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  • N 260: Health Assessment- Individual, Family, And Community

    3.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. BI 231; BSC 215; CH 113; CM 156Q; CM 212; N 250; BI 251 and SSC 101 completed or concurrent; for transfer students, IN 130 - In this course, the student begins to learn care provider and related nursing roles. She develops the basic skills needed to conduct a comprehensive assessment to measure the health of individuals, families, and communities and to develop a plan of care to facilitate health promotion and disease prevention. The course requires independent practice of physical assessment procedures.
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  • N 265: Nutrition For Wellness

    3.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. N 260 completed or concurrent; for transfer students, IN 130 - Biologic and social research increasingly focuses on the importance of nutrition in promoting health and reducing disease throughout the world. In this course, the student uses knowledge from nutrition science to positively affect the health status of others and herself. She analyzes and evaluates the relevance of consumer information in influencing dietary prac- tices. Since the sources and distribution of food affect the global economy, the student incorporates that knowledge to make decisions regarding the equitable distribution of food supplies.
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  • N 300: Series: Nursing Elective

    2.00 - 3.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    - This series of elective courses provides students with opportunities to explore new and emerging trends and issues within nursing. N 391 and N 395 are two courses in the series.
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  • N 350: Pharmacology And Nursing Practice

    2.00 - 3.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. N 260; BI 338 and N 355 completed or concurrent - The student develops comprehensive knowledge of the classifications, uses, effects, and nursing implications of various prescription, over-the-counter, and complementary pharmacologic agents. She explores technologic advances in administering medication. She also evaluates the implications of using the Internet and other technology as sources of pharmacologic information. The student applies principles of ethnopharmacology to consider the effect of various pharmacologic agents on diverse populations.
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  • N 355: Nursing Clinical Skills And Procedures

    1.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. BI 231; BI 251; BI 338 completed or concurrent; CLD 101 or SSC 101; CM 156Q; N 260; N 265; Valuing Level 3 completed or concurrent; Developing a Global Perspective Level 3; Effective Citizenship Level 3; AC 301 concurrent - The student learns critical-thinking skills for use in clinical decision making. She also learns clinical and procedural skills through the use of independent learning modules, classroom experiences, and practice and demonstration in the Clinical Nursing Resource Center. This course requires independent practice of identified clinical and procedural skills.
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  • N 360: Nursing Theory of Healthy Populations

    3.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. All 100- and 200-level courses, except BSC 257; CM 156Q; BI 338 and N 355 completed or concurrent - The student explores the numerous meanings of health, healthy behavior, health promotion, risk reduction, and disease prevention. She studies models used in nursing healthy populations (individuals, families, communities, and systems). The student evaluates how social policy and politics influence health policy and how these processes effect change within multiple environments. She also considers a variety of cross-cultural issues to help her respond effectively to disparities in the provision of health care.
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  • N 365: Nursing Practice With Healthy Populations

    3.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. N 350 and N 355 completed or concurrent; concurrent with N 360 or within one semester of completion - In this course, the student applies numerous theories and frameworks to provide nursing care to promote the health of various populations in multiple environments. Clinical practice occurs with a variety of age groups in community-based agencies such as clinics, daycare centers, schools, correctional facilities, churches, work sites, homeless shelters, or meal sites. The student learns nursing roles as she implements initial health promotion, risk reduction, and disease prevention strategies.
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  • N 370: Nursing Theory of Acutely And Chronically Ill Populations

    3.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. AC 301; BI 338; N 350; N 355; N 360; N 365; PSY 250; BSC 257 completed or concurrent - The student explores the various meanings that people ascribe to acute and chronic illness and disease and factors that influence those meanings, examines the differences between sick and chronic role theory, applies illness trajectory frameworks, and studies disease management strategies used by nurses to assist individuals and families to move toward a higher level of wellness. She applies cultural competence frameworks to understand how various cultures view and adapt to illness and disease.
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  • N 375: Nursing Practice With Acutely And Chronically Ill Populations

    3.00 - 4.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. N 360; N 365; concurrent with N 370 or within one semester of completion - In this course, the student integrates multiple theories, frameworks, and research findings to provide clinically competent and compassionate nursing care for a variety of individuals and families, from birth to death and across multiple cultures, to maximize quality of life, promote optimum functioning through a course of illness, and, should the need arise, assist with a peaceful death. She explores care-provider roles to set direction for future professional nursing practice. Environments for clinical practice may include various community-based and specialty acute-care units, rehabilitation facilities, or long-term care agencies.
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  • N 384: Nursing Care of Women Across Life

    2.00 Credits
    Alverno College

    Prereq. N 350; N 355; N 360; N 365 - The foci of this course are the health concerns of women-from adolescence through senescence-and the identification of nursing skills in women's health care. A primary emphasis is the physiological and psychological nature of women's problems and the nurse'spreparation to provide effective nursing care. Because women's health care is often dictated by social, economic, and political forces, the nurse must identify the problems and plan solutions to these problems to ensure the quality of nursing care provided.
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