This didactic course prepares students to care for culturally diverse adults with complex, high acuity needs. It emphasizes clinical judgment, evidence based practice, safety, quality, communication, and ethical decision making. Students build theoretical understanding to support person centered care, interprofessional collaboration, and health equity in acture care settings. Prerequisites: 326, 328, 336, 337, 360. Must be taken concurrent with 417.

This didactic course prepares students to care for culturally diverse adults with complex, high acuity needs. It emphasizes clinical judgment, evidence based practice, safety, quality, communication, and ethical decision making. Students build theoretical understanding to support person centered care, interprofessional collaboration, and health equity in acute care settings. Prerequisites: 326, 328, 336, 337, 360.

This course focuses on a broad-based understanding and clinical application of mental health concepts. Students will explore the concepts of compassionate, holistic care that affect the person with altered mental health in structured and non-structured settings. Students analyze the nursing process as it relates to the impact mental health and mental illness has on individuals, families, communities, and the health care system.

Students apply public health nursing principles to promote and protect the health of individuals, families, communities, and populations across the lifespan. Emphasizing disease prevention, epidemiology, environmental health, and health policy, the course integrates evidence-based practice, systems thinking, and population-focused care. Grounded in social justice, students advocate for health equity and address the needs of vulnerable groups.

Current scientific research in the emerging field of psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)and the implications of this research in maintaining health and preventing illness are presented. Demonstration and supervised practice of a variety of mind-body therapies provide opportunities for hands-on experience. The third credit is earned through independent study and practice of one of the therapies presented during the course.

Nursing students will examine a variety of quantitative, qualitative as well as evidence-based research methodologies useful in their role as care provider and member of the nursing profession. Each step of the quantitative research process will be reviewed/critiqued and then presented by students. Students will read and analyze qualitative data. Additionally, ethical principles and values important to the conduct of research will be explored. Prerequisites: 221, 230, 240, 290, 342, 349; MATH 130 or 230, WCII course.

In this course, students build skills as curious scholars, ethical leaders, and active citizens by critically evaluating health-related research and applying evidence to guide holistic nursing care. Through collaborative inquiry and analysis, students explore ethical research practices, assess quality improvement strategies, and examine team dynamics and change theories to improve care at both individual and community levels. Prerequisites: 231, 232, 242, 349, MATH-130 or 230, WCII course.

Distinguish professional nursing practice to expand clinical judgement based on evidence from nursing history stemming from Florence Nightingales holistic practice, nursing theory, and other disciplines to further nursing perspective of accountability and collaboration that reflects nursings professional identity, characteristics, and values. The nurses role in advocating for health policy that impacts patient care and the profession is explored to include the exploration of professional organizations to support patient and professional practice.

Designed to examine womens health issues from a feminist perspective, this course explores the relationship of women to the health care system, discusses the historical role of women as providers and consumers of health care, and uses a holistic model to examine womens issues and concerns across the lifespan. The third credit is earned through an independent action project. (Equivalent to WMST 351.)

This course introduces students to the principles of pharmacology, focusing on the absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of medications across the lifespan. Students will apply clinical judgment and the nursing process to evaluate the biochemical, physiological, and psychosocial effects of drug therapy in the context of various health conditions. Emphasis is placed on safe, evidence-informed medication management and equitable care delivery. Prerequisites: 201, 222, 342; CHEM 106 or 121, BIOL 296, admission to professional nursing sequence.