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  • PLGL 252: PLGL Internship II

    3.00 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    At least 200 hours of work experience in an approved law office. A comprehensive daily diary is required, and students meet on campus to discuss their experiences. Limited to qualified students enrolled in the Paralegal Studies degree or certificate program. Prerequisite: PLGL 251 with a grade of C or higher and permission of the Program Coordinator or Internship Instructor. Prerequisite:    PLGL 251
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  • PLGL 252: PLGL Internship II

    3.00 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    At least 200 hours of work experience in an approved law office. A comprehensive daily diary is required, and students meet on campus to discuss their experiences. Limited to qualified students enrolled in the Paralegal Studies degree or certificate program. Prerequisite: PLGL 251 with a grade of C or higher and permission of the Program Coordinator or Internship Instructor. Prerequisite:    PLGL 251
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  • PNUR 140: Introduction to Practical Nursing Concepts I

    1.00 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    Focuses on the clinical skills necessary to practice safe practical nursing care at a fundamental level. The clinical skills include: psychomotor skills, rationale, critical thinking, and physical assessment/data collection. This course also introduces fundamental skills which include safety, vital signs, intake and output, hygiene, TED hose application, ROM (range of motion), patient positioning, patient transfer techniques, body mechanics, standard precautions, isolation, oxygen therapy, oral/pharyngeal suctioning, safe non-parenteral medication administration, and medical asepsis. This course emphasizes the concept of caring and caring interventions and uses hands-on skill development, theory, and simulation scenarios to facilitate student learning. A course fee is required. Enrollment is restricted to students in the Practical Nursing certificate. Prerequisite: BIOL 121 with a grade of C or higher; Students are to follow a cohort and take courses that follow a sequence defined by the Department of Nursing. Prerequisite:    BIOL 121
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  • PNUR 141: Introduction to Practical Nursing Concepts II

    1.00 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    Builds upon the nursing practice concepts introduced in PNUR 140. This course focuses on intermediate clinical skills necessary to provide safe and effective aseptic practical nursing care. The clinical skills include psychomotor skills, rationale, critical thinking, and physical assessment/data collection. This course also builds upon the fundamental skills covered in PNUR 140 and includes sterility, isolation with sterility, introduction to IV therapy and IV pumps, safe parenteral medication administration, enemas, urinary catheter insertion and care, specimen collection, and central line awareness. Finally, this course emphasizes the concept of caring and caring interventions and uses hands-on skill development, theory and simulation scenarios to facilitate student learning. A course fee is required. Enrollment is restricted to students in the Practical Nursing certificate. Prerequisite: Students are to follow a cohort and take courses that follow a sequence designed by the Department of Nursing.
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  • PNUR 142: Data Collection Concepts for Practical Nursing

    1.00 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    Introduces students to the health and physical assessment/data collection of clients. This course covers the concepts of accountability, advocacy, assessment/data collection, caring, cellular regulation, cognition, comfort, communication, culture, diversity, elimination, ethics, evidence-based practice, family, basic electrolyte balance, health care systems, health policy, health/wellness/illness, mobility, nursing process, oxygenation, perfusion, safety, self, sensory perception, spirituality, stress and coping, teaching and learning, thermoregulation, tissue integrity, and violence as they all relate to the health and physical assessment/data collection of clients. Lastly, students are taught to detect findings, which indicate an abnormal condition. A course fee is required. Enrollment is restricted to students in the Practical Nursing certificate. Prerequisite: Students are to follow a cohort and take courses that follow a sequence designed by the Department of Nursing.
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  • PNUR 143: Concepts of Informatics in Practical Nursing

    1.00 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    Introduces the concepts and skills related to Informatics in practical nursing practice. ''Tools for Success'' are integrated into this course, along with educational technology. Didactic instruction focuses on basic computer competency, information literacy as aids in the decision-making process and the provision of evidenced-based nursing practice. In addition, the necessity for providing a ''culture of safety,'' related to the use of Informatics in nursing practice, is stressed. Enrollment is restricted to students in the Practical Nursing program. Prerequisite: Students are to follow a cohort and take courses that follow a sequence of courses designed by the Department of Nursing.
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  • PNUR 144: Fundamental Concepts for Practical Nursing

    4.00 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    Introduces students to the foundational concepts for the practice of practical nursing. The foundational concepts emphasized are: accountability, advocacy, cellular regulations, clinical decision making, comfort, communication, critical thinking, culture, diversity, ethics, evidence-based practice, family, fluid and electrolytes, health care systems, health policy, health/wellness/illness, infection, inflammation, legal issues, metabolism, oxygenation, perfusion, professional behaviors, quality improvement, safety, sensory perception, spirituality, stress and coping, teaching and learning, therapeutic communication, thermoregulation, time management/organization, tissue integrity, and violence. Students incorporate cultural values and the client's right to choose in the process of health care decision-making. A course fee is required. Enrollment is restricted to students in the Practical Nursing certificate. Prerequisite: Students are to follow a cohort and follow a sequence of courses designed by the Department of Nursing.
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  • PNUR 145: Introduction to Concepts of Gerontology for Practical Nursing

    2.00 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    Introduces the practical nursing student to the aging/gerontological population. This course emphasizes the role of both the practical nurse and the rights and needs of the client. Fundamental nursing skills are utilized to provide clinically competent care for this population. Concepts of accountability, advocacy, assessment/data collection, caring, clinical decision making, cognition, communication, critical thinking, culture, diversity, elimination, ethics, evidence based practice, family, fluid and electrolytes, grief and loss, health care systems, health policy, health, wellness and illness, legal issues, metabolism, mobility, pain, professional behaviors, quality improvement, safety, self, sensory perception, spirituality, stress and coping, teaching and learning, tissue integrity, and violence are also covered. The nursing process is utilized as a critical thinking tool to guide practice as beginning concepts are solidified through clinical laboratory experience in long-term settings. A course fee is required. Enrollment is restricted to students in the Practical Nursing certificate. Prerequisite: Students are to follow a cohort and take courses that follow a sequence as designed by the Department of Nursing.
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  • PNUR 147: Introduction to Practical Nursing Concepts II-B

    1.00 Credits
    Harrisburg Area Community College-Harrisburg

    Builds upon the fundamental nursing practice skills of the certified nursing assistant (CNA) curriculum. This course focuses on intermediate clinical skills necessary to provide safe and effective aseptic practical nursing care. The clinical skills include psychomotor skills, rationale, critical thinking, and physical assessment/data collection, including vital sign data collection. This course also builds upon the fundamental skills covered during CNA education and focuses on skills that include safety, sterility, isolation with sterility, oxygen therapy, safe medication administration (oral, parenteral and non-parenteral) introduction to IV therapy and IV pumps, enemas, urinary catheter insertion and care, specimen collection, ostomy care and central line awareness. Finally, this course emphasizes the concept of caring and caring interventions and uses hands-on skill development, theory and simulation scenarios to facilitate student learning. A course fee is required. Enrollment is restricted to students accepted into the Practical Nursing certificate, who have graduated from HACC's Certified Nursing Assistant training program. Prerequisite BIOL 121 with a grade of C or higher; Students are to follow a cohort and take courses that follow a sequence designed by the Department of Nursing. Prerequisite:    BIOL 121
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