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Show Arts, Letters and Science staff nurse positions; to work with professional nurses and others in planning the daily care of patients; to direct the activities of others in giving the technical aspects of patient care; and to draw on principles from her general educational background, in planning patient care. The graduate will be granted an associate of science degree upon the completion of the program and will be eligible to write the licensing examination for the registered nurse license. The students majoring in the Associate Degree Program in Nursing will be required to meet both general education and nursing courses. These include: Nursing 2, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, and 91 and English 1, 2, 3; three approved P.E. activity courses; Zoology 20; Microbiology 1; Family Life 35; Psychology 1 and the Senate requirement in American History, Government or Economics; Physics 5 and Chemistry 5, and Humanities as listed under general requirements. Family Life 6 (Nutrition) and Family Life 33 (Marriage and Family Living) are recommended for elective courses. Courses of Instruction 2. Fundamentals of Nursing—Provides an orientation to college environment and to the field of nursing. Concepts are taught concerning the needs of people in health and illness, and skills are learned in meeting these needs. A (6) Neville, Swenson, Staff 24. Fundamentals of Nursing—Continuation of Nursing 2. The student identifies and meets basic human needs through increased development of nursing skills. W (6) Corbin, Yamaguchi, Staff 26. Maternal and Child Nursing—The student learns to meet the needs of the individual and the family in relation to pregnancy, child birth, neonatal and postpartal care. S (6) Corbin, Yamaguchi, Neville 27. Medical-Surgical Nursing—A (10) Somers, Staff 28. Medical-Surgical Nursing—W (10) Hansen, N.; Staff 29. Medical-Surgical Nursing—S (10) Davidson, Staff Nursing 27, 28, and 29—These courses are designed to prepare the associate degree sophomore nursing student to function under supervision as a beginning staff nurse. Opportunity is provided for the student to recognize and solve nursing problems either individually or as a member of the health team and to become aware of responsibilities in the nursing profession. 164 Arts, Letters and Science Knowledge and skills in caring for patients based on understanding health and its deviations are provided. The Thomas D. Dee Memorial Hospital has clinical facilities available in medical, surgical, psychiatric, pediatric, orthopedic, emergency, and intensive care nursing. 91. Nursing Seminar—Professional Problems. S (1) Swenson X-RAY TECHNOLOGY Lowell S. Adams is coordinator of this program. Weber State College conducts an approved X-Ray Technology training program in affiliation with the Thomas D. Dee Memorial Hospital and the St. Benedict Hospital. The curriculum is designed to prepare competent and adaptable radiologic technologists. Individuals will not be enrolled as majors in the X-Ray Technology program until they have completed the following: (1) presentation of a superior high school achievement record, (2) passing entrance and aptitude tests, and (3) personal interviews by the college coordinator and the Hospital Department of Radiology personnel and (4) notification of formal acceptance into the program from the college coordinator. Prospective candidates should contact the college coordinator for details of the application procedure. The curriculum is twenty-seven months in length, with a class beginning each September. Students are enrolled in the program continuously from the time of initial entrance except for two weeks annual vacation. Registration is made both with Weber State College and with one of the affiliated hospital schools of X-Ray Technology. Students are expected to utilize time not in actual campus instruction, gaining clinical experience at the hospital X-Ray laboratories. In addition to an intensive didactic instruction approach, the curriculum embodies a minimum of 3600 hours of clinical training as outlined by the Council on Education and Hospitals of the American Medical Association. The program is designed to meet the requirements for training X-Ray Technologists as outlined by the American Society of Radiologic Technologists and the American College of Radiology of the American Medical Association. The X-Ray Technology major should comply with the college specific course and area requirements and also should complete in the freshman year: Microbiology 1; Zoology 20; Health Education 3; Chemistry 5; Mathematics 14, 18; Photography 1; and X-Ray Technology 1, 3, 15, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 27. In the sophomore year, students should complete Physics 51 through 56, and X-Ray Technology 5, 12, 13, and 20. Students 165 |