Montgomery College 2016-2017 Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
Montgomery College 2016-2017 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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NURS 130 - LPN Transition Course


(TP/SS only)

Designed to ease the transition of Maryland Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) into the Associate Degree (AD) nursing program. Specific concepts drawn from the first year of the AD nursing program, related to professional nursing practice, are taught. Other concepts familiar to LPNs are expanded in both breadth and depth. The nursing process is stressed with a focus on health assessment and the use of concept maps for planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care. All aspects of professional communication are explored and practiced. Supervised clinical experiences enhance the LPNs grasp of professional nursing care for patients with alterations in the physiological and psychosocial processes. Upon successful completion of the NURS 130 course the students will receive credit for NURS 113 , NURS 114 , NURS 121 , NURS 125 , NURS 126 , NURS 129 . PREREQUISITE(S): Admission to the nursing program or consent of program coordinator. A grade of C or better in BIOL 212 , BIOL 213 , mathematics foundation, and ENGL 101 /ENGL 101A . Eight hours lecture/discussion, 14 hours laboratory for thirteen weeks. Formerly NU 130.

8 semester hours

Course Outcomes:
Upon course completion, a student will be able to:

  • Apply legal and ethical standards when providing patient care in the acute care and psychiatric setting.
  • Consistently demonstrate caring and cultural competency when providing care in the acute care and psychiatric setting.
  • Demonstrate professional behavior through accountability.
  • Apply the use of technology, informatics and evidence based practice to patient care.
  • Demonstrate clinical reasoning when implementing the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation.
  • Analyze the risk and benefits of care decisions in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team, patient, family and caregiver.
  • Using principles of safety correlate the performance of nursing techniques with desired physiological and psychological outcomes.
  • Implement therapeutic communication when caring for patient with alterations in health.
  • Apply principles of pathopharmacology when administering medications and providing patient care in the acute care setting.

 


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