NUR 412 Adaptation in the Community Focuses on acutely and chronically ill clients and their families in both community and psychiatric settings. Emphasis is placed on alterations in role function, self-concept and interdependence modes. I Offers the student the opportunity to practice various roles of the professional practitioner. Clinical expertise is developed via the application of the nursing process. Students use cognitive and psychomotor skills in the nursing care of individuals, families and communities responding to sustained stressors affecting self-concept, role function, and interdependence modes.
Clinical practice is in both mental health and community settings.
The student applies theories of leadership, management, change and teaching-learning in the practice setting. NUR 416 Senior Seminar Students select and research a current professional nursing issue and present the topic in seminar format to the class. NUR 417 Community Health Adaptation Nursing Laboratory Laboratory course designed for the RN student. It provides for application theory from past and concurrent courses. Students use cognitive and psychomotor skills in the nursing care of individuals, families and communities responding to sustained stressors in the community setting.