Currently the Palomar Nursing Program is offering a day and an evening/weekend section. We accept 30 -36 students twice a year. (Fall and Spring) and as funding, faculty and facilities allow, an additional 20 students in the Fall semester.  Only one wait list will be maintained for both programs. Students will be given the option of choosing between either option when accepted to the program.

The generic program is a two year commitment (4 semesters) and the LVN-RN step up program is a one year commitment (2 semesters).  There are currently no nursing classes held during the summer session. 

Course Descriptions

Nursing 117  Nursing I

Students in 117 are introduced to the concepts of functional health patterns, nursing process, critical thinking, nursing skills, evidence based interventions, collaboration and delegation, resource and time management, and therapeutic communication. The students provide care for stable adult clients with expected or predictable outcomes.

Nursing 118  Nursing II

This course builds on the foundation of Nursing 117 with the applications of the nursing process and critical thinking in the care of childbearing families, pediatric, and medical-surgical clients. Theoretical content related to growth and development, child abuse, and human sexuality is included. Concepts are expanded to include the recognition of changes in clients with predictable outcomes and the utilization of evidence based interventions. Students provide care for clients focusing on management skills, such as delegation, collaborative team work, and appropriate utilization of resources. Emphasis is placed on client teaching, collaboration with family members, and shared decision-making. Managerial concepts are developed.
 

NURS 203 Nursing Foundation II
This course builds on the foundation of Nursing 103 and 110 (LVN transition course). Critical thinking is utilized as a method to explore historical, political, educational, legal, ethical, and bioethical issues that impact nursing practice. Nursing organizations are researched via the internet with an emphasis on evaluation of nursing websites. Managerial concepts are introduced with a focus on decision making skills, managing resources, organizing time, delegating, and supervising care.

Nursing 217  Nursing III (LVNs enter in this semester)

This course builds on the foundation of the first year of the program as a process for the continued development of complex thinking and decision making while caring for medical-surgical, gerontologic, and psychiatric clients. Theoretical concepts are expanded to include identification and prioritization of evidence based interventions for clients who have unpredictable outcomes or who demonstrate changes in health status. Students use complex decision making skills when collaborating with the interdisciplinary team members to manage and modify care of clients.

Nursing 218   Nursing IV

This course builds on the foundation of Nursing 217 expanding nursing practice and critical thinking in the promotion, maintenance, restoration of health for a group of clients. Emphasis is placed on expanding student roles as coordinators, facilitators, and client advocates. Students use evidence based intervention and complex decision-making when caring for acutely ill medical-surgical clients with unstable, life threatening, health problems. Students work collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team to manage and coordinate care for a group of clients.