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NUR 304: Perspectives on Professional Nursing – Past and Present Credits 3; Class Hours 3 This course chronicles the evolution of professional nursing beginning with a historical perspective leading to the 21st century. It explores the changing society and its effect on the nursing leadership and socialization of students into the professional role. The course also examines concepts and theories that form a foundation for evidenced based practice and culturally competent care. Pre-requisites: Current New York State RN license and Medgar Evers College admission requirements. NUR 316/NURL 316: Health Assessment of the Adult Credits 4; Class Hours 3; Lab Hours 3 This course provides students the skills for further refinement in the assessment of the health status of individual adults in the context of the family for early case finding, referral and follow-up skills .The nursing process is utilized in the collection and recording of relevant data, especially health history and complete physical assessment to identify normal states and deviations from wellness in the adult client. Guided college laboratory experience provides opportunity for practice and refinement in the necessary hands- on skill and techniques.
Pre-requisite or co- requisite: NUR 304
NUR 318/NURL 318: Community Health Nursing in Diverse Populations Credits 5; Class Hours 3; Lab Hours 6 This course integrates knowledge of professional nursing and concepts of family and community client systems in developing comprehensive community nursing care skills. Emphasis is placed on health promotion, health maintenance, health teaching and disease prevention. Principles of epidemiology and the nursing process provide a framework for maximizing the health of the community. Clinical laboratory experience in diverse community health settings enables students to reify relevant concepts and apply principles of teaching in family and community environments. Pre-requisites: MTH 209; NUR 304; NUR 316
NUR 321: Introduction to Nursing Research Credits 4; Class Hours 4 This course is designed to promote the student’s understanding of the research process, using critical appraisal. Upon completion of the course, the student can review and use research findings in nursing and other disciplines, which are applicable to clinical practice. Emphasis is placed on using research as the basis for clinical decision-making that demonstrates quality and cost-effective outcomes in nursing care. Ethical, moral and legal issues are considered in relation to nursing research. Pre-requisites: MTH 209; NUR 304
NUR 322: Psychosocial Health in Groups Credits 3; Class Hours 3 Students are introduced to group dynamics concepts within the context of general systems theory. The concept of health and the relativity of mental health as a function of cultural and environmental factors are explored. A number of specific group dynamics concepts with implications for increased awareness of self and others in goal development, decision-making and leadership functions are examined with a view to enhancing individual effectiveness and mental health in group settings. Pre-requisites: NUR 304 NUR 421: Nursing Leadership and Management Credits 4; Class Hours 3 This course explores contemporary leadership and management concepts, models and strategies, and the functions of mangers, leaders and professional colleagues in nursing. Management theories and their applicability to nursing are examined with technological developments that contribute to managerial role taking. Leadership concepts, principles and management skills, those external socioeconomic and ethno-political factors that influence health care delivery are further examined. To enhance the pragmatic appreciation of the theoretical component of this course, students are provided an opportunity to understudy a nurse manager as a preceptor in an assigned clinical nursing setting. Pre-requisites: NUR 304; NUR 316
NUR 422: High Risk Families Across the Life Span Credits 3; Class Hours 3 This course explores the role and functions of the nurse in facilitating change and promoting family wellness in high risk situations across life span. The student learns how to assess growth and development patterns of the individual and family units, assists in reducing or eliminating risk situations and facilitate adaptation as necessary. The course also provides an overview of caring within the intergenerational family, including challenges, decision making and transitions that occur in the life span. Pre-requisites: NUR 304; NUR 316 NUR 425: Professional Nursing and Trends in Health Care Delivery Credits 3; Class Hours 3 This course describes health care services and how they are delivered according to different national and global systems, interorganizational relationships, allocation of resources and the effect of technological advances. Emphasis is on the impact of trends in various models of health care delivery, the roles and functions of professional nurses and their responsibilities for ethical, legal and cultural issues. Pre-requisites: This capstone course is taken in the last semester of the nursing sequence
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