This hybrid course is designed to facilitate the transition from the practical nurse to the professional nurse role including legal, ethical, and regulatory standards. Students will review the role of the professional nurse and nursing concepts including scope of practice, nursing process, communication, collaboration and teamwork, clinical judgement, and evidenced based practice.

This course prepares students to perform a comprehensive and focused health assessment including past medical history, assessment skills, and identification and significance of normal and abnormal findings for patients throughout the lifespan. Skills include physiological, psychological, sociological, culture, and spiritual assessments of the patient as a whole person.

This hybrid course is an introduction to the science of pharmacology. The focus will be on the actions, interactions, adverse effects, and nursing implications for each class of drugs presented. Students will explore the effects of pharmacological treatments on the body as they are used to treat musculoskeletal, integumentary, sensory, immunologic, infectious, and inflammatory disorders.

This hybrid course prepares the professional nurse to provide safe, effective care for the adult client. Utilizing principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion to establish a foundation for safe and effective care for all, the professional nurse will examine pathophysiology and nursing care of the most common medical/surgical disease processes and nursing care related to these medical/surgical disease processes. The course will evaluate safe medication administration, nutritional principles, and legal and ethical issues related to the adult client in an acute health care setting. The clinical component will allow the student the opportunity to practice theoretical knowledge in a clinical setting.

This hybrid course prepares the professional nurse to provide safe, effective care for the client experiencing mental illness. Utilizing the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion to establish a foundation for safe and effective care for all, the professional nurse will examine safe medication administration, nutritional principles, and legal and ethical issues related to the client with a mental health concern or substance use issue. The clinical component will allow the student the opportunity to practice theoretical knowledge in a clinical setting.

This hybrid course prepares the professional nurse to provide safe, effective care for women, newborns, and children. Utilizing principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion to establish a foundation of safe and effective care for all, the professional nurse will examine safe medication administration, nutritional principles, and legal and ethical issues related to maternal/newborn and pediatric care. The clinical component will allow the student the opportunity to practice theoretical knowledge in a clinical setting.

This hybrid course requires the student to integrate concepts from all previous courses into the management of patients with acute and chronic complex or high-risk health alterations. Concepts include health promotion, disease prevention, health maintenance, and decision making for the emergent or critically ill patient within the nursing process, as well as management of family dynamics in those circumstances. The clinical component will allow the student the opportunity to practice theoretical knowledge in the clinical setting.

This online course is designed to facilitate the transition of the nursing student into nursing practice. Concepts include issues that face the ADN prepared RN as a leader in the healthcare industry including issues facing the nursing profession today, the nurse role within the microsystem, delegation and collaboration, and patient safety and quality outcomes within a Highly Reliable Organization.

This course allows students to integrate all prior learning in the nursing program and apply those concepts and skills into practice during their final practicum experience and comprehensive review of the NCLEX-RN test plan. Practicum concepts are comprehensive and include coordination, delegation, and delivery of care. NCLEX-RN review concepts include all categories of Client Needs included in the NCLEX, as well as stress management, study skills, and test taking strategies.