1988-1989 Academic Catalog

136 Nursing DEPARTMENTAL COURSES NSG-101 Introduction to Nursing-A 1 hour An introduction to nursing education, practice, and research. Includes discussion of professional ethics and factors which motivate and influence Christian nurses. Students learn nursing skills essential to the facilitation of patient comfort. NSG-201,202 Theoretical and Technical Foundations of Nursing-A 3 hours A brief history of the profession, an overview of conceptual and theoretical approaches to nursing practice, and the current roles of nurses in health care delivery systems. Includes development of technical skills basic to nursing, learning and applying principles of assessment using tools as extension of self to gain clinical data. Prerequisites: Admissions to the Department of Nursing. PYCH-260, BI0-217, CHEM-356, SOC-272. NSG-301,302 Maternal and Family Health Nursing-A 9 hours Provides the student with a basis for assessing mother, newborn, and family memebers relative to normal physiological and psychological functioning in childbearing and minor disruptions. Also provides guidance in appropriate nursing interventions based on a study of the reciprocal influences on health care issues and systems. The student interacts to facilitate adaptation of family members to changing roles. Prerequisites: NSG-201,202 Theoretical and Technical Foundations of Nursing. NSG-303,304 Community Health Nursing-W 9 hours Health promotion and maintenance for communities and the impact of commu– nity on individual, family, and group health. Includes the theory and methods of epidemiology and systems of health care delivery. Assessment techniques are prac– ticed to enable students to assess the responses of community members to events that maintain or threaten to disrupt their physiological, psychological, sociological or spiritual balance. Prerequisites: NSg-201,202 Theoretical and Technical Foundations of Nursing. NSG-305,306 Nursing to Maintain Healthy Intra-and Interpersonal Relationships-Sp 9 hours Includes assessment of normal intrapersonal and interpersonal relationships throughout the life span with a focus on the resources needed to maintain healthy cvommunication. The impact of societal systems on individual, family, and/or com– munity adaptation to stressors is evaluated. Prerequisites: NSG-201,202 Theoretical and Technical Foundations of Nursing. NSG-311 Pharmacology-Sp 4 hours The major drug categories, with emphasis on the pharmacokinetics, pharmacody– namics, major side effects and nursing implications as well as the usual and idiosyn– cratic impact of drug therapy upon various physiological states across the life span. Prerequisites: Prenursing sciences. NSG-313 Patient Education-W 3 hours Principles of teaching are applied to the relationship between professional care– giver and client. Strategies are learned for teaching, setting, goals, and evaluation. Skills are practiced in areas of verbal and nonverbal communication, perception, and motivation. Prerequisites: NSG-201,202 Theoretical and Technical Foundations of Nursing or consent of instructor. NSG-315 Nutrition of Individuals and Families-A 3 hours Normal nutrition for individuals of all ages and food consumption patterns of families in different cultures. Metabolism of food and nutrient utilization are described in a health promotion framework. Modern modes of nutritional therapy are discussed. Prerequisite: CHEM-356 or consent of instructor. NSG-401,402 Nursing Care of Children and Adults I-A 10 hours Common acute physiological imbalances of children and adults and the health care delivery system (including pharmacological, nursing, and medical care) used to restore physiological, psychological, sociological, and spiritual homeostasis are stud– ied in depth. Content includes response patterns of children versus adults to acute illness and the unique resources needed by each to restore health. Includes: health, cellular responses, fluid and electrolyte dynamics, metabolism, oxygenation, percep– tion, and coordination. Recurrent themes include transport and regulation. Assess– ment, planning, interventions, and evaluation components are emphasized as the nursing process is applied in hospital settings. Prerequisites: NSG-401,402 Nursing Care of Children and Adults. NSG-405,406 Management and Advanced Clinical Nursing-S 10 hours Health care organizations and the leadership/management skills required in vari– ous nursing care delivery systems. Includes theories and strategies used by manage– rial leaders. Focuses on the nursing management of clients with complex clinical and psychosocial needs. Clinical involves working under the direction of faculty, nurse manager, clinical specialist, clinical supervisor or assistant director of nursing in a clinical area of the student's choice. Focuses on the observation and development of leadership/managerial skills and advanced experience in the management of patient care for a group of patients or patients with multisystem problems. Prerequisites: NSG-403,404 Nursing Care of Children and Adults. NSG-413 Health Assessment-W 3 hours The development of systematic approaches to assessing the health status of indi– viduals. Includes obtaining a health history, performing a physical examination and normal physical and developmental responses throughout the lifespan. NSG-440 through NSG-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: NSG-20 l, 202 Theoretical and Technical Founda– tions of Nursing or consent of instructor. NSG-480 Independent Study in Nursing-A, W,Sp,Su 1-4 hours Independent learning to secure an extensive background in a specialized area of nursing. May be repeated once. Prerequisite: Signed contract between student and instructor in which work to be completed is described. NSG-493 Research in Nursing-W 3 hours The research process applied to clinical nursing problems with focus on the state– ment of problem, development of conceptual framework, research method selection, data analysis, and discussion of the findings. Includes discussion of the ethics of research and constraints in obtaining a sample. Prerequisites: PYCH-261 Psychologi– cal Statistics or MATH-384 Probability and Statistics. NSG-495 Seminar in Nursing-Sp 3 hours Major professional issues in nursing and the political, economic, social, and reli– gious factors that influence these issues. Prerequisites: NSG-403, 404 Nursing Care of Children and Adults.