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3.00 Credits
Tulman; Pinto-Martin. Application of statistical methods to health care data. Descriptive statistics, including correlation and simple linear regression. Models that underlie inference will be examined, including laws of probability and probability distributions for dichotomous and continuous data. Confidence intervals for percentages and means and testing hypotheses using normal and chi square distributions.
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Walsh-Brennan. Prerequisite(s): NURS 104, 106, 131, 132. The four central themes of nursing (person, environment, health and nursing) will form the basis for an exploration of the health and illness related issues facing young and middle aged adults. A functional status conceptual framework encompassing a biopsychosocial approach to nursing practice will be used. The course will present a comprehensive overview of functional status impairments, developmental concerns, assessment parameters, common health problems, treatment modalities, nutritional interventions, nursing care strategies, resources and barriers to treatment, psychosocial needs as well as ethical and cultural considerations. Clinical application of content covered will occur in an acute care hospital setting. Students will care for young and middle aged adults recovering from illness and injury and participate in one observational experience which may include the operating room/post-anesthesia care unit, pain experience team, hemodialysis, transplant team, HIV outpatient experience or ostomy experience.
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3.00 Credits
Boullata. Prerequisite(s): NURS 40, (41 or 42), 131, 132. Essential concepts of pharmacology and pharmacodynamics are reviewed for the major drug classes. The biochemical and physiological effects of drugs are related to their therapeutic and toxicologic effects.
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3.00 Credits
Tulman; Lake. Prerequisite(s): NURS 230. Focus of the course is on critiquing and using clinical nursing research in practice. Experimental and non-experimental research designs, sampling procedures including human subjects considerations, data collection methods, and interpretation of results will be discussed in the context of research utilization.
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Zurakowski. Prerequisite(s): NURS 104, 106, 131, 132. This course is an overview that integrates selected theoretical information into research-based nursing care of the older adult. The overview includes principles of gerontological care; specialized ns; assessment of the older adult; effects of physiological aging changes on health and illness; psychosocial problems associated with aging, with special attention to family issues; pharmacological, nutritional, and ethical considerations; and the settings where older persons are the recipients of care. The clinical application takes place in an acute care setting and emphasizes transitional care for older adults across the health care continuum.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite(s): Permission of instructor and NURS 106. An opportunity to develop and implement an individual plan of study under faculty guidance.
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3.00 Credits
Guidera; Harner; Villari. Course content emphasizes theories of sexual development and factors influencing sexual behavior within the continuum of health and illness. Common sexual practices of people are studied within the context of lifestyle and situational life crises. Concepts of normal sexual function and dysfunction are examined. Contemporary sexual issues are explored.
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3.00 Credits
Compher. This course will examine obesity from scientific, cultural, psychological, and economic perspectives. The complex matrix of factors that contribute to obesity and established treatment options will be explored. This course satisfies the Society & Social Structures Sector for Nursing Class of 2012 and Beyond.
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3.00 Credits
Wall. Foundational Course for Minor in Multicultural/Global Health Care. This course is intended for students interested in U.S/Global Healthcare. It includes lectures, discussions, readings, and written assignments focused on various social, cultural, and economic factors that impact the health and illness perceptions and behaviors of various ethnic and minority groups. In particular, it focuses on how culture affects health and disease, and how health and disease affect culture. This course takes a critical approach to knowledge development by scrutinizing values, theories, assumptions, and practices cross culturally. It relies upon a range of interdisciplinary approaches to analyze how disease is diagnosed, treated, and experienced differently in various cultural contexts. At the same time, students will have the opportunity to examine and critique cultural assumptions and theories, the shifting nature of cultures, the situational use of cultural traditions, and the ethnocentrism of contemporary Western health care. Special attention is given to the influence of race, class, gender, religious, and spiritual ideas about health and illness.
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Chrzan. Prerequisite(s): Junior-year or higher; at least one background course in nutrition, anthropology, sociology or economics. A detailed consideration of the nature, consequences, and causes of hunger and under nutrition internationally. Approaches are explored to bringing about change, and to formulating and implementing policies and programs at international, national, and local levels, designed to alleviate hunger and under-nutrition.
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