38 courses with the subject NU, 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.
This course will introduce foundational knowledge of the evolving nursing profession. Person-centered care and the application of the nursing process will be emphasized. This course is the didactic component to NU 205 Nursing Interventions.
This course will explore the role of the professional nurse in a continuously changing healthcare system and other healthcare settings. An emphasis on models related to theory and ethics will be explored
This course will cultivate core techniques of health assessment. Holistic assessment concepts of healthy individuals with a focus on the integration of assessment techniques, therapeutic communication, and health maintenance and wellness. This interactive class will incorporate both a didactic component and practice component.
This course is the lab/clinical component of NU 101 where students will apply the foundational knowledge of evidence-based practice and nursing concepts to interventions / Nursing Skills and policies and procedures to promote safe and positive care outcomes. Professional written, oral, and therapeutic communication skills are enhanced, and psychomotor skills are developed for clinical site preparation. This course is up to 50% time in skills lab on campus for 3 hours each lab and the remaining time at the assigned clinical site for 8 hours each clinical day. Students will be assigned to their 205 sections.
This course will provide advanced concepts and techniques of health assessment. Holistic assessment concepts with a focus on integrating assessment techniques, therapeutic communication, and health promotion and maintenance will be emphasized
This course will explore nutritional principles across the lifespan to include wellness, growth and development, aging, fetal development, and disease pathology. Students will apply the professional nursing role by demonstrating clinical reasoning within nutritional assessments, evidence-based practice, improving client outcomes, and incorporating cultural preferences.
This course will provide a focus of nursing care for the adult client with a concentration on the nursing process and an understanding of the physiological, psychosocial, safety and comfort needs of adult clients. Health promotion and maintenance will be integrated
Clinical for NU 301, Nursing Care of the Adult with Acute and Chronic Conditions
accompanying lab for NU 301, Nursing Care of the Adult with Acute and Chronic Conditions
This course will provide a foundational understanding of the role of the nurse in assessment, health promotion and wellness during pregnancy, birth and the transition to parenthood. Alterations in the status of the childbearing family will be covered. This course will include interactive learning during its didactic component. This course has a clinical component which will meet at a different day for 8 hours x 5 days to equal 40 clinical hours. Clinical groups and sites will be assigned and given to student prior to the start of class. Students must pass each didactic and clinical components to pass this course.
Clinical for NU 303 Nursing care of the Family Maternity
The course will cover the assessment, growth and development, health promotion and wellness for the child from infancy to adolescence. Alterations in the status of the child health status will be covered. This course will include interactive learning during its didactic component. This course has a clinical component which will meet at a different day for 8 hours x 5 days to equal 40 clinical hours. Clinical groups and sites will be assigned and given to student prior to the start of class. Students must pass each didactic and clinical components to pass this course.
Clinical for NU 304 - Nursing Care of the Family Pediatrics
This course will provide an understanding of the process of aging. Evidenced-based care of the older adult promoting health and wellness along with alterations in health for this population will be covered.
This course will provide the learner with the knowledge to deliver nursing care to individuals and families experiencing alterations in mental health. Mental health disorders, treatment, and nursing interventions will be covered.
Accompanying clinical for NU 306
Accompanying lab for NU 306
This course examines diverse cultural principles and population-focused interventions. The focus is on health promotion in vulnerable populations, social determinants of health, and identification of protective and predictive factors in individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations. Values and ethics in decision-making related to health care preferences and equality among diverse cultures and populations.
This course will expand on concepts related to the care of the adult client with complex multi-system healthcare needs. This course adds a progressive and rigorous concentration in safety, quality, teamwork, prioritization, holistic care, and evidence-based practice concepts. Course instructor will provide a lab schedule, labs do not meet every Friday.
Clinical for NU 401 Nursing Care of the Adult with Acute and Chronic Conditions
Lab attached to NU 401 lecture
This course will provide a synthesis of nursing knowledge reflective of critical thinking, interprofessional teamwork, research evidence, and leadership. The student will develop, lead, and integrate an interprofessional project in the clinical setting that will improve client safety or outcomes. This project will be approved by the nursing faculty.
Clinical for NU 405, Transitions to Professional Practice Clinical
This course will provide a synthesis of nursing knowledge reflective of critical-thinking processes in the delivery of care, nursing research, leadership, and professionalism. The student will research and develop a professional nursing evidence-based project based on an identified problem or concern. This project must be approved and guided by the nursing faculty, and will be presented at the end of the semester.
This course integrates the translation and application of nursing knowledge and the ways of knowing into nursing practice. Students are introduced to nursing theory, professionalism from an advanced nursing perspective, and nursing’s identity with a reflection on the profession’s characteristics, norms, and values.
This course presents quality metrics, including statistical analytics, and builds on prior statistical knowledge by introducing and applying data interpretation about phenomena relevant to clinical practice and research appraisal. Leadership competencies such as finance, budgeting, staffing, data visualization, data calculations and trends, and analytics for safety science and outcomes management are also evaluated.
This course develops professional leadership through self-reflection, systems thinking, and integration of Catholic and Benedictine values into ethical decision-making within complex health and educational systems. Topics include leading interprofessional teams; building resilience; fostering lifelong learning; and influencing health care policy within organization structures and operations.
This course emphasizes the use of health informatics, data science, information communication, advanced intelligence, information security, and health care technology to improve healthcare services, education outcomes, patient safety, and clinical practice, .
This course explores patient safety science, and interprofessional collaboration to optimize health care outcomes, enhance experiences, and reduce errors, near misses, harms, litigation, costs, and waste.
This course focuses on holistic and just care for individuals and populations by offering students an opportunity to demonstrate compassion and respect while acknowledging patient preferences, population values, and needs in terms of system resources. Topics such as social determinants of health, global issues, disasters, epidemiology, comparisons of national health systems, and global health policy are also discussed.
This course focuses on the application of advanced pharmacological principles with emphasis on patient adherence, cost and resource management, educational outcomes. Implications related to adverse reactions, ethics, omics, and symptom science. Health assessment and pathophysiology knowledge and experiences to prepare for advanced nursing roles are also discussed. Holistic assessment includes physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and functional dimensions among individuals, communities, and populations.
This course examines the generation, synthesis, translation, application and dissemination of nursing knowledge with an emphasis on leading transformation and improvement of health care system, nursing practices, and nursing education.
Part I of II, this course underpins key concepts in the Nurse Educator specialty focus. A deep analysis of the advanced practice role is performed through mentored and guided experiences to develop, implement, and evaluate initiatives for continuous improvement and outcome achievements within the selected specialty. Students initiate their immersion experience during this course. (This course requires 225 practicum hours with an approved preceptor)
This course is Part II of the Nurse Educators specialty focused-practice courses. This course establishes advanced Nurse Educator practice skills and competencies through a continuation of immersion experiences. Students are expected to comprehensively demonstrate acquired advanced practice proficiency via innovations, efficiencies, improved outcomes, strategies, project management, and other educational and leadership initiatives. (This course requires 225 practicum hours with an approved preceptor)
This course is designed to equip students with the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively assess and evaluate student learning in nursing education. Students will explore various assessment strategies, including traditional methods (e.g., tests, quizzes, assignments) and alternative assessments (e.g., portfolios, simulations, clinical performance). The course will delve into the principles of sound assessment design, validity, reliability, and fairness, along with ethical considerations and best practices for appropriate management. We will explore the role of assessment in promoting student learning and professional development of faculty. Students will also learn about the importance of evaluation in providing feedback, measuring student progress, and improving curriculum.
Healthcare continues to be transformed by advances in science and technology. The advancements require nursing programs to reflect and adapt to the changing healthcare environment. As change may impact a curriculum or present the opportunity for a new program. This course will examine curriculum from the foundation of a new program or course. There are key questions that will be the focused upon. What must be considered in a new curriculum? How are outcomes evaluated when preparing the students to meet the future vision? How does accreditation fit into new programs or program changes?
The healthcare clinical setting continues to be transformed with technology at a rapid rate. Thus, nursing education has adapted technology usage for teaching and learning to meet the needs of our future nurses. In this course, we will explore the importance of current technologies in nursing education and instructional design (such as online learning management platforms, simulations, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and more). Technology is an integral component and competency in the role of the nurse educator.
Nursing elective topics
Source: Belmont Abbey College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
