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    • 3.00 - 9.00 Credits

      Supervised field studies in student?s major area of interest. May be repeated for a total of 6 credits.
    • 1.00 - 9.00 Credits

      Departmental permission and approval required. A course designed for students who wish to engage in independent research or an intensive study of subjects not covered in other available courses.
    • 3.00 Credits

      Prerequisite(s): Admission to nursing major or permission of department. This course introduces the philosophy and central competencies of the Associate of Applied Science in Nursing. The central competencies flow from the philosophy and organizationalframework and are the basis for theory skills, and clinical experiences. The focus is on nursing as a discipline; the nursing process; the person as a psychosocial, spiritual, cultural being;health promotion; environmental safety; and communication.
    • 3.00 Credits

      Prerequisite(s): Admission to nursing major or permission of department. Corequisite: NURS 1041. This course is a continuation of Fundamentals I, which builds on the central competencies of the nursing program. The student is introduced to essential life functions including: protective, comfort/rest, activity/mobility; nutrition, elimination, fluid/gas transport. The focus is on nursing, the nursing process with emphasis on assessment, the client with normal or variations of normal functions, health promotion, environment, and communication. Basic management principles are introduced to assist the student to organize client care.
    • 2.00 Credits

      Prerequisite(s): Admission to nursing major or permission of department. Corequisite: NURS 1040. This clinical course is an extension of Fundamentals I and Fundamentals II, which continues to build on the central competencies of the nursing program. The focus remains on nursing, the nursing process with emphasis on assessment, the client with normal or variations of normal life functions, health promotion, environment, and communication in a variety of clinical settings. Basic management principles are applied to client care.
    • 4.00 Credits

      Prerequisite(s): NURS 1030, 1040, 1041. Corequisite: NURS 1051. With a continued emphasis on assessment, the focus of this course is on planning, implementing and evaluating strategies to promote, maintain and restore optimum health for diverse clients across the lifespan experiencing alterations in life function(s). The course evolves around nursing, nursing process, and clients experiencing alterations in specifi ed life functions: protective, fl uid/gas transport, elimination, nutrition/ metabolism and growth and development. Management principles and therapeutic communication are incorporated into the plan of care for clients experiencing alterations in life functions.
    • 3.00 Credits

      rerequisite(s): NURS 1030, 1040, 1041. Corequisite: NURS 1050. The clinical course operationalizes the development and implementation of plan(s) of care to promote, maintain and restore optimum health for diverse clients experiencing alterations in specifi ed life function(s); protective, fl uid/gas transport, elimination, nutrition/metabolism and growth and development. The student will apply management principles and use therapeutic communication while providing care to client(s) in a variety of clinical settings: acute care, ambulatory and community based settings.
    • 2.00 Credits

      Prerequisite(s): NURS 1050/1051. Corequisite: NURS 1061. This course applies the nursing process to promote, maintain and restore optimum health for diverse clients experiencing alterations and variations in psychosocial-cultural life functions. The course is structured around eight core competencies applied to clients with mental health. Emphasis is on health promotion, therapeutic communication and legal-ethical aspects of mental health nursing.
    • 1.00 Credits

      Prerequisite(s): NURS 1050/1051. Corequisite: NURS 1060. This clinical course focuses on care of the client across the lifespan with variations and alterations in mental health. The core competencies fl ow from the philosophy and organizational framework and are the basis for skills and clinical competencies. The nursing process will be applied to client care in inpatient and outpatient settings, focusing on health promotion, therapeutic communication, caring interventions and the legal/ethical aspects of mental health nursing.