H S 43 Nursing Synthesis

Units: 3
Limitations on Enrollment: Student must possess a license in the State of California as a Licensed Vocational Nurse or Psychiatric Technician, or be eligible to take one of these state board examinations.
This course is designed to prepare the licensed vocational nurse, psychiatric technician, and graduate of vocational nursing and psychiatric technician programs for entry into an associate degree nursing (ADN) program. The course includes topics not included in vocational nursing (VN) and psychiatric technician (PT) programs: nursing process, role change, research skills, teaching-learning principles and development of the teaching role. The course also includes reviews of medical-surgical nursing, maternal child nursing, pharmacology, and medication calculation to prepare the student for success in an ADN program. (CSU)