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• NPHS 202: Emergency Medical Services and Health Services Orientation

  3.00 Credits

  Butler County Community College

  
  This course provides a comprehensive knowledge of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) systems, hospital disaster response and supplemental resources including the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) and Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMAT). This program includes EMS development, training and educational requirements, medical care advances, Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), medical response priorities, and an introduction to disaster medical operations. Appropriate clearances may be required.
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• NPHS 203: Homeland Security and Emergency Management

  3.00 Credits

  Butler County Community College

  
  This course examines the management perspective of organizations linked to: mitigation, prevention, planning, preparedness, readiness, response and recovery, as they relate to homeland security events. U.S. policies and programs are assessed in terms of the hazards posed by international and domestic terrorism, particularly the risks posed by weapons of mass destruction. The unpredictable nature of terroristic attacks is also explored.
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• NURS 101: Nursing I: Introduction to Nursing Care

  8.00 Credits

  Butler County Community College

  
  This course introduces students to fundamental principles of nursing practice. The focus is onproviding basic nursing care toindividuals in a variety of health care settings. The student will learn basic skills and begin to practice nursing in a safe manner. Clinical experiences will be obtained in a simulated lab environment as well as in a variety of health care settings. This course meets the general education competency of Technologies Competency(TC).
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• NURS 102: Nursing II: Nursing Care of Patients Throughout the Lifespan

  9.00 Credits

  Butler County Community College

  
  This course prepares the student to provide evidence-based nursing care to individuals of varied age groups. Students will use the best evidence in providing and managing safe nursing care for: maternity patients and their newborns, pediatric patients, and adult patients with common chronic disorders in a variety of settings.
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• NURS 103: Nursing III: Nursing Care of Patients with Acute Health Problems

  9.00 Credits

  Butler County Community College

  
  This course provides the necessary knowledge and skill acquisition for the student to effectively manage the nursing care of individuals with common acute medical-surgical disorders and mental health disorders. The focus is on understanding and applying concepts of pathophysiology and evidence-based nursing care. Clinical experiences occur in a variety of settings.
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• NURS 104: Nursing IV: Nursing Care of Patients with Complex Health Problems

  8.00 Credits

  Butler County Community College

  
  This course prepares the student to provide competent, holistic, and evidence-based nursing care for individuals with multiple and/or complicated medical-surgical disorders. Nursing management and interdisciplinary collaboration skills are stressed. Clinical experiences are in the medical-surgical and critical care hospital settings.
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• NURS 105: Nursing V: Transition to Practice

  3.00 Credits

  Butler County Community College

  
  This clinical course assists the student with the transition from the role of student nurse to the role of graduate professional nurse. Leadership and management skills are emphasized. Preceptored by a registered professional nurse, who serves as amentor in a concentrated clinical practice experience, the student has the opportunity to integrate the knowledge, clinical skills, and standards of professional nursing practice necessary to fulfill the professional nurse role.
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• NURS 120: Critical Thinking for Nurses

  2.00 Credits

  Butler County Community College

  
  This course is designed to foster the development of clinical judgment skills of those preparing for professional nursing. Participants will explore critical thinking and utilize basic analytical techniques in the completion of multiple choice and innovation test items such as those on the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN).
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• NURS 135: Role Transition to Nursing Process

  3.00 Credits

  Butler County Community College

  
  This course will assist licensed practical nurses (LPN's) and other advanced standing students with the transition into thenursing program at Butler County Community College. Fundamentals of safe, ethical, and legal nursing will be reviewed. Opportunities to review nursing skills and practice documentation of nursing care are provided using electronic resources.
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• NURS 136: Health Information Literacy for Evidence Based Practice

  1.00 Credits

  Butler County Community College

  
  This course introduces students to the process of evidence-based practice in nursing. The emphasis will be on the first two steps of the process: formulating clinical questions and finding the evidence. Participants will use information retrieval techniques to locate evidence in the medical literature. Using online medical databases and Internet resources, they will learn how to access, appraise and integrate information into the practice of health care.
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