Nursing Courses

NUR200 Professional Nursing Concepts I

[2–0, 2 cr.]

In this course, students learn concepts associated with understanding oneself and others in the context of professional nursing practice and are introduced to the nursing metaparadigm. This is an introductory course in which the profession of nursing is explored as well as selected professional nursing concepts essential to the role of nurses.

NUR201 Fundamentals of Nursing and Health Assessment

[2–4, 4 cr.]

NUR 201 is a 4 credits course offered in the spring semester of the sophomore year of the BSN program. In this course students learn to apply the nursing process in performing health assessment and nursing fundamentals for individuals across the lifespan and in various health care settings.

Prerequisite: NUR 200 Professional Nursing Concepts I
Co-Requisites: BIO 222 Microbiology, BIO260/261 Anatomy and Physiology/Lab.

NUR211 Summer Nursing Internship I

[0 cr.]

In the first internship experience, students are placed in general patient care units in hospitals, working a minimum of 96 hours to complete the requirement. The internship student functions as an assistant to a Practical nurse (PN) and gains competence in performing fundamental nursing techniques delegated and supervised by the RN in collaboration with university instructors. Students collect subjective and objective health assessment data.

Prerequisites: NUR201 Fundamentals of Nursing and Health Assessment

NUR307 Informatics in Healthcare

[2–0, 2 cr.]

This course provides an introduction to healthcare informatics including the concepts, principles and use of information and communication systems along with management of its applications in health care. The learner progresses from developing knowledge of basic concepts and methods of health care informatics; to learning about specific information management applications in health care administration, practice, and research.

Prerequisite: ENG101 Academic English I

NUR309 Pathophysiology for Nursing Practice

[3–0, 3 cr.]

In this course, students learn the pathogenesis of various symptoms and diseases affecting the human body. Altered physiological functions of human organs are explained and then described on the molecular, cellular, organ and systemic levels. Common pathophysiologic processes are discussed in conjunction with recent research. The interrelationships between clinical pathophysiology and basic physiology and genetics are emphasized. Understanding the mechanisms of disease is essential to the role of the professional nurse in determining the appropriate nursing management of the patient.

Prerequisite: BIO260 Human Anatomy & Physiology

NUR311 Summer Nursing Internship II

[0 cr.]

In the second internship experience, students are placed in various health care agencies, working a minimum of 96 hours. The internship student functions in an assistant role, on an assigned unit, providing nursing care at the advanced beginner level, as delegated to and supervised by the RN.

Prerequisites:  NUR345 Core Nursing Practicum III, NUR346 Core Nursing Practicum IV, NUR322 Health and Illness III

NUR312 Pharmacology for Nursing Practice

[3–0, 3 cr.]

This course provides fundamentals of pharmacology and applied drug therapy. Topics include general principles of drug action, drug distribution, and drug elimination, with attention to the development of clinical reasoning skills necessary to identify, avoid, and solve practical drug-related problems. Specific prototypes of selected drug classifications provide the framework for understanding the action, use, side-effects, and nursing implications of drugs.

Prerequisite: BIO222 Microbiology

NUR318 Health and Illness Concepts I

[3–0, 3 cr.]

In this introductory Health & Illness concepts course, students gain knowledge of concepts associated with individual health and illness requiring nursing care. Concepts introduced include cellular regulation, immunity, nutrition, oxygenation, perfusion, stress and coping.

Prerequisite: NUR 211 Summer Nursing Internship I
Co-Requisite: NUR309 Pathophysiology for Nursing Practice. 

NUR319 Health & Illness Concepts II

[2–0, 2 cr.]

In this course students gain knowledge of concepts associated with maternal, newborn, and reproductive health nursing care. The course provides information about gynecological conditions, sexuality, fetal development, prenatal and postnatal care of the mother and newborn. It also emphasizes on the role of the nurse in meeting the needs of the family.

Prerequisite: NUR211 Summer Nursing Internship I
Co-Requisite: NUR309 Pathophysiology for Nursing Practice

NUR322 Health and Illness Concepts III

[4–0, 4 cr.]

This is the third of a series of courses in which students learn concepts associated with an individual’s health and illness that require nursing care. Concepts discussed include: development, perioperative nursing, mobility, sensory/perception, elimination, anxiety, mood dysregulation, metabolism, and infection.

Prerequisites:  NUR318 Health and Illness I & NUR 319 Health and Illness II

NUR343 Core Nursing Practicum I

[0–9, 3 cr.]

In this course students learn to deliver clinical care for multigenerational families in medical-surgical in hospital settings. Students apply selected concepts related to health and illness and professional nursing, and use the nursing process to provide patient care.

Prerequisites: NUR211 Summer Nursing Internship I, IPE200
Co-Requisites: NUR318 Health and Illness Concepts I, NUR312 Pharmacology for Nursing Practice I, IPE300

NUR344 Core Nursing Practicum II

[0–6, 2 cr.]

In this course students are introduced to clinical nursing care of maternal and newborn patients in various health care settings. Students apply concepts related to maternal, newborn, and professional nursing in providing patient and family care.

Prerequisite: NUR211 Summer Nursing Internship I
Co-Requisites: NUR319 Health and Illness Concepts II, NUR312 Pharmacology for Nursing Practice 

NUR345 Core Nursing Practicum

[0–12, 4 cr.]

In this course students learn to deliver clinical care for multigenerational families in various health care settings, including the community. Students apply selected concepts related to health and illness and professional nursing, and use the nursing process to provide patient care.

Prerequisite: NUR343 Core Nursing Practicum I
Co-Requisite: NUR322 Health and Illness III

NUR346 Core Nursing Practicum IV

[0–6, 2 cr.]

In this course students deliver clinical nursing care to the pediatric population. Students apply concepts related to health and illness and professional nursing, and use the nursing process in providing family-centered care with a focus on children from infancy through adolescence.

Prerequisite: NUR344 Core Nursing Practicum II
Co-Requisite: NUR322 Health and Illness Concepts III

NUR412 Professional Nursing Concepts II

[3–0, 3 cr.]

This course addresses concepts related to organization and regulation of health care and nursing practice, and the influence of economic, legal, ethical, and environmental factors on the availability and quality of healthcare and the nursing profession. Leadership and management nursing roles such as care coordinator, interprofessional collaborator, and delegator are examined.

Prerequisites: NUR200 Professional Nursing Concepts I, NUR443 Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles Clinical Intensive

NUR415 Health Care Research and Evidence-Based Practice

[3–0, 3 cr.]

This course is an introduction to health care research. Emphasis is on the research process, commonly used research designs and methods, and application of research findings and other evidence to practice.

Prerequisite: STA205 Biostatistics

NUR421 Health and Illness Concepts IV

[4–0, 4 cr.]

This is the final course involving concepts associated with an individual’s health and illness that require nursing care. Concepts include acid-base, clotting, cognitive dysregulation, intra/interpersonal violence, psychosis, sleep, substance-related dysregulation, neurologic regulation, and perfusion.

Prerequisite: NUR322 Health and Illness Concepts III
Co-Requisite: IPE300

NUR441 Mental Health Clinical Intensive

[1–6, 3 cr.]

This course includes clinical practice and didactic content that focuses on knowledge and skills relevant to the care of clients with acute and chronic mental health problems. Mental health awareness and care is provided to individuals, families, and communities within this course’s clinical experience. Students examine variations in foci of care for mental health patients. Concepts addressed include therapeutic communication, interpersonal relationships, intra/interpersonal violence, mood, anxiety, psychosis, sexuality, cognitive dysregulation, and substance-related dysregulations. The clinical experience will include inpatient, acute and chronic, and community settings.

Prerequisite: NUR311 Summer Nursing Internship II
Co-Requisite: NUR421 Health and Illness IV

NUR443 Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles Clinical Intensive

[1–6, 3 cr.]

This course builds upon knowledge and skills from nursing, behavioral and public health sciences to foster heathy life styles and promote, preserve and maintain the health of populations. Students will plan, implement and evaluate health education and behavior change programs in populations as well as small groups, including the family and its members, and the larger groups including the community. Students will incorporate concepts related to health promotion, illness prevention, change, motivation, education, leadership, advocacy, communication, power, anxiety, culture and human diversity. Course includes didactic and clinical experiences. Clinical experiences are designed to enhance collaborating effectively with interdisciplinary team members, in community settings.

Prerequisites: NUR311 Summer Nursing Internship II

NUR444 High Acuity Nursing Clinical Intensive

[2–6, 4 cr.]

This course includes clinical practice and didactic content that focuses on knowledge and skills relevant to the care of patients with multisystem problems in critical care units.

Central to the clinical experience is the synthesis of health and illness concepts in managing critically ill patients, including oxygenation, perfusion, elimination, acid-base balance, fluid and electrolyte balance, infection, inflammation, immunity, intracranial perfusion, anxiety, family dynamics, and ethics.

Prerequisite: NUR311 Summer Nursing Internship II
Co-Requisite: NUR421 Health and Illness Concepts IV

NUR450 Clinical Capstone (Given intensively in the second 7 weeks of Spring)

[0–18, 6 cr.]

This course is the culmination of the students’ learning in the BSN curriculum in which synthesis and practice of learnt professional nursing concepts and health and illness nursing concepts is expected. It verifies that the student is practice-ready in a final clinical experience. In this course, students have precepted clinical practice experience as a final step towards transitioning into practice and becoming novice professional nurses in a selected healthcare setting. Students also participate in and complete a final evidence-based practice scholarly project that they present by the end of this capstone experience.

Prerequisites: NUR415 Healthcare Research and Evidence-Based Practice, NUR421 Health & Illness Concepts IV
Co-Requisites: NUR412 Professional Nursing Concepts II and IPE400