Registered Nursing (RNRS)
RNRS 100
Foundational Concepts of Nursing
3.5 Units (AA/AS)
36 lecture hours, 81 lab hours
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the ADN Program.
This course introduces the nursing student to foundational concepts across the lifespan. Principles of safety, care competencies, health care infrastructure, attributes and roles are included. The application of concepts through clinical skills is experienced through theory, skills lab, and/or clinical settings. Upon completion, students will provide safe nursing care incorporating the concepts identified.
RNRS 101
Health Care Participant
4 Units (AA/AS)
36 lecture hours, 108 lab hours
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the ADN program, RNRS 100.
Co-Requisite(s): RNRS 102.
This course introduces the nursing student to the attributes of the health care participant as an individual, a family, or a community. Curricular concepts are applied in theory, skills lab, and in the clinical settings. Upon completion, students will be able to provide safe nursing care incorporating the concepts identified.
RNRS 102
Pharmacology I
1.5 Units (AA/AS)
18 lecture hours, 27 lab hours
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the ADN program.
Co-Requisite(s): RNRS 101.
This course introduces the student to pharmacologic nursing practice from a conceptual approach. Emphasis is placed on the drug classifications, prototypes, actions, interactions, adverse effects, and nursing implications. Curricular concepts, related to pharmacological modalities, are applied in lecture and laboratory settings. Students are encouraged to utilize the nursing process and clinical judgement while engaging with these curricular concepts. Upon completion of the course, students will apply pharmacological principles and interventions to provide safe and effective nursing care.
RNRS 105
Nursing Health and Illness Concepts I: Common Acute or Chronic Health Conditions
4 Units (AA/AS; CSU)
36 lecture hours, 108 lab hours
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the ADN program; RNRS 100, RNRS 101, and RNRS 102.
Co-Requisite(s): RNRS 106 and RNRS 107.
This course focuses on health and illness concepts for care of individuals with common and/or chronic conditions across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed on concepts including homeostasis and regulation, protection and movement, and oxygenation. Professional nursing concepts include professional attributes and care competencies. Curricular concepts are applied in theory, skills lab, and clinical settings. Upon completion, students will be able to provide safe nursing care incorporating the concepts identified.
RNRS 106
Maternal and Newborn Health
2.5 Units (AA/AS; CSU)
18 lecture hours, 81 lab hours
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Prerequisite(s): RNRS 100, RNRS 101, and RNRS 102.
Co-Requisite(s): RNRS 105 and RNRS 107.
This course focuses on maternal and newborn health concepts. Emphasis is placed on reproduction, sexuality, homeostasis, regulation and emotion. Curricular concepts are applied in seminar, lab and clinical settings. Upon completion, students will provide safe nursing care incorporating the concepts identified in this course.
RNRS 107
Pediatrics Health Concepts
2.5 Units (AA/AS; CSU)
18 lecture hours, 81 lab hours
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the ADN program; RNRS 100, RNRS 101, and RNRS 102.
Co-Requisite(s): RNRS 105 and RNRS 106.
This course focuses on pediatric health concepts. Emphasis is placed on attributes and resources; homeostasis and regulation. Curricular concepts are applied in the seminar, lab, and clinical settings. Upon completion, students will provide safe nursing care incorporating the concepts identified in this course.
RNRS 190
Foundations of Nursing
4 Units (AA/AS)
36 lecture hours, 108 lab hours
Equivalent to: NRS 190
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the ADN program.
The first course in the nursing sequence, students are introduced to the applications of the nursing process and critical thinking needed to provide basic care to clients in a variety of community, long term and acute care settings. Emphasis is on promoting optimum health across the health-illness continuum. Clinical experiences provide the opportunity to practice basic skills in the skills lab and the clinical setting.
RNRS 191
Introduction to Medical/Surgical Nursing I
5 Units (AA/AS)
45 lecture hours, 135 lab hours
Equivalent to: NRS 191
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 200, BIOL 201 and BIOL 220 or equivalents and admission to the ADN program.
Co-Requisite(s): RNRS 190.
Introduction to Medical-Surgical Nursing I introduces the first year nursing student to concepts and practices as they relate to the non-critical patient in the Medical-Surgical environment. Through utilization of the nursing process, the student will recognize alterations in functioning or illness and formulate age-appropriate nursing interventions by utilizing the nursing process and critical thinking skills.
RNRS 193
Pediatric Nursing
3 Units (AA/AS)
27 lecture hours, 81 lab hours
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Prerequisite(s): RNRS 190 and RNRS 191.
Co-Requisite(s): RNRS 194; RNRS 195.
This course focuses on integration and application of the nursing process as it relates to the nursing care of children and their families. Emphasis is on the concepts and skills related to age and developmental appropriate family centered care. Clinical experiences will provide opportunities for students to participate in therapeutic activities in a variety of pediatric settings.
RNRS 194
Obstetrics/Maternity Nursing
3 Units (AA/AS)
27 lecture hours, 81 lab hours
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Co-Requisite(s): RNRS 195.
This course will enable the student to attain knowledge and skills necessary to provide safe, effective, culturally sensitive physiological care using the nursing process and family centered approach for childbearing clients and their families. Clinical experiences will provide opportunities for students to participate in therapeutic activities during antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum periods; as well as the care and monitoring of the newborn.
RNRS 195
Beginning Medical/Surgical Nursing II
4.5 Units (AA/AS)
36 lecture hours, 135 lab hours
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Prerequisite(s): RNRS 190 and RNRS 191.
Co-Requisite(s): RNRS 193 and RNRS 194.
Medical Surgical Nursing II develops the first years nursing student's knowledge and skills as they relate to the adult non-critical, moderately complex medical-surgical patient. Through utilization of the nursing process, the student will recognize alterations in functioning or illness and formulate age-appropriate nursing interventions. Psychomotor skills associated with moderately complex needs, medication administration and intravenous therapy will be studied and practiced. The impact of multiple nursing diagnoses on patient outcomes will be introduced.
RNRS 200
Role Transitions: LVN to RN
3 Units (AA/AS)
36 lecture hours, 54 lab hours
Equivalent to: NRS 200
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Prerequisite(s): Current licensure in California as a Licensed Vocational Nurse; BIOL 200, BIOL 201 and BIOL 220.
This course is designed to assist the LVN in transitioning from the LVN role to the expected role of the ADN student. Course content includes nursing process, critical thinking, therapeutic communication, delegation skills, physical assessment and legal/ethical concerns. The on-campus lab provides opportunity for students to validate nursing skill and practice new skills like physical assessment.
RNRS 201
Medical-Surgical Nursing III
6.5 Units (AA/AS)
63 lecture hours, 162 lab hours
Equivalent to: NRS 201
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Prerequisite(s): RNRS 193, RNRS 194 and RNRS 195 for generic track students, or, RNRS 200 for Advanced Placement track students.
This course examines the nursing care of selected individuals throughout the lifespan who are experiencing complex alterations in wellness involving multiple systems. Clinical experiences in local health care agencies and computerized simulation manikins and scenarios provide students opportunity to apply theoretical concepts to actual care of clients.
RNRS 202
Pharmacology II
1.5 Units (AA/AS; CSU)
18 lecture hours, 27 lab hours
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Prerequisite(s): RNRS 105, RNRS 106 and RNRS 107 for Generic track students, or RNRS 200 for Advanced Placement track students.
Co-Requisite(s): RNRS 205 and RNRS 206.
This course continues the study of pharmacology from a conceptual approach as they relate to nursing management of drug therapy. Emphasis is placed on the drug classifications, prototypes, actions, interactions, adverse effects, and nursing implications. Complex curricular concepts related to pharmacological modalities are applied in lecture. Students are encouraged to utilize the nursing process and clinical reasoning while engaging with these curricular concepts. Upon completion of the course, students will apply pharmacological principles and interventions to provide safe and effective nursing care.
RNRS 203
Mental Health-Psychiatric Nursing
3 Units (AA/AS)
27 lecture hours, 81 lab hours
Equivalent to: NRS 203
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Prerequisite(s): RNRS 193, RNRS 194 and RNRS 195 or RNRS 200 and current standing as an LVN in California.
Strongly recommended: ENGL 101.
This course presents the principles of mental health and the social, economic, cultural and physiological factors that predispose a person to dysfunctional human behavior. Emphasis is placed on the therapeutic role of the nurse in promotion, preventing, maintaining and restoring individuals to optimal mental well-being. Concepts of therapeutic communication, age related concerns, treatment modalities, and delivery of mental health services are included. Clinical laboratory experiences are provided in community care facilities.
RNRS 205
Nursing Health and Illness Concepts II - Complex Acute and/or Chronic Health Conditions
4.5 Units (AA/AS; CSU)
35 lecture hours, 135 lab hours
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Prerequisite(s): RNRS 105, RNRS 106 and RNRS 107 for Generic track students, or RNRS 200 for Advanced Placement students.
Co-Requisite(s): RNRS 202 and RNRS 206.
This course focuses on health and illness concepts for complex acute and chronic conditions across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed on concepts including oxygenation, homeostasis and regulation, protection and movement, and coping. Professional nursing concepts include selected professional attributes and care competencies. Curricular concepts are applied in theory, lab, and clinical settings. Upon completion, students will provide safe nursing care incorporating the concepts identified.
RNRS 206
Mental Health Concepts
3 Units (AA/AS; CSU)
27 lecture hours, 81 lab hours
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Prerequisite(s): RNRS 105, RNRS 106 and RNRS 107 for Generic track students, or RNRS 200 for Advanced Placement track students.
Co-Requisite(s): RNRS 202 and RNRS 205.
This course focuses on mental health concepts across the lifespan. Concepts emphasized include coping and stress tolerance, emotion, cognitive function, and maladaptive behavior. Curricular concepts are applied in seminar, lab and clinical settings. Upon completion, students will provide safe nursing care incorporating the concepts identified.
RNRS 210
Nursing Health and Illness Concepts III - Multisystem and Emergent Health Problems
4.5 Units (AA/AS; CSU)
45 lecture hours, 108 lab hours
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Prerequisite(s): RNRS 202, RNRS 205 and RNRS 206.
Co-Requisite(s): RNRS 215.
This course focuses on health and illness concepts for care of individuals with multisystem and emergent health conditions across the lifespan. Concepts include homeostasis and regulation, protection and movement, and maladaptive behavior. Curricular concepts are applied in theory, lab and clinical settings. Upon completion, students will provide safe nursing care incorporating the concepts identified.
RNRS 215
Nursing Health and Illness Concepts IV - Concept Synthesis/Capstone
4.5 Units (AA/AS; CSU)
36 lecture hours, 135 lab hours
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Prerequisite(s): RNRS 202, RNRS 205 and RNRS 206.
Co-Requisite(s): RNRS 210.
The focus of this course is on the theory and clinical application of the Nursing Process and Clinical Judgement when providing care for patients across the lifespan. This course facilitates the transition from student nurse to graduate nurse. The student participates as a member of the healthcare team and assumes responsibility for a group of patients under the direct supervision of a faculty member and/or a non-faculty preceptor. Course content includes professional nursing and healthcare concepts. By the end of this course, the graduate is expected to function satisfactorily within the Nurse of the Future Competencies.
RNRS 251
Medical-Surgical Nursing IV
7 Units (AA/AS)
63 lecture hours, 190 lab hours
Equivalent to: NRS 251
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Prerequisite(s): RNRS 201 and RNRS 203.
This course is a continuation of the nursing care of selected individuals throughout the life span who are experiencing complex alterations in wellness involving multiple systems. Care of clients experiencing multi-system failure and severe trauma is also included. Clinical experiences in local health care agencies provide students opportunity to apply theoretical concepts to actual care of patients.