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Nursing Courses
Below is a list of Nursing courses offered by Stevenson University. To earn a degree in Nursing, students must also complete coursework in other areas. To view a complete listing of all course requirements for the Nursing degree, please see the University catalog.
NURS 110
Introduction to Professional Nursing
Provides an introduction to the nursing
profession. The meaning of caring is explored as
the foundation of professional nursing practice.
Emphasis is given to explorations of self as
learner/teacher, caregiver, and collaborator.
Aspects of professional nursing are examined
including philosophical beliefs, the development
of nursing theory, and the historical evolution of
nursing as a profession. Legal and ethical
concerns of professional nursing practice are
considered as well as the impact of social,
cultural, and technological influences on health
care. Prerequisites: none. Fee $35. Three credits.
(21 Nov 2006)
NURS 111
Communication and the Nursing Process
Introduces the student to basic concepts related to nursing theory and practice: person, health, environment, and nursing. The Villa Julie College nursing philosophy and organizing framework are presented as foundational to the nursing process. The personal, social, and physical dimensions of the person are explored in relation to health and wellness. Therapeutic communication skills and interviewing techniques are applied with one select client in the community as students utilize the nursing process to complete a comprehensive data collection. NURS 111 fulfills the Villa Julie College general education requirement for communication. Prerequisites: ENG 151, NURS 110, SCI 111, PSY 101. Fee $35. Three credits. (21 Nov 2006)
NURS 201
Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice I
Prepares the student to provide direct patient
care at a foundational level with emphasis on
teaching/learning and health promotion across the
adult lifespan. Basic psychomotor skills are
practiced in a laboratory setting; health
promotion activities are practiced via the
construction and implementation of a teaching plan
to adult learners. Health screening and promotion
activities are practiced in community- based
settings. The nursing process guides care
decisions. Prerequisites: NURS 101, BIO 222, ENG
152. Fee $35. Four credits. (21 Nov 2006)
NURS 202
Physical Assessment
Examines data collection and physical assessment
skills across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed on
clinical application in the Clinical Skills Lab.
Prerequisites: NURS 201, BIO 322. Fee $35. Three
credits. (21 Nov 2006)
NURS 203
Foundations of Professional Nursing Practice II
Relates fundamental nursing concepts to
psychomotor skills and techniques of nursing
practice necessary for the care of diverse
populations. Emphasis is placed on the nursing
process, clinical decision-making, and dosage
calculation. The clinical component includes
experience in the Clinical Skills Lab as well as
an inpatient setting. Prerequisites: NURS 201, BIO
240. Fee $35. Four credits. (21 Nov 2006)
NURS 302
Pharmacology in Nursing
Incorporates the basic principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics with the nursing process. Drug standards, terminology, and legal considerations for diverse populations are presented. Current information on each drug classification is included, with a strong emphasis on nursing implications and patient education. Prerequisites: NURS 202, NURS 203. Three credits. Must be taken prior to or with first 300-level clinical nursing course. (21 Nov 2006)
NURS 304
Research Process in Professional Nursing
Introduces students to the research process in
nursing. Methods of gathering, analyzing and
interpreting data commonly used in nursing
research are discussed. The focus of this course
is the critical evaluation of nursing research
studies and the utilization of research findings.
Prerequisites: NURS 110, NURS 203 and MATH 110.
Three credits. (21 Nov 2006)
NURS 306
Medical-Surgical Nursing
Provides the opportunity to explore nursing care as it is provided to adults; the focus of care is on the individual with medical/surgical problems. Classroom and clinical settings are utilized to explore the meaning of caring for adults in both inpatient and outpatient environments. Knowledge of pathophysiology, pharmacology, and current nursing research are incorporated into the planning of nursing care. Written assignments, classroom interactions, and clinical experiences allow the student to develop meaningful ways of providing care. Prerequisites: NURS 202, NURS 203, SOC 101, PSY 108. Four credits. Fee $35. This course is one of four clinical modules; these are delivered in varying time frames and may be taken in any order. (21 Nov 2006)
NURS 307
Psychiatric Nursing
Provides opportunities to understand and care with persons who are experiencing major psychiatric and mental health problems. Through directed readings, narrative writing, classroom conversations, and engagement with patients in clinical settings, students explore the lived experiences of persons with psychiatric illnesses, allowing for a focus on ways of being with patients that integrates knowledge of psychobiology, pharmacology, and thoughtful, competent, caring nursing practice. Prerequisites: NURS 202, NURS 203, SOC 101, PSY 108. Fee $35. Four credits. This course is one of four clinical modules; these are delivered in varying time frames and may be taken in any order. (21 Nov 2006)
NURS 308
Care of Childbearing Family
Examines concepts of maternal and neonatal health. The obstetrical health/illness continuum is explored from a developmental perspective in the classroom and in a variety of inpatient, outpatient, and community settings. Nursing research and current health issues, ethical dilemmas, and trends pertinent to this clinical practice are examined. Prerequisites: NURS 202, NURS 203, SOC 101, PSY 108. Fee $35. Four credits. This course is one of four clinical modules; these are delivered in varying time frames and may be taken in any order. (21 Nov 2006)
NURS 309
Care of Children and Families
Provides the opportunity to apply the nursing process to children and their families utilizing a developmental perspective in the classroom and clinical setting. The meaning of caring for children and their families is explored throughout the pediatric health/illness continuum in a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings. Allows the student to explore the meaning of caring for children through explorations of self as caregiver through the use of autobiography and story. Nursing research and current health issues, ethical dilemmas, and trends pertinent to this clinical practice are examined. Prerequisites: NURS 202, NURS 203, SOC 101, PSY 108. Fee $35. Four credits. This course is one of four clinical modules; these are delivered in varying time frames and may be taken in any order. (21 Nov 2006)
NURS 312
Physical Assessment & Pathophysiology
Explores the role of the nurse in physical
assessment and data collection utilizing an
organizing framework. Gaining competence in the
application of assessment skills and interviewing
prepares the registered nurse for enhanced
clinical practice. Physical examination across the
life span and with diverse populations is
included, as well as application of knowledge
within the context of pathophysiological
conditions. Includes thirty hours of web-based
instruction and fifteen hours of laboratory
experience. Prerequisite: ENG 151. Fee: $30. Three
credits. Restricted to RNBS majors. (21 Nov 2006)
NURS 314
Nursing Research for RNS
Introduces registered nurse students to the
research process in nursing. Methods of gathering,
analyzing, and interpreting data commonly used in
nursing research are discussed. The focus of this
course is the critical evaluation of nursing
research studies and the utilization of research
findings. This course is taught on the web.
Prerequisite: MATH 110. Three credits. Restricted
to RNBS majors. (21 Nov 2006)
NURS 315
Information Technology in Nursing & Health Care
Presents nursing informatics as a combination of
computer science, information science, and nursing
science. Nursing informatics assists in the
management and processing of nursing data,
information, and knowledge in the practice of
nursing and delivery of health care. This course
addresses how technology shapes nursing practice,
nursing education, and access to health care
information and examines informatics as an area of
nursing specialization. Prerequisite: IS 134 or
permission of instructor. Three credits.
Restricted to RNBS majors. (21 Nov 2006)
NURS 405
Vulnerable Populations in the Community
Provides an opportunity to apply the nursing
process to vulnerable populations in the
community. Specific theoretical perspective and
unique nursing roles within each specialty in
community health will be explored. The course
includes community assessment and planning,
economic issues in health care, epidemiology,
environmental health, health promotion,
bioterrorism, and global health. Learning
experiences occur in the classroom and in a
variety of community settings such as schools,
occupational health centers and community-based
clinics. Prerequisites: All 300 level nursing
courses. Fee $35. Four credits. (21 Nov 2006)
NURS 406
The Gerontological Client in Community
Focuses on the gerontological client in the
community. Specific theoretical perspectives are
applied to the unique characteristics of this
client. Content centers on theories of aging, age
related changes, and the nursing care specific to
the needs of this client. In addition, economic
issues, care giving, legal issues and current
research in gerontology are discussed. Learning
experiences occur in the classroom and in a
variety of gerontology clinical settings including
freestanding clinics, home care, adult day care
centers and assistive living centers.
Prerequisites: All 300 level nursing courses. Fee
$35. Four credits. (21 Nov 2006)
NURS 407
Complex Medical/Surgical Nursing
Focuses upon individuals and groups of clients
experiencing complex medical-surgical problems
which require skilled and sophisticated nursing
care. Student learning opportunities will occur in
the classroom and in selected complex care
clinical environments. Student learning
experiences include guided and independent
application of the nursing process as applied to
adult clients with diverse belief systems and
cultural backgrounds. Faculty-directed clinical
practices focus upon the integration of nursing
knowledge and refinement of medical-surgical
nursing skills, with incorporation of leadership
experiences and research activities.
Prerequisites: All 300 level nursing courses. Fee
$35. Six credits. (21 Nov 2006)
NURS 411
Professional Seminar I
Introduces the registered nurse student new to
baccalaureate nursing education to the Villa Julie
College Nursing Program. Includes discussion of
the philosophy and organizing framework,
application of the nursing process in diverse
settings, principles of health promotion,
expansion of nursing roles, aspects of critical
thinking, perspectives from nurse theorists,
utilization of therapeutic communication, features
of managed care, elements of health teaching,
development and evaluation of learning goals,
discourse on professional values, and descriptive
situations regarding clinical updates. Learning
activities include web-based interaction and an
independent learning component. Prerequisite: ENG
151. Five credits. Restricted to RNBS majors.
(21 Nov 2006)
NURS 414
Nursing Leadership for RNs
Provides opportunities for registered nurse
students to explore a variety of topics essential
to facilitation of nursing leadership in health
care environments. Nurses learn about theories of
organizational behavior, leadership, and
management. Dialogue centers on topics of group
facilitation, delegation, motivation,
collaboration, team building, empowerment,
conflict management, and negotiation as
experienced in the context of nursing practice.
Prerequisite: ENG 151. Two credits. Restricted to
RNBS majors. (21 Nov 2006)
NURS 415
Professional Seminar II
Explores the process of empowerment and
self-actualization in the nursing profession.
During the first segment of the course, the focus
is on the nurse as a professional. The second
segment examines the context of professional
nursing practice, the health care delivery system.
The remaining segment provides opportunities to
explore professional activism within nursing
organizations and state/federal governmental
agencies. Thirty hours of theory/lecture/
discussion, twenty hours of web-based interaction,
and twenty five hours of independent study and
project research. Prerequisites: NURS 411, ENG
152. Five credits. Restricted to RNBS majors.
(21 Nov 2006)
NURS 424
Health in the Community
An intensive immersion in community-focused health
care for the registered nurse student. The first
portion of the course explores nursing care
provided to groups within the community setting,
based on nursing research and using the nursing
process, community assessment, goal setting, and
community planning. The second portion of the
course includes concepts associated with
epidemiology, informatics, economics,
environmental health, health promotion, vulnerable
populations, and global health. Theoretical
concepts will be applied in a mentored clinical
experience; the setting will be selected under the
guidance of the faculty and will be one where
public or community health concerns can be
identified and where nursing roles are present.
Learning activities will occur in the classroom
setting, online, and through facilitated clinical
practice. Prerequisites: NURS 312, NURS 314, NURS
415. Three credits. Restricted to RNBS majors.
(21 Nov 2006)
NURS 440
Leadership Practicum Contemporary Nursing Practice
This seminar course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to explore a variety of experiences essential to the transition from nursing student to nursing professional: leadership behaviors, independent clinical practice, and nursing research. Provides a forum for dialogue, reflection on clinical care, and analysis of experiential learning. Prerequisites: All 300 level nursing courses and NURS 402. This course must be taken by the student during the last semester prior to graduation. Fee $35. Five credits. (21 Nov 2006)
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