This program is designed to give
the student knowledge and skills on practical nursing concepts and an
opportunity to apply this knowledge in a promotion, maintenance, and
restoration of health for clients.
Students will participate in assessment, planning, implementing, and
evaluating nursing care. The program
will assist students to develop communication, critical thinking, and
problem-solving skills.
Classroom study covers basic
nursing concepts and subjects related to patient care, including
medical-surgical nursing, administration of medications, geriatrics,
pediatrics, mothers and newborn care, and pharmacology.
Clinical experiences are
coordinated with classroom activity.
These are conducted in long-term and short-term facilities,
rehabilitation units, and community health organizations where students provide
nursing care to mental health, surgical, maternal and geriatric patients.
This program includes the NCLEX
review. Upon successful completion of
the program, a Certificate of Completion will be awarded to the student. Then the student will be qualified to take
the National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nurses (NCLEX-PN).
GENERAL
COURSES:
Human Anatomy and
Physiology I The student will understand the
basic overview of biological systems and their functions including cell and
tissues, the skeletal system, muscular system, nervous system, and endocrine
system. The student prepares will be
able to recognize diseases and understand how these diseases will be treated
and how the individual’s body systems will be brought back to their normal
functions through diagnosis, intervention and treatment.
Laboratory portions of the course
include physiological experiments and anatomical studies using microscopes,
organ models, preserved specimens and a dissectible Human Anatomical Model. A Certificate of Completion will be given to
students who pass the course.
Human Anatomy and
Physiology II The course is the second of two
courses involving a systematic study of the cardiovascular, lymphatic, immune,
respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems. The student prepares to recognize diseases in
individuals and understand how these diseases will be treated and how the
individual’s body systems will be brought back to their normal functions
through diagnosis, intervention and treatment.
Laboratory portions of the course
include physiological experiments and anatomical studies using microscopes,
organ models, preserved specimens and a dissectible Human Anatomical Model. A
Certificate of Completion will be given to students who pass the course.
Introduction to
Psychology
This program is designed to
provide the student with an introductory study of human and animal behavior, as
well as the biological and mental processes that underlie behavior. The student will be introduced to research
methods and findings, basic theories and principles, and applications of
psychological concepts. The course will
help the student understand psychological behavior and illnesses that he/she
will encounter and help him/her understand how to care for individuals who have
mental health issues and concerns. A
Certificate of Completion will be given to students who pass the course.
English Composition
I This course is designed to develop the student’s
reading, writing, critical thinking and communication skills. The student will read critically and
analytically with the aim of understanding the relationship between content,
structure, strategy, techniques and central purpose. It emphasizes the use of strategies for
developing and refining topics on a variety of public and private issues;
writing clear, coherent multi-paragraph essays that support a precise thesis
using a variety of rhetorical methods and practicing editing and proofreading
techniques necessary to produce clear, error-free sentences in standard written
English.
A Certificate of Completion will be given to
students who pass the course.
Nursing Math
In this course, the student will
learn the principles of applying math concepts to the calculations of safe and
accurate dosages of drugs and solutions with algebraic equations. He / She will be proficient in computing drug
dosages for adults and children as well as dosages in all forms of drug
administration. With this knowledge, the
student will be prepared to study medication administration and pharmacology. A Certificate of Completion will be given to
students who pass the course.
