ACADEMIC CATALOG - Purdue University Calumet

Course Descriptions
NUR 485 COMMUNITY HEALTH PRACTICUM
(Class 1, Lab. 6, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: NUR 285 and NUR 393 and NUR 397 and NUR 486
The community health practicum emphasizes integration of
professional nursing roles and community health concepts.
The nursing process is utilized as a systematic approach to
foster adaptation to stimuli within a dynamic environment.
Evidence based interventions that emphasize preventative
strategies are applied to persons across a lifespan in unstructured
settings.
NUR 486 COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: NUR 388 and NUR 390 and NUR 394
Concepts of community, epidemiology, biostatistics and community
health nursing are introduced. Nursing roles related
to practice, teaching, research utilization, and leadership/
management in the community are explored. Assessment
of a community and its potential for facilitating within a
dynamic environment is examined.
NUR 487 COMMUNITY HEALTH PRACTICUM
(Class 1, Lab. 6, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: NUR 285 and NUR 393 and NUR 397 and NUR 486
The community health practicum emphasizes integration of
professional nursing roles and community health concepts.
The nursing process is utilized as a systematic approach to
foster adaptation to stimuli within a dynamic environment.
Evidence based interventions that emphasizes preventative
strategies are applied to persons across the lifespan in
unstructured settings.
NUR 488 PROFESSIONAL NURSE
PRACTICUM PREPARATION
(Class 1, Cr. 1)
Prerequisite: NUR 393 and Pre or Co-requisites: NUR 487 or NUR 497.
Under the guidance of faculty, the student develops a plan to
synthesize the roles of professional nursing, specifying learning
objectives, learning activities, and evaluation criteria for
a practicum in an identified area of interest.
NUR 498 PROFESSIONAL NURSE PRACTICUM
(Class 1, Lab. 6, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: NUR 488 and Pre or Co-requisites: NUR 487 or NUR 497.
Under the guidance of faculty, the student implements a plan
to synthesize the roles of professional nursing, specifying
learning objectives, learning activities, and evaluation criteria
for a practicum in an identified area of interest.
NUR 500 THEORETICAL CONSTRUCTS IN NURSING
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: NUR 501
This course examines nursing theories from both theoretical
and pragmatic points of view. Content includes the historical
significance of theory development, the relative scientific
position of current nursing theories, and contemporary applications
of theory in nursing research and practice. Major
focuses include analysis of concepts, systematic examination
of theories and conceptual frameworks and the initial development
of a personal philosophical view of nursing as it
relates to advanced nursing practice.
NUR 501 FOUNDATIONS OF ADVANCED
PRACTICE NURSING
(Class 2, Cr. 2)
This course explores the historical and contemporary context
of advanced practice nursing. Provides students with the content
necessary for them to gain the most from their graduate
school experiences, to make informed choices concerning
career goals for advanced practice nursing, and to follow the
educational paths that fit their individual goals. Students
apply skills in information mastery and acquisition, analysis,
and utilization, as they examine models and role competencies
of the Advanced Practice Nurse.
NUR 502 PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS
FOR ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: NUR 507
Course includes both pharmacotherapeutics and pharmacokinetics
of broad categories of pharmacologic agents. Covers
principles of pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, adverse
drug reactions, special populations considerations, in addition
to the regulations relevant to prescriptive authority for advanced
practice nurses. Provides the basis of more specific pharmacologic
management in subsequent courses.
NUR 503 ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT
(Class 2, Lab. 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: NUR 501 and NUR 502 and NUR 505 and NUR 507
and NUR 510
This course builds on basic health assessment knowledge to
develop advanced health assessment skills. Major concepts of
the course include comprehensive and focused history taking
and advanced physical assessment. History and physical
assessment findings are related to underlying physiologic and
pathophsiologic mechanisms. The course provides a basics
for designing a culturally appropriate and effective plan of
care within the context of the individual.
NUR 504 HOLISTIC HEALTH PROMOTION
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Cultural considerations as well as the physical, psychosocial,
and spiritual behavior patterns are examined to assess their
impact upon health promotion practices. The roles of nutrition,
stress management and communication are analyzed for
their influence on both clients and health care providers.
NUR 505 SOCIOCULTURAL INFLUENCES ON HEALTH
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Co-requisite: NUR 501
This course analyzes various social, cultural, and economic
factors that impact the health and illness perceptions and
behaviors of various ethnic and minority groups. Content
includes an examination of social, psychological, and cultural
theories, a review of current research about health and illness
beliefs and behaviors and the development of strategies that
will improve the care provided by the advanced practice nurse.
NUR 506 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Requirement:Graduate student status or instructor consent.
This course is designed to examine common clinical concepts
of disease processes of adult clients. Based on current
research, pathophysiological processes are explored, compensatory
mechanisms investigated and rationale for interventions
appraised.
NUR 507 PHYSIOLOGIC CONCEPTS
FOR ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING
(Class 3, Lab. 3, Cr. 4)
Prerequisite: NUR 501
Students examine the principles of physiologic function at all
levels of organization from cells to organ systems as they
affect human function. The course uses homeostasis as a
model to account for regulatory and compensatory functions
in health. Students develop the necessary theoretical and
empirical foundation for subsequent understanding of the
diagnosis and management of human responses to disease
and nondisease-based etiologies.
NUR 508 THE FAMILY AS A UNIT OF HEALTH CARE
(Class 3, Cr. 3)
Prerequisite: NUR 500 and NUR 504
Current theories that view families as a unit of care are used
to assess strengths, deficits and coping strategies across the
life cycle. Appropriate interventions and referrals are planned
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Course Descriptions