Nursing Courses

NURS 090    8 credits
Nursing Assistant: Basic Patient Care
Introduction to the basic skills and knowledge required for competency as a caregiver in accordance to WAC 246-842-100 for nursing assistants. Includes instruction of personal-care skills, roles and responsibilities of nursing assistants, communication skills, and safe and emergency procedures. Includes seven hours of HIV/AIDS training required by Washington state. Prerequisites: enrollment in NURS 090 requires immunizations, background check, lifting requirements and mandatory attendance as required by state law. Applications are available online.

NURS 100    5 credits
Introduction to Discipline of Nursing
Introduction of professional nursing focusing on Orem’s nursing model and the nursing process as frameworks. Universal self-care introduced, considering the integrated whole person and developmental self-care through the life span. Nursing systems, the health-illness continuum, gerontological principles, professionalism and basic pharmacology are studied. Prerequisites: acceptance to the WVC Nursing Program, concurrent enrollment in PSYC& 100, NURS 101 and NUTR 115. SDS 101 strongly recommended.

NURS 101    5 credits
Nursing Lab I
Learning will take place in the campus lab as well as in community long-term care facilities. Nursing process and holistic assessment are introduced as vehicles for providing client care. Students apply the principles of self-care to themselves and to clients in the health-care environment. Prerequisites: acceptance into the WVC Nursing Program, concurrent enrollment in NURS 100, NUTR 115 and PSYC& 100.

NURS 102    7 credits
Universal Self-Care of the Adult/Aging Adult
Universal self-care for the adult and aging client with selected health deviations will be studied within the context of nursing process and the integrity of the whole person. Includes concepts related to specific systems: the internal environment, cardiac, respiratory, muskuloskeletal and endocrine. The childbearing family will also be studied. Prerequisites: NURS 100, 101, NUTR 115, PSYC& 100 and concurrent enrollment in PSYC& 200, and NURS 103.

NURS 103    6 credits
Nursing Lab II
The student implements the classroom knowledge in the clinical setting. Assessment and management of the needs for selected adult and aged adult clients are completed during the clinical experience. Use of nursing process is continued during each consecutive day. Prerequisites: NURS 100, 101, NUTR 115, PSYC& 100, and concurrent enrollment in NURS 102 and PSYC& 200.

NURS 104    7 credits
Universal Self-Care of the Childbearing Family
Universal self-care provides focus for study of the childbearing family. Study of mental health concepts. Presentation of wellness and nursing management of common health deviations. Prerequisites: NURS 100, 101, 102, 103; PSYC& 100, 200, and concurrent enrollment in NURS 105 and PCOL 110.

NURS 105    6 credits
Nursing Lab III
Continuity of care will be stressed in the clinical setting. Care is based on assessment and analysis of needs of selected clients, and nursing process is used as a problem-solving vehicle in provision of care. Clinical care will be provided in various health-care settings to childbearing families or to clients experiencing a health deviation. Prerequisites: NURS 102, 103 and concurrent enrollment in NURS 104 and PCOL 110.

NURS 106    6 credits
Universal Self-Care: Client w/Acute Health Deviation
A selected group of health deviations studied from the perspective of universal self-care. Exploring the LPN role and responsibilities will enhance the successful transition of the student to the workplace. Prerequisites: NURS 104, 105, and concurrent enrollment in NURS 107.

NURS 107    6 credits
Nursing Lab IV
The student applies universal self-care and views development of the role of the practical nurse. The student implements theoretical content in providing nursing care for clients with health deviation in a variety of clinical settings. Nursing process is used as a vehicle for providing continuity of care. Prerequisites: NURS 104, 105, PCOL 110 and concurrent enrollment in NURS 106.

NURS 112    2 credits
Nursing Success
Designed to integrate study skills and nursing knowledge. Students will learn to use knowledge of their personal learning style to adapt lecture information, reading assignments and methods of study. Includes how to improve academic performance using a variety of resources, practice and application of the nursing process. Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in NURS 100 or 102.

NURS 113    1 credit
Nursing Success
Designed to integrate hands-on clinical practice and nursing knowledge. Includes how to improve academic and clinical performance using a variety of resources, practice and application of the nursing process. Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in NURS 102.

NURS 114    1 credit
Nursing Success
Designed to integrate hands-on clinical practice and nursing knowledge. Includes how to improve academic and clinical performance using a variety of resources, practice and application of the nursing process. Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in NURS 104/105.

NURS 190    6 credits
LPN Transition
Theory and clinical portions of selected areas of nursing knowledge and competencies from first-year curriculum for LPNs entering second-year nursing after time away from the classroom. Includes Orem’s theoretical framework, nursing process, medication management and selected areas of nursing practice presented to the student to review as a lifelong learner. Prerequisites: ENGL& 101; HS CHEM; MATH 100; BIOL& 241, 242, 260; NUTR 115; PCOL 110; PSYC& 100, 200; LPN accepted as a transitional student.

NURS 200    5 credits
Nursing System: Client in Community and RN Role
The course uses the nursing process and principles of universal self-care to explore nursing systems in caring for clients with increasingly complex health deviations. The registered nurse role and responsibility is studied in a variety of community settings. Prerequisites: NURS 106, 107, acceptance into second-year nursing which may include completion of NURS 190; concurrent enrollment in NURS 201.

NURS 201    6 credits
Nursing Lab V
The student demonstrates accountability for providing nursing care to clients with more complex illnesses. Assessment and analysis of the integrated whole person is emphasized. Prerequisites: NURS 106, 107 and/or acceptance into second-year nursing which may include completion of NURS 190; concurrent enrollment in NURS 200.

NURS 202    7 credits
Nurs System: Client in Secondary/Tertiary Care
This course broadens the application of nursing process and universal health care, incorporating principles of leadership and management in promoting health. Health deviation in acute neuroendocrine and respiratory systems is studied. Prerequisites: NURS 200, 201, and concurrent enrollment in NURS 203.

NURS 203    6 credits
Nursing Lab VI
Students participate in health-care delivery in the prevention and management of health deviations in various settings. Nursing process and the role of the registered nurse as a leader are emphasized. Traditional and nontraditional settings are used to broaden the student’s awareness of health-care provider roles and agency services. Prerequisites: NURS 200, 201, and concurrent enrollment in NURS 202.

NURS 204    6 credits
Univ Self-Care: Holistic Care Across Life Span
Integrates previous learning to apply nursing process to client care at the beginning RN level. Requires students to synthesize, integrate and apply concepts of nursing care across the life span. This family-focused course studies complex health deviations in mental health, complications of childbearing, pediatrics and critical care nursing. Prerequisites: NURS 202, 203 and concurrent enrollment in NURS 205.

NURS 205    6 credits
Nursing Lab VII
Integrates previous learning to apply nursing process to client care at the beginning RN level. Requires students to synthesize, integrate and apply concepts of nursing care across the life span. This family-focused course studies complex health deviations in mental health, complications of childbearing, pediatrics and critical care nursing. Prerequisites: NURS 202, 203 and concurrent enrollment in NURS 205.

NURS 210    1 credit
Senior Seminar I
Employs patient-care scenarios to enhance the continued development of critical thinking by the student. The critical thinking activities promote application of holistic concepts, health-care promotion and illness prevention. Course is organized around Orem’s conceptual framework. Prerequisites: concurrent enrollment in NURS 200, 201.

NURS 214    1 credit
Senior Seminar II
The seminar prepares the student for entry level into the workforce. It explores issues affecting current nursing practice. Scenarios, role play, discussion and modeling of professionalism will be used. Prerequisites: NURS 202, 203, and concurrent enrollment in NURS 204 and 205.