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NURS 2381 Special Topics

Prerequisite(s): Approval of the Department of Nursing and any other nursing courses as advised.

Topics are selected on basis of student need and academic qualifications of staff. If regular lectures are not given, a minimum of 30 hours of work for each hour credit must be included. This course may be repeated for credit.

NURS 3000 Core Nursing Competencies Lab

Corequisite(s): NURS 3500 .
Recommended Concurrent Course(s): NURS 3309 and NURS 3423/NURS 3023 and NURS 3305 or NURS 3316 if not already taken.
Fee(s): Nursing Lab fee & Malpractice Insurance Fee.

Core Nursing Competencies lab focuses on the introduction to the role of the professional nurse as a provider of patient-centered care with concepts that include instructions and application of nursing psychomotor skills. .

NURS 3001 Adult Health I Clinical

Corequisite(s): NURS 3501 .
Recommended Concurrent Course(s): NURS 3510 and NURS 3010 and NURS 4405 and NURS 4005.
Fee(s): Nursing Lab fee & Malpractice Insurance Fee .

This clinical course accompanies NURS 3501, the didactic course to prepare students to become nurses who provide patient centered care as members of inter-professional teams and advocate for patient safety in acute care environments for adults experiencing acute and chronic medical-surgical health issues. Students apply systematic approaches, evidence-based practice, and therapeutic interventions for providing care to promote and restore health in clients. The course incorporates clinical reasoning and clinical judgment, scope of practice, and standards of nursing care as well as legal and ethical principles. .

NURS 3005 Adult Health II Clinical

Corequisite(s): NURS 3505 .
Recommended Concurrent Course(s): NURS 4415 and NURS 4015 and NURS 4407 and NURS 4007.
Fee(s): Nursing Lab fee .

This clinical course accompanies NURS 3505, the didactic course to prepare students to become nurses who provide patient centered care as members of inter-professional teams and advocate for patient safety in acute care environments for adults experiencing acute and chronic medical-surgical health issues. Students apply systematic approaches, evidence-based practice and therapeutic interventions for providing care to promote and restore health in clients. The course incorporates clinical reasoning and clinical judgment, scope of practice, and standards of nursing care as well as legal and ethical principles.

NURS 3010 Mental Health Nursing Clinical

Corequisite(s): NURS 3510 .
Recommended Concurrent Course(s): NURS 3501 and NURS 3001 and NURS 4405 and NURS 4005 and NURS 3305 if not already taken.
Fee(s): Nursing Lab Fee.

This clinical course accompanies NURS 3510, the didactic course that prepares students to become nurses who provide patient-centered care as members of inter-professional teams and advocate for patient safety when providing care for persons with mental health problems. Students learn systematic approaches, basic skills, and professional attitudes for providing care and evidence-based therapeutic interventions used to promote mental health in clients. The course incorporates clinical reasoning and clinical judgment, scope of practice, and standards of nursing care as well as legal and ethical principles for mental health nursing practice.

NURS 3023 Health Assessment Lab

Corequisite(s): NURS 3423 .
Recommended Concurrent Course(s): NURS 3309 and NURS 3500 and NURS 3000 and NURS 3305.
Fee(s): Nursing Lab Fee .

In this laboratory course, students learn and practice the assessment skills and identification of cues of health and well-being and differentiate between normal findings, normal variations and abnormal findings when performing assessments in a variety of settings. This is a lab for an accompanying 4 semester hour course. .

NURS 3181 Special Topics

Prerequisite(s): None.

Topics are selected on basis of student need and academic qualifications of staff. If regular lectures are not given, a minimum of 30 hours of work for each hour credit must be included. This course may be repeated for credit.

NURS 3305 Informatics and Evidence Based Practice

Traditional BSN Prerequisite(s): NURS 3316.
RN-BSN-MSN Prerequisite(s): Unencumbered RN license and admission into RN-BSN-MSN Program.

This course introduces the student to the use of technology used in healthcare for administrative, clinical, and facility needs. Students will learn the principles of nursing research and its relationship to nursing science and evidenced based practice. Students are expected to critique research and determine its applicability for evidenced-based practice. Additionally, the application of ethics and advocacy for human subjects, as essential components of the nursing role, will be integrated into the course to support the improvement of health and healthcare. This course can be taken in the first or second semester of the BSN program.

NURS 3309 Pharmacology

Traditional BSN Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1414 and BIOL 2304 and BIOL 2314 and CHEM 1404 and PSYC 1313 and PSYC 2301 and PSYC 3313 and at least 27 semester hours of Liberal Arts Core Requirements; admission to the nursing programs or Pre-Nursing Honor’s Student.
RN-BSN-MSN Prerequisite(s): Unencumbered RN license and admission into RN-BSN-MSN Program.
Traditional BSN Recommended Course(s): NURS 3500 and NURS 3000 and NURS 3423 and NURS 3023 and NURS 3305 or 3316 if not already taken.
Traditional BSN Fee(s): ATI Fee.

This course is designed to assist students in preparing for clinical experiences by applying concepts of assessment, pathophysiology, pharmacology, diagnostic and laboratory testing analysis, and therapeutic interventions to specific clinical situations. The course involves didactic, experiential teaching methods, and active learning experiences. In addition to preparing for clinical experiences, the course is designed to promote the development of critical and creative thinking, problem-solving, and time management skills. This course is also designed to assist the student with the math requirement for demonstrating competence in calculating medication dosages as well as providing the opportunity to comprehend pharmacological concepts and to be aware of the clinical applications of drugs to ensure optimal care of patients.

NURS 3316 Pathophysiology

Traditional BSN Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1414 and BIOL 1014 and BIOL 2304 and BIOL 2104 and BIOL 2314 and BIOL 2114 and must be a Pre-Nursing or Nursing student.
RN-BSN-MSN Prerequisite(s): Unencumbered RN license and admission into RN-BSN-MSN Program.
RN-BSN-MSN Fee(s): Malpractice Fee.

This course prepares students to describe the pathology of health conditions and apply pathophysiologic concepts to caring and healing practices when designing health care plans that promote optimal living across the lifespan. The manifestations of pathology form a basis for health assessment. Synthesis of pathophysiology with levels of health promotion and prevention provides rationale for case management priorities.

NURS 3400 Core Nursing Competencies

Prerequisite(s): NURS 3322 and (Entry into the Nursing Program or Pre-Nursing Honor’s Student).
Corequisite(s): NURS 3000.
Fee(s): Nursing Lab Fee.

This course prepares students to become inter-professional care providers while advocating for patient safety across the lifespan. Students are provided in-depth theoretical knowledge, numeracy, kinesthetics, and the application of therapeutic skills that support health. Emphasis will be place on a holistic understanding of individual health experience of illness within the context of primary, secondary, and tertiary care.

NURS 3401 Adult Health I

Prerequisite(s): NURS 3314 and Receipt of Pass on Novice Checkpoint.
Corequisite(s): NURS 3001.
Fee(s): None.

This course prepares students to become inter-professional care providers while advocating for patient safety for adults and families experiencing acute and chronic illness. Students will examine critical understanding and clinical judgment in a variety of medical surgical contexts.

NURS 3405 Adult Health II

Prerequisite(s): NURS 3410/3010.
Corequisite(s): NURS 3005.
Fee(s): None.

This course prepares students to become inter-professional care providers while advocating for patient safety for adults and families experiencing acute and chronic illness. This course builds on prior content where students will continue to examine critical understanding and clinical judgment in a variety of medical surgical contexts.

NURS 3410 Mental Health Nursing

Prerequisite(s): NURS 3322 and Entry into the Nursing Program.
Corequisite(s): NURS 3010.
Fee(s): None.

This course prepares students to become inter-professional care providers while advocating for patient safety for adults and families experiencing acute and chronic mental illness. Students will examine critical understanding and clinical judgment in a variety of mental health care contexts.

NURS 3423 Health Assessment

Traditional BSN Prerequisite(s): MATH 1313 and BIOL 1414 and BIOL 1014 and BIOL 2304 and BIOL 2104 and BIOL 2314 and BIOL 2114 and CHEM 1404 and CHEM 1004 and PSYC 1313 and PSYC 2301 and PSYC 3313, at least 27 semester hours of Liberal Arts Core Requirements; admission to the nursing programs.
RN-BSN-MSN Prerequisite(s): NURS 3305 and NURS 3309 and NURS 3316.
Traditional BSN Corequisite(s): NURS 3023.
Traditional BSN Recommended Concurrent Course(s): NURS 3309 and NURS 3500 and NURS 3000 and NURS 3305 or NURS 3316 if not already taken.
Traditional BSN Fee(s): ATI Fee.

This course prepares students to conduct lifespan assessments that integrate concepts of growth and development. The student should be able to identify cues of health and well-being and differentiate between normal findings, normal variations and abnormal findings when performing assessments in a variety of settings. This is a four-semester hour course with an accompanying lab.

NURS 3500 Core Nursing Competencies

Prerequisite(s): BIOL 1414 and BIOL 1014 and BIOL 2304 and BIOL 2104 and BIOL 2314 and BIOL 2114 and CHEM 1404 and CHEM 1004 and NURS 3316 and PSYC 1313 and PSYC 2301 and PSYC 3313 and at least 27 semester hours of Liberal Arts Core Requirements; admission to the nursing programs.
Corequisite(s): NURS 3000.
Recommended Concurrent Course(s): NURS 3309 and NURS 3423 and NURS 3023 and NURS 3305 or NURS 3316 if not already taken.
Fee(s): ATI Fee and Clinical Placement Fee.

Core Nursing Competencies introduces nursing principles that underpin future clinical practice. Students are introduced to the role of the professional nurse as provider of patient-centered care, patient safety advocate, member of an interprofessional team, and member of the profession. Emphasis is on mechanisms of disease and how the nursing process facilitates systematic evidence-based individualized nursing care. Core Nurse Competencies incorporates the concepts of clinical reasoning and judgment, scope of practice, standards of care, patient-teaching, legal and ethical principles, and informatics through the use of the electronic health record. This is a five-semester hour course with an accompanying lab.

NURS 3501 Adult Health I

Prerequisite(s): NURS 3316 and NURS 3309 and NURS 3500 and NURS 3000 and NURS 3423 and NURS 3023.
Corequisite(s): NURS 3001.
Recommended Concurrent Course(s): NURS 3510 and NURS 3010 and NURS 4405 and NURS 4005 and NURS 3305 if not already taken.
Fee(s): ATI Fee.

This course prepares students to become nurses who provide patient-centered care as members of inter-professional teams and advocate for patient safety in acute care environments for adults experiencing acute and chronic medical-surgical health issues. Students apply systematic approaches, evidence-based practice, and therapeutic interventions for providing care to promote and restore health in clients. The course incorporates clinical reasoning and clinical judgment, scope of practice, and standards of nursing care as well as legal and ethical principles. This is a five-semester hour course with an accompanying clinical.

NURS 3505 Adult Health II

Prerequisite(s): NURS 3501 and NURS 3001 and NURS 3316 and NURS 3309 and NURS 3500 and NURS 3000 and NURS 3423 and NURS 3023 and NURS 3305 and NURS 3510 and NURS 3010 and NURS 4405 and NURS 4005.
Corequisite(s): NURS 3005.
Recommended Concurrent Course(s): NURS 4415 and NURS 4015 and NURS 4407 and NURS 4007.
Fee(s): ATI Fee and Clinical Placement Fee.

This course builds upon NURS 3501 and NURS 3001 to prepare students to become nurses who provide patient-centered care as members of inter-professional teams and advocate for patient safety in acute care environments for adults experiencing acute and chronic medical-surgical health issues. Students apply systematic approaches, evidence-based practice, and therapeutic interventions for providing care to promote and restore health in clients. The course incorporates clinical reasoning and clinical judgment, scope of practice, and standards of nursing care as well as legal and ethical principles. This is a five semester hour course with an accompanying clinical.

NURS 3510 Mental Health Nursing

Prerequisite(s): NURS 3309 and NURS 3316 and NURS 3500 and NURS 3000 and NURS 3423 and NURS 3023.
Corequisite(s): NURS 3010.
Recommended Concurrent Course(s): NURS 3501 and NURS 3001 and NURS 4405 and NURS 4005 and NURS 3305 if not already taken.
Fee(s): ATI Fee.

This course prepares students to become nurses who provide patient-centered care as members of inter-professional teams and advocate for patient safety when providing care for persons with mental health problems. Students learn systematic approaches, basic skills, and professional attitudes for providing care and evidence-based therapeutic interventions used to promote mental health in clients. The course incorporates clinical reasoning and clinical judgment, scope of practice, and standards of nursing care as well as legal and ethical principles for mental health nursing practice. This course is a five semester hour course with an accompanying clinical.

NURS 4005 Obstetric Nursing Clinical

Corequisite(s): NURS 4405 .
Recommended Concurrent Course(s): NURS 3501 and NURS 3001 and NURS 3510 and NURS 3010 and NURS 3305 if not already taken.
Fee(s): Nursing Lab Fee.

This clinical course accompanies the didactic course, NURS 4405, to prepare students to become nurses who provide patient- centered care as members of inter-professional teams and advocate for patient safety in healthy and complex childbearing environments. Students analyze the application of systematic approaches, evidence-based practice, and therapeutic interventions for providing care to promote and restore health in child bearing clients and neonates. The course integrates clinical reasoning and clinical judgment, scope of practice, and standards of nursing care as well as legal and ethical principles. This course is a clinical with a corresponding didactic course. .

NURS 4006 Critical Care Across the Lifespan Clinical

Corequisite(s): NURS 4506 .
Recommended Concurrent Course(s): NURS 4310 and NURS 4417 and NURS 4017.
Fee(s): Nursing Lab Fee & Malpractice Insurance Fee .

This clinical course accompanies the didactic course, NURS 4506, which prepares students to transition to the role of professional nurses who provide patient-centered care as members of inter-professional teams and advocate for patient safety in critical care environments. Students analyze the application of systematic approaches, evidence-based practice, and therapeutic interventions for providing care to promote and restore health in critically ill clients. The course adapts clinical reasoning and clinical judgment, scope of practice, and standards of nursing care as well as legal and ethical principles to the complex, critical or life-threatening needs. This course is a clinical with a corresponding didactic course.

NURS 4007 Pediatric Nursing Clinical

Corequisite(s): NURS 4407 .
Recommended Concurrent Course(s): NURS 3505 and NURS 3005 and NURS 4415 and NURS 4015.
Fee(s): Nursing Lab Fee & Malpractice Insurance Fee .

This clinical course accompanies the didactic course, NURS 4407, to prepare students to become nurses who provide patient- centered care as members of inter-professional teams and advocate for patient safety in families and their children in acute care environments. Students analyze the application of systematic approaches, evidence-based practice, and therapeutic interventions for providing care to promote and restore health in pediatric clients. The course integrates clinical reasoning and clinical judgement, scope of practice, and standards of nursing care as well as legal and ethical principles. This course is a clinical with a corresponding didactic course. .

NURS 4015 Community Population Health Clinical

Corequisite(s): NURS 4415 .
Recommended Concurrent Course(s): NURS 3505 and NURS 3005 and NURS 4407 and NURS 4007.
Fee(s): Nursing Lab Fee .

This clinical course accompanies the didactic course, NURS 4415, to prepare students to become nurses who provide population health care as members of inter-professional teams and advocate for safety for diverse populations and communities. Students analyze the application of systematic approaches, evidence-based practice, and therapeutic interventions for providing care to promote and restore health in communities and populations. Students assess the community to determine healthcare needs and gaps in access to care and propose actions to promote diversity, equity and inclusion. The course integrates clinical reasoning and clinical judgment, scope of practice, and standards of nursing care as well as legal and ethical principles. This is the clinical course accompanying NURS 4415. .

NURS 4017 Nursing Leadership Clinical

Corequisite(s): 4417.
Recommended Concurrent Course(s): NURS 4310 and NURS 4506 and NURS 4006.
Fee(s): Nursing Lab Fee.

This course transitions students to become professional nurses who are members of and leaders within inter-professional teams and advocate for patient safety across the lifespan. Emphasis will be placed on the appraising the changing healthcare environment, and factors that influence, the profession, healthcare, and professional nursing practice in relation to diversity, equity, and inclusion in population health. This is the clinical course accompanying NURS 4417.

NURS 4181 Special Topics

Prerequisite(s): None.

Topics are selected on basis of student need and academic qualifications of staff. If regular lectures are not given, a minimum of 30 hours of work for each hour credit must be included. This course may be repeated for credit.

NURS 4281 Special Topics

Prerequisite(s): None.

The student will select a special problem or interest area in nursing for intensive study. Written objectives and methodology are submitted to the instructor and department chairman for approval to register for this course. This course may be repeated for credit.

NURS 4310 Transition to Practice

Prerequisite(s): NURS 4405 and NURS 4005 and NURS 4407 and NURS 4007 and NURS 4415 and NURS 4015 and NURS 3309 and NURS 3316 and NURS 3500 and NURS 3000 and NURS 3423 and NURS 3023 and NURS 3305 and NURS 3501 and NURS 3001 and NURS 3510 and NURS 3010 and NURS 3505 and NURS 3005.
Recommended Concurrent Course(s): NURS 4417 and NURS 4017 and NURS 4506 and NURS 4006  .
Fee(s): ATI Fee.

Students will examine concepts and apply critical understanding and clinical judgment in a variety of healthcare contexts using case scenarios and Simulation technology. This course builds on all content and experiences and to prepare for the transition into licensed practice. The course integrates professional preparedness and career planning. .

NURS 4312 Care of Vulnerable Populations

RN to BSN Prerequisite(s): Unencumbered RN license and formal acceptance into the RN to BSN program.
RN to BSN Corequisite(s): None.

Students apply concepts of epidemiology to determine the factors that contribute to vulnerability in individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations. Students will examine (a) health norms for the elder population based on age, gender, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status in order to determine the major health problems and surveillance issues and (b) research methodologies/approaches/models that are employed to improve health outcomes for vulnerable aging populations. Students will also be expected to use communication skills and education theory to plan and present health information to promote health of a population. Critical thinking and mathematical skills will be developed in using a statistical approach to assessing and evaluating health outcomes. Concepts of health promotion and disease prevention serve as a basis for analyzing recommendations for health programming.

NURS 4381 Special Topics/Independent Study

The student will select a special problem or interest area in nursing for intensive study. Written objectives and methodology are submitted to the instructor and department chairman for approval to register for this course.

NURS 4405 Obstetric Nursing

Prerequisite(s): NURS 3309 and NURS 3316 and NURS 3500 and NURS 3000 and NURS 3423 and NURS 3023.
Corequisite(s): NURS 4005 .
Recommended Concurrent Course(s): NURS 3501 and NURS 3001 and NURS 3510 and NURS 3010 and NURS 3305 if not already taken.
Fee(s): ATI Fee.

This course prepares students to become nurses who provide patient-centered care as members of interprofessional teams and advocate for patient safety in healthy and complex childbearing environments. Students analyze the application of systematic approaches, evidence-based practice, and therapeutic interventions for providing care to promote and restore health in childbearing clients and neonates. The course integrates clinical reasoning and clinical judgement, scope of practice, and standards of nursing care as well as legal and ethical principles. This is a four semester course with an accompanying clinical. .

NURS 4406 Critical Care Across the Lifespan

Prerequisite(s): NURS 4408/4008.
Corequisite(s): NURS 4006.
Fee(s): None.

This course prepares students to become inter-professional care providers while advocating for patient safety for clients experiencing injury, unstable, life-threatening, and/or complex illness across the lifespan. This course builds on prior content where students will continue to examine critical understanding and clinical judgment in a variety of healthcare contexts.

NURS 4407 Pediatric Nursing

Prerequisite(s): NURS 3501 and NURS 3001 NURS 3316 and NURS 3309 and NURS 3500 and NURS 3000 and NURS 3423 and NURS 3023 and NURS 3305 and NURS 3510 and NURS 3010 and NURS 4405 and NURS 4005.
Corequisite(s): NURS 4007 .
Recommended Concurrent Course(s): NURS 3505 and NURS 3005 and NURS 4415 and NURS 4015.
Fee(s): ATI Fee.

This course prepares students to become nurses who provide patient-centered care as members of inter-professional teams and advocate for safety in families and their children in acute care environments. Students analyze the application of systematic approaches, evidence-based practice, and therapeutic interventions for providing care to promote and restore health in pediatric clients. The course integrates clinical reasoning and clinical judgment, scope of practice, and standards of nursing care as well as legal and ethical principles. This is a four-semester hour course with an accompanying clinical. .

NURS 4410 Transition to Practice

Prerequisite(s): NURS 4408 and NURS 4008 and NURS 4415 and NURS 4015.
Corequisite(s): NURS 4010.

This course prepares students to become inter-professional care providers while advocating for patient safety for adults and families across the lifespan. Students will examine concepts and apply critical understanding and clinical judgment in a variety of healthcare contexts using case scenarios and Simulation technology. This course builds on all content and prepares for the transition into licensed practice.

NURS 4415 Community Population Health

Traditional BSN Prerequisite(s): NURS 3501 and NURS 3001 and NURS 3510 and NURS 3010 and NURS 4405 and NURS 4005 and NURS 3316 and NURS 3309 and NURS 3500 and NURS 3000 and NURS 3423 and NURS 3023 and NURS 3305.
RN-BSN-MSN Prerequisite(s): NURS 3423.
Traditional BSN Corequisite(s): NURS 4015 .
Traditional BSN Recommended Concurrent Course(s): NURS 3505 and NURS 3005 and NURS 4407 and NURS 4007.
Traditional BSN Fee(s): ATI Fee.

This course prepares students to become nurses who provide population health care as members of inter-professional teams and advocate for safety for diverse populations and communities. Students analyze the application of systematic approaches, evidence-based practice, and therapeutic interventions for providing care to promote and restore health in communities and populations. Students assess the community to determine healthcare needs and gaps in access to care and propose actions to promote diversity, equity and inclusion. The course integrates clinical reasoning and clinical judgment, scope of practice, and standards of nursing care as well as legal and ethical principles. This is a four-semester hour course that requires clinical experience.  .

NURS 4416 Professional Issues in Nursing

Prerequisite(s):NURS 4408 and NURS 4008 and NURS 4415 and NURS 4015.
Corequisite(s): NURS 4016.

This course prepares students to become inter-professional care providers while advocating for patient safety across the lifespan. Emphasis will be placed on the appraising the changing healthcare environment, and factors that influence, the profession, healthcare, and professional nursing practice.

NURS 4417 Nursing Leadership

Traditional BSN Prerequisite(s): NURS 3500 and NURS 3000 and NURS 3505 and NURS 3005 and NURS 3510 and NURS 3010 and NURS 4405 and NURS 4005 and NURS 4407 and NURS 4007 and NURS 4415 and NURS 4015 and NURS 3309 and NURS 3316 and NURS 3305 and NURS 3501 and NURS 3001 and NURS 3423 and NURS 3023.
RN-BSN-MSN Prerequisite(s): NURS 4415.
Traditional BSN Corequisite(s): NURS 4017.
Traditional BSN Recommended Concurrent Course(s): NURS 4310 and NURS 4506 and NURS 4006.
Traditional BSN Fee(s): ATI Fee.

This course transitions students to become professional nurses on inter-professional teams while advocating for patient safety across the lifespan. Emphasis will be placed on evaluating the evolving healthcare environment and the factors influencing the profession, healthcare systems, and professional nursing practice, with particular attention to diversity, equity, and inclusion in population health. This is a four-semester hour course that requires clinical experience.

NURS 4424 Nursing in the Community/Nursing the Community

RN to BSN Prerequisite(s): Unencumbered RN license and formal acceptance into the RN to BSN program  .
RN to BSN Corequisite(s): None .

Students analyze historical trends and characteristics and factors that have impacted community health nursing and contributed to community health issues. Students compare and contrast the professional nursing roles in the community and apply theories, models, and principles to community health nursing practice. Opportunities are provided to use systematic approaches to identify health needs to groups and populations and promote health in the community. This is a four-semester hour course with an accompanying clinical.

NURS 4506 Critical Care Across the Lifespan

Prerequisite(s): NURS 3501 and NURS 3001 and NURS 3505 and NURS 3005 and NURS 3510 and NURS 3010 and NURS 4405 and NURS 4005 and NURS 4407 and NURS 4007 and NURS 4415 and NURS 4015 and NURS 3309 and NURS 3316 and NURS 3305 and NURS 3501 and NURS 3001 and NURS 3423 and NURS 3023.
Corequisite(s): NURS 4006.
Recommended Concurrent Course(s): NURS 4310 and NURS 4417 and NURS 4017.
Fee(s): ATI Fee.

This course prepares students to transition to the role of professional nurses who provide patient-centered care as members of inter-professional teams and advocate for patient safety in critical care environments. Students analyze the application of systematic approaches, evidence-based practice, and therapeutic interventions for providing care to promote and restore health in critically ill clients. The course adapts clinical reasoning and clinical judgment, scope of practice, and standards of nursing care as well as legal and ethical principles to the complex, critical or life threatening needs. This is a five semester hour course with an accompanying clinical.

NURS 4564 Healthcare Administration for Nurses

RN to BSN Prerequisite(s): NURS 3309 and NURS 3322 and NURS 3414 and NURS 3423 and NURS 3023 and NURS 4394 and Unencumbered RN license and formal acceptance into the RN to BSN program .

This course focuses on professional issues in nursing, nursing management and the use of research in clinical practice as well as the study of health administration and leadership from the nurse’s perspective. Students develop an evidence-based practice project. The course is five semester hours, including clinical. This course is 40% didactic and 60% clinical. .

NURS 5000 FNP Adult Health I Clinical

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5306 .
Corequisite(s): NURS 5500  .
Fee(s): Graduate Nursing Lab Fee .

This course is the first of two that explores advanced studies in the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic illnesses in adult patient populations. A grade of “B” or above must be received in this course to progress in the Family Nurse Practitioner program. This course is 40% didactic and 60% clinical, including 135 clinical hours. .

NURS 5001 FNP Adult Health II Clinical

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5306 .
Corequisite(s): NURS 5501  .
Fee(s): Graduate Nursing Lab Fee .

This course is the second in a series of two courses that explores advanced studies in the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic illnesses in adult patient populations. A grade of “B” or above must be received in this course to progress in the Family Nurse Practitioner program. This course is 40% didactic and 60% clinical, including 135 clinical hours. .

NURS 5007 PNP Pediatric Health I Clinical

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5306 .
Corequisite(s): NURS 5507  .
Fee(s): Graduate Nursing Lab Fee .

This course is the first in a series of two that explores advanced studies in the diagnosis and management of pediatric acute and chronic illnesses. A grade of “B” or above must be received in this course to allow progression in the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner program. This course is 40% didactic and 60% clinical, including 135 clinical hours. .

NURS 5008 PNP Pediatric Health II Clinical

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5306.
Corequisite(s): NURS 5508  .
Fee(s): Graduate Nursing Lab Fee .

This course is the second in a series of two that explores advanced studies in the diagnosis and management of pediatric acute and chronic illnesses. A grade of “B” or above must be received in this course to allow progression in the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner program. This course is 40% didactic and 60% clinical, including 135 clinical hours. .

NURS 5023 Growth and Development Across the Lifespan Clinical

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5305.
Corequisite(s): NURS 5323  .
Fee(s): Graduate Nursing Lab Fee .

This course is designed to provide the learner with an in depth knowledge of growth and development, encompassing physical, cognitive, and psychosocial changes that occur from conception through late adulthood. This course will include an advanced studies in human development theories common to all people, as well as ways in which various patient populations differ from others. The learner will gain hands-on experience through precepted direct patient care of individuals within the context of family. Evidence- based practice is interwoven with practical applications to parenting, teaching, healthcare, and public policy. This course will provide didactic and advanced clinical practice with guidelines for health supervision of patients across the lifespan. This course has 81 hours of precepted clinical and is 40% didactic and 60% direct patient care, including 81 clinical hours. .

NURS 5035 FNP Woman’s Health Clinical

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5306 .
Corequisite(s): NURS 5335  .
Fee(s): Graduate Nursing Lab Fee .

This course provides studies in the diagnosis and management of woman’s health for advanced nursing practice. A grade of “B” or above must be received in this course to progress in the Family Nurse Practitioner program. This course is 40% didactic and 60% clinical, including 81 clinical hours. .

NURS 5036 FNP Pediatric Health Clinical

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5306 .
Corequisite(s): NURS 5336  .
Fee(s): Graduate Nursing Lab Fee .

This course provides advanced nursing practice studies in the diagnosis and management of common, acute and chronic illnesses in pediatric patient population. A grade of “B” or above must be received in this course to allow progression in the Family Nurse Practitioner program. This course is 40% didactic and 60% clinical, including 81 clinical hours. .

NURS 5207 Advanced Pediatric Health Assessment and Diagnostics

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5305 and NURS 5306.
Corequisite(s): NURS 5507 and NURS 5007.

This course builds on advanced health assessment knowledge with focus on the pediatric primary care patient population. Assessment strategies are reviewed along with ways to enhance age-specific approaches in the assessment of children and adolescents. Clinical techniques, including effective communication and diagnostic reasoning, are developed to provide appropriate care. This course also emphasizes well child care concepts and primary intervention within pediatric primary care.

NURS 5208 Common Issues in Pediatric Primary Care

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5207.
Corequisite(s): NURS 5508 and NURS 5008.

This course focuses on common pediatric primary care diagnoses, treatments, and care management. The role of the pediatric nurse practitioner within the primary care setting is discussed in detail to evaluate appropriate applications and methods utilized within the clinical setting. This course provides an opportunity for emphasis of effective communication strategies and implementation/management to optimize clinical decision making.

NURS 5229 Advanced Role

Prerequisite(s): (NURS 5501 and NURS 5001 and NURS 5336 and NURS 5036) or (NURS 5408 and NURS 5008).

This course introduces students to the professional and regulatory foundations of the nurse practitioner role. Students will explore the nurse practitioner’s scope of practice, state regulations, prescriptive authority, collaborative practice, and ethical and legal responsibilities. Students will also examine certification, licensure, credentialing, malpractice coverage, interdisciplinary teamwork, contract and salary negotiation, and the value of engagement in professional organizations.

NURS 5300 Theory Integration

RN-BSN-MSN Prerequisite(s): NURS 4415 and NURS 4417 and at least 40 semester hours of Liberal Arts Core Requirements.
MSN Prerequisite(s): Admission to MSN Program .

This course explores and analyzes theories and propositions from social, psychological, medical, nursing, and interpersonal relations as a foundation for advanced nursing science and research, practice, and scholarship.

NURS 5302 Leadership for Quality, Safety and Health Policy

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5309.

This course explores leadership principles and theories within complex organizations, emphasizing leadership styles and policy development to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in healthcare. Course content will include quality improvement models, processes, and tools to measure outcomes in a healthcare facility. Emphasis will be placed on the political, demographic, and economic forces that influence health policy and professional nursing practice. Ethical and legal dimensions of nursing practice and interprofessional relationships at an advanced level will be explored.

NURS 5303 Advanced Pathophysiology

Prerequisite(s): Admission to MSN Program .
Fee(s): APEA fee.

This course focuses on pathophysiological processes across the lifespan and the development of advanced clinical reasoning and clinical judgment skills that distinguish the relationships between normal physiology and specific system alterations produced by injury and disease. Particular attention will be given to etiology, pathogenesis, developmental and environmental influences, and clinical manifestations of major health problems.

NURS 5304 Advanced Pharmacology

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5303.
Fee(s): APEA fee.

This course provides the opportunity to acquire advanced knowledge and skills in the therapeutic use of pharmacologic agents. The pharmacologic treatment of major health problems will be explored. Principles of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and pharmacogenomics will be examined. The effects of culture, ethnicity, age, pregnancy, gender and funding on pharmacologic therapy will be emphasized. Legal aspects of prescribing will be fully addressed.

NURS 5305 Advanced Health Assessment

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5304.
Fee(s): MSN Malpractice Insurance Fee .

This course will build upon health assessment skills developed in the professional nurse’s basic educational program. The theoretical and clinical basis for assessment in advanced nursing practice will be developed. The process whereby the advanced practitioner utilizes comprehensive physical, psychosocial, and cultural assessment across the lifespan to gather specific data relevant to common health problems is demonstrated. Faculty and preceptors facilitate laboratory and clinical experiences, which focus on assessment of clients and presentation of findings in a variety of settings. This course requires clinical experience.

NURS 5306 Advanced Diagnostics and Skills

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5305.

This course will focus on managing complex healthcare problems through the development of evidence-based diagnostic and clinical decision-making skills. Participants evaluate the use of advanced diagnostic techniques in terms of best evidence, client values/beliefs, available resources, and clinical expertise. This course will also provide hands-on practice with the advanced skills needed in primary care. This class requires simulation/lab hours on campus or alternative location.

NURS 5307 Advanced Healthcare Informatics

RN-BSN-MSN Prerequisite(s): NURS 4415 and NURS 4417 and at least 40 semester hours of Liberal Arts Core Requirements.
MSN Prerequisite(s): Admission into the MSN Program.

This course will examine the core concepts, skills, and tools of nursing and health informatics, with a focus on how health information technologies support clinical decision making, patient safety, care quality, and patient-centered care practice. Emphasis is placed on applying informatics to improve care coordination, outcomes, and systems efficiency across healthcare settings.

NURS 5309 Research Integration

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5300.
Corequisite(s): None.

Students will learn to integrate appropriate research to assist in resolving clinical issues. Evidence-based practice will be utilized to include patient preferences and values as well as clinical expertise while integrating research data.

NURS 5311 Curriculum Development

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5309 and NURS 5305 and NURS 5300 and NURS 5303 and NURS 5302 and NURS 5304.

This course examines various classical and modern curriculum theorists as they apply to nursing curriculum development. Emphasis is placed on congruence between institutional mission, philosophy, and goals; professional standards; and needs and expectations of a program’s communities of interest. Students design a curriculum to meet the needs of a stated nursing role and setting. This course requires 90 hours of clinical experiences.

NURS 5312 Effective Teaching Strategies

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5302 and NURS 5425.

This course will incorporate a learner-centered approach to course development and instructional delivery. Assessment tools and strategies used to evaluate student learning will be emphasized. Students will demonstrate instructional techniques and strategies in the teaching of didactic competencies and clinical proficiencies based upon evidence-based teaching practices. This course requires clinical experience.

NURS 5313 Evaluation of Learning

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5411 and NURS 5412.

This course examines a variety of assessment models and techniques used to evaluate student classroom performance and clinical performance, instructor performance, and effectiveness of education programs. Students will design and execute assessment and evaluation plans, interpret assessment data and develop closing the loop activities. This course requires clinical experience.

NURS 5316 Leadership Roles and Operations

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5302 and NURS 5322.

This course will provide an introduction to the leadership role and operations in nursing service organizations. Included will be the study of leadership roles, styles, and their implications for the nurse leader. This course requires clinical experience.

NURS 5317 Leading Diverse Work Teams

Prerequisite(s): Completion of or concurrent enrollment in NURS 5302.
Corequisite(s): NURS 5017.

This course will provide information on human resource management and related factors in nursing service organizations.

NURS 5318 Healthcare Finance

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5302 and NURS 5322.

This course will introduce students to the fundamental concepts and skills necessary to be successful managers in the competitive healthcare environment. The course covers principles of healthcare economics, third party reimbursement, costing, budgets and budgeting, variance, economic evaluation methods, and healthcare trends. This course requires 10 hours of clinical experiences.

NURS 5319 Advanced Leadership for Health Policy and Quality

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5302.
Corequisite(s): None.

This course focuses on the legal, ethical, regulatory, and fiscal environment faced by nurse leaders. It enables the nurse leader to manage the ethical, legal, and regulatory issues facing healthcare organizations.

NURS 5322 Advanced Health Assessment and Leadership for Population Health

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5309 and NURS 5307.

This course will focus on health assessment of patient populations, including studies in epidemiology and vulnerable populations. Leadership skills will be developed for quality and safety management, disaster management and pandemic management. This course requires clinical experience. .

NURS 5323 Growth and Development Across the Lifespan

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5305.
Corequisite(s): NURS 5023 .
Fee(s): MSN Malpractice Insurance Fee .

This course is designed to provide the learner with an in-depth knowledge of growth and development, encompassing physical, cognitive, and psychosocial changes that occur from conception through late adulthood. This course will include advanced studies in human development theories common to all people, as well as ways in which various patient populations differ from others. The learner will gain hands-on experience through precepted direct patient care of individuals within the context of family. Evidence-based practice is interwoven with practical applications to parenting, teaching, healthcare, and public policy. This course will provide didactic and advanced clinical practice with guidelines for health supervision of patients across the lifespan. This course requires clinical experience.

NURS 5325 Role of the Educator

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5305 and NURS 5302.

This course will investigate the essential skills needed for the roles and responsibilities of the nurse educator, including facilitating learning, learner development, and socialization. Students will explore mechanisms for functioning within the educational movement. This course requires clinical experience.

NURS 5326 Healthcare Operations Immersion

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5316 and NURS 5318.

This course will explore competencies essential for organizational nursing leadership. Students will work with healthcare operations specialists to examine administrative, financial, legal and quality improvement activities necessary to run healthcare organizations and to support the core functions of treatment and payment. This course requires clinical experience.

NURS 5335 FNP Woman’s Health

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5306 and NURS 5323.
Corequisite(s): NURS 5035 .

This course provides studies in the diagnosis and management of women’s health issues for advanced nursing practice. This course requires clinical experience.

NURS 5336 FNP Pediatric Health

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5335 and NURS 5500 .
Corequisite(s): NURS 5036 .

This course provides advanced nursing practice in the diagnosis and management of common, acute and chronic illness in the pediatric patient population. This course requires clinical experience.

NURS 5381 Special Topics/Independent Study

Prerequisite(s): None.

Topics are selected on basis of student need and academic qualifications of staff. If regular lectures are not given, a minimum of 30 hours of work for each hour credit must be included.

NURS 5400 Organizational Theory and Culture

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5316 and NURS 5318.

This course will introduce organizational theory, culture, and principles of practice in the administration of nursing services and patient care. This course requires clinical experience.

NURS 5401 Nurse Leader Residency

Prerequisite(s): (NURS 5400 and NURS 5326) or NURS 5418.

This capstone course will provide the opportunity for the learner to integrate and practice the content from previous courses in various healthcare systems. This course requires clinical experience.

NURS 5402 Residency II

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5400, NURS 5000.
Corequisite(s): None.

This capstone course will provide the opportunity for the learner to integrate and practice the content from previous courses in various hospital systems. This course has a precepted clinical of 162 hours.

NURS 5405 PNP Acute Health I

Prerequisite(s): Entry into MSN program or approval by department.
Corequisite(s): NURS 5005.

This course will provide an introduction to the diagnosis and management of acute health issues in children and adolescents.

NURS 5406 PNP Acute Health II

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5405.
Corequisite(s): NURS 5006.

This course will build upon the diagnosis and treatment of acute health issues in children and adolescents in intensive care and emergent areas.

NURS 5407 PNP Pediatric Health I

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5306 and NURS 5323.
Corequisite(s): NURS 5007.
Fee(s): Amplify Fee.

This course is the first in a series of two that explores advanced studies in the diagnosis and management of pediatric well-child and acute illnesses. This course requires clinical experience.

NURS 5408 PNP Pediatric Health II

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5407 and NURS 5007.
Corequisite(s): NURS 5008 .

This course is the second in a series of two that explores advanced studies in the diagnosis and management of pediatric acute and chronic illness. This course requires clinical experience.

NURS 5410 Advanced Patho-Pharmacology

RN-BSN-MSN Prerequisite(s): NURS 4415 and NURS 4417 and at least 40 semester hours of Liberal Arts Core Requirements.
MSN Prerequisite(s): Admission into the MSN Program.

This course will explore physiological, pathophysiological, and pharmacologic processes to prepare nurses for roles in leadership and education.

NURS 5411 Curriculum Development

MSN Prerequisite(s): (NURS 5302 and NURS 5305) or NURS 5425.
Post Graduate Prerequisite(s): Admission into the Post Graduate program.

This course examines various classical and modern curriculum theorists as they apply to nursing curriculum development. Emphasis is placed on congruence between institutional mission, philosophy, and goals; professional standards; and needs and expectations of a program’s communities of interest. Students design a curriculum to meet the needs of a stated nursing role and setting. The course requires clinical experience.

NURS 5412 Effective Teaching & Evaluation Strategies

MSN Prerequisite(s): NURS 5302 and NURS 5425.
Post Graduate Prerequisite(s): admission into the Post Graduate program.

This course will incorporate a learner-centered approach to course development and instructional delivery. Assessment tools and strategies used to evaluate student learning will be emphasized. Students will demonstrate instructional techniques and strategies in the teaching of didactic competencies and clinical proficiencies based upon evidence-based teaching practices. This course requires clinical experience.

NURS 5413 Evaluation of Learning

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5411 and NURS 5412.

This course examines a variety of assessment models and techniques used to evaluate student classroom and clinical performance, instructor performance, and effectiveness of education programs. Students will design and execute assessment and evaluation plans, interpret assessment data, and develop closing the loop activities. This course requires clinical experience.

NURS 5416 Leadership Roles and Operations

MSN Prerequisite(s): NURS 5309 and NURS 5430.
Post Graduate Prerequisite(s): admission into the Post Graduate program.

This course will provide an introduction to the leadership role and operations in nursing service organizations. Included will be the study of leadership roles, styles, and their implications for the nurse leader. This course requires clinical experience.

NURS 5418 Healthcare Finance

MSN Prerequisite(s): NURS 5302 and NURS 5416.
Post Graduate Prerequisite(s): admission into the Post Graduate program.

This course will introduce students to the fundamental concepts and skills necessary to be successful managers in a competitive healthcare environment. The course covers principles of healthcare economics, third party reimbursement, costing, budgets and budgeting, variance, economic evaluation methods, and healthcare trends. This course requires clinical experience.

NURS 5420 Advanced Practicum

Prerequisite(s): (NURS 5501 and NURS 5306) or NURS 5408.
Fee(s): MSN Malpractice Fee.

This course provides students with opportunities to deliver advanced, evidence-based care in primary care clinics and other approved outpatient settings under the supervision of a preceptor. Students will be expected to integrate knowledge and skills gained in previous courses. This course requires clinical experience.

NURS 5421 Advanced Practicum II

Prerequisite(s): Approval of the Department of Nursing.

This course will provide the opportunity for the learner to integrate and practice the content from previous courses. This course is a precepted clinical of 180 hours. A grade of “B” or above must be received in this course to allow progression in the Nurse Practitioner program.

NURS 5424 Nurse Educator Residency

Prerequisite(s): (NURS 5312 and NURS 5313) or (NURS 5411 and NURS 5412).

This capstone course will provide the opportunity for the learner to integrate and practice the content from previous courses in various healthcare systems and/or academic settings. This course requires clinical experience.

NURS 5425 Role of the Educator

MSN Prerequisite(s): NURS 5309 and NURS 5430.
Post Graduate Prerequisite(s): admission into the Post Graduate program.

This course will investigate the essential skills needed for the roles and responsibilities of the nurse educator, including facilitating learning, learner development, and socialization. Students will explore mechanisms for functioning within the educational environment. This course requires clinical experience.

NURS 5426 Healthcare Operations Immersion

MSN Prerequisite(s): NURS 5418 and NURS 5400.
Post Graduate Prerequisite(s): admission into the Post Graduate program.

This course will explore competencies essential for organizational nursing leadership. Students will work with healthcare operations specialists to examine administrative, financial, legal and quality improvement activities necessary to run healthcare organizations and to support the core functions of treatment and payment. This course requires clinical experience.

NURS 5430 Advanced Pathophysiology-Pharmacology-Health Assessment

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5300 and NURS 5307.

This course provides advanced, integrated study of pathophysiology, pharmacology, and health assessment for nurses in leader and educator roles. Emphasis is placed on evidence-based application of physiologic, pharmacologic, and health concepts to support teaching, quality improvement, policy development, and system-level decision-making across diverse healthcare and/or educational settings.

NURS 5500 FNP Adult Health I

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5306 and NURS 5323.
Corequisite(s): NURS 5000 .
Fee(s): Amplify Fee.

This course is the first of two that explores advanced studies in the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic illnesses in adult patient populations. This course requires clinical experience.

NURS 5501 FNP Adult Health II

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5335 and NURS 5500.
Corequisite(s): NURS 5001 .

This course is the second in a series of two courses that explores advanced studies in the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic illnesses in adult patient populations. This course requires clinical experience.

NURS 5507 PNP Pediatric Health I

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5306 and NURS 5323.
Corequisite(s): NURS 5007.
Recommended Concurrent Course(s): NURS 5207.

This course is the first in a series of two that explores advanced studies in the diagnosis and management of pediatric acute and chronic illnesses. This course requires clinical experience.

NURS 5508 PNP Pediatric Health II

Prerequisite(s): NURS 5507 and NURS 5207.
Corequisite(s): NURS 5008.
Recommended Concurrent Course(s): NURS 5208.

This course is the second in a series of two that explores advanced studies in the diagnosis and management of pediatric acute and chronic illnesses. This course requires clinical experience.