In order to be accepted into the MCC Nursing Program, students must be able to meet the following essential functions of the occupation for nursing.
- Communicate effectively with clients, families, health care team members, peer, and faculty.
- Interact appropriately and communicate effectively with individuals, families, and groups from a variety of social, cultural, and intellectual backgrounds.
- Communicate and organize thoughts in order to prepare written documents.
- Prepare written documents that are correct in style, grammar, and mechanics.
- Stand and walk for six to eight hours/day.
- Walk for prolonged periods from one area to another over an eight hour period.
- Bend, squat, and kneel.
- Assist lifting or moving clients of all age groups and weights.
- Perform CPR, i.e., move above client to compress chest and manually ventilate client.
- Work with arms fully extended overhead.
- Use hands for grasping, pushing, pulling, and other fine manipulation.
- Demonstrate eye/hand coordination for manipulation of equipment, i.e., syringes, procedures, etc.
- Possess tactile ability to differentiate changes in sensation.
- Possess tactile ability sufficient for physical examination of a patient.
- Possess auditory acuity to note slight changes in the client’s condition, i.e., lung sounds, bowel sounds, etc.
- Possess auditory acuity to hear client’s calls for assistance without facing the client.
- Possess auditory acuity to interpret various equipment signals and use the telephone.
- Possess visual acuity to read and distinguish colors, to read handwritten orders, and other handwritten/printed data.
- Possess visual acuity to clearly view electronic monitors and scales in order to correctly interpret data.
- Possess olfactory ability sufficient to detect differences in odor.
- Possess good short term and long term memory.
- Respond with precise, quick actions in emergency situations.
If you have any questions in regards to these functions, please contact the MCC Nursing Department at (231) 777-0281.