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Nursing courses
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| NUR160 |
Nursing: Discerning Your Vocation |
1 credit |
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Based on a Christian worldview, this course considers dimensions of
nursing specifically related to nursing as a human science, performing
art and healing ministry. This exploration includes a historic, current
and future perspective. Students reflect on their call to nursing and
develop a success plan for completing their major. Current societal,
health-related and professional issues are also explored. Learning
experiences include lecture and directed discussion, journaling,
interviews, one clinical observation with a practicing nurse, guest
lectures, multimedia learning technology and library research. (1 credit)
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| NUR220 |
Nursing and Shalom |
2 credits |
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Based on a Christian worldview, this course investigates the theoretical,
scientific and ethical foundation of nursing as a human science,
performing art and healing ministry to promote shalom (health, peace and
wholeness from a Biblical perspective) and social justice. The program's
mission, philosophy, conceptual framework and program outcomes are
examined. Service-learning experiences, faith reflection and the creation
of an electronic portfolio are integrated in meeting course objectives.
Prerequisite: Acceptance into the nursing education program. (1 credit)
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| NUR260 |
Fundamentals of Nursing |
3 credits |
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Based on a Christian worldview and the framework of nursing as a healing
ministry, human science and performing art, this course provides the
foundation for application of the nursing process with diverse pediatric
and adult clients in acute and chronic illness. On-campus laboratory
precedes clinical experiences and, to promote shalom, these experiences
provide opportunity to develop knowledge and beginning nursing aptitudes
in intervening with the care of individual clients across the lifespan.
Prerequisites: Nursing 220 and Biology 203; Concurrent requisites:
Nursing 280 and 290. (3 credits)
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| NUR260L |
Fundamentals of Nursing Lab |
0 credit |
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| NUR280 |
Lifespan Health Assessment |
3 credits |
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Based on a Christian worldview, this course provides an opportunity for
students to develop their understanding and use of the nursing process,
with a focus on the relationship development and assessment phases.
Emphasis is placed on performing holistic assessment of pediatric and
adult clients including the physiological, psychological, sociocultural,
spiritual and moral/ethical dimensions. Laboratory practice precedes
clinical application in a variety of health care and community settings.
In the clinical component, students develop aptitudes in relationship
development and holistic assessment of pediatric and adult individual
clients to develop clinical judgment and promote shalom. Prerequisite:
Nursing 220; Concurrent requisites: Nursing 260 and 290. (3 credits)
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| NUR280L |
Lifespan Health Assessment Lab |
0 credit |
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| NUR290 |
Promoting Shalom with Older Adults |
3 credits |
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Based on a Christian worldview, this course explores multidimensional
aging processes and the holistic health experience of older individuals
from the perspective of a Christian worldview. Emphasis is placed on
nursing as a healing ministry, human science and performing art to
promote shalom with older adults. Application of the nursing process in
health promotion and care of common geriatric care concerns is
accentuated. Service-learning experiences, faith reflection and
literature and the arts are integrated as strategies to more fully
understand (a) the experience of older adults with diverse backgrounds,
and (b) personal values, attitudes, practices and ethics as well as those
evident in government policies, community planning and the health care
and social service delivery system. The clinical component provides an
opportunity for nursing practice in community-based and acute care
settings with older adult clients, assisting students to integrate
knowledge, aptitudes and compassionate care in health promotion,
restoration and maintenance and living the three nursing practice
dimensions (illuminating meaning, synchronizing rhythms and participating
in transcendence). Prerequisites: Nursing 220 and Biology 203; |
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| NUR290L |
Promoting Shalom with Older Adults Lab |
0 credit |
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| NUR320 |
Promoting Shalom with Ill Clients |
6 credits |
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Based on a Christian worldview, this course examines the theoretical,
scientific and ethical basis for the application of the nursing process
with diverse clients in their experience of health and illness across the
lifespan. Emphasis is placed on nursing as a human science, performing
art and healing ministry to promote shalom with children and adults. The
clinical component provides an opportunity for nursing practice in acute
care and selected community-based settings, assisting students to
integrate knowledge, aptitudes and Christ-like compassion in all levels
of prevention, with a focus on health restoration and in living the three
practice dimensions. Prerequisites: Nursing 220, 260, 280, 290, Biology
320 and Psychology 225; Concurrent requisite: Biology 360. (6 credits)
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| NUR320L |
Promoting Shalom with Ill Clients Lab |
0 credit |
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| NUR350 |
Promoting Shalom with Cross-Cultural Populations |
1 credit |
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Based on a Christian worldview, this 1-credit seminar examines
transcultural nursing theory from a theoretical, scientific and ethical
perspective, along with logistics for the in-country experience,
dimensions of global health care and social justice. Emphasis is placed
on cultural values, beliefs, norms and practices and their influence on
the lived experience of health and illness. The in-country experience
provides students opportunities to explore and engage another culture and
participate in the nursing and health care delivery system. Emphasis is
placed on nursing as a human science, performing art and healing ministry
to promote shalom with diverse clients in acute care and/or
community-based settings.Learning experiences include service-learning,
experiential learning and faith reflection. Course is completed prior to
enrollment in General Education 350. Prerequisites: Nursing
320,Philosophy 114 and Religion 262; Concurrent requisites: Nursing 360
and 380. (1 credit)
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| NUR360 |
Promoting Shalom with the Childbearing Family |
3 credits |
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Based on a Christian worldview, this course examines the theoretical,
scientific and ethical basis for the application of the nursing process
with diverse normal and high-risk childbearing families. Emphasis is
placed on nursing as a human science, performing art and healing ministry
to promote shalom with parents and children. The clinical component
provides an opportunity for nursing practice in acute care and selected
community-based settings, assisting students to integrate knowledge,
aptitudes and compassionate care in health promotion and restoration
activities and in living the three nursing practice dimensions. Learning
experiences include service-learning, faith reflection, laboratory
practicum and clinical experiences. Prerequisite: Nursing 320;
Concurrent requisites: Nursing 350 and 380. (3 credits)
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| NUR360L |
Promoting Shalom with the Childbearing Family Lab |
0 credit |
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| NUR380 |
Promoting Shalom and Mental Health |
3 credits |
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Based on a Christian worldview, this course examines the theoretical,
scientific and ethical basis for the application of the nursing process
in promoting shalom with diverse individuals across the lifespan who are
experiencing mental illness. Emphasis is placed on nursing as a healing
ministry, human science and performing art to promote shalom with
pediatric and adult mental health clients in acute care and
community-based settings. The person is considered from a holistic
perspective and application of the nursing process utilizing all levels
of prevention is emphasized, with a focus on the therapeutic use of self,
health restoration and maintenance. The clinical component provides an
opportunity for mental health nursing practice in institutional and
selected community-based settings, assisting students to integrate
knowledge, aptitudes and compassionate care in living the three nursing
practice dimensions. Prerequisites: Nursing 320 and Psychology 360;
Concurrent requisites: Nursing 350 and 360. (3 credits)
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| NUR380L |
Promoting Shalom and Mental Health Lab |
0 credit |
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| NUR420 |
Nursing Science and Informatics |
4 credits |
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Based on a Christian worldview, this course examines the epistemological
(theoretical, scientific and ethical) foundation of nursing as a human
science, specifically as an approach to promote shalom and social
justice. It surveys the types, methods and uses of research and
informatics to enhance client outcomes and to deliver holistic nursing
care for all clients and at all levels of prevention. The course
emphasizes the knowledge and aptitudes needed by professional nurses to
manage and utilize health care information and related technologies,
critically evaluate research studies and integrate evidence in all phases
of the nursing process. In the practicum, students analyze a variety of
health care technologies and present an evidence-based practice project.
Prerequisites: Nursing major with senior class standing and Mathematics
208; Concurrent requisite: Nursing 440. (4 credits)
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| NUR440 |
Promoting Shalom with Diverse Populations |
5 credits |
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Based on a Christian worldview, this course examines the theoretical and
scientific basis for the application of the nursing process with diverse
families and groups in the community. All levels of prevention are
considered, focusing on health promotion and maintenance. Grounded in a
synthesis of public health and nursing science and arts, the course
emphasizes nursing as a healing ministry, human science and performing
art to promote shalom and enhance the health of the population as a
whole. The clinical component provides an opportunity for nursing
practice in the community, assisting students to integrate knowledge,
aptitudes and compassionate care in living the three nursing practice
dimensions with families and groups. Learning experiences include
service-learning, faith reflection and clinical experiences.
Prerequisites: Nursing major with senior class standing and Nursing
350; Concurrent requisite: Nursing 420. (5 credits)
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| NUR460 |
Nursing Leadership and Clinical Scholarship |
5 credits |
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Based on a Christian worldview, this course explores the leadership,
management, role development and clinical scholarship dimensions of
professional nursing practice, with a distinctive emphasis on promoting
shalom, servant leadership, social justice and sociopolitical change.
Students will analyze the health care system at a microsystem,
macrosystem and chronosystem level, focusing on national health care
but also exploring global health issues. Foundational to this
exploration is an analysis of the relationship of personal,
professional and organizational values and ethics to health care
leadership roles and activities. Clinical scholarship is emphasized as
a moral duty of Christian nurses committed to continuing Jesus' healing
ministry. The practicum component provides an opportunity for students
to observe (a) the role played by a nurse servant leader and (b) engage
in a leadership project as a basis for clinical scholarship. Learning
experiences include service-learning, faith reflection and practicum
experiences.Prerequisites: Nursing 420 and 440; Concurrent requisites:
Nursing 480 and 490.(5 credits)
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| NUR480 |
Promoting Shalom with Critically Ill Clients |
5 credits |
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Based on a Christian worldview, this course expands the theoretical,
scientific and ethical basis for the application of the nursing process
with diverse clients who experience complex health problems across the
lifespan. Emphasis is placed on nursing as a healing ministry, human
science and performing art to promote shalom with children and adults in
acute care and community-based settings experiencing life-altering
illness.The clinical component, which includes a 120-hour preceptorship,
provides opportunity for (a) beginning-level professional nursing
practice in acute care and selected community-based settings, (b) the
integration of knowledge from nursing and related disciplines in clinical
decision-making, (c) enhancing aptitudes in all levels of prevention, but
with a focus on health restoration, and (d) practicing compassionate care
in living the three practice dimensions. Prerequisites: Nursing 420 and
440; Concurrent requisites: Nursing 460 and 490. (5 credits)
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| NUR490 |
Living Shalom |
1 credit |
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Based on a Christian worldview, this course explores finding one's place
in God's kingdom for now and eternity, living vocation, integrating values
and ethics in personal and professional realms and living shalom. Within
this capstone seminar, students assess their knowledge and aptitudes
related to the program outcomes and integrate them in their philosophy of
Christian nursing. Supported by a vocation-based philosophy, the course
also prepares graduating seniors to live their vocation, write the
NCLEX-RN examination, secure their first professional nursing position
and practice in their first nursing position. Prerequisites: Nursing 420
and 440. Concurrent requisites: Nursing 460 and 480. (1 credit)
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