Prerequisite: Admission to Nursing Program. Majors only. An introduction to the profession of nursing: nursing history, theory, nursing process, communication, diversity, professionalism, legal and ethical issues, geriatrics, end of life and healthcare access.
Prerequisite: Admission to Nursing Program. Majors only. Focuses on health assessment, including physical, mental, developmental and cultural appraisals of individuals and families.
Prerequisites: Admission to Nursing Program. Prerequisite or concurrent: NURS 312. Majors only. Application of health assessment, including physical, mental, developmental and cultural appraisals of individuals and families.
Clinical level nursing student, RN, LPN or other health care professionals. Emphasizes psychosocial, ethical, legal and policy issues related to HIV/AIDS. Public health interventions will be explored and evaluated and the role of the health care professional. S/U graded.
For students of any major. Introduces the concepts of health and health care systems: explores philosophical, historical, political and professional relationships that exist in health care delivery.
Prerequisites: BIO 341, BIO 350. Clinical level nursing student or RN. An introduction to the basic concepts of EKG and arrhythmias recognition. S/U or letter graded.
Prerequisites: Admission to the Nursing Program or permission of instructor. Fundamental concepts of laboratory data analysis and microbiological principles as they relate to nursing practice.
Prerequisites: Admission to Nursing Program. Majors only. This course emphasizes planning, providing, and evaluating nursing care based on the nursing process. S/U graded. Participation Fee.
Prerequisite: A previous anatomy and physiology course(s). A systems approach to alteration and disruption of physiologic functions. Focus on differentiation of pathophysiologic findings and identification of major disease processes.
Prerequisite: BIO 246. Study drug classifications, emphasizing pharmacodynamics in care of children and adults. Analyze pharmacological problems and plan nursing care to support treatment and avoid or alleviate iatrogenic problems of drug therapy.
Prerequisite: Admission to the RN-BSN Program. Focuses on theory and application of health assessment, including physical, mental, developmental and cultural appraisals of individuals and families.
Prerequisite: Admission to the RN-BSN Program. Facilitates transition of registered nurses into the professional roles of a baccalaureate prepared nurse.
Majors only. Course continues students' development of foundational skills, attitudes, and beliefs needed for professional practice. Content includes patient education, research and evidence-based practice, communication, cultural sensitivity, and professional nursing role. Letter Graded.
Prerequisites: Successful completion Semester I of Nursing Program. Prerequisites or concurrent: NURS 375 & NURS 376. Majors only. This course focuses on the application of therapeutic interventions guided by the nursing process in the acute care of individuals across the adult life span and their families. S/U graded. Participation fee.
Prerequisites: Successful completion Semester I of Nursing Program. Majors only. Emphasizes alterations in health of patients across the adult lifespan experiencing cancer, diabetes and disorders of the following systems: fluids and electrolytes, immunity, cardiopulmonary and gastrointestinal.
Prerequisite or concurrent: NURS 375. Majors only. Emphasizes alterations in health of patients across the adult lifespan with disorders of the following systems: neurological, musculoskeletal, urinary/renal, hematological, endocrine, and integumentary.