This course surveys the basic principles of biology. Content topics include fundamental concepts of cellular structure and metabolism, inheritance, biodiversity, ecology, and evolution. The lab component includes application of concepts with an emphasis on observation, the scientific method, and analysis. This course provides a foundation for students pursuing health-related careers as well as those in non-science majors.

Prerequisites: Recommended CPT reading score over 50%. Offered: Fall, Spring

Credit Breakout: 3.00 lecture, 1.00 lab, 0.00 other.

Student Expectations: Each student will spend at least 8 hours per week preparing for class. Attendance is critical, especially for the lab portion of the class.

This course introduces the study of medications and their uses. Students will learn the techniques needed for administration of medications. Students will master the mathematical skills necessary to accurately calculate drug dosages including the metric and apothecary systems.

Prerequisites: CPT Arithmetic Skills score of 30% or MATS0200, PNSG1000, and HEAL1150. Offered: Fall, Spring

Credit Breakout: 1.50 lecture, 0.50 lab, 0.00 other.

Student Expectations: Each student will spend at least 2 hours per week preparing for class. Attendance is critical in this class. Students are expected to practice skills during scheduled lab times.

This course focuses on the practical and theoretical concepts of human communications and the styles used in personal, social and professional environments. Students will also acquire skills in critical thinking, perception, listening, emotional communication, verbal and non-verbal expressions and conflict resolution.

Prerequisites: None. Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

Credit Breakout: 3.00 lecture, 0.00 lab, 0.00 other.

Student Expectations: Each student will spend at least 6 hours per week preparing for class. Attendance is critical in this class.

This course emphasizes the process of writing expository and persuasive essays using effective writing skills and a variety of research techniques. Also included in the course content are critical reading and logical reasoning.

Prerequisites: Must pass Accuplacer test or successfully complete ENGL0130 - English Essentials or receive instructor approval. Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

Credit Breakout: 3.00 lecture, 0.00 lab, 0.00 other.

Student Expectations: Each student will spend at least 6 hours per week preparing for class. Attendance is critical in this class.

This course introduces the new practical nursing student to the interactive role of the practical nurse within healthcare. Topics include the core values of nursing practice, i.e. caring, diversity, ethics, excellence, holism, integrity and patient centered care; and the integrating concepts of nursing practice, i.e. context and environment, knowledge and science, professional development, quality and safety, relationship centered care, and teamwork.

Prerequisites: Admission to the Practical Nursing major.

Credit Breakout: 1.00 lecture, 0.00 lab, 0.00 other.

Student Expectations: Students are expected to spend 3 hours a week preparing for this course.

This course will assist students in mastering the skills necessary to determine drug dosages. Applicable basic skills will be reviewed, followed by proportions and a study of the metric system and the apothecaries' system. A major portion of the time will be spent solving drug dosage word problems.

Prerequisites: Qualifying scores on ACCUPLACER Arithmetic test. Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer

Credit Breakout: 1.00 lecture, 0.00 lab, 0.00 other.

This course provides a study of basic nutritional concepts. Diet guidelines and menu planning are emphasized using the Food Guide Pyramid. Therapeutic diets are discussed as related to specific disease conditions.

Prerequisites: The student must meet admission requirements for nursing core courses including Accuplacer scores. Offered: Fall, Spring

Credit Breakout: 2.00 lecture, 0.00 lab, 0.00 other.

Student Expectations: Each student will spend at least 4 hours per week preparing for class. Attendance is critical in this class.

This course introduces the LPN role in the nursing process and beginning nursing skills to meet the basic human needs of clients. Supervised laboratory learning is included.

Prerequisites: The student must meet admission requirements for nursing core courses, including Accuplacer scores. Concurrent enrollment or prior successful completion of HEAL1101 or BIOL2000 is required. Offered: Fall, Spring

Credit Breakout: 1.00 lecture, 1.00 lab, 0.00 other.

Student Expectations: Each student will spend at least 2 hours per week preparing for class. Attendance is critical in this class. Students are expected to use scheduled lab time for practicing skills. There will be homework.

This course is the first semester of a two-semester lab-science course intended for students pursuing careers in fitness and allied health fields. Human anatomy and physiology are studied using a body systems approach, with emphasis on the interrelationships between form and function at the gross and microscopic levels of organization. Homeostasis is an integrating theme throughout this course. Content topics include basic anatomical and directional terminology, fundamental concepts and principles of cell physiology, histology, and the integumentary, skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems. Dissection of individual organs and whole organisms may be included.

Prerequisites: A "C" or better in BIOL1500 or equivalent or instructor permission.

Credit Breakout: 3.00 lecture, 1.00 lab, 0.00 other.

Student Expectations: Students will spend at least 8 hours per week preparing for class. Attendance is critical, especially for the lab portion of the class.

This course introduces students to basic issues in medical ethics. Emphasis will be placed on the process of considering ethical theory, ethical principles, laws, and professional codes of conduct in the analysis of specific cases from the field. This course will be of special interest to students in nursing and dental programs though students in any program will find the study of medical ethics worthwhile.

Prerequisites: Suggested Accuplacer reading cut score over 78.

Credit Breakout: 3.00 lecture, 0.00 lab, 0.00 other.

This course is the second semester of a two-semester lab-science course intended for students pursuing careers in fitness and allied health fields. Human anatomy and physiology are studied using a body systems approach, with emphasis on the interrelationships between form and function at the gross and microscopic levels of organization. Homeostasis is an integrating theme throughout this course. Content topics include immunity, metabolism, fluid balance, development, and the cardiovascular, hematopoietic, respiratory, lymphatic, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems. Dissection of individual organs and whole organisms may be included.

Prerequisites: BIOL2000 or equivalent.

Credit Breakout: 3.00 lecture, 1.00 lab, 0.00 other.

Student Expectations: Each student will spend at least 8 hours per week preparing for class. Attendance is critical, especially for the lab portion of the class.

Students are expected to demonstrate progression in nursing knowledge and skill development. Knowledge will include the nursing process, medical and surgical asepsis , documentation, fluid and electrolyte balance, death and dying, ostomies, gastric suctioning, tracheostomy and diagnostic tests. Procedures are practiced in the laboratory setting. Documentation procedures will be discussed and practiced.

Prerequisites: PNSG1000, PNSG1025, PNSG1250, HEAL1150, HEAL1101 or BIOL2000 and BIOL2010. Offered: Fall, Spring

Credit Breakout: 1.00 lecture, 1.00 lab, 0.00 other.

Student Expectations: Students are expected to study 2 hours for every 1 hour of lecture time, and 1 hour for every 2 hours of lab time. Attendance is critical in this class.

This course introduces the study of medications and their uses. Students will learn the techniques needed for administration of medications. Students will master the mathematical skills necessary to accurately calculate drug dosages including the metric and apothecary systems.

Prerequisites: CPT Arithmetic Skills score of 30% or MATS0200, PNSG1000, and HEAL1150. Offered: Fall, Spring

Credit Breakout: 1.50 lecture, 0.50 lab, 0.00 other.

Student Expectations: Each student will spend at least 2 hours per week preparing for class. Attendance is critical in this class. Students are expected to practice skills during scheduled lab times.

This course addresses diseases of the endocrine, respiratory, cardiovascular, and musculoskeletal systems. It includes pathology, medical treatment, nursing implications, nutritional aspects, and pharmacodynamics. The management of surgical clients, clients with pain, and care of the terminally ill is also discussed.

Prerequisites: PNSG1000, HEAL1400 and concurrent enrollment or prior successful completion of PNSG1100, and PNSG1350; CPT: Reading Comprehension score 50% or successful completion of ENGL0123, Medical Reading and Study Skills. Offered: Fall, Spring

Credit Breakout: 4.00 lecture, 0.00 lab, 0.00 other.

Student Expectations: Each student is expected to spend at least 2 hours in preparation for 1 hour of scheduled class. Students are expected to contribute meaningfully to class discussion. Attendance is critical in this class.

This course includes the study of conditions that affect the renal, neurological, reproductive, integumentary, sensory, and digestive systems. This includes the pathophysiology, symptoms, treatment, and nursing management for a select group of acute and chronic conditions. The nutritional aspects and pharmacodynamics are discussed. Course content will integrate critical thinking, math, and attitudinal aspects of nursing care.

Prerequisites: PNSG1100, PNSG1400, concurrent enrollment or prior successful completion of PNSG1350, PNSG1530, and PNSG1540 Offered: Fall, Spring

Credit Breakout: 3.00 lecture, 0.00 lab, 0.00 other.

Student Expectations: Students are expected to be prepared for class discussions. Each student will spend at least 6 hours per week preparing for class. Attendance is critical in this class.

This course introduces students to beginning nursing practice. Students will provide basic nursing care for selected clients in clinical settings with instructor supervision. Students will collect data, perform basic nursing skills, and administer delegated medical treatments.

Prerequisites: HEAL1101, PNSG1000, PNSG1100, PNSG1400, PSYC1100, HEAL1400, PSYC1300, and PSY1400, concurrent enrollment or prior successful completion of PNSG1350. Offered: Fall, Spring

Credit Breakout: 0.00 lecture, 3.00 lab, 0.00 other.

Student Expectations: Attendance is mandatory in this class. Students are expected to conduct themselves as professionals, and to practice nursing care within the boundaries of student practice. There will be homework assignments.

This course will offer the student the opportunity to perform nursing care for selected clients in an acute or subacute setting with instructor supervision. Students will administer medications and perform delegated medical treatments. Students will be expected to demonstrate progression in the performance of nursing skills. Critical thinking skills will be emphasized.

Prerequisites: PNSG1530. Offered: Fall, Spring

Credit Breakout: 0.00 lecture, 2.00 lab, 0.00 other.

Student Expectations: Each student will spend at least 6 hours per week preparing for class. Attendance is mandatory in this class. Students are expected to conduct themselves as professionals, and to practice safe and ethical nursing care within the boundaries of student practice. There will be work assignments outside of the clinical experience.

This course explores mental health and mental illness. Maladaptive disorders, treatment, and nursing care are discussed. Transcultural and life span nursing issues will be addressed.

Prerequisites: PSYC1350, Life-Span Development

Credit Breakout: 2.00 lecture, 0.00 lab, 0.00 other.

Student Expectations: Each student will spend at least 4 hours per week preparing for class. Attendance is critical in this class.

This course provides opportunities for students to perform nursing skills for selected acutely ill clients in clinical settings with minimal instructor guidance. Students will continue to implement the LPN role in the nursing process, and perform nursing care and treatments as learned in prior theory and laboratory courses. Independent functioning is encouraged along with medication administration proficiency.

Prerequisites: HEAL1400, PNSG1100, PNSG1400, PNSG1500, PNSG1350, PNSG1800. Offered: Fall, Spring

Credit Breakout: 0.00 lecture, 3.00 lab, 0.00 other.

Student Expectations: Each student will spend at least 3 hours per week preparing for class. Attendance is critical in this class. Students are expected to conduct themselves as professionals, and to practice nursing within the boundaries of student practice. There will be written assignments.

This course provides opportunities for students to perform nursing skills to select postpartum women and newborn infants in clinical settings with instructor guidance. Students may also assist in caring for children. Students will continue to implement the PN role in the nursing process and perform nursing care and treatments as learned in prior theory and laboratory courses.

Prerequisites: PNSG1540. Offered: Fall, Spring

Credit Breakout: 0.00 lecture, 2.00 lab, 0.00 other.

Student Expectations: Attendance is critical in this class. Students are expected to conduct themselves as professionals, and to practice nursing care within the boundaries of student practice. There will be written assignments. Each student will spend at least 2 hours per week preparing for class.

This course provides students with the opportunity to function more independently in the clinical setting. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking and role transition from student to graduate nurse. Students are assigned to work as members of the health care team in the clinical setting. An instructor will be available to provide minimal guidance and support. Students will maintain contact with the instructor to discuss clinical practice issues. This course is the capstone clinical course in the Practical Nursing Program.

Prerequisites: Prerequisites: Concurrent or successful completion of PNSG1800 and successful completion of all other nursing courses and clinicals. Offered: Fall, Spring

Credit Breakout: 0.00 lecture, 3.00 lab, 0.00 other.

Student Expectations: Each student will spend at least 3 hours per week preparing for clinical assignments. Attendance is critical in this clinical course.

This course prepares the student to care for maternity and pediatric patients. The obstetric portion of the course focuses on nursing care during pregnancy, labor/delivery, and postpartum, as well as care of the normal newborn. In the pediatric portion, the effects of illness and hospitalization on children are studied.

Prerequisites: HEAL1400, PNSG1100, PSYC1200, PSYC1300, and PSYC1400, and concurrent enrollment or prior successful completion of PNSG1560. PNSG1570, and PNSG1580. Offered: fall, spring

Credit Breakout: 2.00 lecture, 0.00 lab, 0.00 other.

Student Expectations: Each student will spend at least 4 hours per week preparing for class. Attendance is critical in this class. * The student will complete a self-study module to fulfill the following nursing abilities: Rules of the MN Board of Nursing 6301.1800, Subpart 5. Psychosocial Nursing Care. promote culturally competent care; promote self-esteem; promote feeling of psychological safety and comfort, identify signs and symptoms of violence and abuse, or self-destructive behavior.

An introduction to Microbiology with a focus on microbe classification and biology, disease transmission, and pathogenesis, the immune response, and isolation and identification laboratory practices. Emphasis will be on microorganisms that cause local and systemic disease in humans with consideration of treatment options as well as infection control and prevention strategies. This course is intended for nursing students and other students pursuing careers in allied health fields.

Prerequisites: BIOL1500

Credit Breakout: 3.00 lecture, 1.00 lab, 0.00 other.