Nursing: Vocational
22 courses · Chaffey College · 2026-2027 Catalog
Classes: Fall 2026 · Spring 2027
NURVN 403 Fundamentals of Nursing
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 48-54 Lecture
- Corequisite
- Concurrent or Previous Enrollment or completion with a C or better in: NURVN 403L
Fundamental principles and techniques necessary for the beginning vocational nursing student to provide basic nursing care to patients. Leadership focus on the VN role, responsibilities, and skills in extended-care clinical and home settings. Students select and use appropriate components of the nursing process and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs to promote health, hygiene, nutrition, rest/sleep, safety, relief of pain, and meet the mobility, bowel/bladder, respiratory, sexual, spiritual, psychosocial, and self-esteem needs of adult and geriatric patients. Study of loss/grief concepts, health and disease, stress adaptation, and therapeutic communication styles is included. Includes 12 hours of related pharmacology content.
NURVN 403L Fundamentals of Nursing Laboratory
- Units
- 2
- Hours
- 96-108 Laboratory
- Corequisite
- Concurrent or Previous Enrollment or completion with a C or better in: NURVN 403
Discussion, demonstration, and application of nursing theory, principles, and effective communication techniques. Using the nursing process and developmental theories as a framework, students provide care for adult and geriatric patients in home, acute, and extended-care clinical settings. Focus on medication administration and patient status reporting.
NURVN 405 Beginning Medical Surgical Nursing
- Units
- 4
- Hours
- 64-72 Lecture
- Prerequisite
- Completion with a C or better in: NURVN 403; NURVN 403L
- Corequisite
- Concurrent or Previous Enrollment or completion with a C or better in: NURVN 405L
Nursing care of adult patients in the hospital/clinical setting. Utilization of the nursing process as a framework for providing care to patients with musculoskeletal, genitourinary, integumentary, and gastrointestinal disorders. Includes 12 hours of related pharmacology content.
NURVN 405L Beginning Medical Surgical Nursing Laboratory
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 144-162 Laboratory
- Prerequisite
- Completion with a C or better in: NURVN 403; NURVN 403L
- Corequisite
- Concurrent or Previous Enrollment or completion with a C or better in: NURVN 405
Discussion, demonstration, and application of the nursing process and developmental theory to the care of adult patients with diseases and disorders of the musculoskeletal, integumentary, genitourinary, and gastrointestinal systems in the clinical setting.
NURVN 407A Beginning Nursing Skills/Clinical Simulation Laboratory
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 48-54 Laboratory
Application of theoretical concepts to nursing skills performance in a skills laboratory setting. Participation in simulated clinical experiences using high-fidelity and moderate fidelity patient care simulators. Course focuses on the musculoskeletal, integumentary, gastrointestinal and genitourinary systems.
NURVN 407B Intermediate Nursing Skills/Clinical Simulation Laboratory
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 48-54 Laboratory
Application of theoretical concepts to nursing skills performance in a skills laboratory setting. Participation in simulated clinical experiences using high-fidelity patient care simulators. Course focuses on maternal/child health nursing and on the cardiac, respiratory and endocrine systems.
NURVN 407C Advanced Nursing Skills/Clinical Simulation Laboratory
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 48-54 Laboratory
Application of theoretical concepts to nursing skills performance in a skills laboratory setting. Participation in simulated clinical experiences using high-fidelity patient care simulators. Course focuses on emergency and trauma situations, and on diseases and disorders of the reproductive, hematologic and immune systems.
NURVN 409 Intermediate Medical Surgical Nursing
- Units
- 4
- Hours
- 64-72 Lecture
- Prerequisite
- Completion with a C or better in: NURVN 405 and; NURVN 405L
- Corequisite
- Concurrent or Previous Enrollment or completion with a C or better in: NURVN 409L
Discussion, demonstration, and application of the nursing process and developmental theory to the care of adult patients with diseases and disorders of the cardiac, respiratory, and endocrine systems. Includes 12 hours of related pharmacology content.
NURVN 409L Intermediate Medical Surgical Nursing Laboratory
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 144-162 Laboratory
- Prerequisite
- Completion with a C or better in: NURVN 405 and; NURVN 405L
- Corequisite
- Concurrent or Previous Enrollment or completion with a C or better in: NURVN 409
Nursing care of adult patients in the hospital/clinical setting. Utilization of the nursing process as a framework for providing care to patients with respiratory, cardiac, and endocrine disorders.
NURVN 411 Advanced Medical Surgical Nursing
- Units
- 7
- Hours
- 112-126 Lecture
- Prerequisite
- Completion with a C or better in: NURVN 409 and; NURVN 409L
- Corequisite
- Concurrent or Previous Enrollment or completion with a C or better in: NURVN 411L
Discussion, demonstration, and application of the nursing process and developmental theory for the care of adult patients with diseases and disorders of the reproductive, hematologic, immune, and nuerological systems. Emergency nursing, shock and bioterriorism, and care of the patient with cancer will also be emphasized. Includes 12 hours of related pharmacology content.
NURVN 411L Advanced Medical Surgical Nursing Lab
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 144-162 Laboratory
- Prerequisite
- Completion with a C or better in: NURVN 409 and; NURVN 409L
- Corequisite
- Concurrent or Previous Enrollment or completion with a C or better in: NURVN 411
Nursing care of adult patients in the hospital/clinical setting. Utilization of the nursing process as a framework for providing care to patients with reproductive, hematologic, neurologic and immunologic disorders. Care of the patient with cancer, and of patients with emergency and traumatic disorders will also be emphasized.
NURVN 413 Leadership for the Vocational Nurse
- Units
- 3
- Hours
- 48-54 Lecture
- Corequisite
- Concurrent or Previous Enrollment or completion with a C or better in: NURVN 413L
Leadership skills, capabilities, and knowledge essential to the vocational nurse including roles and responsibilities, application of the nursing process to problem solving methods, and supervision and evaluation of the effectiveness and quality of care. Managerial traits, styles, roles, and models are explored.
NURVN 413L Leadership for the Vocational Nurse Lab
- Units
- 2
- Hours
- 96-108 Laboratory
- Corequisite
- Concurrent or Previous Enrollment or completion with a C or better in: NURVN 413
Clinical application of leadership skills, capabilities, and knowledge essential to the vocational nurse including roles and responsibilities, application of the nursing process to problem solving methods, and supervision and evaluation of the effectiveness and quality of care.
NURVN 414 Acute Care Nursing Assistant: Vocational Nursing Foundations
- Units
- 6
- Hours
- 64-72 Lecture, 96-108 Laboratory
- Prerequisite
- Completion with a C or better in: BIOL 20 and; BIOL 22 or BIOL 424
- Advisory
- ENGL C1000
Using a body systems approach, this course introduces medical terminology, pathophysiology and the medical treatment and nursing care of common diseases and disorders encountered in the acute care hospital setting. The course explores the role of the vocational nurse in today's healthcare system, as well as an introduction to the policies and expectations of the Vocational Nursing program. Introduction to principles of medication dosage calculation, including IV drip rate calculations. This course prepares the CNA to function effectively in the acute care setting, and students who successfully complete this course are eligible to apply to the Vocational Nursing program. Includes 108 hours of instruction in the acute care clinical setting. Students must provide proof of the following by the first week of class: A satisfactory health examination including a drug screening test and proof of immunizations completed within the past 3 months, a cleared background check, and current CPR certification as an American Heart Association Healthcare Provider.
NURVN 415A Growth/Development: Psychology Adult - Geriatric
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 16-18 Lecture
Stages of growth and development, behavior, and characteristics of the adult and elderly. Influences of and differences between the theories of Freud, Erikson, Piaget, Kohlberg, and Maslow. Theories and perspectives of mental health nursing.
NURVN 415B Growth and Development of the Child
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 16-18 Lecture
- Prerequisite
- Completion with a C or better in: NURVN 415A
Stages of growth and development, behavior, and characteristics of the child. Influences of and differences between the theories of Freud, Erikson, Piaget, Kohlberg, and Maslow. Theories and perspectives of mental health nursing as it relates to the care of children and adolescents.
NURVN 417A Critical Thinking and the Nursing Process I
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 16-18 Lecture
Increase effectiveness of everyday health care decision-making. Application of critical thinking skills in the health care setting. Introduction to care planning and utilization of the nursing process in clinical decision-making.
NURVN 417B Critical Thinking and the Nursing Process II
- Units
- 1
- Hours
- 16-18 Lecture
- Prerequisite
- Completion with a C or better in: NURVN 417A
Application of advanced critical thinking skills in the health care setting. Advanced concepts in the development of a plan of care and in clinical decision-making.
NURVN 421 Maternal and Child Health Nursing
- Units
- 4
- Hours
- 64-72 Lecture
- Corequisite
- Concurrent or Previous Enrollment or completion with a C or better in: NURVN 421L
Nursing care of child bearers, newborns, and children in both health and illness, using Maslow's theory of human needs to guide the plan of care.
NURVN 421L Maternal and Child Health Nursing Lab
- Units
- 2
- Hours
- 96-108 Laboratory
- Corequisite
- Concurrent or Previous Enrollment or completion with a C or better in: NURVN 421
Nursing care of child bearers, newborns, and children in the clinical setting, in both health and illness, using Maslow's theory of human needs to guide the plan of care.
NURVN 600 NCLEX Review for VN Licensure Examination
- Units
- 0
- Hours
- 32-36 Lecture
Overview of common diseases with treatment modalities using the nursing process. Review of over 300 questions with rationale for answers. Test taking techniques and preparation for the computerized NCLEX examination using the most current NCLEX test plan. Taking this course does not guarantee passing of the NCLEX examination.
NURVN 604 Intravenous Therapy and Blood Withdrawal
- Units
- 0
- Hours
- 36-41 Lecture
The course is designed to provide Licensed Vocational Nurses with the requisite knowledge and skills to initiate and maintain intravenous therapy and blood withdrawal certification according to the standards of the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians. The course includes legal aspects of IV therapy, fluids and electrolytes, blood and blood components, anatomy of the venous system, calculation of flow rate, and venipuncture techniques. This course is intended to enhance the ability of Vocational Nursing graduates to obtain employment as an LVN.