(6 Clinical) Ninety contact hours. Prerequisite: NURS 380, NURS 420, NURS 421, NURS 425, NURS 426. Majors only. Application of concepts, theories, knowledge, and practice from nursing and public health sciences within diverse population and environmental contexts. Apply public health nursing theory to public health nursing practice. S/U Graded. Participation fee.
(3 Lecture) Prerequisite: NURS 380, NURS 420, NURS 421, NURS 425, NURS 426; OR NURS 382, NURS 383. Majors only. Emphasis on synthesis of concepts, theories, knowledge, and practice from nursing and public health sciences within diverse population and environmental contexts. Facilitates professional role development and clinical reasoning.
(6 Clinical) Ninety contact hours. Prerequisites: NURS 382, NURS 383. Majors Only. Advances the knowledge and skills of the RN in the application of the concepts, theories, knowledge, and practice of the public health sciences with a population focus. S/U Graded. Participation Fee.
Offers undergraduate students an opportunity to increase nursing knowledge and skills. Repeatable, under different subtitles.
Prerequisites: Successful completion of NURS 310 and NURS 335. Majors only. Emphasizes issues in professional nursing relating to changing healthcare environment. Areas of emphasis are change, ethics, policy and politics, economics, and qualitative research as a component of evidence-based practice.
(6 Clinical) Ninety contact hours. Prerequisites: NURS 380, NURS 420, NURS 421, NURS 425, NURS 426. Prerequisites or concurrent: NURS 415. Majors only. Focuses on therapeutic nursing interventions applied to psychiatric/mental health nursing. Emphasis on nursing management of complex, acute and chronic psychiatric/mental health problems in community and/or inpatient settings. S/U graded. Participation fee.
(3 Lecture) Prerequisite: NURS 380, NURS 420, NURS 421, NURS 425, NURS 426. Prerequisite or concurrent: NURS 414. Majors only. Nursing theory applied to psychiatric/mental health disorders. Focuses on promotion of quality and safe care and facilitation of optimal health for patients with acute and chronic illnesses.
(1 Lab, 5 Clinical) Ninety contact hours. Prerequisites: NURS 340, NURS 374, NURS 375, NURS 376. Prerequisite or concurrent: NURS 425. Majors only. This course focuses on the application of therapeutic interventions guided by the nursing process and evidence-based standards in the care of childbearing families. S/U graded. Participation fee.
(1 Lab, 5 Clinical) Ninety contact hours. Prerequisites: NURS 340, NURS 374, NURS 375, NURS 376. Prerequisite or concurrent: NURS 426. Majors only. This course focuses on the application of therapeutic interventions guided by the nursing process and evidence-based standards in the care of pediatric patients and their families. S/U Graded. Participation fee.
Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.) Repeatable, maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
(3 Lecture) Prerequisites: NURS 340, NURS 374, NURS 375, NURS 376. Prerequiste or concurrent: NURS 420. Majors only. Develops knowledge about childbearing processes, health promotion, disease prevention, alterations in health, and therapeutic interventions for women (gynecology), childbearing women, newborns and families in various settings.
(3 Lecture) Prerequisites: NURS 340, NURS 374, NURS 375, NURS 376. Prerequisite or concurrent: NURS 421. Majors only. Develops knowledge about alterations in health, health promotion, and disease prevention and explores therapeutic nursing interventions for the care of pediatric patients and their families in various healthcare settings.
Prerequisite: Successful completion of NURS 410. Majors only. Emphasis is on the nurse as a leader/manager in society and the health care system with respect to current issues and trends.
(2 lecture) Prerequisite: NURS 380, NURS 420, NURS 421, NURS 425, NURS 426. Emphasizes issues in professional nursing as they related to the changing health care environment. Areas of emphasis are change, ethics, policy and politics, and health care economics.
(6 Clinical) Ninety contact hours. Prerequisites: NURS 404, NURS 405, NURS 414, NURS 415, NURS 440. Corequisites: NURS 445 and NURS 446. Majors Only. This course focuses on the advanced application of theoretical concepts of nursing practice in the acute care setting. S/U graded. Participation fee.
(15 Practicum) Two hundred twenty-five contact hours. Prerequisites and concurrent: NURS 444 and NURS 445. Majors Only. Nursing immersion practicum experience under the direct supervision of a professional nurse preceptor.
Prerequisites: Admission to the RN-BSN Program. Concurrent: NURS 454. Synthesis of concepts, theories, knowledge, and practice from nursing and public health sciences within diverse population and environmental contexts. Facilitates professional role development. Explores chronic illness theories and concepts.
Prerequisite: Admission to the RN-BS program. Co-requisite: NURS 453. Apply concepts, theories, knowledge and practice from nursing and public health sciences within diverse populations and environmental contexts to practice. Apply the theory of chronicity in the community setting. S/U graded.
Prerequisite: Admission to the RN-BSN Program. A preceptored practicum that develops the leader/manager role of the baccalaureate nurse. S/U graded
(6 Practicum) Ninety contact hours. Prerequisite: NURS 382, NURS 383. Majors Only. A preceptored practicum that develops the leader/manager role of the baccalaureate nurse. S/U graded. Participation fee.
Admission to Clinical Level III required. Discuss historical and contemporary attitudes toward death and dying. Examines clinical management techniques used in symptom control. Explore emotional and spiritual concerns. Analyze professional, organizational and societal factors. S/U graded.