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This course will cover topics related to the delivery of community and mental health care. Specific health needs of individuals, families, and groups will be addressed across the lifespan. Attention will be given to diverse and at-risk populations. Mental health concepts will concentrate on adaptive/maladaptive behaviors and specific mental health disorders. Community resources will be examined in relation to specific types of support offered to racial, ethnic, economically diverse individuals and groups.
This course covers nursing management and professional issues related to the role of the registered nurse. Emphasis is placed on preparing for practice as a registered nurse.
Prepares learners to perform basic nursing skills under the supervision of a nurse for job entry as a certified nursing assistant (CNA) or a home health aide (HHA) in health care agencies. Face-to-face and hybrid classroom, campus lab and clinical instruction are offered at various nursing homes and hospitals throughout the district. Students need to submit an application and complete background check.
This course focuses on the development of advanced clinical skills across the lifespan. Content includes advanced intravenous skills, blood product administration, chest tube systems, basic electrocardiogram interpretation and nasogastric/feeding tube insertion.
Introduces the concepts of invention, innovation and opportunity recognition. Investigate the entrepreneurial mindset and entrepreneurship as a career. Explore the concepts of idea creation and feasibility testing.
Explores entrepreneurial ventures and provides the newest tools, skills and mindset needed to thrive in the uncertain environment of entrepreneurship. Leaners will use real-world examples, case studies and business model design tools to develop entrepreneurial projects.
Focuses on the development of a comprehensive business plan that integrates all the knowledge and skills learned in the previous courses. Through lectures, group work, and individual assignments, students will learn to create a mission and vision statement, conduct a SWOT analysis, identify target markets, develop a marketing and sales plan, create financial projections, secure funding, and understand legal and regulatory compliance. By the end of the course, students will have created a comprehensive business plan and be prepared to pitch their ideas to potential investors or lenders.
Complex Health Alterations II prepares the learner to provide and evaluate care for patients across the lifespan with alterations in the immune, neuro-sensory, musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, renal/urinary, reproductive systems and shock, burns and trauma. The learner will also focus on management of care for patients with high-risk perinatal conditions and high-risk newborns.
Complex Health Alterations I prepares the learner to provide and evaluate care for patients across the lifespan with alterations in cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, and hematologic systems as well as patients with fluid/electrolyte and acid-base imbalance, and alterations in comfort.