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3.00 Credits
Factors influencing nutrient requirements from preconception to old age will be considered, including physiologic and biochemical alteration of the maternal and fetal organism during pregnancy, specific factors influencing growth and development, physiologic alterations with aging and the effect of diet in preventing degenerative changes. Special requirements imposed by work, emotional stress and environmental change will be discussed as well as regulation of food intake, pathogenesis of obesity, anorexia nervosa and other eating disorders. Prerequisite: NTSI 402
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3.00 Credits
This course will help students develop practical skills needed to become effective public health nutritionists and nutrition educators. Students will learn to assess nutrition status in the field and to access community resources, to develop plans and grant proposals, develop nutrition education plans and curricula and to evaluate these programs. The course will discuss current nutrition legislative issues in light of the history of government nutrition programs and the American food supply. Methods for stimulating consumer nutrition activism will be considered. Prerequisite: NTSI 401
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2.00 Credits
In this course, students will learn basic counseling skills and how to apply them to nutrition counseling situations. Several different counseling orientations will be considered, including behavior modification, cognitive therapy and family systems theory. Students engage in role playing to gain practice in these techniques. Prerequisite: NTSI 401
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2.00 Credits
This course explores methodological variables that affect the outcomes of systems for assessment of diet intake and nutrient data analysis using a variety of manual and computerbased tools . The relationships among dietary nutrient intake, absorption, and utilization with biochemical nutrient assessment markers are explored. Factors that mediate nutrient homeostasis and impact on nutrient biomarkers are identified. Students prepare a grant proposal in NIH format on a specific research project. They search the literature and write a concise background, define a research hypothesis, specify appropriate testing methodologies, predict probable results and discuss the significance of the project. Prerequisite: NTSI 401
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2.00 Credits
This course lays the foundation for professional practice by introducing theoretical concepts that provide the foundation for contemporary nursing. An in-depth presentation of the nursing process, especially as it relates to Transcultural Nursing and Global Heath is emphasized. Students learn about the American Health Care System and the role of the professional nurse as a member of the health care team. Students will be introduced to the concepts and principles related to communication, critical thinking teaching and learning.
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4.00 Credits
This course focuses on the assessment and the care of persons with minimal health variations. The student is introduced to the basic interpersonal and technical skills which form the foundation of safe nursing practice. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking and problem solving within the context of a multicultural client community. Topics include methods of data collection, the identification of risks to health, and the formulation and application of preventative interventions. Prerequisites: NURS 102, Biol 270. Corequisites: NURS 310.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the application to nursing of theoretical and clinical evidenced based outcomes derived from anthropology, sociology and other cross-cultural investigations. The development of a conceptual framework from which the nurse can approach the care of individuals, families, non-family groups, institutions and communities whose culture differs significantly from that of the care-givers is emphasized. Important broad dimensions of culture are explored in order to produce a fully holistic view of people. These dimensions include biophysical state, physical environment, language, religious or spiritual orientation, kinship patterns, material and nonmaterial cultural phenomena, politics, economics, law, and educational, technological and professional care practices. Prerequisites: NURS 102. Corequisites: NURS 301.
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3.00 Credits
This course emphasizes the principles of pharmacology that are pivotal to rational, safe and effective drug therapy for clients with potential or actual health problems. Emphasis is on the nursing management of patient care designed to prevent complications and to promote optimal well-being in the well or ill patient. Open only to nursing students. Prerequisite NURS 102. Pre/Corequisites: NURS 301, NURS 310
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4.00 Credits
This course focuses on the assessment and care of adults with acute health and mental health problems. Emphasis is placed on the role of the nurse as a member of the health care team in the planning, implementation and evaluation of client centered care. Attention is paid to the psychosocial aspects of disease within the context of a multicultural patient community. Nursing care skills relevant to specific methods of intervention are mastered. Prerequisites: NURS 102, NURS 301, NURS 310, NURS 315, Pre/Corequisites: NURS 360.
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3.00 Credits
This course expands and applies the principles developed in Transcultural Nursing I. The acute and mental health needs of adults and the interactions between the nurse and the adult client are explored. Students investigate the conflicts that arise among the variable expectations of adults within western society in general, within western health care institutions in particular and within non-western cultures. The course content is crucial in preparing the nursing student in the planning and the implementation of medical-surgical and mental health nursing care interventions within a multicultural context. It specifically investigates methods of accommodation and negotiation, of enculturation, and of behavioral restructuring of adults, their families and communities. Prerequisites: NURS 301, NURS 310, NURS 315Co- requisites: NURS 351
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