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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
The philosophical and ethical aspects of the roles of professional roles of provider, designed and member of profession are examined. Emphasis is placed on current issues of professional and legal accountability and responsibility, professional liability, advocacy, collective action, and the ethical responsibilities and decision making for the profession and changing healthcare systems. Prerequisites: NUR 225, 215, 201, 235, 255, 256, 260, 261, 275, 325, 326, 335, 336; PSY 346, NUR 355, 356, 365, 375, 420, 421, 430, 440, 441; Co-requisites: NUR 470, 471, 494, 499.
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3.00 Credits
Concepts of management, leadership and followership, change-persistence and organizational structure as frameworks for managing policy development and delivery of nursing care to groups of clients in an acute care setting. The transition from student role to professional nursing role as provider, coordinator, and designer is emphasized. Prerequisites: NUR 225, 215, 201, 235, 255, 256, 260, 261, 275, 325, 326, 335, 336, PSY 346,NUR 355, 356, 365, 375, 420, 421, 430, 440, 441; Co-requisites: NUR 460, 471, 494, 499.
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2.00 Credits
Practicum hours are to equal hours 6 hours per week for the 15 weeks semester (90 hours total for the semester).This experience emphasizes the student experience of observing and assuming the role of nurse leader/manager. Implications for nursing theorydriven practice, teaching-learning processes, change-persistence, and collaboration with other healthcare providers shall be emphasized. Six (6) hours/week practicum.Preceptors are selected and assigned to students by the course coordinator and/or nursing faculty. Prerequisites: NUR 225, 215, 201, 235, 255, 256, 260, 261, 275, 325, 326, 335, 336, PSY 346, NUR 355, 356, 365, 375, 420, 421, 430, 440, 441; Co-requisites: NUR 460, 470, 494, 499.
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0.00 Credits
This NCLEX review course shall be scheduled by the School of Nursing for all graduating senior nursing students. Prerequisites: NUR 225, 215, 201, 235, 255, 256, 260, 261, 275, 325, 326, 335, 336, PSY 346, NUR 355, 356, 365, 375, 420, 421, 430, 440, 441; Co-requisites: NUR 460, 470, 471, 499.
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2.00 Credits
LVN thirty (30) unit option only.This practicumcourse focuses on the roles and responsibilities of a new graduate professional nurse. The course provides an opportunity for the student to further develop appropriate leadership and practice nursing skills necessary for the beginning practitioner role. It also facilitates synthesis for nursing knowledge and skills acquired in previous LVN option courses for the provision of nursing care to individuals and families. Six (6) hours/week of practicum.
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3.00 Credits
This practicum senior level course focuses on the roles and responsibilities of a new graduate BSN professional nurse. The course provides an opportunity for the student to further develop leadership and practice nursing skills necessary for the beginning practitioner role. It also facilitates synthesis of the nursing knowledge and skills acquired in previous programcourses in the provision of nursing care to individuals, families, and aggregates. Faculty in collaboration with the nursing administrators in health care agencies identify agency nurses who will assist students to achieve course/individual objectives in the agency. A nursing clinical faculty member and the selected agency nurse, i.e., Clinical Faculty, who is matched with the student assist the student to develop a Personal Objective Plan. The Plan is a set of individualized specific measurable objectives,which guide the student's clinical learning experience while meeting course objectives. The Clinical Faculty, the student and Campus Faculty form a three person team which facilitates the implementation of the student's plan. Nine (9) hours/week practicum. Prerequisites: NUR 225, 215, 201, 235, 255, 256, 260, 261, 275, 325, 326, 335, 336, PSY 346,NUR 355, 356, 365, 375, 420, 421, 430, 440, 441; Co-requisites: NUR 460, 470, 471, 494.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the meaning and basic categories of philosophy such as epistemology and philosophy of religion. This is accomplished through an exploration of the primary issues and central figures within the discipline. Particular relevance is given to the development of a ChristianWorld-view and the role philosophy plays in life and culture.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the fundamental skills involved in critical thinking such as the ability to recognize an argument and discern formal and informal fallacies.Application is made to issues that occur in everyday life.
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3.00 Credits
A systematized study of the canons and criteria of validity in thought and its rational expression by considering the processes of reasoning and inference with applications in propositional logic, natural deduction, predicate logic and induction. Prerequisite: PHI 213.
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3.00 Credits
This course is the first of a two-semester study introducing students to the history of Western philosophy. This first part begins with the origins of philosophy in ancient Greece and ends with the Late Middle Ages. Particular attention is given to Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, St Augustine, and St. Thomas. Prerequisite: PHI 213.
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