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Introduces foundation concepts and essential components of the professional baccalaureate prepared nurse role. Examines nursing theory, quality practice, and ethical/legal issues.  Analyzes historical nursing advocates/issues as well as professional nursing topics/trends of today.

This course introduces the pre-licensure student to the art and science of professional nursing that integrates knowledge from the liberal arts and sciences (four breadth areas). Competencies for entry-level practice are explored. Historical perspectives of nursing are examined and correlated with current trends in practice. Fundamental professional communication, including writing skills, is further refined.

Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Pre-licensure BSN Program

Examines effective communication skills needed in today's complex health care environment.  Introduces theoretical principles and applications to enhance productive interaction with internal and external customers, as well as interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary team members, in a variety of diverse health care settings.

Focusing on health promotion concepts, theories, and tools, learners explore nursing care of individuals, families, and special populations from a cultural perspective. Promoting culturally relevant age-specific healthy lifestyles across the life span are addressed. Cultural perspective is expanded through health risk assessment screening, leveraging health educational resources, and the use of targeted strategies for promoting the health and well-being of diverse populations. Using the concepts of cultural awareness, sensitivity, and humility, learners explore the social determinants of health important to equitable care domestically and internationally.

Explores the impact of the vast amount of technology used in today's health care organizations.  Focuses on information technology as related to health care safety, quality improvement, resource utilization, and data management to improve outcomes.  Other topics include the ethical and legal issues impacting the use of technology in health care.

Examines the basic pathophysiology of selected disease processes that may occur across the lifespan. Major pathophysiological concepts are explored using a body systems approach while emphasizing the application of this knowledge to the assessment, planning, and interventions for holistic, person-centered care.

Prerequisites: BIO 20433 Human Anatomy and Lab, BIO 30433 Human Physiology and Lab, and BIO 30243 Microbiology and Lab

This course introduces the pre-licensure nursing student to the foundational skills required to perform a comprehensive physical health assessment across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed on the critical thinking skills required for obtaining an accurate collection and analysis of patient health information, as well as the development of fundamental physical assessment techniques as a basis for clinical judgment.

Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Pre-licensure BSN Program and NRSG 32006 Human Pathophysiology

Students will focuses on expanding and refining knowledge and assessment skills needed in performing a complete nursing health assessment across the life span. Students will describe and analyze assessment findings. Techniques explored: Interviewing, observation, percussion, palpation, inspection, and auscultation utilizing selected volunteers, and virtual high fidelity simulation

experiences. Prerequisite: NRSG 32006 Human Pathophysiology 

This course is designed to develop theoretical knowledge of pharmacotherapeutics for nursing practice. Emphasis is placed on the major classes of clinically important medications and their safe administration. For each therapeutic drug classification, the basic mechanism of drug actions, side effects, routes of administration, and common indications will be reviewed. Nursing implications relative to the utilization of drug therapy are examined.

Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Nursing major, NRSG 30001 Introduction to Professional Nursing, and NRSG 32006 Human Pathophysiology

This course introduces students to basic nursing concepts and skills, including the nursing process as a basis for developing clinical judgment. The four spheres of care - promotion of health and well-being/disease prevention; chronic disease care; regenerative or restorative care; and hospice/palliative/supportive care are introduced. Theoretical knowledge is applied to skills laboratories and clinical experiences. Essential ethical, legal, and professional standards pertaining to quality, safety, asepsis, infection control, and documentation are emphasized throughout.

Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Pre-licensure BSN Program and NRSG 30001 Introduction to Professional Nursing

This course is a continuation of Fundamentals I to build upon foundational nursing skills and concepts previously introduced. Students will apply evidence-based practice in the laboratory, simulation, and clinical care situations. There is an integration of lab and diagnostics tests as well as assessment skills to underpin care planning, intervention, and evaluation. The four spheres of care are expanded with a focus on health and well-being promotion/ disease prevention as well as an emphasis on the teaching/learning process in person-centered care. Legal and ethical aspects of safe, quality care is emphasized in all situations including medication administration, infection control, and documentation.

Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Pre-licensure BSN Program, NRSG 30001 Introduction to Professional Nursing, NRSG 32007 Health Assessment, and NRSG 33000 Fundamentals I w/Lab & Clinical

This course applies the nursing process in providing person-centered care of adult and older adult patients. There is continued application of the four spheres of care with a focus on health promotion and well-being/disease prevention; chronic disease care; and regenerative or restorative care. Common health conditions are addressed with integration of pertinent lab and diagnostics testing to assist in safe, quality care. Emphasis is placed on the progressive development and application of clinical knowledge, clinical judgment, skills, and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. Evidence-based practice is emphasized during didactic as well as laboratory, simulation, and clinical learning experiences.

Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Pre-licensure BSN Program, NRSG 30001 Introduction to Professional Nursing, NRSG 32007 Health Assessment in Nursing Practice, and NRSG 33001 Fundamentals II w/Lab and Clinical

The concepts of community and public health management, health promotion, and disease prevention including the social determinants of health across the lifespan are explored. Health disparities of vulnerable population groups will be analyzed through epidemiologic approaches. Significance is placed on the nurse’s role as it pertains to disaster or public health emergencies. Health agencies, policy, global health issues, and mass casualty disasters are included. Levels of prevention, risk factors, and major determinants of health are investigated. Skills will be acquired in the areas of community assessment, program planning, implementation, and evaluation of population-based interventions. Laboratory, simulation, and clinical learning experiences are included.

Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Pre-licensure BSN Program, NRSG 30001 Introduction to Professional Nursing, NRSG 32007 Health Assessment in Nursing Practice, and NRSG 33001 Fundamentals II w/Lab and Clinical