Nursing Core

Therapeutic Principles provides the theoretical principles and psychomotor skills associated with nursing interventions across health care delivery settings and populations. The course includes a classroom portion to enhance student comprehension of essential therapeutic principles and simulated learning opportunities to synthesize, apply, and refine clinical skills with the ultimate goal of providing quality and safe care to patients.

CARE includes a focus on Compassion, Awareness of self and cultural variance, Resilience, and Effective communication for interprofessional teams. This learner-centered seminar course facilitates student exploration of professional concepts foundational to safe, high quality, patient- & family-centered nursing care across all settings and populations and to enhance student awareness of self within the nurse-patient clinical encounter.

Patient Centered Health Assessment focuses on obtaining a holistic health history and physical examination of the individual patient. The patient's developmental level and cultural, spiritual, and social dimensions provide the basis for developing a patient centered health assessment. Best practices are emphasized through the correct demonstration of physical examination techniques and the use of appropriate screening tools for clinical risks.

Patient Family Centered Care courses prepare students to deliver compassionate, evidence-informed care for the specified population. Students engage individuals, families, and communities as partners in health, integrating pathophysiology, pharmacology, clinical reasoning, and communication to support holistic wellness, safe quality care, health equity, and advocacy across care settings.

Patient Family Centered Care courses prepare students to deliver compassionate, evidence-informed care for the specified population. Students engage individuals, families, and communities as partners in health, integrating pathophysiology, pharmacology, clinical reasoning, and communication to support holistic wellness, safe quality care, health equity, and advocacy across care settings.

Patient Family Centered Care courses prepare students to deliver compassionate, evidence-informed care for the specified population. Students engage individuals, families, and communities as partners in health, integrating pathophysiology, pharmacology, clinical reasoning, and communication to support holistic wellness, safe quality care, health equity, and advocacy across care settings.

Patient Family Centered Care courses prepare students to deliver compassionate, evidence-informed care for the specified population. Students engage individuals, families, and communities as partners in health, integrating pathophysiology, pharmacology, clinical reasoning, and communication to support holistic wellness, safe quality care, health equity, and advocacy across care settings.

Students delve into health policy, examining its effects on access, equity, quality, safety, and social justice. They analyze social, ethical, economic, and political factors impacting health and nursing services. The role of registered nurses in advocating and driving change in healthcare policies is also explored, focusing on improvements for patients, the nursing profession, and healthcare systems.

This course emphasizes the professional nurse's role in the care coordination of adults experiencing complex, multisystem health care needs. Clinical rotations provide students the opportunity to apply knowledge of pathophysiology, pharmacology, health equity, person-centered compassionate care, clinical skills safety, and ethical concepts in a complex care setting. Prereq: Completion of all 3rd year BSN coursework and accelerated BSN coursework.

This course emphasizes the application of public health and population health theories. Students are introduced to a range of public health nursing roles and are able to integrate knowledge from previous clinical courses into this course. Students apply new skills and knowledge in a variety of community based and public health settings.

This course builds on acquired health assessment skills and introduces psychosocial research and theory needed to provide holistic care to clients across the lifespan. The course will explore mental health disorders and addictions experienced globally, evaluate research evidence to determine optimal interventions, master mental health nursing competencies, and learn resiliency principles needed to provide compassionate care for self and others.

This course equips students with essential competencies to advance nursing practice. Students review standardized taxonomies, conceptualize interprofessional collaboration, explore career pathways, practice proficiency in information technology, and expand mentorship strategies to achieve professional success. Activities and assessments emphasize critical thinking, scholarly analysis, and professional communication in writing and presentations.