An introduction to the basic concepts of biology, chemistry and physics, which stresses practical applications. Topics include survey of the fundamental concepts of atoms and molecules as the basic building blocks of matter, an overview of the life sciences with an emphasis on human biology and a discussion of the principles underlying common physical phenomena. Open to non-science majors. (SLSC)
This course deals with the properties and effects of drugs, and in a more general sense, with the interactions of chemical compounds in living systems. It is a discipline of biology and is closely related to other disciplines, particularly physiology and biochemistry.
This course covers the basic elements of nutrition and its relationship to health. It teaches students essentials of adequate diet and the nutritional needs of various members of the family.
This course covers the fundamental principles of nutrition and their relationship to health. The role of diet in the prevention and treatment of representative pathophysiological conditions will be examined. This course is designed for students majoring in Nursing or interested in careers in the Health Sciences.
The student will study the skeletal and muscular systems of the body in depth, as well as analyze their interrelationship to one another. The interrelationship of nerves to muscle and bone movement will also be investigated. Analysis of movement is an important component. The interrelationships of one part of the body to another will be investigated. Applications will be made to athletic ability and dance technique.
This course examines the process used by analysts to develop strategic intelligence. Students will participate throughout the course as a member of a group tasked to complete an estimative project. Students will learn to apply strategic theory to critical national security problems. Cross-listed with CRIM2011
This course explores the methods used to obtain and analyze data to create information that businesses can utilize in making decisions. An emphasis is placed on using public source information to meet the objectives of practical exercise scenarios.
This course examines the research methods and presentation techniques utilized by intelligence analysts. The student will be immersed in the world of Open Source Intelligence and will be taught to use relevant analytical tools in the form of open source search techniques and Intellipedia software. Students will function as members of an intelligence cell where they will use analytical tools to create both team and individual intelligence reports focused on selected criminal and terrorist organizations. Each student in this course will, as a final exercise, be responsible for producing an intelligence product and presenting a PowerPoint-based briefing to a panel of experts drawn from the Intelligence Community.
This course is the capstone course required of all national security studies majors. Senior students will engage in an in-depth study of both the historical and current national security policies of the United States and selected foreign countries. Students are expected to possess excellent research and writing skills to be successful in this course. They are required to write and orally present several short white papers dealing with critical issues in the areas of national security and intelligence. The students' knowledge base is evaluated during this course through the use of a comprehensive examination that encompasses the six national security major required courses. The course culminates with an extensive white paper and oral presentation concerning a current national security policy of the United States or a foreign country if the policy impacts the security posture of the United States.toms.
This course examines the issues and processes associated with the most critical domains of security management. In particular, the course will focus on risk analysis, security surveys, response planning, and the principles of the all-hazards approach to risk management. Cross-listed with CRIM4012
This course is designed to provide the student with knowledge about the interaction of theory and research for the acquisition of knowledge and advancing nursing practice. The course will focus on the value of scientific evidence and nursing as a discipline as the basis for providing quality care and improving nursing practice. This course provides the opportunity for the student to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to critically evaluate nursing reasearch and evidence-based practice. Emphasis is on exploring the entire research process.
This course provides the foundation for advanced nursing practice. Students are introduced to theories from nursing, natural, social, biological, and organizational sciences to frame their future practice. Key concepts are presented regarding leadership, adult learning, communication, professionalism, human diversity, and transition of the nurse to the nursing practice role.
This course focuses on three main areas of the healthcare delivery system: healthcare economics (payers, providers, consumers, value based purchasing), health informatics (management of health data to improve aspects of health outcomes such as cost, quality, safety and satisfaction), and quality care and patient outcomes (as defined by various agencies and regulatory bodies such as NDNQI, AHRQ, CSM and private payers). The synthesis of these three important concepts will provide a foundation for the advanced practice nurse to make clinical decisions and to improve patient care and outcomes.
This course provides the opportunity for students to acquire advanced knowledge and skills in the pharmacologic treatment of commonly encountered health problems. The role of the advanced practice nurse in collaboration with health team members in providing safe and effective drug therapy will be explored. Principle of pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacogenetics, and pharmacogenomics as well as adverse drug reactions will be incorporated in the decision-making process to assess and monitor drug therapy and to teach patients safe and effective medication administration. The effects of culture, ethnicity, age, pregnancy, gender and economics on pharmacologic therapy will be emphasized. Assessment of the use of herbal and nutritional supplements, nutraceutical, and over-the-counter drugs on prescribed therapies will be addressed. In addition, current issues in drug therapy will be discussed such as the role of the advanced practice nurse in the current opioid epidemic and the use of medical marijuana.
This course is designed to introduce the student to contemporary leadership theories with a focus on transformational leadership. Theories that impact nursing administrators such as change, complexity science, and complex adaptive systems, are explored. Key concepts presented in this course include emotional intelligence, evidenced based management practice, strategic planning and visioning, evidence based innovation, and the American Organization of Nurse Executive's (AONE) competencies. These theories and concepts provide the student an opportunity to reflect on their own leadership strengths and weaknesses and create a professional leadership development plan which will guide their progress throughout this program.
This course focuses on the analysis of pathophysiologic and psychologic processes and concepts that serve as the foundation for clinical assessment and pharmacological management of patients with common disease states across the lifespan. The advanced practice nurse will interpret the results of diagnostic and laboratory tests used to diagnose and to monitor changes in selected pathophysiologic and psychologic conditions. The student is guided in assessing the influence of genetics, lifestyle, culture, gender, age, and economic status on the etiology and progression of selected pathophysiologic and psychologic alterations. In addition, current issues related to selected pathophysiologic and psychologic conditions are explored.
This course is designed to provide the student with an overview of the environment and financing of the health care system. Complex health care systems and their impact on the financial picture of the organization is explored. Students develop the knowledge and skills necessary for effective participation in financial management related to strategic planning including program budget planning and development as it relates to traditional and non-traditional health care systems.
This course is designed to prepare the student to facilitate learning in classrooms, clinical environments, and healthcare facilities. Students explore educational theories, principles, and evidence-based practices and their application to the learning process. Various teaching strategies appropriate to the learner, learning outcomes, content, and educational setting are explored. Technologies used to support the teaching-learning process will be examined.
This course focuses on healthcare policy in the United States. Students critically examine the national health care agenda and nursing’s role in relation to the health of the nation, global health, and global health policy. Federal, state, and local political structure and function are examined along with the hierarchy of political involvement, interest groups and lobbyists, advocacy strategies and ethical issues and the public policy process. An overview of health care finance as it relates to health care systems/services is presented and strategies for influencing the regulatory process will be explored.
This course is designed to assist the student in defining and developing the advanced practice role of nurse educator or nurse administrator. The student will explore the core competencies of the roles of nurse educator or nurse administrator as these are enacted within the context of traditional and nontraditional health care and educational systems. From a theoretical perspective or role development, the student will begin to synthesize a personal framework for practice within the selected role.
This course provides an opportunity for students to apply leadership and management concepts in a healthcare delivery environment through collaboration and guidance of a nursing administrator. The course emphasizes opportunities to analyze concepts of organizational culture, leadership/management skill sets, and competencies needed to implement and sustain change on organizations. This course examines the evaluation of organizational outcomes, strategic planning, goal setting in organizations, and allocation of financial resources; as well as use of computer technology in healthcare systems and in nursing administration. This course requires 60 practicum hours and 30 seminar hours.
This course provides the student with the opportunity to explore the process of curriculum development that reflects regulatory and accreditation standards and guidelines through student examination of nursing, societal, and health care trends, educational theory, research, and technology. Students explore the role of faculty in evaluation and revision of curriculum based on learner needs, societal and health care trends and feedback from learners, agency personnel and accrediting agencies. This course addresses the application of leadership, change, communication theories, evidence-based and best practice.
This course explores the nursing administrator's role in managing risk and quality of patient care and outcomes. A variety of quality standards, guidelines, and benchmarks are examined. The nature and analysis of sentinel events incorporating risk management and the process of continuous quality improvement in healthcare are explored utilizing an evidence based approach. An overview of quality improvement models and the tools necessary for participation in healthcare quality initiatives are provided. Strategies to create a culture of quality and safety are emphasized.
This course focuses on performing a comprehensive health assessment on patients throughout the lifespan and communicating the assessment findings to members of the multi-disciplinary health care team. The course builds on knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and health assessment skills previously attained in undergraduate nursing education. Emphasis is placed on the collection, interpretation, and synthesis of relevant historical, genetic, biological, cultural, psychosocial and physical data for the development of a comprehensive and holistic health assessment. Evidence based practice concepts related to health promotion/disease prevention are applied. Diagnostic reasoning skills are developed to determine health and risk status, develop health promotion/disease prevention strategies, and establish priorities of care. This course will incorporate 30 hours of clinical experience with a preceptor focusing on health assessment.
This course will assist the student in developing leadership knowledge and skills necessary to create a professional work environment. Current theories, standards and regulations regarding healthy work environments will be explored. Key topics include organizational culture, structural empowerment, Magnet tenets, staffing, and effective care delivery models. Human resource management principles such as selection, performance appraisal, and workplace violence and incivility are studied within the framework of creating an environment of professional practice.
This course is designed to introduce the student to processes of assessment, measurement and evaluation for the classroom and clinical setting. Test planning, construction, and use of a variety of types of test items, item analysis for test improvement, methods of summarizing test scores, derived scores for interpretation of performance, development and use of norms in evaluation are explored. In addition, assessment, measurement and evaluation of learners in an on campus and distance learning setting are presented. The importance of timely, constructive formative evaluation of learners is emphasized as is the importance of constructive self and peer evaluation.
This course focuses on the synthesis of knowledge and skills from prior graduate courses in a nursing education or clinical setting. A nurse educator with knowledge and experience in the educator role mentors the student. Students engage in reflection of experiences with peers and faculty weekly and implement a practicum project. This course requires 120 hours in a practicum setting.
This course focuses on the synthesis of knowledge, skills and critical systems thinking developed through the core content courses of the nursing administration program. Within the practicum experience, students enact leadership roles to expand, enhance, and optimize positive outcomes at the micro or macro- system level. The course requires 60 practicum hours and 30 hours of seminar.
As the first of the Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) specialization courses, this course provides the student with foundational knowledge of the CNL role and core competencies. Principles of population health management are applied to cohorts of patients, while simultaneously addressing individual needs. This course requires 30 hours in the practicum setting.
PREREQUISITE: NURG5002, NURG5006, NURG5004, NURG5023 (ALL WITH GRADE OF B OR BETTER) This course provides the student the opportunity to apply theory in a practicum setting. Faculty and preceptor(s) provide guidance to the student for Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) role identification through experiences within a healthcare setting, where concepts from Foundations of the CNL Role are integrated in real-world opportunities. This course requires 150 hours in a practicum setting.
This course provides a comprehensive analysis of the Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) as the advanced generalist within the healthcare microsystem. The course focuses on integration of the Clinical Nurse Leader competencies. Application of evidence-based practice and effective management of quality data to optimize outcomes will be discussed. This course requires 45 hours in a practicum setting.
This course is designed to provide the student with concepts of healthcare and nursing informatics for the nurse administrator and nurse educator integrating nursing science with computer technology and information science to identify, gather, process, and manage information. Current technology based health applications which support clinical, administrative, research, and educational processes and decision making will be emphasized. Trends and issues in using, designing, and managing health care information systems will be included as well as ethical and legal principles as they apply to health care information systems. Identifying and using appropriate technology for the task or project will also be discussed.
PREREQUISITE: NURG5002 (WITH GRADE OF B OR BETTER) This course provides an opportunity for students to apply theoretical concepts and skills gained from the MSN program to develop a capstone project or paper specific to their advanced nursing practice focus. Students demonstrate competence through writing and presentation of an evidence based or scholarly project. The student is assisted in the preparation of a project specific to nursing practice, administration or education.
This course provides the foundation for comprehensive nursing practice. Students explore theories from nursing, natural, social, biological, and organizational sciences to frame their future practice. Key concepts are presented regarding leadership, adult learning, communication, professionalism, human diversity, and transition of the nurse to the nursing practice role.
This course provides the opportunity for students to acquire complex knowledge and skills in the pharmacologic treatment of commonly encountered health problems and to build on foundational concepts from a basic pharmacology course and experience in the clinical setting. The role of the nurse in collaboration with health team members in providing safe and effective drug therapy will be explored. Principle of pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacogenetics, and pharmacogenomics as well as adverse drug reactions will be incorporated in the decision-making process to assess and monitor drug therapy and to teach patients safe and effective medication administration. The effects of culture, ethnicity, age, pregnancy, gender and economics on pharmacologic therapy will be emphasized. Assessment of the use of herbal and nutritional supplements, nutraceutical, and over-the-counter drugs on prescribed therapies will be addressed. In addition, current issues in drug therapy will be discussed such as the role of the nurse in the current opioid epidemic and the use of medical marijuana.
This course focuses on the analysis of pathophysiologic and psychologic processes and concepts that serve as the foundation for clinical assessment and pharmacological management of patients with common disease states across the lifespan. This course builds on the foundational concepts of basic anatomy and physiology and the clinical experiences in the medical surgical courses throughout the program. The student will interpret the results of diagnostic and laboratory tests used to diagnose and to monitor changes in selected pathophysiologic and psychologic conditions. The student is guided in assessing the influence of genetics, lifestyle, culture, gender, age, and economic status on the etiology and progression of selected pathophysiologic and psychologic alterations. In addition, current issues related to selected pathophysiologic and psychologic conditions are explored.
This course focuses on healthcare policy in the United States and the related global health considerations. Students critically examine the national health care agenda and nurging's role in relation to the health of the nation, global health, and global health policy. Federal, state, and local political structure and function are examined along with the hierarchy of political involvement, interest groups and lobbyists, advocacy strategies, ethical issues and the public policy process. An overview of health care finance as it relates to health policy is presented and strategies to influence the regulatory process will be explored.
This course focuses on performing a comprehensive health assessment on patients throughout the lifespan and communicating the assessment findings to members of the multi-disciplinary health care team. The course builds on knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and health assessment skills previously attained in undergraduate nursing education. Emphasis is placed on the collection, interpretation, and synthesis of relevant historical, genetic, biological, cultural, psychosocial and physical data for the development of a comprehensive and holistic health assessment. Evidence based practice concepts related to health promotion/disease prevention are applied. Diagnostic reasoning skills are developed to determine health and risk status, develop health promotion/disease prevention strategies, and establish priorities of care. This course will incorporate 30 hours of clinical experience with a preceptor focusing on health assessment.
This course is designed to provide the student with essential concepts that guide the professional nursing practice. Professional identity, the nursing process, caring, communication and documentation, teaching and learning, as well as, culture and spirituality concepts are explored to develop critical thinking necessary to providing patient-centered care.
This course is designed to provide the student with the fundamental skills in assessment, intervention techniques, and evaluation methods essential to nursing practice. Basic concepts of anatomy, pathophysiology, and microbiology are applied to the foundational skills that guide the student in health promotion and maintenance, reduction of risk potential, as well as, basic care and comfort. The course contains a 90-hour clinical component that allow students the opportunity to develop competency in skills that promote and maintain health, reduce risk, and provide care and comfort.
This course is designed to prepare the student with the essential concepts and principles of pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics essential for the administration and management of patient medication therapies. Major drug classifications will be explored from the perspective of safe medication administrations. Therapeutic usage and action, dosages, and contraindications will be examined in detail with a focus on drug action and adverse events. Students will apply knowledge of pharmacology in simulation to ensure safe, effective patient-centered care. The course includes a lab-simulation component allowing students the opportunity to practice safe medication administration and effective patient-centered care.
This course is designed to provide the student the opportunity to apply information literacy, clinical inquiry, and evidence to nursing practice. Concepts and information related to the use of scholarly evidence to implement, change or evaluate nursing practice in the provision of quality care will be presented. The nurses' role in evaluating and integrating evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and research will be emphasized.
This course is designed to promote development and application of the essential concepts and fundamental skills of the student’s nursing practice to the care of patients experiencing common acute and chronic health conditions. Guided by the nursing process and employing a holistic approach, students apply health promotion, disease management, and restorative techniques associated with the common acute and chronic conditions. The course includes a 90-hour clinical component enabling students the opportunity to apply these essential concepts and skill in practice settings.
This course is designed to enable the student to focus on health-related issues of older adults. The course closely examines the unique needs and vulnerabilities of the older adult. Physical and psychological issues and their relation to the determinants of health are examined closely with a focus on an interdisciplinary approach to promote patient autonomy and patient centered care.
This course is designed to provide the student with epidemiologic and public health concepts that guide evidence-based practice in the healthcare environment. The science of population-based care inclusive of epidemiology, social epidemiology and evidence-based practice for population health will be presented. An examination of the various conditions occurring within diverse populations that influence health outcomes, policy development, health improvement interventions, and impact health inequities will be included in the course. The use of population health databases, technological innovations and social media to assess, plan and deliver programs to improve health at the local, national, and global level will be explored.
This course focuses on three main areas impacting quality and safety of nursing care: the national agenda and the economics driving quality initiatives, evidence-based strategies to promote safety and quality, and management of health data to improve aspects of health outcomes. The synthesis of these three important concepts will provide a foundation for the entry level student to make clinical decisions, direct patient care, and promote safety.
This course is designed to further develop the student's critical thinking and clinical judgment in the use of concepts and skills essential to the care of clients experiencing acute and chronic health conditions. The student will utilize the nursing process, development of holistic and comprehensive nursing assessments, planning, intervention implementation, and evaluation to direct the care of clients to meet optimal outcomes. Aspects of health promotion, disease management, and adaptation to health disorders are also analyzed. A 90-hour clinical component provides the student with the opportunity to utilize the developed concepts and skills in practice settings.
This course is designed provides the student with concepts related to mental health and psychiatric disorders throughout the lifespan. Students will incorporate professional nursing standards and values to the care of individuals and families experiencing mental health issues and psychiatric disorders. Health promotion, disease prevention, and adaptation to alterations specific mental health and psychiatric disorders will be explored. The 90-hour clinical provides students the opportunity to care for patients and families in the mental health setting.
In this course, the research process is presented, with emphasis on varying approaches, methodologies, conceptual frameworks, and ethical considerations. The value of scientific evidence and the discipline of nursing as the basis for providing quality care and improving practice is highlighted. Students are afforded the opportunity to critically evaluate nursing research and utilize credible evidence to implement best practices.
This course is designed to develop the student's ability to apply critical thinking and clinical judgement to complex concepts and skills for in complex nursing situations with adult patients and families. Coursework emphasizes nursing assessment, skills, care, and management of adults experiencing complex health alterations. The course includes a 90-hour clinical component to develop the complex concepts and skills necessary for complex patient care.
This course provides the student with the opportunity to integrate nursing and developmental theories to emphasize family-centered care of pregnant women, newborns, and children. Pertinent physiological, developmental, and sociocultural concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention will be addressed. Nursing care of women through antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum periods and the newborn's adaptation to extra-uterine life will be emphasized. In addition, nursing care of the pediatric patient from infancy through adolescence will be addressed with attention to the following concepts: growth and development, effects of hospitalization, and common acute and chronic disorders. The 90-hour clinical experience provides the student with an opportunity to apply the course's theoretical concepts and implement safe family-centered care to mothers, newborns, and children in selected settings.
The nurse's role in health promotion for individuals, communities or groups is the focus of this course. Models and theories of health promotion, behavioral change and health education will be explored. Determinants contributing to or hindering optimal health are examined. Evidence-based health promotion interventions will be addressed.
This seminar and practicum course provides the student with the opportunity to apply the knowledge, skills, and core values of the professional nurse as they transition from student to graduate nurse. Prioritization, delegation, and time management during provision of care will be emphasized. Integration of professional practice standards and effective communication will be highlighted. The 90-hour practicum component of the course enables students the opportunity to apply their nursing knowledge and skills in the clinical settings under the supervision of an RN preceptor.
This course is designed to provide the students to the leadership role of professional nursing practice. Students will explore leadership and management theories. Professional concepts such as quality and safety, interprofessional communication and collaboration, delegation, supervision, education, and evidence-based practice are expanded upon with in the concept of leadership. By completion of the course students will identify and develop a clinical based project to improve care or address an ongoing issue within a complex health delivery system.
This course is designed to introduce students to the foundational concepts and processes of the nursing profession and practice. Concepts in critical thinking, growth and development, communication, teaching and learning, and management of care are explored.
This course provides the students with fundamental knowledge and skills necessary for the safe provision of care for patients with in the context of the nursing process. The course introduces practices of safety, infection prevention, physical assessment, and basic nursing skills in a patient-centered environment. Students are provided the opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge in both the classroom laboratory and clinical setting. The 90-hour clinical experience is structured to provide students the opportunity to practice foundational nursing knowledge, skills, and critical thinking in the clinical setting.
This course is designed to provide knowledge and skills necessary for the safe provision of basic therapeutic interventions for patients throughout the lifespan within the context of the nursing process. The student will develop beginning competence in performing basic nursing and physical assessment skills in the laboratory classroom. Opportunity for the student to apply knowledge from Introduction to Nursing as well as basic nursing and physical assessment skills with adult clients and their families will occur in the clinical component of this course.
This course is designed to introduce students to the application of foundational concepts to the practice of medical surgical nursing of the adult patient. Issues related to health promotion, disease prevention, and health restoration in patients experiencing common acute and chronic disorders will be explored. Skills related to safe administration of medication, intravenous therapy, oxygen therapy and care of the patient with wounds and selected orthopedic conditions will be presented in the classroom laboratory. Students will be guided in the application of knowledge and skills in the acute care setting with adult patients and their families. The 90-hour clinical experience is structured to provide students the opportunity to care for adult patients and their families.
Clinical for Medical Surgical Nursing
The focus of this course is the application of the nursing process to address adaptation to actual or potential health problems of the adult and their families with selected acute and chronic illnesses. Health promotion and disease prevention for young, middle-aged and older adults are also explored. Skills related to the safe administration of medications, intravenous fluids, and medical-surgical procedures will be practiced in the clinical laboratory and assessment skills will be further developed. The student will be guided in the application of knowledge and skills in the acute care setting with adult and elderly patients/families.
The licensed practical nurse (LPN) student enters the ASN program as a provider of care practicing within the standards of practice, code of ethics, and state board of nursing regulations for the LPN. This course is designed to assist the LPN to build upon this knowledge as the student makes the transition to the role of the registered nurse (RN). The student will be introduced to the conceptual framework of the ASN program and will explore the professional nursing roles, ANA scope, standards of practice, code of ethics and PA nurse practice act. The nursing process, caring, communication, documentation, and the teaching learning process as practiced by the registered nurse will be explored. Basic assessment skills, medication preparation, administration and IV therapy skills and other fundamental nursing skills will be evaluated.
This course is designed to introduce students to the concepts of mental health-mental health illness across the lifespan. Utilizing the nursing process as a framework, students will care for patients experiencing mental health problems. Therapeutic communication, developmental theories, and changes in behavior patterns are presented and explored. Students will be guided in the application of principles from biologic and behavioral sciences and nursing to assist the patient and family to adapt to stressors and disruptions in mental health and mental health disorders. Health promotion and disease prevention as well as socio-cultural perspectives related to mental health will be reviewed. The 90-hour clinical experience is structured to provide students the opportunity to care for patients and families in the mental health setting.
Clinical for Mental Health Nursing
This course is designed to explore the role of the nurse in family centered care of the childbearing family before, during and after birth. Concepts and issues related to health promotion, disease prevention and illness, and care of women throughout the lifespan will also be addressed. Application of the nursing process in caring for childbearing women and their families will be emphasized. The 90-hour clinical experience is structured to provide students the opportunity to care for childbearing women and their families in a variety of settings.
Clinical for Childbearing & Women's Health Nursing
This course is designed to provide the student with knowledge of the role of the nurse in health promotion of children and families during illness. Utilization of the nursing process will be emphasized in caring for children with acute and chronic health problems in a variety of ambulatory, community, acute and transitional care settings. The 90-hour clinical experience is structured to provide students the opportunity to care for children and families in a various pediatric health settings.
Clinical for Nursing of Children
This course is designed to introduce the student to the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drug therapy. The actions, interactions, adverse effects, and nursing implications of drug therapy are explored. Students will recognize evidence based nursing processes related to medication documentation, provider prescriptions, and legal considerations across the lifespan.
This course is designed to provide the student with clinical reasoning skills required by professional nurses. Factors that influence the ability to effectively solve problems are examined to facilitate higher level thinking in simulated clinical situations. Strategies to decrease anxiety and improve test performance are an integral part of the cognitive/behavioral approach in this course.
This course provides students with the opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills necessary for the transition from student to graduate nurse. Students will utilize critical thinking, communication skills, and the nursing process to prioritize and provide safe, evidence-based nursing care to multiple patients and families in clinical settings. Principles and philosophies of leadership and management that enable the graduate nurse to safely prioritize and delegate care of patients to other members of the health team are examined. The 60 hour clinical component of the course enables the student to transfer theoretical knowledge to application in the clinical setting under the direction and supervision of a preceptor.
This course is designed to facilitate the student's ability to integrate knowledge of pathophysiology and the nursing process to the care of patients and families experiencing complex health problems. The use of advanced technologies is integrated into the nursing process to provide safe, effective nursing care for patients as they adapt to these illnesses. The 90-hour clinical experience will provide students with opportunities to apply knowledge and skills from the classroom setting to the care of patients and families with these complex health issues.
This course is designed to provide the students with the knowledge and skills required to care for adult patients and families experiencing selected acute and chronic disorders. Issues related to illness, health promotion, disease prevention, and rehabilitation of selected disorders will be explored. The 90-hour clinical experience is structured to provide students the opportunity to care for adult patients and their families experiencing acute and chronic disorders.
This course is designed to provide students an opportunity to broaden their knowledge of professional nursing practice by enhancing their leadership and management skills. Knowledge and skills of nursing leadership and management will be examined through didactic course work, and a 30 hour practicum experience structured to provide students with the opportunity to develop a project or provide a service in a selected healthcare setting. Core competencies for quality care as well as legal, ethical, and professional values will be explored as related to nursing leadership and management.
This course is designed to provide the student an opportunity to explore the nature, value, and utility of nursing research, and the relationships among research, theory, and practice. An overview of the research process is presented, with emphasis on varying approaches and methodologies, conceptual consistency, and ethical considerations. Critical appraisal of published research affords the student the opportunity to identify valid, rigorous research necessary to support evidence-based practices.
This course is designed to provide students the opportunity to explore the historical and contemporary health experiences of older people with an emphasis on health promotion, disease prevention, living with chronic illness, and evidence-based nursing interventions to improve and maintain the health of older people. Students will examine health disparities and common health problems in older adults.Ethical, legal, and health policy issues impacting health care for older adults will also be examined.
This course is designed to offer students the opportunity to explore the nurse's role in health promotion, disease and injury prevention and health education across the life span. Students will examine models and theories of health promotion, behavioral change and health education related to individuals and communities. Sociocultural, economic, genetic and political determinants that contribute to or hinder achieving optimal health are addressed. Evidence-based interventions that promote healthy behaviors of individuals and communities and prevent morbidity and mortality are analyzed.
This elective course provides the opportunity to explore quality and safety competencies in health care and nursing practice. Knowledge, skills, and attitudes related to these competencies will be explored as will the national agenda driving quality and safety initiatives, strategies to build a culture of quality and safety, interprofessional approaches to quality and safety, and global issues and strategies related to quality and safety. Selected issues related to safe, quality nursing care will be investigated.
This course is designed to provide the student an overview of the context of health care including the organization and financing of patient services, how reimbursement is structured, and the scope and role of regulatory agencies that define boundaries of nursing practice. Health care policy issues and the political process addressing those issues will be examined. Strategies for influencing the political process by nurses, other health professionals, lay and special advocacy groups will be explored.
This elective course provides the student with the opportunity to explore nursing informatics and technology applications in healthcare with emphasis on preparing entry level nurses with basic nursing informatics competencies. A brief history and evolution of health care technology, selected concepts, theories and models related to healthcare information systems, current systems and their uses, with emphasis on quality and safety in delivering patient care, and trends and future directions in implementing healthcare information systems will be introduced. Knowledge and skill in information processing and data management, professional roles, competencies, and skills of an informatics nurse as a project team member, and a systems design model will also be addressed.
This course is designed to provide the students with the opportunity to explore the contemporary context of professional nursing practice and health care delivery. Students will examine the major issues and trends in nursing and healthcare and consider the influence of socioeconomic, ethical, legal, and political variables as well as professional values on contemporary nursing practice.
This course is designed to provide the student the opportunity to explore concepts and practices of public health and community health nursing. Students will utilize their prior knowledge of nursing, humanities, natural and applied sciences to develop community nursing knowledge and skills to promote health of families, communities, and populations. The course focuses on health promotion and disease prevention and incorporates ethical and legal issues in community health nursing practice. In addition, the student will examine the impact of cultural, social and religious differences that impact community nursing practice. The 30 hour practicum experience is structured to provide students with the opportunity to develop a program or provide a service to promote health of a selected community.
Alternative and complementary therapies in nursing is an elective course for the RN-BSN majors. In this course the students will explore alternative and complementary therapies from the perspectives of foundational theories and the related therapies: mind-body-spirit, manipulation-based, natural products, and energy therapies. Current issues in education, practice, and research in the alternative and complementary therapies is the focus of this course.
This course is designed to offer students the opportunity to examine the influence of the laws, legal and ethical issues on professional nursing practice in today's complex and changing health care delivery environments. Frequently encountered ethical and legal issues in nursing practice and various healthcare settings will be explored.
In this course, students will have the opportunity to explore the historical and contemporary health experiences of women with an emphasis on health promotion, disease prevention, and evidence-based nursing interventions to improve health care of women. Students will examine the health disparities and common health problems in women across the lifespan. The impact of ethical factors, legal factors and health care policy will also be examined. Students will also identify issues that impact women's health at the local, national and global levels.
The course is designed to guide students in coming to understand the scope and responsibilities of the school nurse in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating school health for children K-12. The role of the school nurse in meeting the health care needs of all children, including healthy children, special needs children, children from different cultures, and children with ELL needs will be a primary focus. Emphasis is on health promotion and maintenance at all levels of a child's development. The unique role of the school nurse in caring for children as well as collaborating with parents will emphasized. Students will utilize evidence-based nursing practice as a basis for nursing care and school personnel. The course includes a 100 hour practicum under the guidance of a certified school nurse.
This course is designed to offer students the opportunity to explore the professional nurse's role in palliative care and care at the end of life. Students will examine dimensions of professional nursing practice with clients and families facing chronic life-threatening illnesses and end of life. Ethical and legal issues impacting nursing care will be examined. Evidence-based management of physical, psychosocial and spiritual concerns of clients and their families at end of life and the palliative care of special populations will be investigated.
This course is designed to explore a framework of fact, myth, symbol and stereotype that influence the delivery of health care to families. The focus is on the complex web of communication in the interrelationship of family-nurse-physician. Students will be guided to analyze power and authority in the health care work force within the historical context of changing expectations and responsibilities.
In this course students will have the opportunity to explore the historical and contemporary health experiences of men with an emphasis on health promotion, disease prevention and evidence-based nursing interventions to improve health of men. Students will examine health disparities and common health problems in men across the lifespan. The impact of ethical, legal and health policy issues will also be examined. Students will identify issues that impact men's health at the local, national and global levels.
This course is designed to provide the student with the opportunity to explore the unique roles and responsibilities of the forensic nurse in the care of individuals, families, and communities whose status or care is determined by legal or forensic issues. The scientific investigation, including evidence collection and preservation, medical testimony in the court system, and consultation with legal authorities, will be explored from the perspective of the forensic nurse. Knowledge and skills of forensic nursing will be explored through didactic course work and through a 30 hour practicum experience.
SP18 - ASN Nursing Seminar: This special topics course will provide nursing students with the opportunity to apply knowledge to case scenarios and simulation exercises related to advanced medical surgical concepts. Through online modules students will explore select nursing and practice topics. Students will also practice select nursing skills in the Nursing Resource Laboratory under the direction of the course instructor.