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NURS 501 - Introduction to Nursing
Credits:
4.00
Examines the values and philosophy of the Department of
Nursing. Explores the four domain concepts of nursing:
health and how it is defined, the diverse clients served by
nursing, nursing as a profession, and the complex
environment within which nursing is practiced. The nature
of nurse-client encounters is explored with an emphasis on
teaching students the skills to interact in a caring,
facilitative manner. Prereq: permission.
NURS 502 - Concepts of Pathophysiology/Pharmacology
Credits:
4.00
Focuses on concepts of pathophysiology/pharmacology relevant
to nursing practice. The physiologic response and
manifestations of alterations in normal body functioning
are analyzed and the effects of pharmacological agents on
these alterations are examined. Prereq: ZOOL 507-508;
MICR 501; majors only.
NURS 508 - Foundations of Nursing Judgment
Credits:
4.00
Focuses on the knowledge and analytical skills required to
adequately assess the health status of individuals. Students
learn how to collect data using an assessment framework,
analyze the data, and identify client resources and
problems. Emphasizes the implications of the individual's
developmental status, culture, and biologic variations at
all points in the assessment process. Prereq: ZOOL 507-508;
NUTR 400; MICR 501; PSYC 401; NURS 501; majors only.
Co-requisites:
NURS 502, NURS 514
NURS 514 - Techniques of Clinical Nursing
Credits:
4.00
Focuses on the acquisition of psychomotor and assessment
skills required for the delivery of safe nursing care.
Students begin by learning clinical skills in the simulation
setting and then using those skills with supervision in the
clinical setting. An additional focus of this course is
understanding fundamental nursing concepts as they pertain
to providing safe, effective care. Prereq: ZOOL 507-508;
NURS 501; majors only. Lab. Special fee.
Co-requisites:
NURS 508
NURS 535 - Death and Dying
Credits:
4.00
Course encompasses peoples' responses to death throughout
the lifecycle. Theories of death, dying, and grieving
discussed. Students explore cultural influences, legal, and
ethical dilemmas; the biopsychosocial needs of people facing
life threatening situations; resources for care of the
dying; death rituals; and surviving a major loss. Writing
intensive.
NURS 595 - Women's Health
Credits:
4.00
Examines women's health and women's health care from
historical, political, and social perspectives. Discussion
of societal and health-care constraints that hinder women
from achieving their full health potential. Also presents
information on women's health care practices, including
the concept of self-care, and relates this to development of
educated consumerism in the health-care system.
NURS 606 - Seminar on Professional Nursing
Credits:
7.00
The role of health professionals from historical, social,
political, economic and technical view points. Individual
student examinations of values, attitudes and beliefs
regarding professional role in relation to current nursing
theory and practice. Open to RN students only by permission.
Prereq: NURS 646. Special fee. Writing intensive.
NURS 615 - Care of the Adult
Credits:
8.00
Addresses the professional nursing practice, decision making
processes, strategies and interventions as they relate to
the care of adults who are experiencing chronic illnesses,
acute illnesses, or impending death. The perspective adopted
emphasizes the functional issues of daily living that these
illnesses impose and the meanings these illnesses have for
adults and their families within cultural, socioeconomic,
sociopolitical, physical, and personal contexts. Prereq:
first semester junior nursing major. Coreq: NURS 619, 645.
Special fee.
Co-requisites:
NURS 619, NURS 645
NURS 617 - Nursing and Healthcare Policy
Credits:
3.00
Examination of the nature and quality of health care
delivery systems and health related social programs from a
nursing perspective. Critical thinking skills and strategies
needed by professional nurses to participate in health care
planning and health care consumer advocacy for improved
health services emphasized. Prereq: for R.N.s with at least
one year of clinical experience or permission.
NURS 618 - Caring for People with Alterations in Mental Health
Credits:
2.00
Provides an understanding of the concepts of mental health
and major factors affecting human behavior and interaction.
Specific theoretical concepts guiding nurse-client
interactions are used as a vehicle for supporting the
person's and family's optimum state of well-being.
Prereq: NURS 622.
Co-requisites:
NURS 618C
NURS 618C - Caring for People with Alterations in Mental Health
Credits:
2.00
Emphasis on the practice of psychiatric nursing as being
grounded on certain empirical, aesthetic, personal, and
ethical knowledge. Nursing process and a situation-based
interpretive approach serve as a framework for professional
action. Through a variety of clinical experiences, the
student applies mental health concepts/principles of
interaction. Prereq: NURS 622. Special fee.
Co-requisites:
NURS 618
NURS 619 - Clinical Decision Making I
Credits:
4.00
To practice effectively nurses must be able to gather data,
interpret its meaning, take actions based on an
understanding of the data, and evaluate outcomes.
They also must be aware of the processes used to
reach conclusions and be prepared to revise, adapt,
or reject them. The course focuses on teaching learning
theory, ethical decision making, and helping clients and
families deal with situational and maturational crises,
using a critical thinking framework. Prereq: first-semester
junior Nursing majors; NURS 501; 502; 508; 514 Writing
intensive.
Co-requisites:
NURS 615
NURS 620 - Caring for the Childbearing and Childrearing Family
Credits:
4.00
This course has family as the focus for nursing practice,
introducing the student to the care of young families
throughout pregnancy, birth and child-rearing periods.
Healthy transitions and physical alterations occurring from
conception through adolescence are examined. The health
needs of the family are discussed in terms of major
morbidity/mortality and contemporary issues. Experience in
various clinical settings will provide opportunities for the
development of professional practice roles. Prereq: second
semester junior nursing major.
Co-requisites:
NURS 620C
NURS 620C - Caring for the Childbearing and Childrearing Family
Credits:
4.00
Special fee.
Co-requisites:
NURS 620
NURS 622 - Clinical Decision Making II
Credits:
4.00
Emphasizes the clinical decision making process in the
nursing care of individuals, families, and communities
across the lifespan and from diverse backgrounds.
Builds upon the theoretical foundation developed in
619, Clinical Decision Making I. Students strengthen
expertise in developing clinical judgments, interventions,
and outcome evaluations. Skills predicated upon attending to
and processing relevant information from clinical
situations. Students apply knowledge from clinical
nursing courses in a variety of ways. Prereq:
second-semester junior Nursing majors; NURS 619; or RN
student.
NURS 624 - Nursing in the Community
Credits:
2.00
Explores the role of community health nursing in health
promotion, disease prevention, and long-term care.
Analyzes contemporary community health problems with
implications for community health nursing. Explores a
variety of clinical and population-focused roles in primary,
secondary, and tertiary prevention of health problems.
Prereq: second semester junior nursing major.
Co-requisites:
NURS 624C
NURS 624C - Nursing in the Community
Credits:
2.00
Special fee.
Co-requisites:
NURS 624
NURS 645 - Research
Credits:
4.00
Focuses on enhancing the student's ability to evaluate,
read, comprehend, participate in, and apply research to the
practice of nursing. Pre or Coreq: statistics.
NURS 645W - Research
Credits:
4.00
See description for NURS 645. Writing intensive.
NURS 655 - Community Health Nursing I
Credits:
3.00
Explores role of community health nursing in health
promotion, disease prevention and long term care at the
population level. Identifies population at risk and
implications for aggregate level nursing care. Open to RN
students only by permission. Prereq: NURS 606. Special fee.
NURS 656 - Community Health Nursing II: Individuals, Families, and Aggregates
Credits:
2.00
Explores a variety of contemporary topics relevant to
community health and community health nursing practice
at the individual, family, and aggregate levels. Students
have the opportunity to the explore clinical focused roles
of the community health in nurse in primary, secondary, and
tertiary prevention of health problems in individuals,
families, and aggregates at risk across the life span.
Evolving roles and responsibilities of a variety of
community health nurse specialists introduced.
Students collaborate with multidisciplinary health
professionals in planning, providing, and evaluating
health services to these specific at risk populations.
May be repeated. Prereq: registered nurses only;
NURS 606; permission. Special fee.
Co-requisites:
NURS 656C
NURS 656C - Community Health Nursing II/Clinical
Credits:
1.00
Experience in various clinical settings to provide
opportunities for the development of the community health
nursing role. Students collaborate with multidisciplinary
health professionals in planning, providing, and
evaluating health services to population at risk. Prereq:
open to RN students only by permission.
Co-requisites:
NURS 656
NURS 694 - Special Topics
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Specialized courses covering information not normally
presented in regular course offerings. Description of topics
will vary. May be repeated but not duplicate areas of
content. Prereq: permission. (Not offered every year.)
NURS 695 - Independent Study
Credits:
2.00 to 4.00
In-depth study with faculty supervision. Prereq: junior
standing and approval of adviser and faculty of the area
concerned. May be repeated for different topics.
NURS 703 - Nursing Leadership/Management and the Organizational Context
Credits:
4.00
Focuses on understanding ways in which the nurse can
affect the organizations in which practice occurs and ways
in which the organizations affect the individual's practice.
Emphasizes issues of leadership; management; power;
change; motivation; and interfacing of autonomous,
dependent, and interdependent nursing functions in current
and future health care delivery systems. Prereq:
first-semester senior nursing majors; NURS 622. RN students
should take NURS 703W.
NURS 703W - Nursing Leadership/Management and the Organizational Context
Credits:
4.00
See description for NURS 703. Writing intensive.
NURS 710 - Families in Health and Illness
Credits:
4.00
Seminar focuses on the family environment as a context for
the experience of health and illness. Current middle-range
theories and research from nursing and other disciplines
analyzed for their application to family health. Public
policy initiatives related to family health explored.
NURS 719 - Professional Nursing Practice: Transitions
Credits:
7.00
Provides opportunity for students to refine and integrate
previously learned knowledge and skills into professional
practice through a cooperatively designed learning
experience/environment. Open to R.N. students only,
by permission. Prereq: NURS 606, 655, 656, 656C. Special
fee.
NURS 720 - Clinical Decision-Making III
Credits:
6.00
Provides the student with the opportunity to integrate prior
prior learning and experience, reflect on individual
practice, and transition to professional practice in a
career as a Registered Nurse. Emphasizes the refinement of
professional skills related to leadership, management,
problem solving, clinical and ethical decision-making,
critical thinking, interpersonal communication, information
management, and working as a productive team member. The
weekly seminar provides an opportunity for the analysis,
synthesis, refinement, and integration of nursing knowledge
and practice. Regularly scheduled standardized tests are
used to assess student progress and to provide timely
feedback to facilitate the student's transition to
professional practice. Special fee.
Co-requisites:
NURS 720C
NURS 720C - Clinical Decision-Making III Clinical
Credits:
6.00
Refine and integrate previously learned knowledge and skills
into professional practice through a cooperatively designed
learning experience/environment. Special fee.
Co-requisites:
NURS 720
NURS #736 - Cardiac Arrhythmias
Credits:
4.00
Theory and practice of single-lead and 12-lead
electrocardiography for the purposes of identification
of disturbances of cardiac rhythm; designed to provide
a firm foundation for the assessment and treatment of
persons experiencing disturbances of the cardiac rhythm;
includes field experience. Prereq: ZOOL 507-508 or
permission.
NURS 794 - Special Topics
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Specialized courses covering information not normally
presented in regular course offerings. Description of topics
varies. May be repeated but not in duplicate areas of
content. Prereq: permission.
NURS #796 - Assessment and Intervention of Addictive Behaviors
Credits:
4.00
Concepts related to addictions seen in common disorders
such as alcoholism, drug abuse, eating disorders, and
codependency. Addresses assessment, treatment, and relapse
prevention. Generic concepts are expanded through specific
areas of addiction. Seminar format to facilitate class
participation. Prereq: junior, senior, or graduate standing.
NURS 797 - Honors Thesis
Credits:
4.00
Honors seminar designed to expand the knowledge and skills
presented in previous honors in major courses. Focus of
course is a project relevant to the discipline of nursing
under the direction of a faculty adviser. Pre- or Coreq:
NURS 645; permission. Writing intensive.