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NUR 201 Nursing From Concepts To Practice

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)

3

Prerequisites

Prerequisite to all other nursing courses.

Corequisites

This course may not be taken concurrently with other nursing courses.

NUR 203 Professional Role Transition

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

3

Prerequisites

Licensed registered Nurse, permission of instructor.

NUR 204 Foundations in Nursing Process and Nursing Practice

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.

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Prerequisites

Admission to Nursing Major, NUR 201, and sciences required in first three semesters.

Corequisites

Taken concurrently with NUR 206.

NUR 206 Health Assessments

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.

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Prerequisites

Freshman and first-semester sophomore courses required in the Nursing Program or per- mission of instructor.

Corequisites

Taken concurrently with NUR 204.