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NURS-009   ASSISTANTS IN RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

An opportunity to assist researchers in carryingout health related research.1 credit. (EL)

Location: PTD

NURS-010   CREATIVE STRESS MANAGEMENT

Education in simple, specialized techniques formind calming and body relaxation; assessment ofindividual and environmental stressors;problem-solving strategies that foster analytical,critical, and creative thinking as well asintuitive processes; stress manaagement skills inthe clinical setting.1 credit. (EL)

Location: PTD

NURS-015   HEALTH CARE TERMINOLOGY

Introduction to the principles of health careterminology.1 credit. (EL)

Location: PTD

NURS-020   DOSAGE CALCULATIONS

Focus on critical thinking in relation to dosagecalculation. Practice with conversions betweenmetric, apothecary, and household measurements.Oral, parenteral, and intravenous dosages for boththe adult and the pediatric client.1 credit. (EL)

Location: PTD

NURS-025   TESTING SKILLS FOR THE NCLEX-RN EXAM

Preparation for Senior Review Course. Assessmentof baseline English, math, and/or test takingabilities. Individualized remediation.
Prerequisite: senior standing. 1 credit. (EL)

Location: PTD

NURS-030   SPANISH HEALTHCARE TERMINOLOGY

Spanish vocabulary and discursive structuresutilized in health professions for basiccommunication and client assessment. Previousknowledge of basic Spanish languagevocabulary and structures recommended.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor.1 credit

Location: PTD

NURS-040   COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES

Community service activity focused on assistingagencies that provide health services necessaryfor the well-being of the community.1 credit. (EL)

Location: PTD

NURS-050   EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING CENTER STUDENT MENTOR

Provides student opportunity to learn and developmentoring skills (how to coach, reinforcelearning, and support nursing students who arelearning clinical skills). May be taken threetimes for credit. 1 credit.

Location: PTD

NURS-060   GRADUATE CAREER OPPORTUNIES IN NURSING

Exploration of career opportunities in nursing practice, education, administration, and research available with graduate degreeds in nursing.1 credit

Location: PTD

NURS-090   COMPUTER SKILLS IN NURSING

Introductory skills in the use of computers, withapplications useful to the practice of nursing.1 credit. (EL)

Location: PTD

NURS-103   SOCIALIZATION INTO NURSING: FOUNDATIONS FOR REFLECTIVE NURSING PRACTICE

Preparation for reflective nursing practice byincreasing student self-awareness and examiningnursing contexts, professional values, ways ofbeing, and basic concepts.
Prerequisite: admission to the Nursing major.3 credits (WI)

Location: PTD

NURS-106L   SOCIALIZATION INTO NURSING: HELPING Role of the Nurse Lab/Clinical



Location: PTD

NURS-130   SUBSTANCE ABUSE ISSUES FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

Exploration of substance abuse issues with individuals and their families. Emphasis on the role of the health care professional as part of an interdisciplinary team. 3 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-195   HLTH CARE PRSPECTVS:DEATH/DYING

Findings, theories, and nursing skills related todeath, dying, and bereavement, with attention tovalues and ethical questions, as well astechnological, social, economic, and politicalissues.3 credits. (UQ)

Location: PTD

NURS-223   NURSING CARE OF CLIENTS IN THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY

Professional nursing care of Hispanic population. Focus on topics such as religion, access, communication, economics, and politics in relation to health. Application in a local Hispanic community setting. Enrollment limited by practicum space.
Prerequisites: 213, 206. Spanish language skills useful, but not required. 4 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-240   NURSING PERSPECTIVES ON SURVIVORS OF VIOLENCE

The survivor's experience of violence, with emphasis on developing self-awareness as an essential component of providing nursing care to survivors of violence. 2 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-241   BRAIN, MIND, AND SOCIETY

Focuses on the interplay of neurological processes that influence individual thought, emotion, and behavior in concert with social and environmental demands. This course is not offered to students who have completed PSYC 182 or 325 or 382. Offered spring of odd-numbered years. 3 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-245   EVOLUTION OF NURSING

Exploration of selected aspects of nursing history, including the contributions of religious orders and culturally and ethnically diverse nurses, and their effects on contemporary nursing. 3 credits. (VP)

Location: PTD

NURS-250   CRITICAL THINKING IN HEALTH CARE: BECOMING A REFLECTIVE SKEPTIC

Meaning and application of critical thinking in personal and professional life. Emphasis on becoming critical thinkers, recognizing errors in thinking, and evaluating ideas, using critical incidents. 3 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-291   HOLISTIC NRSG:PRACTICING HLTHY LVNG

Theories and concepts necessary for understanding holistic principles. Recognition that holism is a way of being. Application of holistic principles in students' personal and professional roles. 3 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-302   Traditional & Non-Traditional Healing Practices in Mexico

Investigation of Mexican beliefs about health and illness in the state of Morelos. Language immersion, field trips to health care settings, and interaction with families as well as traditional and non-traditional health care providers.
Prerequisites: 103 and 106 and 1 year of Spanish language instruction or consent of the instructor. 4 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-305   FOUNDATIONS OF COMMUNITY-BASED NURSING PRACTICE

Foundational concepts of community-based nursing in preparation for reflective professional practice. Lecture/Discussion. Fees may apply. Generic Program: Semester 1.
Prerequisite: Admission to the School of Nursing. Corequisites: 315, 320, 335. 4 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-306   FOUNDATIONS OF COMMUNITY-BASED NURSING PRACTICE

Foundational concepts of community-based nursingin preparation for professional nursing practice.Includes professional communication skills foreffective working relationships with members ofthe healthcare team and diverse clients ininterdisciplinary settings. Lecture/discussion.Lab fees may apply.Accelerated Program: Semester 1.
Prerequisite: admission to the School of Nursing.Corequisites: 320, 336.4 credits

Location: PTD

NURS-309   TRANSITION TO PROFESSIONAL NURSING

A transition to baccalaureate nursing practice for the Registered Nurse student. Builds on previous knowledge and skills applicable to the practice of professional nursing. Fees may apply. R.N. to B.S.N. Program: Semester 1.
Prerequisite: Admission to the School of Nursing. 6 credits.

Location: ADP,PTD

NURS-311   CLINICAL NURSING SKILLS

Laboratory course focused on teaching and learningassessment as well as on technical skills requiredfor nursing care in a variety of settings.Essential content to be covered prior to beginningclinicals in 313, 316 and 318.
Prerequisites: Cumulative BSN GPA of at least 2.50and completion of 206, 208 and 213.Co-requisite: concurrent enrollment in 313, 316,or 318.2 credits lab

Location: PTD

NURS-311L   CLINICAL NURSING SKILLS



Location: PTD

NURS-312   FEMINIST ETHICS IN HEALTH CARE (CROSS- LISTED WITH PHIL 312)

See PHIL 312. 3 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-313   ILLNESS EXP: ADAPTING TO HLTH CHLLNGS

Discussion of nursing concepts related to chronic health challenges across the life span and in a variety of clinical settings. Includes nursing care, nutrition, pathophysiology, pharmacology, the meaning of illness and healing related to such concepts as chronicity, rehabilitation, comfort, wound healing, mobility, and elimination.
Prerequisites: Cumulative B.S.N. GPA of at least 2.50 and completion of 311. 6 credits (3 theory; 3 lab). (WI)

Location: PTD

NURS-313L   ILLNESS EXPERIENCES: ADAPTING TO HEALTH Challenges Clinical



Location: PTD

NURS-314   RESEARCH METHODS

Methods used in formulating and conductingresearch on problems arising within health care.3 credits (QR)

Location:

NURS-315   PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN DIVERSE COMMUNITIES

Preparation for professional practice including communicating with clients and collaborating with other professionals in interdisciplinary settings. Lecture/Discussion. Fees may apply. Generic Program: Semester 1.
Prerequisite: Admission to the School of Nursing. Corequisites: 305, 320, 335. R.N. to B.S.N. Program: Semester 1.
Prerequisite or corequisite: 309. 2 credits.

Location: PTD,ADP

NURS-316   ILLNESS EXPERIENCES: LIFE THREATENING HEALTH CHALLENGES

Discussion of nursing concepts related to lifethreatening crises and chronic health challengesacross the life span and in a variety of clinicalsettings. Includes nursing care, nutrition,pathophysiology, pharmacology, and meaning ofillness and healing related to selected conceptssuch as acuity, homeostasis, oxygenation,immunity, alteration in consciousness.
Prerequisites: Cumulative BSN GPA of at least 2.50and completion of 311.6 credits (3 theory; 3 lab)

Location: PTD

NURS-316L   ILLNESS EXPERIENCES: LIFE THREATENING Health Challenges Clinical



Location: PTD

NURS-317   PERINATAL NURSING

Professional nursing care of low-and high-risk perinatal families during the prenatal, intrapartal, postpartal, and neonatal period.
Prerequisite: 316. 4 credits (2 theory; 2 lab).

Location: PTD

NURS-318   MATERNAL-CHILD HLTH CHLLLNGS

Theory and practice of maternal-child nursing in a hospital setting. Includes the study of concepts of development, safety, communication, pain, fever, oxygenation, homeostasis, loss, and ethics as they relate to maternal-child health.
Prerequisites: Cumulative B.S.N. GPA of at least 2.50 and completion of 311. 4 credits. (2 theory; 2 lab).

Location: PTD

NURS-318L   MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CHALLENGES CLINICAL



Location: PTD

NURS-319   ADVANCED NURSING OF CHILDREN

Theory and practice in the provision of family centered care of children experiencing complex chronic health problems.
Prerequisite: 316. 4 credits (2 theory; 2 lab).

Location: PTD

NURS-320   SCHOLARSHIP OF NURSING

Concepts necessary to engage in evidence-based nursing practice including the research process and scholarly communication. Lecture/Discussion. Fees may apply. Generic Program: Semester 1.
Prerequisite: Admission to the School of Nursing. Corequisites: 305,315, 335. R.N. to B.S.N. Program: Semester 2.
Prerequisites: 309, 315. 3 credits. (QR)

Location: PTD,ADP

NURS-335   INTEGRATED EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING I

Skills for safe clinical nursing practice by using experiential learning in clinical and simulated laboratory settings that promotes integration of semester one concepts. Lecture/Discussion, lab.
$470 fee. Generic Program: Semester 1.
Prerequisite: Admission to the School of Nursing. Corequisites: 305, 315, 320. 6 credits (1 theory, 5 lab).

Location: PTD

NURS-336   INTEGRATED EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING I: FOUNDATIONS

Skills for safe clinical nursing practice by usingexperiential learning in clinicial and simulatedlaboratory settings that promotes integration ofsemester concepts. Lecture/discussion/lab. Labfees may apply.Accelerated Program: Semester 1.
Prerequisite: admission to the School of Nursing.Corequisites: 306, 320.6 credits

Location: PTD

NURS-340   MULTICULTURAL AND INTERNATIONAL NURSING COURSE

Methods of assessment and interventions designed to foster the delivery of multicultural congruent nursing and international health care are explored. Values, beliefs, and practices related to health, illness, and health care of selected ethnic and cultural groups are discussed.
Prerequisites: 103 and 106 and proficiency in Microcomputer Applications. 3 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-343   HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AND HEALTHCARE PRACTICE

Focus on culture and socio-economic status (SES) as context influencing health of various social, ethnic, cultural, and other vulnerable groups. Exploration of influences that dictate access to and use of health care resources, and that add to health disparities. Students encouraged to examine their own cultural heritage and life trajectories to build basis for understanding those of others. Offered summer. 3 credits.

Location: PTD,ADP

NURS-345   SPIRITUAL PERSPECTIVES OF NURSING

Study of various religious orientations in relation to health, illness, and nursing care. Nursing as a means of addressing clients spiritual needs in relation to pain, suffering, and death.
Prerequisites: 103 and 106. 2 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-346   SEXUALITY: A NURSING PERSPECTIVE

Analysis of sexuality as a basic human attribute expressed in health and illness with implications for nursing practice.
Prerequisites: 103 and 106. 3 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-347   PALLIATIVE CARE OF CHILDREN

Issues regarding holistic palliative care of children and their families. Role of the nurse in the interdisciplinary palliative care team.
Prerequisite: 313 or 316. 3 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-348   GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING

In-depth gerontological nursing theory. Students explore knowledge from nursing and other scientific and humanistic disciplines in providing nursing care for the older adult client in the context of family, group, and community. Lab optional.
Prerequisites: 103 and 106. 2 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-349   GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING LAB

Clinical experience in gerontological nursing. Enrollment limited by clinical space. Corequisite: 348. 1 credit.

Location: PTD

NURS-350   ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT

Advanced health assessment of persons across the lifespan. Builds on basic nursing assessment skills. Lab experience with health assessment. Enrollment limited by lab space. Pre-or co-requisite: 311. 2 credits (1 lecture; 1 lab).

Location: PTD

NURS-351   NURSING CARE OF THE PERI-OPERATIVE PATIENT

Developing clinical judgment to provide holistic nursing care across the lifespan. Focus on the pre, intra, and post-operative nursing care of the surgical patient including patient assessment and teaching; instrumentation; intraoperative complications and safety hazards; post-surgical care and patient education. Enrollment limited by clinical space. 2 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-352   NURSING CARE OF THE PERI-OPERATIVE PATIENT (LAB)

Utilizing clinical judgment to provide holistic nursing care across the lifespan. Focus on the pre, intra, and postoperative nursing care of the surgical patient including patient assessment and teaching; instrumentation; intraoperative complications and safety hazards; post-surgical care and patient education.
Prerequisite or corequisite: 351. 1 credit.

Location: PTD

NURS-355   NURSING CARE OF CHILDREN, ADULTS, AND OLDER ADULTS WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS

Essential knowledge of concepts, theories, and clinical practice necessary to make sound clinical judgments when providing nursing care to persons with chronic conditions, their families, and caregivers. Lecture/Discussion. Fees may apply. Generic Program: Semester 2.
Prerequisites: 305, 315, 320, 335. Corequisites: 365, 375, 395. 3 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-356   LIFESPAN CHRONIC ILLNESS CARE

Lifespan approach to essential concepts andknowledge for health promotion and nursing caremanagement of persons experiencing chronicphysical and mental health conditions. Explorationof impact of chronic illness on families andcaregivers. Lecture/discussion. Lab fees mayapply.Accelerated Program: Semester 2.
Prerequisites: 306, 320, 336.Corequisites: 366, 376.4 credits

Location: PTD

NURS-358   HIV NURSING: CARING AND CONCEPTS

Overview of HIV infection including current concepts and analyses of societal impact from both global and local perspectives. Examination of development of therapeutic tools and skills to educate, reduce risks, control infection, and affect care and healing of adult and children clients, family members, and community from a nursing perspective. 3 credits. (UQ)

Location: PTD,ADP

NURS-360   FAMILY VIOLENCE & NURSE'S ROLE

Family violence as a multifaceted problem within the broader social context, with focus on theories, research, and nursing practice. The nurse's role in working with those involved in partner, child, and elder abuse.
Prerequisite or corequisite: 206. 2 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-361   FAMILY VIOLENCY & THE NURSE'S ROLE (LAB)

Clinical experience with those for whom family violence is a health problem. Enrollment limited by clinical space.
Prerequisite or corequisite: 360. 1 credit.

Location: PTD

NURS-363   CLINICAL ETHICS (X-LISTED AS PHIL 363)

Critical thinking about current ethical problemswithin the context of clinical practice.Addresses issues across the lifespan and within avariety of cultures.
Prerequisites: PHIL 450.Pre/corequisites: PHIL 451 & junior standing.3 credits

Location: PTD

NURS-365   CLINICAL PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY FOR NURSING PRACTICE I

Application of concepts of pathophysiology and pharmacology within the context of nursing care of clients with prevalent chronic and mental health conditions. Lecture/Discussion. Fees may apply. Generic Program: Semester 2.
Prerequisites: 305, 315, 320, 335. Corequisites: 355, 375, 395. 2 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-366   PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY FOR NURSING PRACTICE

Concepts of pathophysiology and pharmacologyrelated to nursing care of persons experiencingchronic, mental health and acute conditions andhealth transitions. Lecture/discussion. Lab feesmay apply.Accelerated Program: Semester 2.
Prerequisites: 306, 320, 336.Corequisites: 356, 376.3 credits

Location: PTD

NURS-370   CARDIOPULMONARY REHABILITATION NURSING

Concepts related to cardiopulmonary rehabilitation in inpatient, outpatient, and community settings. Integrated theory, research and practice.
Prerequisite: 106. 2 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-371   CARDIOPULMONARY REHAB LAB

Clinical experiences within the context of a hospital or community-based cardiopulmonary rehabilitation program. Enrollment limited by clinical space. Corequisite: 370. 1 credit.

Location: PTD

NURS-375   INTEGRATED EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING II

Preparation to use sound clinical judgment in providing nursing care with clients experiencing chronic health conditions and mental health conditions in a variety of settings. Promotes integration of semester two concepts.
$50 fee. Generic Program: Semester 2.
Prerequisites: 305, 315, 320, 335. Corequisites: 355, 365, 395. 6 credits (lab).

Location: PTD

NURS-376   INTEGRATED EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING II: CHRONIC CARE

Preparation to use sound clinical judgment in thenursing care management of clients experiencingchronic and mental health conditions in a varietyof settings. Lecture/discussion/lab. Lab fees mayapply.Accelerated Program: Semester 2.
Prerequisites: 306, 320, 336.Corequisites: 356, 366.6 credits

Location: PTD

NURS-385   PEOPLE-ANIMAL PARTNERSHIPS IN HEALTH CARE

Examination of the developing field of animal assisted therapy (AAT) as currently practiced. Exploration and evaluation of different programs. Site visitations and field trips to facilities in Oregon and Washington that use AAT prosthetically, or in rehabilitation, or that involve training for AAT.
Prerequisites: 106; PSYC 186 or 300, or consent of instructor. 5 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-395   MENTAL HEALTH AND ILLNESS ACROSS THE LIFESPAN

Examine promotion of mental health, disease prevention, treatment and nursing care management of mental illness in diverse populations across the lifespan. Lecture/Discussion. Fees may apply. Generic Program: Semester 2.
Prerequisites: 305, 315, 320, 335. Corequisites: 355, 365, 375. 2 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-398   SPECIAL TOPICS: JAN TERM TRAVEL



Location: PTD

NURS-399   HEALTH PROMOTION IN CAMEROON I

An introduction to issues of health promotion indeveloping countries with specific reference toconditions in the Republic of Camerooon. Designedto prepare students for participation on theoff-campus course in Cameroon. Topics coveredinclude the history, culture, and politcaleconomy of Cameroon, the country's healthenvironment, major health challenges andhealthcare system, cultural beliefs about healthand sickness, and logistical preparations for thetrip.

Location:

NURS-416   NURSING IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY: STEWARDSHIP OF THE COMMUNITY

Theory and application of principles of professionalism, ethics, leadership and management, health care policy, and health care finance in the care and service aggregate population(s). Includes the study and practice of activism within the profession.
Prerequisites: cumulative B.S.N. GPA of at least 2.5 and completion of 311, 313, 314, 316 and 318. 5 credits (3 theory; 2 lab). (WI)

Location: PTD

NURS-416L   NURSING IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY: STEWARDSHIP OF THE COMMUNITY CLINICAL



Location: PTD

NURS-419   RFLCTV PRCTCE/GLBL SCTY:SR PRRCTCM

Reflective practice in an area of nursing selected by the student with an emphasis on synthesis of concepts integrated throughout the nursing curriculum. Focus on clinical decision making with a global perspective. Includes weekly praxis seminars.
$75 fee.
Prerequisites: cumulative B.S.N. GPA of at least 2.50 and completion of 311, 313, 314, 316 and 318. 5 credits. (1 theory/ PRAXIS; 4 lab.)

Location: PTD

NURS-419L   REFLECTIVE PRACTICE IN A GLOBAL SOCIETY: SENIOR PRACTICUM CLINICAL



Location: PTD

NURS-425   TRANSITIONS AND DECISIONS: PREGNANCY, BIRTH AND END OF LIFE CARE

Essential concepts, knowledge and skills to care for clients and their families during major life transitions of pregnancy, birth and end of life. Lecture/Discussion. Fees may apply. Generic Program: Semester 3.
Prerequisites: 355, 365, 375, 395. Corequisites: 435, 445, 455. 2 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-435   INTEGRATED EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING III

Planning and delivery of nursing care that is evidence based, prioritizes needs and goals, demonstrates skill proficiency, and considers ethical and cultural implications. Promotes integration of semester three concepts.
$85 fee. Generic Program: Semester 3.
Prerequisites: 355, 365, 375, 395. Corequisites: 425, 445, 455. 6 credits (lab).

Location: PTD

NURS-436   INTEGRATED EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING III: ACUTE CARE

Preparation for use of sound clinical judgment inthe nursing care, management of persons who areexperiencing acute physical and mental illness,episodic events and major life transitions.Lecture/discussion/lab. Lab fees may apply.Accelerated Program: Semester 3.
Prerequisites: 356, 366, 376.Corequisite: 45.6 credits

Location: PTD

NURS-440   ONCOLOGY NURSING

Application of the nursing process to adult clients with cancer and with their families.
Prerequisites: 313 and 316. 2 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-441   ONCOLOGY NURSING (LAB)

Clinical experience in oncology nursing. Enrollment limited by clinical space. Corequisite: 440. 1 credit.

Location: PTD

NURS-442   TOPICS IN FAMILY NURSING

Selected maternal-child conditions and nursing care.
Prerequisites: 313, 316. 2 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-443   ADVANCED CLINICAL IN MATERNAL-CHILD NURSING (LAB)

Clinical experience focusing on the complex nursing care of clients and their families with selected maternal-child conditions. Enrollment limited by clinical space. Corequisite: 442. 1 credit.

Location: PTD

NURS-445   CLINICAL PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY FOR NURSING PRACTICE II

Application of concepts of pathophysiology and pharmacology as a foundation for nursing care of clients with prevalent acute health conditions and episodic events. Lecture/Discussion. Fees may apply. Generic Program: Semester 3.
Prerequisites: 355, 365, 375, 395. Corequisites: 425, 435, 455. 2 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-450   NURSING CARE IN SUDDEN ILLNESS & TRAUMA

Application of the nursing process to individuals across the lifespan who are experiencing trauma or sudden illness.
$50 fee.
Prerequisites: 313, 316. 2 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-451   NURSING CARE IN SUDDEN ILLNESS & TRAUMA (LAB)

Clinical experience in providing complex nursing care to individuals across the lifespan who are experiencing trauma or sudden illness. Enrollment limited by clinical space. Corequisite: 450. 1 credit.

Location: PTD

NURS-455   NURSING CARE OF CHILDREN, ADULTS AND OLDER ADULTS IWTH ACUTE CONDITIONS

Essential concepts, theories and clinical practice necessary to make sound clinical judgments when providing care to persons with acute conditions and their families. Lecture/Discussion. Fees may apply. Generic Program: Semester 3.
Prerequisites: 355, 365, 375, 395. Corequisites: 425, 435, 445. 3 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-456   LIFESPAN ACUTE ILLNESS CARE

Lifespan approach to essential concepts andknowledge for nursing care management of clientsand their families during acute physical and/ormental illness and episodic events and major lifetransitions. Lecture/discussion. Lab fees mayapply.Accelerated Program: Semester 3.
Prerequisites: 356, 366, 376.Corequisite: 436.4 credits

Location: PTD

NURS-460   POPULATION-BASED NURSING IN A MULTICULTURAL AND GLOBAL SOCIETY

Healthcare issues and interventions from multicultural, domestic and global perspectives. Lecture/Discussion. Fees may apply. Generic Program: Semester 4.
Prerequisites: 425, 435, 445, 455. Corequisites: 470, 475. R.N. to B.S.N. Program: Semester 2.
Prerequisites: 309, 315.
Prerequisite or corequisites: 320. 2 credits.

Location: PTD,ADP

NURS-461   CLINICAL ETHICS-LAB

Critical thinking about current ethical problems within the context of clinical practice. Includes issues across the lifespan and within a variety of cultures. Corequisites: 460; junior standing. 1 credit.

Location: PTD

NURS-470   LEADING AND MANAGING IN NURSING

Principles of organizational healthcare management, healthcare policy, and the role of the nurse leader in healthcare organizations. Lecture/ Discussion. Fees may apply. Generic Program: Semester 4.
Prerequisites: 425, 435, 445, 455. Corequisites: 460, 475. R.N. to B.S.N. Program: Semester 2.
Prerequisites: 309, 315.
Prerequisites or corequisites: 320, 460. 3 credits. (MWI)

Location: PTD,ADP

NURS-475   INTEGRATED EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING IV

Immersion experience in nursing. Experiential learning that incorporates simulation and practice in leadership, management and population- based nursing care in a multi-cultural and global society.
$25 fee. Generic Program: Semester 4.
Prerequisites: 425, 435, 445, 455. Corequisites: 460, 470. R.N. to B.S.N. Program: Semester 3.
Prerequisites: 320, 460, 470. 8 credits (lab).

Location: PTD,ADP

NURS-480   INDEPENDENT STUDY

For students with advanced standing who want to continue to investigate topics of interest developed in required nursing courses or to study material not specifically addressed in other nursing courses.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor. 1-5 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-490   RN FIRST ASSISTANT

Preparation for experienced perioperative R.N. nurses to utilize nursing clinical judgment in the role of surgical first assistant. Required for clinical preceptorship (separate non-college credit course) and nursing certification as a Surgical First Assistant (by passing a separate national certification exam).
Prerequisites: Current R.N. licensure; two years of operating room experience; recommendation of employer-supervisor; ACLS certification; CNOR certification. 3 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-493   INTRO TO PARISH NURSING

Examination of the components of effective parish nursing. Strategies for health management and wellness promotion based on interrelationship of spiritual, emotional, and physical health. Designed to provide experienced RNs with an overview of practice issues within a faith community.
Prerequisites: Baccalaureate degree in nursing and two consecutive years of nursing practice. 2 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-495   CASE ANALYSIS

Intensive analysis of a case selected from clinical experience in 461. Application of previous work in Health Care Ethics to a single case which raises important ethical issues. Pre/corequisite: 461. 1 credit.

Location: PTD

NURS-496   ADULT CRITICAL CARE NURSING

Development of clinical judgment to care for adults within a critical care environment. Focus on the care of clients with multiple life-threatening health problems requiring continuous management. May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
Prerequisites: 419; BIOL 305; clinical experience in an Adult Health area. Competitive, based on B.S.N. GPA, midterm grade in BIOL 305 and recommendation from NURS 313 and/or 316 clinical instructors. 1-6 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-497   CRITICAL CARE NURSING

Nursing for adults within a critical care environment. Application to clients with multiple life-threatening health problems requiring continuous nursing management. Corequisites: 313, 316. 2 credits.

Location: PTD

NURS-498   CRITICAL CARE NURSING (LAB)

Clinical experience in critical care nursing. Enrollment limited by clinical space. Corequisite: 497. 1 credit.

Location: PTD
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