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• MTT 214: MACHINING IV

  4.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  This course will enable students to develop expertise in manual shop machining. Students will work on projects to produce finished parts from raw materials. Production steps will include planning, layout, sawing, tooling, fixturing, milling, turning, grinding, and inspection.
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• MUS 155: MUSIC LISTENING: A SURVEY

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  Introduces the study of the elements of music, instruments of the orchestra, and the lives and works of composers from the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary eras. Corresponding listening selections are provided in class.
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• MUS 156: EARLY EDUCATION MUSIC PEDAGOGY

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  Covers basics in music for the non-music specialist, including pedagogical methods for effectively incorporating music into early childhood classrooms.
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• MUS 255: AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  Open to all interested students, this course offers a panoramic view of the history of American popular music from the beginnings to the present. Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to identify and discuss each of the following aspects of American popular music: specific styles and style periods, pivotal compositions and composers, ethnic traditions which have been major contributors in the development and evolution of popular music, song forms and their contribution to style period development, influences on American history, and historical influences on popular music.
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• NSG 112: INTRODUCTIONS TO PROFESSIONAL NURSING AND HEALTH PROMOTION ACROSS THE LIFESPA

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  The five critical elements of the WCCC nursing program: caring, competency, communication, critical thinking, and commitment serve as a framework of the course. The course focuses on the profession of nursing, health care environment, and health promotion/disease prevention. Broad course content includes the fundamental knowledge, skills and behaviors necessary to assimilate values, concepts, and ethical standards central to nursing practice. Emphasis is placed on strategies to promote health and prevent disease for individuals and families across the lifespan in community settings. Prerequisite(s): BIO 171, CPT 150; Corequisite(s): BIO 172, NSG 114 Prerequisite:    BIO 171, CPT 150 Corequisite:    BIO 172, NSG 114
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• NSG 114: HEALTH AND PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT THROUGHOUT THE LIFESPAN

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  The five critical elements of the WCCC nursing program: caring, competency, communication, critical thinking, and commitment serve as the framework of the course. This course provides the basic knowledge needed to assess the health status of individuals from infancy through old age, including physical, developmental, psychological, cultural and spiritual dimensions. The laboratory experience, focused on the adult individual provides students the opportunities for skill acquisition in history taking, assessment skills and documentation of findings. Prerequisite(s): BIO 171, CPT 150; Corequisite(s): BIO 172, NSG 112, NSG 116 Prerequisite:    BIO 171, CPT 150 Corequisite:    BIO 172, NSG 112, NSG 116
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• NSG 116: FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING CARE

  7.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  This course presents the basic concepts and practices skills that are fundamental to providing nursing care across the life-span for individuals with basic human needs. An integration of principles from the biological, physical and behavioral sciences with nursing theory, prepares the student to use the nursing process to promote, maintain and restore health. The teaching of related practice skills takes place in the campus laboratory. The application of the basic concepts and practice skills occurs in various health care settings. Prerequisite(s): BIO 171, CPT 150; Corequisite(s): BIO 172, NSG 114 Prerequisite:    BIO 171, CPT 150 Corequisite:    BIO 172, NSG 114
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• NSG 124: MEDICAL-SURGICAL CARE/ADULT

  9.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  This course emphasizes the role of the nurse as provider and manager of care for adults, with common health problems who have alterations in physiologic, safety, esteem, and self-actualization human needs. In addition, an emphasis is placed on health promotion, risk reduction, disease prevention and treatment to prevent health problems from occurring or reoccurring. Mental health concepts and management principles are introduced in this course to provide a basis for care of adult patients in the acute care setting. The opportunity to develop and practice selected skills is provided in the campus laboratory and in the acute care clinical setting. Prerequisite(s): BIO 171, BIO 172, CPT 150, NSG 112, NSG 114, NSG 116; Corequisite(s): ALH 120, PSY 160 Prerequisite:    BIO 171, BIO 172, CPT 150, NSG 112, NSG 114, NSG 116 Corequisite:    ALH 120, PSY 160
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• NSG 200: LPN TRANSITION INTO ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING

  3.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  Designed specifically for the LPN who meets the criteria for advanced placement in the ADN program. Provides theoretical knowledge and practical experience which assists the student in making the transition from the practical to the professional nursing student role. The LPN will be familiarized with the nursing program at WCCC. The course emphasizes the major components of the conceptual framework of all nursing courses. These include caring, competency, communication, critical thinking, and commitment/conduct. The course includes critical thinking concepts and the nursing process, organization of assessment data using functional health patterns, communication and care across life spans with emphasis on beginning therapeutic communication skills. Students will demonstrate application of these concepts and technical skills/math skill in the campus lab and clinical lab segment of the course. Prerequisite(s): Level I ADN support courses, must be an LPN and accepted into the ADN program Corequisite(s): None Prerequisite(s): Level I ADN support courses, must be an LPN and accpeted into the ADN program Prerequisite:    Level I ADN support courses, must be an LPN and accepted into the ADN program
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• NSG 225: NURSING CARE OF THE CHILDBEARING FAMILY, INFANT AND CHILD

  4.00 Credits

  Westmoreland County Community College

  
  The five critical elements of the WCCC nursing program: caring, competency, communication, critical thinking, and commitment serve as the framework for this course. This course introduces the student to the role of the professional nurse as provider of care when working with childbearing individuals, the newborn, infant, child and family. Emphasis is placed on identifying alteration in basic human needs and applying the nursing process to the promotion, restoration, or maintenance of health throughout the phases of the childbearing process. Common health problems of newborns and of women in each phase of childbearing are explored. Health promotion, disease prevention, and care of the infant and child with common health problems are studied. Opportunities for practice of related skills are provided in campus laboratory and a variety of clinical and community settings to provide the student with opportunities to apply concepts. Prerequisite(s): All Level ADN nursing and support courses. Corequisite(s): Level II ADM nursing and support courses in assigned sequence semester. Prerequisite:    All Level ADN nursing and support courses Corequisite:    Level II ADM nursing and support courses in assigned sequence semester.
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