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  • 3.00 Credits

    3 cr. Didactic with 3 hours class/week. Sources, levels and strength of evidence for best practice are reviewed. Process for critiquing evidence is discussed. Methods and tools for implementation of evidence-based practice to achieve optimal patient outcomes are examined. Relationship of health care policy to evidence-based practice is discussed. Prerequisites: NR 216, NR 225, NR 300 (or concurrent) for students enrolled in the RN to BSN track.
  • 7.00 Credits

    Didactic, clinical with 5 hours class/week and 90 hours clinical/semester. Study of health alterations of the adult through the lifespan. Application of critical thinking and the nursing process in the care of adults with short-term acute and/or chronic health alterations. Interrelationships of body systems and pathophysiology are emphasized, as well as interrelationships with other complex adaptive systems. Application of strategies for health promotion, maintenance and restoration of the adult. Prerequisites: NR 216, NR 225, NR 310 (or concurrent) for students enrolled in the BSN Pre-Licensure track.
  • 4.00 Credits

    4 cr. Didactic, clinical with 3 hours class/week and 45 hours clinical/semester. Focus is on promotion and maintenance of mental health and care of individuals, and groups experiencing mental health alterations. Emphasis is placed on vulnerable populations and the context in which mental health alterations occur. Health care policy implications of mental health issues are discussed. Service-learning opportunities are provided with vulnerable populations experiencing or at high risk for mental health alterations. Prerequisites: NR 310, NR 320.
  • 6.00 Credits

    6 cr. Didactic, clinical with 4 hours/week class, one hour lab/week and 90 hours/semester clinical. Family assessment and diversity of family styles. Issues related to providing health care services for vulnerable family populations are compared with issues related to healthy families. Strategies to minimize health risk and to promote health and well being of the family are discussed. Care of parents, including pregnancy, and children from newborn through adolescence are presented in the context of a childrearing family as a complex adaptive system. Service learning opportunities are provided with vulnerable family populations. Prerequisites: NR 310, NR 320.
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 cr. Didactic with 3 hours of class/week. Analyses of economic, legal and social factors impacting health care policies. Discussion of relationship between emerging social issues/trends and health care disparities. Discussion of social justice and equity in access and delivery of health care services. Opportunities are provided to participate in political processes impacting nursing and health care policy. Prerequisites: NR 330, NR 340 for students enrolled in the BSN Pre-Licensure track. NR 300 (or concurrent) for students in the RN to BSN track. Open to non-nursing majors with permission of instructor.
  • 5.00 Credits

    Didactic, clinical with 3 hours class/week and 90 hours clinical/semester. Introduces concepts and strategies to promote culturally sensitive care for communities and populations. Diversity and culture are examined in relation to social systems and patterns of interconnected relationships. Epidemiological concepts are integrated throughout. Examines the role of the nurse in caring for communities/populations. Emergency preparedness and bioterrorism are introduced. Collaboration and coordination with community members and agencies is emphasized. Fulfills General Education Cross-Cultural requirement. Prerequisites: NR 330, NR 340, NR 410 (or concurrent) for students enrolled in the BSN Pre- Licensure tract. NR 300 (or concurrent) for students enrolled in the RN to BSN track.
  • 5.00 Credits

    5 cr. Didactic, clinical with 3 class hours/week and 90 hours clinical/semester. Application of critical thinking and use of the nursing process with adults/families experiencing complex, multisystem health alterations. Role of technology in the assessment and management of acutely ill adults is discussed. Prerequisites: NR 330, NR 340.
  • 3.00 Credits

    3 cr. Didactic with 3 hours class/week. Analyses of economic, legal, historical and social issues affecting the practice of nursing and health care within complex adaptive systems. Discussion of the role of the nurse as a provider of care, a designer/manager/ coordinator of care and a member of the profession. Examines scope and standards for the nursing profession and ethical issues related to the practice of nursing. Emerging trends in practice, education and delivery of care are discussed. Law regulating the practice of nursing is reviewed. Prerequisites: Open to students enrolled in the BSN Pre-Licensure track only; NR 330, NR 340.
  • 3.00 Credits

    3cr. Didactic, Clinical/Service Learning with 2 class hours/week and 45 clinical/service learning hours/semester. Study of theories of aging and systems impacting older adults. Literature and art are used as a medium to examine issues related to aging. Discussion of end-of-life concepts and theories. Examines responses of the older adult in health and illness from an interdisciplinary perspective. Prerequisites: NR 330 and NR 340 for students enrolled in the BSN Pre-Licensure track; NR 300 (or concurrent) for students enrolled in the RN to BSN track; permission of instructor and PY 251 for nonnursing majors. Junior or senior status is required.
  • 5.00 Credits

    5 cr. Didactic, clinical with 3 hours class/week and 90 hours clinical/semester. Exploration of leadership and management theories/ concepts applied to the role of the nurse as a leader, manager and coordinator of care. Examines concepts and theories related to negotiation, conflict management, and delegation. Legal implications of documentation and delegation are emphasized. Strategies to improve cost, safety and quality of care, based on evidence-based practice, are applied within complex adaptive health care systems. Prerequisites: NR 430 for students enrolled in the BSN Pre-Licensure track. NR 300 (or concurrent) for students enrolled in the RN to BSN track. Corequisite: NR 461 for students enrolled in the BSN Pre-Licensure track.
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