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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING
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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:

    

This program is designed for Registered Nurses (RN) who did not receive a bachelor degree prior to certification, or who have since developed another specialization, or who want to consider going on for graduate studies.

REQUIREMENTS:

  1. 120 semester/180 quarter credits
  2. 25% of studies in general education
  3. A maximum of 75% accepted from accredited and/or approved schools
  4. 25%-50% credits from core curriculum

PREREQUISITES:

An associate degree in nursing, plus an RN license; a recognized license in the field; certified professional membership in the field; or at least 75% of degree requirements completed, including any laboratory, practicum, clinical requirements, or licensure qualifications.

INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS:

DISTANCE EDUCATION

CURRICULUM:

(CORE REQUIREMENTS)


Evolution and Dynamics of the Nursing Profession
The concept of Grief and Loss
Health Care Problems of Minority Group Members
Human Sexuality
Behavior of Man in Health and Illness
Communication in Health Care
Introduction to Art and Science of Nursing
Behavior of Man in Health and Illness (continued)
Nursing the Aged
Parent-Child Nursing
Clinical Maternity Nursing
Clinical Nursing
Philosophical and Theoretical Bases of Nursing I & II
Dimensions of Community Health
Teaching Methodologies for Professional Education

COURSE OUTLINES / SYLLABI
1. Course Designation:

1.1        School:   Life, Health and Environmental Science

1.2         Department:   Nursing

1.3         Course Number:      NUR 215

              Title:         Evolution and Dynamics of the Nursing Profession

1.4          Recommended Text List:

    FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION


  1. Course Objectives: Student will exhibit knowledge and understanding in field of concentration.

  2. Course Description: A study of the evolution of nursing focusing on the historical, ethical, moral, legal and institutional ramifications of nursing practice. In addition, consideration will be given to the rights, obligations, societal and institutional expectations of the professional nurse.

  3. Partial List of Faculty:
    1. Shirley Bardell

1. Course Designation:

1.1        School:   Life, Health and Environmental Science

1.2         Department:   Nursing

1.3         Course Number:      NUR 220

              Title:         The Concept of Grief and Loss

1.4          Recommended Text List:

    FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION


  1. Course Objectives: Student will learn to deal with and help suffering from grief and loss.

  2. Course Description: The concepts and theories of grief and loss, with a particular emphasis on the loss of a significant other. There will also be discussions about death and the dying person with the intent of assisting the care giver to deal more effectively with a person and/or family involved in a life-threatening experience.

  3. Partial List of Faculty:
    1. Shirley Bardell

1. Course Designation:

1.1        School:   Life, Health and Environmental Science

1.2         Department:   Nursing

1.3         Course Number:      NUR 221

              Title:         Health Care Problems of Minority Group Members

1.4          Recommended Text List:

    FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION


  1. Course Objectives: Student will be able to critically analyze the health care problems facing minority group members.

  2. Course Description: Description and discussion of the special health care problems which members of minority groups face. These problems may be related to socio-economic status as well as ethnic background and subcultural differences.

  3. Partial List of Faculty:
    1. Shirley Bardell

1. Course Designation:

1.1        School:   Life, Health and Environmental Science

1.2         Department:   Nursing

1.3         Course Number:      NUR 227

              Title:         Human Sexuality

1.4          Recommended Text List:

    FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION


  1. Course Objectives: Student will exhibit knowledge and understanding of human sexuality.

  2. Course Description: An interdisciplinary approach encompassing anatomic, physiologic, psychologic and social aspects of heterosexual and homosexual relationships, including development of gender identity, intercourse, pregnancy, abortion, contraception and venereal disease.

  3. Partial List of Faculty:
    1. Shirley Bardell

1. Course Designation:

1.1        School:   Life, Health and Environmental Science

1.2         Department:   Nursing

1.3         Course Number:      NUR 230

              Title:         Behavior of Man in Health and Illness

1.4          Recommended Text List:

    FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION


  1. Course Objectives: Student will exhibit knowledge and understanding of human behavior in health and in illness.

  2. Course Description: An examination of the health-illness continuum from the framework of social and biological sciences. Content includes role theory, developmental theory, transcultural communication theory and other theories relevant to nursing practice.

  3. Partial List of Faculty:
    1. Shirley Bardell

1. Course Designation:

1.1        School:   Life, Health and Environmental Science

1.2         Department:   Nursing

1.3         Course Number:      NUR 233

              Title:         Communication in Health Care

1.4          Recommended Text List:

    FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION


  1. Course Objectives: Student will be able to articulate very well in field of concentration.

  2. Course Description: Study of basic communication and group process theory and its application to practice. Laboratory experience emphasizes development of each individual's ability to communicate effectively in a diad and in a small group.

  3. Partial List of Faculty:
    1. Shirley Bardell

1. Course Designation:

1.1        School:   Life, Health and Environmental Science

1.2         Department:   Nursing

1.3         Course Number:      NUR 240

              Title:         Introduction to Art and Science of Nursing

1.4          Recommended Text List:

    FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION


  1. Course Objectives: Student can show reasonable efficiency in field of concentration.

  2. Course Description: An introduction to nursing theory and practice. The content will include the following modules: nursing process, pharmacology, interpersonal and technical skills. Methodology will include laboratory, lectures, discussion, seminars, autotutorial laboratory and clinical application.

  3. Partial List of Faculty:
    1. Shirley Bardell

1. Course Designation:

1.1        School:   Life, Health and Environmental Science

1.2         Department:   Nursing

1.3         Course Number:      NUR 245

              Title:         Behavior of Man in Health and Illness

1.4          Recommended Text List:

    FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION


  1. Course Objectives: Student can perform several tasks within field of concentration.

  2. Course Description: Continuation of the examination of the health-illness continuum from the framework of illness as a stressor and the possible responses to such stress. Content includes anxiety, pain, cognitive disturbances, loss and other responses relevant to nursing practice. An introduction to nursing theory and practice. The content will include the following modules: nursing process, pharmacology, interpersonal and technical skills. Methodology will include laboratory, lectures, discussion, seminars, autotutorial laboratory and clinical application.

  3. Partial List of Faculty:
    1. Shirley Bardell

1. Course Designation:

1.1        School:   Life, Health and Environmental Science

1.2         Department:   Nursing

1.3         Course Number:      NUR 247

              Title:         Nursing the Aged

1.4          Recommended Text List:

    FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION


  1. Course Objectives: Student will exhibit knowledge and understanding in field of concentration.

  2. Course Description: The aging process and its relationship to the health status of older adults. Emphasis on normal aging, its relationship to the environment, the health care delivery system and society. Nursing implications for primary health care practice. Clinical focus on holistic health assessment including self-care status of the aged and introduction to nursing management.

  3. Partial List of Faculty:
    1. Shirley Bardell

1. Course Designation:

1.1        School:   Life, Health and Environmental Science

1.2         Department:   Nursing

1.3         Course Number:      NUR 250

              Title:         Parent-Child Nursing

1.4          Recommended Text List:

    FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION


  1. Course Objectives: Student will be able to handle both young and older patients in field of concentration.

  2. Course Description: Major focus on the in-depth assessment of clients from birth through adolescence, with emphasis upon the application of theories from the humanities, sciences and nursing. Students apply the nursing process, using Orem's self-care framework, through design of supportive developmental systems of nursing for clients from conception through adolescence.

  3. Partial List of Faculty:
    1. Shirley Bardell

1. Course Designation:

1.1        School:   Life, Health and Environmental Science

1.2         Department:   Nursing

1.3         Course Number:      NUR 259

              Title:         Clinical Maternity Nursing

1.4          Recommended Text List:

    FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION


  1. Course Objectives: Student can perform various tasks in field of concentration.

  2. Course Description: Intensification and expansion of knowledge and expertise in giving care to mothers and infants in all phases of reproductive process. Pertinent variables considered as well as nursing process. Care of selected patients in family life and health care system.

  3. Partial List of Faculty:
    1. Shirley Bardell

1. Course Designation:

1.1        School:   Life, Health and Environmental Science

1.2         Department:   Nursing

1.3         Course Number:      NUR 260

              Title:         Clinical Nursing

1.4          Recommended Text List:

    FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION


  1. Course Objectives: Student will be able to manage several patients in field of concentration.

  2. Course Description: Clinical application of nursing theory in community situations: acute care, convalescent and ambulatory. Theoretical content will include pathophysiology, pharmacology and treatment modalities. Application of the theoretical concepts related to the nursing care of the child and his family.

  3. Partial List of Faculty:
    1. Shirley Bardell

1. Course Designation:

1.1        School:   Life, Health and Environmental Science

1.2         Department:   Nursing

1.3         Course Number:      NUR 320

              Title:         Philosophical and Theoretical Bases of Nursing I

1.4          Recommended Text List:

    FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION


  1. Course Objectives: Student will understand the philosophical and theoretical bases of nursing.

  2. Course Description: Introduction to the nature of theory and the process of theory development with reference to selected philosophical and theroetical orientations in nursing. Although self-care theory is emphasized, other practice models in nursing are examined.

  3. Partial List of Faculty:
    1. Shirley Bardell

1. Course Designation:

1.1        School:   Life, Health and Environmental Science

1.2         Department:   Nursing

1.3         Course Number:      NUR 325

              Title:         Philosophical and Theoretical Bases of Nursing II

1.4          Recommended Text List:

    FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION


  1. Course Objectives: Student will understand the philosophical and theoretical bases of nursing in greater depth.

  2. Course Description: A continued study of nursing theories, analyzed with reference to criteria explicated in I. Students are expected to articulate an individualized philosophy of practice based upon a synthesis of learnings in I-II. Further, each student selects a theoretical framework to guide her/his practice.

  3. Partial List of Faculty:
    1. Shirley Bardell

1. Course Designation:

1.1        School:   Life, Health and Environmental Science

1.2         Department:   Nursing

1.3         Course Number:      NUR 330

              Title:         Dimensions of Community Health

1.4          Recommended Text List:

    FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION


  1. Course Objectives: Student will exhibit knowledge and understanding in field of concentration.

  2. Course Description: Man in relationship to his environment. Current aspects of the health status of populations. Considerations of planning, implementations and evaluation of community health services. Scope of practice of professionals, including interdisciplinary collaboration. Emphasis on the role of the nurse in delivery of health care.

  3. Partial List of Faculty:
    1. Shirley Bardell

1. Course Designation:

1.1        School:   Life, Health and Environmental Science

1.2         Department:   Nursing

1.3         Course Number:      NUR 339

              Title:         Teaching Methodologies for Professional Education

1.4          Recommended Text List:

    FACULTY AND/OR STUDENT WILL SELECT A CURRENT EDITION


  1. Course Objectives: Student will exhibit knowledge and understanding in field of concentration.

  2. Course Description: Consideration of behavioral outcomes most relevant to education and teaching strategies successful in developing these behaviors. The relationship of content and process to teaching methodologies. Management of learning experiences in clinical laboratory, pre and post clinical conferences, simulation techniques in teaching and evaluation.

  3. Partial List of Faculty:
    1. Shirley Bardell





 
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