Nursing
Jill Anderson, Division Chair
480-988-8865 | jill.anderson@cgc.edu
Courses
| Prefix | Course |
|---|---|
| HCC | Health Core Curriculum |
| HCR | Health Care Related |
| NUR | Nursing Science: Basic |
Career Programs
Nursing
Anderson, Jill
Division Chair
- A.S., A.A., Portland Community College
- B.S.N., Oregon Health Sciences University
- M.S.N., M.B.A., University of Phoenix
- Ph.D., University of Arizona
Baugham, Catherine
- M.S.N., Grand Canyon University
Flanigan, Karen
- B.S.N., M.S.N., Arizona State University; RN
Geraghty, Diana
- B.S., University of Virginia
- M.A., Grand Canyon University
Gerle, Kerry Lee
- M.A. Grand Canyon University
Millstone, Katie
- B.S.N, M.S.N., University of Phoenix; RNC
Staggar, William
- B.S.N., American University of Beirut
- M.S.N., University of Texas
- Ph.D., New Mexico State University
Voss, Jennifer M.
- M.S., Grand Canyon University
Health Care Curriculum (HCC)
Overview of current and recent development of health care professions, including career and labor market information, health care delivery systems, third party payers, and facility ownership. Health organization structure, patient rights and quality care. Health care and life values. Definition and importance of values, ethics, and essential behaviors in the workplace. Worker rights and responsibilities. Healthful living practices to include nutrition, stress management and exercise. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standard precautions and facility safety. Use of principles of body mechanics in daily living activities. Basic communication skills which facilitate inter-professional teamwork in the health care setting. Focus on development of personal communication skills and an understanding of how effective communication skills promote teamwork. Focus on intercultural communication strategies. Prerequisites: None.
Introduction to medical terms used in health care. Body systems approach to selected terms related to structures, functions, diseases, procedures, and diagnostic tests. Building and analyzing selected terms using basic word parts. Selected medical abbreviations and symbols and term spelling. Prerequisites: None.
Selected medical terms used in health care. Body systems approach to more detailed terms related to structures, functions, diseases, procedures, and diagnostic tests. Building and analyzing selected terms using standard word parts. Selected abbreviations and symbols and term spelling. Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in HCC145AA.
Health Care Related (HCR)
An introduction to health care ethics with emphasis on analysis and ethical decision making at both the clinical and health policy levels for health care professionals. Theoretical foundation of bioethics reviewed within historical and contemporary contexts. Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ENG102 or ENG108 or permission of Instructor.
Introduction to the social, political, and economic contexts of the nursing profession and health care systems in the United States. Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in ENG102 or ENG108 or permission of Instructor.
Relation between cultures of diverse groups and health/illness. Emphasis on cross-cultural communication, including awareness of own cultural influences and indigenous and complementary healing practices. Prerequisites: None.
Chemical, biological, biochemical, and psychological processes as a foundation for the understanding of alterations in health. The structural and functional pathophysiology of alterations in health; selected therapeutics considered. Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in BIO202 or BIO205, or permission of Instructor.
Nursing Science: Basic (NUR)
Structured nursing tutorial assistance and nursing study skills to help students achieve success in their respective block of nursing courses. Nursing process and critical thinking application skills emphasized. Prerequisites: None. Corequisites: Concurrent enrollment in the Nursing program or permission of Department Chair. Corequisites: Concurrent enrollment in the Nursing program or permission of Department Chair. Course Notes: Course offered as Credit (P) No credit (Z) basis. NUR104AB may be repeated for a total of eight (8) credits.
Introduction of Nurse of the Future competencies as a foundational framework for development of the professional nurse. Basic care concepts, the nursing process, and clinical reasoning are utilized to meet the needs of adult and older adult patients. Prerequisites: Admission into the Nursing Program.
Utilization of Nurse of the Future competencies and clinical judgment measures to develop knowledge, skills, and attitudes to provide safe, quality patient care across the wellness-illness continuum in selected medical-surgical and mental health patients. Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in (BIO202 and NUR152) or permission of Nursing Department Chair.
Application of critical thinking strategies and clinical judgment measures related to holistic care of the newborn and childbearing patients. Integration of concepts related to holistic care of adults and older adult patients with selected acute and chronic alterations in health. Integration of professional nursing standards in role development. Utilization of previous knowledge of physical, biologic, psycho-social sciences, and the cultural, spiritual aspects of nursing care. Integration of concepts of nutrition, pharmacology, communication, health promotion, and pathophysiology into nursing care. Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in [(CRE101 or appropriate district placement) and NUR172 and PSY101] or permission of Nursing Department Chair.
Applies Nurse of the Future competencies and clinical judgment measures to practice and manage care for the child/family unit and adults requiring complex care throughout the wellness/illness continuum, and prepare for transition from student to professional nurse. Prerequisites: A grade of C or better in (BIO205 and NUR252) or permission of Nursing Department Chair.
Maricopa Community Colleges (MCCCD) Allied Health or Nursing Program (S-13)
Most of the allied health or nursing program pathways include a program of study in a clinical training environment that may contain exposures to risks inherent in patient-oriented educational experiences (such as but not limited to bodily injury or communicable and infectious diseases). Students enrolling in clinical educational courses will be asked to sign a statement assuming all risks inherent in their coursework.
Use of Confidential Information
Students enrolled in allied health or nursing program pathways will have learning experiences in a health care setting where they will have access to confidential information. Prior to beginning any clinical studies, the students will be asked to sign an agreement to adhere to the requirements of those clinical sites and applicable law, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).
MCCCD Required Background Checks
Students enrolled in an MCCCD allied health or nursing program are required to complete and pass clinical learning experiences, working with children, elderly persons, and other vulnerable populations. MCCCD’s major clinical agency partners now mandate that any college students assigned to them for clinical experiences submit to a comprehensive background clearance prior to entering such learning experiences. Because the clinical experience portion of the programs is critical to completing a program of study, MCCCD has instituted two specific background check requirements in order for a student to enroll in a program. First, the student must obtain, at his or her own cost, a Level I Fingerprint Clearance Card from the Arizona Department of Public Safety. Precluding offenses for a Level I card can be found in Arizona Revised Statute § 41-1758.07 (https://www.azleg.gov/viewdocument/?docName=https://www.azleg.gov/ars/41/01758-07.htm). Additionally, students must also obtain a “pass” status on a MCCCD supplemental background check from MCCCD’s authorized background check contractor. The student must also pay for this background check. The supplemental check will be based on the most stringent standards of MCCCD’s clinical experience partners.
The sole program for which the background check requirements are different is the Emergency Medical Technician program. For that program, students must have obtained a Level 1 Fingerprint Clearance Card from the Arizona Department of Public Safety. They are also required, at the time of their clinical assignments, to submit to, pay for and pass any additional background check requirements of the clinical agencies to which their EMT program places students.
Certain licensing boards may require a separate background check or clearance card upon application for licensure or certification.
The MCCCD supplemental background check review may include searches of the following databases and information but MCCCD reserves the right to change the search criteria and the program background check requirements at any time without notice:
- National Federal Health Care and Abuse Databases
- Social Security Verification
- Residency History
- Arizona Statewide Criminal Records
- Nationwide Criminal Databases
- Nationwide Sexual Offender Registry
- Homeland Security Search
Examples of background information that will result in a “fail” status on the supplemental background check include:
- Social Security number does not belong to the applicant
- Any inclusion on any registered sex offender database
- Any inclusion on any of the Federal exclusion lists or Homeland Security watch lists
- Any conviction of a felony no matter what age of the convictions
- Any warrant any state
- Any misdemeanor conviction for the following no matter how long ago:
- Violent crimes
- Sex crime of any kind including non consensual sexual crimes and sexual assault
- Murder, attempted murder
- Abduction
- Assault
- Robbery
- Arson
- Extortion
- Burglary
- Pandering
- Any crime against minors, children, vulnerable adults including abuse, neglect, exploitation
- Any abuse or neglect
- Any fraud
- Illegal drugs
- Aggravated DUI
- Any misdemeanor controlled substance conviction in last 7 years
- Any other misdemeanor conviction within last 3 years
[Exceptions: Any misdemeanor traffic (DUI is NOT considered traffic).
The information that MCCCD uses for the “pass/fail” background check is subject to change at any time without notice.
MCCCD recommends that students carry proof of the background clearance at all times during any clinical agency learning experience.
Duty to Report Changes; Removal
Students have an obligation to immediately report to the director of their program any change in the information that they supplied on forms submitted to initiate background checks relating to the allied health or nursing program. That includes information provided to the Arizona Department of Public Safety and MCCCD’s supplemental background check vendor, as well as that related to the background check required by a clinical agency. Failure to do so will result in removal from the program. Additionally, any change in background check status that would affect the student’s clearance under either MCCCD’s or a clinical agency’s standards will result in removal from a program.
Additional Clinical Agency Background Check
Some clinical agencies require that students assigned to their sites submit to a criminal background check covering other offenses, as well as to a drug screening. Students are required to pay for the additional agency clinical background check. A clinical agency that requires this additional background check may refuse to place a student due to information the clinical agency obtains in its background check even though that student possess a valid Level I Fingerprint Clearance Card and has obtained a “pass” status on the MCCCD supplemental background check.
Some conditions that have resulted in students being denied placement at clinical agencies include pending criminal charges, outstanding warrants, unfinished terms of a sentence (such as unpaid fines), pattern of repeated types of arrests/convictions, and failure to disclose all past arrests/convictions when asked to do so on any background check application.
Inability to Place
MCCCD has no obligation to make repeated attempts to place a student when the reason for MCCCD’s inability to place the student is due to background check issues. Since clinical agency assignments are mandatory requirements for completion of a program, a student’s inability to complete required clinical experience due to his or her background check issues will result in removal from the program.
Changes to Admission or Background Check Requirements
MCCCD may change its program admission requirements or background check requirements without notice at any time.
No Guarantee of Receipt of Licensure/Certificate
Many of the nursing and allied health programs prepare graduates for application for State or National certificates or licenses. In some professions, such licensure and certification is required prior to employment or practice in the profession. Graduation from a nursing and allied health program does not guarantee the receipt of a license or certificate to practice in the field of study.
Amended by Direct Chancellor Approval, June 1, 2017