300
This course introduces the student to family health nursing theory and nursing practice with emphasis on the childbearing family and well-child. Nursing care of the childbearing family from conception, to pregnancy, through childbirth and the postpartum period, including care of the newborn and pediatric client is presented within the context of a family-centered, developmental approach. The concepts of family structure, functions, values, culture, and spirituality are explored and applied to health promotion interventions for the childbearing family.
This course explores selected psychosocial concepts and theories basic to nursing practice. The use of self as a therapeutic agent is emphasized in the promotion of psychosocial health. Students develop strategies of intervention based on the nursing process, nursing theories and research. Clinical experience is provided within a psychiatric treatment facility.
This course is the foundation of medical-surgical nursing practice. Students will utilize the nursing process as the framework for the management of pathophysiological problems in individuals across the lifespan with acute and chronic conditions. Assessment of physiological, psychological, sociocultural, and spiritual factors that influence existing or potential health conditions is considered including palliative care and end of life care. This course includes a weekly two-hour and 50 minute laboratory experience where students will apply the nursing process, teaching/learning process, and theoretical knowledge to practice nursing procedures that will be required of them at the 300-level of nursing. Student learning focuses on the mastery of core scientific principles that underlie all skills, thus preparing the student nurse to incorporate current and future technological skills into other nursing responsibilities, and apply skills in the diverse context of health care delivery while still incorporating the art of nursing with the principles of empathy, ethics, and advocacy. Principles of excellent communication, team dynamics, prioritization, quality improvement and safety will be integrated in the nursing simulation experience.
Clinical Nursing Care I Part A.
This course utilizes the nursing process as
students apply their knowledge to adult patients
in a variety of acute clinical settings. This
course is the clinical experience that accompanies
the
NU 304: Illness Across the Lifespan I course.
It is the study and care of patients with adaptive
and maladaptive responses to internal and external
stimuli/stressors that interfere with optimal
wellness. The concepts of critical thinking,
problem solving, decision-making, and priority
setting are emphasized utilizing the nursing
process as the foundational framework.
Collaboration, communication, delegation, and
patient teaching are incorporated into the total
care of the client/family. Students will also
observe and participate in a variety of
out-rotation clinical sites to explore the role of
the registered nurse in acute settings. Students
will also participate in simulation in our
advanced simulation nursing laboratory under the
supervision of our Clinical Lab Facilitators.
These
simulations will help students explore the QSEN
competencies. There is an additional fee for this
course.
Clinical Nursing Care I Part B.
This course utilizes the nursing process as
students apply their knowledge to adult patients
in a variety of acute clinical settings. This
course is the clinical experience that accompanies
the
NU 304: Illness Across the Lifespan I course.
It is the study and care of patients with adaptive
and maladaptive responses to internal and external
stimuli/stressors that interfere with optimal
wellness. The concepts of critical thinking,
problem solving, decision-making, and priority
setting are emphasized utilizing the nursing
process as the foundational framework.
Collaboration, communication, delegation, and
patient teaching are incorporated into the total
care of the client/family. Students will also
observe and participate in a variety of
out-rotation clinical sites to explore the role of
the registered nurse in acute settings. Students
will also participate in simulation in our
advanced simulation nursing laboratory under the
supervision of our Clinical Lab Facilitators.
These
simulations will help students explore the QSEN
competencies. There is an additional fee for this
course.
Advanced Writing.
This course is an exploration of the basic processes of theory, research, database evaluation, and evidence-based practice (EBP) in nursing. Students will focus on using EBP to provide the highest quality patient care as current and future nurses.
This course focuses on the study of underlying structural and functional changes in body physiology that result from disease or injury and result in alteration in total body function in individuals across the lifespan. The mechanisms and clinical manifestations associated with various diseases are explained according to body systems. The interrelationships of factors, such as genetics, genomics, physiologic, psychosocial, spiritual, and cultural that contribute to increased morbidity and disease are examined, as well as the integration of the principles of health promotion and disease prevention. Objective and subjective perspectives are studied that consider the complex interactions among body, mind, and spirit. Basic pharmacological principles are studied to create an understanding of how drugs affect human beings across the lifespan. Application of the nursing process to drug therapy is identified. Specific categories of drugs and their therapeutic effects and potential toxicities are examined in conjunction with disease processes. There is an additional fee for this course.