Nursing (NUR) at Rappahannock Community College
Distance Learning
Time of Day
Term
- NUR 27 - Nurse Aide I
- Teaches care of older patients with emphasis on the social, emotional, and spiritual needs. Covers procedures; communication and interpersonal relations; observation, charting and reporting; safety and infection control; anatomy and physiology; personal care, nutrition and patient feeding; death and dying. May include laboratory or clinical hours.Lecture 2-4 hours. Laboratory 3-9 hours. Total 6-11 hours per week.
3-5 credits - NUR 29 - Home Health Aide
- Emphasizes caring for older patients; includes social, emotional and spiritual needs; procedures; communication; charting; reporting; infection control; safety; anatomy and physiology, nutrition; personal care; death and dying. Provides clinicals in nursing home/patient's residence.Lecture 1-2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 4-5 hours per week.
2-3 credits - NUR 31 - Advanced Skills for Nurse Aides
- Teaches advanced level skills for Certified Nurse Aides.Lecture 1-2 hours. Laboratory 3-6 hours. Total 4-7 hours per week.
2-3 credits - NUR 120 - Nursing Terminology and Charting
- Focuses on basic terminology used in nursing. Emphasizes combining word forms and applications to nursing situations and the patient's record.Lecture 1-2 hours per week.
1-2 credits - NUR 135 - Drug Dosage Calculations
- Focuses on apothecary, metric, household conversion in medication dosage calculation for adult and pediatric clients. Provides a practical approach to learning to calculate and prepare medications and solutions. Includes calculating intravenous flow rates.Lecture 1-2 hours per week.
1-2 credits - NUR 195 - Topics In
- Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - NUR 266 - Introduction to Basic Dysrhythmia Interpretation
- Teaches the systematic interpretation of dysrhythmias.Lecture 1-2 hours per week.
1-2 credits