At Sac City college: NURSE 380 Preparing for a Nursing Career

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I was wondering if anyone has taken this class? I figured it would be a helpful way to prepare for nursing school.

If anyone has taken it, was it helpful?

Thanks,

Lisa

NURSE 380 Preparing for a Nursing Career 1 Unit

Description: This course presents the role of the Registered Nurse (RN) and the Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) within various settings in today's health care systems. Students assess their own learning styles and compare their abilities to those required in nursing; critical thinking is applied to several scenarios. Written, verbal, and math skills are emphasized along with learning resources, study strategies, legal and ethical aspects of practice, and stress management. The rigors of being a nursing student and graduate nurse are presented along with information on the current job market and opportunities for advancement in nursing.

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What year is it offered? I think it would be good midway into school especially the "rigors of being a nursing student" preparation part. =)

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Hello,

You don't need to be admitted into a nursing program to take this class. It's just a 1 unit class, but I am signing up for it, since anything that will help me prepare for nursing school sounds good to me. Since it's just 1 unit, it's only 8 weeks, and I can't imagine that it will be too much work involved. For my prereqs I just need to do A & P (1 and 2) and microbiology.

Also offered at Sac City as well as American River college are a pharmacology class and a medication dosage class. Again, anyone can take these classes (don't need to be admitted into nursing school) , so I will also plan on taking them while I apply to nursing school.

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I took Nurse 380 last year. It provided an interesting overview of what to expect during the ADN program, Including a Q and A session with several current nursing students. The instructor also gave a detailed rundown of the selection process used at SCC and ARC.

It's worth noting that the eight-week class includes a short unit on dosage and calculations, which might be valuable to those who have not taken a stand-alone dosage and calculations course.

Overall, I think the class is worthwhile, and since it doesn't require too much work, I'd recommend taking it.

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Great!

Thanks for your response!

I am registered to take the class for the second 8 week term, starting in March.

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