Prerequisite(s): WRT 102, WRT 105, or WRT 106; and BIO 205; courses can be taken concurrently. Restriction(s): Pre-Nursing majors only. Study of nutrition in relation to nutrients throughout the life cycle. Nursing assessment, planning and evaluation of diet, and food beliefs are explored.
Corequisite(s): CHM 120; NUR 235. Prerequisite(s): BIO 206; MTH 140/MTH 141; NUR 105; WRT 107/108/109. Introduces the students to the knowledge base of professional nursing. Presents theoretical foundations that support practice such as critical thinking, communication, ethics and law, nursing theorists and health and illness. Introduces professional values of caring, altruism, autonomy, human dignity, integrity and social justice. Explores the history of nursing creating an understanding for current nursing practice and education. Initiates the socialization of the student to the expectations of the profession of nursing. Includes a weekly laboratory to foster success in the major.
Corequisite(s): CHM 120; NUR 215. Prerequisite(s): BIO 206; MTH 140/MTH 141; NUR 105; WRT 107/108/109. Introduces selected foundational nursing concepts. Develop skills in health and physical assessment and apply it to well adult populations. This course includes a lecture component as well as a laboratory component which requires extensive practice time. Requires successful achievement of practicum to demonstrate mastery of skills. Limited clinical experiences may be included.
Corequisite(s): BIO 200; NUR 257; NUR 241L. Prerequisite(s): CHM 120; NUR 215, NUR 235; PSY 100; SOC 100. Introduces basic medical surgical concepts integral to care of the adult client. Develops critical thinking and basic technical skills. Applies the nursing process and prioritizes care to selected interventions. Requires extensive independent practice. Requires laboratory and clinical days.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 200, CHM 120, and NUR 241; courses can be taken concurrently. This course is an introduction to the basic concepts and principles of pathophysiology and pharmacology. Students will study the science of pharmacology to develop an understanding of medications and their interactions in human disease and the mechanisms that govern them. Students will examine the pathophysiological and pharmacological phenomena that produce alterations in human physiology and the resulting human response to pharmacotherapeutic intervention.
Corequisite(s): NUR 236, NUR 268, NUR 355. Prerequisite(s): All 200-level Nursing courses. Focuses on therapeutic use of self with individuals, families, and communities to promote behavioral health. Uses a research based and holistic approach to provide nursing care for clients exhibiting behavioral disorders within a cultural context including anxiety, mood and psychotic disorders in acute care and community settings. Requires 1 clinical day.
Prerequisite(s): NUR 268, NUR 323, NUR 355, and CHM 120. This course builds on the previous course, Integrated Pathophysiology for Nursing Practice I, with the introduction of further advanced concepts and principles of pathophysiology and pharmacology. Students will study the science of pharmacology to develop a deeper understanding of medications and their interactions in human disease and mechanisms that govern them. Students will continue to examine the pathophysiological and pharmacological phenomena that produce alterations in human physiology and the resulting human response to pharmacotherapeutic intervention.
Corequisite(s): NUR 351; NUR 341L. Prerequisite(s): NUR 236, NUR 323, NUR 349, and NUR 355. Reinforces contemporary medical-surgical concepts integral to the care of the client. Focuses on acute and chronic diseases and related nursing interventions in the acute care setting. Reinforces organizational skills and ability to prioritize client care founded on evidence based practice. Requires 2 clinical days.
Corequisite(s): NUR 341, NUR 351. Prerequisite(s): NUR 236, NUR 323, NUR 355. Focuses on growth and development from newborn to senescence. Provides the framework for understanding the person and factors that predispose individuals to health-wellness and disease-illness. Includes understanding of physical, cognitive, emotional, social and environmental factors influencing development. Cultural influences on the person emphasized through discussion and case studies.
Corequisite(s): NUR 341; NUR 351L. Prerequisite(s): NUR 236, NUR 323, NUR 349, NUR 355. Uses concepts of growth and development family theory, and the nursing process to interact with children and families for health promotion and illness prevention. Course centers on care of women during ante-partum; birth; postpartum: newborns and children during wellness and illness. Focuses on priority setting strategies for family centered education. Requires 1 clinical day.
Corequisite(s): NUR 355. Lab assignments are subject to change.
Corequisite(s): NUR 355L. Writing Intensive. Focuses on research as a foundation for practice, education, and health care policy. Introduces the concepts and processes of nursing research and evidence based practice to enable students to become critical consumers and evaluators of research findings for use in practice. Includes a weekly laboratory session to foster success in the major.
Corequisite(s): NUR 461. Prerequisite(s): NUR 441. Theory provides the framework for understanding leadership role performance and management principals. Course promotes development of personal attributes for leadership and management. Clinical settings may be used to foster application of theory to practice.
Corequisite(s): NUR 460; NUR 441L. Prerequisite(s): All 300 level Nursing courses. Introduces critical care nursing theory, emphasizes and reinforces adult nursing principals. Focuses on clients with multi-system problems. Designs, implements, and evaluates nursing care of clients with complex health care issues. Requires 2 clinical days.
Corequisite(s): NUR 461; NUR 454L. Prerequisite(s): NUR 441 and NUR 460. Builds on nursing knowledge, expands focus from the nurse client interaction to the nurse community relationship. Community can be in family, a geographic location, and/or an aggregate population. Knowledge of epidemiology and economics support community health nursing. Clinical experiences provide students the opportunity to explore the roles of nurses in the community. Requires 2 clinical days.
Corequisite(s): NUR 441. Prerequisite(s): All 300-level Nursing courses. Writing Intensive Opportunities to apply previous course content and major concepts of the nursing curriculum in a culminating project that demonstrates integration of college competencies. Students create an original patient/health-oriented project in areas such as: Clinical Practice, Evidence- Based Practice (EBP), Political Activism, Research, and Certification in health-related specialty area.
Corequisite(s): NUR 404, NUR 454. Prerequisite(s): NUR 460. Writing Intensive Finalizes project started in Capstone Project I. Focuses on presentation and evaluation of culminating project to selected populations. Opportunities for self evaluation of professional behaviors using reflection and critical thinking.