• NUR 2128: Nursing IV Clinical

  3.00 Credits

  Columbia State Community College

  
  Students must be admitted into the Nursing program before registering for this course. This is the final clinical course in the program of study. It provides learning experiences in caring for patients of all ages with stressors of respiratory, cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, neurosensory, special sensory function, and psychiatric-mental health. Concepts and principles of management, as well as various methods of delivery of nursing care, are included. The nursing process is the framework for clinical practice. Developmental stages, maternal-child concepts, pharmacology, nutrition, communication, history trends, legal/ethical aspects and community resources are integrated. Clinical experiences are provided to assist students in applying the nursing process and Maslow's hierarchy of needs in the care of individuals and groups of patients in general hospitals, mental health facilities and other clinical agencies. Application of management principles to groups of patients is implemented during the semester.
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• NUR 2188: Applying Surgical Concepts

  1.00 Credits

  Columbia State Community College

  
  This course focuses on the integration of all theory and clinical objectives, including the transition from student nurse to graduate nurse. The major emphasis will be on surgical clinical scenarios. Topics to be covered will include care of the perioperative patient, pain management in adults, dosage calculations, and the application of intravenous therapy principles.
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• NUR 2189: Applying Psychiatric Concepts

  1.00 Credits

  Columbia State Community College

  
  This course focuses on the integration of all theory and clinical objectives, including the transition from student nurse to graduate nurse. The major emphasis will be on psychiatric/mental health nursing clinical scenarios. Topics to be covered will include Bipolar disorder, Suicide, Schizophrenia, Alzheimer's, Nursing research, Resume writing Communication, Professionalism Licensure and Continuing education.
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• NUR 2198: Applying Pediatric Concepts

  1.00 Credits

  Columbia State Community College

  
  This course focuses on the integration of all theory and clinical objectives, including the transition from student nurse to graduate nurse. The major emphasis will be on pediatric nursing clinical scenarios. Topics to be covered will include End of Life, Pain-,IV calculations, dosage calculations, pediatric medication administration and immunizations.
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• NUR 2199: Applying Medical Concepts

  1.00 Credits

  Columbia State Community College

  
  This course focuses on the integration of all theory and clinical objectives, including the transition from student nurse to graduate nurse. The major emphasis will be on medical nursing clinical scenarios. Topics to be covered will include End of Life, Time management/delegation and Medical economics.
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• NUR 294: Coord Co-Op Student Extrnship

  6.00 Credits

  Columbia State Community College

  
  Students must apply, interview, and be selected for admission to this course. An elective clinical practicum of planned and supervised clinical experiences will be given in association with an R.N. mentor. Seminar and independent research study will be utilized to meet course requirements for work-study experience. Students will spend approximately 300 hours in a clinical affiliate on day, evening, or weekend shifts.
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• OFA 101: Intro to Word Processing

  3.00 Credits

  Columbia State Community College

  
  This course is for the development of techniques in touch typing and the introduction of skills involved in presentation of the keyboard, and the various parts of the computer. The emphasis is on formatting business documents, proper techniques, speed and accuracy.
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• OFA 205: Business Docmnts & Publishing

  3.00 Credits

  Columbia State Community College

  
  This course is a study of the various types of business documents and the methods used to publishe the documents. Course topics include offset printing, creating brochures, forms, newsletters, document merging and linking, internet formatted documents, and formatting and manipulating large corporate documents. Word processing and desktop publishing software will be used in the course. Keyboarding skills are highly recommended.
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• OFA 240: Medical Terminology

  3.00 Credits

  Columbia State Community College

  
  A study of the language of the allied health sciences and medicine with emphasis on body systems, prefixes, suffixes, root terms, pronunciation, and spelling.
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• OFA 281: Medical Office Assistant

  3.00 Credits

  Columbia State Community College

  
  A study of the career of a medical office assistant including medical ethics, communications, billing and collections, and insurance in the medical office.
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