Course Description Overview – First Quarter
 Diagnosis, Intervention and Documentation Strategies, Part I:
An interactive course designed to help students practice authentic nursing situations and use nursing terminology in context through role plays, presentations, and discussion and analysis of reading materials. (60 hours)
NCLEX-RN Exam Preparation, Part I: A three-quarter course designed to prepare students for the NCLEX-RN examination. The course will include an explanation of the test structure and framework, test-taking strategies, an intensive review of essential topic areas, practice tests and analyses, and a final comprehensive simulated NCLEX-RN test. (60 hours)
Nursing Culture in the US: A discussion-based seminar designed to provide students with a framework to better understand the philosophy of the nursing profession in the US and the cultural expectations in the American nursing community. (40 hours)
Medical Terminology and Pronunciation, Part I: A two-quarter course designed to provide students with a comprehensive review of medical terminology and pronunciation. One of the primary approaches of this review is the analysis of word parts, i.e., affixes and roots. Students will cover key vocabulary categorized into body systems. A CD-ROM accompanies the course text for pronunciation modeling, which will be done in the CALL lab.
(40 hours)
Computer-assisted Practice in Nursing Applications (CAPNA) Lab, I: The CAPNA portion of the curriculum is an important component that reinforces course work. Each class has specific CAPNA lab assignments, and students will fill out lab progress reports each week. (100 hours)
And also in the first quarter. . .
If you haven’t already applied in your home country, you
should apply to the Board of Registered Nursing http://www.rn.ca.gov/applicants/lic-exam.shtml so that you are eligible to take the NCLEX examination in the 3rd quarter. Please read Board requirements carefully (especially sections for foreign applicants, page 14 and following) so that you fulfill all requirements such as fingerprinting, TOEFL exam, etc.
Quarter Break/Vacation
Between each quarter, there is a quarter break. The break time can vary from one week to one month, depending on the program and the time of year.
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