54 courses with the subject NSG, 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 provides School of Nursing undergraduate study abroad opportunities.
This course introduces the student to the core concepts of nursing that are essential to the role of the professional nurse in caring for individuals, families, and communities. The course will focus on normal assessment skills across the lifespan as a component of core nursing care. Didactic concepts will be applied in the laboratory setting for demonstration of assessment skills using varying degrees of technology.
This course introduces the student to the core concepts of nursing essential to the role of the professional nurse when caring for adult patients, their families, and communities in a variety of clinical settings. Course content will emphasize foundational, evidenced-based skills using the nursing process, and techniques of safe nursing practice for health promotion.
This course introduces the student to the core concepts of professional nursing. Course content includes nursing history, theory and an introduction to American Nurses Association Code of Ethics, legal standards of the nursing scope of practice through regulatory bodies and evolving issues in the profession. Students will learn the quality safety standards education for nurses and the standards for interprofessional collaboration.
Introduces basic concepts of pathophysiology and pharmacotherapeutics, building on basic anatomy and physiology, microbiology, and chemistry content obtained from earlier courses. The pathophysiology of common disease conditions affecting human beings across the lifespan are explored. This course also examines basic drug classifications, concepts and principles of pharmacology with special consideration for the nursing role in developing a comprehensive approach to the clinical application of drug therapy.
This course will focus on core concepts that are essential to the role of the professional nurse in caring for adults across the lifespan that are experiencing acute and chronic conditions. Students will have the opportunity to apply didactic concepts while implementing safe, patient-centered care in the laboratory and simulation settings.
This course introduces core concepts of nursing essential to the role of the professional nurse caring for women across the lifespan. The course content will assist the learner in improving health promotion and restoration for women through all phases of life, including the care of women in the prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal periods. Professional nursing values of patient centered care, lifelong learning and quality improvement are components of classroom and clinical learning. Newborn nursing assessment will be included as part of the complete postpartum (includes mother/baby/family) phase. Applications of concepts and essential psychomotor skills are demonstrated in clinical experiences working with culturally diverse families.
This course introduces core concepts of nursing essential to the role of the professional nurse caring for children and their families, in the child’s natural environments (i.e. home or school) within the community and in acute care settings. Content will include strategies for improving child health status based on diverse needs of the child and their family, in the context of the child’s situational environment. Professional values of patient and family centered care, life-long learning, and quality improvement will be emphasized. Essential psychomotor skills will be applied via experiences caring for children in a variety of clinical agencies.
This course is intended for those students enrolled in the Prelicensure program. Introduces research design and analysis necessary to examine, apply, and utilize nursing science. Course content includes an overview of current issues in knowledge development in nursing including the process of research utilization and evidence based practice. The student will conduct analytic critiques of the research literature for scientific merit, synthesize these critiques for application to practice, and develop strategies for providing leadership to make evidence based practice a reality in current and future work settings.
This is a seminar course for registered nurses. Students will examine foundations and contemporary issues of professional nursing practice and will explore critical abilities and roles for the baccalaureate nurse in the management of quality, patient care. This course will introduce students to online learning and provide strategies for success.
Course content includes an overview of current issues in knowledge development in nursing including the process of research utilization and evidence-based practice. Student will conduct analytic critiques of the research literature for scientific merit, synthesize these critiques for application to practice, and develop strategies for providing leadership to make evidence-based practice a reality in current and future work settings.
This course builds on basic concepts of pathophysiology and pharmacotherapeutics from earlier courses. The pathophysiology of disease conditions affecting human beings across the lifespan are explored, along with pharmacotherapeutics related to these disease conditions. Nursing implications relative to the utilization of drug therapy are examined.
This course focuses on general concepts along with specific disease processes of physiological systems and the use of drugs to prevent or ameliorate those processes. Discussion topics focus on adaptation of the physiologic processes across the life span along with the basic concepts of pharmacology and pharmacotherapy.
This course covers optimum health care for the aging client using the demographic, physiological, psychosocial and economic aspects of aging. Emphasis is placed on understanding the unique needs of the aging population, and to provide evidence-based care using interprofessional collaboration to improve care transitions, and health outcomes for older adults that promotes quality of life.
This course is designed to provide students as present and future leaders with a political, economic, and financial understanding of nursing’s role in the health care system. Students learn professional values and ethical behaviors that guide nursing practice and the impact of research used to improve the care of individuals, families, groups and communities. In addition, fundamentals of health policy creation are introduced to facilitate the merging of the policy and financial side with the clinical dimension.
This course enhances students’ assessment and clinical reasoning skills. Emphasis is placed on analyzing nursing assessment findings, setting priorities, and developing a plan of care that promotes or restores health. This course explores the impact of the environment, life choices, literacy, and genomics on holistic health.
A course for nursing students which emphasizes foundations of nutrition and diet therapy that can be applied to patients of all ages and in various stages on the health and illness continuum. The nursing process is used to examine the clinical interrelationships among nutrients and other variables such as: foods, cultures, health, education, and behaviors of individuals, families, and communities. Emphasis is placed on developing the role of the nurse in meeting the nutritional needs of patients in a variety of practice settings.
Introduces the core concepts of nursing essential to the role of the professional nurse when caring for individual clients with medical/surgical conditions. Course content will emphasize the relationship between the nursing process and patient centered care, clinical reasoning, and integrity of practice applied to problems of oxygenation/ventilation, problems of movement and coordination, and problems of perception and sensory input in vulnerable populations. Adopted theories from physiology, psychology, sociology and nursing will be related to patient centered care and quality improvement. Application of concepts and essential psychomotor skills are demonstrated in clinical experiences and using advanced technology working with clients in selected clinical agencies.
Introduces the core concepts of nursing essential to the role of the professional nurse caring for clients with mental health disorders across the life span and to their families. Course content will include factors currently shaping professional nursing roles and on interpersonal skills required for improving health status and diverse client needs. Adopted theories will be related to legal and ethical considerations in client-centered care, quality improvement, and life long learning. Application of concepts is demonstrated in clinical experiences working with clients in selected clinical agencies.
Introduces core concepts of nursing essential to the role of the professional nurse caring for families. The course content will include health promotion and restoration for the childbearing family during the prenatal, perinatal and postnatal periods, along with professional values of client-centered care, life-long learning and quality improvement. Applications of concepts and essential psychomotor skills are demonstrated in clinical experiences working with clients in culturally diverse agencies.
Introduces the student to the demographic, physiological, psychosocial and economic aspects of aging. Critical assessment parameters will be used as a framework for identifying both normal and pathological with emphasis on nursing assessment and management of care. Course content will include primary care, secondary care, tertiary care and prevention, care giving roles, ethical issues, legal issues and resource allocation.
This course is a continuation of Patho/Pharm I which focuses on general concepts along with specific disease processes of physiological systems and the use of drugs to prevent or ameliorate those processes. Discussion topics focus on adaptation of the physiologic processes across the life span along with the basic concepts of pharmacology and pharmacotheraphy.
Students will examine the evolution of professional nursing in America through the study of select critical historical analyses of a significant influential event, time, concept, or person. Exposure to critical historical works will provide students a contextual perspective and enlightenment to evaluate the contemporary professional identity and practice role of the nurse.
This course focuses on building a career path in professional nursing that includes continuous engagement and lifelong learning. Engagement in professional nursing organizations, sharing best practices through presentations and use of the principles of scholarly writing, and planning for lifelong learning are presented as strategies to advance professionalism in nursing.
This course introduces the student to the field of palliative and end-of-life care. It will focus on a holistic approach to nursing care for the physical, psychological and spiritual needs of patients across the lifespan experiencing a wide range of illnesses. Illnesses will include progressive, chronic or debilitating disorders. An emphasis will be placed on maintaining quality of life through palliative and end-of-life care with an understanding that patients and families have diverse values, beliefs, needs, and expectations.
This course focuses on social, psychological, economic, political, legal, ethical, and diverse environments which shape health care delivery systems. Nursing practice is studied relative to inter-professional collaboration, advocacy, and leadership. Emphasis is placed on critical analyses related to health policy, health care reform, health care systems, and social determinants of health.
Introduces the core concepts of nursing essential to the role of the professional nurse caring for children and their families. Course content includes strategies for improving the child’s health status based on diverse needs dictated by the environment and the professional values of client-centered care, life-long learning, and quality improvement. Application of essential psychomotor skills is demonstrated in experiences working with children in culturally diverse clinical agencies.
Introduces advanced concepts of nursing essential to the role of the professional nurse when caring for adult clients with complex health problems. Course content will include measures to maintain and support the health status related to the pathophysiology of selected diseases and changes in function. Emphasis will be placed on the relationship between the nursing process and client centered care, clinical reasoning, and integrity of practice applied to acute and chronic conditions. Adopted theories from physiology, psychology, sociology and nursing will be related to client centered care and quality improvement. Application of concepts and essential psychomotor skills are demonstrated in clinical experiences using advanced technology and working with clients in selected clinical agencies.
Introduces the core concepts of professional nursing essential to the role of the professional nurse when caring for aggregates of clients in the community. Course contents emphasize the relationships between the community nursing process and client centered care, clinical reasoning, and integrity of practice applied risk reduction, health prevention and promotion of individuals, families, and aggregates in diverse community settings. Adopted theories from epidemiology, sociology, nursing, and environmental management are related to the aggregate client centered care and quality improvement. Application of concepts and essential psychomotor skills are demonstrated in a clinical experience using advanced technology and working with clients in selected clinical agencies.
This course introduces core concepts of leadership and management for the professional nurse. Emphasis is placed on leadership and management theories, health systems organization, role development, and the legal and ethical considerations that impact care delivery and quality.
Introduces the core concepts of leadership and management for the professional nurse. Course content includes discussion of theories of management and leadership; health systems organizations; change, power, authority; role development; models of nursing care delivery; legal ramifications of delegation, models of quality management; nursing and the political process.
This course addresses the community nursing process and its relationship with client-centered care, clinical reasoning, and integrity of practice applicable to health prevention, promotion, and risk reduction in diverse settings. Content addresses social and ecological determinants of health through health education, epidemiology, case management, partnerships, and technology, examining outcomes for an evidence-based, culturally sensitive practice.
This end of program capstone focuses on integrating concepts, principles, knowledge, and theories from nursing, other disciplines, and the arts and sciences. The course is designed to foster an intense one to one learning experience between the student and an experienced preceptor while under the guidance of the UNCW SON clinical faculty. This relationship is designed to facilitate the transition to the professional practice setting, to enhance the development and demonstration of sound clinical judgment, and to promote confidence functioning as a generalist professional nurse.
This course provides a description and analysis of the growing use of complementary and alternative therapies (CATs) by consumers in contemporary society. Emphasis will be placed on ways to promote healing and optimum health in the individual, families, and communities. The student will increase their knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to communicate effectively with patients and health care providers about these therapies to enhance patient health and safety.
This course introduces the concepts of nursing research to registered nurses who are pursuing their baccalaureate degree in nursing. The course content includes a review of how to apply basic research concepts and evidence-based practice to the field of nursing science. The student will identify a health-related problem within nursing to conduct an analysis and critique of the research literature, synthesize these critiques as it applies to practice, and foster a plan of action to make evidence-based practice a reality within nursing practice.
This course introduces core concepts of nursing essential to the role of the professional nurse caring for patients with mental health disorders across the lifespan. The course content will include health promotion and restoration for the patients and their families, along with professional values of patient centered care, lifelong learning, and quality improvement. Applications of concepts and essential therapeutic communication and psychomotor skills are demonstrated in clinical experiences working with culturally diverse patients in various agencies.
Introduces core concepts of leadership and management for the professional nurse. The course will focus on leadership and management theories, health systems organization, role development, and the legal and ethical considerations that impact care delivery and quality.
This course will build upon core nursing concepts essential to the role of the professional nurse when caring for individuals, families, and communities with complex health problems. This course will focus on advanced concepts and response to changes in condition for patients with acute and chronic illnesses. Emphasis will be placed on the nursing process, clinical reasoning and professional integrity. Advanced psychomotor skills and concepts in nursing care will be applied in lab and various clinical experiences.
This course introduces the student to the core concepts essential to the role of the professional nurse in population health. The course focuses on health promotion, and disease and injury prevention based on determinants of local, national, and global health. Content is guided from theories in nursing, psychology, and sociology. Course content will examine how health care delivery systems, public health agencies, and community-based organizations collaborate for health promotion, risk reduction, and disease management and control in vulnerable populations
This course focuses on social, psychological, economic, political, legal, ethical, and diverse environments which shape health care delivery systems in the United States. There will be critical analyses related to health policy, health care reform, health care systems, and determinants of health. It also explores how the nurse can advocate for change in health policy.
Synthesizes information from previous courses to prepare the student for transition to practice. This course is designed to enhance the prioritization and reasoning skills needed by the nurse to manage, coordinate, and deliver safe patient-centered care. Through classroom activities and a one-to-one preceptorship with an experienced registered nurse, the student will refine psychomotor skills and deliver care that demonstrates sound clinical judgements and professional values.
Study designed for upper-division nursing majors and registered nurses to study the culture and health care practices of the people of Barbados. Students will have an in-depth study of the political, social, economic, religious, educational, governmental and health care systems. They will examine the history, traditions, customs, and health practices of the Bajan people. Clinical practicum will focus on care of clients in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Sir Winston Scott Polyclinic.
Building upon previous coursework related to family-centered care, ethics, and evidence-based practice, this course will equip students with specialized knowledge to advance their care of pediatric patients. Focus will include communication with interdisciplinary care team members as well as current best practice guidelines for the pediatric population. Concepts of pediatric advanced life support, family nursing assessment for the complex pediatric client, service/applied learning projects.
Appraise the impact of bias and stigma in the care of mental health disorder/s by examining the perspectives of mental illness from popular culture, healthcare providers, and patients. Students will focus on mitigating this bias and improving treatment from both an individual and population health focus.
Focuses on the development and application of advanced concepts in the management of critically ill adults. The course is designed to enhance clinical reasoning, critical thinking, and skill development for nursing students aspiring to work in the emergency department and/or critical care setting. There will also be an emphasis on the nurse’s role as an interdisciplinary team member and delivering patient centered care while incorporating clinical guidelines and protocols to ensure professional performance and values within legal and ethical frameworks.
This course will introduce human genomics related to provision of patient and family centered health care across the lifespan. Nurses are in an ideal position to facilitate patients and families to make sense of, respond to, and use the information they receive during the genetic testing experience. This is not a course in basic genetics, rather the focus is on the nurse’s role in clinical application of a working knowledge of human genetics. Using ethical principles, students will be encouraged to critically examine the social, legal, cultural, political, and professional implications of the integration of genomics into health care practices.
Explores values and belief systems influencing health behaviors of culturally diverse groups. Emphasizes cultural, social, political, and economic forces that influence access to and use of health care resources. Identifies a conceptual basis for assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of health care for culturally diverse clients. Fosters cultural sensitivity to life styles, values, and concepts concerning health and health care. The goal of this course is to broaden the student’s perception and understanding of health/HEALTH and illness/ILLNESS and the variety of meanings these terms carry for members of differing sociocultural populations.
This theory course builds on basic knowledge of pathophysiology and pharmacology to enhance nursing management of health, wellness, and disease. Analysis of current pharmacological based research will provide the foundation for evidence based nursing practice. Physiological, pathophysiological, and pharmacological concepts that explain the rationale behind treatment decisions are examined.
This course synthesizes information from previous courses and clinical practice to prepare the student for professional practice as a baccalaureate-prepared registered nurse. Emphasis is placed on reflection and concept integration to promote nursing advocacy, leadership, innovation, and evidence-based management of care.
This course will focus on an introduction to emerging knowledge in human molecular genetics and the related implications for health care across the lifespan through multidisciplinary perspectives. Content focuses on the application of genetics to clinical practice, including screening for genetic predisposition, the impact of genetics on health promotion and disease prevention, and the uses of genetically engineered technology and therapies. Students will be encouraged to critically examine the social, legal, cultural, political, and professional implications of the integration of genetics into health care practices.
A maximum of six hours may apply toward graduation.
This course provides School of Nursing advanced undergraduate study abroad opportunities.
Selected topics in nursing. A maximum of three hours will apply toward graduation. The lab for this course is NSGL 495 .
Individual study for honors students.
Source: University of North Carolina Wilmington's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
