NUR 324: Transition to Professional Practice
Duration: 7 weeks | Credit Hours: 4
Prerequisite: Admission to the RN to BSN program. Focuses on concepts, processes and skills necessary to facilitate the transition to baccalaureate nursing practice.
NUR 303: Health Assessment
Duration: 7 weeks | Credit Hours: 4
Focuses on the acquisition of health assessment skills necessary for professional nursing practice (3 hour course with 1 hour of applied clinical skills).
NUR 305: Transcultural Patterns of Health Care
Duration: 7 weeks | Credit Hours: 1
This course will examine patterns of health beliefs and values as determined by religion, culture, society, and history. A careful review of how views of health can influence health care, the health care delivery system, and specific elements of health throughout the life span will be undertaken.
NUR 435: Community Health Nursing
Duration: 7 weeks | Credit Hours: 3
Focuses on the synthesis of theories and concepts related to contemporary nursing practice in community health. This course includes a clinical component in NUR 438.
NUR 438: Community Health Nursing Clinical
Duration: 7 weeks | Credit Hours: 2
Post or Co-requisite: NUR 435. Focuses on the synthesis of concepts, processes and skills necessary to promote health and prevent illness in population groups. Emphasis will be placed on managing care for the community as a client/patient rather than on individual health care. The three levels of prevention used in strategic planning for community health will be emphasized.
NUR 404: Health Care Informatics
Duration: 7 weeks | Credit Hours: 2
Students will be introduced to the application of informatics systems to nursing practice, healthcare, education, research, and administration. Integration of various theories will assist students to understand the importance of applying knowledge as they further develop their skills in information literacy. Students will learn how health care professionals can use information systems to work more efficiently, allocate resources more effectively, and improve health care services.
NUR 402: Policy and Finance
Duration: 7 weeks | Credit Hours: 1
Provides an overview of basic economic concepts and political issues related to the provision of health care in a global setting.
NUR 313: Research in Nursing Practice
Duration: 7 weeks | Credit Hours: 2
Focuses on the research process and the development of an attitude of inquiry. The role of the nurse in conducting and utilizing research is explored.
NUR 415: Nursing Leadership/Management
Duration: 7 weeks | Credit Hours: 3
Focuses on applications of current management theories and philosophies to nursing practice. This course includes a clinical component in NUR 418.
NUR 418: Nursing Leadership/Management Clinical
Duration: 7 weeks | Credit Hours: 2
Post or Co-Requisite: NUR 415. This course focuses on the introduction of management functions, roles and responsibilities in the practice of quality nursing care and organizational effectiveness. Emphasis is placed on developing leadership and incorporating management principles in the professional nurse.
NUR 444: Christian Perspectives in Ethics
Duration: 7 weeks | Credit Hours: 3
Provides an opportunity to explore ethical issues and current trends in health care from a Christian perspective.
NUR 482: Synthesis
Duration: 7 weeks | Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite(s): Completion of all RN to BSN coursework and general education requirements. This course is the final RN to BSN course and will be taken at the end of the RN to BSN program. Allows the student to integrate research, leadership, community, policy, finance, ethics and Christian caring into a final project that will demonstrate role acquisition of the baccalaureate prepared nurse.
