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 NUR 1101 Intro Prof. Nursing
Description: Development of nursing as an art, science, and profession. Current and evolving roles of the nurse in health care within a Judeo-Christian value system 2.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: None.
Last Offered: Fall 2008 , Fall 2007 , Fall 2006 , Fall 2005

 NUR 1103 Intro Prof Nursing II
Description: Use of effective communication and assessment process in professional nursing practice. 2.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: None.
Last Offered: Fall 2008 , Summer 2008 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007

 NUR 2104 Nur Process & Health Asses I
Description: Nursing assessment and diagnosis related to environmental variables and health behaviors of individuals and families. 2.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: (CHM 1131 and CHM 1134) or CHM 1152 or (CHM 3201 and CHM 3211)
Corequisites: NUR 2105
Last Offered: Fall 2008 , Summer 2008 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007

 NUR 2105 Nur Process Hlth Lab I
Description: Practice of selected assessment skills in a laboratory setting. 1.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: None.
Corequisites: NUR 2104
Last Offered: Fall 2008 , Summer 2008 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007

 NUR 2106 Essentials of Nursing Practice
Description: Identification of the health maintenance, restoration, and promotion needs of individuals from birth through senescence. Emphasis on the nursing process and the role of the nurse as an interdependent and collaborative member of the health care team. 2.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: NUR 1101 and NUR 1103 and NUR 2104 and NUR 2105
Corequisites: NUR 2107
Last Offered: Fall 2008 , Summer 2008 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007

 NUR 2107 Prac Essen of Nsg Prac
Description: Practice of selected assessment and nursing skills in the laboratory and clinical settings. 2.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: NUR 2104 and NUR 2105
Corequisites: NUR 2106
Last Offered: Fall 2008 , Summer 2008 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007

 NUR 2200 Healthy Lifestyles & Human Val
Description: Exploration of real life issues of college students, with emphasis on personal decision making and values clarification. Substance use/abuse, sexuality, depression, STD/AIDS, stress management. 3.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: None.
Last Offered: Fall 2008 , Summer 2008 , Spring 2008 , Summer 2007

 NUR 3000 Founda in Nur and Health
Description: Concepts of health and the systems of health care. The College of Nursing philosophy as a framework of formulations of nursing diagnosis and design of care. 3.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: None.
Corequisites: NUR 3005
Last Offered: Fall 2008 , Fall 2007 , Fall 2006 , Spring 2006

 NUR 3005 Practcum in Nur & Health
Description: Nursing Assessment of individuals and families in laboratory and clinical practice. 1.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: None.
Corequisites: NUR 3000
Last Offered: Fall 2008 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007 , Spring 2007

 NUR 3030 Basic Conc Pharmacology
Description: A classification of pharmacological agents, their actions, dosages, toxicity and interactions related to the physiological variables and life-cycle. 3.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: CHM 1131 and CHM 1134 and BIO 1205 and BIO 1206
Last Offered: Fall 2008 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007 , Fall 2006

 NUR 3108 Pathophysiology
Description: Human pathogenesis from the cellular, histologic, and systemic perspectives. Emphasis on pathophysiology that is commonly experienced by the individual and frequently encountered in the clinical setting. The influence of etiologic agents, environment, and human behavior on health maintenance, health restoration, and health promotion. 3.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: BIO 1205 and BIO 1206
Last Offered: Fall 2008 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007 , Spring 2007

 NUR 3110 Research in Nursing
Description: Emphasis on the methods of systematic inquiry in nursing practice. Designed to develop critical consumers of published research. 3.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: None.
Last Offered: Fall 2008 , Summer 2008 , Spring 2008 , Summer 2007

 NUR 3112 Nursing Care of Adults
Description: Nursing interventions directed toward maintaining, restoring , and promoting health for adults and their families expressing age-related changes and other health alterations. 6.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: NUR 2104 and NUR 2105 and NUR 2106 and NUR 2107
Corequisites: NUR 3108, NUR 3113
Last Offered: Fall 2008 , Summer 2008 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007

 NUR 3113 Prac Nsg Care of Adults
Description: Clinical application of nursing interventions directed towards maintaining, restoring, and promoting health of adults with health alterations in a variety of settings. 6.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: NUR 2104 and NUR 2105 and NUR 2106 and NUR 2107
Corequisites: NUR 3112
Last Offered: Fall 2008 , Summer 2008 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007

 NUR 3116 Nur Care Adult Comp Prob
Description: Maintenance, restoration, and promotion of health for adults families, and groups experiencing complex alterations of mental and physical health. 6.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: NUR 3112 and NUR 3113
Corequisites: NUR 3117
Last Offered: Fall 2008 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007 , Summer 2007

 NUR 3117 Prac Nur Adul Comp Prob
Description: Clinical application of nursing interventions directed toward mental health, physical health and health promotion of adults with complex health alterations in a variety of settings. 6.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: NUR 3112 and NUR 3113
Corequisites: NUR 3116
Last Offered: Fall 2008 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007 , Spring 2007

 NUR 4101 Parent-Child Nursing
Description: Nursing interventions for maintaining, restoring, and promoting health for women, infants, children and adolescents in childbearing and childbearing families. 6.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: NUR 3116 and NUR 3117
Corequisites: NUR 4103
Last Offered: Fall 2008 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007 , Summer 2007

 NUR 4102 Nur & Health Promotion
Description: Nursing and educative interventions which promote the health of groups. Focus on health needs of populations and management of health risks. 6.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: NUR 4101 and NUR 4103
Corequisites: NUR 4107
Last Offered: Summer 2008 , Spring 2008 , Summer 2007 , Spring 2007

 NUR 4103 Prac Parent-Child Nurs
Description: Clinical application of nursing interventions toward maintaining, restoring, and promoting health of women, infants, children, and adolescents. 6.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: NUR 3116 and NUR 3117
Corequisites: NUR 4101
Last Offered: Fall 2008 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007 , Spring 2007

 NUR 4107 Prac NUR Hlth Promotion
Description: Application of health promotion strategies to groups composed of individuals, family and community members. 6.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: NUR 4101 and NUR 4103
Corequisites: NUR 4102
Last Offered: Summer 2008 , Spring 2008 , Summer 2007 , Spring 2007

 NUR 4110 Leader & Management NUR
Description: Leadership and management principles related to the practice of Nursing. Pre-requisites: NUR 4101 and NUR 4103 OR Co-requisites: NUR 4101 and NUR 4103 OR NUR 4102 and NUR 4107 5.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: None.
Last Offered: Fall 2008 , Spring 2008 , Spring 2007 , Fall 2006

 NUR 4130 Contemp Issues & Trends
Description: Critical analysis of major issues and trends in nursing and health care. 2.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: None.
Last Offered: Fall 2008 , Summer 2008 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007

 NUR 4800 Women's Health Issues
Description: Women's Health from physiological, psychosocial, political, historical and cultural perspectives. Open to non-nursing majors. 3.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: None.
Last Offered: Fall 2004 , Spring 2003 , Spring 2002 , Spring 2001

 NUR 4802 Issues Trend Gerontology
Description: Aging and the effects of transitions associated with aging. Emphasis is on functional assessment, chronicity and the impact of demography. Open to nursing and other majors with interest in gerontology. 3.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: None.
Last Offered:

 NUR 4900 Guided Study in Nursing
Description: Study or project development in a special interest area in nursing under faculty guidance. Includes tutorial sessions as necessary. Registration with the permission of the Dean. 1.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: None.
Last Offered: Fall 2008 , Summer 2008 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007

 NUR 4901 Guided Study in Nursing
Description: Description not available. 2.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: None.
Last Offered: Fall 2008 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007 , Spring 2007

 NUR 4902 Guided Study in Nursing
Description: Description not available. 3.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: None.
Last Offered: Fall 2008 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007 , Spring 2007

 NUR 4903 Guided Study in Nursing
Description: Description not available. 4.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: None.
Last Offered: Spring 2008 , Fall 2005 , Spring 2003

 NUR 4904 Guided Study in Nursing
Description: Description not available. 5.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: None.
Last Offered: Spring 2008 , Spring 2007 , Fall 2006 , Fall 2005

 NUR 4905 Guided Study in Nursing
Description: Description not available. 6.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: None.
Last Offered: Fall 2008 , Spring 2008 , Fall 2007 , Spring 2007

 NUR 6100 Oncology Nursing
Description: An in-depth study of the major cancers and the nurse's role in the common modalities for the treatment of cancer. 3.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: NONE
Prerequisites: None.
Last Offered: Summer 2002 , Summer 2001 , Summer 2000 , Summer 1999

 NUR 7080 Intro Health Care System
Description: The health care delivery system in the United States. 3.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: Graduate students and qualified undergraduates
Prerequisites: None.
Last Offered: Spring 2001 , Spring 2000 , Spring 1999

 NUR 7081 International Health
Description: International and intercultural environments for nursing and health. Restricted to graduate students, or undergraduate students with permission. 3.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: Graduate students and qualified undergraduates
Prerequisites: None.
Last Offered: Fall 2008 , Fall 2005 , Fall 2003 , Spring 2002

 NUR 7082 Explorations in Loss
Description: Social, cultural and psychological conditions that influence human grief in modern society. 3.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: Graduate students and qualified undergraduates
Prerequisites: None.
Last Offered: Summer 2008 , Summer 2007 , Summer 2006 , Summer 2005

 NUR 7084 Principles of Epidemiology
Description: Determinants and distribution of health and illness; application of epidemological principles and biostatistics to advanced nursing practice and health care delivery. 3.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: Graduate students and qualified undergraduates
Prerequisites: None.
Last Offered: Summer 2002 , Summer 2001 , Summer 1999 , Summer 1998

 NUR 7085 Contem Pract Health and Ill
Description: Concepts related to suffering, caring and healing and practices related to health and illness from diverse spiritual traditions. Current research on the impact of spiritual practices on health and illness. 3.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: Graduate students and qualified undergraduates
Prerequisites: None.
Last Offered: Summer 2003 , Summer 2002 , Summer 2001 , Spring 2000

 NUR 7086 Pain in Clinical Practice
Description: Pathophysiology of pain, pain assessment the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of common analgesics and traditional pain management modalities, pain theories and pain taxonomies, alternative and non-traditional pain management practices. 3.0 credit(s)
Restrictions: Graduate students and qualified undergraduates
Prerequisites: None.
Last Offered: Fall 2008 , Fall 2007 , Fall 2006 , Fall 2005

 NUR 7087 Field Study in Intl. Health