May 19, 2024  
2020-2021 Kilgore College Catalog 
    
2020-2021 Kilgore College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


Explanation of Items in Course Description

Course Prefix
Course Number
Course Title
Semester Hour Credit
Lecture Hours Each Week
Lab Hours Each Week
Course Description
ACNT
1303
Introduction to Accounting I

(3-3-0)
(3-3-0)
(3-3-0)
 
When Course Generally Offered F=Fall,
Sp=Spring,
Su=Summer
Coordinating Board Approval Number (5203010004)
Note: KC uses the Texas Common Course Numbering System.
(T) after the course number indicates an academic course that is designed to transfer to a bachelor’s degree program. Students should check with the transfer institution to verify applicability to their specific major.
(NT) after the course number indicates a workforce course that is not designed to transfer to a bachelor’s degree program.
 

Vocational Nursing

* Courses recommended prior to acceptance into the program

  
  • VNSG 1115 (NT) - Disease Control & Prevention

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 1 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 1 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 0
    Study of the general principles of prevention of illness and disease, basic microbiology, and the maintenance of aseptic conditions.
    Coordinating Board Approval Number: 5139010018
  
  • VNSG 1163 (NT) - Clinical-Practical Nurse- Advanced

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 1 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 0 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 5
    A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. Concurrent with Medical Surgical II.
    Corequisite(s): VNSG 1429 
    Fees: Course fee $25. Coordinating Board Approval Number: 5139010018
  
  • VNSG 1204 (NT) - Foundations of Nursing

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 2 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 2 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 0
    Introduction to the nursing profession including history, standards of practice, legal and ethical issues, and role of the vocational nurse. Topics include mental health, therapeutic communication, cultural and spiritual diversity, nursing process, and holistic awareness.
    Fees: Test Package Fee $100. Coordinating Board Approval Number: 5139010018
  
  • VNSG 1216 (NT) - *Nutrition

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 2 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 2 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 0
    Introduction to nutrients and the role of diet therapy in growth and development and in the maintenance of health.
    Coordinating Board Approval Number: 5139010018
  
  • VNSG 1219 (NT) - Leadership and Professional Development

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 2 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 2 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 0
    Study of the importance of professional growth. Topics include the role of the licensed vocational nurse in the multi-disciplinary health care team, professional organizations, Board of Nursing, Nurse Practice Act, Ethics, and continuing education.
    Fees: Test Package Fee $100. Coordinating Board Approval Number: 5139010018
  
  • VNSG 1226 (NT) - Gerontology

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 2 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 2 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 0
    Overview of the physical, psychosocial, and cultural aspects of the aging process. Addresses disease processes of aging. Exploration of perceptions toward care of the older adult.
    Coordinating Board Approval Number: 5139010018
  
  • VNSG 1227 (NT) - Essentials of Medication Administration

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 2 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 1 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 4
    General principles of medication administration including determination of dosage, preparation, safe administration, and documentation of multiple forms of drugs. Instruction includes various systems of measurement.
    Corequisite(s) or Prerequisite(s): VNSG 1260 
    Fees: Course fee $25. Coordinating Board Approval Number: 5139010018
  
  • VNSG 1230 (NT) - Maternal Neonatal Nursing

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 2 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 2 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 0
    A study of the biological, psychological, and sociological concepts applicable to basic needs of the family including childbearing and neonatal care. Utilizations of the nursing process in the assessment and management of the childbearing family. Topics include physiological changes related to pregnancy, fetal development, and nursing care of the family during labor and delivery and the puerperium.
    Corequisite(s): VNSG 1361 
    Coordinating Board Approval Number: 5139010018
  
  • VNSG 1238 (NT) - Mental Illness

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 2 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 2 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 0
    Study of human behavior with emphasis on emotional and mental abnormalities and modes of treatment incorporating the nursing process.
    Coordinating Board Approval Number: 5139010018
  
  • VNSG 1260 (NT) - Clinical-Practical Nurse-Introductory

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 2 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 0 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 10
    A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional. Concurrent with Applied Nursing Skills I.
    Corequisite(s): VNSG 1227 , VNSG 1331 , VNSG 1502 
    Fees: Course fee $25, FISDAP Fee $15, Drug Test Fee $15. Coordinating Board Approval Number: 5139010018
  
  • VNSG 1331 (NT) - Pharmacology

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 3 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 0
    Fundamentals of medications and their diagnostic, therapeutic, and curative effects. Includes nursing interventions utilizing the nursing process.
    Corequisite(s) or Prerequisite(s): VNSG 1420 
    Coordinating Board Approval Number: 5139010018
  
  • VNSG 1334 (NT) - Pediatric Nursing

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 3 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 0
    Study of the care of the pediatric patient and family during health and disease. Emphasis on growth and development needs utilizing the nursing process.
    Corequisite(s): VNSG 1361 
    Fees: Test Package Fee: $100. Coordinating Board Approval Number: 5139010018
  
  • VNSG 1361 (NT) - Clinical-Practical Nurse- Intermediate (Summer)

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 0 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 15
    A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision by the clinical professional.
    Corequisite(s): VNSG 1230  & VNSG 1334 
    Fees: Course fee $25. Coordinating Board Approval Number: 5139010018
  
  • VNSG 1362 (NT) - Clinical-Practical Nurse- Intermediate

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 3 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 0 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 15
    A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional.
    Corequisite(s): VNSG 1429 
    Fees: Course fee $25. Coordinating Board Approval Number: 5139010018
  
  • VNSG 1420 (NT) - *Anatomy and Physiology for Allied Health

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 4 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 4 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 0
    Study of the structure (anatomy) and function (physiology) of the human body, including the neuroendocrine, integumentary, musculoskeletal, digestive, urinary, reproductive, respiratory, and circulatory systems.
    Coordinating Board Approval Number: 5139010018
  
  • VNSG 1429 (NT) - Medical - Surgical Nursing I

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 4 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 4 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 0
    Application of the nursing process to the care of the adult patient experiencing medical surgical conditions along the health-illness continuum in a variety of health care settings.
    Corequisite(s): VNSG 1362 
    Coordinating Board Approval Number: 5139010018
  
  • VNSG 1432 (NT) - Medical Surgical Nursing II

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 4 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 4 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 0
    Continuation of Medical-Surgical Nursing I with application of the nursing process to the care of the adult patient experiencing medical-surgical conditions along the health-illness continuum in a variety of health care settings.
    Corequisite(s): VNSG 1361 
    Coordinating Board Approval Number: 5139010018
  
  • VNSG 1502 (NT) - Applied Nursing Skills I

    Semester Credit Hour(s): 5 Lecture Hour(s) Each Week: 3 Lab Hour(s) Each Week: 6
    Introduction to and application of primary nursing skills. Emphasis on utilization of the nursing process and related scientific principles.
    Corequisite(s): VNSG 1260 
    Fees: Course fee $35. Course fee $25. Coordinating Board Approval Number: 5139010018