Courses: B.S. in Nursing, Parish Nursing, End of Life

Courses

B.S. in Nursing Courses

The nursing major consists of 36 semester credits. For course sequence, request a program calendar. Credits are listed in parentheses.

NURS320 • Theoretical Foundations of Nursing and Personal Planning (4) Introduction to the scope of nursing practice. Consideration of each major concept (nurse/nursing, client, health/illness, and health care systems) from various perspectives (biblical, philosophical, theoretical, and scientific). Identification of personal strengths and competencies acquired in lower-division nursing courses.

NURS403 • Community Health Nursing Theory and Practice (4)
Focus is on the community as client. Learners function in various roles and settings as they develop skills to facilitate adaptation of communities, groups, and families to challenges to health. Theory and practice emphasize prevention of illness and promotion and restoration of health. Prerequisite: NURS320.

NURS406 • Baccalaureate Nursing Roles (4)
Examination of the nursing roles appropriate to the baccalaureate-prepared graduate. Focus is on leadership aspects of the nursing roles of assessor, caregiver, counselor, collaborator, and teacher. Focus is also on critical thinking, communication in the workplace, and self-awareness. Clients of all ages, especially the elderly, in all health care settings will be considered in looking at these roles. Prerequisites: NURS320, NURS403.

NURS420E • Cultural Diversity in Health Care (3)
Examination of culture and its impact on the health/illness state. Culture is seen as an adaptation of people to their environment, which may affect health positively or negatively. Opportunity is given to plan culture-specific nursing care. Prerequisites: NURS320, NURS403, NURS406, and a Cultural Diversity (E) course.

NURS498 • Dimensions of Professional Nursing Practice I (4)
Opportunity to synthesize and generalize nursing concepts and theories. Nursing research, leadership and management theories, and professional role development are emphasized. Current nursing issues are discussed. Prerequisites: NURS320, NURS403, NURS406, NURS420E. Corequisite: NURS499.

NURS499 • Dimensions of Professional Nursing Practice II (4)
Roles and theories relating to nursing care, leadership, and professionalism are examined in the clinical setting to assist the learner with development of a personal philosophy of nursing. Learners work with clients with complex challenges to adaptation in a variety of health care settings. Co-requisite: NURS498. Prerequisites: NURS320, NURS403, NURS406, NURS420E.

ANTH332E • Cultural Anthropology (3)
Study of the nature of culture, and the universals in human cultural experience (such as politics, kinship, religion, marriage, and economics). Selected case studies illustrate how these universals are integrated in particular societies.

GENS413P • The Modern World: Trends and Forces Impacting Organizations (3)
Survey of technological, economic, political, cultural, and religious trends as well as forces shaping our global and personal futures. Exploration of alternative Christian worldviews and modes of thinking and learning that might be useful in responding to these challenges.

PHIL319 • Ethics (4)
Critical analysis of the nature of ethics, principal ethical theories, and contemporary ethical issues relating to the individual and society. Readings focus on questions such as the grounds for moral judgments; the relation of religion to ethics; the place of duties, consequences, and virtue in the moral life; and concepts of justice and their application to public policy. The role of gender in ethics is considered. Applications to issues in bioethics will be the major focus of the course.

THEO415 • Developing a Christian Worldview (3)
Study of the basic elements of a Christian philosophy of life including comparison with other life philosophies and application to life in contemporary organizations and professions.

End of Life Courses

NURS340 (NUR340X) • End of Life Nursing Care: Evidence Based Practice (1)
Exploration of evidence-based practices in end of life nursing care: pain management, symptom management, last hours of life, and cultural and spiritual considerations. Based on curriculum developed by the End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC). Prerequisite: R.N. Course is online.

NURS344 (NUR344X) • End of Life Nursing Care: Promoting Quality Care (1) Exploration of strategies for improving quality of care at the end of life: facilitation of grief, effective communication, ethical issues, and improving end of life care in health systems. Based on curriculum developed by the End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC). Prerequisite: R.N. Course is online.

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