Nursing Discipline Suggested Optional Classes
This list may help you in your future nursing practice and/or it may help you add credits, if necessary.
Some of these classes are excellent and we wish we could require them, but we can't due to credit hour limitations set by outside requirements.
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Course
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Title
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Rationale
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Credit Hours
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| IHU 210 |
Death and Dying |
The prerequisite is ENG 111. As nurses, we must deal with death and dying. The description of this course seems appropriate for nursing students. |
3 cr. |
| LIB 195 |
Library Research Skills |
This course would help students who are not used to working with the computer and other library resources for searches. There are formal and informal papers, plus patient research needs, required in nursing courses. |
1 cr. |
| HSC 105 |
Medical Terminology |
PN program requires this course, but we don't require it for the RN tracks, because of the inability to add credits. BUT, this course is important for all nursing students. |
2 cr. |
| HSC 140 |
Basic Medical Emergencies |
This course offers fundamental emergency techniques which would be good for nurses too. |
2 cr. |
| PHL 221 |
Critical Thinking & Logic |
All nurses must be able to think critically. This course might open the student's mind to question uncertainties. |
4 cr. |
| MGT 191 |
Quality Teamwork |
This course relates to learning how to be a team member and leader, both which are essential for nurses. |
1 cr. |
| SOC 245 |
Death Education |
We think this course is similar to the IHU 210 class. Likely either one of these courses would be good. You might want to check it out! |
3 cr. |
| LWT 165 |
Community First Aid |
We really don't teach first aid measures to nursing students, they pick it up in practice. Neighbors will utilize nurses for heatlh care concerns, so this class may increase the student's confidence in themselves related to basic first aid. |
1 cr.
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| LWT 170 |
CPR |
Students must have CPR prior to entering clinical agencies. This course is likely more in-depth than a community CPR session, which would also benefit the student. Generally, at the beginning of each Fall and Winter semester, the Nursing Office will arrange a CPR course for incoming students who have not yet received their CPR certification. |
1 cr. |
| SPA 109 |
Spanish for Medical Personnel |
Often we get patients in a the hospital who do not speak fluent English. This might be helpful for nurses. |
2 cr. |
| ASL 111 |
Sign Language I |
If a patient cannot verbalize his or her needs, and does so only with sign language, this course may be helpful. |
3 cr |