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Course Criteria
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2.00 Credits
This course will prepare students to gain the knowledge and experiential learner competencies necessary to gather and perform general and focused health assessments and a comprehensive adult health history. Interview techniques, normal findings, and differentiating abnormal findings are introduced. Students will be prepared to recognize, without bias, and respect the diversity of others in health assessments, including but not limited to a person's race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, social class, physical ability or disability, religion, and ethical value systems. Students can practice assessment skills weekly during open Nursing Lab days.
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5.00 Credits
This is the first course in a three-part series focusing on the nursing care of adults with common acute and chronic disease processes. Emphasis is on general medical and surgical conditions diagnosed in the adult population. The pathology and nursing care of adults having alterations to fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance, diabetes, and respiratory, perioperative, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and urinary systems are included. This course is the first of four adult health courses in the program and builds on the foundations of the nursing metaparadigm, the four spheres of care, and the nursing process. Students will apply knowledge from the nursing profession and practice in caring for common disease processes with adults in an acute care setting. Theories of nursing care are applied to foster understanding of the care and adaptive responses of adults.
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3.00 Credits
In this course, students will learn communication practices to care for persons, families, and communities with common adaptations to psychiatric and mental health wellness. Mental health nursing, also called psychiatric-mental health nursing, advocates for people, families, and communities with mental health problems, psychiatric disorders, and co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders. Nursing and psychiatric theories and evidence-based literature are introduced, specifically those that support mental health interventions carried out by nurses in inpatient, outpatient, and community care centers.
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1.00 Credits
Students will learn the principles of pharmacology, specific drug classifications, and nursing roles and responsibilities in medication administration. Emphasis is placed on pharmacotherapeutics, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics. This course aligns with medications commonly prescribed and administered by nurses in adult health and psychiatric and mental health nursing.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the professional community/public health nurse's role in exploring alterations in the health of individuals, families, aggregates, communities, and populations. Principles of leadership and management are applied to models for health management and population-focused practice. The achievement of the Triple Aim is explored through the delivery of primary care services. Basic concepts of epidemiology are presented and are applied to community health problems and national initiatives, including disaster-preparedness, culturally-competent care to diverse populations.
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3.00 Credits
This course will give students the opportunity to apply concepts and develop skills in instructional development, classroom and clinical teaching, and evaluation methods in an educator role within the student's area of specialization. Educa-tional strategies used in clinical settings with patients, families, staff nurses as well as strategies used in academic settings will be examined.
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3.00 Credits
This capstone course is focused on facilitating the transition from the role of student to the role of the professional nurse in the contemporary health care environment. Students are introduced to leadership and management concepts as they apply to professional practice in the healthcare setting. The role of the nurse related to social justice issues in the world will be discussed.
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2.00 Credits
This course provides students, under the supervision of a designated preceptor in a community/public health practice setting, the ability to apply theoretical, scientific, and humanistic principles as they work with aggregates in the community to implement interventions aimed at achieving positive health outcomes. Nursing care delivery systems in the community that promote health and prevent illness in population groups will be explored. Health promotion and management in primary care will be the primary focus for the clinical component.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
This is a variable credit course which allows the working Registered Nurse the opportunity to combine academic study with work experience to further explore leadership/management concepts. Credits for prior learning are dependent on number of hours to be completed, and assignments are adjusted accordingly.
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3.00 Credits
No course description available.
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