24 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 103Nursing Student Success1
This course is a one-credit, elective course that exposes nursing students to study skills that will enhance application of learned material and increase success on nursing examinations. The course also provides ample NCLEX-RN style practice questions to improve accuracy in answering nursing examination items. Students will be expected to personally identify patterns in incorrect examination answers and develop personal plans for improvements.
NURS 110Professional and Foundational Concepts of Nursing12
COURSE DESCRIPTION This course introduces the student to the professional and foundational concepts of nursing practice across the lifespan. The concepts of communication, clinical decision making, professionalism and patient education are explored. In addition, the holistic aspects of patient care such as culture, spirituality, legal and ethical issues will be discussed. Tanner’s clinical judgment model will provide the framework for the student’s development of clinical judgment and decision making. Basic care and comfort is explored through the concepts of nutrition, elimination, safety, mobility and sensory perception. Physical assessment is a major component of this course. The promotion of health and wellness is an underlying theme carried throughout the course. The student is introduced to basic foundational skills of nursing practice, including medication administration, through both the clinical and lab settings. Students engage in clinical experiences in inpatient medical-surgical units.
This course introduces the student to the physiological concepts of nursing practice across the lifespan. The fundamental aspects of oxygenation, perfusion, acid-based balance, fluid and electrolytes infection, immunity, inflammation, digestion, and metabolism are explored. Through the integration of the nursing concepts, along with Tanner’s clinical judgement model, the student begins to respond to identified client problems in the clinical setting. Students engage in clinical experiences in acute medical-surgical units.
This course introduces the student to complex individual and family concepts of nursing practice. The course explores dynamic concepts across the lifespan. Family dynamics, reproduction and growth and development alterations are a major focus of the course. Concepts of mental health nursing are explored as they relate to the individual and the overall impact on the family. Through the integration of nursing concepts, along with Tanner’s clinical judgement model, the student focuses on assisting the individual and family to adjust to health alteration across the lifespan. Students engage in various clinical experiences in the areas of pediatric, obstetric, geriatric and behavioral health.
Nursing 303 is a one-credit course that compliments the NUR 301 course provided at UPMC Jameson School of Nursing (SON). Students in this course will analyze concept outlines weekly in preparation for upcoming nursing exams and compose practice examination questions based on textbook and class content. Advanced study skills and time management techniques will be emphasized in this course. In addition, students will be expected to track NCLEX-RN practice work and begin creating an individual remediation plan.
This course introduces the student to advanced concepts of nursing practice. The course builds and expands on the concepts of oxygenation, perfusion, metabolism, and infection that were previously introduced in Nursing 201. In addition, the advanced concepts of cellular regulation, intracranial regulation and alterations in tissue integrity are explored. Through the integration of nursing concepts, along with Tanner’s clinical judgement model, the student engages in advanced clinical decision making in high acuity environments. Students in various clinical experiences that take place in stepdown units, critical care units and emergency departments.
This course serves as the student’s transition into the role of professional nursing practice. Leadership and management concepts are applied with an emphasis on safety and quality nursing care. Clinical is conducted through a preceptor experience where the student is given the opportunity to manage, delegate and prioritize care for multiple clients.
This course enhances the student’s understanding of technology in healthcare and introduced the specialty field of nursing informatics. Topics covered include the basics of nursing informatics, healthcare perspectives of technology, and the future of nursing informatics as well as administrative, healthcare delivery, education, and research applications. Technological advances and changes to the healthcare arena, such as the contribution of informatics to quality improvement efforts, benefits to improving interprofessional communication and advancements in pandemic responses are additional themes of the course.
This course enhances the student’s knowledge of medications and how they function in the human body. The course includes physiology, pathophysiology, chemistry and nursing fundamentals in relation to drug therapy. Critical information such as therapeutic action, contraindications, and adverse reactions is emphasized.
A study of topics related to basic knowledge to form a foundation of needs fulfillment for older adults, their families, and significant others in their lives. An overview of theories of aging; survey of social, legal and ethical issues; and trends in the United States will provide a beginning for assessment, planning, and delivery of nursing care for the older adult. Learners will also have opportunities to explore the application of biological, social, psychological, and spiritual spheres of aging. This course is aligned with the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Gerontological Nursing Board Certification Examination content outline. Students may choose to take the ANCC certification exam following completion of the course (ANCC fees apply).
This course is part one of an exploration in human pathophysiology and the disruptions in normal body functioning that occur in individuals across the life span. The course begins with cell function and growth and progresses through disorders of the hematopoietic system. Objective and subjective manifestations of common health problems resulting from the environmental, genetic, and stress-related maladaptation are assessed and analyzed. Assessment findings, diagnostic testing, and interventions for specific health problems are discussed. Pharmacologic treatments for specific health problems are analyzed.
This course is part two of an exploration in human pathophysiology and the disruptions in normal body functioning that occur in individuals across the life span. The course begins with disorders of cardiovascular system and progresses through disorders of integumentary function. Objective and subjective manifestations of common health problems resulting from the environmental, genetic, and stress-related maladaptation are assessed and analyzed. Assessment findings, diagnostic testing, and interventions for specific health problems are discussed. Pharmacologic treatments for specific health problems are analyzed.
The NUR 401 course covers contemporary evidence-based practices of professional nursing care for the improvement of individual, family, community and global health. The Registered Nurse will use critical thinking strategies to explore complex nursing situations outside of an institutional or acute-care setting. The course will expand the student’s knowledge of determinants of health, primary health care, public health nursing roles and activities, and health care settings within a community. Topics covered include ethics, transcultural care, epidemiology, environmental health, public health, disaster preparedness, and care of a person in the community with developmental needs.
NURS 402Nursing Research Evidence Based Practices4
NUR 402 is an introduction to the concepts of research in Nursing and the use of evidence-based practices in clinical settings. Students in this course will become well-read consumers of research and critical evaluators of research findings in order to assess relevancy to contemporary healthcare issues. Topics covered include identifying a clinical practice problem or issue, appraising research, developing a research question, exploring research methodologies and completing a literature review.
This course builds upon basic physical assessment skills acquired in a pre-licensure program to provide a progressive, modern approach to health assessment of a child, adult, older adult and special populations. The Nursing Process, Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) and Patricia Benner’s Novice to Expert research provide a framework for development of critical thinking in practice. Topics covered in this course include the health history, general and regional examinations by body systems and application of advanced assessment to pregnant women, infants, adolescents and older adults.
This course is designed to enhance the nurse’s understanding of cultural competence, social injustice, and health literacy in relation to caring for patients and families within vulnerable populations. The course also includes current research on health policy, ethics, and the care of immigrants.
This course provides nurses with the leadership skill set required to become effective leaders in a rapidly changing healthcare environment. This course clarifi es the differences between leaders and managers. The textbook, activities, and assignments contribute to the continued development of the professional nursing role. Topics covered in the course include managing change, confl ict resolution, ethical decision making, healthcare policies and initiatives, delegation, and accountability.
This is a project based course utilizing concepts learned from the liberal arts curriculum which include; writing, oral communication,language, science-based knowledge (both physical and social sciences), mathematics, biomedical ethics, culture, and humanity as well as nursing knowledge gained in the completion of the 100 through 400 level nursing courses. In particular, this course requires the nurse to employ research strategies in exploring a clinical based healthcare “problem”, completing a literature review, designing a project to measure or study the problem, and outlining a plan to disseminate information to key stakeholders. A model of continuous Quality Improvement (QI) is emphasized in this course.
Students in the All-College Honors Program register for NS 660 , NS 670 , and NS 680 to complete their neuroscience scholarship experience. Students must have a 3.5 GPA in three or more classes in neuroscience to begin.
Students in the All-College Honors Program register for NS 660 , NS 670 , and NS 680 to complete their neuroscience scholarship experience. Students must have a 3.5 GPA in three or more classes in neuroscience to begin.
Students in the All-College Honors Program register for NS 660 , NS 670 , and NS 680 to complete their neuroscience scholarship experience. Students must have a 3.5 GPA in three or more classes in neuroscience to begin.
Students in the All-College Honors Program register for NS 660 , NS 670 , and NS 680 to complete their neuroscience scholarship experience. Students must have a 3.5 GPA in three or more classes in neuroscience to begin.
