Catalog of Courses for Nursing
This course is designed to assist first year nursing students in their transition to academic and college life and to ensure all students can thrive in college regardless of their backgrounds. We will discuss and explore academics, goal setting, lifestyle choices, healthy behaviors, responsibility and commitment in personal actions, community service, and leadership.
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in Undergraduate Nursing.
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in Undergraduate Nursing
The purpose of this elective is to promote leadership in nursing students, facilitate leadership roles, and to optimize the student's exposure to nursing leaders in Virginia, the United States, and internationally. Students will develop individual learning contracts based on their specific roles in the organization designed to enhance critical thinking, communication and leadership skills. Discussion and advanced study on selected topics not covered in general courses will be emphasized.
This course explores the science of the brain/body connection offering experiential opportunities through direct meditative practices. Class time includes didactic learning, interactive dialogue, and engagement in mindfulness practices. We will develop self-assessment, self-care strategies and resilience practices, within the larger context of wisdom.
This course introduces the role of the professional nurse in the perioperative specialty and examines perioperative nursing, safety issues, advocacy, and legal issues. Continuity of care throughout the perioperative experience is a theme. The precepted clinical focus includes understanding basic principles of patient assessment, surgical asepsis, and patient safety, while applying pathophysiology and pharmacology to specific patient experiences.
This elective provides nursing students with an experience of oncology nursing, palliative and hospice care. Students apply knowledge about cancer pathophysiology and nursing management. Development and application of nursing skills is offered. Current concepts and practices in oncology nursing related to palliative and hospice care are explored. Prerequisite: 3rd -year and 4th-year in BSN program; graduate students; or instructor permission.
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in Undergraduate Nursing.
The Independent Practicum in Clinical Leadership Development gives an opportunity to apply leadership theory and practices in the clinical setting through mentoring and coaching third year traditional and first-year second degree students during their assigned clinical rotations. Specific emphasis is given to developing basic teaching and precepting skills, serving as a clinical resource, demonstrating performance of basic skills, and providing others with peer review and performance feedback.
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in Undergraduate Nursing
Designed to provide information and guidance about the process of initiating a research project, to explore issues related to the research process, and encourage communication among Distinguished Majors Program participants. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Nursing DMP.
Designed to assist students in the process of preparing their thesis to present to their peers and the faculty. Also assists in preparing the thesis for publication. Prerequisite: NURS 4950.
Independent study in Nursing
Learning experiences in the practicum include observational experiences and seminars but the focus of the course is on clinical practice. Experiences will take place on a variety of acute and chronic care units within the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center. Students function under the guidance and supervision of experienced staff nurse preceptors and will have the opportunity to explore the potential and constraints inherent in nursing.