This course continues adult health nursing theory and clinical applications in a variety of higher acuity inpatient settings. Students learn to apply theory to the care of adults needing complex restorative and maintenance health interventions. Clinical decision making in critical scenarios is strengthened through weekly simulation sessions. Prerequisites: 323, 324, 365, 372, 382.

This course combines theory and clinical while integrating previous knowledge, skills, and holistic care of the adult with complex disease processes. Emphasis is placed on clinical judgment, communication, collaboration, and compassionate care necessary for the delivery of safe, person-centered nursing care to culturally diverse adult patients experiencing high acuity medical/surgical conditions.

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.

This course will introduce students to public health nursing, the practice of promoting and protecting the health of populations using knowledge from nursing, social and public health sciences. The interrelationship among public health theory, health policy, levels of prevention and evidence-based practices are applied to public health nursing practice. Grounded in social justice, students will analyze the social determinants of health and their impact on the health of populations.

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.

This course focuses on developing the students ability to be inquisitive scholars, engaged citizens, and ethical leaders through the synthesis, integration, and evaluation of evidence to determine best practice that informs holistic nursing care. Students engage in meaningful and creative inquiry, critique health-related research, and explore the ethical principles involved in conducting research. Students examine team dynamics and change theories in order to analyze quality improvement initiatives at the individual and community levels.

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 covers the general principles of absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion of drug therapy. Clinical judgement incorporates a holistic approach utilizing the nursing process as it relates to biochemical, physiological, and psychosocial effects related to a variety of disorders and disease processes across the lifespan. Prerequisites: 201, 222, 342; CHEM 106 or 121, BIOL 296, admission to professional nursing sequence.