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Eligibility Criteria

High School Diploma, GED Or Equiv. International Education

Credit Hours

36 Hours

Course Duration

6 Months (Self-Paced) Program

Courses Offered

6

Courses Offered In UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMA

  • Courses Name

  • Courses Description

  • Credit Hours

  • Introduction to Pediatric Nursing

  • This course focuses on the advanced concepts in Nursing. The topics of this course include Acute Pain in the High Acuity Patient, Alterations in Pulmonary Gas Exchange, Mechanical Ventilation, Alterations In Cardiac Output, Oxygenation and Shock States.

  • 6 Credits

  • Fundamentals of Drug Dosage Calculations

  • This course gives you a clearer picture of the importance of pharmacology to disease and ultimately to patient care. This holistic perspective to patient care is organized according to body systems and diseases on drug classifications used to treat diseases.

  • 6 Credits

  • Nursing and Electronic Records

  • This is a foundation course, helping you to understand and use electronic records in a medical practice. It thoroughly explains both EHR tasks and functional benefits, integrating EHR history, theory, as well as benefits with hands-on opportunities to experience actual EHR environments.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Nursing

  • This course presents the fundamentals of nursing care within the framework of the nursing process. It provides fundamentals of nature of nursing, contemporary health care, health beliefs and practices, the nursing process, lifespan development issues, integral aspects of nursing, assessing health, and promoting psychosocial health and physiologic health.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Medical Surgical Nursing

  • This course provides a clear presentation of patient care, with its consistent format and narrative text. It is built around functional health patterns. The course provides each and every detail of particular disorders and nursing care of clients for that particular disorder.

  • 6 Credits

  • Introduction to Clinical Nursing

  • This course is a comprehensive source of essential information needed for success at all levels of nursing. The course comprises complete details of nursing profession,. It helps answer questions such as what the nurses are supposed to do, what are their different roles and functions as well as what type of nursing care is provided to patients.

  • 6 Credits
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Introduction to Pediatric Nursing

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Nurse's role in care of the child: hospital, community, and home
    Family-centered care: theory and applications
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Growth and development
    Infant, child, and adolescent nutrition
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Pediatric assessment
    Societal and environmental influences on children
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to health promotion and health maintenance
    Health promotion and health maintenance for the newborn and infant
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Health promotion and health maintenance for the young and school-age child

Fundamentals of Drug Dosage Calculations

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to pharmacology: drug regulation and approval
    Drug classes and schedules
    Pharmacokinetics
    Pharmacodynamics
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Psychosocial, gender, and cultural influences on pharmacotherapy
    Herbal and alternative therapies
    Substance abuse
    Drugs affecting the autonomic nervous system
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Drugs for degenerative diseases of the nervous system
    Drugs for lipid disorders
    Drugs for heart failure
    Drugs for angina pectoris and myocardial infarction
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Diuretic therapy and drugs for renal failure
    Drugs for fungal, protozoan, and helminth infections
    Drugs for peptic ulcer disease
    Drugs for disorders and conditions of the female reproductive system
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Drugs for disorders and conditions of the male reproductive system
    Drugs for bone and joint disorders
    Drugs for skin disorders
    Drugs for eye and ear disorders

Nursing and Electronic Records

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Electronic health records - an overview
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Coding standards
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Learning medical record software
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Data entry at the point of care
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Electronic coding from medical records
    Advanced techniques speed data entry
    Using the ehr to improve patient care
    Privacy and security of health records
    Ehr and technology

Introduction to Nursing

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Historical and contemporary nursing practice
    Nursing education and research
    Nursing theories and conceptual frameworks
    Legal aspects of nursing
    Values, ethics and advocacy
    Health care delivery systems
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Community nursing and care continuity
    Home care
    Nursing informatics
    Critical thinking and the nursing process
    Assessing
    Diagnosing
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Planning
    Implementing and evaluating
    Documenting and reporting
    Health promotion
    Health, wellness, and illness
    Culture and heritage
    Complementary and alternative healing modalities
    Concepts of growth and development
    Promoting health from conception through adolescence
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Promoting health in young and middle-aged adults
    Promoting health in elders - new chapter!
    Promoting family health
    Caring
    Communicating new chapter!
    Teaching
    Delegating, managing, and leading
    Vital signs
    Health assessment
    Asepsis
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Safety
    Hygiene
    Diagnostic testing
    Medications
    Skin integrity and wound care

Introduction to Medical Surgical Nursing

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Medical-surgical nursing
    Health and illness in the adult client
    Community-based and home care of the adult client
    Nursing care of clients having surgery
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Nursing care of clients experiencing loss, grief, and death
    Nursing care of clients with problems of substance abuse
    Nursing care of clients experiencing disasters
    Genetic implications of adult health
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Nursing care of clients in pain
    Nursing care of clients with alterations in fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance
    Nursing care of clients experiencing trauma and shock
    Nursing care of clients with altered immunity
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Assessing clients with integumentary disorders
    Nursing care of clients with endocrine disorders
    Nursing care of clients with nutritional disorders
    Assessing clients with urinary elimination disorders
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Assessing clients with cardiac disorders
    Nursing care of clients with peripheral vascular and lymphatic disorders
    Assessing clients with musculoskeletal disorders
    Nursing care of clients with intracranial disorders
    Nursing care of men with reproductive and breast disorders
    Nursing care of clients with sexually transmitted infections

Introduction to Clinical Nursing

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Professional nursing
    Nursing process and critical thinking
    Managing client care: documentation and delegation
    Communication and nurse-client relationship
    Admission, transfer, and discharge
    Client education and discharge planning
    Safe client environment and restraints
    Bathing, bedmaking, and maintaining skin integrity
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Personal hygiene
    Vital signs
    Physical assessment
    Body mechanics
    Exercise and ambulation
    Infection control
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Disaster management - bioterrorism
    Pain management
    Alternative therapies and stress management
    Medication administration
    Nutritional management and ng intubation
    Specimen collection
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Diagnostic procedures
    Urinary elimination
    Bowel elimination
    Heat and cold therapies
    Wound care and dressings
    Respiratory care
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Circulatory maintenance
    Intravenous therapy
    Central vascular access devices
    Orthopedic interventions
    Perioperative care
    End-of-life care
    Advanced nursing skills
    Community-based nursing