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Nov 23, 2024
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NU 220 - Health Care Terminology2 lecture hours 0 lab hours 2 credits
Course Description
This course uses a systems approach to establish a knowledge base of healthcare terminology. Students recognize, analyze, deconstruct, define medical terms, and apply them through effective communication. Offered in a blended format. (prereq: none)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Establish a knowledge base of healthcare terminology (Level 2, Nursing Care)
- Define, deconstruct, and use an accurate understanding of healthcare terminology to communicate ideas verbally and in writing (Level 2, Critical Thinking and Communication)
- Communicate effectively the precise meaning of the word by means of proper pronunciation and precise meaning of the word in the correct context (Level 2, Communication)
- Accept personal responsibility and participate in own development through acts of integrity, mutual respect, and actively seeking out opportunities to learn (Level 2, Professional Role)
Prerequisites by Topic
Course Topics
- The human body in health and disease
- Skeletal system
- Muscular system
- Cardiovascular system
- Lymphatic and immune system
- Respiratory system
- Digestive system
- Urinary system
- Nervous system
- Special senses
- Integumentary system
- Endocrine system
- Male reproductive system
- Female reproductive system
- Diagnostic procedures and pharmacology
Coordinator
Janet DeCoopman-Winters
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