|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Course Criteria
Add courses to your favorites to save, share, and find your best transfer school.
-
1.50 - 2.50 Credits
Designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills required to gather information through health history and assessments about an individual's bio-psycho-social-spiritual needs. Included are those theories, concepts, and processes related to interviewing to obtain a health history, and for performing a physical examination on adults. Relevant content from developmental theories (particularly aging), health beliefs, cultural concepts, and nutritional beliefs and practices are included which infl uence health assessments. Learning experiences are included that provide for the acquisition of health assessment skills. Prerequisites: Eligibility to enroll is determined by the Nursing Admissions Committee. Completion of 45 semester hours of courses applicable to the nursing degree including A&P I and II , and completion of NURS 2310 (or concurrent enrollment). Non-nursing majors must have junior standing (including A&P I and II) with approval of instructor. Lab fee.
-
0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Designed to provide students with additional concepts related to adaptation, including health promotion and maintenance, sociocultural infl uences on the individual, and on family functioning, family theories, and professional values. Included in the course is an emphasis on health services available to women, infants, and children through federal and state fi nanced health and welfare programs. Also included are concepts related to assertive communication and professional values used in ethical decision making. An emphasis is placed on health teaching, discharge, and referral process. The nursing role in administering and monitoring commonly used groups of pharmacologic agents is also included. Prerequisites: NURS 2310, 3312, 3610, and 3611. Concurrent enrollment in NURS 3612 and 3614 is usual.
-
3.00 - 9.00 Credits
A clinical nursing course designed to acquaint students with concepts and processes of nursing in providing care to adults with adaptive bio-psycho-social-spiritual needs related to hygiene, comfort, safety, activity-exercise (mobility), oxygenation, nutrition-metabolic, ingestion-digestion, alterations in reproduction, auditory and visual dysfunctions, and alterations in elimination. Included in this course are related pharmacologic and nutritional nursing interventions as well as application of nursing health assessment concepts and skills. Concepts emphasized are restoration, maintenance, and rehabilitation of adults with selected health needs presented in this course. Students are provided with learning opportunities to develop nursing roles and skills based on professional values and standards that are appropriate to meeting adult client needs. Prerequisites: All non-nursing courses listed under Admission to the Program and NURS 2310. Concurrent enrollment in NURS 3312 and 3611 is usual. Lab fee.
-
3.00 - 9.00 Credits
A clinical nursing course designed to acquaint students with concepts and processes of nursing in providing care to adults with adaptive biopsycho- social-spiritual needs related to fl uids and electrolytes, pharmacologic and surgical interventions, alterations in regulation, cellular proliferation, grief, dying, and death. Included in this course are related pharmacologic and nutritional nursing interventions. Concepts emphasized are restoration, maintenance, and rehabilitation of adults with selected health needs presented in this course. Students are provided with learning opportunities to develop nursing roles and skills based on professional values and standards that are appropriate to meeting adult client needs. Prerequisites: All non-nursing courses listed under Admission to the Program and NURS 2310. Concurrent enrollment in NURS 3312 and 3610 is usual. Lab fee.
-
3.00 - 9.00 Credits
A clinical nursing course designed to provide students with concepts and processes in nursing that are related to the client/family adaptive needs during the childbearing years. Emphasized are the bio-psycho-social-spiritual needs of parents/ fetus-neonate in both normal and high risk conditions. Included are concepts related to antepartal, intrapartal, and postpartal periods. Pharmacologic and nutritional concepts related to these clients are included. Students are provided with learning experiences to develop nursing roles and skills based on professional values and standards that are appropriate to meeting maternal and neonatal client needs. Prerequisites: NURS 2310, 3312, 3610, and 3611. Concurrent enrollment in NURS 3313 and 3614 is usual. Lab fee.
-
3.00 - 9.00 Credits
A clinical nursing course designed to provide students with concepts and processes in nursing that are related to the client/family adaptive needs during the childrearing years. Emphasized are the bio-psycho-social-spiritual needs of family and child in each developmental stage. Pharmacologic and nutritional needs unique to children are included. Also included are medical and surgical alterations common to children. Students are provided with learning experiences to develop nursing roles and skills based on professional values and standards appropriate to meeting child client needs. Prerequisites: NURS 2310, 3312, 3610, and 3611. Concurrent enrollment in NURS 3313 and 3612 is usual. Lab fee.
-
3.00 Credits
Supervised study of nursing problems in specialized areas based on individual needs. Prerequisites: Junior (second semester) and permission of the Dean.
-
3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Consent of instructor and faculty advisor.
-
0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Designed to acquaint students with the research process in nursing. Emphasized are basic research concepts such as problem identifi cation, methodologies, designs, data presentation and analysis, interpretations, and conclusions. Also considered are the ethical and legal implications of conducting research. Emphasis is given to the critique of research studies to determine their validity and adequacy. Prerequisites: NURS 2310, 3312, 3313, 3610, 3611, 3612, and 3614; plus the statistics course. Concurrent enrollment in NURS 4610 and 4614 is usual.
-
2.50 - 3.00 Credits
Designed to provide students with learning opportunities related to the individual practitioner, regulatory processes, juris-prudence, political processes, ethics and professional values. Emphasis is given to the Texas Nursing Practice Act. Issues/trends related to professionalism and practice may vary depending on current concerns. A required lab is associated with this course for review/preparation for taking the HESI EXIT exam and the NCLEX-RN licensing exam. Prerequisites: NURS 2310, 3312, 3313, 3610, 3611, 3612, 3614, 4312, 4610, and 4614. Concurrent enrollment in 4616 and 4618 is usual. Lab fee.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Privacy Statement
|
Terms of Use
|
Institutional Membership Information
|
About AcademyOne
Copyright 2006 - 2025 AcademyOne, Inc.
|
|
|