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Undergraduate Programs
meanor convictions before registration for licensure
exam.
Course Descriptions
NURS 150. Introduction to Nursing 1 credit
This course provides an introduction to a number
of topics baccalaureate-nursing students will use
as they progress through the nursing major.
Prerequisites: None required for a student with a
declared nursing major. Department approval
required for non-majors.
NURS 160. Nursing Interventions I 2 credits
This course will introduce the entry-level student
to basic concepts and interventions related to the
practice of nursing. Legal/ethical considerations
are explored in each content area. Prerequisites:
Non-nursing majors need department permission.
NURS 260. Nursing Interventions II 2 credits
Nursing Interventions II builds on and continues
to develop the theory and skills related to nursing
interventions. Observational experience for this
course includes: medication administration by an
RN, and a perioperative experience.
Prerequisites: NURS 160. Non-nursing majors
need department permission.
NURS 300. Health & Physical
Assessment
3 credits
This course provides a theoretical basis and
assists the student to develop beginning skills in
the performance of health and physical assessment.
Utilizing nurses’ holistic approach, the student
learns data collection techniques that
include physical examination, interviewing, and
obtaining a health history. By the end of the
course the student will be able to perform physical
examination of the respiratory, cardiovascular,
neurological and musculoskeletal systems.
Focused head and neck and abdominal examination
will be included. Additionally, the student
will be able to teach breast and testicular selfexamination.
Prerequisites: NURS 160.
Department approval required for non-majors.
NURS 310. Pathophysiology
RN
4 credits/3 credits
This course provides students with basic information
about pathophysiologic mechanisms, manifestations
of disease, treatment for specific diseases,
and the body’s response to those treatments.
The general organization of each alteration
includes risk factors and epidemiology,
pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and
selected review of treatment. Prerequisite: BIOL
202.
NURS 350. Nursing the Beginning
Family
3 credits
This course introduces the learner to the physiological
and psychosocial changes that occur in
women and families during the childrearing period.
Concepts related to the normal antepartum,
intrapartum, postpartum, and care of the newborn
will be addressed. Learning to be advocates
for the woman and her family during the childbearing
period will be important as students
explore cultural, financial, ethical, legal, and
political issues. Prerequisites: NURS 310, PSYC
305, and concurrent with NURS 352.
NURS 351. Nursing Developing Family 3 credits
This course will apply growth and development
principles with family systems theory to the
assessment, intervention, and evaluation of outcomes
in the pediatric patient across the continuum
of care. Basic to the care of the pediatric
patient, fundamental differences in the physiological
and psychosocial aspects of the pediatric
patient will be covered based on age, developmental
norms, and disease processes. Learning to
be advocates for the pediatric patient and the
related family unit will be essential as students
explore the familial, cultural, ethical, political
and legal forces that impact children’s health.
Prerequisites: NURS 310, PSYC 305, and concurrent
with NURS 352, 350.
NURS 352. Nursing Interventions III 1 credit
This course focuses on the theoretical and psy-
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