42 courses with the subject NRS, 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.
NRS 100Foundations of Professional Nursing3
Multidimensionality of professional nursing is explored. Personal vision, values, philosophy, and goals are examined. Contemporary issues are related to scope of practice, standards of care, and legal and ethical guidelines. King's Theory of Goal Attainment exemplifies theory based practice. Other health related theories are compared to build a personal framework for practice. Evidence based practice is introduced. (formerly NUR 376)
This 1st level course introduces students to beginning generalist nursing practice. Concepts and skills basic to nursing will be integrated using traditional classroom and skills laboratory methods. A theoretical component will include scope of practice, communication, decision making, and nursing process. Generic nursing intervention skills that support planning, managing, and delivering patient care will include assessment of patients in their environment, safety and asepsis, comfort and hygiene, activities of daily living, and supportive care for mobility, respiration, nutrition, elimination, and other body functions. (Formerly NUR 350)
This course explores human growth and development from conception to end-of-life, focusing on physical, psychological, and social factors influencing health. Designed for nursing students, it integrates theories of human development with nursing care and health promotion, teaching students to apply developmental theories for holistic, culturally sensitive care across the lifespan.
Knowledge and skills are developed to perform and document a comprehensive health examination (physical, psychosocial, and spiritual) of a child and an adult, including unique assessment of elderly adults, using contemporary technological assessment tools. The student will identify health needs of individuals for promotion, risk reduction, and nursing intervention. (formerly NUR 354)
This course provides an overall view of drugs used for treatment of clinical disorders of patients at all levels of the age continuum. Pertinent information about specific drug classifications, dosage, interactions, and nursing implications will be discussed. This course will cover essential content pertinent to the role of the nurse in safe pharmacological treatment of patients. (formerly NUR 356)
This course introduces professional nursing practice. Discussions cover the history of nursing and its impact on current nursing practice. Some major program concepts are introduced such as safety, vulnerable populations, social determinants of health, professionalism, and the New York State Nurse Practice Act. The course also covers types of healthcare environments and various healthcare team members with whom the nurse collaborates. (formerly NRS100/NUR376)
Health Assessment teaches the knowledge base and nursing skills necessary for a systematic and comprehensive patient assessment. The course teaches how to conduct a health history and perform a physical assessment at a beginning level. Normal assessment findings, cultural differences, common alterations from normal, and variations across the lifespan are incorporated. (formerly NRS210/210L, NUR 354/354L)
This course teaches clinical judgment in nursing. All the components of clinical judgment are taught along with a clinical judgment framework students use across program nursing courses to make safe patient care decisions. Students learn specific clinical judgment competencies used to collect, assess, analyze, and evaluate data applied to simple nursing situations supporting the nursing process as well as dealing with aspects of safe practice in the current healthcare environment. This course provides the foundation for the clinical judgment process used to arrive at conclusions based on evidence that is applied throughout all nursing courses and tested on the NCLEX.
This online course familiarizes the nurse with terminology, standards and rationale for health system information technology. Computer systems to access, enter and manage information are demonstrated. Students employ search and retrieval of scientific literature to support evidence- based practice. Ethics regarding privacy, information storing, sharing, and security are discussed.
This course expands on knowledge and skills of physical assessment with added dimensions of psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs. It emphasizes assessment skills related to newborns, children, adults, and birthing people. Content and theory are acquired and applied through interactive assignments that apply to a variety of healthcare settings.
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the complexities of palliative care nursing across the lifespan. Content will include general principles of palliative care, advanced care planning, symptom assessment and management, psychosocial and spiritual support, end-of-life care, special patient populations, pediatric palliative care, and ethical considerations in palliative care.
This course reviews concepts necessary for safe patient-centered care in the community. It includes concepts of public health nursing, including frameworks for health promotion and prevention, as well as epidemiological concepts and global health. Nursing content and theory are acquired in the online course and applied through interactive assignments.
This course focuses on concepts to achieve equity through practice, policy, population health, and interprofessional collaboration. It includes content related to ethical dilemmas in practice including protection of vulnerable populations. Concepts of interest include history of health equity, social determinants, conceptual frameworks, global equity, and health system interprofessional collaborations.
Foundations of Nursing introduces basic concepts necessary for safe, compassionate, patient-centered nursing care for patients with well-defined healthcare concerns. Nursing content and theory are acquired and applied in the classroom and skills laboratory then further applied to patient care in various healthcare clinical settings.
Research focuses on the interpretation and use of research evidence to inform practice. This builds on previously learned concepts and applies them to the research process. Specific concepts include information management systems, evidence-based practice, patient-centered care, collaboration, and communication.
This course is designed to correlate basic knowledge of normal physiology with dysfunctional body mechanisms. Students will gain understanding of disease processes through the study of causative mechanisms, and the signs and symptoms which reflect disease processed and disturbances in homeostasis at the cellular, tissue, and major organ level. Equivalent to BIO 215 (formerly NUR 315/NRS 220)
This course provides nursing theory applied to the study of pharmacology. The content provides foundational concepts related to pharmacotherapeutics that are applied in all nursing courses. The course connects nursing concepts, pathophysiology, nursing implications, and foundational knowledge for safe pharmacological care of diverse patients across the lifespan. (formerly NRS 230)
This course expands on nursing concepts necessary for safe, compassionate, patient-centered nursing care and applies them to the care of patients with mental health concerns and to diverse populations in various community settings.
Health Policy focuses on the evaluation, development, and leadership in improving the health of the public through health policy development and health system changes. Students use policy theory to critically evaluate current and historic policies, laws, and financial incentives that affect health care delivery and nursing practice.
This course provides students with resiliency skills to deal with the rapid-paced, stressful healthcare environment. Students learn how to use resilience to buffer stress, remain composed, and deal with the many unexpected situations nurses face daily.
This course will explore the evolution of forensic science, examine different types of interpersonal violence, mechanisms of injury, patient management, and explore legal and ethical issues relating to these types of crimes.
This course provides the opportunity to apply content to the leadership role of the professional nurse. Students will develop a capstone project. Concepts explored in this course include organization and leadership theories, interprofessional leadership, and integration of evidence-based leadership skills and competencies.
Nursing Research focuses on the interpretation and use of research evidence to inform practice. The course builds on previously learned nursing concepts and applies them to the research process. Specific concepts of interest are information management systems, evidence-based practice, patient-centered care, collaboration, and communication. The concept of clinical judgment is used to develop a research proposal that demonstrates application of nursing concepts to a topic related to improving the health of individuals or populations.
Adult Health Nursing expands on nursing concepts necessary for safe, compassionate, patient- centered nursing care and applies them to adult patients with stable and unstable conditions. The course also expands on professional nursing concepts including clinical judgment and collaboration with healthcare team members. Nursing content and theory are acquired and applied in the classroom then further applied to patient care in the simulation laboratory and various healthcare clinical settings. Must be taken with NRS 400L.
This course provides students with resiliency skills to deal with the rapid-paced, stressful healthcare environment. Students learn how to use resilience to buffer stress, remain composed, and deal with the many unexpected situations nurses face daily.
This course expands on nursing concepts necessary for safe, compassionate, patient-centered nursing care and applies them to the reproducing family, the neonate, and children. Nursing content and theory are acquired and applied in the classroom then further applied to patient care in the simulation laboratory and/or various healthcare clinical settings.
This course is designed to provide the RN-BSN nursing student with leadership experience reflective of a synthesis of cognitive and affective skills acquired in the program. Students will integrate knowledge of nursing research and leadership, as well as theory to design, implement, and lead a team to improve health outcomes.
This course focuses on improving patient outcomes by studying the role of the nurse in various areas of healthcare practice such as case management, quality improvement, transitional care, sentinel events, and other areas that affect patient outcomes. Related concepts that are studied include safety, healthcare quality, healthcare organizations, and health policy.
Nursing Care of Complex Patients expands on the nursing concepts necessary for safe, compassionate, patient-centered nursing care applied to the care of patients with complex healthcare issues. The course expands on professional nursing concepts including clinical judgment and collaboration with other healthcare professionals. Nursing content and theory are acquired and applied in the classroom then further applied to patient care in the simulation laboratory and/or various healthcare clinical settings.
This advanced, comprehensive course provides a synthesis of all nursing concepts and content taught throughout the program with application using case-based learning in the classroom. This course enables the individual student to recognize areas that need enhancement prior to entering professional nursing practice. Also included is a review of content and strategies for success on the NCLEX-RN.
This capstone course provides the opportunity for the student to apply nursing content to the leadership role of the professional nurse. Students complete a leadership project that demonstrates the ability to synthesize previous learning experiences from across the curriculum applied to an identified area of nursing leadership in a selected healthcare environment.
This course provides an opportunity for individualized study on a selected topic of interest within the field of nursing. Designed to meet unique academic or professional development needs, the course may involve independent research, practice-based projects, or focused readings under faculty supervision.
This course provides an opportunity for individualized study on a selected topic of interest within the field of nursing. Designed to meet unique academic or professional development needs, the course may involve independent research, practice-based projects, or focused readings under faculty supervision.
