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Prerequisite: NUR 201 or permission of instructor. May fulfill the Hood Global Perspectives core requirement.This course is designed to provide a global learning experience related to health care and/or nursing. Students can learn about the history, resources, delivery and outcomes of the health care system and nursing outside of the U.S.

Prerequisites: Admission to the BSN program and BIOL 104, BIOL 204, CHEM 100 or CHEM 101, and PSY 101. This course is designed to help the student compile a complete and comprehensive database to establish the health status on an adult through history taking, physical assessment and documentation. Course content will reflect a holistic approach to assessing health status, a three-generational pedigree, development status, and health promotion. Effective communication, assessment and documentation will be practiced in the laboratory setting.

Prerequisite: NUR 305 or permission of instructor. This course introduces the student to information technology and its applications in health care. The foundations of information management will be investigated. Regulatory requirements, legal and ethical issues, and privacy and confidentiality issues will be examined. Finally, the students will explore the future of technology in health care.

Prerequisite: NUR 205. The course expands on nursing knowledge acquired in Adult Health I and focuses on care of the adult in acute care setting with severe episodic illness, complications of chronic illness and clients with multiple comorbidities. Students will use the nursing process to care for patients experiencing major health problems related to alterations in selected body systems.

* Students who entered Level 2 of major in Fall 2019 or prior should refer to 2019-2020 academic catalog course description. 

Prerequisite: NUR 203 and NUR 205. This course utilizes theories and concepts related to human behavior and alterations in human behavior. Using a holistic nursing approach, emphasis is on communication skills, self-awareness, and therapeutic use of self in selected settings.

Prerequisite: NUR 305. This course focuses on research-based evidence in the nursing care of children and childrearing families. Content will include the biopsychosocial and developmental needs of the well child, the special needs child, and the child experiencing acute and chronic illness.

* Students who entered Level 2 of major in Fall 2019 or prior should refer to 2019-2020 academic catalog course description. 

Prerequisite: NUR 305. This course introduces students to theory and principles relevant to contemporary health care for women and families during the reproductive years of the life cycle. Course content will include normal and abnormal physical, psycho-social, developmental, and ethical concerns of the mother and fetus during, pregnancy, birth, postpartum and the inter-conceptual period. Students will be introduced to maternity nursing and apply the theoretical constructs and evidence-based care during a practicum experience.

* Students who entered Level 2 of major in Fall 2019 or prior should refer to 2019-2020 academic catalog course description. 

Prerequisite: NUR 405 or permission of the instructor. This course introduces students to government health care policies, regulatory agencies, managed care, and health care finance from the perspective of nursing practice. The student will examine socio-cultural issues, economic, legal, ethical and political factors influencing the provision of health care.

Prerequisite: NUR 205. End of life issues including communication patterns, anticipatory grief, dying trajectories, and awareness contexts will be discussed. This class is designed for nursing and social work students who want to work with the seriously ill and their families.

Prerequisite: Permission of department chair. Reading and/or research in a selected topic in nursing.