Nursing (NURS)

NURS-302  Health Assessment  (3 Credits)  
Develop nursing knowledge and skills necessary to perform comprehensive and person-centered health assessments of individuals across the lifespan. Apply clinical judgement to interpret assessment data.
NURS-303  Health Assessment  (3 Credits)  
Develop nursing knowledge and skills necessary to perform comprehensive and person-centered health assessments of individuals across the lifespan. Apply clinical judgement to interpret assessment data.
NURS-312  Applied Learning Experience  (1 Credit)  
Incorporate theoretical knowledge with practical skills, equipping students with the necessary tools to provide high-quality care. Through the participation in nursing care, clinical judgement, and the use of current equipment and technology to foster confidence and competence in a controlled and supportive environment.
NURS-313  Applied Nursing Experience  (0.5 Credits)  
Incorporate theoretical knowledge with practical skills, equipping students with the necessary tools to provide high-quality care. Through the participation in nursing care, clinical judgement, and the use of current equipment and technology to foster confidence and competence in a controlled and supportive environment.
NURS-316  Pathophysiology  (4 Credits)  
Apply a foundational comprehension of specific pathophysiological disorders across the lifespan. Explore pathophysiologic processes and their connections to contemporary health concerns through the application of evidence-based nursing practices.
NURS-317  Pathophysiology  (4 Credits)  
Apply a foundational comprehension of specific pathophysiological disorders across the lifespan. Explore pathophysiologic processes and their connections to contemporary health concerns through the application of evidence-based nursing practices.
NURS-326  Nursing Pharmacotherapeutics  (3 Credits)  
Apply a foundational comprehension of specific pharmacological concepts and principles to the care of the individual across the lifespan. Explore the fundamentals of drug mechanisms and interactions, classifications of drugs and their prototypes, and an examination of drug considerations.
NURS-327  Nursing Pharmacotherapeutics  (3 Credits)  
Apply a foundational comprehension of specific pharmacological concepts and principles to the care of the individual across the lifespan. Explore the fundamentals of drug mechanisms and interactions, classifications of drugs and their prototypes, and an examination of drug considerations.
NURS-336  Health Promotion & Risk Prevention  (2 Credits)  
Develop a comprehensive understanding of health promotion strategies necessary to assess and manage various health risks affecting individuals and populations across the lifespan. Apply knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to promote wellness, prevent illness, and address health disparities effectively to diverse clinical settings and within the broader community.
NURS-337  Health Promotion & Risk Prevention  (1 Credit)  
Develop a comprehensive understanding of health promotion strategies necessary to assess and manage various health risks affecting individuals and populations across the lifespan. Apply knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to promote wellness, prevent illness, and address health disparities effectively to diverse clinical settings and within the broader community.
NURS-346  Role of Professional Nurse: Foundations  (3 Credits)  
Provide nursing students with a comprehensive understanding of the historical context, significance, and maintenance of professional identity within the field of nursing. Cultivate the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to establish a strong sense of professional identity, fostering personal growth, ethical decision-making, and excellence in patient care.
NURS-347  Role of Professional Nurse: Foundation  (1.5 Credits)  
Provide nursing students with a comprehensive understanding of the historical context, significance, and maintenance of professional identity within the field of nursing. Cultivate the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to establish a strong sense of professional identity, fostering personal growth, ethical decision-making, and excellence in patient care.
NURS-356  Role of Professional Nurse: Person-Center Care  (3 Credits)  
Develop the essential skills to reduce stigma, empower patients, and advocate for equitable healthcare access. Ensure a more comprehensive and compassionate approach to nursing care that embraces the health experience for the individual, family, and caregiver. Incorporates the critical topics of culture, stigma, and advocacy to enhance students' knowledge, skills and attitudes in providing person-centered care.
NURS-357  Role of Professional Nurse: Person-Centered Care  (3 Credits)  
Develop the essential skills to reduce stigma, empower patients, and advocate for equitable healthcare access. Ensure a more comprehensive and compassionate approach to nursing care that embraces the health experience for the individual, family, and caregiver. Incorporates the critical topics of culture, stigma, and advocacy to enhance student's knowledge, skills and attitudes in providing person-centered care.
Prerequisites: NURS-347  
NURS-366  Integrated Care I  (4 Credits)  
Identify fundamental knowledge based on the principles of nursing practice. Apply nursing principles that support person-centered care across the lifespan.
NURS-367  Integrated Care I  (2 Credits)  
Identify fundamental knowledge based on the principles of nursing practice. Apply nursing principles that support person-centered care across the lifespan.
Prerequisites: NURS-303, NURS-317, NURS-327  
Corequisites: NURS-383  
NURS-372  Applied Learning Experiences II  (2 Credits)  
Integrate theoretical knowledge and practical skills in delivering person-centered care to diverse populations. Opportunity to use clinical judgment, collaboration, the use of current equipment and technology through applied learning experiences and direct care.
NURS-373  Applied Learning Experiences II  (1 Credit)  
Integrate theoretical knowledge and practical skills in delivering person-centered care to diverse populations. Opportunity to use clinical judgement, collaboration, the use of current equipment and technology through applied learning experiences and direct care.
Prerequisites: NURS-303, NURS-317, NURS-327, NURS-347  
Corequisites: NURS-377  
NURS-376  Mental Wellness  (3 Credits)  
Examine a theoretical and practice-based overview of mental wellness. Interpret the role of the nurse in person-centered care in addressing the mental health needs of individuals and populations.
NURS-377  Mental Wellness  (2 Credits)  
Examine a theoretical and practice-based overview of mental wellness. Interpret the role of the nurse in person-centered care in addressing the mental health needs of individuals and populations.
Prerequisites: NURS-313  
Corequisites: NURS-373  
NURS-382  Clinical Application II  (2 Credits)  
Apply the nursing process incorporating evidence, assessment, and clinical judgement in dynamic care experiences. Utilize nursing knowledge, skills, and attitudes for holistic care of diverse individuals.
NURS-383  Clinical Application II  (1 Credit)  
Apply the nursing process incorporating evidence, assessment, and clinical judgement in dynamic care experiences. Utilize nursing knowledge, skills, and attitude for holistic care of diverse individuals.
Prerequisites: NURS-303, NURS-317, NURS-327  
NURS-386  Evidence-Based Practice  (3 Credits)  
Integrate current research evidence into clinical practice. Develop critical thinking, research appraisal, and application skills essential for delivering high-quality, evidence-based care.
NURS-387  Evidence-Based Practice  (3 Credits)  
Integrate current research evidence into clinical practice. Develop critical thinking, research appraisal, and application skills essential for delivering high-quality, evidence-based care.
Prerequisites: NURS 347  
NURS-399  Independent Research  (1-6 Credits)  
An independent nursing project with permission of department chairperson to broaden the foundation of knowledge within the field of nursing. Supervision is assigned to a faculty member with expertise in an area of requested study. Student with an interest in any aspect of nursing can integrate information from several fields within nursing and focus on the question to be investigated.
NURS-416  Integrated Care II  (4 Credits)  
Enhance the application of the nursing process utilizing the foundational knowledge across diverse health conditions. Analyze advanced nursing principles that support person-centered care across the lifespan.
NURS-417  Integrated Care II  (4 Credits)  
Enhance the application of the nursing process utilizing the foundational knowledge across diverse health conditions. Analyze advanced nursing principles that support person-centered care across the lifespan.
Prerequisites: NURS-367  
Corequisites: NURS-423  
NURS-422  Clinical Application III  (2 Credits)  
Implement the nursing process within the clinical setting utilizing theoretical content, skills, and clinical judgement through evidence-based practice in a dynamic care environment. Integrate nursing knowledge, skills, and attitudes for holistic care of diverse individuals and populations.
NURS-423  Clinical Application III  (2 Credits)  
Implement the nursing process within the clinical setting utilizing theoretical content, skills, and clinical judgement through evidence-based practice in a dynamic care environment. Integrate nursing knowledge, skills and attitudes for holistic care of diverse individuals and populations.
Prerequisites: NURS-383  
Corequisites: NURS-417  
NURS-426  Reproductive Health & Nursing: Care of the family  (3 Credits)  
Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of sexuality, reproductive health, and the care of pregnant individuals, newborns, children, and families. Apply the knowledge and skills necessary to provide competent and compassionate care across the lifespan, addressing these specific populations' physiological, emotional, and psychosocial needs.
NURS-427  Reproductive Health and Nursing Care of The Family  (2 Credits)  
Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of sexuality, reproductive health, and the care of pregnant individuals, newborns, children, and families. Apply the knowledge and skills necessary to provide competent and compassionate care across the lifespan, addressing these specific populations' physiological, emotional, and psychosocial needs.
Prerequisites: NURS-303, NURS-317, NURS-327, NURS-347  
NURS-432  Applied Learning Experiences III  (2 Credits)  
Implement person-centered care through the appraisal of crucial roles that professional nurses play in collaboration with the interprofessional team across health care settings. Emphasize the needs of diverse populations through careful examination of the unique needs, preferences, and values of individuals, communities or populations an integration of these needs to tailor and manage complex care.
NURS-433  Applied Learning Experiences III  (1-1.5 Credits)  
Implement person-centered care through the appraisal of crucial roles that professional nurses play in collaboration with the interprofessional team across health care settings. Emphasize the needs of diverse populations through careful examination of the unique needs, preferences, and values of individuals, communities or populations and integration of these needs to tailor and manage complex care.
Prerequisites: NURS-373  
Corequisites: NURS-437  
NURS-436  Global Population Health  (3 Credits)  
Global healthcare systems, population health framework, and their influences on health outcomes are introduced. Engage in clinical judgement related to the influences of health outcomes in a global environment, including cultural, social, economic, environmental, and political factors. Special emphasis will be placed on health and wellness through a social justice lens.
NURS-437  Global Population Health  (3 Credits)  
Global healthcare systems, population health framework, and their influences on health outcomes are introduced. Engage in clinical judgement related to the influences of health outcomes in a global environment, including cultural, social, economic, environmental, and political factors. Special emphasis will be placed on health and wellness through a social justice lens.
Prerequisites: NURS-337  
Corequisites: NURS-433  
NURS-446  Role of Professional Nurse: Innovation & Leadership  (3 Credits)  
Synthesize core concepts of professional nursing that define the role of the nurse. Emphasize innovation and the ability to navigate complex healthcare delivery systems, fostering a deep understanding of the interplay between leadership, management, and the evolving healthcare landscape.
NURS-447  Role of the Professional Nurse: Innovation and Leadership  (3 Credits)  
Synthesize core concepts of professional nursing that define the role of the nurse. Emphasize innovation and the ability to navigate complex healthcare delivery systems, fostering a deep understanding of the interplay between leadership, management, and the evolving healthcare landscape.
Prerequisites: NURS-357  
NURS-466  Integrated Care III  (3 Credits)  
Appraise contemporary nursing practices to promote delivery of exceptional care across the lifespan. Manage health outcomes utilizing nursing principles that support person-centered care in individuals and populations.
NURS-467  Integrated Care III  (3 Credits)  
Appraise contemporary nursing practices to promote delivery of exceptional care across the lifespan. Manage health outcomes utilizing nursing principles that support person-centered care in individuals and populations.
Prerequisites: NURS-417  
Corequisites: NURS-483  
NURS-472  Nursing Practicum: Transition to Practice  (3 Credits)  
Manage holistic care for diverse individuals and populations through prioritization of individual needs, preferences, and values in a dynamic care environment. Demonstrate effective use of the nursing process through the integration of clinical judgement, nursing skills, and attitudes.
NURS-473  Nursing Practicum: Transition to Practice  (1-3 Credits)  
Manage holistic care for diverse individuals and populations through prioritization of individual needs, preferences, and values in a dynamic care environment. Demonstrate effective use of the nursing process through the integration of clinical judgement, nursing skills, and attitudes.
Prerequisites: NURS-423  
Corequisites: NURS-487  
NURS-476  Role of Professional Nurse: Palliation & Supportive Care  (3 Credits)  
Integrate the principles, practices, and ethical considerations of palliation and supportive care with theoretical nursing knowledge to optimize quality of life. Explore the holistic care approach through a person-centered lens.
NURS-477  Role of the Professional Nurse: Palliation and Supportive Care  (3 Credits)  
Integrate the principles, practices, and ethical considerations of palliation and supportive care with theoretical nursing knowledge to optimize quality of life. Explore the holistic care approach through a person-centered lens.
Prerequisites: NURS-447  
NURS-482  Applied Learning Experiences IV  (2 Credits)  
Facilitate person-centered care using theoretical knowledge and management of practical skills in the delivery of complex care for individuals, communities, and populations. Optimize the use of clinical judgement, current equipment and technology in care management through collaboration with stakeholders.
NURS-483  App. Learning Experiences IV  (2 Credits)  
Facilitate person-centered care using theoretical knowledge and management of practical skills in the delivery of complex care for individuals, communities, and populations. Optimize the use of clinical judgement, current equipment and technology in care management through collaboration with stakeholders.
Prerequisites: NURS-433  
Corequisites: NURS-467  
NURS-486  Scholarship for Nursing Practice  (3 Credits)  
Synthesize the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to drive positive change in healthcare quality. Explore the principles, methodologies, and best practices of quality improvement within the healthcare context, emphasizing the pivotal role of nurses as leaders in the change process.
NURS-487  Scholarship for Nursing Practice  (2-3 Credits)  
Synthesize the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to drive positive change in healthcare quality. Explore the principles, methodologies, and best practices of quality improvement within the healthcare context, emphasizing the pivotal role of nurses as leaders in the change process.
Prerequisites: NURS-387  
Corequisites: NURS-473