This is a course designed to introduce nursing and allied health students to drugs and drug therapy, their indications, contra-indications, and side effects, as well as dosage calculations. This is a one semester course that provides an introduction to statistical methods and applications.
Emphasis is placed on descriptive and inferential statistics.
Equal time will be given to research techniques using the APA format. This course introduces the student to the scope of the science of nutrition and its application in promoting good nutrition through the proper use of food. The principles of nutrition as they apply to the needs of normal persons of all ages and to those individuals suffering from certain pathological conditions will be covered. Emphasis is placed on basic medical word construction and understanding of the various word parts as they relate to the human body. A continuation of Medical Terminology 210 with a more in-depth study of terms that relate to medicine and the human body.