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  • 4.00 Credits

    This course is designed to give the student a basic understanding of healthcare policy in the United States.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Students will learn to recognize differences in health systems of the Americas Region, European Region, Middle East and Africa Region, and the Asian and Pacific Regions of the world. The strengths and weaknesses of these various national health systems will be identified, evaluated, and discussed. Students will be able to better assess the U.S. health system by putting it into a broader perspective after completing this class.
  • 2.00 Credits

    This clinical course is designed to explore the role of the professional nurse in the care of the hospitalized adults with specific medical/surgical conditions. The students will apply critical thinking skills and utilize the nursing process to provide care that addresses the needs of care of individuals to promote and restore physiological and psychosocial function. This encompasses individual and family teaching and planning across the continuum of care. The student will use knowledge gained in previous and concurrent courses and continues to build a professional knowledge base using evidence and analytical decision-making.
  • 2.00 Credits

    This clinical course is designed to expand the role of the professional nurse in the care of the complex hospitalized adults with specific medical/surgical conditions. The students will utilize critical thinking skills and the nursing process to provide care that addresses the needs of care of individuals to promote and restore physiological and psychosocial function. This encompasses individual and family teaching and planning across the continuum of care. The student will use knowledge gained in previous and concurrent courses and continues to build a professional knowledge base using evidence and analytical decision-making.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course will provide students with a broad overview of human diseases and disorders. Common disease and disorder mechanisms will be discussed first. These general concepts will be further investigated later in the course through the study of common pathologies of various organ systems. Case studies will be employed throughout the course to provide students with real-world application of concepts learned.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the applications of pharmacology and the concept of pharmacotherapeutics. At the completion of the course, students will have an understanding of the major pharmacotherapeutic agents as they relate to the nursing process and diseases/disorders.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to assist the student in caring for women and families. This course covers the application of the nursing process with this population where there will be a focus on the childbearing phase of development. This includes the assessment of health needs related to normal and abnormal prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum physiological changes and psychosocial needs. There will be a focus on pediatric health and illness from infancy to adolescence. An emphasis is placed on growth and development, health promotion, evidencebased practice, cultural variation and communication with children and families in the hospital and community settings.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This is an integrated course that allows the student to understand population health as well as focus on behavioral issues. Students will focus on the dynamics of the client with behavioral issues within the larger population and the special needs associated with these clients. The student will employ a biopsychosocial approach to care. The student will also work with interprofessional groups on general population health and healthy communities and focus on assessing needs and promoting health of vulnerable individuals, groups, and communities. Family and community assessments will be performed utilizing public health concepts and principles.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Students are exposed to the use of evidence in daily nursing practice. Re- search and performance improvement activities are learned. Students identify a problem statement and search the literature for supporting evidence. Basic data analysis skills are developed with the emphasis on the review and critique of published research with consideration of the application of research finding in the healthcare.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Students are exposed to effective leadership and management skills both within the health care profession as well as the community at large. Although bioeth- ics is emphasized in each individual course, organizational ethics are presented to the student where the impact of legal, social, political and economic forces impact the profession of nursing, the healthcare systems and society as a whole.
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