Course Descriptions

This course is an overview of the Nursing Process aimed at guiding the learner in the use of the process in planning care. Each step - assessment, diagnosis, planning, intervention, and evaluation - will be analyzed in relation to the Nursing Care Plan. Special focus will be applied to the process of diagnosis, i.e., the identification and description of client problems amenable to nursing care. Goal setting and the process of writing care plans will also be considered as major topics. (Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory grade.) Prerequisite: NUR 100 or an L.P.N./R.N. Prerequisite: Take NUR-100; minimum grade C;

• Nursing
• 1 Credit(s)
• (1) Contact Hour(s)

This course is an overview of the foundational concepts of professional nursing aimed at guiding the learner in the use of clinical judgment. This will involve problemsolving, decision-making, and application of thinking. The course is specifically for students entering with a Licensed Practical Nurse license. MAT-115 NUR-112 NUR-113

• Nursing
• 1 Credit(s)
• (1) Contact Hour(s)

This course is designed for nursing students and health care providers interested in the area of Gerontology. Topics can be applied in primary, secondary, or tertiary settings. Topics will include the cognitive disorders, drug interactions, group work, and rehabilitation techniques in the elderly. An overview of gerontology is offered.

• Nursing
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

This course introduces foundational concepts of professional nursing to provide safe, patient-centered care. The student will focus on professional nursing role development in clinical judgment, communication, and interventions to provide safe patient-centered care to meet the basic needs across the lifespan. Co-requisite: BIO-171, ENG-101, PSY-100 minimum grade C, MAT-115 minimum grade S, NUR-112, NUR-113 Minimum grade C+;

• Nursing
• 6 Credit(s)
• (4-2) Contact Hour(s)

This course will introduce the student to foundational professional nursing standards and scope of practice within the legal and ethical framework of the nursing profession. Co-requisite: BIO-171, ENG-101, PSY-100 minimum grade C, MAT-115 minimum grade S, NUR-111, NUR-113 minimum grade C+.

• Nursing
• 1 Credit(s)
• (1) Contact Hour(s)

This course introduces the student to the nurse's professional role and responsibilities for safe medication administration while applying the basic principles of pharmacology and pharmacokinetics as they impact nursing care. Co-requisite: BIO-171, ENG-101, PSY-100 minimum grade C, MAT-115 minimum grade S, NUR-111, NUR-112 minimum grade C+.

• Nursing
• 1 Credit(s)
• (1) Contact Hour(s)

This course expands the concepts of health care to individuals and families experiencing common physical/mental health problems. The student will focus on the professional nursing role in developing clinical judgment, interprofessional communication and teamwork, and prioritizing interventions to provide safe patient-centered care to patients with acute and chronic health problems across the lifespan. Prerequisite: Prerequisite: NUR-111, NUR-112, NUR-113 minimum grade C+. Co-requisite: BIO-172 & PSY-200 minimum grade C; NUR-122 & NUR-123 minimum grade C+.

• Nursing
• 7 Credit(s)
• (4-3) Contact Hour(s)

The course will examine the nurse's role as advocate, collaborator, and educator in the delivery of safe, quality, patientcentered care. Emphasis is on clinical judgment through the analysis and integration of current evidence into nursing practice. Prerequisite: Pre-requisite: NUR-111, NUR-112, NUR-113 minimum grade C+. Co-requisite: BIO-172 & PSY-200 minimum grade C; NUR-121 & NUR 123 minimum grade C+.

• Nursing
• 1 Credit(s)
• (1) Contact Hour(s)

This course examines the role of the professional nurse in pharmacological therapies for physical/mental health problems across the lifespan including an emphasis on a holistic perspective to provide safe patient-centered care. Prerequisite: Prerequisite: NUR-111, NUR-112, NUR-113 minimum grade C+. Co-requisite: BIO-172 & PSY-200 minimum grade C; NUR-121 & NUR-122 minimum grade C+.

• Nursing
• 1 Credit(s)
• (1) Contact Hour(s)

• Nursing
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

This intensive, one week elective is offered during January Intersession or Summer Session to provide reality-oriented nursing practice based upon knowledge and skills accrued by nursing students during their Freshmen or Sophomore year at Finger Lakes Community College. The course is intended to permit the nursing student the curricular freedom to identify personal learning needs and initiate these learnings under the guidance of an expert clinical nursing instructor in an acute care hospital setting. This course offers the student the unique exposure to a full day or evening shift of clinical experience for a week's time, thereby allowing for continuity and intensity of clinical learning not provided in other nursing clinical laboratory courses. Prerequisite: Take NUR-100 or NUR-101; minimum grade C;

• Nursing
• 1 Credit(s)
• (2) Contact Hour(s)

This intensive, forty hour clinical make up course is required for the student in good clinical standing who has been absent for more than 10% of the required clinical hours in an FLCC required nursing courses with a clinical component. This course offers the student exposure to clinical experience with time possibly being divided between day, evening or weekend shifts thereby allowing for continuity and intensity of clinical learning. Prerequisite: Successful completion of theory component of FLCC Nursing course in which the student received an incomplete due to clinical absenteeism and recommendation of course level faculty. This course is graded S (satisfactory) or U (unsatisfactory).

• Nursing
• 1 Credit(s)
• (2) Contact Hour(s)

This course is designed for students who wish to apply their knowledge of physiology to disease states occurring across the lifespan. The course will consist of a review of the normal functioning of selected body systems, and then analysis of pathological function during disease of those systems and standard treatment for these pathological conditions. (Also listed as BIO 223) Prerequisite: Take BIO-172; minimum grade C-;

• Nursing
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)

This course focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary for conducting a complete nursing physical assessment. Lecture, demonstrations, small group interactions, and videotaped interviews focus on subjective assessment. Laboratory practices and audiovisual materials focus on objective assessment. Prerequisite: Take BIO-171, BIO-172, NUR-100; minimum grade C-;

• Nursing
• 3 Credit(s)
• (4) Contact Hour(s)

This course expands the concepts of health care to individuals and childbearing families experiencing complex physical health problems across the lifespan. The student will use clinical judgment, interprofessional communication and teamwork, and prioritizing interventions to provide safe patient-centered care. Prerequisite: Prerequisite: NUR-121, NUR-122, NUR-123 minimum grade C+. Co-requisite: BIO-230 minimum grade C; NUR-232 & NUR-233 minimum grade C+.

• Nursing
• 6 Credit(s)
• (3-3) Contact Hour(s)

This course will examine practice-focused leadership skills and the essential knowledge surrounding contemporary nursing topics. Emphasis is on the analysis of opportunities for patient-centered care, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, teamwork and collaboration to promote a culture of safety and quality in health care delivery. Prerequisite: Prerequisite: NUR-121, NUR-122, NUR-123 minimum grade C+. Co-requisite: BIO-230 minimum grade C; NUR-231 & NUR-233 minimum grade C+.

• Nursing
• 1 Credit(s)
• (1) Contact Hour(s)

This course will enable the student to apply pharmacological concepts to manage patients with multisystem health problems across the lifespan incorporating clinical judgment and interprofessional collaboration Prerequisite: Pre-requisite: NUR-121, NUR-122, NUR-123 minium grade C+. C0-requisite: BIO-230 minimum grade C; NUR-231& NUR-232 minimum grade C+.

• Nursing
• 2 Credit(s)
• (2) Contact Hour(s)

This course focuses on concepts and desired outcomes related to nursing management of individuals experiencing selected complex health problems with unpredictable outcomes. The student will expand the professional nursing role through increased proficiency in clinical judgment, teamwork and interprofessional collaboration, and prioritized interventions to provide safe patient-centered care. Prerequisite: Prerequisite: NUR-231, NUR-232, NUR-233 minimum grade C+. Co-requisite: NUR-242 & NUR-243 minimum grade C+.

• Nursing
• 4 Credit(s)
• (2-2) Contact Hour(s)

This course provides students with the opportunity to synthesize and integrate program concepts to develop strategies for success as a professional nurse. Includes preparing the student for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nursing (NCLEX-RN®). Prerequisite: Prerequisite: NUR-231, NUR-232, NUR-233 minimum grade C+. Take NUR-241 NUR-243; Minimum grade C-;

• Nursing
• 2 Credit(s)
• (2) Contact Hour(s)

This course is a clinical immersion experience where the student will integrate management of care and professional competencies expected of a nurse generalist in providing safe patient-centered patient care across the lifespan under the mentorship of a Registered Professional Nurse. Prerequisite: Prerequisite: NUR-231, NUR-232, NUR-233 minimum grade C+. Take NUR-241 NUR-242; Minimum grade C-;

• Nursing
• 3 Credit(s)
• (3) Contact Hour(s)