Facilitates movement of registered nurses into the professional role of a baccalaureate prepared nurse.
Develops knowledge and skills in patient education, communication, cultural sensitivity, quality and safety, informatics, and health literacy for nursing practice and professional nursing roles.
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. Includes a civic engagement component.
(2 lecture / 2 lab) Theory and application of health assessment, including physical, mental, developmental, and cultural appraisals of individuals and families.
An introduction to the concepts of EKG interpretation and basic dysrhythmia recognition.
(5 laboratory / 5 clinical) This course emphasizes planning, providing, and evaluating nursing care based on the nursing process. S/U graded.
A systems approach to alteration and disruption of physiologic functions. Focus on differentiation of pathophysiologic findings and identification of major disease processes.
Study medication 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 medication therapy.
Focuses on theory and application of health assessment, including physical, mental, developmental and cultural appraisals of individuals and families.
Develops knowledge and skills in patient education, communication, professional nursing roles, and cultural sensitivity for nursing practice. Includes a civic engagement component.
(4 laboratory / 8 clinical) 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.
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.
Emphasizes alterations in health of patients across the adult lifespan with disorders of the following systems: neurological, musculoskeletal, urinary/renal, endocrine, and integumentary.
Develops beginning research knowledge in relationship to health outcomes. Emphasis will be on quantitative and qualitative research as components of evidence-based practice.
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.
Emphasizes issues in professional nursing as they relate to the changing health care environment. Areas of emphasis are ethics, change, power, politics, policy, health care economics, and professional nursing organizations.