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Emphasis is placed on best practices providing process-driven culturally diverse, learning experiences in art, music, creative movement, dance, and dramatic play integrated across all domains and academic content in indoor/outdoor environments for every young child age birth through age eight. 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Upon completion, students should be able to provide safe nursing care incorporating the concepts, identified in this course.", "prerequisites": [], "program_ids": [ "westernpiedmont-000666", "westernpiedmont-000667" ], "source_url": "https://wpcc.smartcatalogiq.com/en/2025-2026/catalog/course-descriptions/nur-nursing/100/nur-114", "canonical_url": "/westernpiedmont/courses/nur-114", "markdown_url": "/westernpiedmont/courses/nur-114.md" }, { "id": "westernpiedmont-000429", "code": "NUR 211", "title": " Health Care Concepts", "credits": null, "hours": null, "description": "This course is designed to further develop the concepts within the three domains of the individual, healthcare, and nursing. Emphasis is placed on the concepts of cellular regulation, perfusion, infection, immunity, mobility, comfort, behaviors, health-wellness-illness, clinical, decision-making, caring interventions, managing care, and safety. Upon completion, students should be able to provide safe nursing care incorporating the concepts identified in this course.", "prerequisites": [], "program_ids": [ "westernpiedmont-000666", "westernpiedmont-000667" ], "source_url": "https://wpcc.smartcatalogiq.com/en/2025-2026/catalog/course-descriptions/nur-nursing/200/nur-211", "canonical_url": "/westernpiedmont/courses/nur-211", "markdown_url": "/westernpiedmont/courses/nur-211.md" }, { "id": "westernpiedmont-000430", "code": "NUR 212", "title": " Health System Concepts", "credits": null, "hours": null, "description": "This course is designed to further develop the concepts within the three domains of the individual, healthcare, and nursing. Emphasis is placed on the concepts of grief/loss, violence, health-wellness-illness, collaboration, managing care, safety, advocacy, legal issues, policy, healthcare systems, ethics, accountability, and evidence-based practice. 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This course has been approved for transfer under the Comprehensive Articulation Agreement and the Independent Comprehensive Articulation Agreement as a premajor and/or elective course requirement.", "prerequisites": [], "program_ids": [ "westernpiedmont-000558", "westernpiedmont-000559" ], "source_url": "https://wpcc.smartcatalogiq.com/en/2025-2026/catalog/course-descriptions/ped-physical-education/100/ped-119", "canonical_url": "/westernpiedmont/courses/ped-119", "markdown_url": "/westernpiedmont/courses/ped-119.md" }, { "id": "westernpiedmont-000454", "code": "PED 120", "title": " Walking for Fitness", "credits": null, "hours": null, "description": "This course introduces fitness through walking. Emphasis is placed on stretching, conditioning exercises, proper clothing, fluid needs, and injury prevention. Upon completion, students should be able to participate in a recreational walking program. 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