50294-NURS-3150-201

The focus in this course is adaptation to health and illness in the adult patient across the four spheres of care. Students will demonstrate beginning competencies in the knowledge, skills, and attitudes applying Roy’s Model in designing and implementing patient centered and culturally sensitive care for adults in various care settings.

50295-NURS-3155-201
50296-NURS-3155-202
50297-NURS-3155-203
50298-NURS-3155-204
50299-NURS-3155-205

This course is the required co-requisite to ABSN NURS 3150 Nursing Care of the Adult I course.

50300-NURS-3250-201

This course focuses on the foundations of psychosocial nursing and adaptation to mental health stressors in clients across the four spheres of care. Students will demonstrate beginning competencies in the knowledge, skills, and attitudes applying the Roy Model and therapeutic approaches in client adaptation to psychosocial disorders, and workplace, and lateral violence. 

50301-NURS-3255-201
50301-NURS-3255-202
50301-NURS-3255-203
50301-NURS-3255-204
50301-NURS-3255-205

This course is the required co-requisite to ABSN NURS 3250 Psychosocial Nursing.

50282-NURS-3351-101

This course will build upon the beginning knowledge, skills, attitudes, and competencies achieved in previous courses. Students will learn to designing and implement culturally sensitive, patient centered, developmentally appropriate care for the client and family implementing the compassionate care of neonates, infants, pregnant women and families.

50283-NURS-3352-101
50284-NURS-3352-102
50285-NURS-3352-103
50286-NURS-3352-104
50287-NURS-3352-105

This course is the required co-requisite to ABSN NURS 3351 Nursing Care of Childbearing Families/Obstetric Nursing course. 

50288-NURS-3353-101

This course will build upon the developing knowledge, skills, attitudes, and competencies achieved in previous courses. Students will apply  appropriate care for the pediatric client and family across the four spheres of care. The nursing process, critical thinking, clinical judgment, evidence-based practice, quality and safety, ethics, interprofessional collaboration, healthcare technology, palliative and end of life care, are implemented for the compassionate care of neonates, children, adolescents, and emerging adults.

50289-NURS-3354-101
50290-NURS-3354-102
50291-NURS-3354-103
50292-NURS-3354-104
50293-NURS-3354-105

This course is the required co-requisite to ABSN NURS 3353 Pediatric Nursing course.

50306-NURS-4250-201

This course builds upon the developing knowledge, skills, attitudes, and competencies achieved in NURS 3100/3150 and previous courses. Students will apply Roy’s Model in designing and implementing culturally sensitive, patient centered care for adults across the four spheres of care. The nursing process, critical thinking, clinical judgment, evidence-based practice, quality and safety, ethics, interprofessional collaboration, healthcare technology, palliative and end of life care, are implemented for the compassionate care of young, middle, and older adults. 

50307-NURS-4255-201
50308-NURS-4255-202
50309-NURS-4255-203
50310-NURS-4255-204
50311-NURS-4255-205

This course is the required co-requisite to ABSN NURS 4250 Nursing Care of the Adult II course.

81740-GNM-1136-001

This course includes the science/math/technology associated with surf forecasting. Students are introduced to waves, surfing equipment, tracking swell, buoy models, hurricanes, weather, bathymetry, tides, wind, and coastal erosion processes. Using actual, re-enacted, and staged events students will examine the relationship between wave models, storms, and related science principles.

80267-CIS-1206-007

An applied approach to the study of statistics, emphasizing statistical thinking with business, economic, and health applications. Topics: descriptive statistics, basic probability, one-sample inferential statistics, and selected topics from multivariate analysis. MS Excel based.

82877-NURS-2150-001

This foundational course introduces the student to the the major concepts of professional nursing: person, health, environment and nurse, as well as the major roles in nursing. Systems theory and Roy’s Adaptation Model of Nursing provide the basis upon which to build nursing knowledge in the four spheres of care. Students are introduced to the knowledge, basic skills, attitudes, and concepts in nursing practice and include the nursing process, critical thinking, effective communication, quality and safety, legal and ethical principles, social determinants of health, informatics, evidence-based practice, National Patient Safety Goals, client education, culture, and self-care. Beginning competencies in medication administration, aseptic technique, medical terminology, and strategies for client adaptation in basic care and comfort, nutrition and elimination, oxygenation, mobility, hygiene, skin integrity, and psychosocial integrity are assessed in this course. 

82878-NURS-2155-001
82879-NURS-2155-002
82880-NURS-2155-003
82881-NURS-2155-004

This course is the required co-requisite to NURS 2150 Foundations of Professional Nursing.

82882-NURS-2250-001

Students will use the Roy Model as a framework to develop the beginning knowledge, skills, attitudes and competencies in performing a comprehensive health assessment. This course will focus on the data collection, problem identification, and planning phases of the nursing process across the four spheres of care. The practice of therapeutic communication, compassionate care, and respect for diversity will be emphasized. Students will begin to develop an understanding of healthcare informatics and its relationship to the electronic health records (EHR) for documentation and communication of findings. 

82883-NURS-2255-001
82884-NURS-2255-002
82885-NURS-2255-003
82886-NURS-2255-004

This course is the required co-requisite to ABSN 2250 Health Assessment.

82887-NURS-2350-001

This course explores pathophysiology concepts in a focused, understandable approach for nursing students. Pathophysiology will be studied from a systems perspective, including common or prevalent conditions that occur when abnormal pathophysiology is present. In addition to pathophysiology, students will learn common clinical manifestations, risk factors, etiologies, diagnostic testing, and treatment for the conditions presented. Emphasis is placed on the relationship between altered physiology and clinical manifestations, diagnostic findings, and nursing interventions across the four spheres of care. By integrating case studies and other active learning approaches, students will enhance their critical thinking and clinical decision-making skills to provide evidence-based patient care. 

82888-NURS-2450-001

This course provides a comprehensive overview of the basic principles of pharmacology across the four spheres of care. The terms, concepts, and principles of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics are applied to clients requiring adaptation to disease processes. Medication indications, therapeutic, adverse, and toxic effects on human health are emphasized throughout the course. Legal, ethical, and safety aspects of pharmacology are presented with a focus on the administration of medications.

84060-NURS-3351-001

This course will build upon the beginning knowledge, skills, attitudes, and competencies achieved in previous courses. Students will apply Roy’s Model as the framework for designing and implementing culturally sensitive, patient centered, developmentally appropriate care for the client and family across the four spheres of care. The nursing process, critical thinking, clinical judgment, evidence-based practice, quality and safety, ethics, interprofessional collaboration, and healthcare technology are implemented for the compassionate care of neonates, infants, pregnant women and families.

84065-NURS-3353-001

This course will build upon the developing knowledge, skills, attitudes, and competencies achieved in previous courses. Students will apply Roy’s Model in designing and implementing culturally sensitive, patient centered, developmentally appropriate care for the pediatric client and family across the four spheres of care. The nursing process, critical thinking, clinical judgment, evidence-based practice, quality and safety, ethics, interprofessional collaboration, healthcare technology, palliative and end of life care, are implemented for the compassionate care of neonates, children, adolescents, and emerging adults. 

84969-NURS-3450-001

The focus of the course is to examine peer reviewed research as a means of gathering data for refining and extending nursing science. Critique of research studies is carried out to determine applicability of findings to nursing interventions. Students explore the formation of research questions, literature reviews, evidence-based practice (EBP) projects, or research proposals to address a clinical problem. Emphasis is on the importance of theory, evidence-based practice, accountability.

82909-NURS-4150-001

Students will develop knowledge, skills, attitudes, and competencies in the provision of compassionate care for diverse populations across the four spheres of care. The course focuses on public health, emergency preparedness and disaster management, epidemiology, informatics, healthcare economics, and the social determinants of health. The Roy Model, the nursing process, critical thinking, clinical judgment, evidence-based practice, quality and safety, ethics, interprofessional collaboration, palliative and end of life care, are applied. The following concepts, forces and stressors that affect population health are assessed, analyzed, and integrated throughout the course; these include health systems, health inequity, systemic bias/racism, environmental health, ethics, and advocacy.

82919-NURS-4250-001

This course will build upon the developing knowledge, skills, attitudes, and competencies achieved in NURS 3100/3150 and previous courses. Students will apply Roy’s Model in designing and implementing culturally sensitive, patient centered care for adults across the four spheres of care. The nursing process, critical thinking, clinical judgment, evidence-based practice, quality and safety, ethics, interprofessional collaboration, healthcare technology, palliative and end of life care, are implemented for the compassionate care of young, middle, and older adults.

82924-NURS-4350-001

The focus of this course includes evidence-based practice, leadership, ethical principles, interprofessional collaboration, and delegation. Students will demonstrate and expand competencies in the knowledge, skills, and attitudes achieved in previous courses and essential for transition to professional practice. The application of Roy’s Model will continue to be integrated in designing and implementing culturally sensitive, patient centered care for clients across the four spheres of care. Students will apply theory to practice utilizing the nursing process, critical thinking, clinical judgment, healthcare technology, and quality and safety in the provision of compassionate care for the acutely ill client.

82929-NURS-4450-001

The focus of this capstone course is to synthesize leadership, political, economic, legal, ethical, global, and technological issues confronting professional nursing practice. Students will demonstrate and expand competencies in the knowledge, skills, and attitudes achieved in previous courses essential for transition to professional practice. The exploration health care systems, both nationally and internationally, will enhance the understanding of contemporary issues and trends in a global society. Career planning will encourage the student to recognize the value of civility, resilience, self-care, professional development, and life-long learning.