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  • NURS 508: Applied Pharmacology in Nursing Practice

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Boullata. Prerequisite(s): NURS 607. Principles of clinical pharmacology are applied to the nursing care of family members. Proper prescribing and monitoring procedures for the various drug regimens used to treat various disease states are reviewed. Problems inherent in self-medication, overuse and abuse of drugs are also considered.
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  • NURS 509: The Medically Fragile Child

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Barnsteiner; Howe. Summer Session II. This course is designed to assist prospective practitioners develop advanced skills in identifying the needs and interventions for medically fragile neonataes, children and their families.
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  • NURS 511: Loss,Grief and Bereavement

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Gillis-Donavan. Summer Session II. Loss, grief and bereavement are pervasive aspects of the human experience. The content of this course provides a basis both for personal development and professional growth. Through a series of seminars, key issues surrounding loss, death, dying, grief and bereavement will be examined.
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  • NURS 513: Obesity and Society

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Compher. Prerequisite(s): Undergraduates by permission of instructor. 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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  • NURS 515: Sociocultural Influences on Health

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Wall. 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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  • NURS 516: International Nutrition:Political Economy of World Hunger

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Chrzan. Graduate Students Only. 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. This course satisfies the Society & Social Structures Sector for Nursing Class of 2012 and Beyond.
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  • NURS 517: Advanced Nutrition and Metabolism

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Compher; Bloedon. Prerequisite(s): Nurs 54 or Nurs 112 (Students with extensive background in life sciences by permission of faculty). Essentials of nutritional biochemistry from the molecular level to the level of the whole human organism. Nutrient functions and inter-relationships are explored with attention to the association between nutrients and disease risk. Topics include energy metabolism and regulation of fat storage, new functions of vitamins and minerals, gene nutrient interactions and current research topics.
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  • NURS 518: Nursing, Health and Illness in the U

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Fairman; Wall. This courses uses nursing's history as a framework for analyzing gendered themes in health and health care. It considers the influence of gender on class based, ethnic, and racial ideas about health and illness; the development of health care institutions; the interplay between religion and science; the experiences of patients and providers; and the creation of voluntary and tax-supported health initiatives. This course satisfies the History & Traditions Sector for Nursing Class of 2012 and Beyond.
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  • NURS 521: Current Topics in Nutrition

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Compher; Bloedon; Berman-Levine. The objective of the course is to integrate the nutrition knowledge obtained from previous course work in nutrition and provide the student the opportunity to explore, analyze and formulate implications of the research and related literature on a self-selected topic under the guidance of the faculty coordinator. Current topics and controversies in nutrition will be discussed weekly. Readings will be assigned in coordination with each discussion topic and students will be required to seek out other sources of information to add to the class discussion. Topics will change from year to year to reflect the most recent interests and issues.
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  • NURS 525: Ethical Aspects of Health and Technology

    3.00 Credits
    University of Pennsylvania

    Ulrich. Interdisciplinary approach to the study of the interface between ethics and law in the provision of health and illness care. This course draws upon the disciplines of philosophy, law, biomedical engineering and nursing in examining such concepts as the use/nonuse of biomedical technology, who and how one decides what shall be done for a given "patient," and the "rights" and responsibilities (accountability) of all persons involved in health/illness care decisions. The interplay of ethical theory, personal value systems, law and technology will be stressed throughout. Lectures, seminars and case studies will be used. This course satisfies the Society & Social Structures Sector for Nursing Class of 2012 and Beyond.
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