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Prerequisite: Admission to BSN program and BIOL 104, BIOL 204, and completion of or concurrent enrollment in CHEM 100 or CHEM 101. This course teaches the student the basic nursing concepts, skills, and professional behaviors necessary to provide safe and competent patient care. Lecture, skills lab, clinical simulations, and clinical experiences will enable students to achieve course outcomes. Five credits which include forty-five hours of lecture and ninety hours of skills lab and clinical experiences.

Prerequisites: Admission to the BSN program and BIOL 104, BIOL 204, and completion of or concurrent enrollment in CHEM 100 or CHEM 101. Lab fee. This lab based course will provide the student with the skills to complete accurate dosage calculations of drugs and solutions and to safely administer prepared medications via different routes. This one credit course is equal to three hours of lab. Grading is on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.

Prerequisite: Admission to BSN program and completion of NUR 201, NUR 202 and NUR 303 or permission of the instructor. This course introduces the student to the principles and application of pharmacology within the context the nursing process. Indications for use, mechanism of action, effects, contraindications, and interactions for selected drugs and drug classes is explored. Emphasis is placed on the nursing role with respect to administration and monitoring of drug therapy.

Prerequisite: NUR 201, NUR 202 and NUR 303. This course will provide the beginning nursing student with opportunities to develop the competencies necessary to meet the needs of adults in a safe, legal, and ethical manner using the nursing process. Students will learn the concepts and theories basic to the art and science of nursing with an emphasis on being part of a healthcare team.