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3.00 Credits
Prereq: Successful completion of two semesters of a nursing program, nursing license or permission of instructor. This course teaches students to perform a comprehensive health history and physical examination. This skill enhances students' ability and is central to effective interventions. The development of a holistic database reflecting an understanding of developmental, socio-cultural, environmental, sexual and family influences is emphasized. Further emphasis is on the development of communication skills that enhance data gathering techniques, health teaching and referral skills. Complete health examinations focus on the identification of normal patterns and functions of adults and children. Summer
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1.00 Credits
Prereq: Successful completion of two semesters of a nursing program and acceptance into an internship program at an area hospital. This elective clinical course provides learning opportunities to apply nursing theory with nursing practice. The focus is on gaining depth of understanding of the role of the registered nurse as well as strengthening nursing skills in the clinical setting. Students will be precepted by nurses in the practice setting and evaluated by nursing faculty. Summer
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2.00 Credits
Prereq: Grades of C or higher in NURS 1110 and NURS 1120. This elective clinical course provides opportunities for the nursing student to grow in confidence with clinical, critical thinking and communication skills in a healthcare setting. The student will provide patient care for 6 hours on two consecutive days over five weeks. The student will gain experience in all aspects of patient care and grow in the ability to apply nursing theory to practice. Students will be supervised by nursing faculty. Hours and clinical site to be determined.
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8.00 Credits
Prereq: Grades of C or higher in NURS 1120 or 1130. The third course focuses on individuals and their families across the lifespan who are experiencing acute and/or chronic alterations in health. Emphasis is place on growth and development, family assessment, and utilization and application of research. The delivery of care at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels and focused assessments in specialty populations is incorporated. Selected learning experiences are planned within laboratory, simulation, service-learning, and clinical settings for mental health, pediatric, obstetrics, and advanced medical-surgical populations. Lecture 5 hours, Independent Lab 2 hours, Clinical lab 7 hours per week and Service- Learning 9 hours per semester. Fall
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8.00 Credits
Prereq: NURS 2210 with a grade of C or higher; PSYC 1110; ENGC 1101. This final course is designed to assist the student with transition to the graduate professional nurse role. The course facilitates synthesis and application of nursing theory and evidence-based practice to complex health care situations. Utilization of principles of group functioning, the teaching-learning process, management, and leadership in providing care is incorporated. A capstone clinical experience is provided. Lecture 4 hours, Independent Lab 2 hours, Clinical lab 8 hours per week, and service-learning 9 hours a semester. Spring
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3.00 Credits
Recommended: Eligible for READ 1106 or above. A survey of philosophy from its beginnings to the present. Major systems of thought concerning the nature of reality, theories of knowledge and value systems. Includes important philosophical controversies. Fall, Spring, Summer MnTC Goal: 6
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3.00 Credits
Prereq: Eligible for READ 1106 or above. The discipline of evaluating and creating valid arguments. Emphasis is on contemporary formal deductive logic. Fall, Spring, Summer MnTC Goal: 4
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3.00 Credits
Recommended: Eligible for READ 1106 or above. The study of systematic attempts to answer moral questions; may include Aristotle's virtue ethics, Kant'sethics of duty, Mill's utilitarianism, libertarianism, socialism, feminist ethics and others. Moral questions to be discussed will be questions of contemporary concern. May include examination of topics in metaethics such as cultural relativism and moral epistemology. Fall Spring, Summer MnTC Goals: 6 & 9
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3.00 Credits
Recommended: Eligible for READ 1106 or above. The examination of attempts to understand our moral obligations toward nature. Investigation of environmental problems with consideration of philosophical, economic, cultural and religious factors. Topics will include conservation and preservation issues, theories of nature, animal rights, cost-benefit analysis of natural resources use, ecofeminism, deep ecology and land ethics. Fall, Spring MnTC Goals: 9 & 10
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3.00 Credits
Prereq: Eligible for READ 1106 or higher. Topics in the philosophy of religion and comparative study of major religious traditions. Philosophical topics may include the nature of religion and religious belief, explanations of the presence of religious institutions in human societies, faith and reason, comparison of religion with science, arguments for the existence of gods and puzzles about divine nature. Religious traditions to be studied may include Ancient Greek and Egyptian religions, Native American religions, Hinduism, Buddhism, Shinto, Taoism, Confucianism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Fall, Spring, Summer MnTC Goals: 6 & 8
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