RN-BS Program Course Descriptions

Required Nursing Program Courses

NUR201 HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND THE NURSING PROCESS (3 Credits)
Assessment of physical, psychological, social, cultural, and environmental aspects of clients. Focuses on well individual, with reference to illness. Prerequisites: BIO101, 102, or permission of instructor.

NUR351 CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK FOR NURSING PRACTICE (3 Credits)
Theoretical foundation for RN's entering the nursing program. Concepts of stress/adaptation systems, human interaction, critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision making.

NUR345 CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY (3 Credits)
This course provides students with a review of pharmacological agents used in the health care practitioner practice setting. Realty-based scenarios will be used to promote application of drug knowledge.

NUR472 TRENDS AND ISSUES IN PROFESSIONAL NURSING (2 Credits)
Issues past and present as they impact on practice of professional nursing. Topics may include historical development of nursing profession; legal responsibility; ethical issues; image of nursing; role of nurse as political advocate; and development of professional role.

NUR474 COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING (3 Credits)
Community Resources for effective adaptation of community as a whole to stressors affecting health. Teaching primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. Corequisite: Nursing 474C

NUR474-C COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING-CLINICAL PRACTICUM (1 Credit)
Experience in an appropriate agency. Nursing interventions with well families with children. Graded on pass/fail basis. Corequisite: Nursing 474. Clinical Project Required.

NUR475 NURSING MANAGEMENT IN THE COMMUNITY (3 Credits)
Emphasizes role of nurse manager in community. Students develop basic theoretical knowledge of concepts of management. Corequisite: Nursing 475C.

NUR475-C NURSING MANAGEMENT-CLINICAL PRACTICUM (1 Credit)
Application of theoretical concepts of management to nursing practice. Clinical projects will be included that allow students to explore managerial role of professional nurse. Corequisite: Nursing 475.

Required Major-Related Courses

BIO101*/102* HUMAN ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY (8 Credits)
Structure and function of the human body, including cells, tissue, skin, and the skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems. May not be taken by Biology majors except by special permission. A Continuation of Biology 101 examining the structure and function of the human body including the endocrine, reproductive, cardiovascular, lymphatic, repertory, urinary, and digestive systems. Prerequisite: Biology 101 or permission of instructor.

BIO203* MICROBIOLOGY AND LAB (4 Credits)
Introduction to Microbiology with emphasis on pathogenic micro-organisms, their role in disease, their inhibition and destruction; principles and techniques of bacteriology. Not open to biology majors. Prerequisites: Biology 101 and 102.

BIO113 HUMAN GENETICS (3 Credits)
Designed for those generally interested, this course considers fundamental principles of human genetics and the social, medical, and moral issues raised by current research in such areas as race, behavior, intelligence, and genetic engineering. Open to all majors, but may not count as a major elective for Biology majors

ANT415 CULTURES, HEALTH, AND HEALING (3 Credits)
Examination of effects of culture on health and beliefs and the practices related to illness and healing. Prerequisite: Anthropology 101 or Sociology 151 or permission of instructor.

PSY101 INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY (3 Credits)
Survey of the various fields of psychology including human development, learning and memory, sensation and perception, psychopathology, and psychotherapy, physiology, and behavior, social psychology, psychological testing, motivation and emotion, and others.

SOC151 HUMAN SOCIETY (3 Credits)
Introduction to sociology and United States society; social class, race ethnicity, sex, age, family, education, religion, subcultures, polity, economy, deviance, urban life, collective behavior, population, bureaucracy, social groups, and social change.

PHI108 PROFESSIONAL ETHICS (3 Credits)
This course examines ethical dilemmas encountered by professionals at work. Journalism, health care, law, education, computer science/information technology and public relations all provide examples.

HLS445 CLINICAL RESEARCH (3 Credits)
Research methods employed in clinical settings. Quantitative and qualitative methods; research designs related to clinical situations. Prerequisites: Math 112 or Psychology/Sociology 211; junior or senior standing.

MAT112 BASIC STATISTICS (3 Credits)
For non-mathematics majors. Probability theory topics, binomial distribution, normal distribution, descriptive statistics, frequency distribution, measures of central tendency, hypothesis testing. Confidence intervals, correlation, and prediction. Prerequisite: completion of Mathematics requirement in component one of core.
Students may not also take for credit PSY/SOC211 or ECN241.
*not offered online

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