# Noncredit Short Term Vocational Education (NCNUR) (NCNUR) courses

MiraCosta College · 2026-2027 Catalog · 4 courses

Source: https://catalog.miracosta.edu/continuingeducation/shorttermvoc/

"Offered" lists sections in this catalog year's class schedules: Fall 2026.

### NCNUR 185 — Nursing Skills/Simulation Laboratory I

- **Hours:** Laboratory 3 hours
- **Prerequisite:** Students must be accepted for re-entry into the ADN, LVN, or LVN-RN programs
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 6 sections (/c/miracosta-college/schedule/fall-2026/ncnur.md)
- Enrollment Limitation: Concurrently enrolled in NURS 170, NURS 171, NURS 180, NURS 181, or NURS 280 if prerequisite not met.
- Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, and Summer

This course provides students with the opportunity to apply related theoretical concepts with supervised practice of fundamental patient care skills and procedures that are presented in beginning nursing courses. Topics include the nursing process, patient assessment, fundamental nursing skills, and medication administration. This course is intended for beginning nursing students in the Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) Program, Licensed Vocational Nursing Program (LVN), and LVN-RN Nursing Program. This course is also open to accepted re-entry students who need to remediate skills prior to returning to the nursing program.

### NCNUR 186 — Nursing Skills/Simulation Laboratory II

- **Hours:** Laboratory 3 hours
- **Corequisite:** NURS 182 or NURS 183
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/miracosta-college/schedule/fall-2026/ncnur.md)
- Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

This course provides students with the opportunity to apply related theoretical concepts with supervised practice of patient care skills and procedures related to specialty patient populations. Topics include the nursing process, patient assessment, intermediate nursing skills, and medication administration. This course is intended for nursing students in the Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) and LVN-RN nursing programs.

### NCNUR 285 — Nursing Skills/Simulation Laboratory III

- **Hours:** Laboratory 3 hours
- **Corequisite:** NURS 281 or NURS 282
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/miracosta-college/schedule/fall-2026/ncnur.md)
- Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

This course provides students with the opportunity to apply related theoretical concepts with supervised practice of patient care skills and procedures for patients across the lifespan. Topics include the nursing process, patient assessment, advanced nursing skills, and medication administration. This course is intended for nursing students in the Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) and LVN-RN nursing programs.

### NCNUR 286 — Nursing Skills/Simulation Laboratory IV

- **Hours:** Laboratory 3 hours
- **Corequisite:** NURS 283
- **Offered:** Fall 2026, 2 sections (/c/miracosta-college/schedule/fall-2026/ncnur.md)
- Course Typically Offered: Fall, Spring

This course provides students with the opportunity to apply related theoretical concepts with supervised practice of patient care skills and procedures for critically ill patients. Topics include the nursing process, patient assessment, critical care nursing skills, and medication administration. This course is intended for nursing students in the Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) and LVN-RN Nursing Programs.