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NSG 171. HEALTH CARE TERMINOLOGY ONE CREDIT This course is designed to have students study terms common to the health care professions. The emphasis is on analysis and understanding rather than on memorization. NSG 200. PRINCIPLES OF NORMAL NUTRITION THREE CREDITS An introduction of the basic science of human nutrition; principles of normal nutrition, meal planning, computation of diets, physiological, psychosocial, and social effects of food and its constituents; and some contemporary local, national, and international nutrition problems. Corequisite: NSG 201. NSG 201. PRINCIPLES OF NURSING: INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY SIX CREDITS This course introduces the student to the profession of nursing. Use of the nursing process is emphasized in meeting the basic human needs of clients within families and their communities. Nursing theory is correlated with clinical practice in the Nursing Learning Resource Center and selected clinical agencies. Hours weekly: 4 hours class, 1 hour discussion, 3 hours clinical practice. Fee: $85. Prerequisites: BIO 113, BIO 115-116, PSY 101, Soc 101/Ant 101, Eng 101, NSG 171. Corequisites: NSG 200, Phy 170. NSG 202. NURSING CARE OF THE GROWING FAMILY EIGHT CREDITS The nursing process is utilized in assisting families within their communities to meet their human needs. Nursing theory is correlated with clinical practice in a variety of health care settings. Designated Writing Intensive. Hours weekly: 4 hours class, 12 hours clinical practice. Fee: $85. Prerequisites: NSG 200, 201. Corequisite: GES 242. NSG 203. NURSING CARE OF THE ADULT CLIENT I: INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY EIGHT CREDITS The nursing process is utilized in assisting adults and their families, within their communities, to achieve optimum health and to resolve selected health problems. Nursing theory is correlated with clinical practice in a variety of health care settings. Hours weekly: 4 hours class, 12 hours clinical practice. Fee: $85. Prerequisite: NSG 202. NSG 204. NURSING CARE OF THE ADULT CLIENT II: INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY EIGHT CREDITS The nursing process is utilized in assisting adults and their families, within their community, to achieve optimum health and to resolve selected medical, surgical, and mental health problems. Nursing theory is correlated with clinical practice in a variety of health care settings. Designated Writing Intensive. Hours weekly: 4 hours class, 12 hours clinical practice. Fee: $85. Prerequisite: NSG 203. NSG 270. RECENT TRENDS IN CLINICAL NUTRITION THREE CREDITS This elective course is an introduction to diet therapy, with a discussion of the contemporary issues in clinical nutrition. Deals with the popular myths about nutrition and health and substantiates or refutes these claims with research evidence. Prerequisite: NSG 200 or RN status. NSG 272. PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS AND CLINICAL DECISION-MAKING IN NURSING THREE CREDITS This course is designed to assist students to undertand the multidisciplinary science of pharmacology based on human systems. Content includes drug classifications, indications, adverse effects and contraindications, age-related variables, dosages, and nursing implications. Using critical thinking skills related to drug therapy, clinical decision-making is developed. Prerequisite: NSG 202. NSG 273. PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT THREE CREDITS This elective course is designed to facilitate the integration of physical assessment skills as an essential element of the nursing process. The components of physical assessment, including the health history and physical examination, are organized to allow the student to proceed from an assessment of the overall functions of a client to the more specific functions of each body system. Prerequisites: Junior and Senior Nursing majors or Registered Nurses. NSG 274. DIMENSIONS IN HEALTH AND WELLNESS THREE CREDITS This elective course provides a framework for the exploration of the concepts of holistic health, wellness, and alternative health care modalities through experiential exercises, reading, journaling and lectures. During the course the student will assess his/her personal health and wellness status, develop a plan to modify a specified health behavior, implement the plan using a variety of holistic modalities, and evaluate the outcome of the plan. This is a wellness elective appropriate for any student at any level. Lecture, discussion, class participation. No prerequisites. No corequisites. No fees. NSG 299. NURSING FORUM SEVEN CREDITS This course is designed to facilitate the transition of RN students from other educational routes into baccalaureate nursing education. Use of the nursing process is applied throughout the growth and development of clients. Nursing theory is correlated with clinical practice in community settings. Upon successful completion of N299 (7 credits), 36 additional credits, (N171, N202, N203, N204, N272, N301), will be assigned in recognition of work completed. Designated Writing Intensive. Hours weekly: 5 hours class, 3 hours clinical practice. Fee: $85. Prerequisites: RN status or NCLEX eligibility, ENG 101. Corequisites: NSG 200 or challenge examination. NSG 301. NURSING CARE OF THE OLDER ADULT CLIENT: INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY EIGHT CREDITS The nursing process is utilized in the care of older adult clients and their families within their communities in a variety of settings. Nursing theory is correlated with clinical practice. Designated Writing Intensive. Hours weekly: 4 hours class, 12 hours clinical practice. Fee: $85. Prerequisite: NSG 204. NSG 302. SENIOR PRACTICUM EIGHT CREDITS This course prepares the student for professional role development in emerging health care delivery systems. The student synthesizes knowledge from all previous nursing and supportive courses to manage care in an area of clinical practice consistent with career goals. Designated Writing Intensive. Hours weekly: 2 hours class, 19 hours clinical practice. Fee: $85. Prerequisite: NSG 301. NSG 303. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES AND TRENDS IN NURSING THREE CREDITS This seminar course explores current issues and trends in nursing and health care. Designated writing intensive (WI) and oral presentation option (OPO). Prerequisites: NSG 204 or RN students who have completed NSG 299. NSG 305. INTRODUCTION TO NURSING RESEARCH THREE CREDITS The research process is examined in this course. Emphasis is placed on studies in nursing which provide a foundation for critical reflection on research reports and application of findings to practice. Designated oral presentation option (OPO). Offered fall semester only. Prerequisites: Mth 150 and NSG 204 or RN students who have completed NSG 299. NSG 395-396. INDEPENDENT STUDY ONE TO THREE CREDITS Independent study for advanced students in nursing under the direction of a staff member. Prerequisites: By arrangement with an instructor. Candidates for independent study must have a minimum cumulative and nursing G.P.A. of 3.00 and be of senior class standing. NSG 399. COOPERATIVE EDUCATION ONE TO SIX CREDITS Professional cooperative education placement in a private/public organization related to the student's academic objectives and career goals. In addition to their work experience, students are required to submit weekly reaction papers and an academic project to a Faculty Coordinator in the student's discipline. (See the Cooperative Education section of this Bulletin for placement procedures.) Prerequisites: Sophomore standing, 2.0 cumulative average, consent of academic advisor, approval of placement by department chairperson. NSG 406. ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMET THREE CREDITS This course presents an overview of the full and comprehensive health assessment of the adult client. Emphasis on multiple aspects of assessment including physical, functional, and mental health assessment, along with transcultural variations, will prepare the student for advanced practice nursing. Students are given the opportunity to practice their assessment skills in a laboratory component. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or permission of instructor. NSG 198/298/398. TOPICS IN NURSING VARIABLE CREDIT A study in topics of special interest that are not exclusively treated in regularly offered courses.
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