NURSE 101      Introduction To Nursing
This introductory two-hour course is designed to facilitate role socialization into professional nursing. Beginning with a brief historical overview of professional nursing, nursing is defined and the philosophical and practice standards of the profession are discussed. The student explores nursing's image and power bases in relationship to professional accountabilities and roles. The value and tenets of evidence- based care are emphasized and integrated with use of nursing process in professional, reflective decision-making. A review of educational paths in professional nursing leads the student into a comprehensive survey of the multiple roles, responsibilities, and requisite skills of the professional nurse today and in the future. Prerequisites: None
Credits: 2 hours
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NURSE 120      Anatomy & Physiology I
This course examines the structure and function of the human body from the molecular to the organismal level as they interact among all body systems across the life span. Instructors also attempt to correlate course materials with the clinical aspects of the application of physiological knowledge. Co-requisite laboratory exercises provide practical application of theoretical concepts. In this first term of two-term course, molecular biology, biochemistry, cellular biology, and histology are studied as well as the integumentary, musculoskeletal, and nervous systems. Restrictions: Pre-nursing or Health Sciences students Offered: Fall
Credits: 4 hours
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NURSE 125      Medical Terminology
This course is designed to introduce the student to medical terminology. The major foci of this course are to acquaint the student in how medical terms are formed; how medical terms are applied to organs, body systems and pathological conditions; how common medical abbreviations are used; and how medical terminology is integrated into the medical record.
Credits: 1 hours
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NURSE 127      Drug Calculations
The drug calculation course is designed to introduce the student to methods of drug dosage calculation needed for medication administration in the health care setting. This course will review basic mathematical concepts, introduce medication specific terminology, discuss interpretation of medication orders, identify key elements of the medication label and enable the student to calculate appropriate and accurate drug dosages.
Credits: 1 hours
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NURSE 132      Introduction To Holistic Health Care: Medicinal Plants and Herbs
This course provides a hands on introduction to the practice of Holistic Health Care which promotes and preserves the health of clients by integrating traditional and non traditional healing modalities. Relevant to all health care providers and health care consumers, the content will cover medicinal plants and herbs and related topics.
Credits: hours
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NURSE 134      Introduction To The History Of Nursing: Beginning to 1880's
This course designed to give an introductiory examination of the rich and unique development of nursing as a discipline, profession, art, and science from a historical perspective. Past and present nursing issues will be identified and discussed. The social, philosophical, and political forces which have impacted the course of nursing history from Hippcrotes and Florence Nightingale to the 1880's will be examined.
Credits: hours
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NURSE 160      Anatomy And Physiology II
This course is a continuation of NURSE 120. CO-requisite laboratory exercises provide practical application of theoretical concepts. Physiologic systems including endocrine, cardiovascular, immune, respiratory, digestive, renal, and reproductive are studied as well as embryology and genetics. Prerequisite: Nurse 120 or HLSC 120
Credits: 4 hours
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NURSE 220      Fundamental Concepts & Skills
This course focuses on fundamental concepts, skills, and techniques that provide a foundation for clinical practice. The beginning student will identify factors that may influence the human system and applies the nursing process in health care setting using basic nursing interventions. This six credit hour course consists of four credit hours of didactic/discussion and two hours of clinical laboratory/lab.
Credits: 6 hours
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NURSE 230      Health Issues In Aging
This course focuses on promotion and maintenance of the health of the older adult population. The physiological and psychological domains, socio-cultural influences, legal and ethical issues, and health care resources pertaining to older adults will be explored. Assessments, problems and strengths, interventions, and outcomes specific to the older adult population are discussed. Opportunities are provided for interaction with the older population. Prerequisite: Admission into the BSN of BHS Program Offered: Fall
Credits: 2 hours
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NURSE 250      Health Assessment For Nursing Practice
This course is designed to provide a systematic approach to the physiological, psychological sociocultural, and developmental assessment of individuals emphasizing findings considered to be within normal limits. The health history is emphasized as a tool for assessing mental and physical status. This course is designed for the pre-licensure student. This course consists of three hours of supervised practice per week.
Credits: 3 hours
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NURSE 252      Human Growth And Development
This course provides a basic introduction to the theory for human growth and development across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed upon the biological and the psychosocial aspects of growth and development. Content is organized in a modified chronological order dividing information into major stages of growth and development across the lifespan.
Credits: 3 hours
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NURSE 256      Pharmacology
This is a course in pharmacology that builds on prior knowledge of anatomy, physiology, chemistry, microbiology and pathophysiology. The major focus of the course is the basic and clinical concepts of pharmacology in evidence-based care. This course covers drug knowledge in the areas of pharmacotherapeutics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, adverse reactions and contraindications, therapeutics indiciations and nursing implications.
Credits: 3 hours
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NURSE 262      Management Of Adult Health I
This medical-surgical course focuses on utilization of the nursing process to the specific illnesses of the adult client in the the acute care setting. High volume disease processes with associated nursing care are emphasized. The effects on the individual as a holistic system are explored. Skills are developed in caring for persons with biological, psychological and social system alterations to facilitate optimal client outcomes. This five credit hours course consists of three hours of didactic/discussion and two hours clinical/ lab (120 hours).
Credits: 5 hours
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NURSE 342      Legal & Ethical Issues
This course is designed to investigate medical-legal issues and explore the implications that legal intervention and interpretation as well as litigation have on the scope of nursing practice and the delivery of patient care. Ethical standards of nursing practice and diverse individual and group values are explored, and various ethical systems, concepts and principles used in ethical decision making are introduced. Prerequisites: Admission to the Nursing Major or BSN Completion Program Offered: Fall
Credits: 2 hours
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NURSE 345      Quantitative Analysis In The Health Sciences
This course focuses upon the skills required for the utilization of scientific findings in evidence-based care. The conceptual basis of descriptive and the inferential statistics found in the properties of the normal distribution, comprise the core of these skills. Using the normal distribution as a structure for understanding descriptive and inferential procedures, the course presents information necessary to the selection, computation and interpretation of basic statistics relevant to evidence based-care in the health sciences. Discussions of variables, measurement and tabular and graphic presentation of data precede the development of computation skills.
Credits: 3 hours
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NURSE 346      Women's Health in the Community
This two credit hour elective course (three credit hours with instructor consent) will introduce students to the social and personal health concerns of women. The web-based course will examine health issues which women encounter across the lifespan. Each issue will be examined from a traditional and a woman-centered perspective. Emphasis will be placed on caring for women within a holistic framework and recognizing how ethnocultural background, socioeconomic status, age, gender, and gender roles can affect their lives and their health status. Students will integrate biopsychosocial concepts of wellness, health risk identification, and health promotion.Prerequisites: Minimum sophomore standing.Semester Offered: Various.
Credits: 2,3 hours
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NURSE 356      Spanish for Health Care Pre-Professionals
This course will focus on conversational Spanish, medical terminology in Spanish and written/read Spanish. This course will provide the student with basic knowledge that will allow basic communication with patients who speak/read/write Spanish. This is a fast paced course and will require practice of the language outside of the classroom in order to master the material presented.
Credits: 3 hours
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NURSE 359      Introduction To International Health Care
This course is designed to introduce students to the health care issues found in other countries with a focus on low-and middle-income countries. Students will study philosophical, system and cultural aspects of health care and will be expected to compare health care in the United States with other nations.
Credits: 1-3 hours
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NURSE 360      Management Of Mental Health
This course is designed to introduce the student to psychiatric mental health nursing through the study of sound psychiatric nursing theory, therapeutic and clinical applications across the treatment contuinuum and the lifespan. This couse will focus on the dynamics of the nursing process framework, the establishment and maintenance of a therapeutic nurse-client relationship and the dignity of each person. Emphasis will be placed on assessment, therepeutic communication, neurobiological theory, pharmacology and the individual as a whole person. Nursing interventions will focus on all aspects of client care, communication, client/family teaching, and community resources and their practical application in a variety of clinical settings. Content will be arraged around the major caterories identified in the DSM-IV-TR and current social and emotionl concerns including mental health settings, e.g. grief and loss, anger and aggression, abuse and violence. This four credit hour course consists of two hours of didactic/discussion and two hours of clinical/lab. Prerequisites: NURSE 342, 344, 366.
Credits: 4 hours
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NURSE 362      Management Of Adult Health II
This medical-surgical course focuses on application of the nursing process to the delivery and the management of adult clients across the care continum. This course builds on Adult Health I content to include high risk disease processes with associated nursing care. Emphasis is placed on the interaction between the client, family, nursing and the environment to result in optimal client outcomes. This five hour credit course consists of three hours of didactic/ discussion and two hours of clinical lab.Prerequisites: NURSE 342, NURSE 364, NURSE 366
Credits: 5 hours
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