| 205 Concepts of Health Care and Nursing |
An exploration of the nature, scope, and conceptual foundations of health care and nursing. Introduces students to the major concepts of the nursing program: caring,
self care, and care management. Required of nursing majors; open to all interested
students. Credit Hours: 3
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| 221 Nutrition |
This study of basic and changing nutritional requirements relative to health and illness
focuses upon substances, processes, assessment, and adaptions for health deviations. Credit Hours: 2
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| 290 Nursing Concepts |
Foundational concepts essential to the discipline of professional nursing. Open to RNBSN
students only. Credit Hours: 3
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| 308 Health Assessment and Promotion |
This course develops skills in health assessment and health promotion across the life
span. Students will learn to conduct physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual
assessments and to identify clients at risk. The course emphasizes use of these data in
health promotion and education. Includes experience in laboratory and community
settings. Prerequisites: NURS 205, NURS 221, BIOL 206, PSYC 121, PSYC 123, SOC 121. Credit Hours: 3
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| 309 Therapeutic Nursing Interventions |
This course develops skill in the therapeutic nursing interventions essential for caring,
self care, and care management. Prerequisites: NURS 205, all science prerequisites, NURS 221, NURS 310, pre or co-requisite. Credit Hours: 3
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| 310 Pharmacology |
Students study drug classifications, interactions, and interrelationships as used in the treatment of well and ill clients. Nursing implications are emphasized. Prerequisites: BIOL 205, BIOL 204, BIOL 206, CHEM 102, CHEM 101. Credit Hours: 3
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| 312 Pathophysiology |
This study of pathophysiological mechanisms related to disease emphasizes adaptive
responses. Prerequisites: CHEM 102, CHEM 101, BIOL 206, BIOL 204, BIOL 205. Credit Hours: 3
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| 313 Adult Health Nursing I |
This course applies caring, self-care, and care management principles in nursing
practice with the adult client seeking to maintain health. Clinical practice component
in selected hospitals and community settings. Prerequisites: NURS 205, NURS 221, all nursing prerequisites, NURS 308, pre- or co-requisite, NURS 407, pre- or co-requisite, NURS 310, pre- or co-requisite. Credit Hours: 5
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| 315 Adult Health Nursing II |
This course synthesizes caring, self-care, and care management principles in nursing
practice with the adult client seeking to maintain or restore health. Clinical practice
component in selected hospitals and community settings. Prerequisites: NURS 308, NURS 309, NURS 310, NURS 313. Credit Hours: 5
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| 316 Nursing Care of Childbearing Families |
This course synthesizes caring, self-care, and care management principles in nursing
practice with women, newborns, and families seeking to maintain or restore health.
Clinical practice component in selected hospitals and community settings. Prerequisites: NURS 308, NURS 309, NURS 310, NURS 313. Credit Hours: 4
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| 399 Independent Study |
Topics are selected from the students’ major interests. Prerequisite: permission of the
department. Prerequisites: NURS 399, need permission of the department. Credit Hours: 2
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| 402 Nursing Research |
This study of research concepts and techniques enables the student to evaluate
nursing literature and nursing problems. Prerequisites: NURS 308, NURS 309, NURS 310, NURS 313, MATH 105, or mathematics 151 (may be taken concurrently). Credit Hours: 2
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| 405 Nursing Care of Children and Families |
This course synthesizes caring, self-care, and care management principles in nursing
practice with children and families seeking to promote, maintain, or restore health.
Clinical practice component in school, ambulatory, acute, and rehabilitative settings. Prerequisites: NURS 402, and all 300-level nursing courses. Credit Hours: 4
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| 407 Mental Health Nursing Care |
This course synthesizes caring, self-care, and care management principles in nursing
practice with individuals, families, and communities seeking to promote, maintain, or
restore mental health. Clinical practice component in selected hospital and community
settings. Prerequisites: NURS 405, NURS 408, NURS 409, NURS 425, concurrent enrollment. Credit Hours: 4
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| 408 Adult Health Nursing III |
This course synthesizes caring, self-care, and care management principles in nursing
practice with the adult client seeking to restore health. Clinical practice component in
selected hospitals and community settings. Credit Hours: 5
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| 409 Principles of Community Health |
This course explores factors influencing the health of the community and the role of
nursing in promoting community and public health. Examines the development of
nursing informatics in the field of community health. Credit Hours: 2
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| 413 Nursing Capstone Practicum |
For basic students this course provides a student-to-graduate transitional experience in
health care settings. This intensive clinical practicum permits the student to manage a
full client workload with all of its duties and responsibilities. RN students contract
with the instructor for an individualized, independent practicum designed to afford a
learning experience beyond previous practice. Prerequisites: NURS 407, concurrent enrollment, successful completion of all prior required nursing courses. Credit Hours: 5
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| 420 Topics in Nursing |
An optional course offering the student opportunity to explore selected topics within
health care. Topics offered will vary from year to year dependent upon faculty
expertise and interest, student interest, and current issues. The course may be
repeated for credit. There may be a clinical component to the topic. Credit Hours: 2
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| 425 Issues in Nursing Practice |
A synthesis course addressing current issues in nursing, including leadership and
management, ethical, sociocultural, political, economic, legal, and technological
issues, and their relevance to health care and nursing practice at the micro, meso, and
macro levels of health care. Credit Hours: 3
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