25:705:409
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing (6)
This course focuses on the theoretical, clinical, and scientific knowledge relevant to the nursing care of culturally diverse psychiatric clients. Clinical applications of knowledge in the nursing care of individuals, families, and groups with acute and chronic alterations in psychological functioning are applied and evaluated. Emphasis is placed on knowledge and clinical reasoning/judgments pertinent to health promotion, risk reduction, and disease prevention in psychiatric clients. Nursing strategies pertaining to the management of illness and symptom management of the psychiatric client are discussed.
Prerequisites: 25:705:314, 320, 322. Corequisite: 25:705:415.
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25:705:415
Health and Illness of Older Adults (6)
This course focuses on theoretical and scientific knowledge relevant to the nursing care of culturally diverse older adults. Emphasis is placed on knowledge pertinent to health promotion, risk reduction, and disease prevention. Nursing strategies pertaining to the recognition and management of illness and symptoms in older adults will also be discussed. In addition, the course also contains a Pass/Fail clinical portion. The clinical will focus on the application of knowledge in the nursing care of culturally diverse older adults. Emphasis will be placed on providing competent clinical reasoning/judgment in promoting health, reducing risk, and preventing disease. Nursing strategies pertaining to the management of acute and chronic illness and symptom management in older adults are applied and evaluated.
Prerequisites: 25:705:314, 320, 322. Corequisite: 25:705:409.
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25:705:444
Community Health Nursing (6)
This course provides students with an introduction to community health nursing practice, including the standards of practice for community health nursing, with an emphasis on community assessment, program planning and evaluation, community empowerment, and caring for high-risk aggregates and vulnerable populations in the community. Students will learn the theoretical basis for underlying analysis of health patterns of communities, apply these theories in the clinical practicum, and develop an understanding of the role of the professional nurse in promoting the health of communities.
Prerequisites: 25:705:409, 415. Corequisite: 25:705:498.
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25:705:498
Leadership and Management in Nursing (6)
This course focuses on the theoretical foundations for implementing nursing's provider, management, and professional roles to promote, maintain, and restore the health of humans. Emphasis is placed on conceptualizing health care organizations as client and nursing's role in delivering and managing care in such organizations.
Prerequisites: 25:705:409, 415. Corequisite: 25:705:444.
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