Courses
NURS-107 Nursing Seminar (FR) (0)
Nursing students who are actively engaged with liberal arts and sciences courses benefit from a linkage between these foundational courses and their professional aspirations. The nursing seminars provide this invaluable connection between the past, the present, and the future. Nursing faculty members coordinate discussions and guest speakers in order to reveal the richness and diversity of contemporary nursing practice to the beginning student. Required for all full-time fall semester first-year students; recommended for part-time fall semester first-year students.
Attributes: NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Major: NursingNURS-108 Nursing Sem (FR) (0)
Nursing students who are actively engaged with liberal arts and sciences courses benefit from a linkage between these foundational courses and their professional aspirations. The nursing seminars provide this invaluable connection between the past, the present, and the future. Nursing faculty members coordinate discussions and guest speakers in order to reveal the richness and diversity of contemporary nursing practice to the beginning student. Required for all full-time spring semester first-year students; recommended for part-time spring semester first-year students.
Attributes: NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Major: NursingNURS-205 Nursing Seminar (SO) (0)
Nursing students who are actively engaged with liberal arts and sciences courses benefit from a linkage between these foundational courses and their professional aspirations. The nursing seminars provide this invaluable connection between the past, the present, and the future. Nursing faculty members coordinate discussions and guest speakers in order to reveal the richness and diversity of contemporary nursing practice to the beginning student. Required for all full-time fall semester second-year students; recommended for part-time fall semester second-year students.
Attributes: NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Major: NursingNURS-206 Nursing Sem (SO) (0)
Nursing students who are actively engaged with liberal arts and sciences courses benefit from a linkage between these foundational courses and their professional aspirations. The nursing seminars provide this invaluable connection between the past, the present, and the future. Nursing faculty members coordinate discussions and guest speakers in order to reveal the richness and diversity of contemporary nursing practice to the beginning student. Required for all full-time spring semester second-year students; recommended for part-time spring semester second-year students.
Attributes: NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Major: NursingNURS-300 Intro Discipline Nursing (0 OR 6)
The essential concepts, processes, and models of the discipline of nursing are introduced. Focus is on professional role development through the study and practice of the theory and skills basic to developing clinical judgment and effecting therapeutic outcomes with an emphasis on critical thinking, the nursing process, and psychomotor skills.
Requires one day of clinical each week, a weekly lab session, and a simulation experience.
Additional lab fees apply.
Attributes: NLIB ZCLX
Restrictions: Including: -Major: NursingNURS-304 Nsg Leadership & PCC I (3)
This course focuses on the theory and skills for effective professional communication, application of teaching-learning concepts in patient education, and the basics of nursing informatics. Explored is the importance of professional communication in order to achieve interpersonal, therapeutic, and interprofessional relationships that contribute to desired health-promotion, quality outcomes, and patient-centered care. A professional development seminar supports initial student socialization into the discipline and profession of nursing.
Attributes: NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Major: NursingNURS-304L Nsg Leadership & PCC I Sem (0)
Through faculty facilitation, multiple curriculum-based competencies will be addressed including critical thinking, articulation of nursing role, interpersonal skills development, intra and interdisciplinary collaboration, advocacy, ethical decision-making, diversity and inclusion, and conflict resolution skills. These issues have been identified as significant concerns in multiple health care institutions. By developing these competencies, nursing students will be better prepared to manage daily clinical, peer and interdisciplinary challenges. These seminars are consistent with the mission of SJFC and WSON to promote responsible, ethical, self-reflective individuals who are committed to serving the public with high integrity.
Attributes: NLIBNURS-306 Nsg Leadership & PCC II (3)
This course concentrates on the development of practice-focused leadership skills and in gaining the essential knowledge surrounding contemporary nursing topics. Current regulatory, political, legal, economic, and ethical issues relevant to the professional nurse and implications for interprofessional patient-centered care are analyzed. Application of information technology to support clinical decision-making is investigated. Professional development discussions support ongoing student socialization into the discipline and profession of nursing and provides an opportunity for purposeful dialogue and reflection on an array of professional issues facing nursing today.
Attributes: NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Major: NursingNURS-308 Genomics in Nsg Practice (2)
The science of genomics is central for all nursing practice as all nurses interact with patients and families whose diseases and conditions have a genetic or genomic component. This course focuses on the knowledge of genetic and genomic information to be incorporated in the nursing process through prevention, screening, treatment, and monitoring of health outcomes. Students explore the legal and ethical implications of genomics in society, translating this knowledge into patient-centered care.
Attributes: NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Major: NursingNURS-312 Palliative/End of Life (2)
This course provides students with content on compassionate and patient/family-centered care focused on individuals at the end of life or those receiving palliative care. Students will obtain the knowledge and competencies that address end of life communication, physical care, psychosocial support, teamwork, holistic care of patients and families, and life closure skills to apply in future clinical settings. Using interdisciplinary resources, students will gain confidence to assist communities, families, and individuals across the lifespan to achieve comfort at the end of life. Students support community engagement through service learning by volunteering at comfort care/hospice settings throughout the semester.
Attributes: NLIB ZEXL
Restrictions: Including: -Major: NursingNURS-313 Health Assessment (0 TO 2)
This course focuses on the theory and development of physical assessment skills and health pattern evaluation skills that are essential to culturally sensitive clinical judgments, therapeutic interventions, and achievement of desired health outcomes across the lifespan. Must also register for non-graded lab section.
Attributes: NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Major: NursingNURS-317 Adult/Older Adult Hlth I (0 OR 5)
Theory, processes, and desired outcomes related to nursing management of adults and older adults experiencing selected health problems are examined. Professional role development in critical thinking, clinical judgment, communication, and interventions to facilitate therapeutic outcomes across the continuum of care are emphasized. Experiential learning includes human patient simulation and acute-care clinical placement. Additional fees apply.
Attributes: NLIB ZCLX
Pre-requisites: NURS-300 C AND NURS-313 C
Restrictions: Including: -Major: NursingNURS-320 Path & Appl Pharm I (3)
This first of two courses uses a systems approach to explore the interrelationship among pharmacology, pathophysiology, and the therapeutic goal of physiologic integrity from a nursing perspective. Fundamental pharmacologic processes such as drug actions, the therapeutic response of drugs, and the side effects/adverse effects of drugs will be examined within the context of pathogenesis of common diseases. An introduction to the discipline of pharmacology, with legal and ethical considerations presented. A holistic perspective prepares the student to provide individualized care to the child, adult, and older adult populations.
Attributes: NLIB
Pre-requisites: NURS-300 C AND NURS-313 C
Restrictions: Including: -Major: NursingNURS-323 Childbearing Family (0 OR 4)
This course focuses on the management of nursing care of childbearing families. The predicted adaptations to childbearing are explored as well as those conditions that can complicate pregnancy and delivery. Students provide evidence based nursing care for childbearing women and their families in acute-care, community settings and birthing centers. This course focuses on professional nursing role development in clinical judgment, critical thinking, communication, and interventions to facilitate therapeutic outcomes for childbearing women and families. Clinical experiences include human patient simulation labs, skills labs, and clinical placements for developing clinical competencies in the care of obstetric patients and their families.
Attributes: NLIB ZCLX
Pre-requisites: NURS-300 C AND NURS-313 C
Restrictions: Including: -Major: NursingNURS-331 Nursing as a Profession (3)
This course examines contemporary nursing in the context of the history of the profession and the theory, knowledge, and reasoning that are needed for current and evolving nursing roles. In addition, students are challenged to identify professional career goals and a personal philosophy of nursing.
Attributes: NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Major: Nursing RN/BSNURS-332 Caring for Populations (4)
This course focuses on the assessment of the health status of a population to identify health disparities and factors that influence health status. It examines evidence based practice with populations and the impact of care systems and health policies in responding to a community’s health needs worldwide. Students engage in a clinical practice experience that incorporates roles and competencies of baccaluareate-prepared community/public health nurses.
Attributes: NLIB ZCLX
Restrictions: Including: -Major: Nursing RN/BSNURS-333 Evidence-Based Practice (3)
This course explores the state of nursing science by utilizing foundational skills in nursing research. Professional role development and critical thinking will be advanced through the analysis and integration of evidenced-based research into nursing practice.
Attributes: NLIB
Pre-requisites: ECON-221 C
Restrictions: Including: -Major: Nursing RN/BSNURS-370 IPE: TeamSTEPPS (0)
This training is designed for nursing students with special focus on development of basic skills in Team Strategies & Tools to Enhance Performance & Patient Safety (TeamSTEPPS) needed for provision of team-based interprofessional practice. At the completion of this training, students will acquire skills to: recognize opportunities to improve patient safety; assess organizational culture and existing Patient Safety Program components; improve team-related competencies; and integrate TeamSTEPPS into daily practice.
Attributes: NLIB
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Restrictions: Including: -Major: NursingNURS-398 J1 Test Block (0)
Testing block for all first semester junior nursing students
Attributes: NLIB
Pre-requisites: -NURS-399 J2 Testing Block (0)
Testing for all J2 clinical courses.
Attributes: NLIB
Pre-requisites: -NURS-403 Mental Health Nursing (0 OR 5)
This course concentrates on the theories, processes, and desired outcomes related to nursing management of individuals, their families, and groups with mental health needs. There is a focus on professional nursing role development in clinical judgment, communication, and interventions to facilitate therapeutic outcomes in inpatient, outpatient, and community mental health settings. Requires one day of clinical each week, in addition to simulation and skills labs.
Attributes: NLIB ZCLX
Pre-requisites: NURS-320 C AND NURS-317 C AND NURS-323 C
Restrictions: Including: -Major: NursingNURS-403L Mental Health Nursing Lab (0)
The laboratory component of NURS 403 includes inpatient and community based mental health clinical experiences and assessments, psychiatric nursing skill labs, violence prevention training, and simulation opportunities to assist the student with developing mental health nursing clinical competencies.
Attributes: NLIBNURS-406 Nsg Leadership & PCC II (2)
This course concentrates on the development of practice-focused leadership skills and in gaining the essential knowledge surrounding contemporary nursing topics. Current regulatory, political, legal, economic, and ethical issues relevant to the professional nurse and implications for interprofessional patient-centered care are analyzed. Application of information technology to support clinical decision-making is investigated. Professional development discussions support ongoing student socialization into the discipline and profession of nursing and provides an opportunity for purposeful dialogue and reflection on an array of professional issues facing nursing today.
Attributes: NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Major: NursingNURS-423 Adult/Older Adult Hlth II (0 OR 5)
Theory, processes, and desired outcomes related to nursing management of adults and older adults experiencing selected health problems are examined. Care of the critically ill is also covered. Professional role development in critical thinking, clinical judgment, communication, and interventions to facilitate therapeutic outcomes across the continuum of care are emphasized. Experiential learning includes human patient simulation and acute-care clinical placement. Additional lab fees apply.
Attributes: NLIB ZCLX
Pre-requisites: NURS-317 C AND NURS-320 C AND NURS-323 C
Restrictions: Including: -Major: NursingNURS-428 Path & Appl Pharm II (3)
This second of two courses continues with a systems approach to explore the interrelationship between pharmacology, pathophysiology, and the therapeutic goal of physiologic integrity from a nursing perspective. Fundamental pharmacologic processes such as drug actions, the therapeutic response of drugs, and the side effects/adverse effects of drugs will be examined within the context of pathogenesis of common diseases. Selected complementary, alternative therapies and a fundamental understanding of the pathophysiology of drug tolerance and addiction will be introduced. Medication management of various symptoms, including advanced pain management, will be identified. A holistic perspective prepares the student to provide individualized care to the child, adult, and older adult populations.
Attributes: NLIB
Pre-requisites: NURS-317 C AND NURS-320 C
Restrictions: Including: -Major: NursingNURS-429 Pop Health/Comm Nsg (0 OR 5)
This course focuses on the multiple determinants of population health and the three levels of contemporary community health nursing practice: individuals/families, communities, and systems. Clinical and simulation experiences support professional nursing role development in clinical judgment, interdisciplinary collaboration, and care management to facilitate positive outcomes for diverse clients in settings such as schools, homes, primary care practices, places of employment, public health departments, and other community-based organizations. Clinical preventive and health promotion experiences may include counseling for behavior change, screening, health education, outreach, public policy, and environmental interventions. The impact of community-based care in a global society is explored.
Attributes: NLIB
Pre-requisites: NURS-403 C AND NURS-423 C AND NURS-428 C AND NURS-436 C
Restrictions: Including: -Major: NursingNURS-431 Care of Children (0 OR 4)
This course concentrates on the theory, processes and desired outcomes related to nursing management of children and families. This course focuses on professional nursing role development in clinical judgment, critical thinking, communication, and interventions to facilitate therapeutic outcomes for children and families. Emphasis is placed on providing developmentally appropriate care to children and their families. Clinical experiences include human patient simulation labs, skills labs, and clinical placements for developing clinical competencies in the care of pediatric patients and their families. Additional fees apply.
Attributes: NLIB ZCLX
Pre-requisites: NURS-403 C AND NURS-423 C AND NURS-428 C AND NURS-436 C
Restrictions: Including: -Major: NursingNURS-436 Nsg Research & EBP (2)
This course explores the state of nursing science by utilizing foundational skills in nursing research. Professional role development and critical thinking will be advanced through the analysis and integration of evidenced-based research into nursing practice. This course enhances students’ ability to obtain, synthesize, and use data/information from multiple sources.
Attributes: NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Major: NursingNURS-446 Nsg Leadership & PCC III (0 OR 3)
This hybrid course focuses on the development of leadership and management knowledge and skills for the professional nurse in current healthcare organizations. Content includes managerial practices for delivering nursing care, organizational design and effectiveness, change implementation, quality management and measurement, fiscal resources and management, staff performance and development. Leadership theories, roles, and application to today’s healthcare environment are discussed. Current regulatory standards, nursing certification, and competencies for health professions are explored. Strategies for successful new graduate transitions are discussed. Professional development discussions support ongoing student socialization to the discipline and to the profession of nursing.
Attributes: NLIB
Pre-requisites: NURS-304 C AND NURS-306 C
Restrictions: Including: -Major: NursingNURS-450 Leadership:Systems of Care (4)
This course focuses on advanced theory, processes, skills and behaviors of leadership and management within an increasingly diverse health care delivery system as well as organization and financing of health care. The student participates in experiential learning in professional nursing leadership in a health care setting. Application of these principles are incorporated into the thirty-two hours of required professional practice experience.
Restrictions: Including: -Major: Nursing RN/BSNURS-451 Leadership:Systems of Care (3)
This course focuses on the theory, processes, skills and behaviors of leadership and management within an increasingly diverse health care delivery system as well as organization and financing of health care. The student participates in a clinical practice experience in professional nursing leadership in a health care setting.
Attributes: NLIB ZCLX
Restrictions: Including: -Major: Nursing RN/BSNURS-452 Holistic Health Assessment (4)
This course focuses on the holistic and multi-dimensional approach to health assessment and the development of physical assessment skills, which are essential for critical thinking, culturally sensitive clinical decisions, therapeutic interventions, and achievement of desired health outcomes across the lifespan. Students refine competencies in critical thinking and physical assessment skills in self-directed, precepted practice sessions. For physical exam demonstrations, students need to have access to the following: stethoscope, reflex hammer and otoscope. Students are required to record physical exam demonstrations using their own media equipment, such as smartphones, tablets or laptops with built in camera, or other similar devices.
Attributes: NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Major: Nursing RN/BSNURS-456 Informatics in Health Care (3)
This course examines the state of informatics in health care in addition to the application of future technologies in health care systems, administrative decision support, research/evidence-based practice, clinical care decision support, eHealth, integrated communication, and distributed education. Students are exposed to an overview of health care informatics practice; theoretical underpinnings of health care informatics; health care information systems; the impact of informatics on the sociocultural, ethical, and legal environments of health care; and the infrastructure needed to support informatics in health care systems.
Attributes: NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Major: Nursing RN/BSNURS-457 Patient-Centered Care/Quality (3)
This course explores the transformation of the healthcare system into an individualized patient-centered environment. This environment concentrates on respect for individual needs, provision of a safe environment, and the achievement of quality outcomes. Examined is the current and future role of the professional nurse in patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics to operationalize a culture of safety and quality in the delivery of health care services. Students will investigate external factors and internal structures and roles in a healthcare organization that drive patient safety and quality improvement structures, processes, and outcomes monitoring through a clinical practice experience.
Attributes: NLIB ZCLX
Restrictions: Including: -Major: Nursing RN/BSNURS-458 Contemporary Prof Issues (4)
This course concentrates on professional nursing role socialization through critical analysis of the interdisciplinary effects of sociopolitical, economic, ethical and legal frameworks. There is a focus on critical thinking and role development in ethical decision making, professional accountability, and advocacy. The student participates in experiential learning with a legislative field experience.
Attributes: NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Major: Nursing RN/BSNURS-459 Capstone Portfolio (3)
This capstone project requires the development and presentation of a portfolio which demonstrates nursing professional development, scholarship, and a career trajectory outlining professional advancement characteristic of competent professional nurses.
Attributes: NLIB
Pre-requisites: NURS-331 C AND NURS-332 C AND NURS-333 C AND NURS-452 C AND NURS-456 C
Restrictions: Including: -Major: Nursing RN/BSNURS-488 S1 Test Block (0)
Testing block for all first semester senior nursing students.
Attributes: NLIB
Pre-requisites: -NURS-490 Nursing Internship (1)
Students may register for a one credit student internship to gain clinical experience after completion of all junior level nursing courses. Internships may be existing programs offered by clinical agencies or student-initiated. Students interested in an internship must meet with the Undergraduate Chair for approval before registration. Graded S/U.
Attributes: NLIB ZCLX
Pre-requisites: NURS-300 C AND NURS-317 C AND NURS-323 C
Restrictions: Including: -Major: NursingNURS-496 Independent Study (1 TO 4)
An opportunity for a student to engage in research or study in an area or topic not regularly covered in the program. Students must meet with the Undergraduate Chairman of Nursing and complete the Independent Study/Tutorial Authorization form.
Attributes: NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Major: NursingNURS-498H Honors Project (3)
Required for students who are accepted into the Nursing Honors Program. May also be used to satisfy an honor’s course requirement for senior nursing students in the college Honors Program. The intent to develop an honors project must be declared prior to the beginning of the senior year. The student should meet with the UG Nursing Chair to discuss the project and select a faculty mentor. Provisional admission to the Nursing Honors program is made in the first semester of the senior year when the Honors Project proposal is finalized. The project proposal must be approved by the UG Nursing Chair and the Dean of the WSON. The Honors Project is completed and presented at a colloquium in the second semester of the senior year.
Students must meet with the Undergraduate Chairman of Nursing and complete the Independent Study/Tutorial Authorization form.
Attributes: NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Major: NursingNURS-3990 Evidence-Based Practice (3)
This course explores the state of nursing science by utilizing foundational skills in nursing research. Professional role development and critical thinking are advanced through the analysis and integration of evidence based research into nursing practice.
Attributes: AWC NLIB
This research and writing immersion core course addresses two of the CORE learning outcomes that are mapped to the specific learning outcomes at the course and baccalaureate nursing program level. The CORE learning outcomes addressed in this course include: Written, Oral & Visual Communication, and Inquiry and Analysis.
Pre-requisites: ECON-221 C
Restrictions: Including: -Major: Nursing RN/BS -Attribute: New Core 20-21NURS-3991 Advanced Research Writing (3)
In this course, students will develop an inquiry-based project by conducting in-depth research using discipline-specific practices that results in research and writing skills that are transferrable. Students will build on the critical thinking and writing competencies they have previously acquired to engage topics and ideas in the field. Students will formulate important questions or problems, identify and examine appropriate sources, and use evidence in order to substantiate their own claims. They will acknowledge and address alternative explanations in scholarly conversations and revise their work accordingly. Outcomes of the project will be communicated in both written and oral forms and other media platforms.
Attributes: AWC NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Major: Nursing -Class: Junior -Attribute: New Core 20-21NURS-3992 Evidence Based Practice (4)
This course explores the state of nursing science by utilizing foundational skills in nursing research. The course enables the baccalaureate-prepared nurse to obtain, synthesize, and use data and information from multiple sources to improve patient care. Professional role development and critical thinking will evolve through the analysis and integration of evidenced based research into nursing practice.
Attributes: AWC NLIB
Pre-requisites: NURS-331 D-
Restrictions: Including: -Major: Nursing RN/BS -Class: Junior, Senior -Attribute: New Core 20-21NURS-4990 Patient-Centered Care/Quality (3)
This online course explores the transformation of the healthcare system into a patient-centered care environment. This environment concentrates on respect for individual needs, provision of a safe environment and the achievement of quality outcomes. Examined is the current and future role of the professional nurse in advancing patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics to operationalize an ethical culture of safety and quality in the delivery of healthcare services. Students investigate external factors and internal systems and roles in a healthcare organization that drive patient safety and quality improvement structures, processes, and outcomes monitoring through a clinical practice experience.
Attributes: CE NLIB ZCLX
Restrictions: Including: -Major: Nursing RN/BS -Attribute: New Core 20-21NURS-4991 Cardinal Experience (0 TO 3)
This is an advanced capstone course in the major. Students will explore the transition from nursing student to graduate nurse. Examined is the future role of the professional nurse in patient centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence based practice, quality improvement and informatics to operationalize a culture of safety and quality in the delivery of health care services. Students will further their understanding of the student to graduate nurse transition through a three week culminating clinical preceptorship. In addition this will prepare the senior nursing student for success on the registered nursing licensure examination. The four major categories of client needs, which are the basis of the NCLEX-RN test plan design, give structure to a review of concepts and processes that are fundamental to the practice of nursing.
Attributes: CE NLIB ZCAP ZCIV ZCLX ZTRA
Restrictions: Including: -Major: Nursing -Attribute: New Core 20-21NURS-4992 Patient-Centered Care/Qual (4)
This advanced capstone course explores the transformation of the healthcare system into an individualized patient-centered environment. This environment concentrates on respect for individual needs, provision of a safe environment, and the achievement of quality outcomes. Examined is the current and future role of the professional nurse in patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics to operationalize a culture of safety and quality in the delivery of health care services. Students will investigate external factors and internal structures and roles in a healthcare organization that drive patient safety and quality improvement structures, processes, and outcomes monitoring through a clinical practice experience
Attributes: CE NLIB
Restrictions: Including: -Major: Nursing RN/BS