NUR-500 |
Adv Pharmacotherapeutics for Adv Nursing |
This course will cover selected topics in pharmacology and clinical therapeutics that are important in advanced nursing roles. Lectures cover the basics of pharmacologic mechanisms, dose-response relationships, pharmacokinetics( in children, adolescents, adults, elderly and pregnant women) and factors that alter a drug ' s bioavailability. Pharmacological agents include: autonomic, analgesics, anti-infective drugs and agents affecting the central nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, respiratory and GI systems. In addition, this course will discuss safe prescribing of controlled substances including opioids. The implications of age, pregnancy and lactation on drug action will be considered. Pharmacogenomics, human drug testing, drug laws, herbal medicines, OTC drugs |
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and nutritional agents will be discussed. |
3.00 |
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NUR-501 |
Fundamentals of Nursing |
This is the foundation fundamentals and nursing skills course. This course provides an introduction to the fundamentals of nursing practice. Students will utilize the nursing process as a framework to apply nursing knowledge, diagnoses, interventions, and outcomes to individuals. Course concepts are grounded in evidencebased practice to promote, maintain, and restore health. Topics related to safety, oxygenation, ventilation, circulation, perfusion, ingestion, digestion, absorption, elimination, urinary, movement, sensory input and the nurse patient relationship and the roles of the professional nurse are explored. Emphasis is placed on applying |
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knowledge and practicing skills in the nursing skills laboratory, simulation laboratory, and clinical setting. |
5.00 |
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NUR-502 |
Health Assessment |
This course is designed to develop health assessment skills across the lifespan. This is the foundation health assessment course to introduce the student to principles and techniques of nursing assessment, focusing on patient-history taking, interview and communication techniques, and techniques of inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation. Lectures are designed to help the students apply their knowledge of health assessment to both primary and acute care settings. Emphasis is placed on gathering reliable and relevant information; recognizing variations of normal findings; and identifying abnormal findings using common health problems as exemplars. The laboratory component is designed to promote cognitive and psychomotor skills necessary to complete a comprehensive health assessment including the physical, psychological, cultural, and spiritual aspects of health to support person-centered care. Integrated in the assessment, is the collection and analysis of data which are essential in planning safe and effective patient care. Practice of assessment techniques occurs through safe and effective experiential learning. Application of assessment findings to clinical decisionmaking |
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is addressed. |
3.00 |
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NUR-507 |
Concepts in Gerontological Nursing |
This course explores aging and the impact of aging on individuals, families and caregivers. Current theories of aging and the aging process are explored. The effects of health, political, social and economic issues on the lifestyles of the aging population will be discussed. The influence of heredity, environment, lifestyle and access to |
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adequate healthcare in relation to the care of older adults will be examined. |
2.00 |
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NUR-510 |
Pathophysiology for Adv Pract Nurs Lifes |
This course focuses on the physiological principles that underlie the altered states leading to pathogenesis at the molecular, histologic and systemic levels. Special emphasis is given to the pathophysiological processes in the pediatric, adolescent, adult, geriatric and pregnant patient. Included are the genetic, environmental, behavioral and organismal contributions to the dysfunctional conditions. This course contributes to the student ' s formation |
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of clinical competence and diagnostic skills. |
3.00 |
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