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NRS 302 Nursing Licensure Lab

This course will provide students with an introduction to self-guided learning in preparation for success on the NCLEX-RN exam. Students will work in an online environment utilizing quizzing and testing techniques designed to facilitate self-awareness of content mastery and strengthen testing skills. Course is graded P/NP.

1

Credits

1

NRS 306 Professional Practice: Population Health and Wellness

Students in this course learn to use health promotion and prevention strategies in nursing practice to promote holistic health and wellness across the lifespan. Emphasis is on assessment, safety, and lifestyle management across the lifespan. This course includes approx. 180 hours of on-campus and/or off-campus clinical experiences.

4

Prerequisites

Successful completion of all previous required 200-level NRS courses

Corequisites

Corresponding Population Health and Wellness courses

Credits

4

NRS 307 Clinical Reasoning Seminar: Population Health and Wellness

In this seminar course, students synthesize didactic and clinical learning. Students explore the concepts of vulnerability, stress and coping, empowerment, addiction, and anxiety in developing clinical reasoning skills for nursing practice. The application of evidence-based practice, quality improvement, informatics, and clinical decision making in the nursing care of populations is examined.

3

Prerequisites

Successful completion of all previous required 200-level NRS courses

Corequisites

Corresponding Population Health and Wellness courses

Credits

3

NRS 308 Professional Practice: Acute Illness Management

Students in this course learn to manage care of diverse patients with acute illness across the lifespan. Emphasis is on application, interpretation of client information, prioritization, and recognition of acute alterations of health status. This course includes approx. 180 hours of on-campus and/or off-campus clinical experiences.

4

Prerequisites

Successful completion of all previous required 200-level NRS courses

Corequisites

Corresponding Acute Illness Management courses

Credits

4

NRS 309 Clinical Reasoning Seminar: Acute Illness Management

In this seminar course, students synthesize didactic and clinical learning. Students explore the concepts of intracranial regulation, mobility, psychosis, tissue integrity, and reproduction in developing clinical reasoning skills for nursing practice. The application of evidence-based practice, quality improvement, informatics, and clinical decision making in acute care settings of nursing practice is examined.

3

Prerequisites

Successful completion of all previous required 200-level NRS courses

Corequisites

Corresponding Acute Illness Management courses

Credits

3

NRS 316 Population Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan

Students learn management of patients and families across the lifespan with a focus on the principles of health and wellness promotion and disease prevention. Emphasis is on assessment, analysis, client education, client health trajectory, and levels of prevention.

3

Prerequisites

Successful completion of all previous required 200-level NRS courses

Corequisites

Corresponding Population Health and Wellness courses

Credits

3

NRS 316H Population Health and Wellness Across the Lifespan (Honors)

Students learn management of patients and families across the lifespan with a focus on the principles of health and wellness promotion and disease prevention. Emphasis is on assessment, analysis, client education, client health trajectory, and levels of prevention. Honors students extend their intellectual learning experience by completing a focused learning activity and experience that builds on one or more of the course concepts.

3

Prerequisites

Successful completion of all previous required 200-level NRS courses, and Honors program participant with junior standing

Corequisites

Corresponding Population Health and Wellness courses

Credits

3

NRS 317 Acute Illness Management Across the Lifespan

Students learn management of patients and families across the lifespan with a focus on the principles of acute illness management and acute exacerbations of chronic illnesses. Emphasis is on assessment, analysis, education, client health trajectory, and levels of prevention.

3

Prerequisites

Successful completion of all previous required 200-level NRS courses

Corequisites

Corresponding Acute Illness Management courses and Theological Dimensions of Suffering and Death

Credits

3

NRS 325 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology I

Students learn the nursing management of clients across the lifespan experiencing multi-system health care problems. Emphasis is on clinical reasoning in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care. Students examine alterations in physiological states and principles of pharmacotherapeutics. This course provides a foundation for application to nursing practice to promote health and wellness for individuals and populations.

3

Prerequisites

Successful completion of Full Human Anatomy & Physiology series with labs, Microbiology with lab, and all previous required 200-level NRS courses

Credits

3

NRS 326 Pathophysiology and Pharmacology II

Students learn the nursing management of clients across the lifespan experiencing multi-system health care problems. Emphasis is on clinical reasoning in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care. Students examine alterations in physiological states and principles of pharmacotherapeutics. This course continues to build on previous concepts, to continue promoting health and wellness for individuals and populations.

3

Prerequisites

Successful completion of Pathophysiology and Pharmacology I

Credits

3

NRS 393 Research

Credit arranged. Course is graded P/NP.
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Credits

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