28 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 309Health Promotion I –5
/84 clinical hours This foundational course introduces students to the essential principles and practices of professional nursing. Emphasizing patient-centered care, safety, clinical judgment, and best practice, students will explore core concepts including the nursing process, communication, health promotion, cultural competence, and wellness. Through a combination of didactic classroom instruction, laboratory, and clinical practice; students begin developing the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for holistic nursing care. Some topics include infection control, mobility, pain management, oxygenation, nutrition, elimination, tissue integrity, and fluid and electrolyte balance. The course is designed to begin building competence in clinical reasoning and introduce students to application of topics in real-world patient care settings. Co-requisite: NUR 311.
/42 laboratory hours This course prepares learners to develop foundational entry level competency in comprehensive health assessment through the integration of nursing science, anatomy and physiology, and biopsychosocial, spiritual, cultural, and developmental principles. Emphasis is placed on the use of clinical judgment and systematic assessment techniques, including health history, inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation, to support accurate data collection and clinical decision-making. Learners examine normal findings, common variations, and abnormal assessment cues across the lifespan while addressing cultural humility, sexual orientation and gender identity, and population diversity. The course promotes person-centered care, health equity,
/84 clinical hours This course prepares the nursing student to provide person-centered, evidence-based mental health nursing care to individuals, families, and communities across diverse cultural contexts. The course integrates psychosocial, neurobiological, and nursing science frameworks to support clinical judgment, therapeutic communication, and safe, ethical nursing practice. Students examine the professional nurse’s role within interprofessional mental health teams, including the application of legal, ethical, leadership, teaching, and advocacy principles to promote optimal mental health nursing care. Co-requisite: NUR 309, NUR 311 and NUR 314
This course develops foundational, entry level competencies in pharmacology for professional nursing practice. Students apply principles of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, drug classifications, and therapeutic monitoring to support safe, evidence-based medication management. Emphasis is placed on clinical judgment, accurate dosage calculation, safe medication administration, patient education, and evaluation of therapeutic outcomes within the nursing process. Pharmacologic concepts introduced in this course are reinforced throughout the nursing curriculum. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Nursing Major or special permission required for non-matriculated students.
/84 clinical hours This course focuses on the role of the professional nurse in promoting optimal health and wellness in the aging adult across care settings. Emphasis is placed on the integration of nursing knowledge, clinical judgment, and evidence-based practice to address common health risks, chronic conditions, and functional changes associated with aging. Students apply person-centered, culturally responsive, and interprofessional approaches to support physical, psychological, and spiritual well-being. Strategies for health promotion, risk reduction, and management of acute and chronic conditions in older adults are explored to support safe, high-quality, and equitable care. Prerequisite: Successful completion of NUR 309, NUR 311, NUR 314.
NUR 325Essentials of Evidence-Based Practice for Nursing –3
This course prepares students to integrate evidence into professional nursing practice through the critical appraisal and application of research. Students develop competency in locating, evaluating, synthesizing, translating, and disseminating evidence to inform clinical judgment, improve patient outcomes, and advance quality and safety. Emphasis is placed on ethical conduct of research, protection of human subjects, scholarly inquiry, and the dissemination of evidence-based findings. Prerequisite: Successful completion of NUR 309, NUR 311, NUR 326, NUR 314.
This course introduces the baccalaureate nursing student to foundational concepts of professional nursing practice within the health care system. Emphasis is placed on the development of professional and scholarly communication, professional identity, and an understanding of the historical, educational, legal, ethical, and regulatory influences shaping nursing practice. Students explore healthcare delivery systems, informatics and healthcare technologies, professional organizations, licensure, and current issues and trends affecting nursing and health care at the local, national, and global levels. Scholarly writing using American Psychological Association (APA) style is conducted to support evidence-based practice, professional account
NUR 328Nursing in the Global Community: A Study Tour –3
This course provides students with an immersive, experiential opportunity to engage as members of an international, multidisciplinary general medical and public health team. Through supervised clinical and community-based experiences, students apply nursing knowledge while examining the structural, socio-cultural, political, and economic determinants that influence health outcomes across global populations. Emphasis is placed on developing cultural humility, ethical comportment, and professional identity formation while advancing population health and health equity. Preparatory coursework occurs on campus prior to travel, with structured post-immersion reflection and dissemination activities designed to support synthesis of learning and
/84 clinical hours This course focuses on the professional nurse’s role in providing safe, equitable, and family-centered care to childbearing and childrearing families. Emphasis is placed on clinical judgment, evidence-based practice, and interprofessional collaboration to promote health, prevent complications, and support adaptation across the childbearing and pediatric continuum. Learners integrate nursing science, population health principles, leadership, and professional accountability at the baccalaureate entry-level practice.. Prerequisite: Successful completion of all junior level courses.
/84 clinical hours This course prepares learners to demonstrate the role of the professional nurse in delivering person-centered, evidence-based, and culturally responsive care to acutely ill or injured adults. Emphasis is placed on the integration of the nursing process, clinical judgment, effective communication, and interprofessional collaboration to promote wellness, safety, and quality outcomes across acute care settings. Learners examine the management of fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base imbalances, altered tissue perfusion, perioperative care, and renal, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, respiratory, and neurological disease processes. Risk factors for illness and injury, and health promotion and prevention strategies are applied throughout. This
NUR 335Leadership in Nursing (Capstone Experience) –5
/84 clinical hours This course prepares the baccalaureate nursing student to develop foundational leadership, management, and ethical decision-making skills within professional nursing practice. Students explore ethical frameworks, healthcare delivery systems, and professional standards to support evidence-based decision-making, interprofessional collaboration, and the development of professional identity. The course integrates concepts of leadership, quality improvement, and advocacy to promote safe and effective healthcare outcomes. Prerequisite: Successful completion of all junior level courses.
/84 clinical hours This course focuses on the nursing management of population health through comprehensive health promotion and disease prevention. Students will utilize epidemiologic data and systems thinking to address health disparities and the social determinants of health. By leveraging community resources and interprofessional collaboration, students will demonstrate the clinical judgment necessary to advance health equity and strengthen the health of diverse populations at local and global levels. Prerequisite: Successful completion of all junior level courses.
/84 clinical hours This course focuses on the professional nurse’s role in promoting optimal health and delivering person-centered, evidence-based and culturally responsive care to adults experiencing complex health problems. Emphasis is placed on clinical judgment, evidence-based care, ethical decision-making, and interprofessional collaboration in the management of emergencies, trauma, burns, organ donation and transplantation, acute respiratory distress, neurologic, cardiac, oncologic, immune, and liver disorders. This course supports the development of professional identity, accountability, and leadership behaviors consistent with baccalaureate-level nursing practice. Prerequisites: Successful completion of all junior level nursing courses and NUR 329
/105 clinical hours This course focuses on preparation for entry level practice through clinical immersion to support the transition from student to professional nurse through application of clinical judgment and increasingly autonomous practice in diverse healthcare settings. Under faculty and preceptor mentorship, students synthesize knowledge from liberal arts and nursing sciences to provide equitable, person-centered care to medically complex and culturally diverse populations. Students demonstrate readiness for practice through concentrated NCLEX-RN preparation and the application of Benner’s professional development framework, moving from novice toward competent entry-level practitioner. Prerequisite: Successful completion of all required NUR courses
This course will introduce the history, evolution, and theoretical framework of forensic nursing. Students will learn the competencies and scope of practice for all ages- children, adolescent and adult/geriatric. The pathophysiology of accidental and non-accidental trauma will be covered. Roles of the forensic nurse will be explored along with multidisciplinary communication and interaction. Emphasis on wellness, self-care and maintenance of appropriate boundaries will be discussed along with identification of implicit biases.
Didactic coursework will cover violence and trauma of the living and deceased, epidemiology, and crisis/disaster response. The effects of climate and the environment on injuries/ death will be explored. The use of emerging technology and AI will be discussed. Principles of conflict resolution will be incorporated. Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing
/84 clinical hours This course focuses on the role of the professional nurse in promoting the optimal health of the individual. Theory and psychomotor skills essential to the safe practice of nursing are emphasized. Co-requisite: NUR 411.
/42 laboratory hours This course prepares learners to develop foundational entry level competency in comprehensive health assessment through the integration of nursing science, anatomy and physiology, and biopsychosocial, spiritual, cultural, and developmental principles. Emphasis is placed on the use of clinical judgment and systematic assessment techniques, including health history, inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation, to support accurate data collection and clinical decision-making. Learners examine normal findings, common variations, and abnormal assessment cues across the lifespan while addressing cultural humility, sexual orientation and gender identity, and population diversity. The course promotes person-centered care, health equity,
/84 clinical hours This course prepares the nursing student to provide person-centered, evidence-based mental health nursing care to individuals, families, and communities across diverse cultural contexts. The course integrates psychosocial, neurobiological, and nursing science frameworks to support clinical judgment, therapeutic communication, and safe, ethical nursing practice. Students examine the professional nurse’s role within interprofessional mental health teams, including the application of legal, ethical, leadership, teaching, and advocacy principles to promote optimal mental health nursing care. Co-requisite: NUR 409, NUR 411 and NUR 414
This course develops foundational, entry level competencies in pharmacology for professional nursing practice. Students apply principles of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, drug classifications, and therapeutic monitoring to support safe, evidence-based medication management. Emphasis is placed on clinical judgment, accurate dosage calculation, safe medication administration, patient education, and evaluation of therapeutic outcomes within the nursing process. Pharmacologic concepts introduced in this course are reinforced throughout the nursing curriculum. C0-requisite: NUR 409, NUR 411
/84 clinical hours This course focuses on the role of the professional nurse in promoting optimal health and wellness in the aging adult across care settings. Emphasis is placed on the integration of nursing knowledge, clinical judgment, and evidence-based practice to address common health risks, chronic conditions, and functional changes associated with aging. Students apply person-centered, culturally responsive, and interprofessional approaches to support physical, psychological, and spiritual well-being. Strategies for health promotion, risk reduction, and management of acute and chronic conditions in older adults are explored to support safe, high-quality, and equitable care. Prerequisite: Successful completion of NUR 409, 411, 414.
This course introduces the baccalaureate nursing student to foundational concepts of professional nursing practice within the health care system. Emphasis is placed on the development of professional and scholarly communication, professional identity, and an understanding of the historical, educational, legal, ethical, and regulatory influences shaping nursing practice. Students explore healthcare delivery systems, informatics and healthcare technologies, professional organizations, licensure, and current issues and trends affecting nursing and health care at the local, national, and global levels. Scholarly writing using American Psychological Association (APA) style is conducted to support evidence-based practice, professional account
/84 clinical hours This course focuses on the professional nurse’s role in providing safe, equitable, and family-centered care to childbearing and childrearing families. Emphasis is placed on clinical judgment, evidence-based practice, and interprofessional collaboration to promote health, prevent complications, and support adaptation across the childbearing and pediatric continuum. Learners integrate nursing science, population health principles, leadership, and professional accountability at the baccalaureate entry-level practice. Prerequisite: Successful completion of all junior level courses.
/84 clinical hours This course prepares learners to demonstrate the role of the professional nurse in delivering person-centered, evidence-based, and culturally responsive care to acutely ill or injured adults. Emphasis is placed on the integration of the nursing process, clinical judgment, effective communication, and interprofessional collaboration to promote wellness, safety, and quality outcomes across acute care settings. Learners examine the management of fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base imbalances, altered tissue perfusion, perioperative care, and renal, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, respiratory, and neurological disease processes. Risk factors for illness and injury, and health promotion and prevention strategies are applied throughout. This
NUR 435Leadership in Nursing (Capstone Experience) –5
/84 clinical hours This course prepares the baccalaureate nursing student to develop foundational leadership, management, and ethical decision-making skills within professional nursing practice. Students explore ethical frameworks, healthcare delivery systems, and professional standards to support evidence-based decision-making, interprofessional collaboration, and the development of professional identity. The course integrates concepts of leadership, quality improvement, and advocacy to promote safe and effective healthcare outcomes. Prerequisite: Successful completion of all junior level courses.
/84 clinical hours This course focuses on the nursing management of population health through comprehensive health promotion and disease prevention. Students will utilize epidemiologic data and systems thinking to address health disparities and the social determinants of health. By leveraging community resources and interprofessional collaboration, students will demonstrate the clinical judgment necessary to advance health equity and strengthen the health of diverse populations at local and global levels. Prerequisite: Successful completion of all junior level courses.
/84 clinical hours This course focuses on the professional nurse’s role in promoting optimal health and delivering person-centered, evidence-based and culturally responsive care to adults experiencing complex health problems. Emphasis is placed on clinical judgment, evidence-based care, ethical decision-making, and interprofessional collaboration in the management of emergencies, trauma, burns, organ donation and transplantation, acute respiratory distress, neurologic, cardiac, oncologic, immune, and liver disorders. This course supports the development of professional identity, accountability, and leadership behaviors consistent with baccalaureate-level nursing practice. Prerequisites: Successful completion of all junior level nursing courses and NUR 429
/105 clinical hours This course focuses on preparation for entry level practice through clinical immersion to support the transition from student to professional nurse through application of clinical judgment and increasingly autonomous practice in diverse healthcare settings. Under faculty and preceptor mentorship, students synthesize knowledge from liberal arts and nursing sciences to provide equitable, person-centered care to medically complex and culturally diverse populations. Students demonstrate readiness for practice through concentrated NCLEX-RN preparation and the application of Benner’s professional development framework, moving from novice toward competent entry-level practitioner. Prerequisite: Successful completion of all required NUR courses Accelerated Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program Graduate Level Elective Courses
