22 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 1000Role of the Professional Nurse2
The role of the professional nurse is complex and resides within a culturally competent, equitable, inclusive framework. Professional nursing includes learning about professional identity inclusive of self-care, fundamental concepts of nursing practice, regulatory frameworks, determinants of health, as well as holistic person-centered care practices across the lifespan. Through in-class activities and written research and reflections, students will learn principles of communication, evidence-based practice, and clinical judgment that guides quality, safe care within the context of the holistic nursing process. Dosage calculation will be introduced. Offered: Fall, Spring.
Comprehensive nursing health assessment across the lifespan is a fundamental skill for the entry-level nurse. Students will begin to develop therapeutic communication and basic assessment skills using a variety of modalities in the nursing lab, simulation, and clinical spaces. Students will be introduced to the concept of informatics, how to utilize and integrate nursing, computer, and information sciences to manage data. Offered: Fall, Spring.
The Minnesota State Nursing Assistant curriculum is the approved preparation for nursing assistants. Students are introduced to the basic nursing skills and concepts necessary to become a certified nursing assistant and work in a health care setting under the direct supervision of a licensed nurse. Students learn how to measure vital signs and assist individuals with physical needs such as personal hygiene, elimination, mobility, exercise, and nutrition. Students also learn about emotional, spiritual, and psychosocial needs, and receive basic training in behavior management. Students participate online and on campus in lecture and by practicing in the lab. Students apply what they have learned in class to care for residents in a long- term care facility during 16 hours of clinical participation at the end of the course. Attendance is mandatory per Department of Health regulations. Students successfully completing this course are ready to take the Headmaster LLP Nursing Assistant Competency Test. After passing this test, students can be placed on the Minnesota Department of Health Nursing Assistant Registry. Courses| 213 Offered: Fall, Spring.
Holistic health promotion across the lifespan can improve quality of life. Within course materials, emphasis is placed on holistic health care practices, education of self-care management including practicing self-care. The student will learn how to develop their role as an ethical member of the multi-disciplinary healthcare team using a variety of activities including role play and discussion. The student will incorporate physiological and psychosocial concepts within the framework of the nursing process assisting in the development of clinical judgment. Students will apply research evidence to guide safe preventative care. Populations studied will include adults and older adults. Offered: Fall, Spring.
Nursing care of the childbearing family and the childrearing family from infancy to adolescence requires specialized knowledge. Emphasis is placed on application of maternal child health knowledge and pediatric growth and development theory, skills, clinical judgment, integrative holistic care, safety and quality of care, teaching and learning, and determinants of health affecting health equity. The student will continue to develop their role as a member of the nursing profession in relation to these populations with embedded case studies, other concept-based activities, and direct-focused integrative learning to foster active experimentation in various settings. Offered: Fall, Spring.
Focus on the nursing care of clients experiencing chronic illness and/or end of life enables the nurse to care for a large part of the healthcare population. Ethical issues related to advocacy, self-determination, and autonomy are explored. Evidence-based practice is expanded on within the course to allow students to participate in and demonstrate their understanding of appropriately focused assessments and management of care of clients experiencing concurrent illnesses/comorbidities.
NURS 2010Chronic and Palliative Care Experiential4
Focus on the nursing care of clients experiencing chronic illness and/or end of life enables the nurse to care for a large part of the healthcare population. Emphasis is placed on understanding the “lived experience” of clients and families. Ethical issues related to advocacy, self- determination, and autonomy are explored. Evidence-based practice is used to support appropriately focused assessments and management of care of clients experiencing concurrent illnesses/co-morbidities concentrating on skills-based and direct-focused integrative active guided experimentation by the student. PHIL 1180. Corequisite: NURS 2000, NURS 2050. Offered: Fall, Spring.
Knowledge of nursing care of clients experiencing acute disruptions of health can prevent disability and death. Emphasis is placed on understanding theory and skills required to provide nursing care to clients with complex and/or unstable conditions. Evidence-based practice is used to recognize and analyze cues, and effective, efficient care actions. The knowledge of lifespan, developmental factors, cultural variables, and legal aspects of care guide the student’s ethical decision making in delivery of care. ANTH 1899 or SOC 1104. Corequisite: NURS 2110,
cr) Knowledge of nursing care of clients experiencing acute disruptions of health can prevent disability and death. Emphasis is placed on application of theory and skills required to provide nursing care to clients with complex and/or unstable conditions. Evidence-based practice is used to support appropriate focused assessments, and effective, efficient nursing interventions. The knowledge of lifespan, developmental factors, cultural variables, and legal aspects of care guide the application of ethical decision making in delivery of care. ANTH 1899 or SOC 1104. Corequisite: NURS 2100,
As a synthesis of holistic nursing care, this course embeds prioritization, delegation, and supervision of nursing care of clients across the lifespan while examining theories of nursing leadership. Emphasis is on planning, collaborating, and coordinating care for individuals and groups across the care continuum. The student will focus on the nursing care of communities and population by placing importance on identifying skills and planning actionable holistic nursing interventions for the community, inclusive of lifespan, cultural variables, health equity, and determinants of health. ANTH 1899 or SOC 1104. Corequisite: NURS 2100,
Professional Nurse (9 cr) This course introduces the student to the role of the professional nurse. The emphasis on health promotion across the lifespan includes learning about self-health, as well as holistic client health practices. Students learn to access and apply research evidence to guide safe preventative care. The student will incorporate communication and growth and development theory in a caring and culturally sensitive manner. The student will work as an ethical member of multi-disciplinary teams giving and receiving feedback about performance and use reflective thinking about their practice. Within the context of the nursing process, populations studied will include children, adults, older adults and the family experiencing a
NURS 2720Transition to the Role of the Professional
Nurse (4 cr) This course is designed to expand the knowledge and skills of the LPN as they transition to the professional role within nursing. Emphasis is placed on health promotion through the lifespan and incorporates theories related to evidence- based practice, quality and safety, communication, collaboration, clinical decision-making/reasoning, informatics, assessment, caring, and health-illness continuum. Fall, Spring.
NURS 2750Nutrition and the Role of the Professional
Nurse (2 cr) This course introduces the student to the role of the nurse in promoting and supporting nutritional health. Emphasis is on the role nutrition plays in health promotion/prevention of illness, recovery from acute illness and/or management of chronic illness. Students learn to access evidence to support healthy nutritional choices that reduce risk factors for disease and/or illness across the lifespan. Students explore how culture, ethnicity, socio-economic status, nutritional trends and controversies, and integrative therapies influence the nutritional health of the client. Fall, Spring.
This course focuses on the nursing care of clients experiencing chronic illness and/or end of life. Emphasis is placed on understanding the "lived experience" of clients and families. Ethical issues related to advocacy, self- determination, and autonomy are explored. Evidence-based practice is used to support appropriate focused assessments and management of care of clients experiencing concurrent illnesses/co-morbidities.
Professional Nurse (3 cr) This course introduces theoretical concepts that enable students to provide safe and effective care related to Courses| 215 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.
cr) This course introduces a holistic perspective of pathophysiological processes and the disruption in normal body function. Emphasis will be on objective and subjective manifestations of common chronic health problems resulting from environmental, genetic, and stress-related maladaptations to provide a foundation for nursing care. This course complements selected topics addressed in Chronicity and End of Life to provide a comprehensive understanding of disease processes.
This course focuses on the nursing care of clients experiencing acute disruptions of health and/or end of life issues. Emphasis is placed on understanding and application of theory and skills required to provide nursing care to clients with complex and/or unstable conditions. Evidence-based practice is used to support appropriate focused assessments and effective, efficient nursing interventions. Knowledge of life span, developmental factors, cultural variables and legal aspects of care guide the ethical decision making in delivery of care. or higher). Offered: Fall, Spring.
cr) This course will facilitate ongoing critical thinking and analysis of pathophysiological concepts. Emphasis will be on interpretation and prioritization of data resulting from environmental, genetic, and stress-related maladaptations. This course complements the selected topics addressed in Acute and Complex Care to provide a comprehensive understanding of disease processes. Offered: Fall, Spring.
This course focuses on prioritization, delegation, and supervision of nursing care of clients across the lifespan. Health care policy, finance, and regulatory environment issues are analyzed. Emphasis is on planning, collaborating and coordinating care for individuals and groups across the care continuum. or higher). Offered: Fall, Spring.
