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Course Criteria
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0.50 Credits
Prerequisite: NURS 282, 326, 336, 337 and 328 Must be taken second semester junior year Concurrent: NURS 342, 343, 357, 358 or 344, 345, 347, 348. Taken concurrently with other Junior II Offered fall and spring This small group experience is designed to be an ongoing seminar throughout the program of studies in nursing. Discussion, exploration and synthesis of nursing issues, practices and especially concepts of spirituality, ethics and culture will be a major focus of this seminar. Peer exchange as well as professional role modeling and contact with practitioners from a variety of areas will assist students to assimilate nursing values as they progress toward entering their profession.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: NURS 282, 326 Concurrent: NURS 212, 337, 347 Offered fall and spring Presents a conceptual basis for providing nursing care. Functional health patterns are used as an organizing framework to explore essential knowledge and skills needed to assess and manage physical and psychological symptoms related to common illnesses and treatment. It focuses on the fundamental competencies essential for professional nursing practice. Emphasis is placed on the development of communication, management, teaching-learning, and critical thinking skills. Research, technology and trends in the health care system are also highlighted.
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2.00 Credits
90 clock-hours Prerequisite: NURS 282, 326 Concurrent: NURS 212, 336, 347 Offered fall and spring Introduces the student to clinical nursing practice. Concepts essential to the provision of nursing care and application of nursing skills are explored and applied to clients in diverse community-based and acute-care settings.
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0.50 Credits
Prerequisite: NURS 311, 312, 329, 336, 344, 345, 346, 356; must be taken first semester senior year Concurrent: NURS 316, 317, 342, 343, 357, 358; taken concurrently with other Senior I nursing courses Offered fall and spring This small group experience is designed to be an ongoing seminar throughout the program of studies in nursing. Discussion, exploration and synthesis of nursing issues, practices and concepts, especially concepts of spirituality, ethics and culture, will be a major focus of this seminar. Peer exchange as well as professional role modeling and contact with practitioners from a variety of areas will assist students to assimilate nursing values as they progress toward entering their profession.
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0.50 Credits
Prerequisite: NURS 329, 338, 342, 343, 344, 345, 347, 348, 356, 357, 358 and 390; must be taken second semester senior year Concurrent: NURS 392, 393, 366; taken concurrently with other Senior II nursing courses Offered fall and spring This small group experience is designed to be an ongoing seminar throughout the program of studies in nursing. Discussion, exploration and synthesis of nursing issues, practices and concepts, especially concepts of spirituality, ethics and culture, will be the major focus of this seminar. Peer exchange as well as professional role modeling and contact with practitioners from a variety of areas will assist students to assimilate nursing values as they progress toward entering their profession.
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2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: NURS 311, 312, 329, 344, 345, 346, PHIL 200 Concurrent: NURS 343 Offered fall and spring This course applies nursing theory, family theory, evidence based research and critical thinking skills to caring for families with children. Emphasizes family centered care and embracing developmental aspects of the dimensions of holistic health, with a focus on health promotion, health maintenance and illness management. Discussion will focus on the role of the pediatric nurse in today's health system as caregiver, teacher, advocate and colleague. The outcome of therapeutic interventions and establishment of therapeutic relationships with the child and family will be explored as a foundation for providing quality of care in the community or hospital setting.
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1.00 Credits
90 clock-hours Prerequisite: NURS 311, 312, 329, 344, 345, 346 Concurrent: NURS 342 Offered fall and spring This course provides students with opportunities to deliver holistic care to families with children utilizing an evidence-based practice approach. Essential concepts discussed in the course Nursing Care of Children: Health promotion and Illness management with childbearing families are used in the application of this course at the clinical setting. This course includes nursing practice in various health care settings in the hospital and community that focus on the role of the pediatric nurse in today's health system as caregiver, teacher, advocate and colleague. Professional development is fostered through reflective practice and evaluation.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: NURS 212, 282 or 292, 326, 328, 336, 337, 347 Concurrent: NURS 345 Offered fall and spring Uses nursing theory, research and critical thinking skills in the provision of holistic care to adults experiencing acute or chronic illness. A focus is placed on assessment, communication and patient teaching skills, and therapeutic nursing interventions, including nutrition, pharmacology and complementary therapies. An emphasis is placed on risk reduction and illness management in adults. In addition, clients are assisted to reach optimal levels of functioning.
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2.00 Credits
90 clock-hours Prerequisite: NURS 212, 282 or 292, 326, 328, 336, 337, 347 Concurrent: NURS 344 Offered fall and spring Provides students with opportunities to deliver holistic care to adults. Essential concepts discussed in Nursing Care of Adults are used as students plan, implement and evaluate nursing care for adult clients in a variety of community-based settings. Additionally, students gain experience in collaborating with other health care professionals and in negotiating care within managed care systems. The student's professional development will be fostered through reflective practice and self-evaluation.
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1.00 Credits
15 clock-hours Prerequisite: Junior I Nursing, LPN or RN status Offered fall and spring Examines the ethical, spiritual and legal challenges presented in our contemporary world to the humanistic practice of professional nursing. Emphasizes a collegial model of interdisciplinary ethical dialogue, a mutual respect and valuing of health professionals and the persons and families they encounter. The spiritual search for meaning in the human experiences of illness, suffering, living and dying and decision making will be a central focus.
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