Prerequisite: Admission to the RN/BSN nursing program. Majors Only. Facilitates movement of registered nurses into the professional role of a baccalaureate prepared nurse.
Prerequisite: Admission to the RN-BSN nursing program. Majors Only. Develops knowledge and skills in patient education, communication, cultural sensitivity, quality and safety, informatics, and health literacy for nursing practice and professional nursing roles.
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.
(2 lecture, 2 laboratory) Majors only. Theory and application of health assessment, including physical, mental, developmental and cultural appraisals of individuals and families. Assessment and course fees required.
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.
(1 Lecture, 8 Clinical) Majors only. This course emphasizes planning, providing, and evaluating nursing care based on the nursing process. Participation, supervision, assessment and course fees required.
Prerequisite: BIO 245 and BIO 246. 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: NURS 303 and NURS 305. Majors Only. Focuses on theory and application of health assessment, including physical, mental, developmental and cultural appraisals of individuals and families.
Prerequisite: NURS 310, NURS 313, NURS 323, and NURS 327. Develops knowledge and skills in patient education, communication, professional nursing roles, and cultural sensitivity for nursing practice.
(4 laboratory, 8 Clinical) One hundred eighty contact hours. Prerequisites: NURS 310, NURS 313, NURS 323 and NURS 327. Corequisites: 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, supervision, assessment and course fees required.
Prerequisites: NURS 310, NURS 313, NURS 323, NURS 327. Corequisites: NURS 374, NURS 376. Majors only. Emphasizes alterations in health of patients across the adult lifespan experiencing cancer and disorders of the following systems: fluids and electrolytes, immunity, cardiopulmonary, hematology and gastrointestinal.
Prerequisites: NURS 310, NURS 313, NURS 323, NURS 327. Prerequisite or concurrent: NURS 374 and NURS 375. Majors only. Emphasizes alterations in health of patients across the adult lifespan with disorders of the following systems: neurological, musculoskeletal, urinary/renal, endocrine, and integumentary.
Prerequisite: NURS 340, NURS 374, NURS 375, NURS 376; OR NURS 305 and NURS 303. Majors only. Develops beginning research knowledge in relationship to health outcomes. Emphasis will be on quantitative and qualitative research as components of evidence-based practice.
Prerequisite: NURS 329, NURS 380. Majors Only. Emphasizes issues in professional nursing as they relate to health promotion, aging, chronic illness, end of life and palliative care, complementary and alternative therapies, case management and care coordination.
Prerequisite: NURS 329 and NURS 380. Majors Only. Emphasizes issues in professional nursing as they relate to the changing health care environment. Areas of emphasis are ethics, change theory, power and politics, and nursing organizations.