34 courses with the subject NUR, 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.
NUR 1303Talking the Talk: Healthcare Today3
Credits: 3 hrs This course will focus on the development and delivery of effective communication strategies to achieve desired outcomes for audience frequently encountered by healthcare professionals. Students will be introduced to knowledge and concepts related to professional practice in a variety of healthcare settings.
Credits: 3 hrs The primary aim of this course is to provide a breadth of knowledge about healthcare professions to help students understand potential career options. Through engaged approaches, students will gain insights into various disciplines within the healthcare sector. Students will develop and use oral communication skills to communicate insight into interprofessional approaches as well demonstrate aspects of teamwork practiced among the varied healthcare professions.
Credits: 3 hrs This course is designed to introduce the registered nurse student to concepts inherent in baccalaureate nursing education. The philosophy, conceptual framework, program purpose and objectives will be discussed. Emphasis will be placed on the nursing process, as well as knowledge and skills that bridge prior learning experiences with current professional nursing practice.
Credits: 3 hrs This course guides students to become literate consumers of eveidenced-based information necessary to meet the basic health needs of individuals throughout the lifespan. Students will acquire basic and foundational knowledge needed to maintain a state of health and wellness. Students from various disciplines will be equipped to access eveidenced-based information and to make informed, collaborative decisions in the best interest of vulnerable population, subject to comprehension and evaluation for continuous principles of healthcare. Concepts and theories basic to the art and science of healthcare practice including therapeutic communication, professionalism, teaching/learning, critical thinking, and cultural awareness are also explored. The ability to apply scientific, microbial, physcial, physiological and psychosocial safeties is required. Lab: Psychomotor competencies in foundational healthcare skills are performed using evidenced-based and best practice models through laboratory experiences in simulated healthcare environments.
For fall semester: Completion of at least 2 of the 4 required
NUR 3102Adult Health Nursing I5
Credits: 5 hrs This course focuses on nursing and interprofessional collaboration care of adults with selected health alterations that require medical and/or surgical interventions. Emphasis is on the application of the nursing process and clinical judgment measurement model to effectively manage the care of adults with acute and chronic health conditions. In this course, students will expand their knowledge of client care management, delegation, and prioritization of care.
NUR 3314, NUR 3316, NUR 3312, & Admission to upper division Level of Knowledge this Course Address(es): Junior Level Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: April 2024
NUR 3115Clinical Nursing Foundations1
Credits: 1 hr This course is an introduction to the role of the professional nurse as a provider of care, coordinator of care, member of the nursing profession, and a member of the interprofessional health care team. Course topics include but are not limited to fundamental concepts of nursing and interprofessional collaborative practice, prioritization of care, nursing process, clinical judgement, effective communication, medication administration, laboratory and diagnostic tests, and basic psychomotor skills. Learning experiences emphasize nursing’s distinct practice perspectives in the provision of nursing care within the healthcare system.
Admission to upper division Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: April 2024 Effective Date: Fall 2025
NUR 3117Clinical Reasoning1
Credits: 1 hr This course is designed to enhance the students’ ability to analyze questions and provide strategies for test-taking. In addition, this course will provide strategies to improve students’ critical thinking/clinical reasoning skills and their ability to problem-solve and make critical decisions in clinical. It is designed using the concept of problem-based learning to enhance clinical judgment and decision making.
NUR 3115 Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: February 19, 2013 Effective Date: Spring 2013
NUR 3202Child Health Nursing Practicum2
Credits: 2 hrs This clinical course focuses on nursing and interprofessional collaborative practice for the restoration and maintenance of health in children in various stages of development within their families and the broader social contexts in which children grow and develop. Emphasis is placed on the incorporation of evidence-informed practice and the application of the nursing process and clinical judgement measurement model to identify physiologic, psychosocial, educational, and cultural needs of child and adolescent patients and their families in order to provide family-centered nursing care. Clinical experiences are coordinated in a variety of settings which offer students the opportunity to engage with clients and interact with interprofessional team.
NUR 3115 - Clinical Nursing Foundations , NUR 3316 - Pharmacology for Nurses , NUR 3312 - Health Assessment , and Admission to upper nursing division Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: May 2024 Effective Date: Spring 2025
NUR 3211Mental Health Nursing Practicum2
Credits: 2 hrs This course is designed to assist students in developing the knowledge and skills necessary for nursing care management of clients with mental health needs in diverse healthcare settings according to current standards of nursing and interprofessional collaborative practice. Focus is on the application of the nursing process and the clinical judgement measurement model in the delivery of client and family-centered care. Clinical experiences are coordinated in a variety of settings which offer students the opportunity to engage with clients and interact with interprofessional teams. Throughout the clinical experiences, learners are provided the opportunity to maintain therapeutic communication/relationships with clients and their families while providing evidence-informed, compassionate, ethical, and culturally appropriate care.
NUR 3115 - Clinical Nursing Foundations , NUR 3316 - Pharmacology for Nurses , NUR 3312 - Health Assessment ,and Admission to Upper Division. Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: May 2024 Effective Date: Spring 2025
NUR 3215Clinical Nursing Foundations Practicum2
Credits: 2 hr This course focuses on the professional nurse’s roles as a provider of patient-centered care, advocate of patient safety, and member of the interpersonal health care team. This course introduces and reinforces psychomotor nursing skills needed to assist individuals in meeting basic human needs. Using the nursing process and clinical judgement measurement model, learners will provide basic care and comfort using acquired clinical reasoning and psychomotor skills. A practicum is required for the development and implementation of fundamental nursing practice withn selected clinical settings.
Admission to upper division nursing Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: May 2024 Effective Date: January 2025
NUR 3302Child Health Nursing3
Credits: 3 hrs This course emphasizes concepts, skills and principles of nursingand interprofessional collaborative practice essential to family-centered care of children. applying a family-centered approach, this course focuses on health promotion, acute and chronic health conditions, and rehabilitiative needs of children. Emphasis is placed on developmental , physiologoical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual care of the child within the family unit. Using the nursing process and clinical judgment measurement model, strategies are formulated for promoting and maintaining optimal functioning of the child-family unit and for enhancng the strengths of the family unit.
NUR 3115 - Clinical Nursing Foundations (1cr) & Clinical Nursing Foundations(2cr), NUR 3316 - Pharmacology for Nurses , NUR 3312 - Health Assessment , and Admission to Upper Division. Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: April 2024 Effective Date: Fall 2025
NUR 3303Nursing Research3
Credits: 3 hrs This course is designed to assist students in understanding the research process. Emphasis is placed upon the nurse as a research consumer and enhancement of her/his ability to participate in the research process. Opportunities will be provided for critical appraisal of research studies, and for the design of plans for investigating nursing problems.
NUR 2313 , NUR 3312 , NUR 3115 , NUR 3316 and Admission to Upper Division or special permission.
NUR 3305Financial Management in Nursing3
Credits: 3 hrs This course is designed to prepare the nursing professional how to develop, maintain, and forecast financial stability within a changing health care environment. A systems approach is used to analyze the financial impact of health care decisions from a clinical perspective. Economic issues relevant to nursing practice and healthcare are explored. The role of the Administrative Nurse Manager in inter-professional financial planning for quality, safety, and financial stability is addressed. Key concepts covered include principles of financial stability, value-based service, advanced financial management, interpretation of financial statements, regulatory requirements imposed by payers and accreditors, advanced budgeting and variance analysis, forecasting, and productivity management.
Credits: 3 hrs This course uses a nursing perspective to explore global issues affecting personal, community, and international health and development. Using approaches from health promotion, population health, and primary health care are applied to help frame analysis. Nursing students are exposed to basic perspectives on health policy and significant world events on vulnerable populations is explored.
Credits: 3 hrs The course is designed to assist students in developing knowledge and skills necessary for nursing and interprofessional collaborative care management of clients and families with mental health needs. Focus is on the application of the nursing process and clinical judgement measurement model in establishing and maintaining nurse-client relationships within diverse health care settings.
NUR 3115 - Clinical Nursing Foundations , NUR 3316 - Pharmacology for Nurses , NUR 3312 - Health Assessment , and Admission to upper division Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: May 2024 Effective Date: Spring 2025
NUR 3312Health Assessment3
Credits: 3 hrs This course focuses on the development of health assessment skills. Emphasis is on normal findings and common alterations across the life span. This course is taught in sequence with Pharmacology for Nurses and Clinical Nursing Foundations.
Admission to Upper Division or special permission.
NUR 3316Pharmacology for Nurses3
Credits: 3 hrs This planned practicum will provide the student opportunity to utilize critical thinking skills and the nursing process in the provision of client care in selected health care settings. In addition this course introduces the student to pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, adverse and therapeutic responses to medications, drug classifications, and basic principles of drug calculations.
NUR 3318Introduction to Pathophysiology for Nurses3
Credits: 3 hrs This course is designed to introduce the basic concepts of pathophysiology and how these concepts relate to disease processes and clinical practice across the lifespan. Students will examine phenomena that produce alterations in human physiologic function and the resulting human response.
BIO 2311 , BIO 2111 , BIO 2312 , BIO 2112 and Admission to Upper Division.
NUR 3511Mental Health Nursing3
Credits: 3 hrs The course is designed to assist students in developing knowledge and skills necessary for nursing and interprofessional collaborative care management of clients and families with mental health needs. Focus is on the application of the nursing process and clinical judgment measurement model in establishing and maintaining nurse-client relationships within diverse health care settings.
NUR 3314, NUR 3316, NUR 3312 & Admission to upper division Level of Knowledge this Course Address(es): Junior Level Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: April 2024
NUR 3512Adult Health Nursing I5
Credits: 5 hrs This course focuses on nursing and interprofessional collaboration care of adults with selected health alterations that require medical and/or surgical interventions. Emphasis is on the application of the nursing process and clinical judgement measurement model to effectively manage the care of adults with acute and chronic health conditions. In this course, students will expand their knowledge of client care management, delegation, and prioritization of care.
NUR 3115 - Clinical Nursing Foundations , NUR 3316 - Pharmacology for Nurses , NUR 3312 - Health Assessment , and Admission to Upper Division. Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: May 2024 Effective Date: Spring 2025
NUR 3513Adult Health Nursing I Practicum5
Credits: 5 hrs This course focuses on the evidence-informed care of adult and older adult clients with health alterations that require medical and/or surgical intervention. Emphasis is placed on the care management of clients with acute and chronic health conditions using a holistic nursing framework. Select psychomotor nursing skills needed to manage care within an acute care environment are introduced. Clinical experiences are coordinated in a variety of settings which offer students the opportunity to engage with clients and interact with interprofessional teams.
NUR 3115 - Clinical Nursing Foundations , NUR 3316 - Pharmacology for Nurses , NUR 3312 - Health Assessment , and Admission to upper division Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: May 2024 Effective Date: Spring 2025
Credits: 12 hrs This course builds upon concepts, principles, and skills presented in NUR 3102. Emphasis is on utilizing the nursing process in meeting the needs of adult clients with complex health alterations in: oxygenation of body cells, fluid and electrolyte balance, digestive and metabolic functions, neuro-sensory perceptual functions, mobility and coordination, cellular growth and integrity, and sexual and reproductive functions. Nursing roles assume a greater dimension as students gain experiences through observation and caring for clients at more critical levels of the continuum.
Credits: 2 hrs This course provides the students an opportunity to synthesize previously learned nursing concepts and integrate these using clinical scenarios to enhance clinical judgment and decision making. The course will emphasize critical thinking using problem-based learning.
NUR 4202Content Synthesis for Nursing Practice II2
Credits: 2 hrs This course provides the opportunity for students to enhance their analytical thinking skills by using simulation and testing to master the management of simple and complex patient care situations. This course will emphasize performance on NCLEX style testing and the students’ ability to critically analyze patient care situations as evidence of their proficiency in clinical judgment.
Completions of junior level nursing courses (course is to be taken the semester the student is scheduled to graduate).
NUR 4203Care of the Older Adult2
Credits: 2 hrs This course focuses on principles and concepts related to gerontological nursing. Emphasis is on roles and functions of the nurse in meeting the needs of elderly clients who are well and those with functional pathological health alterations. Social, economic, legal, and ethical issues in maintaining and promoting wellness and safety are examined.
Admission to Upper Division and completion of junior level nursing courses.
NUR 4212Maternal-Newborn Nursing Practicum2
Credits: 2 hrs This course focuses on the nursing and interprofessional collaborative care of childbearing women, infants, and families. Emphasis is placed on the use of critical thinking skills to develop safe, evidence-informed practice care that promotes, maintains, and restores health for women, newborns, and their families. Students will apply and integrate nursing concepts to provide holistic care to diverse women and infants with health care needs. Clinical experiences are coordinated in a variety of settings which offer students the opportunity to incorporate principles of care management, assessment and clinical skills while engaging with clients and interacting with interprofessional teams.
Completion of all junior-level courses or by special permission. Level of Knowledge this Course Address(es): Junior Level Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: April 2024 Effective Date: Spring 2025
NUR 4213Community Health Nursing Practicum2
Credits: 2 hrs This course provides practice experience for application of the nursing process and clinical nursing judgment measurement model to individuals, groups, families, and communities in diverse community and public health settings. It addresses the complexity of nursing practice using a public health paradigm. It requires learners to draw from prior class and clinical knowledge and skills and apply this practice base to individuals, families, groups, and communities across care settings, ages, and cultures with different experiences of equity and access to care. Students will apply evidence-informed community and public health nursing concepts to improve health and reduce disparities in clients using a client-centered framework. Students will consider the science, policies, and resources that support public health, and community based and community-oriented care. Clinical and simulated experiences provide opportunities for clinical reasoning, clinical care, knowledge integration, and interprofessional collaboration with other health and social care professions.
Completion of all junior-level courses, admission to RN-BSN option, or by special permission. Level of Knowledge this Course Address(es): Junior Level Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: April 2024 Effective Date: Spring 2025
NUR 4304Leadership and Management of Care3
Credits: 3 hrs This course is designed to examine the role of nurse managers and nurse leaders. Students will examine how ethical, financial, and health policy issues and concerns are linked in the health care delivery system. The course will address the role of the nurse manager or leader in developing a professional ethical framework, understanding the economic implications of health care, and shaping and formulating health policy. Emphasis is on legal and ethical considerations for responsible decision making. In addition, the course presents an overview of the organization, financing, and delivery of health care services. Students will explore relevant research in nursing management and leadership as it relates to health policy, finances, and ethics in the health care system.
Credits: 3 hrs This course focuses on the utilization of the nursing process in the care of childbearing women and their families during the complete maternity cycle. Emphasis is on nursing roles, nursing and interprofessional care, legal/ethical issues, cultural awareness, and concepts and skills relative to the promotion and maintenance of health. Alterations in the childbearing process are examined. Students will gain knowledge of nursing care as it relates to prenatal care and education, fetal development, care of the pregnant woman (both uncomplicated and complicated pregnancies), and care of the woman during labor and through delivery.
Completion of all junior-level courses or by special permission.
NUR 4313Community Health Nursing3
Credits: 3 hrs This course emphasizes the role of the professional nurse in contributing to a culture of health for individuals, groups, families, communities, and populations. This course provides students with the oppurtunity to deepen their understanding of health, health promotion, and caring in the context of individuals, families, communities, and populations across the lifespan. Focus is on nursing and interprofessional collaborative practice in partnership with the client. Primary health care, health education, health promotion, social determinants of health, health disparities, communicable diseases, and disaster management are cricitically examined in the context of community health nursing practice.
Completion of all junior-level courses, admisson to RN-BSN option or by special permission. Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: April 2024 Effective Date: Spring 2025
NUR 4512Adult Health Nursing II5
Credits: 5 hrs This course builds upon concepts, principles, and skills presented in Adult Health Nursing 1 and other prerequisite courses. Emphasis is on utilizing the nursing process in meeting the needs of adult clients with complex health alterations in oxygenation of body cells, fluid and electrolyte balance, cardiovascular function, respiratory function, digestive and metabolic functions, neuro-sensory perceptual functions, mobility and coordination, immunity, cellular growth and integrity, and sexual and reproductive functions. This course also expands the student’s knowledge of major drug classifications and the nurse’s responsibility in the therapeutic use of drugs in adults with complex illnesses. Advance principles of collaboration, delegation, management, and prioritization of care are addressed.
Completion of all junior-level courses, admission to RN-BSN option, or by special permission. Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: May 2024 Effective Date: Spring 2025
NUR 4513Adult Health Nursing II Practicum5
Credits: 5 hrs This focused client care experience emphasizes concepts, skills, and principles of nursing and interprofessional collaborative practice gained through all prerequisite courses. Students will integrate the Clinical Judgement Measurement Mode to connect theory to clinical practice. This focused client care clinical experience simulates an entry-level work experience. Learners will provide patient-centered care to adult clients with complex health alterations. Students will demonstrate evidence-informed practice, provide person-centered care, integrate interprofessional collaborative practice, compassionate care, ethics, and cultural competence. Opportunities are provided for the student to further develop in the role of the professional nurse. Practice experiences will occur within diverse adult health settings.
Completion of all junior-level courses, admission to RN-BSN option, or by special permission. Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: May 2024 Effective Date: Spring 2025
NUR 4514Adult Health Nursing II Capstone5
Credits: 5 hrs This course allows RNs to apply previously learned nursing theory and clinical knowledge in their baccalaureate education to identify and implement an evidence-informed project related to adult health nursing. This project utilizes, but is not limited to, previously learned knowledge of leadership skills, principles of teaching/learning, health care policy, change process, group process, team building, interprofessional collaboration, healthcare policy and delivery systems, quality improvement, evidence-based care, diversity, nursing roles, information technology and systems, population-based care, and ethical/legal issues. This course will culminate with an evidence-informed project that can be presented to peers and member of the community of interest paving the way for practice change and future implementation within a healthcare agency.
Completion of junior-level courses and admission to RN-BSN option. Latest Update(s) Approved by Academic Standards and Curriculum: May 2024 Effective Date: Spring 2025
Source: Winston-Salem State University's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
