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  • NU 243: Adult Health Nursing II Clinical Laboratory

    3.00 Credits
    Boston College

    This course focuses on the implementation and evaluation of patient care outcomes for adults with complex health problems in a variety of settings. Nine hours of clinical laboratory weekly.
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  • NU 244: Childbearing Nursing Theory

    3.00 Credits
    Boston College

    The course focuses on concepts associated with the unique responses of families during the childbearing cycle; normal and high risk pregnancies and normal and abnormal events in women's health. Current multidisciplinary research in women's health with a focus on the childbearing cycle including genetics and cultural competence is presented. Evidenced based nursing practice for the childbearing family is discussed. The nursing implications of attending to both the physiologic and the psychosocial needs of the childbearing family are reviewed. Emphasis will be placed on AWHONN and ACOG standards of care.
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  • NU 245: Clinical Laboratory of Childbearing Theory

    3.00 Credits
    Boston College

    This experience focuses on the application of childbearing theory to the diagnoses, interventions, and outcomes for care of families in structured clinical settings. Focus is on prenatal, perinatal, and post-natal activities. In the clinical laboratory, students work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team in applying evidenced-based practice derived from current multidisciplinary research to the childbearing family. Supervised by nursing faculty, the students are mentored to extend their skills in critical thinking and clinical judgment to meet the physical, psychosocial, cultural and spiritual needs of their clients and families. Emphasis will be placed on AWHONN and ACOG standards of care.
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  • NU 250: Child Health Nursing Theory

    3.00 Credits
    Boston College

    This course builds on the published Pediatric Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice to discuss the unique responses of children and their families to acute and chronic illness. Emphasis is placed on the child's growth and development in relation to wellness and illness. A family-centered approach is used to address the health teaching, promotion, restoration and maintenance needs of children and their families. Theoretical principles are presented and creative, evidence-based nursing intervention strategies to meet the needs of children and their families across the health care continuum are discussed.
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  • NU 251: Child Health Nursing Clinical Laboratory

    3.00 Credits
    Boston College

    Based on the published Pediatric Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, this course provides a variety of clinical settings plus simulation experiences for students to expand and perfect their skills in implementing the nursing role in the care of children and families. Clinical faculty guide students' clinical reasoning processs and use of nursing scholarship and evidenced-based practice guideline in planning nursing interventions to meet the physical, psychosocial, emotional, and spiritual needs of children and their families who are coping with acute and chronic health problems. Students will care for patients from diverse cultural, ethnic, and social backgrounds.
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  • NU 252: Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Theory

    3.00 Credits
    Boston College

    This course builds upon the standards of practice from the American Psychiatric Nurses Association to discuss the legal, ethical and therapeutic role of the psychiatric mental health nurse in caring for individuals with psychiatric disorders across the life span. Current interdisciplinary research on the genetic and biopsychosocial theories of depression, psychosis, substance abuse, bipolar illness, eating, anxiety, personality and cognitive disorders is presented. Evidence-based nursing practice, including psychopharmacology and psychosocial treatment modalities such as cognitive-behavioral and crisis interventions, group and milieu therapy, is discussed. The nursing implications of grief and trauma from a multicultural and spiritual perspective are reviewed.
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  • NU 253: Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Clinical Laboratory

    3.00 Credits
    Boston College

    Therapeutic communication skills provide a foundation for implementing the nursing role based on the American Psychiatric Nurses Association standards of practice with psychiatric patients/clients in a variety of psychiatric treatment settings. In the clinical experience, students work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams in applying evidenced-based practice based on current interdisciplinary research to the nursing process. In weekly supervision with clinical faculty, students are mentored to extend their skills in clinical reasoning to meet the psychological, social, cultural, biological, and spiritual needs of persons from varied backgrounds (economic, racial, ethnic, age and gender) who are in treatment for mental illness.
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  • NU 260: Community Nursing Theory

    3.00 Credits
    Boston College

    This course introduces students to the conceptual and scientific framework of population-centered nursing through current published evidence, clinical expert practice, and client preferences. Examination of social and economic influences on health care delivery and vulnerability of individuals, families, and populations in community settings, care management, case management, home and hospice care, emerging infectious diseases, program development and evaluation and disaster preparedness/management are addressed. Emphasis is placed on the variety of roles and functions nurses have in population-centered care including that of a public health and home care nurse.
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  • NU 261: Community Nursing Clinical Laboratory

    3.00 Credits
    Boston College

    This course focuses on the application of community health nursing and public health concepts that include the care of individuals, families, and populations in community settings. Competencies include assessing the health status of individuals and aggregates to identify health problems, linking people to health services, and evaluating quality and adequacy of available services. Emphasis is placed on understanding the impact of socio-cultural, economic, political and environmental forces on the health of individuals, families and populations, and on using evidence-based research to adapt and implement interventions aimed at restoring and promoting health, and preventing illness.
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  • NU 263: Nursing Synthesis Clinical Laboratory

    3.00 Credits
    Boston College

    This course provides senior nursing students with an opportunity to synthesize, to expand, and to refine nursing concepts and clinical reasoning competencies. Through an intensive clinical experience based on institutional and/or community settings, students will be able to focus on health care needs of specific client populations, study in-depth the interventions used to restore and/or optimize health, and utilize nursing research in practice.
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