17 courses with the subject NURS, 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.
NURS 300Culture of Health3
(CL) Letter Grade This course examines theories and principles of health promotion, disease prevention and risk reduction. Primary (prevention), secondary (detection) and tertiary (reduction of continuing risk will be reviewed across the lifespan. Contemporary theories of health promotion will be examined. Utilizing current and federal guidelines for prevention including such documents as Healthy People 2030, CDC Guidelines and Institute of Medicine documents students will identify health behaviors for themselves and their patients. Social determinants of health (SCOH), public policy, and health care financing will be examined in the context of promoting health for all. (3 classroom hours/week)
Letter Grade This course provides students with the theoretical knowledge and clinical skills necessary for comprehensive and systematic collection of subjective and objective patient data. Students will learn to develop a database through collection of a health history, evaluation of pertinent laboratory data and performance of a physical assessment. The emphasis of this course is on the differentiation between normal and abnormal findings. This course includes a laboratory experience which will provide students with 273
Letter Grade This course explores alterations in physiologic mechanisms as they relate to health and illness. Common pathophysiologic alterations will be presented with attention to the impact of these alterations on the mind, body and spirit of the individuals affected by them. The role of genetics will be explored and considered within the context of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. (3 credits: 3 classroom hours/week)
Letter Grade This course investigates principles of pharmacology as they apply to pharmacologic intervention in the care of patients. Principles of pharmacodynamics, drug-drug interactions, adverse effects, side effects and professional nursing responsibilities for safe pharmacologic intervention will be discussed within the context of the nursing process and care planning. (3 credits: 3 classroom hours/week)
NURS 305Nursing Care globally will be addressed. (22
Adult/AgingPatient I classroom hours/week) Credits: 4 Letter Grade This course provides students with the NURS 310: Evolving Issues in Nursing information, knowledge and attitudes Credits: 2 Letter Grade necessary to provide safe, high-quality care to This student led seminar will delve into the adults from early adulthood through the aging rich history of nursing, explore trends in process. Acute and chronic health issues, adult nursing and healthcare today, and provide development, primary, secondary and tertiary students with a forum for innovative thinking prevention will be addressed. Issues of to co-create the future of nursing within the diversity and inclusivity will be explored health care system. Students will select topics within the context of the delivery of nursing of interest (with faculty approval) and utilize care. Concepts of patient advocacy will be creative strategies to engage their group of discussed with application of these concepts colleagues in conversation, discussion and to direct patient care. This course includes analysis. Students will explore techniques of both didactic/theoretical learning as well as group dynamics, and explore group roles, clinical practice experiences with adult including group leadership. (2 Credits: 2 patients in in-patient acute care and out- classroom hours/week) patient primary care clinical settings. (8 credits: 5 classroom hours/9 clinical hours/week) NURS 402: Women/Child/Childbearing
NURS 306Nursing Care This course focuses on the information4
Adult/AgingPatient II knowledge and attitudes necessary to provide Letter Grade safe, high-quality care for children and the Provides students with the information, child-bearing family. Acute and chronic health knowledge and attitudes necessary to provide issues, child and family development, primary, safe, high-quality care to adults from early secondary and tertiary prevention will be adulthood through the aging process. Acute addressed. Issues of diversity and inclusivity and chronic health issues, adult development, will be explored within the context of the primary, secondary and tertiary prevention delivery of nursing care. Concepts of patient will be addressed. Issues of diversity and advocacy will be discussed with application of inclusivity will be explored within the context these concepts to direct patient care. This of the delivery of nursing care. Concepts of course includes both didactic/theoretical patient advocacy will be discussed with learning, skills experience in the NCAC application of these concepts to direct patient (including participation in simulation) and care. This course includes both exposure to children and families in a variety didactic/theoretical learning as well as clinical of clinical settings. (4 cr.: 4 hr. lecture/6 hr. practice experiences with adult patients in in- clinical) patient acute care and out-patient primary care clinical settings. Nursing care for patients with gastroenterologic, urinary, hematologic NURS 404: Pop Health: Nur Care in the and immuncologic pathology will be Communi addressed. (4 credits: 2 classroom hours/8 Credits: 4 Letter Grade clinical hours/week) This course investigates the role of the nurse in the application of nursing process to aggregate populations with similar health
Letter Grade This course focuses on the theoretical and research foundations of nursing care. Research methodologies and theories from nursing and other disciplines will be used to provide evidence for the basis of nursing care and the creation of nursing knowledge. Students will be introduced to the processes of scientific inquiry in nursing and nursing theory development. Current nursing research will be discussed in relation to key theories explaining phenomena relevant to nursing practice. Critical analysis of published research students regarding implications for clinical practice will be addressed. (3 credits: 3 classroom hours/week)
