• NURS 3115: Nursing in Adult Care I

  6.00 Credits

  King University

  
  This course introduces the junior-level nursing student to health promotion topics acute and chronic disease processes diagnostic and laboratory testing and nursing care management across the health-illness continuum focusing on adult and elderly population. Special emphasis is placed on the nursing process which will assist the nursing student to perform physical behavioral psychological spiritual socioeconomic and environmental assessments. Implementing appropriate nursing interventions building on foundational concepts evaluating patient outcomes are discussed and are essential for practice. Practice skills relating to communication collaboration with members of the healthcare team and critical thinking skills to demonstrate effectiveness in the healthcare environment as they relate to adult health are presented. Credit for this course requires satisfactory completion of the co-requisite clinical experience in related healthcare setting.
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• NURS 3130: Pharmacology I

  2.00 - 3.00 Credits

  King University

  
  This course focuses on introducing the relationship between pharmacologic and pharmacokinetic knowledge and nursing practice with emphasis placed on understanding the reasons behind selection of route dose and dosing schedules required for the safe administration of medications to individuals across the lifespan
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• NURS 3140: Evidence-Based Practice

  2.00 - 3.00 Credits

  King University

  
  In this course students obtain a basic understanding of how reliable evidence is used to form practice guidelines. Emphasis is placed on the research process including data collection documentation and dissemination of evidence. Students will learn to use their knowledge of the nursing process communication skills and critical thinking skills to promote evidence-based care within the inter-professional team. Course requires effective use of library and internet resources.
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• NURS 3165: Nursing in Women?s Health and Newborn Care

  4.00 Credits

  King University

  
  In this course students gain knowledge in the care of women newborns and families during the normal childbearing cycle in the context of various demographic socio-cultural and environmental factors. Emphasis is focused on integrating knowledge related to perinatal and newborn care; assessing protective and predictive factors influencing health outcomes; incorporating the patient/family�s healthbeliefs values attitudes and practices related to the perinatal experience in developing interventions supported by current evidence-based clinical practice; and evaluating the effectiveness of the interventions. Credit for this course requires satisfactory completion of clinical experience in related healthcare setting.
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• NURS 3310: Dimensions of Professional Nursing

  4.00 Credits

  King University

  
  This course introduces the student to the scope of professional practice which builds on personal strengths and prior nursing knowledge acquired in lower-division nursing courses. The course also focuses on self-awareness and the transformation experience which socializes the returning RN into the role of the baccalaureate nurse. The course will focus on the quest for self-knowledge personal planning and career advancement and the unending issues in inter-professional nursing practice aiming to sharpen critical thinking skills and to strengthen conceptual and theoretical nursing knowledge.
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• NURS 3315: Introduction to Healthcare Informatics

  4.00 Credits

  King University

  
  This course introduces the basic concepts relevant to healthcare informatics and the use of computerized information systems in healthcare organizations to registered nurse students. The main focus is to discover how computerized applications aid the interprofessional team to evaluate health wellness and illness to provide and communicate positive patient outcomes across the lifespan
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• NURS 3320: Research Methods for Nurses

  4.00 Credits

  King University

  
  The focus of this course is on the research critique and the use of evidence-based findings in clinical practice. Qualitative and quantitative methods sampling procedures including human subjects' considerations data collection methods and interpretation of results will be discussed in the context of research utilization. This course will also devote time to discuss the application of statistical methods to health care data in evaluating research reports. Additionally students will propose a clinical investigative study that may be carried out within the acute care or community health setting.
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• NURS 3330: Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice

  4.00 Credits

  King University

  
  This course provides a basic understanding for registered nurse students of how reliable evidence is used to formpractice guidelines. Emphasis is placed on effectively evaluating and utilizing research to promote evidence-based practice within the interprofessional healthcare team to improve patient outcomes across the lifespan.
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• NURS 3410: Health and Physical Assessment

  4.00 Credits

  King University

  
  This course is designed to improve and build upon health assessment skills the RN-BSN students are already familiar with. Through didactic and practice sessions the students will build upon their knowledge of history taking and physical assessment. The focus will be on the assessments of adults who are healthy or have commonly occurring deviations from health. Skills taught and practiced include interview techniques the use of standard assessment instruments data analysis documentation and interventions to promote and/or maintain health. Skills related to knowledge integration interprofessional communication and decision-making for a culturally diverse population will be emphasized.
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• NURS 3420: Spiritual and Cultural Considerations in Nursing

  4.00 Credits

  King University

  
  This course promotes the provision of nursing care within a spiritual and cultural framework. Emphasis will be placed on the importance of understanding human behavior and of promoting maintaining and restoring the holistic health of individuals families and communities within their cultural socioeconomic and religious contexts. Emphasis will also be placed on how cultural and spiritual beliefs influence a person's health care practices.
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