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For basic students only.  In this course, knowledge from the physical, biological, behavioral and social sciences as well as the humanities, is applied for the provision of safe nursing care of child-bearing families.  In a classroom setting, methodologies including case studies and interactive activities form the basis for the student to use the nursing process as a framework for addressing developmental change, illness prevention, health promotion, maintenance and restoration in child-bearing families.  Particular emphasis will be placed on the prenatal, intrapartum and postnatal period. 

For basic students only. The course provides students the opportunity to apply the concepts associated with responses of families during the childbearing cycle through a combination of laboratory and supervised clinical practice activities. Clinical experiences occur under faculty supervision in a variety of childbearing patient care settings.

For basic students only. This course presents the essential concepts, theories and developmental processes vital in understanding the health concerns and problems of children, adolescents and their families. Students examine family-centered nursing care in the health promotion and health maintenance of infants, children and adolescents.

For basic students only. This course provides students the opportunity to apply the essential concepts, theories and processes useful in meeting the health and developmental needs of children and their families. Learning experiences are provided to emphasize the role of the nurse and continuity of care in meeting the needs of children and families in acute care and community settings.

For basic students only. This course explores the concepts and theories necessary to promote and restore health of adults and older adults with biological problems and their related physiological and psychological responses. There is an integration of both physical changes and developmental tasks with the implementation of care considerations of patients throughout the life span.

This course provides students the opportunity to apply concepts and processes learned in the classroom to help adults and older adults in the promotion and maintenance of health. Students examine both adults and older adults from physical, social, psychological and developmental perspectives through a combination of supervised clinical practice activities. Clinical experiences will occur under faculty supervision in a variety of both acute and long-term patient care settings. 140 clinical hours are provided during the semester.

For basic and pre-MSN students. The health care delivery system is examined from political, economic, legal and ethical perspectives with particular emphasis on the written analysis of legal and ethical dilemmas related to the practice of nursing.

This course explores techniques for effective verbal and written communication in nursing and other healthcare fields. This is a writing intensive course that utilizes guided instruction, peer review workshops, and formative feedback to assist students in expressing and synthesizing new knowledge by completing communication logs, weekly responses, and application papers where students will explore guidelines and techniques to establish relationships with patients, families, and colleagues; reflect on how their personal style affects communication; demonstrate understanding of the connection between communication and caring; and explore strategies for self-care to build confidence for personal and professional effectiveness.

This introductory course in nursing and health care statistics covers common applications of descriptive and inferential statistics. This course will allow the student to summarize numerical data and gain a working vocabulary of important statistical methods. Opportunities are provided to manipulate data, perform basic statistical tests, and summarize findings in tabular, graphical, and narrative form. Emphasis is placed on the application of fundamental concepts to real world nursing and health care situations to improve clinical outcomes.

For basic students only. This course introduces students to the fundamentals of pharmacology and therapeutics in the treatment of illness, and the promotion, maintenance and restoration of health in patients across the lifespan. The major drug categories are reviewed with emphasis placed on the therapeutic use, action and adverse reaction, as well as benefits and risks to the drug therapy. This prepares the health professional for safe, therapeutic pharmacological interventions.

Subtitle: Health Promotion through the Arts. This course examines creativity through a variety of expressive art forms to promote healing for clients and to heal the healer, an imperative for holistic nurses. Various art forms are explored, including visual arts, mask-making, visual and written journals, storytelling, movement and others. Students experience expressive arts through guided exercises and art practices.

For basic students only. This course provides information on the fundamentals of nutrition and application. Nutritional needs across the lifespan and nutritional support in selected disorders are specifically discussed.

This course focuses on the preparation of nursing and public health students regarding the practices of healthcare in Latin America. The students will be introduced to the Latin American cultural considerations as well as the major health issues of concern. Additionally, students will be exposed to concepts of the expected professional behavior and barriers to transcultural care of healthcare providers in a foreign country.

This is a travel abroad course that requires travel to countries in the Latin American. Nursing and public health students travel to the Monteverde Institute in Costa Rica to learn about and apply community health promotion/disease prevention concepts in a transcultural environment. In addition, the travel component of the course includes 3 days in the urban center of San Jose, Costa Rica as well as the rainforest/rural areas of Monteverde, with guided, interactive tours covering the history, culture, and healthcare trends of the country. As a community health practicum, the service-learning component includes opportunities to practice concepts of health promotion/disease prevention through community education activities.