Students provide increasingly complex nursing care for clients in a variety of settings. Students collaborate with clients, families, groups and other health professionals to promote psychosocial health and prevent disease and disability. Emphasis is on gaining increased facility in therapeutic communication with individuals and groups. 4 lecture and 9 clinical hours average per week per semester. In this course, the student applies the clinical concepts to individuals with disability of acute, chronic, or terminal illness requiring care in the home, hospice, or specialized rehabilitation facility.
Emphasis is on maintaining health, improving quality of life or supporting the dying person.
Students collaborate with clients, families, health care providers, and other resources in the community to bring about positive health outcomes through health promotion and prevention of further disease or disability. 2 lecture and 6 clinical hours average per week per semester. This course focuses on the methods used to acquire, generate, and utilize knowledge in the practice of professional nursing. Emphasis is on research methods and resources for knowledge acquisition. Students are guided to develop critical thinking skills to pursue creative solutions to clinical nursing problems.