Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program

This three credit online course focuses on the basic principles of nutrition that will support nursing praxis and their application during the human life span in health and disease. Learners are offered the opportunity to explore the assumptions underlying nutrition for individuals of varying cultural backgrounds, stages of development, and across the wellness-illness continuum. The 14-week course will be offered in seven online modules.  [3 credits]

Introduces the student to knowledge and skills essential for holistic health assessment. The psychological, physical, environmental, social, spiritual and genetic components of a health assessment will be applied. The student will practice assessment and interviewing skills in a skills laboratory. The student will analyze both subjective and objective data and document findings in the appropriate format. This course has 2 components: theory (3 credits) and practice (1 credit).  Women's College only.  [4 credits]

Introduces students to online computer applications used in nursing and health care. Students acquire technical skills needed for the application of patient care technologies and competency in information literacy, information management, and information management systems for the purpose of safe, competent and quality patient care. Women's College only.  [2 credits]

Explores the multiple dimensions of aging in America and in global societies. The course focuses on the foundations of healthy, successful aging based on national indicators, as well as the personal definitions and meanings of the older adult. Students will learn to support optimal promotion of health and wellness while exploring the care of those who might also be experiencing illness, recovery or the end-of-life. The complex relationships among person-health-nursing environment will be examined in depth.  Women's College only.  [3 credits]

Builds upon previous classes in social and physical sciences, humanities, as well as lived experiences that students bring to the discipline of nursing. In this course, students are introduced to the caring profession of nursing through exploration of philosophical underpinnings, contributions from nurse theorists, and concepts of health and healing. Students develop ways of thinking and knowing, ways of being in relationships with self and others, and appreciation of providing technological care, compassion, and comfort to persons, families and communities. Through thoughtful integration of theory and reflective lived practice, students deepen understanding of the meaning of caring necessary for compassionate presence and technological skill in the art and science of professional nursing. Students are invited to a call to care and to a life-long commitment to nursing scholarship. This course has two components: theory (3 credits) and practice (2 credits).  Women's College only.  [5 credits]

Introduces students to knowledge and skills that are essential for a consumer of nursing research.  Examines use of the research process as a method to enhance scientific inquiry and to develop a knowledge base for nursing practice.  Critical appraisal of both qualitative and quantitative methods in published nursing research is emphasized.  Includes interpretation of basic descriptive and inferential statistics in published studies and evaluation of studies for nursing practice.  Women's College only.  Prerequisites:  NUR-303.  [3 credits]

Provides opportunities for students to understand and care for persons who are experiencing struggles in human living and major psychiatric and mental health problems.  Through directed readings, narrative writing, classroom conversations, and engagement with patients in clinical settings, students focus on coming to understand what it is like to live through selected health states such as depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, schizophrenia, psychoactive substance use disorders, and more.  Emphasis on the lived experiences of persons with psychiatric illness allows for a focus on reflective ways of 'being-with' patients that integrates knowledge of psychobiology, pharmacology, and thoughtful, competent, caring nursing practice.  This course has two components:  theory (2 credits) and practice (2 credits).  Women's College only.  Prerequisites:  NUR-301, NUR-303, NUR-305, NUR-310.  [4 credits]

Combines pathophysiology, the study of altered health status, with pharmacology, the study of medications prescribed to prevent, cure or treat pathophysiological conditions. Major health problems will be highlighted with an emphasis on caring for persons across the lifespan and their individual needs. Major drug classes and prototypical drugs are presented with specific application to nursing care within the nursing process.  Women's College only.  [4 credits]

Focuses on the integration of caring for adults experiencing commonly occurring health concerns using competencies that are directed toward health promotion, disease prevention and maintenance/restoration of health. Applying specialized knowledge, communication skills and therapeutic interventions, nursing students will develop relationships with patients/families which will foster partnerships directed toward holistic care. Beginning relationships with the intra/interdisciplinary team will be developed. This course has 2 components: theory (2 credits) and practice (2 credits). Women's College only.  Prerequisites: NUR-301, NUR-303, NUR-305, NUR-310. [4 credits]

Focuses on the use of nursing theory and contemporary challenges of providing and ensuring quality nursing and health care. Nursing process is reviewed with emphasis on evidence-based practice and health care today including current professional, legal and ethical standards.  Prerequisite:  NUR-307 or NUR-407.  Women's College only.  [3 credits] 

Focuses on holistic caring of childbearing families during pregnancy, labor and delivery, post-partum as well as care of the newborn. Students learn and apply evidence-based nursing theoretical concepts in the nursing care of women, newborns, and families in a variety of environments. The course builds upon courses in social and physical sciences, humanities and professional nursing care and provides opportunities for clinical ethical reflection. This course has two components: theory (2 credits) and practice (2 credits). Prerequisites: NUR-304, NUR-311, NUR-407 or NUR-307, NUR-410 or NUR-308.  Women's College only.  [4 credits]

Builds on concepts from NUR-311 in caring for adults experiencing complex health concerns using competencies related to health, illness, dying and death. Nursing students will apply advanced levels of knowledge, communication and interventions as they support patients/families experiencing more severe alterations in health. Relationships with intra/interdisciplinary team members will be integrated into individual nursing practice. This course has two components: theory (2 credits) and practice (2 credits).   Prerequisites:  NUR 304, NUR 311, NUR 407 or NUR 307, NUR 410 or NUR 308.   Women's College only.  [4 credits]

Focuses on caring for children and adolescents and their families who are experiencing physiological and psychsocial alterations in health as well as promoting health and wellness.  Students engage in theory-based, evidence-based reflective nursing practice with children and adolescents in a variety of places to include inpatient pediatric units, outpatient clinics, and home.  The course builds upon courses in social and physical sciences, human growth and development, humanities, professional nursing care, and offers opportunities to reflect on ethical issues concerning children and adolescents.  This course has two components:  theory (2 credits) and practice (2 credits).  Women's College only.  Prerequisites:  NUR-304, NUR-311, NUR-407 or NUR-307, NUR-410 or NUR-308.  [4 credits] 

Focuses on and explores theory, concepts, and practices of community/ public health nursing from a culturally sensitive perspective with an emphasis on vulnerable populations. Learners explore specific issues and societal concerns that affect public health, including healthcare needs of populations at risk.  A reflection on nursing care of communities as social justice is explored. Using assigned service learning settings, learners will assess community health needs, plan health promotion and disease and injury prevention interventions through the application of selected behavioral change theories. This course has two components: theory (3 credits) and practice (2 credits).   Women's College only. Prerequisites:  NUR 312 or NUR 417, NUR 406, NUR 408, NUR 409 [5 credits]

Integrates previously learned nursing knowledge and skills with contemporary leadership and management theories, to assist the student to personify the professional role as a leader in the healthcare environment as a baccalaureate-prepared nurse. Theories of leadership, management, and organizational behavior are introduced along with practical applications for the workplace to help students analyze the process to professional nursing.  Women's College only.  Prerequisites:  NUR 406 [3 credits]

Engages students in comprehensive clinical practice with patients in one of a variety of practice settings. Opportunities are provided for students to assume responsibility, in the context of theory-based, evidence-based reflective practice, for the holistic care of assigned patients in a select health care setting. With the guidance of a preceptor who is on staff in the facility, the student collaborates with all members of the health care team in the planning and care of her patients and transitions from nursing student to entry-level professional nurse. Practice settings include, but are not limited to, care of persons in emergency departments, medical-surgical units, homeless shelters, outpatient clinics, critical care units, and labor and delivery units. The focus of the practicum is on intentionally bringing together knowledge and understanding of pathophysiology, social justice, ways of being in relationship with self and others, and excellence in technological caring-toward compassionate, transformative care with persons, families and communities.  155 hours.  Prerequisites:  NUR 312 or NUR 417, NUR 406, NUR 408, NUR 409.  Women's College only.  [6 credits]