NURSING (NURS)

NURS 1020.  First-Year Connection:  University and Nursing.  Credit 1.
Prerequisites: First-time college student, minimum ACT 19 and high school grade point average 2.75.  A course designed to enhance connection of the first-time college student with the University and to nursing.  This course is designed to augment skills required for academic success through academic and non-academic out-of-classroom activities.

NURS 2300. Introduction to Professional Nursing Concepts I. Lec. 2. Credit 2.
Historical perspectives, mathematics, and terminology basic to nursing; critical thinking and professional communication; and roles of the professional nurse.

NURS 3220. Fundamentals of Nursing. Lec. 2. Lab 1. Credit 3.
This introductory course in nursing is designed to introduce the student to basic concepts, principles, and skills necessary for building effective nursing practice. Nursing process is introduced as a foundation for future clinical application.

NURS 3230.  Pharmacological Concepts in Nursing I.  Lec. 2. Credit 2.
Introduction to major drug classifications, including actions, interactions, reactions, and contraindications as well as monitoring parameters.  This course will prepare the nurse to safely administer medications, monitor drug therapy, and teach the client to safely take part in his/her drug regimen.

NURS 3250. Medical Surgical Nursing I. Lec. 4. Credit 4.
Co/Prerequisite: NURS 3200. Corequisite: NURS 3280. Concepts of psychosocial and physiological aspects of health/illness and therapeutic communication.

NURS 3280. Medical Surgical Nursing I: Lab. Lab. 9. Credit 3.
Corequisite: NURS 3250, Co/Prerequisite: NURS 3200. Performance of nursing skills in lab and clinical settings based on principles of nursing process and practice.

NURS 3281. Health Assessment and Promotion. Lec. 2. Lab. 1. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: BIOL 2020 and upper division status or permission of instructor. Non-nursing majors must have permission from the School of Nursing. This course is an introduction to health assessment based on an understanding of anatomy and physiology and social sciences. The focus is on comprehensive data collection through history and physical examination.

NURS 3360. Medical Surgical Nursing II. Lec. 5. Credit 5.
Prerequisite: NURS 3250. Corequisite: NURS 3361. Medical-surgical nursing concepts; also including communication skills, teaching/learning principles, ethical/legal, and economic issues.

NURS 3361. Medical Surgical Nursing II: Lab. Lab. 9. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: NURS 3250. Corequisite: NURS 3360. Emphasizes the application of the nursing process in a variety of medical-surgical clinical settings.

NURS 3370. Mental Health Nursing. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: NURS 3250. Corequisite: NURS 3371. Basic mental health nursing concepts; also including communication skills, teaching/learning principles, ethical/legal, and economic issues.

NURS 3371. Mental Health Nursing: Lab. Lab. 6. Credit 2.
Prerequisite: NURS 3250. Corequisite: NURS 3370. Emphasizes the application of the nursing process in a variety of mental health clinical settings.

NURS 3380.  Pathophysiological Processes for the Professional Nurse.  Lec. 3. Credit 3.
This course will examine the outcomes of disruption of normal physiology; the alterations and mechanisms involved in the disruption; and the manifestations in disease and at risk conditions.  Major diseases will be explored, in part by using a conceptual approach.  The focus of the course is to provide the professional nurse with an understanding of pathophysiological principles as the basis for nursing assessment and therapeutic intervention.

NURS 3430. Survey of Pharmacological Aspects of Nursing. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: NURN standing or permission of the instructor. Review and update of major drug groups, administering drugs, and intravenous solutions with implications for nursing practice.

NURS 3465. Bridging to Professional Nursing Practice. Credit 4.
An online course designed for RN’s to bridge the gap between technical skills and professional nursing practice by focusing on self analysis and validation of one’s own ability to utilize critical thinking, communication, and therapeutic intervention in nursing practice and to identify improvement areas for life long learning in a changing healthcare environment.

NURS 4000.  Women's Health and Perinatal Nursing. Lec. 3.  Credit 3.
Prerequisites:  NURS 3360 and NURS 3361.  Corequisite:  NURS 4001.  This course focuses on concepts of professional nursing care of women in their childbearing years and their families.  This course encompasses knowledge of growth and development, culture, family, and pathophysiology from the natural and social sciences, and liberal arts in assessing, implementing, and evaluating the health needs of these populations.

NURS 4001.  Women's Health and Perinatal Nursing:  Lab.  Lab. 6.  Credit 2.
Prerequisites:  NURS 3360 and NURS 3361.  Corequisite:  NURS 4000.  This course focuses on implementation of the nursing process with women in their childbearing years and their families.  This course applies knowledge of growth and development, culture, family, and pathophysiology from the natural and social sciences, and liberal arts in assessing, implementing and evaluating the health needs of these populations.

NURS 4100.  Nursing Care of Children.  Lec. 3.  Credit 3.
Prerequisites:  NURS 3360 and NURS 3361.  Corequisite:  NURS 4101.  This course focuses on concepts of professional nursing care of children and their families.  This course encompasses knowledge of growth and development, culture, family, and pathophysiology from the natural and social sciences, and liberal arts in assessing, implementing, and evaluating the health needs of these populations.

NURS 4101.  Nursing Care of Children:  Lab.  Lab. 6.  Credit 2.
Prerequisites:  NURS 3360 and NURS 3361.  Corequisite:  NURS 4100.  This course focuses on implementation of the nursing process with children and their families.  This course applies knowledge of growth and development, culture, family, and pathophysiology from the natural and social sciences and liberal arts in assessing, implementing, and evaluating the health needs of these populations.

NURS 4230.  Pharmacological Concepts in Nursing II.  Lec. 2. Credit 2.
Prerequisite:  NURS 3230.  Continued study of the major drug groups with emphasis on the responsibility of the nurse in medication adminstration, patient education, and health promotion.

NURS 4300. Research in Health Care. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: MATH 1530. Study the research process with development and presentation of a completed research proposal.

NURS 4350. Health Care of Communities. Lec. 4. Credit 4.
Prerequisites: NURS 3370, 3371, 4000, 4001, 4100, and 4101. Corequisite: NURS 4351. Focus on the dynamics and nursing needs of individuals, families, communities, national, and international groups.

NURS 4351. Health of Communities: Lab. Lab. 9. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: NURS 3370, 3371, 4000, 4001, 4100, and 4101. Corequisite: NURS 4350. Organization and delivery of nursing care to individuals, families, and groups in a variety of community health care settings.

NURS 4450. Leadership and Management. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: NURS 3370, 3371, 4000, 4001, 4100, and 4101. Corequisite: NURS 4451. Introduction to concepts of leadership and management in nursing; preparation for role transition from student to graduate.

NURS 4451. Leadership and Management: Lab. Lab. 12. Credit 4.
Prerequisites: NURS 3370, 3371, 4000, 4001, 4100, and 4101. Corequisite: NURS 4450. Clinical experiences applying concepts of management and leadership.

Electives

NURS 3450. Personal Wellness Management. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Holistic approach to assisting individuals in the promotion of wellness including: health guidance, nutrition, stress reduction, and fitness.

NURS 4360. Oncology Nursing. Lec. 3. Lab. 1. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: NURS 4250 and 4251 or consent of instructor. Focus on oncology nursing and hospice concepts used to provide care for the clients with cancer in a community or institutional setting.

NURS 4370. Preparation for Parenting. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: Sophomore standing or consent of instructor. Focus on parenting skills with infants and children and labor, delivery, and newborn care.

NURS 4400. Introduction to Critical Care Nursing. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Developing critical care assessment skills, emphasizing nursing decision-making, problem-solving, and intervention.

NURS 4410. Cardiorespiratory Intensive Care. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: Consent of instructor. Care of clients with cardiovascular and respiratory deficits requiring invasive, therapeutic nursing interventions; cardiac dysrhythmias.

NURS 4500. School Health Nursing. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: Senior nursing major or RN degree. Introduction to school health nursing and the role of the school nurse as caregiver, coordinator, manager, consultant, and leader. This course provides registered nurses with the necessary beginning skills to manage a comprehensive school health program.

NURS 4610. Summer Clinical Extern. Credit 3.
Prerequisites: NURS 3360 and 3361. Skill-oriented clinical experience based on nursing process in the clinical area of the acute care or extended care facility.

NURS 4700. Adventures in Global Awareness: Expanding Cultural Sensitivity. Sem. 1. Lab 6. Credit 3.
The course provides a trans-cultural experience through international travel and self exploration to increase personal and cultural awareness, sensitivity, and respect.

NURS (PSY) (SOC) 4810. Concepts of Gerontology. Lec. 3. Credit 3.
Prerequisite: PSY 3200 or 3300 or SOC 1010. Physical and psychosocial aging processes. Issues in the care of the senior adult.

NURS 4990. Special Topics. Credit 1-3.
Directed study and research on a selected topic. Available to students on an individual basis, with consent of the Dean, as faculty load permits.