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Courses

Nursing

ASN to BSN and RN to BSN Tracks, BSN Courses
  • NURS-B 304 Health Policy (3 cr.) This course focuses on core theoretical concepts of professional nursing practice, including health, wellness, illness, self-care and caring, disease prevention, and health promotion. Students will be expected to explore theoretical premises and research related to the unique wellness perspectives and health beliefs of people across the life span. Students will learn to develop care outcomes consistent with maximizing individual potentials for wellness. Students will complete a needs assessment as part of the practicum experience.
  • NURS-B 331 Communication for Health-Care Professionals (3 cr.) Students in this course will focus on basic communication skills essential for working with health-care professionals and clients of various ages. Content includes interpersonal communications and group dynamics. Students will practice communication skills with individuals, within groups, and through electronic media.
  • NURS-B 344 Comprehensive Health Assessment (3 cr.) This course focuses on helping students acquire skills to conduct a comprehensive health assessment, including the physical, psychological, social, functional, and environmental aspects of health. The process of data collection, interpretation, documentation, and dissemination of assessment data will be addressed. 
  • NURS-B 404 Informatics (3 cr.)  This course focuses on the application of nursing theory and research findings in restoring and maintaining individual and family functioning for those dealing with multi-system alterations. Students will explore the ethical, legal, and moral implications of treatment options and identify tactics to maintain nursing effectiveness in their facilitation of individuals and families through the health-care system. Students will complete a scholarly analysis as part of their practicum experience.
  • NURS-H 355 Data Analysis in Clinical Practice and Health-Care Research (3 cr.) This course introduces nursing and other health sciences students to the basic concepts and techniques of data analysis needed in professional health-care practice. Principles of measurement, data summarization, and univariate and bivariate statistics are examined. Differences in types of qualitative data and methods by which these types of data can be interpreted are also explored. Emphasis is placed on the application of fundamental concepts to real-world situations in client care.
  • NURS-H 365 Nursing Research (3 cr.) This course focuses on development of students' skills in using the research process to define clinical research problems and to determine the usefulness of research in clinical decisions related to practice. The critique of nursing and nursing related research studies will be emphasized in identifying applicability to nursing practice.
  • NURS-K 301 Complementary Health Therapies (3 cr.) This course will serve as an introduction to a variety of complementary therapies, including healing touch, guided imagery, hypnosis, acupuncture, aromatherapy, reflexology, and massage. The class will critically examine each therapy through assigned readings, literature reviews, presentations, guest lecturers, and optional experiential activities. 
  • NURS-K 304 Nursing Specialty Elective (3 cr.) This course allows the RN-BSN student to apply nationally recognized specialty nursing knowledge and skills to the BSN degree, through authentication for course credit. National specialty standards will be used to determine eligibility for course credit. 
  • NURS-K 305 New Innovations in Health and Health Care (3 cr.) This course explores emergent trends in health and health care, including technological advances in health care, developing approaches to care based on new knowledge and/ or research findings, and trends in health care delivery in a themed, survey or independent study format. 
  • NURS-K 492 Nursing Elective (3 cr.) Many nursing elective courses are offered under this number. These elective offerings vary from year to year depending on student interest and available resources. Students are kept informed of elective offerings both through informational forums and through listings in the online course offerings. Variable Titles include: Operating Room Intensive, Critical Care, Spirituality in Nursing, and Psychiatric Nursing. 
  • NURS-R 470 Clinical Nursing Practice Capstone (3 cr.) Note: this course must be taken in the final term for RN to BSN students.  This course allows students to synthesize knowledge and skills learned in the baccalaureate program and to demonstrate competencies consistent with program outcomes and to refine their nursing practice skills. Students will plan and organize learning experiences, design a project, and practice professional nursing in a safe and effective manner.
  • NURS-S 474 Applied Health-Care Ethics (3 cr.) This course is designed to introduce the student to major ethical theory, principles, and models for the recognition, analysis, and resolution of ethical dilemmas in health-care practice.
  • NURS-S 475 Community Health (3 cr.) Basic epidemiological principles and community health nursing models are applied in collaboration with diverse groups. Disease prevention strategies are applied to individuals and populations to promote health. Students apply the concepts of community assessment, disease prevention, and health promotion to plan, implement, and evaluate interventions for populations in the community.
  • NURS-S 487 Nursing Management (3 cr.) This course focuses on development of management skills assumed by professional nurses, including delegation of responsibilities, networking, and facilitation of groups, conflict resolution, leadership, case management, and collaboration. Concepts addressed include organizational structure, delivery systems, change, managing quality and performance, budgeting and resource allocation, staffing, scheduling, evaluation and career development. Practice-Focused Courses.
  • NURS-Z 480 Portfolio Review for Course Subsitution (1-6 cr.) Permission of the instructor. The portfolio review process is available to all undergraduate students who believe that they can meet the learning objectives/ competencies required of a specific nursing course within their program of study. The portfolio is a mechanism used to validate the acquisition of knowledge and skills congruent with course expectations and student learning outcomes. The portfolio provides objective evidence that students have acquired necessary skills.
  • NURS-Z 490 Clinical Experience in Nursing (1-6 cr.) Opportunity for independent study of clinical experience related to nursing practice. Before enrolling in an independent study option, each student must obtain permission from a faculty member who will supervise the study and file appropriate forms prior to registration. Planned and supervised clinical experiences will be arranged in the area of the student’s major interest.
Accelerated & Traditional Tracks, BSN Courses
  • NURS-B 234 Promoting Healthy Populations (3 cr.) Traditional and Accelerated tracks. This course focuses on preventative health care and health promotion in individuals, families, and communities, considering the influence of culture and lifespan development. Using biophysical, environmental, spiritual, sociocultural and economic determinants of health, students focus on improving health outcomes with individuals, families, and communities.
  • NURS-B 235 Promoting Healthy Populations Practicum (2 cr.) Traditional and Accelerated tracks. Students assess individuals, families, and communities providing needed education, preventative services, and support. Students provide individual and population based care in community based settings, giving consideration to the perspective of those being served.
  • NURS-B 244 Comprehensive Health Assessment (2 cr.) Traditional and Accelerated tracks. This course focuses on helping students acquire skills to conduct a comprehensive health assessment, including the physical, psychological, social, functional, and environmental aspects of health. The process of data collection, interpretation, documentation, and dissemination of assessment data will be addressed.
  • NURS-B 245 Comprehensive Health Assessment: Practicum (2 cr.) Traditional and Accelerated tracks. Students will have the opportunity to use techniques of interview, observation, percussion, palpation, inspection, and auscultation in assessing clients across the life span in simulated and actual environments.
  • NURS-B 253 Professionalism in Collaborative Practice (3 cr.) Traditional and Accelerated tracks. Students practice communication skills for working with health team members and clients, including self-awareness, interpersonal communication, team skills, and technological communication. Students are introduced to ethics, scope and standards of nursing practice, roles of health team members, components of professional practice, and leadership.
  • NURS-B 260 Fundamentals of Nursing Practice (5 cr.) Traditional and Accelerated tracks. This course focuses on the fundamentals of nursing from a theoretical, evidence basis. Students will gain a knowledge base for, and have an opportunity to apply, fundamental nursing concepts, skills, and the nursing process. The evidence based knowledge gained forms a basis for clinical reasoning and decision making as student develop their nursing skills.
  • NURS-B 261 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for Nursing Practice (4 cr.) Traditional and Accelerated tracks. This course provides a foundation in the pathophysiology of key disease processes and pharmacological therapies. Principles of pathophysiology and pharmacology are presented in an integrated manner to provide a basis for study of selected medications that are used to treat or manage diseases with an application to nursing practice.
  • NURS-B 334 Transitional Care of Families and Populations (5 cr.) Traditional and Accelerated tracks. Using childbearing families as extensive exemplar, this course focuses on family and community health: community assessment, epidemiology, and intervention with individuals, families, communities and populations. Students address prenatal care, normal and high risk pregnancy and childbirth, newborn care, genetic counseling, care coordination, complementary care, and environmental health.
  • NURS-B 444 Nursing Intensive: Managing Health and Illness across Care Environments (4 cr.) Traditional and Accelerated tracks. Students study a focused clinical area of concern for nursing, exploring the ways in which culture, health disparity, transitions between care environments, and health policy impact care for an aggregate, population, or specialty. Immersed in a care environment, students gain relevant clinical knowledge as well as an understanding of the aggregate health concerns.
  • NURS-B 453 Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (3 cr.) Traditional and Accelerated tracks. Students engage with inter professional colleagues in seminar, simulation, and practice settings, focusing on effective nursing practice and inter professional communication skills including self-awareness, interpersonal communication, conflict resolution, team skills, and technological communication. Students hone leadership, professionalism, and ethical competencies in preparation for practice.
  • NURS-H 355 Data Analysis: Practicum and Research (3 cr.) Traditional and Accelerated tracks.

    This course introduces nursing and other health sciences students to basic concepts and techniques of data analysis needed in professional health care practice. Principles of measurement, data summarization, and univariate and bivariate statistics are examined. Differences in types of qualitative data and methods by which these types of data can be interpreted are also explored. Emphasis is placed on the application of fundamental concepts to real world situation in client care.

  • NURS-H 356 Clinical Nursing Care 1: Biophysical Processes (5 cr.) Traditional and Accelerated tracks. This course focuses on providing nursing care for individual and families with acute and chronic biophysical illnesses across the lifespan. Particular attention is focused on developing clinical reasoning and competent nursing practice at a beginning level.
  • NURS-H 360 Clinical Nursing Care 2: Interactive Processes (5 cr.) Traditional and Accelerated tracks. This course focuses on nursing care management of individuals and families experiencing acute and chronic health problems related to interaction with the environment and others: sensory, motor, cognitive, affective, and interpersonal processes. Using a holistic approach, this course addresses health problems occurring across the lifespan.
  • NURS-H 371 Clinical Care 3: Adaptive Processes (5 cr.) Traditional and Accelerated tracks. The primary focus is on the nursing care and management of individuals and families experiencing acute and chronic health problems using an adaptive and holistic life span approach. Particular attention is focused on developing clinical reasoning and competent nursing practice at an Intermediate level.
  • NURS-H 476 Clinical Nursing Care 4: Complex Processes (5 cr.) Traditional and Accelerated tracks. The primary focus is on the nursing care management of individuals and families experiencing complex and significant illnesses across the lifespan. Particular attention is focused on developing clinical reasoning and competent nursing practice at an advanced level.
  • NURS-L 230 Health Care Delivery Systems (3 cr.) Traditional and Accelerated tracks. Students examine health care delivery systems, leadership, health policy, regulation, and economics. Students explore quality practices of health care organizations. Students analyze the impact of Informatics on health care and nursing including the electronic health record, information technology in healthcare, and information literacy.
  • NURS-L 430 Leadership in Health Care Delivery (5 cr.) Traditional and Accelerated tracks. This course focuses on development of effective leadership skills relevant in health care systems. Students examine health policy, study information management, and employ processes that result in exceptional organizational outcomes. Students use healthcare data and research evidence in quality improvement and change initiatives.
  • NURS-R 375 Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice (3 cr.) Traditional track. This course focuses on nursing research and evidence-based practice. Students develop skills in retrieving and apprasing literature relevant to clinical problems, understanding the research process, and critiquing evidence from research publications and other sources to inform evidence-based nursing practice.
  • NURS-S 474 Applied Health-Care Ethics (3 cr.) Traditional and Accelerated tracks. This course is designed to introduce the student to major ethical theory, principles, and models for the recognition, analysis, and resolution of ethical dilemmas in health-care practice.
  • NURS-S 483 Clinical Nursing Practice Capstone (3 cr.) Traditional and Accelerated tracks. Students will have the opportunity to demonstrate competencies consistent with program outcomes and to refine their nursing care practice skills. Students will collaborate with faculty and a preceptor in choosing a care setting, planning and organizing a learning experience, and practicing professional nursing in a safe and effective manner.
  • NURS-S 488 Synthesis for Professional Nursing Practice (2 cr.) Traditional and Accelerated tracks. Students integrate knowledge and skills acquired throughout the program: critical thinking, information technology, cultural competence, care coordination, leadership, collaboration, and communication skills. Students demonstrate competence in evidence-based practice and quality and safety initiatives, as achieved in a complex and changing health care environment. Students begin the transition to professional practice.
  • NURS-Z 480 BSN Portfolio Review for Course Substitution (1-6 cr.) All tracks. The portfolio review process is available to all undergraduate students who believe that they can meet the learning objectives/competencies required of a specific nursing course within their program of study. The portfolio is a mechanism used to validate the acquisition of knowledge and skills congruent with course expectations and student learning outcomes. The portfolio provides objective evidence that students have acquired necessary content and skills through prior learning and/or practice experiences.
  • NURS-Z 492 Individual Study in Nursing (1-6 cr.) All tracks. Opportunity for independent study of topics related to nursing practice. Before enrolling in an independent study option, each student must obtain permission from a faculty member who will supervise the study and file appropriate forms prior to registration.