1984-1985 Academic Catalog

current health. The ethical, political, economic, and social factors of car– ing for persons with intermittent, permanent, or terminal illnesses are discussed. Planning intervention and evaluation components are em– phasized as the nursing process is applied in a variety of settings. Pre– requisites: 56-401, 56-402 Nursing Care of Children and Adults: Acute Physiological Imbalances. 56-405, 56-406 Management and Advanced Clinical Nursing-S 10 hours Health care organizations and the leadership/management skills re– quired in various nursing care delivery systems are explored in this course. Content areas include cost control, decision making, supervi– sion, budget, evaluation of care, leadership, performance, and systems. Clinical practice involves working under the direction of faculty, clini– cal supervisor, assistant director of nursing, clinical specialist and/or head nurse in a practical area of the student's choice. Prerequisites: 56-403, 56-404 Nursing Care of Children and Adults: Intermittent-Per– manent Physiological Imbalances. 56-440 through 56-449 Special Topics in Nursing A, W, Sp, Su 2-5 hours Selected topics of interest to faculty and students. Course titles to be announced when scheduled. Prerequisites: 56-201, 56-202 Theoreti– cal and Technical Foundations of Nursing or consent of instructor. 56-480 Study in -A, W, Sp, Su 1-4 hours Students may engage in independent learning opportunities to secure an in-depth background in a specialized area of nursing. The coarse may be repeated once. Prerequisite: Signed contract between student and in– structor in which work to be completed is described. 56-493 Research in Nursing W 3 hours The research process as applied to clinical nursing problems is dis– cussed. Content focus is on statement of problem, development of con– ceptual framework, research method selection, data analysis, and discus– sion of the findings. Discussion of the ethics of research and constraints of obtaining a sample are included. Prerequisites: 66-261 Psychological Statistics or 71-384 Probability and Statistics. 56-495 Seminar in Nursing - S 3 hours Major professional issues in nursing and the political, economic, so– cial, and religious factors that influence these issues are discussed in this course. Prerequisites: 56-403, 56-404 Nursing Care of Children and Adults: Intermittent-Permanent Physiological Imbalances.