N 172 Lab Focuses on the application of the nursing process based on the Roy Adaptation Model, and the principles of medical and surgical nursing to patients with ineffective behaviors in oxygenation, elimination, fluid and electrolytes, activity and rest, neurological function, endocrine function, protective function, self concept, role function, and interdependence. Emphasis is on a family-centered approach to nursing care, health maintenance, and health education directed toward the child and family. Principles of nutrition, pharmacology, physiology, growth and development, and cultural variations are integrated. Emphasis is on a family-centered approach to obstetrical and women's health, nursing care, health maintenance, and health education directed toward the obstetrical patient and family. Principles of nutrition, pharmacology, physiology, growth and development, and cultural variations are integrated.
Emphasis is on the practice of nursing in non-traditional settings.
N 176 Lab Focuses on the integration of the nursing process with the Roy Adaptation Model in providing nursing care for long term, acute, and critically ill medical surgical patients. Emphasis is placed on leadership, patient care management systems and ethicolegal issues. Students are exposed to specialty nursing areas and are provided a preceptorship to bridge the gap between student and staff nursing roles. The Special Topics course is a grouping of short seminars designed to provide students with the latest ideas in a field of study. The course content is thematic in nature and each seminar within the course differs from other offerings in the same course.