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Associate Professors: Amy Govoni, Andrea Jennings-Sanders, Cheryl McCahon (Interim Director), Sharon Wing, Linda Wolf; Assistant Professors: Cheryl Delgado, Marilyn Weitzel; Instructors: Cindy Farina, Joan Niederriter; Clinical Assistant Professors: Dorothy Hamilton, Vicki Johnson, Michelle Kwiatkowski, Meg Toukonen; Term Faculty: Barbara Cavender, Pamela Ngangana, Karen Pace, Marjorie Placek, Agnes Tytko.
Course Descriptions
NUR 125 Health and Wellness (2-0-2). Using a holistic approach, selected health behaviors which promote high-level wellness will be explored. Students will have an opportunity to clarify their own health values and assess their present health behaviors and life styles in order to make decisions relative to future health behaviors and lifestyles. Elective. Return to top
NUR 200 Stress: A Framework for Professional Nursing (4-0-4). Prerequisites: admission to the Nursing major. Introduces the student to the need for theory development in nursing, selected nursing models, and the philosophy and conceptual framework of the Department of Nursing. Attributes and values that support the professional nurse are explored. Concepts related to community-based practice are introduced. Emphasis is placed on the acquisition of knowledge and skills for facilitative communication and the appreciation of cultural diversity. Return to top
NUR 203 Professional Role Development I (1-0-1). Prerequisites: Must be participating in the CSU – CCF Experiential Learning Program. Students will examine the roles, responsibilities and interactions of health care team members in a modern, acute care clinical unit in relation to the work and goals of that unit. Students will meet in a small group with instructor to discuss professional issues such as nursing’s contributions to care, organization and management of a hospital unit, hospital culture, nursing cultures and pace of work. Each student will develop own objectives for personal professional growth. Return to top
NUR 215 Strategies for Nursing Practice (4-0-2). Half-semester course. Prerequisites: NUR 220, NUR 221. Introduces concepts, principles, and theories of nursing practice in relation to levels of preventive care. Includes interpersonal and psychomotor skills as well as the use of the nursing process. (NUR 216 must be taken concurrently; NUR 200 and NUR 219 must be taken concurrently unless previously completed.) Return to top
NUR 216 Strategies for Nursing Practice - Clinical (0-12-3). Half-semester course. Prerequisites: NUR 220, NUR 221. Applies the nursing process and principles from the natural, behavioral, and nursing sciences to provide direct care to adult clients within structured settings who are experiencing health problems as a result of stressors. Psychomotor skills are learned and practiced in a skills laboratory prior to performance in a community-based setting. (NUR 215 must be taken concurrently.) Return to top
NUR 218 Nursing Pharmacology (2-0-2). Introduces the student to various classifications of drugs used in the care of clients experiencing stressors. Emphasis on nursing implications. Return to top
NUR 219 Pathophysiology for Nurses. (2-0-2). Prerequisite: Admission to nursing majors or permission of the instructor. This course focuses on the exploration of various physiologic stressors by which disease occurs, the impact of the individual's GRR on the response of the body and the effects of the disease on normal physiology. Each disease entity will be examined by definition, epidemiology, etiology, diagnostic data and clinical manifestation. The clinical concepts of disease can be utilized by the professional nurse in the application of the nursing process in all settings. Return to top
NUR 220 Health Assessment (4-0-2). Half-semester course. Prerequisite: Admission to the Nursing major. Designed to teach the student knowledge and skills to assess the health status of an individual. Content related to the use of techniques of inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation. (NUR 221 must be taken concurrently.) Return to top
NUR 221 Health Assessment - Lab (0-4-1). Half-semester course. Prerequisite: Admission to the Nursing major. Provides supervised laboratory practice to develop health-appraisal skills. A comprehensive assessment tool based on the stress framework is used. (NUR 220 must be taken concurrently.) Return to top
NUR 222 Tertiary Preventive Strategies for the Elderly Experiencing Stress (2-0-2). Prerequisites: NUR 200, NUR 215, NUR 216, NUR 219, NUR 220, NUR 221. Focuses on tertiary preventive care of the elderly who have diseases of adaptation. Theories/concepts of aging, long-term care and rehabilitation are presented. Selected chronic health problems are discussed. (NUR 225 and NUR 226 must be taken concurrently.) Return to top
NUR 225 Tertiary Preventive Strategies for Adults Experiencing Stress (2-0-2). Prerequisites: NUR 215, NUR 216, NUR 219, NUR 200, NUR 220, NUR 221. Focuses on care of adults who have diseases of adaptation. Theories/concepts of chronic disease and rehabilitation are presented. Emphasis is on health problems related to immobility. (NUR 222 and NUR 226 must be taken concurrently.) Return to top
NUR 226 Tertiary Preventive Strategies - Clinical (0-12-6). Prerequisites: NUR 215, NUR 216, NUR 219, NUR 200, NUR 220, NUR 221. Focuses on the use of the nursing process in structured settings to plan care for patients from young adulthood through old age who have diseases of adaptation. Emphasis is on developing the student's ability to provide tertiary preventive care. Psychomotor skills are learned and practiced in a skills laboratory prior to performance in a community-based setting. (NUR 225 and NUR 226 must be taken concurrently.) Return to top
NUR 250 Health Problems of African Americans and Other Minorities (4-0-4). Explores health problems that are prevalent among African-Americans and other minorities. It is assumed that being African-American predisposes persons to health problems that increase the risk of disease or disability. Specific lifestyle and socio-cultural issues that influence health, access to health care and use of health services will be addressed. Students will be introduced to specific strategies for assessing the health care needs of minority individuals, families and communities. Elective. Return to top
NUR 300 Nursing Leadership and Management (2-0-2). Prerequisites: Junior standing in Nursing. Focuses on leadership and management theories and concepts as they relate to the practice of nursing and the delivery of care in a variety of community-based settings. Emphasizes the use of change theory and quality assurance concepts. Approaches to developing leader/change agent and consultant/collaborator roles are explored. (NUR 310 must be taken concurrently unless previously completed.) Return to top
NUR 303 Professional Role Development II (1-0-1). Prerequisites: Must be participating in the CSU – CCF Experiential Learning Program. Students will examine the role of nursing personnel providing direct and supervisory care. Students will study the job descriptions and use personal observation to evaluate practice. Issues of delegation, scope of practice, coordination of care, and functioning of a nursing unit will be emphasized. Each student will develop own objectives for personal professional growth. Return to top
NUR 305 Secondary Preventive Strategies for Adults Experiencing Stress (4-0-2). Half-semester course. Prerequisite: Junior standing in the Nursing major. Focuses on care of patients from young adulthood through old age who are experiencing health problems as a result of stressors. Theories and concepts related to care of adults in acute-care settings are presented. (NUR 306 must be taken concurrently.) Return to top
NUR 306 Secondary Preventive Strategies for Adults Experiencing Stress - Clinical (0-12-3). Half semester course. Prerequisite: Junior standing in the Nursing major. Focuses on the use of the nursing process in acute care settings to plan care for patients from young adulthood who have acute health problems as a result of stressors. Emphasis is on developing the student's ability to provide secondary preventive care. Psychomotor skills are learned in a skills laboratory prior to performance in a community-based setting. (NUR 305 must be taken concurrently.) Return to top
NUR 310 Nursing Research (2-0-2). Prerequisites: one of the following statistics courses: ANT 305, COM 303, PSY 311 or SOC 354; and either NUR 200 or NUR 340 or permission of chairperson. Introduces the research process and the contributions of research to the improvement of nursing practice. Focuses on the critical analysis and interpretation of research reports and the development of strategies for implementation of research findings. (Must be completed for senior standing in the major.) Return to top
NUR 312 Secondary Preventive Strategies for Adults Experiencing Psychosocial Stress (4-0-2). Half-semester course. Prerequisite: Junior standing in the Nursing major or permission of the chairperson. Focuses on the care of adults who have health problems related to psychosocial stressors. Theories and concepts related to therapeutic nursing-intervention strategies with individuals and groups are presented. (NUR 313 must be taken concurrently.) Return to top
NUR 313 Secondary Preventive Strategies for Adults Experiencing Psychosocial Stress - Clinical (0-12-3). Half-semester course. Prerequisite: Junior standing in the Nursing major or permission of chairperson. Focuses on the use of the nursing process to design therapeutic nursing interventions for clients experiencing psychosocial stressors. Emphasis is on the development of the therapeutic self which is used with individuals and groups in a variety of community-based settings to enhance the communication process and facilitate intervention strategies of a psychosocial nature. (NUR 312 must be taken concurrently.) Return to top
NUR 325 Secondary Preventive Strategies for Children Experiencing Stress (4-0-2). Half-semester course. Prerequisites: NUR 305, NUR 306, NUR 312, NUR 313. Focuses on the care of children who are experiencing a variety of stressors, stress, and diseases of adaption. Theories, concepts, and principles related to the care of children and their families are presented. (NUR 326 must be taken concurrently.) Return to top
NUR 326 Secondary Preventive Strategies for Children Experiencing Stress - Clinical (0-12-3). Half-semester course. Prerequisites: NUR 305, NUR 306, NUR 312, NUR 313, or permission of the chairperson. Focuses on the use of the nursing process to provide secondary preventive care in a variety of community-based settings to children experiencing health problems as a result of stressors. The impact of illness/disease on the development of children from infancy through adolescence will be evaluated. Psychomotor skills are learned and practiced in a skills laboratory prior to performance in a community-based setting. (NUR 325 must be taken concurrently.) Return to top
NUR 340 Stress: A Framework for Professional Nursing (3-0-3). Prerequisite: Admission to the Nursing major. (Open to R.N. students only.) Introduces the student to the need for theory development in nursing, selected nursing models, and the philosophy and conceptual framework of the Department of Nursing. Attitudes and values that support the professional nurse are explored. Emphasis is placed on the acquisition of knowledge and skills for facilitative communication and the appreciation of cultural diversity. Concepts related to community-based practice and the nursing process are introduced. Return to top
NUR 343 Health Assessment (2-0-2). Prerequisites: Admission to Nursing major or permission of chairperson. (Open to R.N. students only.) Designed to teach the student knowledge and skills to assess the health status of an individual. Content related to the use of the techniques of inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation. (NUR 344 must be taken concurrently.) Return to top
NUR 344 Health Assessment - Lab (0-3-1). Prerequisites: Admission to Nursing major or permission of chairperson. (Open to R.N. students only.) Provides supervised laboratory practice to develop health-appraisal skills. A comprehensive assessment tool based on the stress framework is used. (NUR 343 must be taken concurrently.)
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NUR 345 Computers and Health Care (3-0-3). Introduces student to use of personal computer, computer concepts, and information systems. Students will explore ways in which computers have impacted the delivery of health care. Students will learn to use computers for word processing, conducting library searches, and use the World Wide Web to locate health-care information to improve nursing practice. Return to top
NUR 350 Leadership and Management (4-0-4). Prerequisites: NUR 340. (Open to R.N. students only.) Focuses on leadership and management theories and concepts as they relate to the practice of nursing and the delivery of care in a variety of community-based settings. Emphasizes the use of change theory and quality assurance concepts. Approaches to developing leader/change agent and consultant/collaborator roles are explored. Return to top
NUR 360 Nursing Research (2-0-2). Prerequisite: One of the following statistics courses: COM 303, PSY 311 or SOC 354; and either NUR 200 or NUR 340. Introduces the research process and the contributions of research to the improvement of nursing practice. Focuses on the critical analysis and interpretation of research reports and the development of strategies for implementation of research findings. Must be completed for senior standing in the major. Return to top
NUR 370 Parish Nursing 1 (3-0-3). Open to RNs only. This is the first course in preparation of the specialized practice of Parish Nursing. Course content includes the role of the faith community in health and wholeness; study of the theology, history, philosophy and ethics of parish nursing; and legal boundaries and scope of practice of nursing in this specialty. Roles of the parish nurse include health educator, coordinator of volunteers, health advocates, collaborator, and integrator of spiritual health care. This course is based on the core curriculum of the International Parish Nurse Resource Center. Return to top
NUR 371 Parish Nursing 2 (0-6-3). Open to RNs only. This clinical course provides the nurse with supervised clinical experiences in the practice of Parish Nursing. Students have opportunity to observe the role of nursing in a faith community, perform nursing assessments and apply principles of Parish Nursing in planning and implementing nursing interventions. Return to top
NUR 380 Primary Preventive Strategies for Childbearing Families Experiencing Stress (4-0-2). Half-semester course. Prerequisites: NUR 305, NUR 306, NUR 312, NUR 313. Prerequisite or Corequisite: NUR 300. Explores primary preventive strategies that can be used to ameliorate stressors that affect the health of childbearing families. Theoretical issues related to developmental and situational stressors are presented. (NUR 382 must be taken concurrently.) Return to top
NUR 382 Primary Preventive Strategies for Childbearing Families Experiencing Stress - Clinical (0-12-3). Half-semester course. Prerequisites: NUR 305, NUR 306, NUR 312, NUR 313. Focuses on the use of the nursing process to provide primary preventive care to childbearing families experiencing stressors. Psychomotor skills will be learned and practiced in a skills laboratory prior to performance in a community-based setting. (NUR 380 must be taken concurrently; NUR 300 must be taken concurrently unless previously completed.) Return to top
NUR 403 Professional Role Development III (1-0-1). Prerequisites: Must be participating in the CSU – CCF Experiential Learning Program. Students will examine the role of the Registered Nurse through reflection on practice. And identify own strengths and weakness and career goals. Opportunities for continued professional growth will be explored. Return to top
NUR 407 Preventive Strategies for Gerontologic Nursing (4-0-2). Half-semester course. Prerequisite: Senior standing in the Nursing major. (Open to RN students only.) Focuses on using the conceptual framework in planning and evaluating preventive strategies in the provision of health care for the older adult. Theories, concepts, and principles related to adaptation of stressors are presented. (NUR 408 and NUR 409 must be taken concurrently). Return to top
NUR 408 Preventive Strategies for Nursing in the Community: Home Care (4-0-2). Half-semester course. Prerequisites: Senior standing in the Nursing major. (Open to RN students only.) Focuses on using the conceptual framework in planning and evaluating preventive strategies for the provision of nursing care to adults and families in the community. Theories, concepts, and principles related to adaptation of stressors are presented. (NUR 407 and NUR 409 must be taken concurrently). Return to top
NUR 409 Preventive Strategies for Nursing - Clinical (0-4-2). Prerequisite: Senior standing in the Nursing major. (Open to R.N. students only.) Focuses on the use of the nursing process to provide preventive care to adults in community-based settings who are experiencing health problems as a result of stressors. Emphasis is on implementing strategies to facilitate the client's ability to adapt to stress. (NUR 407 and NUR 408 must be taken concurrently.) Return to top
NUR 410 Primary Preventive Strategies for Communities I (4-0-2). Half-semester course. Prerequisites: PHL 240 and senior standing in Nursing major. Focuses on the care of clients in their homes. Historical perspectives of home health care and the legal and ethical issues involved will be explored. Types of case management, financing, and provider roles will be discussed. (NUR 411 must be taken concurrently.) Return to top
NUR 411 Primary Preventive Strategies for Communities I - Clinical (0-12-3). Half-semester course. Prerequisites: PHL 240 and senior standing in Nursing major. Focuses on application of case management in home-health nursing. Emphasis is on primary preventive aspects of planning and providing care to individuals and families in their homes. Roles of the nurse in home-health nursing will be explored. (NUR 410 must be taken concurrently.) Return to top
NUR 412 Primary Preventive Strategies for Communities II (4-0-2). Half-semester course. Prerequisites: PHL 240 and senior standing in Nursing major. Focuses on community as client and the factors necessary to define and describe the client and assess community. Basic principles of the study, prevention, and control of diseases that impact a community will be discussed. Use of the nursing process to plan care for the community will be explored. (NUR 414 must be taken concurrently.) Return to top
NUR 414 Primary Preventive Strategies for Communities II - Clinical (0-12-3). Half-semester course. Prerequisites: PHL 240 and senior standing in Nursing major. Focuses on community assessment. Students will use the nursing process to develop therapeutic nursing interventions for communities with increased risk of illness, disability, or premature death. Emphasis is on health promotion, health maintenance, health education, and case management for the community. (NUR 412 must be taken concurrently.) Return to top
NUR 415 Preventive Strategies in Complex and Critical Situations (4-0-2). Half-semester course. Prerequisites: NUR 410, NUR 411, NUR 412, NUR 414. Focuses on care of adults with life-threatening health problems in a variety of settings. (NUR 416 must be taken concurrently.) Return to top
NUR 416 Preventive Strategies in Complex and Critical Situations - Clinical (0-8-2). Half-semester course. Prerequisites: NUR 410, NUR 411, NUR 412, NUR 414. Focuses on care of clients with life-threatening health problems with emphasis on assessment, integration of laboratory results, use of biomedical technology, and planning and implementing appropriate nursing care. (NUR 415 must be taken concurrently.) Return to top
NUR 420 Role Practicum (0-12-3). 3-semester course. Prerequisites: NUR 410, NUR 411, NUR 412, and NUR 414. Designed to provide the student with in-depth experience within a chosen field of practice. Emphasis is directed toward use of the nursing process within the parameters of the stress framework for the refinement of clinical skills in the delivery of quality nursing care for individuals, groups, families, or communities. Includes experience in operationalizing the entire role spectrum of the professional nurse. Return to top
NUR 430 Professional Seminar Issues in Nursing (2-0-1). Half-semester course. Prerequisites: Either NUR 410, NUR 411, NUR 412, and NUR 414, or NUR 440 and NUR 441. Identifies and explores contemporary issues and future trends that have impact on the profession. Students will examine selected legal, economic, political, cultural, and ethical issues that act as stressors on the professional nurse, the practice of nursing, and the delivery of nursing care within the health-care delivery system. Return to top
NUR 440 Primary Preventive Strategies for Communities (4-0-2). Half-semester course. Prerequisites: Senior standing in Nursing major, NUR 407, NUR 408, NUR 409. (Open to R.N.s only.) Focuses on community as client and the factors necessary to define, describe the client, and assess needs. Basic principles of the study, prevention, and control of diseases that impact a client will be discussed. Use of the nursing process to plan care for the community will be explored. (NUR 441 must be taken concurrently.) Return to top
NUR 441 Primary Preventive Strategies for Communities - Clinical (0-4-1). Half-semester course. Prerequisites: Senior standing in Nursing major, NUR 407, NUR 408, NUR 409. (Open to R.N.s only.) Focuses on community assessment. Students will use the nursing process to develop nursing interventions for communities with increased risk of illness, disability, or premature death. Emphasis is on health promotion, health maintenance, health education, and case management for the community. (NUR 440 must be taken concurrently.) Return to top
NUR 460 Role Practicum (0-12-3). Half-semester course. Prerequisites: NUR 407, NUR 408, NUR 409, NUR 440, NUR 441. (Open to R.N.s only.) Designed to provide the student with in-depth experience within a chosen field of practice. Emphasis is directed toward use of the nursing process within the parameters of the stress framework in the refinement of clinical skills and in the delivery of quality nursing care for individuals, groups, families, or communities. Includes experience in operationalizing the entire role spectrum of the professional nurse. Return to top
NUR 493 Special Topics in Nursing (1 to 4 credits). Prerequisite: Admission to the Nursing program or permission of instructor. Study of health problems of particular groups. Topics arranged by mutual agreement of the students and the department. May be repeated. Return to top
NUR 496 Independent Study (1 to 4 credits). Prerequisite: Admission to the Nursing program or permission of instructor. Faculty-supervised independent study in one area of student's interest. May be repeated. Return to top
NUR 498 Health of Older Persons (4-0-4). A comprehensive course emphasizing health-related factors which affect the aged population in the United States; aging as a normal but irreversible process; factors contributing to health promotion or maintenance, such as nutrition and access to health-care delivery systems; patterns of illness and viable alternatives to institutionalization of the aged. (Core course for Gerontology Certificate Program). Return to top