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25:705:306
Health Assessment Across the Life Span (3)
This course focuses on the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed by professional
nurses to conduct a comprehensive physical and behavioral health assessment
using a life span approach, and incorporating ethical, social, and cultural
dimensions. Students will incorporate
health promotion strategies for teaching and learning needs of individuals.
Health assessment skills are practiced in the simulation learning environment.
Prerequisites: 01:119:127-128 or 21:120:141-142; 01:119:131-132 or 21:120:235; 01:160:128 or 21:160:108, 01:830:101 or 21:830:102; 705:229; 705:255; required course in descriptive/inferential statistics
Corequisites:25:705:325, 335, 350
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25:705:325
Professional Nursing I (3)
This course introduces students to the
rich heritage of nursing and the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed by
professional nurses to be effective members of the health care team. Emphasis is placed on the development of
therapeutic and written communication skills necessary to advocate in the
nurse/client relationship and with members of the health care team. This course
also introduces students to the concept of evidence-based practice and its
relevance to their practice as professional nurses. It is designed to facilitate an understanding
of the meaning and significance of evidence-based nursing practice and an
appreciation of how theory and research shape that practice and enhance the
quality of care provided.
Prerequisites: 01:119:127-128 or 21:120:141-142; 01:119:131-132 or 21:120:235; 01:160:128 or 21:160:108, 01:830:101 or 21:830:102; 705:205, 229, 255; required course in descriptive/inferential statistics.
Corequisites: 25:705:306 335, 350
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25:705:326
Professional Nursing II (2)
This course focuses on applying the
knowledge, attitudes and skills needed by professional nurses to assume the
role of leader in ways that continually improve nursing care and advance the
profession. This course will explore contemporary issues in healthcare and the
impact on practice, policy, education, and research. Emphasis is placed on the
use of nursing informatics, health literacy and the competencies needed by
nurses to guide scholarly inquiry. Students will acquire the knowledge and
skills essential to identify research questions, conduct structured literature
and database searches, begin to critically appraise research findings and
practice guidelines, and utilize electronic clinical decision support resources
(up-to-date) associated with improved outcomes.
Prerequisites: 25:705:306, 325, 335, 350
Corequesites: 25:705:336, 340, 351
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25:705:335
Nursing Care of Healthy Populations (6)
This course focuses on the knowledge,
attitudes, and skills needed by professional nurses to provide evidence-based
primary and secondary prevention to healthy individuals, families, and
communities. Nursing process and clinical reasoning concepts will be introduced
to optimize physical and behavioral health outcomes across the life span.
Nursing skills are practiced in the simulated learning environment and in
various health care and community settings.
Prerequisites: 01:119:127-128 or 21:120:141-142; 01:119:131-132 or 21:120:235; 01:160:128 or 21:160:108; 01:830:101 or 21:830:102; 705:205, 229, 255; required course in descriptive/inferential statistics.
Corequisites: 25:705:306,325, 350
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25:705:336
Nursing Care of Adults and Older Adults with Common Health Conditions (6)
This course focuses on the knowledge,
attitudes, and skills needed by professional nurses to provide care to
culturally diverse adults and older adults. Emphasis is placed on clinical reasoning/judgments
pertinent to health promotion, risk reduction, and disease prevention and
symptom management, incorporating evidence-based practice to common physical
and behavioral health conditions. Factors influencing the health of adult and
older adult populations will be identified and disparities in outcomes will be
discussed. The nurse's role as a leader, patient advocate, change agent,
educator, and member of the interprofessional health care team will be discussed. This course will include clinical experiences
in simulation and a variety of health care settings.
Prerequisites: 705:306, 325, 335, 350.
Corequisites: 25:705:326, 340, 351
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25:705:340
Nursing Care of Childbearing Families (6)
This course focuses on the knowledge,
attitudes, and skills needed by professional nurses to provide care to diverse
childbearing families. Physical and behavioral factors influencing the
reproductive health of families, communities, and populations will be
identified and disparities in outcomes will be discussed. Evidence-based
practice, professional standards of care, the nursing process, and knowledge
from nursing and related disciplines will be presented as the foundation for
providing comprehensive, safe, quality nursing care to childbearing families.
The perinatal nurse's role as a leader, patient advocate, change agent,
educator, and member of the interprofessional health care team will be discussed.
This course will include clinical experiences in simulation and a variety of
health care settings.
Prerequisites: 705:306, 325, 335, 350.
Corequisites: 705:326, 336, 351.
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25:705:350
Pathophysiology & Pharmacotherapeutics: An Integrated Approach I (3)
Pathophysiology & Pharmacotherapeutics: An Integrated Approach I is the first component of a two-semester sequence that explores concepts of pathophysiology and pharmacology as applied to nursing practice. This major focus is on common disease conditions across the lifespan with an emphasis on adult populations. Content builds on basic anatomy and physiology, microbiology, and chemistry knowledge acquired through prerequisite courses. The pathophysiologic basis for common human health alterations and associated clinical manifestations are discussed. Therapeutic pharmacological interventions and fundamentals of medication dosage calculations are introduced. Major drug classifications are discussed in relation to administration methods, pharmacologic effects, drug toxicity, and relevant nursing interventions.
Prerequisites: 01:119:127-128 or 21:120:141-142; 01:119:131-132 or 21:120:235; 01:160:128 or 21:160:108, 01:830:101 or 21:830:102; 705:229, 255; required course in descriptive/inferential statistics.
Corequisites: 705:306, 325, 335.
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25:705:351
Pathophysiology & Pharmacotherapeutics : An Integrated Approach II (3)
Pathophysiology &
Pharmacotherapeutics: An Integrated Approach II is the second component of a
two-semester sequence that explores concepts of pathophysiology and
pharmacology as applied to nursing practice. Content is focused on the use of
pharmacological interventions for the treatment of disease across the lifespan.
A wide spectrum of pharmacologic agents is appraised with an emphasis on the
nurse's role in safe and therapeutically effective medication administration.
Cultural, ethical, legal, and political influences on medication adherence are
examined. A focused review of underlying pathophysiologic processes and disease
manifestation, patient risk factors, and therapeutic nursing interventions
aimed at improving client outcomes completes the content for this course.
Prerequisites: 705:306, 325, 335, 350.
Corequisites: 705:326, 336, 340.
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25:705:412
Nursing Care of Infants, Children and Adolescents (6)
This course focuses on the knowledge,
attitudes, and skills needed by professional nurses to provide evidence-based
care to culturally diverse infant, child, and adolescent populations and their
families. Emphasis is placed on clinical
reasoning/judgments pertinent to health promotion, risk reduction, and disease
prevention, and symptom management of acute and chronic physical and behavioral
health conditions. Factors influencing the health of infants, children, and
adolescents will be identified and disparities in outcomes will be discussed.
The nurse's role as a leader, patient advocate, change agent, educator, and
member of the interprofessional health care team will be discussed. The course
will include clinical experiences in simulation and a variety of health care
settings.
Prerequisites: 705:326, 336, 340, 351.
Corequisites: 705:427, 428
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25:705:414
Nursing Care of Individuals/Populations with Acute and Chronic Mental Health Conditions (6)
This course
focuses on the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed by professional nurses
to provide care to culturally diverse individuals, families, and communities
dealing with acute and chronic mental health and psychiatric conditions. Emphasis on clinical reasoning/judgments pertinent to health promotion, risk
reduction, and disease prevention and management of acute and chronic mental
health and psychiatric conditions. Factors influencing mental health will be
identified and disparities in outcomes will be discussed. The nurse's role as a
leader, patient advocate, change agent, educator, and member of the
interprofessional health care team will be discussed. The course will include
clinical experiences in simulation and a variety of health care and community
settings.
Prerequisites: 705:412, 427, 428.
Corequisites: 25:705:418, 455, 460.
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25:705:418
Population Health (3)
This course synthesizes
previous knowledge and skills to address population health of diverse
individuals and communities across the life span and settings. The goal is to
shift the focus from acute, individual care to a broader health promotion,
disease prevention framework focused on populations. Emphasis is on the
identification of social determinants that impact the health of individuals,
families, and communities. Students are challenged to explore how engagement of
nursing professionals can impact the health of populations through analysis of
culturally competent care, to address social determinants and health
disparities. The utility of the collection and interpretation of meaningful use
data to identify care gaps to promote quality and safe care are discussed.
Prerequisites: 705:412, 427, 428.
Corequisites: 705:414, 455, 460.
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25:705:427
Professional Nursing III (3)
This course challenges students to explore the role of nurse
leader in ways that continually improves nursing care and advance the
profession across practice, academic, and policy arenas. Approaches to develop
health policy that is grounded in sound evidence will be discussed and serve as
tools for future nurse leaders and nurse scientists. A strong emphasis is the
responsibility of the nurse to ensure high quality, safe, and cost-effective,
value-based care across all settings and for individuals and populations across
the life span.
Prerequisites: 705:325, 336, 340, 351.
Corequisites: 705:412, 428
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25:705:428
Nursing Care of Adults and Older Adults with Complex Health Conditions (6)
This course focuses on the knowledge,
attitudes, and skills needed by professional nurses to provide care to
culturally diverse adults and older adults. Emphasis is placed on clinical
reasoning/judgments pertinent to health promotion, risk reduction, and disease
prevention and symptom management, incorporating evidence-based practice to
complex health conditions. Factors influencing the physical and behavioral
health of adult and older adult populations will be identified and disparities
in outcomes will be discussed. The nurse's role as a leader, patient advocate,
change agent, educator, and member of the interprofessional health care team will
be discussed. This course will include clinical experiences in simulation and a
variety of health care and community settings.
Prerequisites: 705:326, 336, 340, 351.
Corequisites: 705:412, 427.
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25:705:455
Transition to Professional Practice (4)
This course focuses on the
knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed by the student nurse to effectively
transition to professional practice, providing and managing safe and effective
care within health care systems. Emphasis
is placed on the synthesis of various leadership roles and responsibilities
expected of the novice professional nurse, such as care provider, care
coordinator, manager, change agent, and member of interprofessional teams
working collaboratively to ensure continuity of care to support culturally
competent, safe, and effective care to individuals, families, groups, and
communities. Theoretical perspectives will help guide students to cope with
change, conflict, prioritization, delegation, and time management. This course will include a clinical component along with a seminar.
Prerequisites: 705:412, 427, 428.
Corequisites: 705:414, 418, 460.
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25:705:460
Nursing Elective: Special Topics (3)
NURSING ELECTIVE: SPECIAL TOPICS
Introduction to Perioperative Nursing (New course number 705:465 as of Spring 2025) This course provides students with essential knowledge of pre-, intra- and post-operative nursing care of the client in surgical settings. Emphasis is placed on the role of the perioperative nurse as a leader, educator, client advocate and member of the surgical team. The use of evidence-based guidelines and technology in clinical judgement to improve quality, safety and client outcomes will be explored. This course may include simulated learning and in[1]person clinical observation experiences. This course is open to Level 4 students only or by special permission
Victimology & Forensic Nursing (New course number 705:463 as of Spring 2025) This course provides students with a broad overview of victimology, focusing upon the physical, psychological, and psychosocial impact of victimization on individuals, families, and communities. Topics including forensic nursing, domestic violence, sexual assault, violent crimes, child abuse, elder abuse, and human trafficking/exploitation will be discussed. Students will explore the role of professional nurses in identifying and caring for those who have been victimized. This course is open to Level 4 nursing students only (Levels I, II, and III must already be completed).
Introduction to Wound Care (New course number 705:464 as of Spring 2025)
This course will provide the student with a basic understanding of the various types of wounds encountered in clinical practice. The course focuses on the pathophysiology of common types of wounds, the wound healing process and the use of various treatment modalities. This course will also provide for hands- on skills lab to familiarize students to the use of various wound care products.
Complementary and Alternative Therapies
This course explores common integrative, complementary, and alternative therapies used in relation to health and wellness. Integrative and complementary/alternative therapies for specific health conditions across the lifespan will be identified and their impact on health and healthcare will be determined. Available resources and organizations that enhance collaboration with healthcare members will be emphasized.
Intro to Quality and Safety in Healthcare (New course number 705:462 as of Spring 2025)
This course focuses on the introduction of various principles, theories, and models of quality, safety, and processes improvement for nurses. Students will identify practices and processes that promote quality and safety to reduce risk of harm and improve outcomes. The student will describe nursing¿s influence on patient safety and healthcare outcomes and their impact on organizational performance inclusive of quality improvement strategies. Students will examine gaps in quality and safety measurement and identify areas for potential research and/or education.
Foundations in Health Education (705:470)
Focuses on current educational practices including history of education; educational theories, objectives, or policies; and teaching and evaluation strategies. Strategies for teaching children, adolescents, and adults will be presented. Students will develop, present, and critique health education plans for individuals, groups, and/or communities.
Prerequisites: 705:412, 427, 428. Corequisites: 705:414, 418, 455.
Note: If you withdraw from a course that has one or more corequisite(s), you must withdraw from both the course and the corequisite course(s)
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Note: If you withdraw from a course
that has one or more corequisite(s), you must withdraw from both the course and the corequisite
course(s).
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