Completion of Semester I courses. Explores the role of nursing in health promotion, disease prevention, and therapeutic interventions for healthy individuals across the lifespan and families within their communities. Application of knowledge of nursing care of adults requiring medical-surgical interventions. Laboratory and clinical experience will focus on self-care deficits due to illness or injury. Study of nursing within the context of cultures, families, communities and society including principles of health maintenance, health promotion and disease prevention.
Offers undergraduate students an opportunity to increase nursing knowledge and skills.
Repeatable, under different subtitles. Qualified undergraduate students will conduct original research or implement the utilization of nursing research in clinical practice. Repeatable, maximum five credits. Completion of Semester II courses. This course emphasizes issues in professional nursing practice as they relate to the changing health care environment.