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NRS 300 Nursing Licensure Lab II

Nursing Licensure Lab II will provide students with an opportunity to improve self-guided learning in preparation for success on the NCLEX-RN exam. Students will continue work in an online environment utilizing more sophisticated levels of quizzing and testing techniques designed to strengthen testing skills and increase self-awareness of content mastery. Course is graded P/NP.

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Corequisites

NRS 316

NRS 302 Nursing Licensure Lab III

Nursing Licensure Lab III will provide students with an opportunity to continue to improve self-guided learning in preparation for success on the NCLEX-RN exam. Students will continue work in an online environment utilizing increasingly sophisticated levels of quizzing and testing techniques designed to strengthen testing skills. The student will increase focus on content mastery techniques. Course is graded P/NP.

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Corequisites

NRS 317

NRS 306 Professional Practice: Population Health and Wellness

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. This course includes approx. 180 hours of on-campus and/or off-campus clinical experiences.

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Prerequisites

NRS 204, NRS 206, NRS 207

Corequisites

NRS 307, NRS 316, NRS 325

NRS 307 Clinical Reasoning Seminar: Population Health and Wellness

Students in this seminar course will have the opportunity to synthesize didactic and clinical learning. Students apply the concepts of vulnerability, stress, coping, empowerment, and addiction in developing clinical reasoning skills for nursing practice. Students engage in the application of evidence-based practice with an emphasis on identifying and critically appraising evidence for nursing care of populations.

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Prerequisites

NRS 204, NRS 206, NRS 207

Corequisites

NRS 306, NRS 316, NRS 325

NRS 308 Professional Practice: Acute Illness Management

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. This course includes approx. 180 hours of on-campus and/or off-campus clinical experiences.

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Prerequisites

NRS 306, NRS 307, NRS 316, NRS 325

Corequisites

NRS 309, NRS 317, NRS 326, THE 348

NRS 309 Clinical Reasoning Seminar: Acute Illness Management

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.

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Prerequisites

NRS 306, NRS 307, NRS 316, NRS 325

Corequisites

NRS 308, NRS 317, NRS 326

NRS 316 Population Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan

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.

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Prerequisites

NRS 204, NRS 206, NRS 207

Corequisites

NRS 300, NRS 306, NRS 307, NRS 325

NRS 316H Population Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan (Honors)

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. Honors students extend their intellectual learning experience by completing a focused learning activity and experience that builds on one or more of the course concepts. 

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Prerequisites

NRS 204, NRS 206, NRS 207

Corequisites

NRS 300, NRS 306, NRS 307, NRS 325

NRS 317 Acute Illness Management Across the Lifespan

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.

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Prerequisites

NRS 306, NRS 307, NRS 316, NRS 325

Corequisites

NRS 302, NRS 308, NRS 309, NRS 326

NRS 325 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology I

Students learn the nursing management of clients across the lifespan experiencing multi-system health care problems. Emphasis is on clinical reasoning in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care. Students examine alterations in physiological states and principles of pharmacotherapeutics. This course provides a foundation for application to nursing practice to promote health and wellness for individuals and populations.

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Prerequisites

BIO 359, BIO 379, BIO 305, BIO 365, BIO 306, BIO 366, NRS 204, NRS 206, NRS 207

Corequisites

NRS 306, NRS 307, NRS 316

NRS 326 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology II

Students learn the nursing management of clients across the lifespan experiencing multi-system health care problems.  Emphasis is on clinical reasoning in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care. Students examine alterations in physiological states and principles of pharmacotherapeutics. This course continues to build on previous concepts, to continue promoting health and wellness for individuals and populations.

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Prerequisites

NRS 325