3000

Designed to provide students with the knowledge and skills required to gather information through health history and assessments about an individual's biopsycho-social-spiritual needs. Included are those theories, concepts, and processes related to interviewing to obtain a health history, and for doing a physical examination of adults. Relevant content from developmental theories (particularly aging), health beliefs, and cultural concepts are included which influence health assessment skills. Prerequisites: Eligibility to enroll is determined by the Nursing Admissions Committee. Completion of 45 semester hours of courses applicable to the nursing degree including A&P I and II , and completion of NURS 2310 (or concurrent enrollment). Non-nursing majors must have junior standing (including A&P I and II) with approval of instructor. Lab fee.

Designed to provide students with additional concepts related to adaptation, including health promotion and maintenance, sociocultural influences on the individual, and on family functioning, family theories, and professional values. Included in the course is an emphasis on health services available to women, infants, and children through federal and state financed health and welfare programs. Also included are concepts related to assertive communication and professional values used in ethical decision making. An emphasis is placed on health teaching, discharge, and referral process. The nursing role in administering and monitoring commonly used groups of pharmacologic agents is also included. Prerequisites: NURS 2310, 3312, Concurrent enrollment in 3610, and 3611 is usual.

This course will provide students the opportunity to increase their knowledge, skills, and abilities in the management of patient care with a focus on care of the medical-surgical patient.

This course will provide students the opportunity to increase their knowledge, skills, and abilities in the management of patient care with a focus on care of the patient requiring care in a specialty unit.

A clinical nursing course designed to acquaint students with concepts and processes of nursing in providing care to adults with adaptive bio-psycho-social-spiritual needs related to hygiene, comfort, safety, activity- exercise (mobility), oxygenation, nutrition-metabolic, ingestion-digestion, alterations in reproduction, auditory and visual dysfunctions, and alterations in elimination. Included in this course are related pharmacologic and nutritional nursing interventions as well as application of nursing health assessment concepts and skills. Concepts emphasized are restoration, maintenance, and rehabilitation of adults with selected health needs presented in this course. Students are provided with learning opportunities to develop nursing roles and skills based on professional values and standards that are appropriate to meeting adult client needs. Lab fee. Prerequisites: All non-nursing courses listed under Admission to the Program and NURS 2310 and NURS 3312 and 3611 is usual. Lab fee.

A clinical nursing course designed to acquaint student with concepts and processes of nursing in providing care to adults with adaptive bio-psycho-social-spiritual needs related to fluids and electrolytes, pharmacologic and surgical interventions, alterations in regulation, cellular proliferation, grief, dying, and death. Included in this course are related pharmacologic and nutritional nursing interventions. Concepts emphasized are restoration, maintenance, and rehabilitation of adults with selected health needs presented in this course. Students are provided with learning opportunities to develop nursing roles and skills based on professional values and standards that are appropriate to meeting adult client needs. Lab fee. Prerequisites: All non-nursing courses listed under Admission to the Program and NURS 2310 and NURS 3312. Concurrent enrollment in NURS 3313 and 3610 is usual. Lab fee.

A clinical nursing course designed to provide students with concepts and processes in nursing that are related to the client/family adaptive needs during the childbearing years. Emphasized are the bio-psycho-social-spiritual needs of parents/fetus-neonate in both normal and high risk conditions. Included are concepts related to antepartal, intrapartal, and postpartal periods. Pharmacologic and nutritional concepts are used in the application to these clients. Students are provided with learning experiences to develop nursing roles and skills based on professional values and standards that are appropriate to meeting maternal and neonatal client needs. Lab fee. Prerequisites: NURS 2310, 3312, 3313, 3610, and 3611. Concurrent enrollment in NURS 3614. Lab fee.

A clinical nursing course designed to provide students with concepts and processes in nursing that are related to the client/family adaptive needs during the childrearing years. Emphasized are the bio-psycho-social-spiritual needs of family and child in each developmental stage. Pharmacologic and nutritional needs unique to children are included. Also included are medical and surgical alterations common to children. Students are provided with learning experiences to develop nursing roles and skills based on professional values and standards appropriate to meeting child client needs. Lab fee. Prerequisites: NURS 2310, 3312, 3610, 3313, and 3611. Concurrent enrollment in NURS 3612. Lab fee.