Catalog of Courses for Nursing Core
An overview of the nursing professional historical development, evolution of the health care system, and the legal and ethical principles that direct professional nursing practice. For first-year and transfer students.
Therapeutic Principles provides the theoretical principles and psychomotor skills associated with nursing interventions across health care delivery settings and populations. The course includes a classroom portion to enhance student comprehension of essential therapeutic principles and simulated learning opportunities to synthesize, apply, and refine clinical skills with the ultimate goal of providing quality and safe care to patients.
CARE includes a focus on Compassion, Awareness of self and cultural variance, Resilience, and Effective communication for interprofessional teams. This learner-centered seminar course facilitates student exploration of professional concepts foundational to safe, high quality, patient- & family-centered nursing care across all settings and populations and to enhance student awareness of self within the nurse-patient clinical encounter.
Using a common chronic disease, this seminar connects the patient to critical elements in the BSN Essentials and IOM Competencies. Real life, interactive opportunities connect the values and core professional concepts to patient experiences across the continuum of health care delivery. Students learn how care of the patient raises questions across multiple domains, such as basic science, culture & society, public policy, and healthcare costs.
Studies the historical development of nursing and the professional nurse in today's health care system. Introduces nursing theories and concepts, including the nursing process, and explores nursing interventions. Includes clinical practice sessions in various settings. Prerequisite: Either BIOL 2060 or 2070 AND either BIOL 2060 or 2070 as co-requisite AND NUCO 2130 as pre-requisite.
Patient Centered Health Assessment focuses on obtaining a holistic health history and physical examination of the individual patient. The patient's developmental level and cultural, spiritual, and social dimensions provide the basis for developing a patient centered health assessment. Best practices are emphasized through the correct demonstration of physical examination techniques and the use of appropriate screening tools for clinical risks.
Using patient cases, this learner-centered seminar facilitates student exploration of patient- & family-centered care across the continuum of health care delivery and provides clinical experiences to apply critical elements of the BSN Essentials and IOM Competencies. Thinking critically, students synthesize prior and concurrent knowledge in their clinical reasoning and incorporate evidence-based practice across the lifespan.
Explores the nature and challenge of chronic illness. Focuses on concepts underlying the care of chronically ill adults and the use of the nursing process to assist patients and families in managing common chronic illnesses. Clinical placement occurs in a variety of settings. Prerequisite: NUCO 2110/2130, 2120, 2310, NUIP 2240.
This required course covers the nursing care of adult patients with common illnesses and conditions requiring medical and/or surgical treatment in acute health care settings.
Utilizes the concept of family-centered nursing care to teach basic nursing strategies that enable children and their families to prevent illness and disability and to promote, protect, and restore health. Addresses the unique biopsychosocial and health educational needs of the growing child from infancy to adolescence. Also studies the family in community, ambulatory care, and hospital settings. Clinical placement occurs in a variety of settings. Prerequisite: NUCO 21101/2130, 2120, 2310, NUIP 2240.
This course addresses nursing care of pediatric patients, up to 21 years old. Students will learn the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care to patients requiring medical and/or surgical treatment, with particular focus on the impact of developmental level on the patient's adaptation to medical illness, surgical events and psychological influences. The child as an integral member of the family is emphasized throughout all content areas.
Explores issues of health and wellness for women and the childbearing family, major health challenges affecting women, and the recognition and management of complications and risk factors occurring during the reproductive period. Clinical placement includes hospital and community settings. Prerequisite: NUCO 2110, 2120, 2310, NUIP 2240.
This course introduces students to the nursing process as it applies to the care of obstetric, gynecologic, and newborn clients. Health and wellness strategies are emphasized along with disease states specific to the reproductive period as students care for women and families in the hospital and the community.
Intro. health policy & its impact on organizational, local, national, & global issues of access, equity, quality, safety, & social justice in the practice environ. Social, ethical, economic, & political issues that affect the delivery of health & nursing services are analyzed. The role of RNs in advocating & influencing change thru the devel. & imprv. of healthcare policies for patients, the nursing profession, & healthcare systems are explored.
Focuses on the use of the nursing process in managing commonly-occurring acute and chronic health problems affecting adults. Emphasizes the collaborative and independent functions of the nurse, and includes clinical practice in a variety of settings. Prerequisite: All third-year courses.
This course emphasizes the professional nurse's role in the care coordination of adults experiencing complex, multisystem health care needs. Clinical rotations provide students the opportunity to apply knowledge of pathophysiology, pharmacology, health equity, person-centered compassionate care, clinical skills safety, and ethical concepts in a complex care setting. Prereq: Completion of all 3rd year BSN coursework and accelerated BSN coursework.
This course emphasizes the application of public health and population health theories. Students are introduced to a range of public health nursing roles and are able to integrate knowledge from previous clinical courses into this course. Students apply new skills and knowledge in a variety of community based and public health settings.
Focuses on the use of the nursing process in managing complex acute and chronic health problems affecting clients of all ages. Emphasizes the collaborative and independent functions of the nurse. Prerequisite: NUCO 4100.
Provides the opportunity to learn and utilize biopsychosocial concepts in the care of mentally ill and substance abusing individuals. Focuses on assessment strategies, nursing interventions, plans of care, and the rehabilitative processes for a variety of acute and chronic problems. Includes clinical practice in a variety of hospital and community settings. Prerequisite: All third-year courses.
This course builds on acquired health assessment skills and introduces psychosocial research and theory needed to provide holistic care to clients across the lifespan. The course will explore mental health disorders and addictions experienced globally, evaluate research evidence to determine optimal interventions, master mental health nursing competencies, and learn resiliency principles needed to provide compassionate care for self and others.
This course equips students with essential competencies to advance nursing practice. Students review standardized taxonomies, conceptualize interprofessional collaboration, explore career pathways, practice proficiency in information technology, and expand mentorship strategies to achieve professional success. Activities and assessments emphasize critical thinking, scholarly analysis, and professional communication in writing and presentations.
This course analyzes and synthesizes knowledge, problem solving strategies, and experience from nursing education (prior and new) to cultivate clinical reasoning, inter-professional collaboration, and self-reflection. In addition, students incorporate professional development strategies that foster professional growth. Advance standing credits for prior nursing education are awarded upon successful completion of the course.
This course expands the student's understanding of baccalaureate generalist practice, societal and health care trends, and emerging nursing practice issues. Students propose solutions within the scope of nursing practice to address these issues. Students complete experiential learning projects focused on current trends and issues in health care, building upon their own nursing practice and previous learning experiences.
This course enhances the student's application of concepts used in population-focused nursing practice to promote and protect health in communities and populations and respond to public health threats. Students analyze relationships between determinants of health as they relate to the health of populations local to global, especially vulnerable populations. Students complete an experiential learning project focused on one community/population.
This course provides the opportunity to offer a new course in undergraduate nursing.
Provides a foundation for nursing practice in community health by emphasizing the application of concepts and theories. Through a focus on family- and community-oriented nursing practice, students expand their roles from caring for an individual within a family to assessing and intervening to solve family and community health problems. Examines the influence of political, socioeconomic, and ecological issues on the health of populations. Includes clinical practice in selected community agencies. Prerequisite: All third-year courses.
Focuses on the socialization of the nurse into the profession, emphasizing nursing's body of knowledge, the legal and ethical responsibilities of nurses, and issues they face. Prepares beginning practitioners of nursing to intelligently interpret the literature on professional responsibilities. Equips new graduates with basic strategies for utilizing specialized nursing knowledge and provides a basis for responsible decision-making related to ethical and legal issues. Prerequisite: All third-year courses.
This final clinical course provides an opportunity to integrate the knowledge and skills acquired from previous courses during an intensive 168-hour precepted practicum. Students work directly with clinical preceptors under the direction of faculty members to refine their skills in group patient care delivery, priority setting, and decision making. Clinical placements include a wide range of inpatient and outpatient settings. Prerequisite: Completion of all other required nursing courses.
Using case studies and/or simulation activities, students synthesize knowledge and problem-solving strategies from all previous course work to cultivate critical and reflective thinking, clinical reasoning, decision-making, and a greater understanding of health promotion, specific disease-based processes and/or population health challenges. Students interact with experts as they complete each problem-based team learning activity.
Synthesis Practicum provides students with the opportunity to integrate knowledge and skills acquired from all previous courses. Students work directly with clinical preceptors in an intensive 168-hour clinical, refining their skills and exploring the professional nurse's role. They assume leadership roles and begin to transition to independent professional practice.
In this course, students will synthesize prior nursing knowledge to demonstrate proficiency in key competencies. Through preparation for national pre-licensure exams and engagement in the RN licensure process, students will deepen their understanding of baccalaureate generalist practice. The course also explores societal and healthcare trends and emerging issues in clinical nursing.