29 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 1000Introduction to Nursing I2
The course is an introduction to the basic knowledge, skills, and attitudes of the professional nurse. Course content includes, a prelude to medication dosage and calculations, medical terminology; the history and roles of professional nursing; principles of basic therapeutic communication, development of critical thinking skills, and nursing school survival tips. Two lecture hours.
(Formerly NURS 300) This course provides perspectives on the professional nurse’s role and the critical components necessary for the preparation of that role. Course content includes a prelude to medication dosage and calculations, nursing & medical terminology, basic APA style writing, research principles, and nursing professional preparation guides. (Pre-requisites: None;
This course provides a theoretical basis and clinical experience in the area of nursing informatics and health information systems. The course will explore how nurses use information science, nursing science, and computer science to provide safe and effective care. Emphasis is also made on the application of knowledge in working with the various health care information systems in today’s highly technical clinical settings. Students will link with nursing informatics clinical experts.
The course focuses on the theoretical foundations of nursing and psychomotor skills development, the application of the nursing process, interpersonal skills, professional standards of care, and critical thinking. Three lecture hours, each week. Three lecture hours, each week.
This is a laboratory course that focuses on providing practical experiences in the development of interpersonal, psychomotor, and critical thinking skills at the fundamental level of nursing in the laboratory setting. Two laboratory practice hours, each week
NURS 3044Introduction to Nursing Practice Clinical2
This is the Introduction to Nursing Practice Clinical course which focuses on the demonstration and documentation of interpersonal, psychomotor, and critical thinking skills while caring for assigned clients at the fundamental level of nursing. Six clinical hours, each week.
NURS 3100Health Promotion, Maintenance, and Restoration I3
This course focuses on expanding the student’s theoretical knowledge base by exploring the nurse’s role in health and illness within evolving practice environments and across the spectrum of health and illness. Basic concepts in the management of adult clients experiencing selected health illnesses and problems are presented. Students will continue to develop critical thinking and clinical reasoning as they apply the nursing process to provide culturally sensitive, holistic, evidenced-based care for clients. Diagnostic studies and pharmacological agents commonly prescribed in conjunction with the management of selected stressors are also included. Three lecture hours/ 3 contact hours each week.
NURS 3101Health Promotion, Maintenance, and Restoration I Lab1
This is the Health Promotion, Maintenance, and Restoration I Laboratory course which focuses on the application of the theoretical knowledge base obtained from exploring the basic concepts in the management of adult clients experiencing selected health illnesses and problems in a skills and simulation laboratory environment. Demonstrations of the transfer of fundamental, nursing-level interpersonal, psychomotor and critical thinking skills are assessed with opportunities for the development and practice of intermediate psychomotor and critical thinking skills that support health promotion, maintenance, and restoration of assigned clients. One (1) laboratory hour/ 2 contact hours each week. (Formerly NURS 310, NURS 3100/3101/3104).
NURS 3104Health Promotion, Maintenance, and Restoration I Clinical2
This is the Health Promotion, Maintenance, and Restoration I Clinical course, which focuses on the application of the theoretical knowledge base obtained from exploring the basic concepts in the management of adult clients experiencing selected health illnesses and problems in the clinical practice environment. Demonstrations of the application of critical thinking and clinical reasoning and the use of the nursing process to provide culturally sensitive, holistic, evidence-based care for clients will also be practiced in the clinical setting. Two (2) clinical credit hours/6 contact hours per week.
(Formerly NURS 325) For this course basic physical and health assessment techniques are taught. The focus is on the adult client with an emphasis on expected findings. Appropriate modifications for different age groups and selected unexpected findings are discussed. The relevance and application of findings to client needs and clinical decision-making are presented. This is the didactic component /NURS 3250 course. Three didactic hours each week. (Formerly NURS 325) Two lecture and two laboratory hours (NURS 3251) each week.
This is the Health Assessment Lab course which focuses on the demonstration and documentation of physical and health assessment techniques used for clients across the lifespan, with a focus on the adult client. The relevance and application of findings to client needs and clinical decision-making are presented. One laboratory credit hour each week. (Formerly NURS 3250/3251)
This course introduces students to the essential role and principles for professional nursing practice which includes foundations of nursing practice, professionalism, professional socialization and health promotion in nursing. The development of the professional role is discussed with a focus on integration and collaboration with the interdisciplinary health care team. Three lecture hours each week.
(Formerly NURS 434). The focus of this course is on the application of the nursing process in the delivery of care to clients and families with commonly occurring psychiatric health problems. Emphasis is on environmental factors and the application of developmental systems and stress theories as they relate to the care of clients across their lifespan. Three lecture hours each week. (Formerly NURS 434;3340/3344). Three lecture hours and six clinical hours (NURS 3344) each week.
NURS 3101, NURS 3104, NURS 3344, NURS and NURS 3080.
NURS 3344Mental Health Nursing Clinical2
This is the Mental Health in Nursing Clinical course which is the application of the nursing process in the delivery of care to clients and families with commonly occurring psychiatric health problems in the clinical setting. Practical experiences will be primarily based on the effects of those environmental systems and stress theories on the care of clients across their lifespan. Two (2) clinical credit hours/ 6 contact hours each week.
NURS 4140Health Promotion, Maintenance, and Restoration II4
The course provides a theoretical basis and clinical experience for the practice of holistic nursing for adult patients with critical illness in acute care settings. Emphasis is on applying the nursing process in order to provide safe and effective care to assigned clients. Students will use evidence-based practice to perform comprehensive assessments, plan and provide care, and evaluate outcomes of nursing actions.
NURS 4144Health Promotion, Maintenance and Restoration II Clinical2
The course provides clinical experience for the practice of holistic nursing for adult patients with critical illness in acute care settings. Emphasis is on applying the nursing process in order to provide safe and effective care to assigned clients. Clinical experience is in acute care settings. Students will use evidence-based practice to perform comprehensive assessments, plan and provide care, and to evaluate outcomes of nursing actions. Concepts of leadership, management, and research are integrated into clinical practice and uniquely applied to the critical care setting. Two (2) credit hours/ six (6) clinical contact hours each week.
This course is an introduction to the research process and the nurse’s role in applying research to nursing practice and client care. Emphasis will be placed on critiquing published research studies and research utilization. Three lecture hours each week.
(Formerly NURS 436). The course provides a theoretical background for the practice of community health nursing. It is based on the synthesis of nursing theory and the public health sciences. Emphasis is on health promotion, health maintenance, and disease prevention among population groups. The course assists students to recognize and analyze, the interrelationships between individuals, families, population groups, and communities in determining the health status of each. The impact of political, economic, social, environmental, and cultur.il concerns, on the health of populations, is examined. Three lecture hours each week.
The course utilizes the principles of nursing theory and the public health sciences to guide students in the demonstration of community health-related care. Clinical experiences are focused on health promotion, health maintenance, and disease prevention among population groups. Two (2) clinical credit hours. Six (6) clinical contact hours each week.
(Formerly NURS 328). A family-centered approach to maternal-child nursing, using the nursing process, is presented. The focus is on the normal maternity client and clients with common health alterations from pre-conception through the post-partum period. Care and management of the normal newborn, well children, and those with selected problems are explored. Three lectures each week. Three lecture each week
This course will use the nursing process and clinical decision-making tools to practice family-centered comprehensive plans of care in maternal-child nursing settings. Students will be guided to demonstrate competencies in the care of normal maternity clients and clients with common health alterations from pre-conception through the post-partum period. Care and management of normal newborns, well children, and those with selected problems will also be demonstrated. Three (3) credit hours/Nine (9) clinical contact hours each week.
This required course in the RN-BSN Completion Program focuses on issues impacting professional nursing practice and the health care delivery system nationally and internationally. Current issues are critically analyzed in relation to their influence on the nursing professions, nursing practice, and the healthcare delivery systems. Legal and ethical issues related to health care are emphasized. Three lecture hours.
NURS 4540Health Promotion, Maintenance, and Restoration III2
The course provides a theoretical basis and clinical experience for the practice of holistic nursing for adult patients with illness in critical care settings. Emphasis is on applying the nursing process in order to restore the client to the highest level of health possible for that individual. Content addressed in the course will include managing alterations related to respiratory, and cardiovascular. neurological, burns, emergency, and trauma nursing care. and systemic critical care conditions. Two lecture hours each week.
NURS 4544Health Promotion, Maintenance, and Restoration III Clinical2
The course provides clinical experiences for the practice of holistic nursing for adult patients with illness in critical care settings. Emphasis is on applying the nursing process in order to assist in restoring the client to the highest level of health possible for that individual. Students will use evidence-based practice to perform comprehensive assessments, plan and provide care, and evaluate outcomes of nursing actions. Clinical experience is in acute care settings. Two (2) credit hours/ Six (6) clinical contact hours each week. Students may rotate to twelve-hour shifts during the semester
