• NURS 1030: Fundamentals of Nursing 1

  3.00 Credits

  Chattanooga State Community College

  
  This Course introduces the philosophy and central competiencies of the Associate of Applied Science in Nursing. The central competien flow from the philosophy and organizational framework and are the basis for theory skills, and clinical experiences. The focus is on nursing as a discipline; the nursing process; the person as a psychosocial, spirtual, cultural being; health promotion; environmental safety; and communication.
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• NURS 1040: Fundamentals of Nursing 2

  3.00 Credits

  Chattanooga State Community College

  
  This course is a continuation of fundamentals I, which builds on the central competencies of the nursing program. The student is introduced to essential life functions including: protective, comfort/rest, activity/mobility; nutrition, elimination, fluid/gas transport. the focus is on nursing, the nursing process with emphasis on assesment, the client with normal or variations of normal functions, health promotion, environment, and communication. Basic mangement principles are introduced to assist the student organize client care.
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• NURS 1041: Fundamentals of Nursing 2 CLN

  2.00 Credits

  Chattanooga State Community College

  
  This clinical course is an extension of Fundamentals I and Fundamentals II, which continues to build on the central competencies of the nursing program. The focus remains nursing, the nursing process with emphasis on assement, the client with or variations of normal life functions, health promotion, environment, and communication in avariety of clinical settings. Basic management principles are applied to client care.
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• NURS 1060: Mental Health Nursing (RODP)

  2.00 Credits

  Chattanooga State Community College

  
  This course applies the nursing process to promote, maintain and restore opimum health for diverse clients experiencing alterations and variations in psychosocial-cultural life functions. The course is structured around eight core competencies applied to clients with mental health. Empasis is on health promotion, therapeutic communication and legal-ethical aspects of mental health nursing.
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• NURS 1061: Mental Health Nursing CLN RODP

  1.00 Credits

  Chattanooga State Community College

  
  This Clinical course focuses on care of the client across the lifespan with variations and alterationa in mental health. The core competencies flow from the philosophy and orgnizational framework and are the basia for skills and clinical competencies. The nursing process will be applied to client care in inpatient and outpatient settings, focusing on health promotions, therapeutic communication, caring interventions and the legal/ethical aspects of mental health nursing.
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• NURS 2050: Medical Surgical Nursing 2

  3.00 Credits

  Chattanooga State Community College

  
  This course continues the emphasis on assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating strategies to promote, maintain and restore optimum health for diverse clients experiencing alterations in life functions. The alterations in life functions include fluid/gas transport, activity/mobility, nutrition/metabolism, and elimination. Students apply a clinical decison making process in caring for the client in a variety of acute care, ambulatory, and community based settings.
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• NURS 2051: Medical Surgical Nursing 2 CLN

  2.00 Credits

  Chattanooga State Community College

  
  This course provides the clinical emphasis of the theory course on assessment, planning, implementing and evaluating strategies to promote, maintain and restore optimum health for diverse clients experiencing alterations in life functions. The life functions include fluid/gas transport, activity/mobility, nutrition/metabolism, and elimination. Students apply a clinical decison making process in caring for the client in a variety of acute care, ambulatory, and community based settings. Management principles and theurepetic communication are incorporated into the plan of care for clients experiencing alterations in life functions.
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• NURS 2060: Care of Childbearing Family

  2.00 Credits

  Chattanooga State Community College

  
  This course focuses upon the care of the childbearing family. The student's use of core concepts and competiencies is expanded to include nursing care of obstetrical and newborn client from diverse cultural backgrounds and experiences. The course is evolved around nursing, nursing process, and obstetrical and newborn clients experiencing variations and alterations in life functions: fluid/gas transport, elimination, nutritional/metabolism, genitourinary, sensory, activity, and safety. Health promotion, communication, and legal/ethical aspects of obstetrical nursing care are also explored.
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• NURS 2061: Care of the Childbear Fam CLN

  1.00 Credits

  Chattanooga State Community College

  
  This clinical course is an extension of the care of the childbearing family which continues to build on central competiences of the nursing program. The focus remains on nursing, nursing process with emphasis on providing nursing care for obstetrical and newborn clients from diverse cultural backgrounds and experiences. The student will implement plans of care nursing process, and obstetrical and newborn clients experiencing variations and altterations in life functions in a variety of clinical settings where permitted. Health promotion, communication, and legal/ethical aspects of obstetrical nursing care are also empasized.
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• NURS 2070: Care of Pediatric Client

  2.00 Credits

  Chattanooga State Community College

  
  With a continued emphasis on assesment, the focus of this is on planning, implementing and evaluating strategies to promote, maintain and restore optimum health for pediatric clients from diverse socio-cultural backgrounds experiencing variations and alterations in life functions. The course evolves around nursing, nursing process, and pediatric clients experiencing variations and alterations in specified life funtions: fluid-gas transport, elimination, nutritional/metabolism, genitourinary sensory, activity and protective. Health promotion, legal/ethical issues, therapeutic communication techniques, and management strategies specific to the care of the pediatric client are incorporated into plan of care for pediatric clients.
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