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  • NUR 300: Health Assessment

    3.00 Credits
    Upper Iowa University

    This course provides theory and assessment skills to perform health histories and holistic assessments on adult patients with application to pediatric and geriatric patients. The legal and ethical aspects of the examination and documentation will be addressed.
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  • NUR 310: Nursing Informatics

    3.00 Credits
    Upper Iowa University

    This course provides introduction to the essential concepts of Nursing Informatics. Nursing students will learn to use computers and information strategies for their practice. Students will become acquainted with the applications for nursing documentation, word processing, databases, spreadsheets, internet access and presentations. The use of word processing for research papers that use official formatting standards will be presented.
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  • NUR 320: Pathophysiology

    3.00 Credits
    Upper Iowa University

    Pathophysiology is the study of the abnormal functioning of diseased organs with application to medical procedures and patient care. This course examines the etiology, symptoms, pathogenesis, diagnosis and therapy of disease. Same as BIO 370.
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  • NUR 330: Education Concepts for Nurses

    3.00 Credits
    Upper Iowa University

    This course introduces the registered nurse to the basic concepts of education as they apply to the nursing realm. It will include a general overview of teaching/learning principles with special attention to learning styles, adult learners and client education. The format of this highly interactive course will involve implementation of actual teaching/learning principles culminating in an in-depth teaching project presented by each learner. The overall purpose of this course is to assist the registered nurse in making the leap from education to practice in the important role of nurse educator.
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  • NUR 340: Community Health Nursing

    3.00 Credits
    Upper Iowa University

    This course focuses on care of the community as client. Emphasis is on the role of the nurse in addressing the preventative health needs of populations at risk and other community groups at risk and other community groups in various community practice settings. Current public health problems, trends in health care delivery and community resources are examined. Students analyze the sociocultural, political, economic, ethical and environmental factors that influence community and global health. Prerequisite: NUR 300.
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  • NUR 360: Professional Seminar

    3.00 Credits
    Upper Iowa University

    This course focuses on the identification, exploration and analysis of selected professional issues in healthcare and nursing. Historical, social, political, legal, genetic and ethical factors will be examined. Traditional and emerging roles of the nurse will be analyzed to identify the present status and future of professionalism in this rapidly expanding field of nursing. Case study analysis serves as a mechanism for the integration of these factors into the professional nurse decision-making process. The course will culminate in a professional issues position paper presented to the class utilizing a seminar method.
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  • NUR 370: Nursing Leadership and Management

    3.00 Credits
    Upper Iowa University

    This course explores the theoretical basis for nursing leadership and management. Effective skills of nurse leaders/managers in practice settings are analyzed and discussed. Selected current issues and trends in health care delivery and nursing are integrated into the course. Comparisons are made to other health care delivery systems outside the United States. Participation in a leadership/management situation with a nurse mentor allows the student the opportunity to analyze the application of leadership principles.
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  • NUR 400: Nursing Research

    3.00 Credits
    Upper Iowa University

    This course introduces the student to the research process and focuses on the study of research process as a base for nursing practice. Emphasis is on critical analysis of published research studies with regard to implications for clinical nursing practice. Ethical concepts related to the research process will be integrated throughout the course. Prerequisite: MATH 220.
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  • NUR 410: Preceptorship

    3.00 Credits
    Upper Iowa University

    This course is a special study designed to allow the Registered Nurse to explore concepts of interest in the areas of nursing leadership, management, clinical and research practices. The student will develop a plan of study and then implement that plan under a practicum contract authorized by the instructor and a participating health care facility. At the end of the preceptorship, the student will submit clinical practicum documentation in the form of a paper and present accumulated knowledge to the entire class in the seminar format. Prerequisite: Students must have completed 29 credits of the BSN curriculum.
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