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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course examines selected topics critical to the practice of professional nursing. Topics include: evolution and status of the profession, critical thinking, nursing thories, research, ethical decision-making, legal parameters and communication processes. (Portfolio Assessment available.)
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course emphasizes the health of the individual and family in the community setting. The concepts of community health nursing and the impact of the health care delivery system are explored. Rolls of the professional nurse in the community are critically analyzed. The ethical, spiritual and moral aspects of the individual and family are considered in a caring environment. Technical applications are used to enhance learning. A variety of community settings are used for clinical experiences including home care and hospice agencies. (Portfolio Assessment available) Prerequisite or Corequisite: NUR 322; BIO 317.
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2.00 Credits
This course examines selected topics critical to the practice of professional nursing. Current issues and trends that impact nursing within the health care delivery system are addressed. Professional and career development will be explored. Topics are addressed from historical, political, socioeconomic and technological perspectives. Prerequisites: CHM 115, 115L, 116, 116L; MTH 103; BIO 107, 107L, 108, 108L, 121; NUT 200; NUR 208, 209, 212, 213, 307, 314, 315, 316. Co-prerquisties: NUR 317, 319.
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2.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to the principles of pharmacological therapy in nursing practice. It examines the nurse?s role in applying these principles to caring for the patient and nursing implications relative to the utilization of drug therapy. Content encompasses general principles of pharmacodynamics of selected perfusion, ingestion, digestion, absorption, elimination, adaptation, regulation, reproductive, urinary systems, movement and sensory input. Students will utilize cultural sensitivity, clinical reasoning, therapeutic nursing interventions and therapeutic communication skills for application in the clinical setting. Prerequisites: CHM 115, 115L, 116, 116L; MTH 103; BIO 107, 107L, 108, 108L, 121; NUT 200; NUR 208, 209, 212, 213. Co-Prerequisites: NUR 307, 315, 316.
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3.00 Credits
This pathophysiology course is designed to promote the understanding and application of fundamental disease processes. General pathophysiology concepts presented in this course are cell injury, necrosis, inflammation, wound healing and neoplasia. These concepts are applied to disorders in oxygenation, ventilation, circulation and perfusion, ingestion, digestion and absorption and elimination; adaptation, regulatory, reproductive and urinary function and movement, coordination and sensory input. The goal of the course is to teach students the pathogenesis of various symptoms and diseases affecting the human body. Altered, physiological functions of human organs are explained and then described on molecular, cellular, organ and systemic levels. By the end of the course, students will be able to understand the relationship between clinical symptoms and diagnostic findings of selected disease processes. Prerequisites: CHM 115, 115L, 116, 116L; MTH 103; BIO 107, 107L, 108, 108L, 121; NUT 200; NUR 208, 209, 212, 213. Co-prerequisites: NUR 307, 314, 316.
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4.00 Credits
This course addresses behavioral health problems and the nurse?s role in assisting patients to achieve and maintain optimum behavioral health. Content encompasses neurobiological, psychosocial, ethical, cultural, and spiritual perspectives. Effective therapeutic communication skills, the nurse-patient relationship, and the nursing process are applied in caring for patients and families across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed on the role of the nurse in promoting and maintaining a culture of safety on the behavioral health unit. Prerequisites: CHM 115, 115L, 116, 116L; MTH 103; BIO 107, 107L, 108, 108L, 121; NUT 200; NUR 208, 209, 212, 213; PSY 100, 200. Co-prerequisites: NUR 307, 314, 315.
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5.00 Credits
This course examines the childbearing and childrearing families in contemporary society. The nursing process is applied to provide holistic patient-centered care within the context of the family. Topics are related to safety and normal and altered physiologic processes as it affects the childbearing and childrearing families. Experiences in the classroom and clinical setting enable the student to integrate cultural sensitivity, clinical reasoning, communication skills, and therapeutic nursing interventions for women, children and families. Prerequisites: CHM 115, 115L, 116, 116L; MTH 103; BIO 107, 107L, 108, 108L, 121; NUT 200; NUR 208, 209, 212, 213 307, 314, 315, 316; PSY 200. Co-prerequisites: NUR 313, 319.
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5.00 Credits
This advanced adult health course expands on knowledge and skills addressed in prior nursing courses. The course focuses on the application of the nursing process to the adult patient with multisystem pathophysiologic conditions and complex needs. Included are critical care concepts with related nursing interventions to promote, maintain and restore health. Topics related to safety, oxygenation, ventilation, circulation, perfusion, ingestion, digestion, absorption, elimination, regulatory, urinary, sensory input, movement and the nurse patient relationship. Professional nursing practice is emphasized as students enhance critical thinking skills and practice clinical decision making. This course promotes integration of values into professional behaviors and accountability for personal and professional growth. Prerequisites: CHM 115, 115L, 116, 116L; MTH 103; BIO 107, 107L, 108, 108L, 121; NUT 200; NUR 208, 209, 212, 213, 307, 312, 314, 315. Co-prerequisites: NUR 313, 317,
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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course focuses on developing the role of the nurse in improving the health of the community. Principles of epidemiology and public health are integrated. The use of critical thinking is emphasized in assessing communities and planning and implementing health education programs. Nursing care is provided to culturally diverse aggregates in a variety of community settings. (Portfolio Assessment available). Prerequisite: NUR 311, 322; BIO 317. Corequisite: NUR 322; BIO 318
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to expand the student?s health assessment skills through a lifespan approach focusing on the role of the nurse as client educator. Normal and abnormal history and physical examination findings are differentiated. Assessment of selected health problems is analyzed. Emphasis is placed on the exploration of the biological, psychosocial, spiritual and cultural dimensions of the individual that impact health. Health promotion strategies including risk factor reduction as they relate to the adoption of healthy lifestyles are explored. Critical thinking and clinical judgment skills are enhanced through technological applications and other learning modalities.
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