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  • NUR 453: Nursing Care of Persons with Chronic Illness

    3.00 Credits
    University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

    Prerequisites: NUR 306, NUR 322 The nursing management of adults experiencing chronic health problems with complex responses. Emphasis is placed on the assessment of the functional health status of middle and older adults and families in multiple care settings. This theory/clinical course is designed to provide students with knowledge from bio-psycho-social sciences, nursing theory and research, and philosophy that supports a multidimensional perspective on the experience of chronicity. Selected concepts of chronicity are applied in clinical experiences with clients across the continuum of care. Nursing models are used to guide implementation of the nursing process for adults of various developmental stages. Course awards three clinical credits.
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  • NUR 455: Experience Program: Senior Mentorship

    3.00 Credits
    University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

    Prerequisites: Senior Nursing Standing Corequisites: NUR 450 and 451 Provides students with repeated opportunities to critically analyze and apply knowledge and skills learned previously in the program to the care of persons, families, and communities under the supervision of a nurse-preceptor.& The students’ role consists of promoting health, guiding persons and families through the health care experience, and shaping the health environment to maximize health in a practice setting of the stuent’s choice. The practice setting may be maternal-child health, community health, psychiatric-mental health, sub-acute, long term care, or home care. In the acute care areas, medical, surgical, intensive or other critical areas may be selected. The concentrated clinical practicum supports the socialization and professional development of students while maximizing clinical competence. Students identify personal learning needs and objectives prior to the experience.
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  • NUR 460: RN Senior Mentorship

    3.00 Credits
    University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

    (9 hrs practice/week) Prerequisites: NUR 302, 306, 314, 322, 332 Synthesis experiential learning course, providing students with repeated opportunities to critically analyze and apply knowledge and skills learned previously in the program to the care of persons, families, and communities. The students’ role consists of promoting health, guiding persons and families through the health care experience, and shaping the health environment to maximize health in a practice setting of the student’s choice. The concentrated clinical practicum supports the socialization and professional development of students while maximizing clinical competence.
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  • NUR 481: Women's Health Seminar

    3.00 Credits
    University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

    Prerequisites: Nursing major; At least Freshman standing Research into the causes, treatments, and prevention of health problems that affect the quality of life of adult women in the United States. Material from the NIH, Office of Research on Women’s Health, and other relevant studies will be reviewed using electronic and other data sources. Issues that pertain to women’s health will be addressed as related to diseases, disorders, and conditions that are unique to, more prevalent among, or far more serious for women than for men. Factors such as biological processes, lifestyle, racial, ethnic, age, and socioeconomic variables will be studied.
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  • NUR 485: Environmental Health

    3.00 Credits
    University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

    Prerequisites: Introductory Chemistry or Biology or permission of the instructor The interaction of the environment and human health, from the perspective of an ecological framework. Physical, psychological, and psychosocial health responses to environmental toxins and infectious agents will be a central theme. Previous endeavors to maintain and improve the environment through the legislative process, public policy and regulation will be studied by examining case studies. The effects of war on the environment and public health will also be studied. (Only the 485 level carries general Education credit.)
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  • NUR 495: Independent Study

    0.00 - 9.00 Credits
    University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

    Conditions and hours to be arranged Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; permission of instructor, department chairperson, and college dean Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area not otherwise part of the discipline’s course offerings.
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  • NUR 496: Directed Study

    3.00 Credits
    University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

    Conditions and hours to be arranged Prerequisites: Nursing major; At least Freshman standing Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered.
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  • NUR 500: Theory Building in Nursing

    3.00 Credits
    University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

    Examination of (a) components of theories, various activities of theory development and theoretical/conceptual analysis, and (b) the evolution and status of theory development in nursing. Particular emphasis will be placed on the relationship of theory-research-practice in nursing knowledge development.
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  • NUR 503: Transition to Advanced Practice Nursing

    3.00 Credits
    University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

    Designed for nurses with bachelor degrees in areas other than nursing. Its purpose is to provide a common knowledge base including the community perspective as a foundation for graduate study in nursing. The realities of modern nursing practice are examined.
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  • NUR 508: Managing Health Care Finances

    3.00 Credits
    University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth

    Reviews theory and provides opportunities for skills acquisition in managing health care financial resources at the agency level. Course awards two theory credits and one practicum credt.
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