Courses: B.S. in Nursing

Courses

The nursing major consists of 37 semester credits. For course sequence, request a program calendar. Credits are listed in parentheses.

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.

NURS360 • The Professional Nurse (4)

Introduction to the scope of professional nursing practice within the context of a Christian worldview. Exploration of professional nursing, professional nursing roles, and the changing context of healthcare. The future of professional nursing will be considered.

NURS404 • Public Health Nursing (4)
Exploration of population-focused nursing care with an emphasis on health disparities and underserved populations. Prerequisites: NURS360, NURS410.

NURS410 • Nursing Informatics (3)
Introduction to the history, core concepts, application, and future of nursing informatics for the profession of nursing. Prerequisite: NURS360.

NURS421E • Cultural Diversity in Healthcare (4)
A focus on culture and its impact on the health/illness state and nursing care. Prerequisites: NURS360, NURS404, NURS410, NURS430.

NURS430 • Research and Evidence-Based Practice (4)
Overview of the research process with a focus on evidence-based nursing practice. Prerequisites: NURS360, NURS404, NURS410.

NURS480 • Nursing Leadership I (4)
Introduction to nursing leadership concepts utilized in the delivery of healthcare. Emphasis on development of leadership attributes associated with professional nursing roles in the context of a Christian worldview. Prerequisites: NURS360, NURS404, NURS410, NURS420E, NURS430.

NURS482 • Nursing Leadership II (4)
Expansion of nursing's professional sphere of influence regarding care delivery through application of leadership/management concepts and theories. Prerequisites: NURS360, NURS404, NURS410, NURS420E, NURS430, NURS480.

NURS490 • Nursing Role Synthesis (1)
Individual and collective reflection on the integration of nursing roles, theories, research, ethical perspectives, and a Christian worldview as it relates to the context of professional nursing. Prerequisites: NURS360, NURS404, NURS410, NURS420E, NURS430, NURS480, NURS482.

PHIL325 • Ethics (3)
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 • Understanding Worldviews (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.

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