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3.00 Credits
This course studies the human organism's requirements for organic and inorganic nutrients, the biochemical processes underlying their utilization and the considerations of specific nutritional problems. This course is three lecture hours. Prerequisites: CHE 112 or BIO 101102 or BIO 107/108 or permission of the instructor; Offered in the fall and spring semesters.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on health issues unique to women. Current approaches and research are discussed in the light of emotional and sociological needs of this group. The responsibility of women for self-examination and monitoring of their health and the impact of being a woman in today's world are stressed. The role of the professional nurse as a health care provider, advocate and health teacher in collaboration with other members of the health care team (social workers, teachers, etc.) will be explored. Open to all students.
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on developing cultural awareness in individuals who practice in the healthrelated professions. Ethnocentrism, ethnic practices, cultural diversity, workplace cultural behavior and intercultural problems as they relate to health care are presented.
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3.00 Credits
This course will focus on preparing health care workers to provide holistic care to persons living with HIV/AIDS, their families and significant others, in community or institutional settings. By increasing the student's knowledge and awareness of the complex related epidemiological, pathological, social and political issues, students will be challenged to an increased awareness of their own values and beliefs that could interfere with giving optimal care to this population. Perspectives of persons living with the illness, health needs of persons living with HIV/AIDS and appropriate nursing interventions will be discussed. Open to all students.
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4.00 Credits
This course focuses on the role of the professional nurse as a direct care provider in terms of assessing the health status of individuals across the life span. Strong emphasis is placed on the development of interviewing skills to elicit a health history and on the development of skill in the use of physical assessment techniques, namely inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation. The process of analyzing assessment findings to identify the health needs of individuals in relation to health promotion is described. The focus is on developing basic skills of assessing health status and guiding the health practices of individuals from socially and culturally diverse backgrounds and who can assume self-responsibility and be a partner in their own care. Students are introduced to the role of consumer of research as it applies to health assessment and health promotion. Prerequisites: BIO 107/107L, BIO 108/108L, CHE 114, 114L and NUR 100; Prerequisite or corequisite : BIO 307 and NUR 230L (for nursing majors only); Offered in the spring semester.
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students will assess the health status and needs of individuals from socially and culturally diverse backgrounds across the life span. Students will perform health assessments that emphasize the use of interviewing skills to elicit health histories and the use of inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation to perform physical examinations. Health assessment findings will be analyzed by the students to identify the health needs of the individuals assessed and plans will be developed to guide health promoting activities. Corequisite: NUR 230; Offered in the spring semester.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed for the RN student and focuses on the role of the professional nurse as a direct care provider in terms of assessing the health status of individuals across the life span. Strong emphasis is placed on the refinement of interviewing skills and physical assessment techniques for the purpose of eliciting a detailed health history and complete physical examination. Students will focus on analyzing assessment findings in order to identify the health needs and problems of individuals from socially and culturally diverse backgrounds. Opportunities to practice health assessment and documentation skills will be provided in an on-campus laboratory setting. Open to nursing students only. Offered in the spring semester.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide students with a multidimensional overview of human sexuality and opportunity to clarify their own sexual value systems. Human sexuality will be considered from biological, cultural, psychosocial, developmental, behavioral and clinical perspectives. Prerequisite: Core course in psychology
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3.00 Credits
This is a course that introduces the student to formal research methodology. The course includes discussion of research designs, components of a research study and appropriate documentation of the research report. Emphasis is placed on problem identification, hypothesis formation, assumptions, limitations, sampling concepts, use of human subjects, methodology, statistical selections and conclusions. Concepts are illustrated with current nursing research studies. Prerequisite or corequisite: MAT 123 or equivalent; Offered both semesters.
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9.00 Credits
The focus of this course is on health promotion, maintenance and restoration of individuals and families, particularly the underserved, responding to childbearing, childrearing, children's health, the older adult and selected women's health problems. The content relates to complex nursing activities, in hospital and outpatient settings, for health needs and problems of individuals and families responding to childbearing, childrearing, the older adult, and selected women's health problems. The nursing role is that of direct care provider who recognizes the value of research findings when planning care in an interdisciplinary environment. The continued emphasis is on patient responsibility and empowerment and the nurse's sensitivity to diverse cultural values and the role of advocate. Included is an analysis of changes in the health care system and their effect on patients. Prerequisites: BIO 107/107L, BIO 108/108L, BIO 208/208L, CHE 114, 114L, BIO 307 and NUR 230/230L; Prerequisites or corequisites: NTR 325 and PSY 206, NUR 330L and NUR 333; Offered in the fall semester.
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