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  • 1.00 Credits

    Fall, Spring. The theoretical base for applying advanced professional nursing skills and interventions using current standards of nursing practice are studied. Christian principles of stewardship and resource use and conservation are stressed while utilizing the nursing process as a framework for making safe and effective clinical judgments which foster restoring health and preventing illness. One hour lecture or 3 hours laboratory per week. Prerequisite: Level I standing and NURS 300. This course must be taken prior to or concurrently with the first clinical semester of Level I. Fee: See course fee schedule.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Fall, Spring, (Summer, on sufficient demand). Alterations in physiological well-being across the lifespan are studied from national and global nursing perspectives as pathological responses to disease, stress and environmental changes. Critical thinking, research findings and scientific knowledge are applied to analyze clinical nursing implications and client outcomes. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisites: Sophomore standing, NURS 100, BIOL 159, 249, 253, and CHEM 114. This course must be taken prior to admission to the College of Nursing. This course is eligible for honors credit.
  • 1.00 - 4.00 Credits

    Fall, Spring, (Summer, on sufficient demand). An elective course designed to meet individualized student learning needs utilizing various clinical settings. Student-initiated objectives relative to curriculum strands are matched with the clinical setting; arrangements are coordinated through the dean of the College of Nursing.The experience is to augment clinical application of the student's achieved learning level with guidance from the faculty and clinical mentor.May be taken with Level I or II standing. Three to 12 clinical hours per week. Refer to Cooperative Education Program section of catalog.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Fall, Spring. Using critical thinking, critical reading and critiquing processes, basic research concepts with application to professional nursing practice are introduced. Based upon Christian principles and professional ethics, research findings and utilization are explored and related to client outcomes.Written and oral communication skills are emphasized. Prerequisites: Level I standing andMATH200.May be taken by non-nursing students with prior approval from the dean.Three hours lecture per week. This course is eligible for honors credit.
  • 2.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Fall, (Spring, on sufficient demand). An elective course which acquaints learners with the delivery of quality health care and evangelism in developing countries. Christian ideals are explored in a cultural and global context. Being a servant-leader, developing supportive relationships and effective communication skills, and achieving optimum individual and community well-being are emphasized. Three hours lecture per week.May be taken for either Bible or global literacy credit. If the course is taken for global literacy credit, it must be taken for 3 hours credit. Note: A Bible course is not required the semesterNURS 413 is taken as global literacy credit.The course is strongly recommended if the student plans internationalmission work.This course is eligible for honors credit. Fee: See course fee schedule.
  • 5.00 Credits

    Fall, Spring. Research-based theories, concepts, and the nursing process are emphasized using critical-thinking skills to provide holistic care relative to children and their families. In tertiary and community-based settings, students use standards of ethical professional nursing practice to assist pediatric clients with acute and chronic health concerns and their families to restore, maintain, and promote health, attain optimum well-being, or to die with dignity. Nursing process is emphasized in class and clinical learning experiences related to health needs, developmental tasks, and responses to health concerns for children through late adolescence. 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 II standing.Three lecture hours per week and 96 clinical hours. This course is eligible for honors credit. Fee: See course fee schedule.
  • 1.00 - 4.00 Credits

    Offered on sufficient demand.With faculty guidance, the learner develops course objectives relative to the topic under study and a plan to achieve the course objectives. The course may be experiential or a directed reading, study or research. Curriculum strands guide the learning experiences. May be repeated. Hours are to be collaboratively developed between student and faculty.
  • 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 neonates and women with maternity or other women's 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. This course is eligible for honors credit. Fee: See course fee schedule.
  • 5.00 Credits

    Fall, Spring. Research-based theories, concepts and the nursing process are emphasized using critical-thinking skills to provide holistic nursing care. A community-based/populationfocused nursing process is applied to community health concerns. In community-based settings and homes, students use standards of ethical professional nursing practice to assist clients of all developmental levels with acute and chronic health concerns and their families to restore, maintain, and promote health, attain optimum well-being, or to die with dignity.The concepts of prevention, promotion and maintenance of health are explored in depth and applied to community settings. 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 II standing. Three lecture hours per week and 96 clinical hours. This course is eligible for honors credit. Fee: See course fee schedule.
  • 5.00 Credits

    Fall, Spring. Research-based theories, concepts, and basic critical-care skills are emphasized within the framework of the nursing process using critical thinking skills to provide holistic nursing care to critically ill clients and their families. In tertiary care settings, students apply advanced nursing skills, standards of ethical professional nursing practice, Christian values of caring, faith, and service, and servantleadership principles to assist adult clients with high risk, unstable, and critical health conditions to restore,maintain, and promote health or to die with dignity. Responsibility and accountability for nursing care, collaboration, resource conservation and use, and respect for human worth and dignity are foundational to effective clinical judgments and client outcomes. Prerequisite: Level II standing. Three lecture hours per week and 96 clinical hours. This course is eligible for honors credit. Fee: See course fee schedule.
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