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Course Descriptions
The following are descriptions for the nine required nursing courses. Students enrolling in RN/BSN courses must be registered nurses. Please select a course from the list below to read a detailed description:
NURS 40075: Information and Patient Care Technology for Professional
Nursing Practice (3 credit hours)
This course focuses on the use of information management and information systems, technology and the human/technology interface utilized in professional nursing practice.
NURS 40085: Inquiry and Research for Professional Nursing Practice (3 credit hours)
Introduction to clinical inquiry and research for the professional nurse. Theoretical frameworks appropriate to nursing are used in the development of a nursing research proposal. Prerequisite/Co- requisite: Statistics.
NURS 41000: Concepts and Issues for Professional Nursing Practice (3 credit hours)
This course focuses on nursing concepts and theory, nursing process and the history of nursing as it relates to the development of professional nursing and the role of the professional nurse.
NURS 42000: Leadership and Management for Professional Nursing Practice (3 credit hours)
This course allows the registered nurse to utilize personal and professional knowledge and experiences in the study of leadership and management. Facilitates discovery of how nursing and leadership theories define and enhance practice. Assists the RN in analyzing the relationship between nursing, the professional nurse's leadership/management roles, and the articulation between nursing
research and practice.
NURS 43000: Health Promotion for Professional Nursing Practice (3 credit hours)
This course utilizes the nursing process to explore health promotion and disease prevention across the lifespan and healthcare settings. Theories and models are used to understand health behaviors. The course includes role of the nurse; national health objectives; health literacy, education and counseling; transcultural considerations; factors affecting health promotion and specific health promotion strategies. Prerequisites: BSCI 20020, BSCI 20021, CHEM 10050, CHEM 10052.
NURS 44000: Population-based Nursing for Professional Nursing Practice (3 credit hours)
Focuses on concepts of population based nursing practice with emphasis on improving the health of communities and populations. Prerequisites: BSCI 20020, BSCI 20021, CHEM 10050, CHEM 10052.
NURS 45000: Health Maintenance and Restoration for Professional Nursing Practice (3 credit hours)
This course focuses on issues related to health maintenance and restoration for individuals and families experiencing illness. Prerequisites: BSCI 20020, BSCI 20021, CHEM 10050, CHEM 10052.
NURS 46000: Health Care Policy (3 credit hours)
This course examines the organizational and societal context in which healthcare is delivered in the U.S. Existing healthcare policy and delivery systems are examined, including historical perspectives, legislation and public policy, professional disciplines, health organizations, forms of care delivery, consumer health needs and economics and funding. The ability of the current
healthcare system to serve all segments of the U.S. population is examined in depth. Future healthcare delivery challenges are discussed. Prerequisite: junior level standing.
NURS 47000: Capstone Clinical Course for Professional Nursing Practice (3 credit hours)
This clinical course allows the registered nurse to apply previously learned nursing theory and clinical knowledge with their baccalaureate education in the identification and implementation of a scholarly nursing project. This project utilizes, but is not limited to, knowledge of leadership skills, principles of teaching/learning, healthcare policy, change process, group process, team building, collaboration, healthcare policy and delivery systems, quality improvement, evidence-based care, diversity, nursing roles, information technology and systems, population-based care and ethical/legal issues. It is intended that this course be taken in the student's final semester of the BSN program. Prerequisites: NURS 40075, NURS 41000. Prerequisites/Co-requisites: NURS 40085, NURS 42000, NURS 43000, NURS 44000, NURS 45000, NURS 46000.
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