College of Southern Idaho Catalog 2009-2010
Nursing Assistant Course Descriptions
NURA 285 4.00 Cr Hrs
Cooperative Education
Cooperative study is available to the CNA, DDA, and others. It allows the student to apply learning to real life career possibilities at various health care facilities. Students will be matched to employment sites based on career interests, skill, and interest of the student. Evaluation, grading, and granting of advanced certification will be based on written learning objectives agreed upon by the student, the instructor, and a preceptor at the learning site. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
NURA S001 0.00 Cr Hrs
Certified Nursing Assistant Available: fall, spring, summer
This course offers an introduction to the health care field. Learners are provided with experiences in the classroom and in the clinical area and result in the development of basic competencies required of nursing assistants. The course provides the learner with skills that are prerequisite to specific areas of health care. Completion of this training program is required by federal regulations in order to be employed in skilled nursing facilities. Completion of the training will prepare the student for the clinical skills examination and the OBRA written test.
NURA S002 0.00 Cr Hrs
Train the Trainer
This course is taught in the class room or in a self paced format. During the course the student explores characteristics of the adult learner, prepared course objectives, teaches and videotapes a class, and prepares evaluation materials. Prerequisites: Three years Registered Nursing experience with two years in Long Term Care and an unencumbered Idaho Professional Nursing License and permission of instructor.
NURA S003 0.00 Cr Hrs
Geriatric Care Specialist
This course offers classroom lecture, discussion, and demonstration of techniques particularly appropriate for providing health care to the elderly population. Students must be employed in a geriatric setting to enroll in this course. Prerequisite: NURA S001.
NURA S004 0.00 Cr Hrs
LPN IV Therapy Challenge Test
A challenge to NURA S005. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.
NURA S005 0.00 Cr Hrs
Intravenous Therapy 1
This course introduces the student to intravenous medication administration. Prerequisite: Current and unencumbered LPN license and instructor permission.
NURA S006 0.00 Cr Hrs
Intravenous Therapy 2
This course includes medication administration, central venous administration techniques, and a clinical practicum. Prerequisite: NURA S004 or NURA S005.
NURA S008 0.00 Cr Hrs
Skills Competency Test
The manual skills certificate is a requirement of the Nursing Assistant Registry of the Idaho Board of Nursing. The skills examination is the final segment of the requirements to become a Certified Nursing Assistant. Prerequisite: NURA S001 or permission of instructor.
NURA S014 0.00 Cr Hrs
Assistance with Medications
This course is required by Health & Welfare for health care employees working in Assisted Living situations. The course covers legalities, medical terminology and skills essential to help a person consume medications.
NURA S024 0.00 Cr Hrs
Developmental Disability Aide
This course is required by Medicaid in order to provide home care to persons with developmental disabilities. Included in the course is the study of positive programming techniques and behavioral strategies for persons who are disabled. Practical experience in the development of individual learning plans is included in the course. The course meets Medicaid requirements and is designed for personal care providers, ICP-MR employees, shelter home employees, job coaches, parents, special education teachers, and classroom assistants.
NURA S025 0.00 Cr Hrs
Train Support Employer Personnel
There is a growing demand for job coaches who can facilitate employment opportunities for persons with developmental or acquired disabilities. This course will offer experience with job placement of clients, skill building, and the ability to work with employers and teachers. Students learn the skills to serve as an advocate on behalf of the disabled. Prerequisite: Certified as a Developmental Disability Aide.
NURA S027 0.00 Cr Hrs
LPN Management
Board of Nursing requirements mandate completion of this course prior to assuming Charge Nurse duties in a Skilled Nursing Facility. Management and supervision of auxiliary personnel are discussed. Decision making, assessment, and problem solving techniques are taught. A clinical practicum is required. Prerequisites: Unencumbered LPN license and current employment in a long term care facility.
NURA S028 0.00 Cr Hrs
Train the CNA Rater
Raters learn to evaluate students performing CNA skills. Prerequisite: NURA 002, one year experience as a NURA 001 instructor, and permission of instructor.
NURA S029 0.00 Cr Hrs
First Aid
First Aid is immediate care given to injured or suddently ill person. It is the temporary assistance rendered to the victim until professional help arrives.
NURA S030 0.00 Cr Hrs
CPR
The CPR for Family and Friends course targets all lay rescuers, such as school children, family members of patients at risk for sudden cardiac death, and other laypersons who want to learn rescue skills for loved ones. The course teaches rescuers skills in CPR and relief of FBAO. In addition, it presents information about the AHA Adult Chain of Survival, and signs of heart attack, cardiac arrest, stroke, and choking in adults.
NURA S031 0.00 Cr Hrs
Heartsaver CPR & First Aid
Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation and the Standard First Aid course are delivered. CPR methods for infants, children, and adults are included.
NURA S032 0.00 Cr Hrs
BLS CPR Health Care Provider
Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation course is delivered. CPR methods for infants, children, and adults are included.
NURA S033 0.00 Cr Hrs
Phlebotomy
This course offers experience with the collection of body fluids, laboratory procedures, and skills necessary to enter the health care force as a phlebotomist. This course prepares the student to take the national certification exam. Prerequisite: Current CNA certification.
NURA S036 0.00 Cr Hrs
Health Unit Coordinator
The course is an introduction to the fundamental and introductory skills for ward or unit clerks in health care facilities. Students will expand their knowledge of the multi-skilled health care worker. The content of the course includes the role and responsibilities of the unit clerk, communications and interpersonal relationships, medical terminology, anatomy, legal and ethical responsibilities, management skills, transcription of physicians¦ orders, problem solving, and employment skills. Practice of skills within a laboratory setting and application of the skills in the actual work environment are essential parts of the course. Graduates are eligible to take the national certification examination sponsored by the National Association of Health Unit Coordinators. Prerequisite: CNA certification.
NURA S037 0.00 Cr Hrs
Mental Health Assistant
Students study the roles and responsibilities of the mental health assistant, care for mentally impaired or emotionally disturbed individuals, and learn how to work as a team member in a mental health setting. Students learn how to participate in social and recreational activities appropriate in the care of patients with emotional disturbances. Prerequisite: NURA S001 or NURA S008.
NURA S038 0.00 Cr Hrs
Home Health Aid
This course offers theory and clinical experience that adapts the basic Certified Nursing Assistant program to the care of the elderly person in the home setting. Special study is offered to assure safe skills and adaptation of nursing assistant skills in the home environment. Legal issues and those of confidentiality are included. Prerequisite: Current placement on the Idaho Nursing Registry for Certified Nursing Assistants.
NURA S099 0.00 Cr Hrs
Nursing Education Workshop
Workshops, seminars, and other special instructional activities designed to increase knowledge and skills of nursing administrators and licensed staff.
NURA S199 0.00 Cr Hrs
IV Therapy Skills Update
This is a workshop designed to offer focused information on skills to licensed nurses.
Nursing, Practical Course Descriptions
NURP 101 1.00 Cr Hr
Professional Concepts
Students are given an awareness of professional and legal responsibility and ethics including patients' rights as well as the role of the PN and other health team members. Job-seeking skills and responsibilities of health-care employees are included. Leadership qualities of the LPN are explored.
NURP 102 1.00 Cr Hr
Normal Nutrition
A study of the basic nutrients, their functions, sources, and daily requirements. Psychological, cultural, and religious influences on food behaviors are introduced. Nutritional status in relation to prevention of disease and promotion of health is included.
NURP 106 6.00 Cr Hrs
Fundamentals
Students study, practice, and administer basic nursing care. Students utilize the nursing process. Therapeutic communication is stressed. Clinical experience occurs in long-term care facilities. Prerequisites: ENGL 101 and MATH 123.
NURP 113 1.00 Cr Hr
Therapeutic Nutrition
Students study the therapeutic diets for persons with diseases/disorders experienced throughout the life span.
NURP 120 5.00 Cr Hrs
Medical Surgical 1
Students study the common diseases and disorders of patients and the appropriate nursing measures (physical, emotional, and psychological) these varied conditions require. The nursing process is utilized as a basis for assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of a patient's needs. This includes meeting the needs of a dying patient and their family. Patient teaching on health, learning to live with various conditions, and rehabilitation nursing are included. The setting is acute care. Clinical experiences include patients in all age groups. Emphasis is placed on the elderly population. Selected field trips are included in this course. Prerequisite: NURP 106. Corequisite NURP 110.
NURP 121 5.00 Cr Hrs
Medical Surgical 2
This course is the continuation of NURP 120. Clinical experience emphasizes acute medical-surgical care with exposure to ancillary hospital services, i.e. operating room and various therapies including physical, speech, occupational, and respiratory. Prerequisite: NURP 120. Corequisite NURP 111.
NURP 130 4.00 Cr Hrs
Maternal Child 1
Students study the appropriate nursing care for patients during the antepartal, labor, postpartal, and neonatal stages. Care during the normal conditions, awareness of abnormal signs and symptoms, and appropriate nursing care measures are studied.
NURP 131 4.00 Cr Hrs
Maternal Child 2
Based on the knowledge learned in Medical/Surgical (NURP120 and NURP121), appropriate nursing care of infant children is studied, practiced, and administered. Clinical learnings in obstetrics, newborn nursing, pediatrics, and well-child clinics are utilized. Prerequisite: NURP 130.
NURP 220 5.00 Cr Hrs
Medical Surgical 3
This course is the continuation of NURP 121. It incorporates components of the nursing process and patient education. Clinical experiences include outpatient care, community health, leadership in long-term care, and a preceptorship. Successful completion of the theory and clinical experience required before progressing into the preceptorship. Prerequisite: NURP 121.
Nursing, Registered Course Descriptions
NURR 100 1.00 Cr Hr
LPN and Paramedic Transition Available: spring, summer
This course covers the RN role in nursing process, patient education, communication, and building therapeutic relationships. The student is introduced to CSI's approach to nursing education. Identification of nursing process, defense mechanisms, fluid and electrolyte balance and imbalance, and care of patients with mental health problems. This is a theory course. Prerequisites: NURA S005 and NURA S006 LPN or graduate nurse.
NURR 101 7.00 Cr Hrs
Beginning Nursing Intervention Available: fall
First course in nursing sequence, includes theory, clinical, teaching/learning and practice laboratories, and emphasizes the development of communication skills, caring, human behavior throughout the life span, self awareness skills, and community exploration. The student is introduced to and begins application of the nursing process. Normal nutrition, medical terminology, and pharmacology are integrated throughout the course. Prerequisites: Admission to the RN program, high school Chemistry (2 semesters) or CHEM 101, ENGL 101, and 5-6 other credit hours from required general education courses. Corequisite: BIOL 227, PSYC 101.
NURR 103 9.00 Cr Hrs
Intermediate Nursing Intervention Available: spring
Second course in nursing sequence, includes theory, clinical, teaching/learning and practice laboratories, and builds on the content on NURR 101. Focus is on caring for patients and families throughout the life span and includes clients with deviations in physical and mental health. Therapeutic nutrition, medical terminology, and pharmacology content are integrated. Prerequisites: NURR 101, BIOL 227, and PSYC 101. Corequisites: BIOL 228 or BIOL 250.
NURR 150 4.00 Cr Hrs
Paramedic Bridge Available: fall, spring
The Paramedic Bridge course, with online theory and clinical experiences, builds on the skills covered in the paramedic program, and introduces foundations in the nursing concepts, principles and practice. The course emphasizes basic nursing concepts and the provision of care for the unique individual with alterations in health. Students will utilize the nursing process in providing care to acutely/chronically ill individuals with medical/surgical conditions. Prerequisites: completion of Associate Degree Nursing Prerequisites and Co-requisites, completion of a Nationally Accredited Paramedic Program and current National Registry EMT-Certification, and be accepted as a Paramedic Transition Student. Corequisite NURR 100.
NURR 199 1-2 Cr Hrs
Nursing Workshop
Presention of selected topics relevant to current professional Nursing practice.
NURR 201 10.00 Cr Hrs
Advanced Nursing Intervention Available: fall
The focus of this course is the nursing care of the patients with medical/surgical health deviations; with emphasis on pathophysiology. This course includes theory, clinical and teaching/learning laboratories. Therapeutic nutrition, pharmacology, and medical terminology are integrated throughout the course. Prerequisites: NURR 103, all science courses. Corequisites: MATH 143 or MATH 253, humanities, or other required general education courses.
NURR 204 4.00 Cr Hrs
Maternal/Child Nursing
The focus of this theory and clinical course is the nursing care during childbearing and deviations in childbearing. Therapeutic nutrition, pharmacology, and medical terminology are integrated throughout the content. Prerequisites: MATH 143 or MATH 253, NURR 201 and NURR 202.
NURR 206 4.00 Cr Hrs
Advanced Med-Surg Intervention 2
The focus of this theory and clinical course is nursing care of the patients with advanced medical/surgical health deviations, with emphasis on pathophysiology. Therapeutic nutrition, pharmacology and medical terminology are integrated throughout the course. . Prerequisites: MATH 143 or MATH 253, NURR 201 and NURR 202.
NURR 208 3.00 Cr Hrs
Professional Nursing Transition Available: spring
The theory segment of this course is online. The student experiences setting priorities for a group of patients and delegating to health team members based on those priorities. Students also gain experience organizing and caring for an increased number of patients. The segment of clinical learning is a preceptorship during which the student works on a one-to one basis with a registered nurse preceptor. Prerequisites: MATH 143 or MATH 253, NURR 201 and NURR 205.
NURR 250 3.00 Cr Hrs
Physical Assessment Available: fall, spring
This course is offered with a choice of either a live class or a hybrid format (didactic online with practice labs) and is designed to provide the student with advanced skill to effectively work in the health care environment. Skills include obtaining an advanced and complex client verbal History, performing actual assessments in health and disease, and enhancing advanced critical thinking skills. This course is open to Associate Degree nursing students who have successfully completed the first semester of the nursing program and RNs in the community. Prerequisites: NURR101. RNs must have an unencumbered professional License.
NURR 285 4.00 Cr Hrs
Internship Available: summer
This course is offered as an opportunity for the newly graduated professional nurse to gain experience in the actual acute care setting. Students will work with a preceptor in the hospital gaining experience in physical assessment, nursing skills, management of complex patient groups, delegation and communication techniques. A required weekly seminar will involve topics identified by the graduate nurse, the preceptor, and the instructor. This course is not intended to be a refresher course for inactive nurses who wish to reenter the nursing profession. Each student is required to possess a valid and unencumbered temporary license to practice professional nursing in Idaho. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
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