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  • 10.00 Credits

    This course focuses on the nursing care of adults with selected health alterations. Emphasis is on the use of the nursing process to assist individuals and their families to adapt to these alterations. Clinical experiences are planned to allow observational activities and implementation of the nursing process. Prerequisite: Admission to Upper Division.
  • 1.00 - 6.00 Credits

    This course provides the opportunity for students to expand their knowledge and skills in specific nursing content areas. Students work independently, with the guidance of a faculty member. The course may be taken more than once but the total number of credits allowed cannot exceed 6 semester hours. Prerequisite: junior standing or special permission.
  • 2.00 Credits

    This course focuses on principles and concepts related to gerontological nursing. Emphasis is on roles and functions of the nurse in meeting the needs of elderly clients who are well and those with functional pathological health alterations. Social, economic, legal and ethical issues in maintaining and promoting wellness and safety are examined. Prerequisites: NUR 2302, NUR 2311, NUR 2501 or special permission.
  • 2.00 Credits

    This course builds upon the concepts presented in NUR 2302, 2501 and 2311. Planned practicum will provide students the opportunity to continue to develop nursing skills and to utilize the nursing process in the provision of client care in selected health care settings. Prerequisite: Admission to the upper-level division.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to assist students in understanding the research process. Emphasis is placed upon the nurse as a research consumer and enhancement of her/his ability to participate in the research process. Opportunities will be provided for critical appraisal of research studies, and for the design of plans for investigating nursing problems. Prerequisites: NUR 2302, NUR 2311, NUR 2501, or special permission.
  • 5.00 Credits

    This course emphasizes concepts, skills and principles of nursing practice essential to family-centered care of children. Emphasis is on the promotion and maintenance of high level wellness for the child and family with selected health alterations. Planned practicum in selected health care settings provide opportunities to apply the nursing process as the student continues to develop role functions as caregiver, client advocate, teacher/counselor and collaborator. Prerequisite: Admission to Upper Division.
  • 5.00 Credits

    This course is designed to assist students in developing knowledge and skills necessary for nursing care management of mental health needs of clients and their families in structured health care settings. Focus is on the application of the nursing process in establishing and maintaining nurse-client relationships. A planned clinical practicum in selected mental health care settings will provide the opportunity for students to exercise the roles of caregiver, teacher/counselor, and client advocate. Students will begin to assume the role of collaborator as it relates to the interdisciplinary mental health team approach. Prerequisite: Admission to Upper Division.
  • 12.00 Credits

    This course builds upon concepts, principles, and skills presented in NUR 3102. Emphasis is on utilizing the nursing process in meeting the needs of adult clients with complex health alterations in: oxygenation of body cells, fluid and electrolyte balance, digestive and metabolic functions, neurosensory perceptual functions, mobility and coordination, cellular growth and integrity, and sexual and reproductive functions. Nursing roles assume a greater dimension as students gain experiences through observation and caring for clients at more critical levels of the continuum. Prerequisites: junior level courses or by special permission.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to explore historical and current issues of the nursing profession. Students are given opportunities to synthesize previously learned nursing concepts and to evaluate trends and issues related to managerial leadership. Analytical views of selected contemporary ethical, moral, legal and political issues are explored. Emphasis is on the relationship of the outcomes of client care and the concepts of leadership and organization, nursing roles and practice standards. Concepts of leadership, change, research and professional ethics relevant to the standard of nursing practice will be discussed. Prerequisites: All junior-level nursing courses or by special permission.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course provides nursing majors the opportunity to analyze nursing problems and to develop mastery of the knowledge and skills used in implementing the nursing process. Emphasis is on critical thinking and decision-making in resolving contemporary nursing problems. Prerequisites: All junior-level nursing courses or by special permission.
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