• AGRI 2010: Career Planning in Agriculture

  2.00 Credits

  Dyersburg State Community College

  
  This course is an assessment of personal and academic potential of professional careers in Agriculture or Natural Resources Management. Topics in this course include preparing for, interviewing, and securing a position; critiques of related extracurricular events; survey of the history, philosophy, and ethics of Agriculture and Natural Resources Management and crucial issues affecting agriculture and natural resources. Students are required to write reports and present oral presentations. 2 hours lecture.
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• AGRI 2020: Equipment Guidance Systems

  3.00 Credits

  Dyersburg State Community College

  
  This course focuses on using GPS, drone research and other navigational software necessary for operating and monitoring farm equipment and production. It provides hand-on experience via cab simulator.
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• AGRI 2040: Intro to Pesticides

  3.00 Credits

  Dyersburg State Community College

  
  This course focuses on the biological, chemical and non-chemical approaches for effective pest control. Course topics cover the manufacture, regulation, marketing and safe handling practices of pesticides. Chemical modes of action, toxicities and environmental impact are covered. Subject matter serves as preparation material for the Commerical Applicator of Pesticides Exam and other pesticide applicator license exams. 3 hours lecture.
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• AHSC 1200: Certified Nursing Assistant

  3.00 Credits

  Dyersburg State Community College

  
  (Co-requisite: AHSC 1210)Nursing Assistants work in a variety of settings ranging from within the home, in an office or clinic, and even in extended care acute care hospitals. This course will teach students classroom skills needed to be successful as a Nursing Assistant including patient confidentiality, documentation, rights of patients, and anatomy and physiology issues.
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• AHSC 1210: CNA Skills Lab/Clinical

  3.00 Credits

  Dyersburg State Community College

  
  Nursing Assistants work in a variety of settings ranging from within the home, in an office or clinic, or even in extended care of acute care hospital settings. This course will teach students laboratory skills needed to be successful as a Nursing Assistant. Students will also have the opportunity to assist with real patients through a clinical setting.
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• AHSC 1310: EKG/Soft Skills

  3.00 Credits

  Dyersburg State Community College

  
  Prerequisites: ENGL 0810, MATH Competencies 1-5, READ 0810This course is a comprehensive 40-hour course, including labs, which will assist students in preparing for the National Health Career Association Certified ECG Technician (CET) exam. Individuals interested in starting a acareer in the medical field, prospective patient care technicians, current nurses, or those looking to develop skills may benefit from this course. The AHSC 1310 EKG/Soft Skills course includes theory and hands-on instruction during the seven-week term. ECG Technicians perform electrocardiograms and are among the first people to assist patients experiencing cardiac symptoms. ECG Technicians are critical members of the patient care team found in physician offices, emergency rooms, and hospital-based cardiology clinics across the country. 3 credit hours. Not part of a Tennessee Transfer Pathway
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• AHSC 1320: Clinical Medical Assistant I

  3.00 Credits

  Dyersburg State Community College

  
  Co-requisite: AHSC 1340This course focuses on the scope of practice of the Clinical Medical Assisting profession and how to be successful as a student. Many times, CMAs perform routine office tasks to keep the medical offices running efficiently, so students will study professionalism, and bioethics. They learn basic administrative functions in a medical practice, including using medical terminology in electronic medical record and coding. For the clinical setting, student learn infection control and medical asepsis. Regarding patient care, students begin by learning the patient interview. Also covered will be taking and recording vital signs, the components of a physical examination and patient education. In previous courses, students have mastered collecting laboratory specimens and performing successful EKGs. They will review and practice both these skills. 3 hours lecture. Not part of a Tennessee Transfer Pathway
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• AHSC 1330: Clinical Medical Assistant II

  3.00 Credits

  Dyersburg State Community College

  
  Co-requisite: AHSC 1340This course focuses on patient-directed skills since a CMA's duties include various tasks such as taking patients' medical histories, explaining treatment procedures, preparing patients for a variety of medical procedures, and assisting the physician with routine office procedures. At the direction of the physician, a CMA can instruct patients about medication and special diets, prepare and administer injections using dosage calculation, authorize drug refills and call prescriptions to a pharmacy. CMAs also draw blood, erform ECGs, prepare patients for X-rays, remove sutures and change dressing using sterile techniques. When the prescribed CMA skills in this class are mastered, a simulation lab is set up in which each student is given a scenario and interacts with a patient (another student) as if the student is already a credentialized CCMA. The instructor and other students watch and give feedback. 3 hours lecture. Not part of a Tennessee Transfer Pathway
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• AHSC 1340: Clinical Medical Assistant Cli

  3.00 Credits

  Dyersburg State Community College

  
  Co-requisites: AHSC 1330This course is a supervised clinical practice of Clinical Medical Assistant procedures and skills that were learned in previous courses. Students will be under the direct supervision of a nurse or medical assistant in an off-campus setting. Clinical competency in specified skills will be evaluated and documented. Not part of a Tennessee Transfer Pathway
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• AHSC 1400: Patient Care Technician I

  3.00 Credits

  Dyersburg State Community College

  
  Co-requisites: AHSC 1410, AHSC 1420This course focuses on the scope of practice of the Patient Care Technician (PCT) profession. Many times, PCTs perform many tasks in an inpatient setting to assist patients with activities of daily living. Students will study professionalism and bioethics. They learn about body systems, disease process, patient care such as bathing, oral care, bed making, dressing, grooming, skin care and toileting. Students will also learn how to help prevent patient falls, how to obtain patient vital signs, and how to use medical equipment such as automatic blood pressure machines, bed scales, and different types of monitoring devices. Students will learn how to use electronic medical record for charting patient intake and output as well as other pertinent patient information. Students learn infection control and medical asepsis. Also covered will be range of motion, importance of patient rounding, and how to assist with patient ambulation and transfers.The completion of AHSC 1400, AHSC 1410, and AHSC 1420 courses will assist students in preparing for the National Healthcareer Association's Certified Patient Care Technician/Assistant (CPCT/A) certification. 3 credit hours. Not part of a Tennessee Transfer Pathway
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