Health Sciences: Nursing Course Descriptions

Undergraduate 2021-2022

NUR 100 Health Promotion (3)
Prerequisite(s): Pre-nursing major or permission of the BSN Program Director
In this course, students explore the concept of health promotion in terms of exercise, sleep, stress, self-concept, with an emphasis on nutrition. The health-illness continuum is examined, with a focus on strategies that promote health and well-being in today's health care system. Throughout the course, students perform a variety of assessments and design an individualized health and wellness plan for self or others.

NUR 205 Health Assessment Across the Lifespan (3)
Prerequisite(s): BIO 198/198A, CHE 104/104A, PSY 103, SOC 103, NUR 100
Corequisite(s): NUR 210/210A/210C
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 205A
This course presents the art and science of assessing the health of clients across the lifespan. The content addresses the purpose and method of obtaining a comprehensive holistic client database using a nursing assessment model. The use of effective communication techniques to obtain assessment data is addressed. Deviations in health patterns are identified by comparing assessment data to norms, standards and theories. Assessment findings are documented in a manner appropriate for an interdisciplinary health care community.

NUR 205A Health Assessment Across the Lifespan-Lab (0)
Prerequisite(s): BIO 198/198A, CHE 104/104A, PSY 103, SOC 103, NUR 100
Corequisite(s): NUR 210/210A/210c
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 205
Course description as stated in NUR 205

NUR 207 Population-Focused Primary Health Care Nursing (4)
Prerequisite(s): NUR 220/220A/220C, NUR 317/317A, NUR 280
Corequisite(s): NUR 360/360C, NUR 430
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 207C
This course explores the role and responsibilities of the professional nurse beyond the acute care setting and into the global community. The focus is on promoting health in communities, examining the health care system to advocate for clients, and utilizing epidemiological principles to understand global health risks. Students begin to use the nursing process to plan culturally sensitive care that addresses a variety of aggregate health concerns such as violence, poverty, homelessness, and communicable diseases.

NUR 207C Population-Focused Primary Health Care Nursing-Clinical (0) EXP
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 207
This course explores the role and responsibilities of the professional nurse beyond the acute care setting and into the global community. The focus is on promoting health in communities, examining the health care system to advocate for clients, and utilizing epidemiological principles to understand global health risks. Students begin to use the nursing process to plan culturally sensitive care that addresses a variety of aggregate health concerns such as violence, poverty, homelessness, and communicable diseases.

NUR 207S Serv Lrng:Population-Focused Primary Health Care Nursing (1) EXP
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 207
Service Learning is an opportunity to engage in service to others while making academic connections to course material. This one credit hour course requires 30 hours of meaningful community service. Students will serve a community partner accomplishing projects relevant to the academic course to which the Service Learning credit is attached. Students will also be required to engage in different forms of reflection such as journaling, group guided reflection, and a one-on-one meeting with the course instructor. Students will develop a greater understanding of social problems, a sense of responsibility to our surrounding communities, and an increased awareness of their own faith and values.

NUR 210 Foundations Patient-Centered Nursing Care (5)
Prerequisite(s): BIO 198/198A, CHE 104/104A, PSY 103, SOC 103, NUR 100
Corequisite(s): NUR 205/205A, BIO 215/215A, PSY 204
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 210A/210C
This course introduces the student to the foundations of the art and science of nursing. The evolution of professional nursing and the history of health care are explored as the basis for the practice of patient-centered nursing care. The concepts fundamental to professional nursing such as nursing process, ethics, legalities, human diversity, and communication are emphasized. Application of the concepts and content fundamental to the practice of nursing is addressed in an on-campus skills laboratory and in clinical settings in the community.

NUR 210A Foundations of Patient-Centered Nursing Care - Lab (0)
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 210/210C
Course description as stated in NUR 210

NUR 210C Foundations of Patient-Centered Nursing Care - Clinical (0) EXP
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 210/210A
Course description as stated in NUR 210

NUR 210S Serv Lrng: Foundations Patient- Centered Nursing Care (1) EXP
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 210
Service Learning is an opportunity to engage in service to others while making academic connections to course material. This one credit hour course requires 30 hours of meaningful community service. Students will serve a community partner accomplishing projects relevant to the academic course to which the Service Learning credit is attached. Students will also be required to engage in different forms of reflection such as journaling, group guided reflection, and a one-on-one meeting with the course instructor. Students will develop a greater understanding of social problems, a sense of responsibility to our surrounding communities, and an increased awareness of their own faith and values.

NUR 220 Medical-Surgical Nursing I: Common/Chronic Conditions (6)
Prerequisite(s): NUR 205/205A, NUR 210/210A/210C, BIO 215/215A, PSY 204
Corequisite(s): NUR 317/317A
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 220A/220C
This course builds on the concepts introduced in Foundations of Patient Centered Nursing Care. The focus is the health promotion, health maintenance and illness/disease management for individuals experiencing common/chronic health conditions. Critical thinking skills are enhanced as evidence-based practice is presented and discussed when planning care. Clinical experiences allow students to develop caring relationships, and use therapeutic communication, collaboration, assessment and developmentally appropriate interventions as they provide patient-centered care. Other concepts integrated throughout the course include ethics, legalities, professional role, information literacy, health care technology and human diversity.

NUR 220A Medical-Surgical Nursing I: Common/Chronic Conditions-Lab (0)
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 220/220C
Course description as stated in NUR 220

NUR 220C Medical-Surgical Nursing I: Common/Chronic Conditions- Clinical (0) EXP
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 220/220A
Course description as stated in NUR 220

NUR 280 Pathophysiology: A Nursing Perspective (3)
Prerequisite(s): BIO 197/197A, BIO 198/198A, CHE 104/104A/104R, and BIO 215/215A
This course examines alterations in biological processes that affect homeostasis with an emphasis on disorders of body systems. Causes, pathogenesis, and compensatory mechanisms for disease states are discussed. Cellular, genetic and tissue changes in infection, inflammation, immunity, fever, and tissue repair are explored.

NUR 317 Pharmacology and Medication Administration (4)
Prerequisite(s): NUR 205/205A, NUR 210/210A/210C, BIO 215/215A
Corequisite(s): BIO 255, NUR 220/220A/220C
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 317A
This course explores: Basic mechanisms of drug action, indications and contraindications of drug therapy; nursing interventions related to dosage; and therapeutic effects as well as toxic and expected side effects of various medications. Emphasis will focus on the care of clients receiving medication across the life span and in culturally and socioeconomically diverse settings. Techniques involved in the calculation of drug dosages, regulation and maintenance of controlled substances, I.V. therapy and administration of medications in parenteral and non-parenteral forms are presented and practiced.

NUR 317A Pharmacology and Medication Administration LAB (0)
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 317
Course description as stated in NUR 317

NUR 320 Medical-Surgical Nursing II: Acute/Chronic Conditions (6)
Prerequisite(s): NUR 207/207C, NUR 360/360C, NUR 430
Corequisite(s): NUR 370/370C
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 320C
This course explores the needs of patients and families experiencing acute/chronic medical/surgical conditions. The focus of nursing care is on the health promotion, health maintenance and illness/disease management for individuals experiencing acute/chronic health conditions. Sound research evidence and clinical judgment provide the foundation upon which students base nursing practice. Clinical experiences allow students to develop caring relationships and use therapeutic communication, collaboration, assessment and developmentally appropriate interventions as they provide patient-centered care. Concepts integrated throughout the course include ethics, legalities, professional role, information literacy, health care technology and human diversity.

NUR 320C Medical-Surgical Nursing II: Acute/Chronic Conditions- Clinical (0) EXP
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 320
Course description as stated in NUR 320

NUR 320H HON:Med-Surgical Nursing III Acute/Chronic Conditions (0)
Course description as stated in NUR 320 (Honors Course)

NUR 360 Family-Centered Maternity Nursing (4)
Prerequisite(s): NUR 317/317A, NUR 220/220A/220C, NUR 280
Corequisite(s): NUR 207/207C, NUR 430
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 360C
This course explores the needs of patients and families experiencing the childbearing process, including normal and high-risk health conditions. The focus of nursing care is health promotion, health maintenance, and illness/disease management for the childbearing patient (mom and baby) and family. Sound research evidence and clinical judgment provide the foundation upon which students base nursing practice. Clinical experiences allow students to develop caring relationships, and use critical thinking, therapeutic communication, collaboration, assessment, and developmentally appropriate interventions as they provide family-centered care. Concepts integrated throughout the course include ethics, legalities, professional role, information literacy, health care technology, and human diversity.

NUR 360C Family-Centered Maternity Nursing-Clinical (0) EXP
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 360
Course description as stated in NUR 360

NUR 360H HON: Family-Centered Maternity Nursing (0)
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 360
Course description as stated in NUR 360 (Honors Course)

NUR 370 Patient-Centered Nursing in Mental Health (4)
Prerequisite(s): NUR 207/207C, NUR 360/360C, NUR 430
Corequisite(s): NUR 320/320C
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 370C
This course explores the needs of patients and families experiencing acute and chronic mental health conditions. The focus of nursing care is the health promotion, health maintenance, and illness/disease management for individuals and families experiencing mental health conditions. Sound research evidence and clinical judgment provide the foundation upon which students base nursing practice. Clinical experiences allow students to develop caring relationships, and use critical thinking, therapeutic communication, assessment, and developmentally appropriate interventions as they provide patient-centered care. Concepts integrated throughout the course include ethics, legalities, professional role, information literacy, health care technology, human diversity, and interdisciplinary partnerships.

NUR 370C Patient-Centered Nursing in Mental Health-Clinical (0) EXP
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 370
Course description as stated in NUR 370

NUR 370H HON:Patient-Centered Nursing Nursing in Mental Health (0)
Course description as stated in NUR 370 (Honors Course)

NUR 396 Co-Op:Parallel(PT) (1-3) EXP
A part-time work related experience supervised by a faculty coordinator in collaboration with the cooperative education staff. Credit is awarded upon successful completion of the work experience, documentation of predetermined learning agreement and evaluation of work performance. Evaluation of work performed is on a pass/fail basis.

NUR 410 Medical-Surgical Nursing III: Complex Conditions I (5)
Prerequisite(s): NUR 320/320C, NUR 370/370C
Corequisite(s): NUR 460/460C, NUR 470
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 410C
This course explores the needs of patients and families experiencing complex medical/surgical conditions. The focus of nursing care is on the health promotion, health maintenance and illness/disease management for individuals experiencing complex health conditions. Sound research evidence and clinical judgment provide the foundation upon which students base nursing practice. Clinical experiences allow students to develop caring relationships, and use therapeutic communication, collaboration, assessment and developmentally appropriate interventions as they provide patient-centered care. Concepts integrated throughout the course include leadership and management, delegation, ethics, legalities, professional role, information literacy, health care technology and human diversity.

NUR 410C Medical-Surgical Nursing III: Complex Conditions I-Clinical (0) EXP
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 410
Course description as stated in NUR 410

NUR 420 Medical-Surgical Nursing IV: Critical Care (5)
Prerequisite(s): NUR 410/410C, NUR 430, NUR 460/460C, NUR 470
Corequisite(s): NUR 421
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 420C
This course explores the needs of patients and families experiencing life-threatening medical/surgical conditions. The focus of nursing care is on the health promotion, health maintenance and illness/disease management for individuals experiencing critical health conditions. Sound research evidence and clinical judgment provide the foundation upon which students' base nursing practice. Clinical experiences allow students to develop caring relationships, and use therapeutic communication, collaboration, assessment and developmentally appropriate interventions as they provide patient-centered care. Students will develop professional practice behaviors while working with a variety of healthcare professionals in the clinical setting. Concepts integrated throughout the course include ethics, legalities, professional role, information literacy, health care technology and human diversity.

NUR 420C Medical-Surgical Nursing IV: Critical Care-Clinical (0) EXP
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 420
Course description as stated in NUR 420

NUR 421 Professional Nursing and the Common Good (3) CCP
Prerequisite(s): NUR 420/NUR 420C and must have successfully completed all nursing courses
The nursing capstone is the culminating interdisciplinary course that interweaves the liberal art and science core curriculum with the baccalaureate nursing curriculum. The capstone achieves a three-fold purpose: (1) to facilitate substantial new learning about a complex global problem; (2) to encourage integration of knowledge, skills, and values from the entire liberal arts and sciences Core Curriculum, including experiential learning (clinical practice), to address that problem; and (3) to strengthen concern and action for the common good as habits of mind. The focus is on socializing the student into the professional role of nursing through the completion of a 120 hour preceptorship while completing capstone assignments that challenge the student to consider complex global healthcare problems. Through capstone assignments students synthesize concepts from nursing, the liberal arts, and sciences, and their life-experiences, demonstrating that they have met the baccalaureate learning outcomes for the University. During the preceptorship, students collaborate with a preceptor nurse further developing practice competencies, including: communication, cultural competence, critical thinking, teaching/learning, leadership, advocacy, coordination and evaluation of patient care. Students also engage in a variety of seminar activities in which they integrate knowledge and practice experiences from current and previous learning in nursing and the liberal arts and sciences.

NUR 430 Research for the Health Sciences (3)
Corequisite(s): MTH 174
Research in the Health Sciences focuses on the interaction of the components of the research process with application to the theory and practice of healthcare. This course emphasizes the critical appraisal and utilization of health-related research including selected theories and ethical considerations. Critical and reflective thinking, as a health care clinician who provides evidence based practice, will be emphasized.

NUR 452G Independent Study (1-3)
Independent Study Course

NUR 452L Independent Study (1-3)
Independent Study Course

NUR 452T Independent Study (1-3)
Independent Study Course

NUR 452U Independent Study (1-3)
Independent Study Course

NUR 452W Independent Study (1-3)
Independent Study Course

NUR 460 Family-Centered Pediatric Nursing (4)
Prerequisite(s): NUR 320/320C, NUR 370/370C
Corequisite(s): NUR 410/410C, NUR 470
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 460C
This course explores the needs of children and families experiencing common and complex health conditions. The focus of nursing care is health promotion, health maintenance, risk reduction and illness and disease management for the child and family. Sound research evidence and clinical judgment provide the foundation upon which students base nursing practice. Clinical experiences allow students to develop caring relationships, and use critical thinking, therapeutic communication, collaboration, assessment, and developmentally appropriate interventions as they provide family-centered care. Concepts integrated throughout the course include ethics, legalities, professional role, information literacy, health care technology, and human diversity.

NUR 460C Family-Centered Pediatric Nursing-Clinical (0) EXP
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 460
Course description as stated in NUR 460

NUR 460H Honors:Family-Centered Pediatric Nursing (0)
Course description as stated in NUR 460 (Honors Course)

NUR 460S Serv Lrng: Family-Centered Pediatric Nursing (1) EXP
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 460
Service Learning is an opportunity to engage in service to others while making academic connections to course material. This one credit hour course requires 30 hours of meaningful community service. Students will serve a community partner accomplishing projects relevant to the academic course to which the Service Learning credit is attached. Students will also be required to engage in different forms of reflection such as journaling, group guided reflection, and a one-on-one meeting with the course instructor. Students will develop a greater understanding of social problems, a sense of responsibility to our surrounding communities, and an increased awareness of their own faith and values.

NUR 470 Leadership in Professional Nursing (2)
Prerequisite(s): NUR 320/320C, NUR 370/370C
Corequisite(s): NUR 410/410C, NUR 460/460C
This course explores leadership, management, and followership in the context of professional nursing in a variety of health care delivery systems. With an emphasis on nursing responsibilities, it prepares the student to implement effective leadership behaviors in the beginning practice role. Concepts emphasized in this course are: empowerment, negotiation, delegation, change, conflict resolution, team building, and case management.

NUR 470H HON:Leadrshp in Professional Nursing (0)
Concurrent requisite(s): NUR 470
Course description as stated in NUR 470 (Honors Course)

NUR 496 Co-Op:Alternatng(FT) (1-3) EXP
A full-time work related experience supervised by a faculty coordinator in collaboration with the cooperative education staff. Credit is awarded upon successful completion of the work experience, documentation of predetermined learning outcomes and evaluation of work performance. Evaluation of work performed is on a pass/fail basis.