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of acute care medical-surgical settings. Pre-requisites: Nurs 234, Scie 344, 345.
Offered spring semester.
336 Rural Health Nursing Theory and Practicum (4 credits) assists the
student to recognize the myriad of health beliefs and practices that exist among
and between different members of a rural upstate New York culture and how
those beliefs and practices have an impact upon the health of its members. This
four-week experience is designed to expose the student to the concepts inherent
in a rural context, such as isolation, work, and distance. Students will be exposed
to different empirical frameworks to assist them in providing holistic, culturally
competent care to individuals, families and communities. Clinical experiences
will occur in diverse rural community settings with an emphasis on health
promotion, disease prevention, risk reduction, and illness and disease
management within unique rural cultural environments. Prerequisites: Nurs 234,
257, 357 or permission of the faculty. Offered J Term.
Science 344 Pathophysiology (3 credits) examines specific diseases based on
a physiologic and developmental perspective. Mechanisms of disease, etiology,
manifestations, analyses of laboratory data and primary medical and surgical
interventions will be reviewed. Prerequisites: Nursing 134, 234, Scie 144, Biol
210, Chem 105, or permission of the instructor. Offered spring semester.
Science 345 Pharmacology (3 credits) focuses on the scientific application of
drug actions and their effects on the wellness/illness state of an individual. Drug
classifications are presented within a framework of an individual’s physiological
and psychological functioning. Legal constraints and ethical issues related to
drug therapy are explored. Pre-requisites for Majors: Biol 110, 111, 210, Chem
105, Nurs. 145. Pre-requisites for Non-Majors: Biol 104, 105, Chem 107, 108.
Offered fall semester.
346 Transcultural Nursing Theory and Practicum (4 credits) is designed
to assist the student to recognize the myriad of health-related beliefs and
practices that exist among and between members of a culture and how those
beliefs and practices impact upon the health of its members. This four-week
immersion experience is designed to expand the student’s knowledge of
transcultural concepts and theories; apply cultural assessment in diverse settings;
and provide culturally competent care to individuals, families, and communities.
Students will be exposed to different empirical frameworks to assist them in
providing holistic, culturally competent care. Clinical experiences to meet course
outcomes will occur in diverse rural clinic and community settings with an
emphasis on therapeutic interventions, health promotion, disease prevention,
risk reduction, and health teaching within a unique ethno-cultural environment.
Prerequisites: Nurs 234, 257, 357 or permission of the faculty. Offered J Term.
(NTW)
357 Pediatric Nursing Theory and Practicum (5 credits) provides the
student with the opportunity to learn nursing care of the infant/child/adolescent
within the context of various systems. The conceptual base for understanding
health and alterations in health and for providing nursing care to this pediatric
age group will be presented. Aspects of health promotion, risk reduction, disease
prevention and illness/disease management will be addressed. The course will
focus on normal growth and development, physiology, common pathophysiologic
conditions, and nursing care of the pediatric client from infancy through
adolescence. A variety of clinical settings will be available for the application of
knowledge and critical thinking. Pre-requisite: Nursing 234 or permission of the
faculty. Offered fall semester.
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