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Course Criteria
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Directed Study/Readings requires completion of a form, and department permission and cannot be registered for via Zagweb.
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0.00 Credits
This course is designed to test students knowledge and retention of the information covered in their course of study. Required for music majors, General Studies Concentration.
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0.00 Credits
Required for those students seeking the Bachelor of Arts in Music, General Studies Concentration. A major research paper on a selected topic. The Senior Thesis will serve as a major component in the Oral Comprehensive Exam.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the interdisciplinary field of Native American Studies. It introduces the core theories, concepts, methods for critical cultural analysis and diverse interpretative orientations for the study of both historical and contemporary Native American issues.
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1.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the profession of nursing and nursing education at Gonzaga University. The historical background of nursing, the role of nurses in health care, options in nursing education, practice requirements, and professional career opportunities will be discussed. The course includes an introduction to current political and professional issues in nursing and health care.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide an introduction to professional nursing. It provides an overview of the nature and scope of nursing practice, considering its domain of practice, evolution, opportunities, and context for practice. The definition of nursing, the phenomena of concern to nurses, basis for practice, and models of nursing are explored. This course introduces students to complex adaptive systems (CAS) and their implications for nursing work. The primacy of the caring relationship, from both consumer and provider perspectives, is emphasized. The regulation of nursing, with emphasis on professional regulation is discussed. Nursing and Jesuit values and nursings code of ethics as well as Servant Leadership are emphasized. The demands of care giving and strategies for self-care are examined. Increasing self-awareness and crystallizing personal beliefs and goals for professional practice are stressed.
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3.00 Credits
Examines multiple dimensions of individual and family growth and development across the lifespan. Within each developmental stage students examine areas of language, cognition, social-emotional growth and physical development. This course highlights developmental milestones at each stage of the lifespan. Genetic, gender, and cultural influences are considered.
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2.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide the learner a theoretical foundation for effective communication. Using the lens of complex adaptive systems and servant leadership, selected models of communication, health and illness, health communication, conflict resolution and negotiation are explored for their implications for nursing practice. Diversity issues affecting perception of health/illness and influencing verbal and nonverbal communication are examined. Media and internet influence on health care and the profession of nursing are included. Theory-based strategies to improve communication skills throughout the health care continuum are stressed.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces the RN student to the framework of the Department of Nursing curriculum with emphasis on complexity science, complex adaptive systems (CAS), Ignatian values, and servant leadership. Nursings scope of practice, ANA social policy and code of ethics that influence professional nursing will be examined, along with advanced practice nursing roles, professional nursing organizations, and contemporary nursing knowledge.
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4.00 Credits
Complex adaptive systems, as they relate to body systems, individuals (children, adolescents, adults, and older adults), and families are used as a guiding framework. Theoretical and research-based content in individual and family health and development throughout the life span is emphasized. Students learn foundational skills for the health assessment and care of individuals and family. The student integrates functional health patterns, physical assessment findings, and family concepts to formulate nursing diagnoses and a nursing plan of care. The nursing role in health promotion and health education is emphasized.
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