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NURSING MAJOR: 78 credit hours
Required Courses: 48 credit hours
NURS 320 - Introduction to Professional Nursing (2 cr)
NURS 322 - Theory and Research Foundations for Nursing (2 cr)
NURS 324 - Health Pattern Recognition/Nutrition (3 cr)
NURS 326 - Nursing Therapeutics (4 cr)
NURS 328 - Pathophysiology (3 cr)
NURS 340 - Adult Health Nursing I (5 cr)
NURS 352 - Child Health Nursing (4 cr)
NURS 354 - Public Health Science (2 cr)
NURS 410 - Maternal and Reproductive Health Nursing (3 cr)
NURS 420 - Behavioral Health Nursing I (3 cr)
NURS 421 - Behavioral Health Nursing II (3 cr)
NURS 430 - Community Health Nursing I (3 cr)
NURS 431 - Community Health Nursing II (3 cr)
NURS 441 - Adult Health Nursing II (4 cr)
NURS 450 - Perspectives in Professional Nursing I (W) (2 cr)
NURS 451 - Perspectives in Professional Nursing II (W) (2 cr)
Required Supportive Courses: 30 credit hours
BIOL 120 - Biological Principles I (4 cr)
BIOL 150 - Human Anatomy (4 cr)
BIOL 225 - Human Physiology (4 cr)
BIOL 250 - Introductory Microbiology (4 cr)
CHEM 120 - Introduction to Chemistry (4 cr)
CHEM 145 - Introduction to Organic and Biochemistry (4 cr)
PSYC 125 - Life-Span Human Development (3 cr)
SOCI 110 - Contemporary Society (3 cr)
Related information: The major in Nursing has the following provisions and requirements: 1) a criminal background check conducted prior to a student’s enrollment in clinical nursing courses; 2) a minimum grade point average of 2.7 for the entire college program of study preceding enrollment in nursing courses; 3) achievement of a grade of C- or higher in required support courses; and 4) evidence of personal qualifications essential for success in professional nursing.
A student in the Nursing major must receive a minimum of a C- in both the theory and clinical portions of all Nursing courses in order to continue or complete the Nursing major. Department faculty may meet to consider special circumstances related to progression.
Nursing majors enrolled in clinical nursing courses are provided with a current copy of the Department of Nursing Student Handbook, which delineates policies and procedures affecting students in the nursing program.
Baccalaureate degree for Registered Nurses: For information contact the chair of the Nursing department.
NURS 320 - INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL NURSING (2 credits)
This course is designed to provide the foundation for development of professional therapeutic presence.
Theoretical perspectives on ways of knowing are addressed and basic concepts and models of
communication in nursing and other disciplines are emphasized. Also emphasized are the essentials for
practicing the art and science of professional nursing. Issues concerning the health experience of older
persons in community are incorporated throughout the course. The course will introduce nursing theory
and experiential activities, providing the opportunity for students to begin developing skills in
communication in community.
NOTE: OFFERED EVERY FALL SEMESTER
NURS 322 - THEORY AND RESEARCH FOUNDATIONS FOR NURSING (2 credits)
This course provides an overview of selected nursing theories and a historical perspective in understanding
the development of nursing as a discipline. Models for professional nursing practice in emerging health
systems are examined. Theoretical perspectives on ways of knowing are addressed, as well as ethical
decision making, the process of nursing inquiry and nursing research.
NOTE: OFFERED EVERY SPRING SEMESTER
NURS 324 - HEALTH PATTERN RECOGNITION/NUTRITION (3 credits)
This course focuses on health assessment through the life span. Content areas include functional, physical,
nutritional, wellness, health and risk assessment. Selected developmental assessment with emphasis on the
older adult is included. Health patterns of individuals and groups are identified and examined in relation to
definitions of health, cultural perspectives, national normative data, and quality of life issues. The nurseperson
process includes health teaching of individuals, groups, and/or communities. Concepts of health
pattern profiling are introduced and examined in relationship to health delivery systems. Clinical
experiences are scheduled in campus lab and community agencies.
NOTE: OFFERED EVERY FALL SEMESTER
NURS 326 - NURSING THERAPEUTICS (4 credits)
This course focuses on the theoretical basis of the nurse-person process in understanding human health
patterns and supporting changing health patterns. Opportunities for application of critical thinking, nursing
process, communication, nursing therapeutics, as well as the development of beginning clinical reasoning
skills are provided in campus and clinical laboratory experiences. Selected readings from nursing science are
examined in relation to nursing therapeutics and quality of life issues. Models of health care delivery and
nursing informatics are introduced. Pharmacology is introduced with an emphasis on pharmacological
principles and the nursing process.
NOTE: OFFERED EVERY FALL SEMESTER
NURS 328 - PATHOPHYSIOLOGY (3 credits)
This course focuses on the pathophysiologic basis of changing health patterns. Emphasis is placed on
relating normal physiologic function to changes that occur in the expression of disease and contribute to
altered health patterns in humans. Aspects of cellular, organ, and body system alterations are examined in
relation to the pattern of the whole as humans experience changing patterns of health. Emphasis is also
placed on relating the manifestations of disease, diagnostic tests and collaborative therapeutic interventions
to underlying pathophysiologic processes.
NOTE: OFFERED EVERY FALL SEMESTER
NURS 340 - ADULT HEALTH NURSING I (5 credits)
The focus of this course is on understanding changing patterns of health experienced by adults with acute
and chronic health conditions. Nursing practice in acute care settings is grounded in nursing science with
emphasis on being, knowing and acting with compassion and caring in evolving relationships and fostering
health, wholeness and human potential of adults, their families and communities from which they come.
Opportunities are provided for students to integrate key processes and concepts to include knowledge of
acute and chronic health conditions, pathophysiology, pharmacology, nursing process, the aging process,
nursing care management across the health care continuum, interdisciplinary collaboration, ethical
reasoning, levels of prevention, and teaching-learning theory.
NOTES: PREREQUISITE: NURS 320-328; COREQUISITE: NURS 352
OFFERED EVERY SPRING SEMESTER
NURS 352 - CHILD HEALTH NURSING (4 credits)
The focus of this course is on the nurse-person process in the care of children and families across the health
care continuum. Emphasis is on understanding health experiences of children with changing patterns of health. Developmental theory and quality of life issues from the child’s and family’s perspective are
emphasized. Child and family health issues in relation to health care are examined in acute care and
community settings. This includes five weeks of clinical (acute care) experience with children, as well as
exposure to a variety of pediatric community settings; exploring their contribution to children’s health and
well-being. Pharmacology is integrated throughout the course with emphasis on the nursing process.
NOTES: PREREQUISITE: NURS 320-328; COREQUISITE: NURS 340
OFFERED EVERY SPRING SEMESTER
NURS 354 - PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE (2 credits)
This course focuses on beginning knowledge of assessment, policy development, planning, and assurance
of health for populations and communities. Skills and knowledge relevant to nursing science and public
health are integrated to inform understanding of community health nursing. Epidemiology, population
demographics, vital statistics, health care delivery models, advocacy resources, and levels of prevention are
emphasized. The interconnectedness of health, culture, environment, economics, technology and societal
values within diverse communities are explored from the local and global perspective.
NOTE: OFFERED EVERY SPRING SEMESTER
NURS 410 - MATERNALAND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH NURSING (3 credits)
The focus of this course is on the nurse-person process in the care of the childbearing family across the
health care continuum. Emphasis is on understanding health experiences of children with changing patterns
of health. Developmental theory and quality of life issues in relation to health care are examined in acute
care and community settings.
NOTES: PREREQUISITE: NURS 320-328
OFFERED EVERY SPRING SEMESTER
NURS 420 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NURSING I (3 credits)
The prime focus of this course is in the nurse-person process in the care of persons experiencing changing
health patterns. Being with persons/groups/communities as they experience changes in health patterns
provides the foundation for the student to examine concepts from nursing theory, mental health literature
and crisis theory. Human behavior is studied across the life span with a special emphasis on understanding
changing patterns of health from the person’s perspective. Special emphasis is placed on the students’ own
understanding of self and personal patterns of health as these relate to professional nursing practice.
Clinical experiences are provided in the community, including acute care behavioral health settings.
Relevant pharmacology content is included.
NOTES: PREREQUISITES: NURS 340 AND 352
OFFERED EVERY FALL SEMESTER
NURS 421 - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NURSING II (3 credits)
This course is a continuation of NURS 420. The prime focus of this course is in the nurse-person process
in the care of persons experiencing changing health patterns. Being with persons/groups/communities as
they experience changes in health patterns provides the foundation for the student to examine concepts from
nursing theory, mental health literature and crisis theory. Human behavior is studied across the life span
with a special emphasis on understanding changing patterns of health from the person’s perspective.
Special emphasis is placed on the students’ own understanding of self and personal patterns of health as
these relate to professional nursing practice. Clinical experiences are provided in the community, including
acute care behavioral health settings.
NOTES: PREREQUISITE: NURS 420
OFFERED EVERY SPRING SEMESTER
NURS 430 - COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING I (3 credits)
The focus of this course is on the nurse-community process in care of families, groups, and communities.
Community health nursing practice is guided by nursing science and informed by community health
science, public health, environmental health and health promotion principles. Cultural diversity and socially
relevant issues interconnected with health are explored in relation to quality of life from the community
perspective. Clinical opportunities are provided in community settings.
NOTES: PREREQUISITES: NURS 340 AND 352
OFFERED EVERY FALL SEMESTER
NURS 431 - COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING II (3 credits)
This course is a continuation of NURS 430. The focus of this course is on the nurse-community process in
care of families, groups, and communities. Community health nursing practice is guided by nursing science
and informed by community health science, public health, environmental health and health promotion
principles. Cultural diversity and socially relevant issues interconnected with health are explored in relation
to quality of life from the community perspective. Clinical opportunities are provided in community settings.
NOTES: PREREQUISITE: NURS 430
OFFERED EVERY SPRING SEMESTER
NURS 441 - ADULT HEALTH NURSING II (4 credits)
This course builds on the junior level adult health nursing course with increased complexity of nursing care
situations and expectations for clinical reasoning. The focus of this course is on understanding changing
patterns of health experienced by adults with acute and chronic health conditions. Nursing practice in acute
care settings is grounded in nursing science with emphasis on being, knowing and acting with compassion
and caring, fostering health, wholeness and human potential of adults, their families and communities from
which they come. Students are challenged to think critically and develop skill in priority setting in complex
care situations through interactive learning experiences in class, clinical, and hands on laboratory
experiences including critical care and emergency care situations. Opportunities are provided for students
to integrate key processes and concepts to include nursing care/case management across the health
continuum, pathophysiology, pharmacology, nursing assessment, intra-and interdisciplinary collaboration,
ethical reasoning, teaching-learning theory and evidence-based practice.
NOTES: PREREQUISITE: NURS 340
OFFERED EVERY FALL SEMESTER
NURS 450 - PERSPECTIVES IN PROFESSIONAL NURSING I (W - Area 2.1B) (2 credits)
This course focuses on nursing research and career planning. Opportunities are provided for students to
gain increased understanding of the research process and research utilization. The relationship between
nursing research and the development of nursing science is emphasized. Individually and in groups,
students explore and write their own philosophies of nursing, professional resumes, and papers evaluating
the relevance of nursing research to practice settings.
NOTE: OFFERED EVERY FALL SEMESTER
NURS 451 - PERSPECTIVES IN PROFESSIONAL NURSING II (W - Area 2.1B) (2 credits)
This course focuses on professional role development, nursing leadership, and contemporary issues in
nursing. Framed within the rubric of nursing ethic for the betterment of humankind, opportunities are
provided to gain understanding of the ethical dimensions of nursing, nursing history, trends in nursing, legal
aspects of nursing, political activism in nursing and theories of leadership and management in nursing.
Quality of life issues related to emerging health care delivery models are emphasized.
NOTE: OFFERED EVERY SPRING SEMESTER
NURS 468 - NCLEX REVIEW (1 credit)
This course is designed to prepare the student for success on the NCLEX exam. The student will learn how
to use strategies for answering application and analysis questions and to cope with the stresses related to
taking the licensing exam. The full scope of content in the licensing examination will be reviewed. Grading
System: S/U Only.
NOTE: OFFERED EVERY SPRING SEMESTER
NURS 395, 495 - INTERNSHIP (2-4 credits)
Internship study experiences will be conducted in a clinical setting. Internships include a writing
assignment that records the learning process (journal, log, observation report, etc.) as well as a summary
paper that helps the intern reflect on the total internship experience in terms of anticipated and unanticipated
learning outcomes.
NURS 197, 297, 397, 497 - TOPICS IN NURSING (2-4 credits)
NURS 299, 399, 499 - INDEPENDENT STUDY (2-4 credits)