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Introduces nursing as a distinct discipline of knowledge and a unique profession that addresses the holistic needs of the client, including spirituality. Theories of nursing care are studied in relation to their significance to the practice of professional nursing. Aesthetic, personal, ethical, and empirical ways of knowing are examined, and serve as a basis to explore and raise pertinent questions.

Students in this course learn to use health promotion and prevention strategies in nursing practice to promote holistic health and wellness across the lifespan. Emphasis is on assessment, safety, and lifestyle management across the lifespan.

Students in this seminar course will have the opportunity to synthesize didactic and clinical learning.  Students are introduced to the concepts of clinical reasoning based on nursing research, evidence based practice, quality improvement, and informatics.  These concepts are explored for the influence they have in clinical decision making in health and wellness settings of nursing practice.

Students in this course learn to manage care of diverse patients with acute illness across the lifespan. Emphasis is on application, interpretation of client information, prioritization, and recognition of acute alterations of health status.

Students in this seminar course will have the opportunity to synthesize didactic and clinical learning. Students are introduced to the concepts of clinical reasoning based on nursing research, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and informatics. These concepts are explored for the influence they have in clinical decision making in acute care settings of nursing practice.

This course introduces key concepts of population health promotion and cultural competence with an emphasis on diverse and vulnerable populations. Students apply these concepts through exploration of selected cultures. This course sets the foundation for NRS 424: Applied Population Health Nursing in a Multicultural Context.

Addresses effective communication with patients and coworkers. Students explore the impact of their values on patient care, learn assertive communication and conflict resolution techniques, develop skills in building nurse-client and interdisciplinary relationships, examine communication issues in health education and with individuals with different values/beliefs, analyze small group communication theories, and communication aspects of ethical and legal issues.

Students learn foundational knowledge about promoting and protecting the health of adult and elderly clients. Students acquire basic foundational nursing knowledge, skills and attitudes to provide ethical evidence-based care. Students begin to integrate nursing theory, communication, collaboration, critical thinking and integrative health principles in the 45 hours of combined laboratory and clinical experience. Fee: $415

This course focuses on the theoretical bases and clinical manifestations of pathophysiology, with an emphasis on the individual's genetics, genomics, and effective and ineffective adaptation to internal and external environments.

Principles of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacotherapeutics are examined in relation to drug therapy. Drug therapy is presented as an integral component of nursing practice. Application of nursing pharmacology knowledge is made to clients with selected health and illness problems.

Students learn management of patients and families across the lifespan with a focus on the principles of health and wellness promotion and disease prevention. Emphasis is on assessment, analysis, client education, client health trajectory, and levels of prevention.

Students learn management of patients and families across the lifespan with a focus on the principles of acute illness management and acute exacerbations of chronic illnesses. Emphasis is on assessment, analysis, education, client health trajectory, and levels of prevention.

Focuses on the nursing care of clients with acute or chronic mental illnesses. Promotion, maintenance and restoration of mental health throughout the lifespan are addressed. Professional, legal and ethical issues in psychiatric mental health nursing are examined. Includes 90 hours of clinical experience.

Students learn nursing management of adult and elderly clients experiencing disruptions in health across the continuum of care. Emphasis is on assessment, analysis and interpretation of clinical data and client teaching using an illness trajectory perspective. Includes 135 hours of clinical experience. Fee: $50

Students examine the functional changes that accompany abnormal physiological states, and principles of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacotherapeutics. Topics include disease theory, genetics, genomics, and environmental adaptations to promote health and wellness for individuals and population. This introductory course provides a foundation for application to nursing practice.

Students examine the functional changes that accompany abnormal physiological states, and principles of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacotherapeutics. Topics include disease theory, genetics, genomics and environmental adaptations to promote health and wellness for individuals and populations. This advanced course provides enhanced opportunities for critical thinking in nursing practice.

This course explores the process of evidence‐based nursing practice. Principles of measurement and statistics are examined. Multiple ways of knowing serve as a framework to explore theory­‐guided, evidence­‐based findings utilized in nursing practice. Fee: $130.

This course provides a conceptual understanding of the social policy making process and the political context of the contemporary health care system in the United States. The focus is on acquiring skills to assess policy dimensions of clinical practice issues and to advocate for change in the clinical practice setting. The role of the professional baccalaureate nurse is explored.

Fee: $95

This course provides an introduction to informatics in a microsystem environment. Three major areas covered are introduction to informatics theory and concepts, clinical information systems, and consumer health informatics.