HEAL (Nursing)

HEAL 0200 - CPR for Health Care Providers - 0 Credits

This course provides training in CPR skills and use of the automated external defibrillator (AED). It is a five-hour, noncredit course in which an American Heart Association course completion card is issued after satisfactory demonstration of CPR skills and a satisfactory score on a multiple-choice test. Course content includes risk factors, signs and symptoms of heart disease and stroke and actions to take when with an individual experiencing symptoms. CPR skills taught and practiced include relief of foreign body airway obstruction, rescue breathing and cardiopulmonary resuscitation for infants, children and adults. Note: Health care Provider card is a requirement for all Health and Rehabilitative Sciences programs There is a “no refund” policy for this course.

HEAL 1000 - Introduction to Health Careers - 3 Credits

This course provides an overview of the health field including the characteristics of health care workers, ethical and legal considerations in health care and selected content common to all health programs. Note: Required of all nursing students prior to Nursing I. Open to all other students. (Prerequisite: Accuplacer reading score of 75 or higher.) Lecture: 3 hours

HEAL 1010 - Children’s Health Issues - 3 Credits

This course introduces students to issues that cause stress for children at different stages of the developmental continuum. Students gain an understanding of the various life experiences that impact on children’s health status at various ages, through exploration of basic growth and developmental stages, functional and dysfunctional families, situational experiences and coping mechanisms. Students also submit reaction papers reflecting on issues influencing the health status of children. Lecture: 3 hours

HEAL 1020 - Personal Health Choices - 3 Credits

The course provides information on choices regarding personal health and wellness. It emphasizes the vital role that health plays in the successful achievement of one’s academic, social and personal goals. Decisions related to one’s health such as diet, stress management, relationships, exposure to disease, eating and sleeping, risk-taking behavior and time management are discussed. Focus is on the new definition of holistic health and high-level wellness, which goes beyond physical health to encompass the health of the whole person, including mental, emotional and spiritual. Lecture: 3 hours

HEAL 1040 - Pharmacology for Patient Care I: A Problem-Solving Approach - 3 Credits

This course focuses on the basic concepts necessary to understand the drug groups and families taught in the subsequent course. The history and development of drugs, standards and controls and the relationship of the nursing process to pharmacology serve as introduction. The action of drugs on the body and the body on the drugs (pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics) follow. Subsequent topics include: toxicology, drugs and special populations, teaching the patient and significant others and psychological aspects, i.e. adherence, substance abuse. Successful completion of this course gives students a theoretical background for understanding and implementing drug therapy. (Prerequisite: BIOL 1020 or permission of instructor) Lecture: 3 hours

HEAL 1060 - Dosage Calculations for Medication Administration - 3 Credits

This course is designed to meet the needs of any current or potential practitioners of nursing whose responsibilities include the safe administration of medications to clients within diverse clinical settings. A working knowledge of dosage calculations is necessary within any given medication administration system today. Information related to systems of measurements and conversions within these systems is presented. This course helps health care professionals calculate dosages accurately, with increased confidence and decreased math anxiety to ensure the safe administration of medications, which is the primary responsibility of nurses. (Prerequisite: MATH 0500 or appropriate placement test score) Lecture: 3 hours

HEAL 1070 - Physical Assessment for Nurses - 4 Credits

This course introduces students to examination and techniques of adult physical assessment. Anatomy and physiology are reviewed to reinforce understanding of bodily processes necessary to understand the physical exam. Focus is on techniques of physical assessment including normal and abnormal findings. Consideration is also given to cultural, ethnical and special populations. (Prerequisite: BIOL 1010, 1020) Lecture: 3 hours

HEAL 1080 - Nursing Documentation - 3 Credits

This WebCt course is designed to help nursing students or practicing nurses develop documentation skills within a variety of systems and methods. Legal and ethical implications of documentation are described. Strong emphasis is placed on documentation systems utilizing the nursing process framework. Students are encouraged to analyze and apply what they have learned through the use of case studies. (Prerequisite: Nursing student/practicing nurse) Lecture: 3 hours

HEAL 1090 - Advanced Dosage Calculation for Medication Administration - 3 Credits

This course is designed to meet the needs for any current practitioner of nursing (Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses and Senior Nursing Students) whose responsibilities include the safe administration of intravenous medications, blood and blood products, total parenteral nutrition and/or chemotherapeutic agents to clients within diverse clinical settings. A working knowledge of dosage calculation is required within any given medication administration system today. This course helps health care professionals calculate pediatric and critical care dosages accurately and with increased confidence. Safe administration of specialized medications and intravenous fluids via peripheral and central venous access devices are included. (Prerequisite: HEAL 1060 or permission of instructor) Lecture: 3 hours

HEAL 1100 - Learning Strategies for the First Year Nursing Student - 2 Credits

This course helps first-year nursing students develop learning strategies necessary to be successful in the nursing program. Attention is given to 1) self-regulation; 2) reading the current nursing textbook; 3) general and technical vocabulary development;4) learning resource center activities; 5) computer technology and 6) test-taking and note taking strategies. (Prerequisite: First or second-year nursing students) Lecture: 2 hours