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3.00 Credits
Magro; Lynn. 12-Week Summer Session. This course explores the various routes of anesthetic administration addressing the potential benefits and risk of each. Special emphasis is placed on the monitoring of patients during the intra-operative phase. The responses to the common complications that occur during the intra-operative phase are discussed utilizing a case study approach.
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3.00 Credits
Magro; Lynn. Prerequisite(s): NURS 617. This course explores the indications, contraindications and considerations regarding the administration of regional, epidural and spinal anesthesia. Anatomical and physiological considerations regarding the administration, monitoring and reversing of anesthetic agents are reviewed. Common side effects and adverse effects are discussed and the effective treatments of each are explained. Factors leading to substance abuse are identified and discussed. Opportunities to practice spinal needle placement and administration of anesthetics are provided in the simulation laboratory.
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3.00 Credits
Magro; Lynn; Winner. Prerequisite(s): NURS 618. 12-Week Summer Session. This course explores the special considerations of pediatric, obstetric, and geriatric patients undergoing anesthesia. The pre-anesthesia assessment of these patients is discussed with particular emphasis on the commonly occurring complications and how to anticipate and manage them. Monitoring for anesthetic effect, hemodynamic effect and potential adverse reactions is reviewed using a case study approach
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3.00 Credits
Magro; Lynn. Prerequisite(s): NURS 619. This course provides a systems approach to examining specialty surgical procedures and the anesthesia requirements for each. Analysis of the pre-anesthesia assessment, the intraoperative monitoring and the post-anesthesia care required for patients undergoing the surgical procedure will be presented. Population specific considerations will be emphasized.
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3.00 Credits
Magro; Lynn. Prerequisite(s): NURS 620. This course provides a systems approach to examining specialty surgical procedures and the anesthesia requirements for each. Analysis of the pre-anesthesia assessment, the intraoperative monitoring and the post-anesthesia care required for patients undergoing the surgical procedure will be presented. Population specific considerations will be emphasized.
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3.00 Credits
Hanrahan; Tkacs. The conceptual and practice application of brain-behavior relationships for individuals with mental health and psychiatric conditions is developed in this course. Students learn interview and differential diagnostic skills to screen for neuropsychological etiologies of mental disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorders, mood disorders and anxiety disorders. The course reviews specific theories of etiology and diagnostic classifications found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-Fourth Edition- Text Revision (DSM IV- TR). Students develop the ability to make critical decisions as they learn finer points of differential diagnosing of mental disorders using a case based method of learning, allowing students to focus on specific populations such as aged, adults, adolescents, an children.
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3.00 Credits
Coleman, C. Prerequisite(s): NURS 622. Crisis intervention, brief psycho-therapy, group processes and practices, milieu therapy, and intervention with families are examined as they relate to nursing practice in mental health.
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3.00 Credits
Gillis-Donovan. Summer Session I. This course presents Bowen Family Systems Theory as it applies to families over the life and organizations over time. This is a theoretical course whose purpose is to provide the student with a broad, systemic perspective on human functioning. The course begins with a detailed presentation of Systems Theory, from both a family and organizational perspective. As presented there is a continual compare and contrast to other dominant theories of human functioning. It then applies the concepts of Systems Theory to the understanding and assessment of the stages of the normal family life cycle from a multi-generational, multi-cultural perspective. This is followed by discussions of the theory's application to the emotional problems of children, adolescents, adults and their families. Likewise, application to organizational behavior is made, including health care organizations. Relevant research is discussed throughout.
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3.00 Credits
Evans; Kurlowicz. An examination of the psycho-socio-cultural processes which influence the behavior patterns, coping, and adaptation of older adults. The course emphasizes strategies to promote mental health as well as assessment, presentation, and intervention in the major acute and chronic psychiatric disorders affecting the older adult.
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3.00 Credits
Tulman; Ratcliffe. Permission from Department Required. The relationship between statistical methodology and interpretation will be examined. Understanding the uses of basic statistical methods, how to perform them in SPSS, and how to interpret the results will be the focus of this course. Published nursing research will be evaluated for statistical merit in order to build critical statistical thinking.
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