NUR - Nursing Course Descriptions
Considers historical, cultural, professional, and futuristic points of view relative to the nursing profession. Course work includes the philosophical, theoretical, and conceptual aspects of nursing; the nursing process; and the role of the professional nurse in responding to health needs. 3 lecture hours per week (45 theory hours)
Prerequisite to all other nursing courses.
This course may not be taken concurrently with other nursing courses.
Explores selected professional issues that affect the ability of a nurse to deliver professional nursing care. The course examines the transition from the role of the registered nurse to that of a Bachelor prepared nurse via strategies for professional, personal, cultural, and spiritual growth and development. Emphasis is on nursing therapeutics, ethics, professionalism, research, critical thinking, and communication as the advanced practice nurse acts as leader and change agent in the process of promoting wellness for individuals and aggregates. (RN to BSN or RN to MSN students only) 45 theory hours
Licensed registered Nurse, permission of instructor.
Presents the process and practice of professional nursing with emphasis on integrating essential knowledge from the physical and behavioral sciences with nursing procedures. Nursing theory and the nursing process provide the background for this rigorous course. 3 lecture hours per week, 45 theory hours, 60 clinical and 30 lab hours per semester. Clinical fee.
Admission to Nursing Major,
NUR 201, and sciences required in first three semesters.
Taken concurrently with NUR 206.
Details the process and practice of professional nursing. The health assessment component emphasizes the importance of utilizing techniques of inspection, auscultation, percussion, and palpation as tools to providing holistic client-centered care. The mastery of health assessments provides the professional nurse with the database necessary for deriving nursing diagnoses-that which designates nursing's authentic locus-and to intervene and assist in actual or potential health problems, thereby assisting the client to achieve optimal levels of self-care. This health assessment will be presented by a systematic head-to-toe approach emphasizing integration as a whole. The use of nursing theory and the nursing process will be the conceptual framework for practice. 2 theory hours and 2 laboratory hours per week.
Freshman and first-semester sophomore courses required in the Nursing Program or per- mission of instructor.
Taken concurrently with NUR 204.
Provides assessment, planning, caring for, and evaluation of adults with various acute and chronic health problems. Promoting wellness, health teaching of patients and their families, and studying health outcomes toward the goals of self-care are emphasized. 45 lecture hours, 39 lab hours, 96 clinical hours per semester. Clinical Fee.
All freshman and sophomore courses required in the Nursing Program
Studies health assessment, planning intervention, and evaluation of adults with various acute and chronic psychiatric and mental health problems, which occur through the development process. This course includes concepts from interpersonal theory, family theory, collaborative practice, group theory, healing, and the study of health outcomes as a result of nursing intervention. 45 theory hours, 90 clinical hours, 45 lab hours per semester. Clinical fee.
All freshman and sophomore course required in the Nursing Program
Addresses family health care from conception throughout pregnancy to birth and the care of the newborn. Helping families in their educational and developmental experience as they prepare to welcome the new baby is stressed. Women's health care needs throughout the life span are also included. 45 lecture hours, 45 laboratory and 90 clinical hours per semester. Clinical fee.
All freshman and sophomore courses required in the Nursing Program (including Child and Adolescent Psychology of Human Development I)
Studies family concepts and nursing care of infants, preschoolers, children, and adolescents with acute and chronic health problems and illnesses that occur as children grow and develop in various cultural and economic environments. 45 lecture hours. 45 lab hours and 90 clinical hours over the term. Clinical Fee.
All freshman and sophomore courses required in the Nursing Program. Must have successfully completed Child and Adolescent Psychology and Nutrition.
is an elective course that presents topics at a beginning level for those students interested in taking part in foreign and domestic mission work. The course explores issues such as selected communicable and chronic diseases, mission-related pharmacology, cultural competencies, emergency care, disasters, and population, social, and health assessment.
3 general elective credit hours
Sophomore, junior, or senior student in any major
Is a work-experience opportunity with the purpose of expanding education by applying accumulated knowledge in nursing. The availability of internships is limited to senior-level students, normally seniors with a 2.5 quality point average. Students are approved individually by the academic department. A contract can be obtained from the Career Services Office in Starvaggi Hall. Internships count as general electives. Internships must be preapproved.
Nursing Senior standing and permission of the department chair
Presents concepts and practices in community health nursing with care of families and groups over the health-illness continuum. This course includes family and community health assessment, health teaching, and collaborative planning with other health professionals on the public health team. 3 lecture hours. 46 laboratory and 89 clinical hours per term. Clinical fee.
All freshman, sophomore, and junior-level courses required in the Nursing Program or permission of instructor
Further refines students' knowledge in nursing assessment and intervention in the care of clients with complex and chronic health problems that require collaborative health planning. This course includes care of people with physiological problems and patterns as they influence the general state of a person's health. 45 lecture hours, 41 laboratory and 94 clinical hours per semester. Clinical Fee.
All freshman, sophomore, and junior-level courses required in the Nursing Program
Focuses on the principles of management and leadership within the health care delivery system. The emphasis on this course is to learn how to work with people as individuals and as members of groups, teams, and organizations. Concepts of a collaborative practice in new and emerging nursing roles are explained in theories of change, team-building, continuous quality assurance, and political, legal, and ethical issues in health care. 45 lecture hours, 120 clinical hours and 15 lab hours over the semester. Clinical fee.
NUR 401,
NUR 402 and all freshman, sophomore, and junior-level courses required in the Nursing Program or permission of the instructor
Introduces the research process as an important factor in improving evidence-based nursing practice, nursing education, nursing theories, and nursing administration. 3 lecture hours per week. 45 theory hours
All freshman, sophomore, and junior-level nursing courses and
NUR 401 or
NUR 402 or permission of the instructor.
Must be taken concurrently with NUR 435.
Is a coordinating seminar that critically analyzes nursing research. Concurrent with NUR 404 and its implications for practice. 15 theory hours over the semester.
All freshman, sophomore, and junior-level nursing courses and
NUR 401 or
NUR 402 or permission of the instructor.
Must be taken concurrently with NUR 404.
Is an elective nursing course that reviews the types of drugs most commonly administered by the registered nurse. The classification, action, adverse effects, routes of administration, usual dosages, and compatibility of drugs will be discussed. 2 lecture hours per week. 30 theory hours over the term.
Junior/senior level standing in the Nursing Program. (or with permission of the instructor.)