Nursing

This course fulfills the seventy-five (75) hour Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) requirements for training of long-term care nursing assistants in preparation for certification through competency evaluation. Emphasis is placed on the development of the knowledge, attitudes, and skills required of the long-term care nursing assistant. Upon completion of this course, the student should demonstrate satisfactory performance on written examinations and clinical skills.  Credit Hours: 4  Lecture: 3  Lab: 0  Clinical/Practicum: 1 (3 contact hours: 1 credit hour) 

This course fulfills the Alabama Board of Nursing curriculum requirements for training of nursing support technicians (NSTs) through competency evaluation. Emphasis is placed on the development of knowledge, attitudes, and skills required of the nursing support technician. Upon successful completion of this course, the student should demonstrate satisfactory performance on written examinations, practical lab, and clinical skills. Completion of this course is satisfactory for candidacy for the Nursing Support Technician through the Alabama Board of Nursing. Credit Hours: 6  Lecture: 3  Lab: 2  Clinical/Practicum: 1 (3 contact hours: 1 credit hour) 

This course teaches foundational knowledge of nursing concepts and clinical decision making to provide evidence-based nursing care. Content includes but is not limited to: Healthcare delivery systems, professionalism, health promotion, psychosocial well-being, functional ability, gas exchange, safety, pharmacology, and coordinator/manager of care. 

Credit Hours: 7 

Lecture: 4 

Lab: 2 (3 contact hours:1 credit hour) 

Clinical/Practicum: 1 (3 contact hours: 1 credit hour) 

This course teaches foundational knowledge of nursing concepts and clinical decision making to provide evidence-based nursing care. Content includes but is not limited to: Coordinator/ manager of care, perfusion, oxygenation, infection, inflammation, tissue integrity, nutrition, elimination, mobility/immobility, cellular regulation, acid/base balance, and fluid/electrolyte balance. 

Credit Hours: 8 

Lecture: 4 

Lab: 1 (3 contact hours:1 credit hour) 

Clinical/Practicum: 3 (3 contact hours: 1 credit hour) 

This course teaches foundational knowledge of nursing concepts and clinical decision making to provide evidence-based nursing care. Content includes but is not limited to: Coordinator/ manager of care, sexuality, reproduction and childbearing, infection, inflammation, sensory perception, perfusion, cellular regulation, psychosocial well-being, elimination & fluid/electrolyte balance, and medical emergencies. 

Credit Hours: 8 

Lecture: 5 

Lab: 0 

Clinical/Practicum: 3 (3 contact hours: 1 credit hour) 

This course provides students with opportunities to collaborate with various members of the health care team in a family and community context. Students utilize clinical reasoning to assimilate concepts within the individual, health, and nursing domains. 

Credit Hours: 2 

Lecture: 1 

Lab: 0 

Clinical/Practicum: 1 (3 contact hours: 1 credit hour) 

This course focuses on the application of nursing concepts to assist health care professionals to transition into the role of the registered nurse. Emphasis in this course is placed on evidenced based clinical decision making and nursing concepts provided in a family and community context for a variety of health alterations across the lifespan. 

*After successful completion of NUR 209, the student will be awarded 15 hours of non-traditional credit (NUR 999).

Credit Hours: 10 

Lecture: 6 

Lab: 1 (3 contact hours: 1 credit hour) 

Clinical/Practicum: 3 (3 contact hours: 1 credit hour) 

This course provides opportunities for students to integrate advanced nursing care concepts within a family and community context. Content includes but is not limited to: Manager of care for advanced concepts in safety, fluid/electrolyte balance, cellular regulation, gas exchange, psychosocial well-being, growth and development, perfusion, and medical emergencies. 

Credit Hours: 7 

Lecture: 4 

Lab: 0 

Clinical/Practicum: 3 (3 contact hours: 1 credit hour) 

This course provides students with opportunities to demonstrate graduate competencies through didactic and preceptorship experiences necessary to transition to the profession of nursing. Course content in nursing and health care domains includes management of care, professionalism, and healthcare delivery systems which emphasizes preparation for NCLEX-RN. 

Credit Hours: 7 

Lecture: 3 

Lab: 0 

Clinical/Practicum: 4 (3 contact hours: 1 credit hour) 

Non-traditional credit awarded for mobility students only.