Nursing

Degrees and Certificates

Classes

NUR 112: FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF NURSING

Class Program
Credits 7
This course teaches foundational knowledge of nursing concepts and clinical decision making to provide evidence-based nursing care. Content includes but is not limited to: healthcare delivery systems, professionalism, health promotion, psychosocial well-being, functional ability, gas exchange, safety, pharmacology, and coordinator/manager of care.
Prerequisites

Admission to program

NUR 113: NURSING CONCEPTS I

Class Program
Credits 8
This course teaches foundational knowledge of nursing concepts and clinical decision making to provide evidence-based nursing care. Content includes but is not limited to: coordinator/manager of care, perfusion, oxygenation, infection, inflammation, tissue integrity, nutrition, elimination, mobility/ immobility, cellular regulation, acid/base balance, and fluid/electrolyte balance.
Prerequisites

NUR 112, BIO 201, MTH 100 or higher

NUR 114: NURSING CONCEPTS II

Class Program
Credits 8

This course teaches foundational knowledge of nursing concepts and clinical decision making to provide evidence-based nursing care. Content includes but is not limited to: coordinator/manager of care, sexuality, reproduction and childbearing, infection, inflammation, sensory perception, perfusion, cellular regulation, mood disorders and affect, renal fluid/electrolyte balance, and medical emergencies.

Prerequisites

NUR 113, ENG 101, BIO 202, PSY 210

Co-Requisite Courses

NUR 115: EVIDENCE BASED CLINICAL REASONING

Class Program
Credits 2
This course provides students with opportunities to collaborate with various members of the health care team in a family and community context. Students utilize clinical reasoning to assimilate concepts within the individual, health, and nursing domains.
Prerequisites

NUR113, PSY 210, ENG 101, BIO 202

NUR 209: CONCEPTS FOR HEALTHCARE TRANSITION STUDENTS

Class Program
Credits 10
This course focuses on application of nursing concepts to assist health care professionals to transition into the role of the registered nurse. Emphasis in this course is placed on evidenced based clinical decision making and nursing concepts provided in a family and community context for a variety of health alterations across the lifespan.
Prerequisites

Admission to nursing program.

NUR 211: ADVANCED NURSING CONCEPTS

Class Program
Credits 7
This course provides opportunities for students to integrate advanced nursing care concepts within a family and community context. Content includes but is not limited to: manager of care for advanced concepts in safety, fluid/electrolyte balance, cellular regulation, gas exchange, psychosocial well-being, growth and development, perfusion, and medical emergencies.
Prerequisites

SPH 106 or 107, NUR 114 & NUR 115 or NUR 209

NUR 221: ADVANCED EVIDENCE BASED CLINICAL REASONING

Class Program
Credits 7

This course provides students with opportunities to demonstrate graduate competencies through didactic and preceptorship experiences necessary to transition to the profession of nursing. Content in nursing and health care domains includes management of care, professionalism, and healthcare delivery systems.

Prerequisite Courses