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  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to provide a variety of clinical experiences with healthy and ill children in acute care and community settings. Nursing skills based on safe nursing practice standards will be adapted to meet the child's health needs, developmental level and practice setting. These experiences are designed to facilitate sound clinical judgements and the development of leadership, collaboration, organization and management skills in clinical practice. Credits: 3 hrs Prerequisite: nursing major; NURS208, NURS209, NURS220, NURS250, NURS251, NURS260, NURS270 and NURS275 Corequisites: NURS304, NURS305 and NURS306
  • 2.00 Credits

    This course focuses on the nursing care of adult clients and families who have chronic illnesses. Content is presented in a nursing process format via lecture, discussion and independent student studying. With a focus on student critical thinking, the course emphasizes the application, analysis and synthesis of nursing, liberal arts and science knowledge in the care of diverse adult populations with chronic illnesses. These professional role components are strongly emphasized: teaching/learning, interdisciplinary collaboration, client advocacy and coordination of care. Credits: 2 hrs Prerequisite: nursing major; NURS208, NURS209, NURS220, NURS250, NURS251, NURS260, NURS270 and NURS275 Corequisites: NURS331, NURS350 and NURS351
  • 3.00 Credits

    This clinical course is focused on caring for adult clients with chronic illnesses. In most cases, clients are experiencing acute exacerbations of their chronic conditions. The needs of clients and family members (persons identified by the client as "family") are addressed as students practice primarily in inpatient settings. Special focus is placed on client teaching and on evidence-based interventions.Credits: 3 hrs Prerequisite: nursing major; NURS208, NURS209, NURS220, NURS250, NURS251, NURS260, NURS270 and NURS275 Corequisites: NURS330, NURS350 and NURS351
  • 2.00 Credits

    This course is designed in a lecture/discussion format to provide a foundation in professional psychiatric mental health nursing. Emphasis is placed on gaining knowledge of preventive interventions appropriate for provision of evidence-based, holistic nursing care to emotionally and mentally ill client(s) from across the life span. The legal, ethical and cultural considerations required to provide nursing care are stressed as well as concepts of primary mental health care, outpatient and community care. Credits: 2 hrs Prerequisite: nursing major; NURS208, NURS209, NURS220, NURS250, NURS251, NURS260, NURS270 and NURS275 Corequisites: NURS330, NURS331 and NURS351
  • 3.00 Credits

    Students collaborate with patients, faculty, and professional health care providers primarily in public and private inpatient psychiatric hospitals. Students learn traditional and nontraditional treatment approaches; use the nursing process and evidence-based research to provide holistic, culturally competent direct care and have opportunities to observe the legal aspects of mental health care in function and have opportunities to observe legal aspects of mental health care. Credits: 3 hrs Prerequisite: nursing major; NURS208, NURS209, NURS220, NURS250, NURS251, NURS260, NURS270 and NURS275 Corequisites: NURS330, NURS331 and NURS350
  • 2.00 Credits

    In this course students will examine nursing research as it relates to nursing practice. Nursing research literature and the importance of evidence based nursing practice will be examined. Ethical issues involved in nursing research, adequacy of existing research and application of nursing research will be explored. Credits: 2 hrs Prerequisite: nursing major; NURS208, NURS209, NURS220, NURS250, NURS251, NURS260, NURS270 and NURS275
  • 3.00 Credits

    This second of a three-course sequence builds knowledge of essential elements of professional nursing. Students explore ethical dilemmas of health care, leadership and management communication and critical thinking, health policies, economics, global health care, spiritual/cultural issues and legal aspects of nursing through active learning strategies. Nursing (BSN) majors only. Credits: 3 hrs Prerequisite: nursing major; NURS208, NURS209, NURS220, NURS250, NURS251, NURS260, NURS270 and NURS275
  • 1.00 Credits

    An exploration and study of topics not covered in other departmental offerings. Students may elect more than once, provided different topics are studied. Credits: 1 hr Prerequisite: nursing major
  • 2.00 Credits

    An exploration and study of topics not covered in other departmental offerings. Students may elect more than once, provided different topics are studied. Credits: 2 hrs Prerequisite: nursing major
  • 3.00 Credits

    An exploration and study of topics not covered in other departmental offerings. Students may elect more than once, provided different topics are studied. Credits: 3 hrs Prerequisite: nursing major
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