Nursing Program: Course Descriptions
Academic Year
- 307 Theory: Community Based and Mental Health Nursing (4). Fall
- In this theory course, students will explore the theoretical foundations of the discipline of nursing, basic concepts of community based nursing, and mental health promotion and protection of individuals across the lifespan in the context of their families and communities.
- 308 Strategies: Community Based and Mental Health Nursing (4). Fall
- This course provides students with the opportunity to develop strategies for health promotion and health protection for use in community based nursing and mental health nursing. Students will develop basic competency in health assessment, communication, technical skills, nursing informatics, the nursing process, and critical thinking. Students will be introduced to basic principles of pharmacology as well as the various categories of psychotropic drugs.
- 309 Practicum Community Based and Mental Health Nursing (4). Fall
- This practicum course provides the student with an introduction to community based nursing as well as the opportunity to implement strategies to promote and protect the mental health of persons across the lifespan. Students will assume basic roles of the professional nurse and utilize skills of assessment, communication, critical thinking, and nursing process to design and provide empirically based nursing care to individuals in a variety of acute care and community-based settings.
- 327 Theory: Pregnant Women, Infants, Children, and Adolescents (4). Spring
- This theory course will focus on health promotion and health protection concepts for pregnant women, infants, children, and adolescents in the context of their families and communities. Topics will include primary, secondary, and tertiary health protection and health promotion from the perspective of community-based care.
- 328 Strategies: Pregnant Women, Infants, Children, and Adolescents (4). Spring
- This course provides students with opportunities to develop health promotion and health protection strategies in caring for pregnant women, infants, children, and adolescents. Students will develop knowledge and skills in health and cultural assessment, communication, nutrition, pharmacology, psychomotor activities, and nursing informatics systems related to care of pregnant women, infants, children, and adolescents.
- 329 Practicum: Pregnant Women, Infants, Children, and Adolescents (4). Spring
- The student will utilize the nursing process to promote and protect the health of pregnant women, infants, children, and adolescents in the context of their families and communities. Students will spend six weeks with pregnant women and infants and six weeks with children and adolescents in both acute care settings and a variety of community settings. Students will have opportunities to apply knowledge of health promotion and primary, secondary, and tertiary health protection strategies. The focus of the course is on engagement in clinical decision making skills and problem solving in working with these clients.
- 357 Theory: Young, Middle, and Older Adults (4). Fall
- This course will focus on the concepts of health promotion and health protection for young, middle, and older adults in the context of their families and communities. Topics will include primary, secondary, and tertiary health protection and health promotion including community based care and role development. The student will learn about partnerships with adults to actively promote health as well as protecting health during times of acute and chronic illness.
- 358 Strategies: Young, Middle, and Older Adults (4). Fall
- This course provides the student with opportunities to develop health promotion and primary, secondary, and tertiary health protection strategies in care delivery for adults. Students will develop knowledge and skills in health and cultural assessment of adults, pharmacology, communication, nutrition, psychomotor activities, and nursing informatics systems related to care of adult clients.
- 359 Practicum: Young, Middle, and Older Adults (4). Fall
- The student will utilize the nursing process to promote and protect the health of adults in the context of their families and communities. Students care for young, middle, and older adults in acute care settings and visit a variety of community settings. Students will have opportunities to apply knowledge of health promotion and primary, secondary, and tertiary health protection theory and strategies. The focus of the course is on engagement in clinical decision making skills and problem solving with adult clients.
- 377 Theory: Community Focused Nursing and Leadership/Management (4). Spring
- This theory course is focused on health promotion/health protection for the community as client and leadership/management principles that are used by the professional nurse.
- 378 Synthesis of Nursing Care across the Lifespan (1). Spring
- In this nursing laboratory course, students synthesize techniques of health promotion and health protection for and with individuals, families, and groups across the lifespan in complex health situations. Students focus on critical thinking and decision making principles in nursing practice. The course includes multifaceted, laboratory simulations that require students to analyze and synthesize assessment data and design care with other health care professionals. Students integrate their knowledge of the Christian perspective, core virtues, and diversity into the care that they design. Prerequisites include Nursing 357, 358, and 359. It will be taken concurrently with 377, 379, and 380.
- 379 Practicum: Community Focused Nursing and Leadership/Management (4). Spring
- This course will afford students the opportunity to partner with communities as well as interdisciplinary groups of health care providers for the purpose of promoting and protecting health. Partnerships with communities offer opportunities for the student to assist the community to develop the best health care possible for diverse cultural groups. Partnerships with interdisciplinary staff members allow for principles of management and leadership to be integrated into nursing practice.
- 380 Critical Reflections (3). Spring (capstone course).
- This reflective course will lead the student into inquiry about the relationship between Christian faith and the discipline of nursing. It will consider how the Reformed Christian worldview informs the metaparadigm of nursing as well as current issues facing the profession.
- 381 Cross Cultural Engagement with Families (1). Spring.
- This seminar course provides students the opportunity to reflect on cross-cultural experiences in which they have been Involved. Students experience engagement with those of other cultures in various ways and here reflect on these experiences considering the role of the Reformed Christian nurse as well as the role of culture, values, and beliefs (both their own and those of others) in health promotion and health protection.
Interim Courses & Off-Campus Opportunities
