14 courses with the subject NURS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
NURS 1160Foundations of Professional Nursing2
Catalog Description This course will enable students to demonstrate an understanding of the nurse’s unique role in healthcare across the lifespan and continuum of care. Students are guided to utilize knowledge from the sciences, humanities, and nursing to explore the client as a holistic being. It introduces legal, ethical, regulatory, and practice frameworks for the role of the professional nurse. The content will enable the student to develop a foundation of conceptual knowledge to recognize quality/safety standards, use informatics, and foster clinical reasoning, effective communication, and cultural sensitivity and humility. The student will explore being an ethical member of the healthcare team, engaging in self-reflection, and committing to lifelong professional development.
NURS 1162Health Promotion and Wellness and the Role of the Professional Nurse2
Catalog Description This course introduces the role of the professional nurse in promoting health and wellness across the lifespan and includes learning about self-health and holistic client health practices. Concepts covered will provide a theoretical framework as a foundation for providing and directing nursing care. Previous humanities, liberal arts, and science and co-requisite coursework provides the basis for developing new knowledge related to early risk identification, illness prevention, and strategies to promote optimal health. Nutritional concepts, screening tools, health literacy resources, and the social determinants of health are explored.
NURS 1165LPN Transition to the Role of the Professional Nurse I3
Catalog Description This course builds on the knowledge acquired in the practical nursing program and prepares the licensed practical nurse (LPN) to transition into the professional nursing role. The course prepares the student for the professional nursing scope of practice focusing on legal and ethical frameworks, holistic assessment, the nursing process, client education, and development of individualized plans of care. The student will acclimate to the role of a professional nurse within the health care team and engage in peer and self-evaluation.
NURS 1190Health Promotion, Wellness, and Foundations of Experiential Learning4
Catalog Description This course will enable the student to apply the theoretical principles learned in the Health Promotion, Wellness, and Foundations prerequisite and corequisite courses. Students will research and apply evidence to provide quality, safe preventative care. Professional standards of practice for the care of clients across the lifespan are incorporated. The student will perform in the role of a professional nurse within the health care team and engage in peer and self-evaluation.
NURS 1260Health Maintenance: Chronic and Palliative Care4
Catalog Description This course builds on the concepts learned in previous semesters and corequisite coursework and focuses on the ongoing disruption of normal physiological and psychological health and the nursing care of clients. A holistic perspective is applied to caring for clients encountering chronic illness across the lifespan. Conceptual knowledge is further developed related to chronic health experiences to enhance clinical judgement.
NURS 1262Pharmacology for the Professional Nurse I2
Catalog Description This course builds on the knowledge learned in previous general education, nursing courses, and co-requisite/concurrent courses. It introduces theoretical concepts that enable students to provide safe and effective care related to pharmaceuticals and natural products to diverse clients across the lifespan. A framework is presented for approaching the study of pharmacotherapeutics, including pharmaceutical research and regulation, quality and safety, major drug classifications, and clinical management.
NURS 1265LPN Transition to the Role of the Professional Nurse II2
Catalog Description This course combines the theoretical principles and concepts learned in previous semesters, the practical nursing program, and corequisite coursework in the application of client care. Evidence-based practice is used to support appropriate focused assessments and management of care of clients experiencing concurrent illnesses/co-morbidities. Emphasis is placed on understanding the lived experience of clients and families experiencing chronic illness and achieving an optimal level of wellbeing. Professional standards of practice for the care of clients across the lifespan are incorporated. The student will perform in the role of a professional nurse within the health care team and engage in peer and self-evaluation.
Catalog Description This course combines the theoretical principles and concepts learned in previous semesters and co-requisite coursework in the application of client care. Evidence-based practice is used to support appropriate focused assessments and management of care of clients experiencing concurrent illnesses/co-morbidities. Emphasis is placed on understanding the lived experience of clients and families experiencing chronic illness and achieving an optimal level of wellbeing. Professional standards of practice for the care of clients across the lifespan are incorporated. The student will perform in the role of a professional nurse within the health care team and engage in peer and self-evaluation.
Catalog Description This course builds on the concepts learned in previous semesters and corequisite coursework and focuses on the acute disruption of normal physiological and psychological health and the nursing care of clients. A holistic perspective is applied across the lifespan in the care of healthy clients experiencing an alteration in health that leads to diagnostic testing, injury, or illness. Conceptual knowledge is further developed related to acute/simple health disruptions to enhance clinical judgement.
NURS 2362Pharmacology for the Professional Nurse II1
Catalog Description This course builds on the concepts from NURS 1262 and pre- and co-requisite courses. It supports more advanced application of pharmacologic principles to enhance the student’s clinical judgement and critical thinking. This will enable students to utilize a more comprehensive framework to provide safe and effective care related to pharmaceuticals and natural products to diverse clients across the lifespan.
Catalog Description This course combines the theoretical principles and concepts learned in previous semesters and co-requisite coursework in the application of client care. Evidence-based practice is used to support appropriate focused assessments and management of care in healthy clients experiencing an alteration in health. Emphasis is placed on understanding the lived experience of healthy clients and families experiencing an acute change in health status. Professional standards of practice for the care of clients across the lifespan are incorporated. The student will perform in the role of a professional nurse within the health care team and engage in peer and self-evaluation.
Catalog Description This course builds on the concepts learned in previous semesters and co-requisite coursework. The course focuses on the dynamic relationships between acute, chronic, and complex disruption of normal physiological and psychological health and the nursing care of clients. A holistic perspective is applied across the lifespan in the care of clients experiencing a complex alteration in health. Conceptual knowledge is further developed to enhance clinical judgement related to caring for clients experiencing complications of illness.
PHIL 1110 or PHIL 1200 , CMST 1110 , CMST 2210 , or CMST 2220
NURS 2462Nursing Leadership2
Catalog Description This course combines the theoretical principles and concepts learned in previous semesters and co-requisite coursework with a focus on conceptual connections to health care systems. Leadership theories are introduced, and health care policy, finance, and regulatory environment issues are analyzed. The course will emphasize the frameworks for providing leadership in healthcare systems that will enhance the nurse’s ability to provide holistic care across the lifespan. The student will perform in a leadership role in a variety of settings.
Catalog Description This course combines the theoretical principles and concepts learned in previous semesters and co-requisite coursework in the application of client care. Evidence-based practice is used to support appropriate focused assessments and management of care in clients experiencing an acute or chronic alteration in health. Emphasis is placed on understanding the lived experience of chronically ill clients and families experiencing an acute change in health status and achieving an optimal level of wellbeing. Professional standards of practice for the care of clients across the lifespan are incorporated. The student will perform in the role of a professional nurse within the health care team and engage in peer and self-evaluation.
