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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
1 hour Prerequisite: Restricted to Registered Nurses only This course is designed to assist the registered nurse student through the transition between basic nursing preparation and a more advanced level of nursing practice. Focus is on concepts and issues related to the professional nurse, the nature and scope of professional nursing and selected theoretical models for nursing practice.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours Communication Prerequisite: Restricted to Registered Nurses only It is essential that professional nurses have communication skills that are effective in promoting optimal interaction with others in a variety of situations. This course focuses on developing expert communications skills when communicating with other health care providers and patients and when communicating professional information through writing and speaking.
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4.00 Credits
4 hours Family II (2 hours lecture; 6 hours clinical) Prerequisites: PSYC 210, NURS 210, 215 and 221 This course provides a comprehensive overview of child health problems from infancy to adolescence. Discussion of political, economic, social, religious and health care influences on child rearing families will be included. Study of the needs of the ill child and the hospitalized child and the resulting affects on the child's family will be emphasized through theory and practice. Lab fee.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours (2 hours lecture; 3 hours clinical) Prerequisite: NURS 301 or concurrent enrollment The student utilizes the nursing process while gaining an understanding of the delivery of health care in a culture outside the United States or a subculture within the United States. The experience provides the student with an opportunity to examine personal values and beliefs as they are related to health practices of people from other cultures. It provides opportunity to experience the stress resulting from linguistic differences and the adaptation required to adjust professional and personal practices to a different cultural environment. Issues and view of health and illness are included in the student's analysis of the relationship between cultural considerations and personal and health behavior. Students develop and practice communication skills and caring as a ministry with individual and family members of another culture.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours (1 hour lecture; 6 hours clinical) Prerequisites: NURS 301, 302, 352, 353 and recommendation of faculty This elective course focuses on the nursing process in the care of adults and children with multiple and complex nursing problems. Secondary and tertiary health care settings will be utilized. Students will be given the opportunity to select an area of concentration and to be associated with preceptors of experience in the field of choice. The course will include 15 hours of classroom time and 90 hours of clinical experience. The clinical experience will be guided by a learning contract, the preceptor and the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours (2 hours lecture; 3 hours clinical) Prerequisite: NURS 301 or concurrent enrollment This course focuses on care of individuals and families in crisis. Theories of adaptation as well as situational and maturational crisis will be discussed and applied through use of the nursing process. Students have opportunities for communication and client teaching in a variety of crisis situations. Secondary and tertiary health centers as well as community support agencies will be utilized as clinical settings.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours (2 hours lecture; 3 hours clinical) Prerequisite: Completion of one clinical course This course will focus on the nursing care of the elderly, with special emphasis on health and wellness. Issues surrounding the aging process will be discussed. Students will have the opportunity to utilize knowledge and skills in a variety of facilities serving older adults.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours Prerequisites: NURS 201, 215, 221, 301 or permission of the instructor This course focuses on the physical, emotional, legal and ethical issues that face nurses as they care for patients in their final days of life. Attention is paid to the lived experiences of the dying patient and their significant others. Strategies are discussed for professional intervention on behalf of the patient.
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5.00 Credits
5 hours Management Prerequisites: NURS 210, 215, 221, 301, 302, 306 or permission of the professor This course emphasizes the development of the nurse as an advocate pertaining to pain management. Areas of study include societal bias, ethnic and gender bias related to pain management, ethical and legal considerations, and the nurse's role in the development of a therapeutic culture for pain management. This course will establish a sound foundation for nurses to take a leadership role in pain management.
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5.00 Credits
5 hours Health Care (3 hours lecture; 6 hours clinical) Prerequisites: BIOL 203, NURS 301, 302, 352 and 353 This course focuses on the application of the nursing process to a population or community group. Emphasis is placed on community assessment process and the development of nursing strategies to assist multi-problem families, considering health on a continuum, throughout the lifespan. Family systems theory, theories of adaptation and educational needs of various populations will be addressed. The clinical focus is on the development of a broader perspective of the nurse's role in a variety of clinical and environmental settings. In addition, the nurse's role on the community health team and an understanding of health care needs of different cultural groups will be studied. Lab fee.
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