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  • 4.00 Credits

    Students provide nursing care using the nursing process in a clinical setting with adult patients experiencing acute and chronic illness. Emphasis is on demonstration of clinical judgement. This courses is offered Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory only. Prerequisites: NURS 3490 and completion or concurrent enrollment with NURS 3635, 3665, 3695, PHCY 4470
  • 2.00 Credits

    Introduces students to the core concepts of professional nursing practices. Nursing process, domains of nursing practice, health policy, evidence-based practice, legal and professional standards are assimilated into nursing practice from discussion, role playing and case studies. Contemporary nursing issues and situational factors are examined. Prerequisites: previous Bachelor's degree; admitted to BRAND nursing track.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Includes concepts of basic care/comfort, technical skills, medical equipment, asepsis, medication administration, nurse/client safety, and client rights. Students learn to assess and document normal variations and potential alterations of physiological, sociocultural, spiritual, and developmental dimensions of individuals across the lifespan. Prerequisites: Completion or concurrent enrollment in NURS 2340, NURS 3730, NURS 3790, and PHCY 3450.
  • 5.00 Credits

    Application of critical elements of professional nursing practice with adults experiencing acute, chronic, and complex health alterations. Focus is on incorporation of patient safety principles; quality initiatives; evidence-based nursing practice; information technology; inter-professional collaboration and communication; health promotion strategies; and critical thinking and clinical reasoning in the provision of nursing care. Prerequisites: NURS 3745 and completion or concurrent enrollment in NURS 3770, NURS 4055, and NURS 4665.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Prepares nursing students to engage in evidence-based practice in nursing, specifically how to search the literature and databases, ask meaningful clinical questions, find relevant evidence, critically appraise evidence, integrate best evidence with clinical expertise and patient/community values. Prerequisites: STAT 2050 or STAT 2070 or equivalent; NURS 3745 and completion or concurrent enrollment in NURS 3770, NURS 3771, and NURS 4765.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Components of the nursing process and evidence-based nursing practice are used to protect the health of clients through health promotion, risk reduction, and disease prevention. Prerequisites: Completion or concurrent enrollment in NURS 2340, NURS 3730, NURS 3745, and PHCY 3450.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Junior students integrate the physiological, psychological, spiritual, developmental and socio-cultural dimensions of adults as they study nursing care during wellness and illness. Focus is on neurological, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal systems and genetics, diagnostics and pre-operative care. Students learn the professional nursing role in planning care of the adult client. Prerequisites: NURS 3440 and 3475; NURS 3020, or concurrent enrollment.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Explores the physiological, psychological, spiritual, developmental and socio-cultural dimensions of the older adult and addresses the 30 AACN/Hartford Foundations' Recommended Baccalaureate Competencies and Curricular Guidelines for Geriatric Nursing Care. Prerequisites: NURS 3440 and 3475; NURS 3020 or concurrent enrollment.
  • 3.00 Credits

    Explores psychiatric illnesses and mental health concepts consistent with the roles of the professional nurse. Emphasis is on the nursing process, DSM-IV criteria, therapeutic communication, treatment modalities, legal and ethical concerns, community resources, and inter-related client needs in a variety of health care settings. Prerequisites: NURS 3440 and 3475; NURS3020 or concurrent enrollment.
  • 4.00 Credits

    Junior nursing students are placed in clinical settings to provide patient-centered nursing care using the nursing process. The focus is on adult clients experiencing acute, chronic and/or psychiatric alterations in health. The physiological, psychological, spiritual, developmental, and socio-cultural client dimensions are studied and professional nursing roles are integrated into practice. Prerequisites: NURS 3840, 3842, 3844 or concurrent enrollment.