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)