NSG

This introductory course includes basic nursing concepts and skills. The focus is on wellness. Areas of emphasis will include the profession of nursing, values, communications, nursing process, physical/psychosocial assessment, nutrition, and pharmacodynamics.

This course builds on the knowledge and skills learned in the first nursing course. The student will care for patients with simple acute and chronic health alterations. Content will be arranged in physiologic, self-concept, role function, and interdependent modes. Mental health nursing and physical/psychosocial assessment of those experiencing health deviations will be included.

This course continues to examine more complex acute care and chronic health alterations. Content will be arranged in physiologic, self-concept, role function, and interdependent modes. The Childbearing Family will also be included. Pharmacology will be integrated throughout the course.

This course focuses on patient in crisis requiring complex nursing care. Content will be arranged in physiologic, self-concept, role function, and interdependent modes. It will include Child Health Nursing. Emphasis will be placed on managing nursing care for multiple patients, delegation and assumption of leadership role. Pharmacology will be integrated throughout the course.

This seminar consists of an analysis of current health trends and issues and their impact on the practice of nursing. Emphasis will be placed on an exploration of contemporary ethical dilemmas, economic and social issues, and concepts related to nursing leadership and the role transaction.