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COUNSELING DEPARTMENT
NURSING SERVICES
Health science is one of the largest industries in the country, with more than 11 million jobs, including the self-employed. The health science industry includes establishments ranging from small-town private practice physicians who employ only one medical assistant to busy inner-city hospitals that provide thousands of diverse jobs. More than half of all non-hospital health service establishments employ fewer than five workers. On the other hand, almost two-thirds of hospital employees were in establishments with more than 1,000 workers.
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Wage and employment in the health services industry is projected to increase more than 25 percent through 2010, compared with an average of 16 percent for all industries. Employment growth is expected to account for about 2.8 million new jobs.
Health Science
is an introductory course designed to prepare students to pursue careers in the fields of public health, therapeutics, health informatics, diagnostics, and support services. Upon completion of this course, a proficient student will be able to identify careers in these fields, compare and contrast the features of healthcare systems, explain the legal and ethical ramifications of the healthcare setting, and begin to perform foundational healthcare skills.
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C14H14
Medical Therapeutics
is an applied course designed to prepare students to pursue careers in therapeutic and nursing services. Upon completion of this course, a proficient student will be able to identify careers in therapeutics services; assess, monitor, evaluate, and report patient/client health status; and identify the purpose and components of treatments.
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C14H15
Anatomy & Physiology
is designed to develop an understanding of the structures & functions of the human body, while relating those to knowledge & skills associated with pathophysiology. Upon completion of this course, proficient students will be able to apply the gross anatomy from earlier courses to a deeper understanding of all body systems, identify the organs & structures of the support & movement systems, relate the structure & function of the communication, control, & integration system, & demonstrate a professional, working understanding of the transportation, respiration, excretory, & reproduction systems.
C14H09
Nursing Education
is a capstone course designed to prepare students to pursue careers in the field of nursing. A proficient student will be able to implement communication and interpersonal skills, maintain residents’ rights & independence, provide care safely, prevent emergency situations, prevent infection through infection control, perform the skills required of a nursing assistant. Students may sit for the CPCT exam, or if students have logged 40 hours of classroom instruction and 20 hours of classroom clinical instruction, and if they have completed 40 hours of site-based clinical with at least 24 of those hours spent in a long-term care facility through a Department of Health approved program, they are eligible to take the certification examination as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA).
C14H16