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  • 5.00 Credits

    Prerequisites: NRSG 363, 385; PSYC 215 Provides an opportunity to develop awareness of the needs of children and their families at various stages of development. The nursing process is utilized in providing nursing care. Students learn nursing interventions that promote wellness and prevent illness, as well as caring for the ill child and family. The concept of wholeness is considered as it relates to the child and family. Clinical experience is obtained in hospital and community settings. Average of three class hours and six clinical hours per week. Fall semester.
  • 5.00 Credits

    Prerequisites: NRSG 363, 387; PSYC 105, 215; SOCI 105 Studies thoughts, emotions and behavior, the application of mental health principles and current developments in the mental health field. Students use the nursing process in the psychiatric setting. Clinical experiences provide the students opportunity to develop therapeutic nurse-patient relationships while working with clients experiencing psychosocial stressors. Focus is on the promotion and maintenance of mental health, so that wholeness is facilitated and movement toward optimal health is achieved. Average of three class and six clinical hours per week. Fall semester.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: Level IV status Corequisites: NRSG 423, 435 Examines the purpose and functions of management, leadership and current organizational styles. Emphasizes understanding human behavior as the basis of management effectiveness. Using critical thinking and decision making, students apply principles of management and leadership to promote high levels of wellness for patients in relation to changing societal and health need sand facilitate the actions of others in the delivery of healthcare. Average of two class and three clinical hours per week. Completion of the clinical component in this course depends on the successful progression in NRSG 423. Fall semester.
  • 5.00 Credits

    Prerequisites: NRSG 435; 423 or permission of instructor Builds upon the previous nursing courses to develop a systematic approach to caring for the client with multiple stressors affecting many systems. Students apply the nursing process to facilitate removal or modification of stressors for persons primarily in the acute care and partially in the community settings. Students address both the critically ill adult with complex problems of body systems as well as legal, ethical and psychosocial aspects of nursing the critically ill adult. Average of three class hours and six clinical hours per week. Spring semester.
  • 5.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: Last semester of nursing program Focuses on nursing knowledge and skill needed in providing for health care of the community. Student are able to provide care to a variety of individuals, families and groups in the community who are at various positions on the age and health continuum. The focus of care is promotion of health with consideration for all dimensions of wholeness. Students apply the nursing process in the clinical setting and develop awareness and experience with community resources appropriate for community clients. Average of three class hours and six clinical hours per week. Spring semester.
  • 1.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: Last semester of nursing program Focuses on issues which will confront new graduates in the workplace. Discusses licensure, resumes and interviewing, ethical decision making, collective bargaining and legal concerns. Also explores career options and further professional development of nurses. One class hour per week. Spring semester.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Prerequisite: Level III or IV status or permission of the instructor An elective course that explores the concepts and principles of disaster preparedness and management. Covers natural and man-made disasters and acts of terrorism including conventional, biological, chemical, nuclear and radiological mass casualty events. Students explore the roles of the local, state and federal Departments of Health & Human Services, FEMA, CDC and the Department of Homeland Security during disasters and mass casualty events. This course is open to students of any major. Fall semester.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prerequisites: Last semester of nursing program Applies nursing knowledge in a clinical setting of the students' choice, bridging the gap between theory and practice at an entry level position. Preparation for the experience includes analysis of health care delivery systems and roles the students will fill within the system. Joint planning between the student, instructor, preceptor and agency determines the students' activities and experiences. This individualized program is the capstone course for Union College nursing students. No previous experience is accepted for credit. Spring semester.
  • 3.00 Credits

    An overview of the principles of nutrition. Students examine personal eating behaviors and nutritional adequacy of their diet in comparison to current recommendations. Basic nutrient functions are emphasized within the context of normal physiological processes. Relationships between nutrition and health of individuals and groups throughout the life cycle are examined, including special nutritional needs and dietary modifications. Chemistry and anatomy and physiology strongly suggested, though not required. Fall semester.
  • 2.00 Credits

    Focuses on basic research concepts and methodology involved in health care research. Students learn to evaluate or critique research literature for application of findings to clinical practice. Experience is gained in identifying researchable health care problems. Summer.
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