The ADN program is full-time with day and evening courses. Admission of students begins in the Fall semester. This course provides the beginning nursing student with a review of basic mathematical operations and measurement systems basic to the calculation of medication doses. This includes calculation of oral and parenteral medications and solving drug and solution problems encountered in the nurse's role of administering medication. This eight-week course will provide entering nursing students with information and techniques to successfully complete their studies.
Emphasis is placed on study skills and critical thinking.
Resources available throughout the college will be studies. Nursing literature will be utilized to prepare students for academic challenges. This course focuses on a holistic approach to health and physical assessment by the nurse across the lifespan. Critical thinking skills are introduced to analyze data from a health history based on Gordon's functional health patterns, subjective findings from the systems review, and objective physical examination findings. Nursing diagnoses will be identified with data analysis.