This upper-division course will expose students to effective organizational structures and business practices to sustain high levels of quality control and accomplish organizational goals. Topics include business finance, organizational structures, functions of planning and controls, talent management, supply chain, government regulations. Notes: Enrollment in this course requires admission into a Community College baccalaureate degree program. Transfer credit: CSU.

This course focuses on contemporary issues and advanced concepts of professional nursing care as they relate to older adult and adult patients with complex, multisystem alterations in health. Emphasis is placed on implementing time management, organizational, and delegation skills in the management of patients with multiple needs while collaborating with the interdisciplinary team. Students will demonstrate responsible and accountable behaviors while managing conflict. Complex clinical skills, as well as priority setting, clinical judgment, and tenets of legal and ethical practice, are integrated throughout the course. Clinical experiences provide the student an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts in the management of patient care and the leadership role in a variety of settings. Prerequisites: NS V30. Field trips may be required. Transfer credit: CSU. Formerly: NS V40A; NS V40B. Notes: The Board of Registered Nursing may deny licensure to those with criminal records.

This course will prepare the student to apply for certification to practice as a nurse assistant, providing care to clients in a variety of health care settings. Theory presentation will be coordinated with clinical practice in skilled nursing facilities to complete the state required curriculum including topics such as patient rights, interpersonal skills, safety, asepsis, clinical skills, nutrition, rehabilitation, documentation and death and dying. Upon completion of this course with a grade of C or better, the student will be eligible to take the certification exam from the California Department of Public Health. Field trips may be required. Notes: Each student must have a valid Social Security Card (SSN) or an Individual Tax Identification Number (ITIN) to apply to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) for certification and to obtain a background check; the California Department of Public Health may deny certification to those with criminal records. Formerly: HS 10.

This course will prepare the student to apply for certification to practice as a nurse assistant, providing care to clients in a variety of health care settings. Theory presentation will be coordinated with clinical practice in skilled nursing facilities to complete the state required curriculum including topics such as patient rights, interpersonal skills, safety, asepsis, clinical skills, nutrition, rehabilitation, documentation and death and dying. Upon completion of this course with a grade of C or better, the student will be eligible to take the certification exam from the California Department of Public Health. Field trips may be required. Notes: Each student must have a valid Social Security Card (SSN) or an Individual Tax Identification Number (ITIN) to apply to the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) for certification and to obtain a background check; the California Department of Public Health may deny certification to those with criminal records. Formerly: HS 10.

This course focuses on contemporary issues and advanced concepts of professional nursing care as they relate to older adult and adult patients with complex, multisystem alterations in health. Emphasis is placed on implementing time management, organizational, and delegation skills in the management of patients with multiple needs while collaborating with the interdisciplinary team. Students will demonstrate responsible and accountable behaviors while managing conflict. Complex clinical skills, as well as priority setting, clinical judgment, and tenets of legal and ethical practice, are integrated throughout the course. Clinical experiences provide the student an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts in the management of patient care and the leadership role in a variety of settings. Prerequisites: NS V30. Field trips may be required. Transfer credit: CSU. Formerly: NS V40A; NS V40B. Notes: The Board of Registered Nursing may deny licensure to those with criminal records.

This course provides an introduction to the historical roots of race and racism, and how it has been, and continues to be, a powerful force that shapes American society. Students will closely examine race and ethnicity, and the impacts of racism upon Native Americans, Chicanas/os and Latinas/os, African Americans, and Asian Americans. This course includes an analysis of the economic, political, social, and cultural impact of racial attitudes, behaviors, practices, and public policy. The course will highlight the ways that race and ethnicity intersect with gender, sexuality, class, citizenship, and nation in order to better understand how systems of power and inequality are constructed, reinforced, and challenged. Informed by multiple disciplines, the course will provide a foundation for understanding the impact and role of race and racism in major U.S. institutions. Field trips may be required. Transfer credit: CSU; UC.