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Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Open to students admitted to the nursing program with sophomore standing. 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.

Prerequisite: NUR 200, NUR 201, and NUR 203 with a grade of C or above. Or, permission of the instructor. 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 201, NUR 203, and NUR 206 with a grade of C above. Or, permission of the instructor. This course will provide the beginning nursing student with opportunities to develop the competencies necessary to meet the needs of adults in a safe, legal, and ethical manner using the nursing process.

Prerequisite: NUR 310 with a grade of C or above, or permission of the instructor. This course expands on nursing knowledge acquired in Adult Health I. The focus is on care of the adult in acute care setting with severe episodic illness, complications of chronic illness, and clients with multiple co-morbidities. Students will use the nursing process to care for patients experiencing major health problems related to alteratioins in selected body systems.

Prerequisite: NUR 201, NUR 203, and NUR 206 with a grade of C or above. Or, permission of the instructor. This course examines managerial and leadership concepts, issues, roles and functions as applied to the role of the professional nurse in various healthcare settings.

Prerequisite: NUR 310 with a grade of C or above. Or, permission of the instructor. 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.

Prerequisite: NUR 310 with a grade of C or above. Or, permission of the instructor. Discusses specific elements of the research process including problem identification, literature review, variables, research design, sampling concepts, data collection, data analysis, and interpretation. Students gain experience in research dissemination, critique, and application through a translational project.

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

Prerequisites: NUR 310 and NUR 311 with a grade of C or above. Or, permission of the instructor. An upper-level special topics course offered at the discretion of the department. The content and methods vary with the interest of students and faculty members.