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Undergraduate Nursing Courses

 

(Open only to students who have been accepted into the undergraduate nursing major)

TRACK I (Undergraduate)

 

NU 200 Introduction to Professional Nursing I

Prerequisites: BI 161, BI 162; CH 112; EN 101, EN 102; PS 101; SO 100

Corequisites: BI 204, PS 210, NU 205

Philosophy and conceptual framework of the program is introduced. Nursing theory, history and professional practice

roles are presented. Medical terminology is introduced as well as introduction to medication calculations.

Offered Fall semester every year. 5 credits.

 

NU 205 Pathophysiology

Prerequisites: BI 161, BI 162; CH 112; EN 101, EN 102; PS 101; SO 100

Corequisites: BI 204, PS 210, NU 200

Students will develop beginning principles in providing nursing care for individuals with altered pathophysiological

responses

Offered Fall semester every year. 3 credits.

 

NU 210 Introduction to Professional Nursing II

Prerequisite: NU 200, NU 205

Corequisites: HE 120, NU 215, CS 124 or NU 430, MA 150

Health of individuals and families is assessed. Communication, physical assessment, nursing process and other

skills for professional practice are introduced. Medication calculations continue and the administration of medication

is introduced. Lecture, an on-campus laboratory on physical assessment and off-campus clinical experiences in

sub-acute care agencies are included in this course.

Offered Spring semester every year. 4 credits.

NU 215 Pharmacology

Prerequisite: NU 200, NU 205

Corequisites: HE 120, NU 210, CS 124 or NU 430, MA 150

Students will learn underlying principles of safe and competent medication administration.

Offered Spring semester every year. 3 credits.

 

NU 310 Nursing Science I

Prerequisites: NU 210, NU 215; HE 120, CS 124 or NU 430, MA 150

Corequisite: CS 124 or NU 430

Students will apply the nursing process when caring for the childbearing family and adult medical-surgical patients.

Concepts of wellness, disease and health behaviors will be examined as the nursing process is operationalized in

the care of adult medical-surgical patients and the childbearing family. Lecture and off-campus clinical experiences

in maternal-child health nursing and medical-surgical nursing are included in this course.

Offered Fall semester every year. 9 credits.

 

NU 315 Group Communication Seminar I

Prerequisite: NU 310, NU 430

Corequisite: NU 340

The focus of this course is on effectively assessing, analyzing and problem solving the processes of group interactions

with peers in the classroom in order to integrate this information into various health care settings.

Offered Spring semester every year. 1 credit.

 

NU 340 Nursing Science II

Prerequisites: NU 310, NU 430

Corequisite: NU 315

Concepts of wellness, disease, and health behaviors are examined as the nursing process is operationalized in

the care of pediatric patients and acutely ill medical-surgical patients. Lecture and an off-site clinical experience

are included in this course.

Offered Spring semester every year. 9 credits.

 

NU 415 Group Communication Seminar II

Prerequisites: NU 315 and NU 340

Corequisite: NU 440

The independent and interdependent role of the professional nurse as an agent of change is examined.

Offered Fall semester every year. 2 credits.

 

NU 430 Research Seminar in Nursing

Prerequisite: MA 150

Corequisites: NU 210 or NU 310

The focus is on the development of the student as a consumer of nursing research and the utilization of research

findings in practice.

Offered Fall semester every year. 3 credits.

 

NU 440 Nursing Science III

Prerequisites: NU 315 and NU 340

Corequisite: NU 415

Students practice professional nursing with acutely ill adults in mental health care settings and identify multiple

aspects of community and public health issues. Critical thinking and decision making skills are developed and

applied. Lecture and off-campus clinical experiences are included in this course.

Offered Fall semester every year. 8 credits.

 

NU 450 Leadership in Nursing

Prerequisites: NU 415, NU 440

Corequisites: NU 460, NU 470

This course focuses on theories of leadership, management, delegation and supervision, which supports the

knowledge, skill and values integrated by the nurse into professional leadership behavior. Current trends in nursing

and in research relating to nursing leadership and management are explored.

Offered Spring semester every year. 3 credits.

NU 460 Nursing Science IV

Prerequisite: NU 415, NU 440

Corequisites: NU 450, NU 470

The focus is on theories of leadership management, change, and communication which support development

of professional nursing. Complex health problems are studied in classrooms and clinical settings. Preceptorship

opportunities are available to eligible students.

Offered Spring semester every year. 8 credits.

 

NU 470 Nursing: Capstone

Prerequisites: NU 415, NU 440

Corequisites: NU 450, NU 460

This two (2) credit course focuses on Evidence Based Practice in which students will demonstrate the integration

and synthesis of all previous learning in the nursing major.

Offered Spring semester every year. 2 credits.

 

NU 480 Independent Study

Prerequisite: Consent of Department

Opportunities for students to engage in special studies in nursing according to individual interests and

faculty availability.

Offered every year. 1-6 credits.

 

TRACK II (RN-to -BS)

 

NU 332 Transition to Professional Nursing

This course focuses on nursing knowledge and theory as foundations of professional nursing. The elements of

the Department of Nursing’s conceptual nursing practice model are analyzed and examined in terms of nursing,

diagnostic, and teaching-learning processes. Legal, ethical and environmental factors are studied in relation to their

impact on person/environment unity. The format is a weekly 2 two hour lecture/seminar.

(2 credits)

 

NU 342 Health Assessment

The nursing process is used as the organizing framework to identify person/environment unity of individuals. A variety

of skills and theories relevant to professional nursing practice are utilized. The student will develop an increased

knowledge base and skills related to performing a complete physical examination of the adult and pediatric client.

The format is a weekly 3 hour on campus lab/lecture.

(3 credits)

 

NU 432 Advancing Nursing Perspectives in Chronic Illness

The focus of this course is on the study and practice of nursing directed at heath promotion/prevention/ restoration of

clients with chronic person/environment disunity. Theories and environmental factors that influence health promotion,

prevention and restoration of particular client populations are examined. The nursing practice model is further applied

to maximize person/environmental unity of clients with chronic alterations in functional patterns. Clinically, students

collaborate with preceptor and faculty to integrate chronic illness and leadership theory into clinical practice. The

format is a 4 hour lecture/seminar, 1 hour online component and weekly clinical assignments.

(8 credits)

 

NU 472 Community Nursing Capstone Course

The focus of this course is on the study and practice of community-oriented nursing. Theories and environmental

factors which influence the health of communities are analyzed. The application of the nursing process and diagnostic

reasoning in promoting the health of individuals, families and communities is emphasized. Clinically students

collaborate with preceptor and faculty to integrate community/public health nursing theory into practice. The format

is a 4 hour lecture/seminar, 1 hour online component and weekly clinical assignments.

(8 credits)

 

NU 525 Nursing Research in Advanced Practice

Students build upon previous learning of research design, methods and process. The critical relationship of research

to nursing as a science, as well as its development as a professional discipline is emphasized.

(3 credits)

 

NU 551 Nursing Leadership and Administration

Provides the student with necessary skills to integrate appropriate business, economic, financial, leadership and

management concepts into effective strategies to effect change in community/public health agencies and healthcare

organizations.

(3 credits)

 

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