Nursing (NUR)
NUR-201 FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING (3 Credits)
This didactic course will introduce students to the vocational and professional aspects of nursing care and provide a basis of understanding of topics including professional writing, dosage calculation, medical terminology and nursing study and testing strategies.
Prerequisite: None
NUR-221 HEALTH ASSESSMENT LAB (2 Credits)
This lab course focuses on health assessment skills that include obtaining a history, vital signs, documentation, and a head to toe assessment. Must be in the BSN program.
NUR-231 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY (3 Credits)
This didactic course relates disease manifestation and risk factors regarding the underlying illness or injury as it relates to nursing interventions. Must be in the BSN program.
NUR-241 COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING (3 Credits)
This didactic course emphasizes holistic care, which is respectful, compassionate, and coordinated. Topics include recognizing differences, preferences, values, needs and resources of the person or designee as the source of control and full partner in healthcare. Person-centered care is informed by evidence and supports the achievement of positive health outcomes within the community context. Must be in the BSN program.
NUR-242 COM HEALTH NURSING CLINICAL (1 Credit)
This clinical course focuses on the application of concepts from lecture and lab. Under the guidance of a registered nurse, students will have hands on application experience in simulation and the community. Must be in the BSN program. Pass/Fail
NUR-243 NURSING SKILLS LAB (2 Credits)
This lab course focuses on establishing emerging principles of safety and quality in nursing and health care as an essential component of skill obtainment and practice.
NUR-245 FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING (3 Credits)
This didactic course engages students in health care partnerships to learn how to support and improve equitable, population health outcomes.
NUR-246 FUNDAMENTALS CLINICAL (1 Credit)
This clinical course focuses on the application of concepts from Fundamentals of Nursing and Skills lab. Under the guidance of a registered nurse, students will have hands-on experiences in simulation and long-term care environments. Pass/Fail
Prerequisite: None
NUR-251 MENTAL HEALTH NURSING (3 Credits)
This didactic course explores evidence-based practice and historically relevant mental health concepts. Students have the opportunity to explore therapeutic communication and interviewing strategies.
Prerequisite: Take NUR-252 concurrently
NUR-252 MENTAL HEALTH NURSING CLINICAL (1 Credit)
This clinical course focuses on the application of concepts from lecture. Under the guidance of a registered nurse, students will have application experience in simulation and mental healthcare settings. Pass/Fail
Prerequisite: Take NUR-251 concurrently
NUR-341 ADULT HEALTH NURSING I (3 Credits)
This didactic course discusses teamwork across professions and with care team members, patients, families, and communities to optimize care, enhance the experience, improve outcomes, and reduce costs.
NUR-342 ADULT HEALTH NURSING I CLINICAL (3 Credits)
This clinical course focuses on the application of concepts from lecture and lab. Under the guidance of a registered nurse, students will have hands on application experiences in simulation and in adult healthcare environments. Pass/Fail
NUR-346 PHARMACOLOGY I (3 Credits)
This didactic course focuses on the basic drug classification, concepts and principles of pharmacology with special consideration for the nurse's role.
NUR-347 PHARMACOLOGY II (3 Credits)
This didactic course focuses on the advanced drug classification, concepts and principles of pharmacology with special consideration for the nurse's role.
Prerequisite: Successfully complete all previous NUR courses
NUR-351 ADULT HEALTH NURSING II (3 Credits)
This didactic course expands the response to adult health needs and concepts of leading within complex systems of health care.
Prerequisite: Successfully complete all previous NUR courses, Take NUR-352 concurrently
NUR-352 ADULT HEALTH NURSING II CLINICAL (3 Credits)
This clinical focuses on the application of advanced concepts from lecture and lab. Under the guidance of a registered nurse, students will have hands on application experiences in simulation and in adult healthcare environments by working up the ability to care for half a typical patient assignment. Pass/Fail
Prerequisite: Complete all previous NUR courses, Take NUR-351 concurrently
NUR-357 NURSING ETHICS (2 Credits)
This didactic course allows formation and cultivation of a sustainable professional nursing identity, accountability, perspective, collaborative disposition and comportment that reflects nursing's characteristics, norms and values.
Prerequisite: Complete all previous NUR courses
NUR-380 INTERNSHIP (1-6 Credits)
This course provides an opportunity to work in a supervised biological setting (e.g., DNR, nature center, public health agency). The experience must include opportunities to apply the theories and concepts learned in the discipline or to enhance biological science research skills.
Prerequisite: Complete all 200-level NUR courses
NUR-429 RESEARCH IN NURSING PRACTICE (3 Credits)
The didactic course covers topics such as generation, synthesis, translation, application, and dissemination of knowledge to improve health and transform health care.
NUR-431 HEALTH & AGING (3 Credits)
This didactic course focuses on the role of the nurse in relation to the needs of aging patients in an adapting healthcare delivery system. Topics include providing holistic nursing care for the aging population addressed through discussions of social and cultural considerations, wellness, management of chronic disease, and navigation of end-of-life care.
NUR-441 MATERNAL/PED HEALTH NURSING (4 Credits)
This didactic course focuses on the health care needs of the pediatric population.
Prerequisite: Complete all previous NUR courses, Take NUR-442 concurrently
NUR-442 PEDIATRIC/MATERNAL HEALTH NURS CLINICAL (2 Credits)
This clinical course focuses on the application of concepts from lecture and lab. Under the guidance of a registered nurse, students will have hands on experiences in simulation within pediatric and maternal healthcare environments. Pass/Fail
Prerequisite: Complete all previous NUR courses, Take NUR-441 concurrently
NUR-451 NURSING CAPSTONE (3 Credits)
This didactic course offers participation in activities and self-reflection that foster personal health, resilience, and wellbeing, lifelong learning, and support the acquisition of nursing expertise and assertion of leadership.
Prerequisite: Complete all previous nursing courses, Take NUR-452 concurrently
NUR-452 NURSING CAPSTONE CLINICAL (3 Credits)
This clinical course focuses on the application of concepts from lecture and lab. Under the guidance of a registered nurse, students will have hands on application experiences in simulation and in healthcare environments to pull together all the clinical skills and care for a full patient assignment.
Prerequisite: Complete all previous nursing courses, Junior or Senior status required