2007-08 Academic Year - Humboldt State University

News-Editorial
Minor in News-Editorial
Department Chair
Mark Larson, Ph.D.
Department of Journalism &
Mass Communication
Bret Harte House 52
(707) 826-4775
Nursing
The Program
Students completing this minor can become
reporters, editors, copy editors, technical
writers, sports writers, and magazine
writers.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MINOR
JMC 116
JMC 120
Intro. to Mass Communication
Beginning Reporting
One of the following courses:
JMC 320 Public Affairs Reporting
JMC 324 Magazine Writing
Plus seven units of approved upper division
courses from those required for the journalism
major’s news-editorial concentration
(see Journalism major).
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Bachelor of Science degree
with a major in Nursing
(fall semester admission only -- except
for advanced placement.)
Department of Nursing
Gist Hall 122
(707) 826-3215, fax 826-5141
www.humboldt.edu/~nurs
The Program
BS Degree program is under review and
curricular revisions may be effective
fall 2007. Please contact the Nursing
Department office for updates.
Our program prepares graduates for
entry-level positions as adult health, medical-surgical,
geriatric, mental health, child
health, childbearing health, or community
health nurses. It also prepares graduates for
pursuing a master’s degree in nursing, which
may qualify them in the future as clinical
specialists, midwives, nurse administrators,
nurse anesthetists, nurse practitioners, or
nurse educators.
Nursing students receive clinical experience
at local hospitals, clinics, health departments,
and community agencies such as
day health care agencies, schools, and physicians’
offices. In these settings, students
are encouraged to develop leadership and
management skills in addition to learning/
applying patient advocacy skills.
Beyond the broad foundation in liberal arts
and sciences, students learn specific entrylevel
nursing skills.
Humboldt nursing students find the program
emphasizes independence, problem solving,
and critical thinking, which help them develop
flexibility in their careers. The curriculum is
based on views of client, health, environment,
and nursing influenced by the Modeling and
Role-modeling theory of Erickson, Tomlin,
and Swain.
Our program is endorsed by the American
Holistic Nurses Association; graduates are
eligible to sit for the exam for Holistic Nurse
Certification.
Research is an important component.
Attention focuses on understanding the
process of research and being a consumer
of research that impacts nursing care.
The program is approved by the California
Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) and accredited
by the Commission for Collegiate
Nursing Education (CCNE). Students are eligible
to sit for the BRN licensing exam after
successful completion of required nursing
major courses. Completion of the BS degree
makes one eligible for the public health nursing
certificate (PHN) or to enter a variety of
graduate programs in nursing.
Note: When applying for licensure in California,
applicants are required to report
any misdemeanor or felony convictions to
the Board of Registered Nursing. Certain
convictions may result in denial of licensure.
Cases are considered individually.
Because of the tightly structured curriculum
and rigorous course work, nursing students
choose either not to work or to limit the
hours of employment. Reliable transportation
is necessary, as clinical labs are held
at several off-campus sites and often begin
before public transportation is available.
For current registered nurses (RNs), there
are special courses for a BS degree (see
Special Programs below).
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
FOR NURSING COURSES
Apply to the university under published
guidelines.
Incoming freshmen should have taken high
school chemistry with lab, one other lab
science course, elementary algebra, and a
higher mathematics course.
Transfer students should pay careful attention
to the CSU transfer student policies.
Admission to the major occurs fall semester
only. Obtain a separate application to the major
directly from the Department of Nursing.
February 1 is the deadline for applying to
the major for the fall semester class.
All students must meet the following minimum
admission standards to be considered
for space in the nursing class:
• California residency
• Ability to meet core performance
standards with or without reasonable
accommodations, as defined in the policy
“Essential Performance Standards”
(available from the department and our
Web site.)
• A minimum grade of C in the following
prerequisite courses: CHEM 107 &
117, G.E. English requirement (A1), G.E.
speech requirement (A2), G.E. critical
thinking requirement (A3), ZOOL 214,
BIOL 210, G.E. mathematics requirement
(STAT 106 preferred), ZOOL 270.
• Overall GPA > 2.5
SUPPLEMENTARY CRITERIA
Due to the impacted status of the nursing
major and limited clinical facilities, the department
screens and selects majors based
on supplementary criteria. These criteria are
applied to those who have already met minimum
standards described above. Criteria
may be modified slightly from year to year,
so contact the department directly to verify
current criteria.
2007-2008 Humboldt State University Catalog
Nursing
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