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2.00 Credits
Spring, on sufficient demand. A basic health mission skills course designed to prepare an individual to function in a developing world mission health care setting. Concepts of organization, management, teaching/learning, nutrition, health care assessment and universal precautions are emphasized. Primary care information and skills basic to health care missions are taught. Examples include CPR, first aid, health history assessment, vital signs, sterile technique and dressing changes, injections, and pharmacological principles. Includes weekly laboratory experiencees. (Open to all university students.) This course is required to be taken or audited prior to study in Zambia.
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5.00 Credits
Fall, Spring (Summer, on sufficient demand). An introductory course that provides foundational nursing knowledge, skills and practice interventions. The course incorporates principles from the sciences and humanities and emphasizes entry-level nursing practice based on the nursing process. Content focuses on safe practice using curriculum strands of critical thinking, Christian principles, leadership, teaching-learning, communication, research, global perspective and the nursing process. A grade of "C" or higher is required. Three lecturehours per week and 6 laboratory or clinical hours per week. Prerequisites: BIOL 249, 253; NURS 100, 203. Submission of all current health, CPR andTB documentation is required. Fee: See course fee schedule.
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3.00 Credits
Fall, on sufficient demand. A contemporary cross-cultural multidisciplinary course focusing on holistic ministry with individuals, groups and communities experiencing poverty in urban/rural domestic and international settings. Emphasis is on human and community development to break the poverty cycle through application of health care and Christian principles. Includes a field experience commensurate with course objectives. (Open to all university students.)
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5.00 Credits
Fall (Spring, on sufficient demand). A bridge course for licensed nurses pursuing a baccalaureate degree in nursing, transfer students who have had nursing courses, or anyone who has been out of nursing courses four years or longer.The course incorporates principles from the sciences and humanities and focuses on nursing theories, ethical and legal issues, health care changes, professionalism, clinical decision-making, and all curriculum strands. RN students will successfully complete NLN Nursing Acceleration Challenge Exam II RN-BSN and must have a current, unencumbered Arkansas RN license. The course is required of students prior to taking other upper-division nursing courses. Three lecture hours per week and 96 laboratory/clinical hours are required to validate clinical knowledge base and skills. Fee: See course fee schedule.
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2.00 Credits
Fall, Spring. An introductory course to specific drug classifications, pharmacokinetic properties, and expected therapeutic outcomes. Associated nursing assessments, analysis, planning, therapeutic nursing interventions and evaluations are discussed relative to clients' developmental levels and lifelong health habits. Responsibility and accountability for nursing actions, including client teaching-learning related to pharmacology are emphasized.Two lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: Level I standing and NURS 300. This course must be taken concurrently with the first clinical semester of the Level I year. Fee: See course fee schedule.
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1.00 - 8.00 Credits
Offered on demand. An elective course which focuses on application of the nursing process in global health care mission settings. As a Christian servant, the student facilitates clients of various cultures and developmental levels to achieve optimum well-being. Nursing interventions and communication are studied relative to cultural norms, values, roles and practice. Individual responsibility for health and client teaching-learning are encouraged along with resource conservation. Prerequisite: Level I standing, NURS 413 is a prerequisite or corequisite. Additional requirements contingent upon practicum. Three to 24 clinical hours per week.
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5.00 Credits
Fall, Spring. Research-based theories, concepts and the nursing process are emphasized using critical thinking skills to provide holistic nursing care. In tertiary and community- based settings, students use standards of ethical professional nursing practice to assist adult clients with mental health and psychiatric concerns to restore, maintain and promote health, or attain optimum well-being. Responsibility and accountability for nursing care, collaboration, resource conservation and use, respect for human worth and dignity, national and global concerns, and a commitment to a servant-leadership lifestyle are foundational to effective clinical judgments and client outcomes. Prerequisite: Level I standing and NURS 300. Three lecture hours per week and 96 clinical hours. Fee: See course fee schedule.
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5.00 Credits
Fall, Spring. Research-based theories, concepts and the nursing process are emphasized using critical-thinking skills to provide holistic nursing care. In tertiary care, rehabilitation and community- based settings, students use standards of ethical professional nursing practice to assist adult clients with chronic health and rehabilitation concerns to restore, maintain and promote health, attain optimum well-being, or to die with dignity. Responsibility and accountability for nursing care, collaboration, resource conservation and use, respect for human worth and dignity, national and global concerns, and a commitment to a servant-leadership lifestyle are foundational to effective clinical judgments and client outcomes. Prerequisite: Level I standing and NURS 300.Three lecture hours per week and 96 clinical hours. Fee: See course fee schedule.
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5.00 Credits
Fall, Spring. Research-based theories, concepts, and the nursing process are emphasized using critical-thinking skills to provide holistic nursing care. In tertiary care settings, students use standards of ethical professional nursing practice to assist adult clients with acute health concerns to restore, maintain, and promote health, attain optimum well-being, or to die with dignity. Responsibility and accountability for nursing care, collaboration, resource conservation and use, respect for human worth and dignity, national and global concerns, and a commitment to a servant-leadership lifestyle are foundational to effective clinical judgments and client outcomes. Prerequisite: Level I standing and NURS 300.Three lecture hours per week and 96 clinical hours. Fee: See course fee schedule.
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2.00 Credits
Fall, Spring. Concepts, knowledge and cultural information essential to holistic nursing care of older adults are explored using the nursing process. Community resources are identified and interdisciplinary collaboration encouraged in secondary and community-based care settings to assist elders in adapting to the aging process, maintaining wellness and achieving optimum well-being. Prevention and management of common acute and chronic health problems are emphasized while exploring nursing interventions to assist older clients to restore, maintain and promote health; attain optimum well-being or to die with dignity. Prerequisite: Level I standing. One and a half lecture hours and one and a half laboratory hours per week.
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