RNSG 1105
(1 Credit Hours)

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.)

RNSG 1144
(1 Credit Hours)

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.)

RNSG 1160
(1 Credit Hours)

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.)

RNSG 1301
(3 Credit Hours)

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.)

RNSG 1311
(3 Credit Hours)

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.)

RNSG 1360
(3 Credit Hours)

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.)

RNSG 1413
( Credit Hours)

Course Description:

RNSG 1441
(4 Credit Hours)

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.)

RNSG 1443
(4 Credit Hours)

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.)

RNSG 2160
(1 Credit Hours)

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.)

RNSG 2161
(1 Credit Hours)

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.)

RNSG 2201
( Credit Hours)

Course Description:

RNSG 2208
( Credit Hours)

Course Description:

RNSG 2213
( Credit Hours)

Course Description:

RNSG 2360
(3 Credit Hours)

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.)

RNSG 2362
(3 Credit Hours)

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.)