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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Generic requirement. Prerequisites: All required sciences and all 200-level nursing courses. Corequisite: NUR 375. This required professional course is a study of the holistic nursing care of clients influenced by medications. Students will learn to apply bio-psycho-social-spiritual and cultural theoretical concepts and principles, using the nursing process, in order to provide rational, safe, and effective drug therapy for clients of all ages. Relevant research is incorporated and the legal and ethical components of drug therapy are considered.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits R.N. requirement. Introduces students to the structure of the discipline of nursing. Ways of knowing are explored as ways to structure nursing knowledge. Selected theoretical and conceptual models and their application to nursing practice, research, and education are discussed.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits No pre/corequisites. May be used as an elective. Open to all students. This course focuses on the self-development and self-care practice of professional nurses. The philosophical and theoretical basis of holism is emphasized as a context for healing modalities, such as imagery, therapeutic touch, meditation, music, art, and journaling. Students work in small groups to build skills in selected modalities to expand awareness and integrate self-care into their nursing practice.
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1.00 Credits
1 credit Prerequisites: NUR 300, NUR 365 and NUR 375. Grading: Pass/Fail. This seminar is designed to help develop the critical thinking skills of nursing students. It will discuss the elements of critical thinking and provide the opportunity to apply these principles to case studies.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits R.N. requirement. Examines health assessment based on theories and concepts of health and wellness as well as the variables that influence the health status of a consumer throughout the life cycle. Skills essential to health assessment are performed on consumers of various ages to formulate nursing diagnoses and healthcare plans.
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4.00 Credits
4 credits R.N. requirement. Prepares students to deliver nursing care oriented to health promotion and maintenance needs of families, groups, and communities. Systems theory is applied to consumer groups and to identification of functional and dysfunctional health patterns. Principles of epidemiology are identified and applied to primary, secondary, and tertiary nursing intervention with families, groups, and communities. Health promotion strategies of teaching, advocacy, consumerism, and health planning are explored.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits R.N. requirement. The skill of using communication therapeutically is taught by simulated experiences and by the study of theories and models of communication.
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6.00 Credits
6 creditsGeneric requirement. Prerequisites: All required sciences and all 200-level nursing courses. Pre/Corequisite: NUR 375. This required professional course for baccalaureate nursing students is an extensive study of the holistic nursing care of childbearing families. Students will learn and apply bio-psycho-social-spiritual, cultural and genetic theoretical concepts and principles, using the nursing process, to the care of clients during pregnancy, childbirth, the postpartum, and newborn periods. Emphasis is on nursing care designed to prevent and treat common complications and to promote optimal well-being. Relevant research is incorporated and the legal and ethical components of client care are considered.
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5.00 Credits
5 creditsGeneric requirement. Prerequisites: All required sciences and all 200-level nursing courses. This required professional course for baccalaureate nursing students is the first part of an extensive study of the holistic nursing care for adult clients with alterations in physiological integrity. Students will learn and apply bio-psycho-social-spiritual and cultural theoretical concepts and principles, using the nursing process, in order to care for adult clients experiencing selected physiological alterations. Emphasis is on nursing care designed to prevent complications and to promote optimal well-being in the client and family. Relevant research is incorporated and the legal and ethical components of client care are considered.
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5.00 Credits
5 credits Prerequisites: All required sciences, all 200-level nursing courses, NUR 375 and NUR 365. This required professional course for baccalaureate nursing students is a study of holistic nursing care for children of varying ages with alterations in physiological integrity. Students will learn and apply bio-psycho-social-spiritual and cultural theoretical concepts and principles, using the nursing process, to the care for children experiencing selected alterations in physiological integrity. Emphasis is on age-related nursing care designed to prevent complications and to promote optimal well-being in the child and family. Relevant research is incorporated and the legal and ethical components of child care are considered.
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