemplars presented in the Health Care Concepts II course. Introduces concepts of leadership and management. Emphasizes role development of the professional nurse. This course lends itself to a concept-based approach. Licensing/certification Agency: Texas Board of Nursing (BON). (1 Lec.)

Course Number: RNSG 1128 (1 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): ECC

Course Title: Introduction to Health Care Concepts

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Recommended: Admission to the Associate Degree Nursing Program.
Course Description: An introduction to concept-based learning with emphasis on selected pathophysiological concepts with nursing applications. Concepts include acid-base balance, fluid and electrolytes, immunity, gas exchange, perfusion, metabolism, coping, and tissue integrity. This course lends itself to a concept-based approach. (1 Lec.)

Course Number: RNSG 1137 (1 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): ECC

Course Title: Professional Nursing Concepts III

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Required: RNSG 1126.
Course Description: Application of professional nursing concepts and exemplars within the professional nursing roles. Utilizes concepts of clinical judgment, ethical-legal, evidenced-based practice, patient-centered care, professionalism, safety, teamwork and collaboration. Introduces the concepts of quality improvement, health information technology, and health care organizations. Incorporates concepts into role development of the professional nurse. This course lends itself to a concept-based approach. Licensing/certification Agency: Texas Board of Nursing (BON). (1 Lec.)

Course Number: RNSG 1144 (1 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): BHC, MVC

Course Title: Nursing Skills II

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Recommended: Admission to the Professional Nursing Program or administrative approval.
Course Description: Study of the concepts and principles necessary to perform intermediate or advanced nursing skills for the adult patient and demonstrate competence in the performance of nursing procedures. Content includes knowledge, judgment, skills and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. This course lends itself to a blocked approach. (4 Lab.)

Course Number: RNSG 1160 (1 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): BHC, MVC

Course Title: Clinical - Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Recommended: Admission to the Professional Nursing Program or administrative approval.
Course Description: A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. Licensing/Certification: Board of Nursing (BON). (4 Ext.)

Course Number: RNSG 1161 (1 Credit Hours)
Listed by Campus(es): ECC, NLC

Course Title: Clinical - Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Recommended: Admission to the Professional Nursing Program; SCIT 1407 or BIOL 2401, PSYC 2301, ENGL 1301, MATH 1314 and HPRS 1204 making a grade of "C " or better.
Corequisite/Concurrent: RNSG 1271, RNSG 1170, RNSG 1470, RNSG 1171, SCIT 1408, BIOL 2402, PSYC 2314.
Course Description: A health-related, work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. Licensing/certification Agency: Texas Board of Nursing (BON). (4 Ext.)

Course Number: RNSG 1216 (2 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): ECC

Course Title: Professional Nursing Competencies

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Recommended: Admission to the Associate Degree Nursing Program.
Course Description: Development of professional nursing competencies in the care of patients throughout the lifespan. Emphasizes psychomotor skills and clinical reasoning in the performance of nursing procedures related to the concepts of: clinical judgment, comfort, elimination, fluid and electrolytes, nutrition, gas exchange, safety, functional ability, immunity, metabolism, mobility, and tissue integrity. Includes health assessment and medication administration. This course lends itself to a concept-based approach. This course takes place in a laboratory setting. Licensing/certification Agency: Texas Board of Nursing (BON). (8 Lab.)

Course Number: RNSG 1301 (3 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): BHC, ECC, MVC

Course Title: Pharmacology

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Recommended: Minimum grade of "C" in SCIT 1407 or BIOL 2401 and concurrent enrollment or completion of SCIT 1408 or BIOL 2402. It is strongly recommended that this course be taken after the completion of RNSG 1311. At MVC, this course must be successfully completed prior to entering Semester III of the nursing program. Registered nurses or Licensed Vocational Nurses may enroll for refresher purposes.
Course Description: Introduction to the science of pharmacology with emphasis on the actions, interactions, adverse effects, and nursing implications of each drug classification. Topics include the roles and responsibilities of the nurse in safe administration of medications within a legal/ethical framework. Licensing/Certification: Board of Nursing (BON). (3 Lec.)

Course Number: RNSG 1311 (3 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): BHC, ECC, MVC

Course Title: Nursing Pathophysiology

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Recommended: SCIT 1407 or BIOL 2401 and concurrent enrollment in SCIT 1408 or BIOL 2402. Registered nurses or Licensed Vocational Nurses may enroll for refresher purposes.
Course Description: Basic principles of pathophysiology emphasizing nursing applications. Topics include principles of homeostasis related to body systems. (3 Lec.)

Course Number: RNSG 1324 (3 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): ECC

Course Title: Concept-Based Transition to Professional Nursing Practice

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Recommended: Admission to the Associate Degree Nursing Program.
Course Description: Integration of previous health care knowledge and skills into the role development of the professional nurse as a provider of patient-centered care, patient safety advocate, member of health care team, and member of the profession. Emphasis is on clinical decision-making for patients and their families. Review of selected health care and professional nursing concepts with application through exemplars. Health care concepts include comfort, diversity, elimination, functional ability, human development, mobility, nutrition, sensory perception, sleep, coping, thermoregulation, tissue integrity, acid-base balance, clotting, cognition, fluid and electrolyte balance, gas exchange, immunity, metabolism, nutrition, grief, and perfusion. Professional nursing concepts include clinical judgment, communication, ethical-legal, evidence-based practice, health promotion, health information technology, patient-centered care, patient education, professionalism, safety, teamwork and collaboration. Introduces concepts of leadership and management. Licensing/certification Agency: Texas Board of Nursing (BON). (3 Lec.,1 Lab.)

Course Number: RNSG 1360 (3 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): MVC

Course Title: Clinical-Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Recommended: Co-requisite: RNSG 1413, RNSG 1105.
Course Description: A health-related work-based learning experience in a medical-surgical setting that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. (12 Ext.)

Course Number: RNSG 1362 (3 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): BHC

Course Title: Clinical-Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Recommended: Admission to the Professional Nursing Program or administrative approval.
Corequisite/Concurrent: RNSG 1105, RNSG 1413.
Course Description: A health-related work-based clinical experience in a medical-surgical adult setting that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. Licensing/Certification Agency: Board of Nursing (BON). (12 Ext.)

Course Number: RNSG 1413 (4 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): BHC, MVC

Course Title: Foundations for Nursing Practice

This is a WECM Course Number.
Corequisite/Concurrent: RNSG 1105.
Course Description: This course introduces the role of the professional nurse as provider of patient-centered care, patient safety advocate, member of health care team, and member of the profession. Content includes fundamental concepts of nursing practice, history of professional nursing, and a systematic framework for decision-making and critical thinking. The mechanisms of disease and the needs and problems that can arise are discussed and how the nursing process helps manage the patient through these issues. Emphasis is on knowledge, judgment, skills, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. Licensing/Certification Agency: Board of Nursing (BON). (4 Lec.)

Course Number: RNSG 1430 (4 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): ECC

Course Title: Health Care Concepts I

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Recommended: Admission to the Associate Degree Nursing Program.
Course Description: In-depth coverage of foundational health care concepts with application through selected exemplars. Concepts include comfort, diversity, elimination, functional ability, human development, mobility, nutrition, sensory perception, sleep, thermoregulation, grief, and tissue integrity. Emphasizes development of clinical judgment skills in the beginning nurse. Licensing/certification Agency: Texas Board of Nursing (BON). (4 Lec., 1 Lab.)

Course Number: RNSG 1441 (4 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): BHC, MVC

Course Title: Common Concepts of Adult Health

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Recommended: RNSG 1413, RNSG 1105 “C” or better in previous semester courses.
Corequisite/Concurrent: Clinical-Nursing-Registered Nurse Training, RNSG 1144.
Course Description: Basic integration of the role of the professional nurse as a provider of patient-centered care, coordinator of care, patient safety advocate, member of health care team, and member of profession. Study of the common concepts of caring for adult patients and families with medical-surgical health care needs related to body systems, emphasizing knowledge, judgment, skills and professional values within legal/ethical framework. Study of the general principles of caring for selected adult clients and families in structured settings with common medical-surgical health care needs related to each body system. Emphasis on knowledge judgment, skills, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. Licensing/Certification Agency: Board of Nursing (BON). (4 Lec.)

Course Number: RNSG 1443 (4 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): BHC, MVC

Course Title: Complex Concepts of Adult Health

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Recommended: All semester 1, 2 and 3 courses as listed in the current nursing curriculum pattern. All must be completed with a grade of “C” or better.
Course Description: Integration of previous knowledge and skills related to common adult health needs into the continued development of the professional nurse as a provider of patient-centered care, patient safety advocate, member of the health care team, and member of a profession in the care of adult patients and families with complex medical-surgical health care needs associated with body systems. Emphasis on complex knowledge, judgments, skills, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. Licensing/Certification Agency: Board of Nursing (BON). (4 Lec.)

Course Number: RNSG 1533 (5 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): ECC

Course Title: Health Care Concepts II

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Required: RNSG 1430.
Course Description: In-depth coverage of health care concepts with application through selected exemplars. Concepts include acid-base balance, coping, clotting, cognition, fluid and electrolytes, gas exchange, immunity, metabolism, nutrition, comfort, and perfusion. Provides continuing opportunities for development of clinical judgment skills. Licensing/certification Agency: Texas Board of Nursing (BON). (5 Lec.)

Course Number: RNSG 1538 (5 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): ECC

Course Title: Health Care Concepts III

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Required: RNSG 1533.
Course Description: In-depth coverage of health care concepts with nursing application through selected exemplars. Concepts include cellular regulation, end of life, immunity, interpersonal relationships, grief, human development, intracranial regulation, mood/affect, comfort, sexuality, mobility, and reproduction. Provides continuing opportunities for development of clinical judgment skills. Licensing/certification Agency: Texas Board of Nursing (BON). (5 Lec.)

Course Number: RNSG 2138 (1 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): ECC

Course Title: Professional Nursing Concepts IV

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Required: RNSG 1137.
Course Description: Integration of professional nursing concepts and exemplars within the professional nursing roles. Synthesizes concepts of clinical judgment, ethical-legal, evidence-based practice, leadership and management, patient-centered care, professionalism, teamwork, and collaboration through exemplars presented in the Health Care Concepts courses. Emphasizes concept of quality improvement and introduces health policy. Incorporates concepts into role development of the professional nurse. This course lends itself to a concept-based approach. Licensing/certification Agency: Texas Board of Nursing (BON). (1 Lec., 1 Lab.)

Course Number: RNSG 2160 (1 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): BHC, MVC

Course Title: Clinical - Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Recommended: Admission to the Professional Nursing Program or administrative approval.
Course Description: A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. Licensing/Certification: Board of Nursing (BON). (4 Ext.)

Course Number: RNSG 2161 (1 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): BHC, MVC

Course Title: Clinical - Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Recommended: Admission to the Professional Nursing Program or administrative approval.
Course Description: A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. Licensing/Certification: Board of Nursing (BON). (4 Ext.)

Course Number: RNSG 2201 (2 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): BHC, MVC

Course Title: Care of Children and Families

This is a WECM Course Number.
Course Description: Study of concepts related to the provision of nursing care for children and their families, emphasizing judgment, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. This course lends itself to a blocked approach. (2 Lec.)

Course Number: RNSG 2208 (2 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): BHC, MVC

Course Title: Maternal/Newborn Nursing and Women's Health

This is a WECM Course Number.
Course Description: Study of concepts related to the provision of nursing care for normal childbearing families and those at risk, as well as women''s health issues; competency in knowledge, judgment, skill, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework, including a focus on normal and high-risk needs for the childbearing family during the preconception, prenatal, intrapartum, neonatal, and postpartum periods; and consideration of selected issues in women''s health. Licensing/Certification: Board of Nursing (BON). (2 Lec.)

Course Number: RNSG 2213 (2 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): BHC, MVC

Course Title: Mental Health Nursing

This is a WECM Course Number.
Course Description: Principles and concepts of mental health, psychopathology, and treatment modalities relating to the nursing care of clients and their families. Emphasis is on assessment, communication techniques, promotion of mental health, caring, ethical/legal aspects, collaborative roles of nurse in a variety of settings. Content includes applicable competencies in basic workplace skills. Licensing/Certification: Board of Nursing (BON). (2 Lec.)

Course Number: RNSG 2360 (3 Credit Hours)
Listed by Campus(es): BHC, ECC, MVC, NLC

Course Title: Clinical-Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Recommended: Admission to the Professional Nursing Program or administrative approval.
Course Description: A health-related work-based clinical experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. Licensing/Certification: Board of Nursing (BON). (12 Ext.)

Course Number: RNSG 2362 (3 Credit Hours)
Listed by Campus(es): BHC, ECC, MVC, NLC

Course Title: Clinical-Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Recommended: Admission to the Professional Nursing Program or administrative approval.
Course Description: A health related clinical work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply nursing theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. The course utilizes systematic problem-solving process and critical thinking skills to provide nursing care of adults with common care needs in diverse health care settings. Focus is on health promotion, work, and critical thinking skills. Emphasis is on performance of an adult assessment, pharmacotherapeutic interventions, and the collaboration in course-related and basic workplace interventions. Licensing/Certification Agency: Board of Nursing (BON). (12 Ext.)

Course Number: RNSG 2363 (3 Credit Hours)
Listed by Campus(es): ECC, NLC

Course Title: Clinical-Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite: RNSG 2572, RNSG 2172, RNSG 2362, BIOL 2420 making a grade of "C" or better.
Corequisite/Concurrent: RNSG 2573 and RNSG 2173.
Course Description: A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. Licensing/certification Agency: Texas Board of Nursing (BON). (12 Ext.)

Course Number: RNSG 2539 (5 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): ECC

Course Title: Health Care Concepts IV

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Required: RNSG 1538.
Course Description: In-depth coverage of advanced health care concepts with nursing application through selected exemplars. Concepts include, cognition, immunity, clotting, fluid and electrolyte balance, gas exchange, metabolism, nutrition, perfusion, tissue integrity, and interpersonal relationships. Continuing development of clinical judgment with integration of all health care concepts. This course lends itself to a concept-based approach. Licensing/certification Agency: Texas Board of Nursing (BON). (5 Lec.)

Course Number: VNSG 1204 (2 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): ECC

Course Title: Foundations of Nursing

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Recommended: Admission to the program and "C" grade or better in BIOL 2401, ENGL 1301.
Course Description: Introduction to the nursing profession including history, standards of practice, legal and ethical issues, and role of the vocational nurse. Topics include mental health, therapeutic communication, cultural and spiritual diversity, nursing process, and holistic awareness. This course introduces the role of the vocational nurse as a provider of patient-centered care, patient safety advocate, member of the health care team, and member of the profession within a legal/ethical framework. (2 Lec.)

Course Number: VNSG 1230 (2 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): ECC

Course Title: Maternal-Neonatal Nursing

This is a WECM Course Number.
Course Description: A study of the biological, psychological, and sociological concepts applicable to basic needs of the family including childbearing and neonatal care. Utilization of the nursing process in the assessment and management of the childbearing family. Topics include physiological changes related to pregnancy, fetal development, and nursing care of the family during labor and delivery and the puerperium. (1 Lec., 2 Lab.)

Course Number: VNSG 1234 (2 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): ECC

Course Title: Pediatrics

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Required: VNSG 2410, VNSG 2460.
Course Description: Study of the care of the pediatric patient and family during health and disease. Emphasis on growth and developmental needs utilizing the nursing process. Application of a systematic problem solving approach utilizing the nursing process and critical thinking skills to provide safe, competent, compassionate nursing care to the culturally, ethically, and socially diverse pediatric patient and their family. (1 Lec., 2 Lab.)

Course Number: VNSG 1323 (3 Credit Hours) Reinstated course added April 2, 2019
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): ECC

Course Title: Basic Nursing Skills

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Recommended: Admission to the program and "C" grade or better in BIOL 2401, ENGL 1301.
Corequisite/Concurrent: VNSG 1360, VNSG 1409.
Course Description: Mastery of basic nursing skills and competencies for a variety of health care settings using the nursing process as the foundation for all nursing interventions. (1 Lec., 7 Lab.)

Course Number: VNSG 1360 (3 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): ECC

Course Title: Clinical - Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Recommended: Admission to the program and "C" grade or better in BIOL 2401, ENGL 1301.
Corequisite/Concurrent: VNSG 1409.
Course Description: A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Application of a systematic problem solving approach utilizing the nursing process and critical thinking skills to provide safe, competent, compassionate nursing care to the culturally, ethically, and socially diverse adult patient with predictable health care needs. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. (9 Ext.)

Course Number: VNSG 1409 (4 Credit Hours) Reinstated course added April 2, 2019
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): ECC

Course Title: Nursing in Health and Illness II

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Recommended: Admission to the program and "C" grade or better in BIOL 2401, ENGL 1301.
Corequisite/Concurrent: VNSG 1360.
Course Description: Introduction to health problems requiring medical and surgical interventions. Application of a systematic problem solving approach utilizing the nursing process, critical thinking skills and evidence-based policies to provide nursing care to culturally, ethically and socially diverse adult patients with predictable health care problems and needs. (2 Lec., 7 Lab.)

Course Number: VNSG 2160 (1 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): ECC

Course Title: Clinical - Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Recommended: VNSG 1230.
Course Description: A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Application of a systematic problem solving approach utilizing the nursing process and critical thinking skills to provide safe, competent, compassionate nursing care to the culturally, ethically, and socially diverse maternal and newborn patient. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. (3 Ext.)

Course Number: VNSG 2162 (1 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): ECC

Course Title: Clinical - Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Recommended: VNSG 1234.
Course Description: A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Application of a systematic problem solving approach utilizing the nursing process and critical thinking skills to provide safe, competent, compassionate nursing care to the culturally, ethically, and socially diverse pediatric patient and their family. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. (3 Ext.)

Course Number: VNSG 2163 (1 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): ECC

Course Title: Clinical - Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training

This is a WECM Course Number.
Corequisite/Concurrent: VNSG 2160 and VNSG 2162.
Course Description: A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Continued application of a systematic problem solving approach utilizing the nursing process and critical thinking skills to provide safe, competent, compassionate nursing care to culturally, ethically, and socially diverse adult patients. Focus in on the integration of the role of the vocational nurse as a provider of patient-centered care, patient safety advocate, member of the health care team, and member of the profession within a legal/ethical framework while providing individualized, goal directed nursing care to multiple patients with predictable health care needs. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. (3 Ext.)

Course Number: VNSG 2410 (4 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): ECC

Course Title: Nursing in Health and Illness III

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Recommended: VNSG 1409, VNSG 1204, VNSG 1323, VNSG 1360.
Corequisite/Concurrent: VNSG 2460.
Course Description: Continuation of Nursing in Health and Illness II. Further study of medical-surgical health problems of the patient including concepts of mental illness. Incorporates knowledge necessary to make the transition from student to graduate vocational nurse. Continued application of a systematic problem solving approach utilizing the nursing process, critical thinking skills along with evidence-based policies to provide nursing care to culturally, ethically and socially diverse adult patients with predictable health care needs. (2 Lec., 7 Lab.)

Course Number: VNSG 2460 (4 Credit Hours)
This course is not currently offered by North Lake Campus.
Listed by Campus(es): ECC

Course Title: Clinical - Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training

This is a WECM Course Number.
Prerequisite Recommended: VNSG 1409, VNSG 1204, VNSG 1360.
Corequisite/Concurrent: VNSG 2410.
Course Description: A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Application of a systematic problem solving approach utilizing the nursing process and critical thinking skills to provide safe, competent, compassionate nursing care to culturally, ethically, and socially diverse adult patients. Focus is on the use of clinical reasoning and evidence based policies in the care of multiple patients with predictable health care needs providing individualized, goal directed nursing care. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. (24 Ext.)