St. Ambrose University 518 West Locust Davenport Iowa 52803 admit

Undergraduate Programs
at the freshman, sophomore, and junior levels
and NURS 400 at the senior level.
NURS 420. Research Utilization 2 credits
This course is designed to build on previous
learning about the basic components of the
research process. The course analyzes the
research process and focuses on critique and utilization
of nursing research. The use of critical
thinking skills enable the student to read, analyze,
critique, and apply nursing research findings
to clinical practice. Health services research, collaborative
inquiry, and outcomes research will
also be explored. Prerequisite: NURS 400.
WI-NURS 430. Nursing the Older Adult 2 credits
This course is a comprehensive overview of issues
related to older adults. Throughout the course
there is emphasis on nursing diagnoses and interventions
that are age and culturally appropriate.
Interventions at all levels of prevention are presented
to emphasize the importance of wellness
and health promotion, as well as detection and
treatment of disease, in the care of older adults.
Prerequisites: NURS 300, 355. Department of
Nursing approval required for non-majors.
NURS 450. National & International
Nursing Perspectives
2 credits
National and International Nursing is designed to
broaden the learner’s view about nurses, nursing
and health issues. The course explores the role,
function and impact of major national and international
nursing organizations on the development
of nursing. The relationship of the respective
local and state nursing organizations to their
parent organizations also will be explored.
Selected issues that impact health at the national
and international levels are identified. Students
will develop a project that utilizes knowledge of
political realities and cultural competence.
Prerequisite: Department permission.
NURS 460. Clinical
Practice II
8 credits/4 credits RN
This course is the culminating clinical experience
that provides students with opportunities to synthesize
knowledge, skills, and values previously
learned in nursing and general curricula in caring
for individuals and families across the life span
and in a variety of settings. In this final clinical
experience, students give evidence of mastering
the skills related to: communication; critical
thinking; decision-making; and management to
plan, implement, and evaluate comprehensive
nursing care for individuals and families. In addition,
students’ clinical performances reflect
accountability, responsibility, and evidence of
one’s value system for nursing practice and lifelong
learning. Prerequisites: NURS 400, 410, 430
and 420.
NURS 470. Nursing Management 2 credits
This course is built on the assumption that leading
and managing is an integral part of professional
nursing practice, either at the point of care
or in a management position. The course provides
an overview of concepts relevant to contemporary
leadership and management practices
as well as principles related to managing the
healthcare organization, its resources, the people
comprising the nursing team, consumer relationships,
and professional and personal resources.
Prerequisite: NURS 400.
NURS 480. Professional Trends
and Issues
2 credits
This course, as the final course in the baccalaureate-nursing
curriculum, stimulates students to
analyze and evaluate a variety of trends and
issues related to concepts and topics introduced
in previous courses and to study the impact of
these trends and issues on contemporary nursing
practice. Concepts, topics, trends, and issues
related to economic, political, social, cultural and
professional aspects of health care delivery as
well as history and development of nursing as a
profession, legal and ethical accountability, and
roles in developing a career in nursing and growing
professionally will be studied. Prerequisite:
NURS 400.
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