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). Junior level Women's College nursing
students only. [4 credits]

Students are introduced 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. Prerequisite: Junior level
Women's College nursing students 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 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.
Junior level Women's College nursing students
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). Prerequisite: Junior level
Women's College nursing students 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. Prerequisite: NUR-303. Junior
level Women's College nursing students only.
[ 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 depresson, 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). Prerequisites: NUR-301,
NUR-303, NUR-305, NUR-310. Junior level Women's
College nursing students only. [ 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. Junior level Women's College nursing
students 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). Prerequisites: NUR-301,
NUR-303, NUR-305, and NUR-310. Junior level
Women's College nursing students only.
[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.
Prerequisites: NUR-407 or NUR-307. Senior level
Women's College nursing students 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. Senior level Women's College nursing
students 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. [4 credits]

Focuses on caring for children and adolescents,
and their families, who are experiencing
physiological and psychosocial 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, and 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).
Prerequisites: NUR-304, NUR-311, NUR-407 or
NUR-307, NUR-410 or NUR-308. Senior level Women's
College nursing students only. [ 4 credits ]

Focuses on and explores theory, concepts, and
practices of community/public health nursing from
a culturally sensitive perspective with an
emphasis on vulnerale 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).
Prerequisites: NUR-417, NUR-406, and NUR-409.
Senior level Women's College nursing students
only. [ 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.
Prerequisite: NUR-406. Senior level
Women's College nursing students only. [3 credits]

This course engages students in a 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 care with persons, families and communities. A final, clinically-based culminating project is completed in the practicum setting and presented in symposium format at the end of the course. The student will complete intensive preparation for the National Council Licensing Exam (NCLEX) throughout the course. 6 credits: 30 theory hours and 180 clinical hours. Prerequisites: All 3rd semester clinical courses: Professional Nursing Care of the Adult II, Professional Nursing Care: Children and Families; Professional Nursing Care: Maternal Newborn. Co-requisites: Community Health; Caring Approaches in Nursing Leadership and Practice. [ 6 credits ]