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RN to BSN: Course Offerings
NSG 333. Health Assessment. 3 credits. The health assessment course is designed to develop knowledge and skills necessary to gather, organize and present relevant health data. Emphasis is placed on systematic strategies, frameworks and skills used to conduct both comprehensive and need-specific health assessments for individual in the context of their family and community.
NSG/HHS 460. Healthcare Informatics.2 credits. This course focuses on the nature and functions of present and future application of health care informatics. Emphasis is on preparing current and future health care professionals to plan, design, collaborate with other health care disciplines, and utilize healthcare informatics for effective health care delivery, health organizational management and improved client outcomes. Prerequisite: Minimum of sophomore standing.
NSG 461. Pathophysiology and Pharmacology.4 credits. This course, offered for RN-BSN program students, provides an examination of complex physiologic responses and clinical sequel in major body systems in relation to pathologic processes. Emphasis is placed upon physiologic compensation and defense responses. Pharmacologic management of pathology is investigated. Prerequisite: Admission to RN-BSN program.
NSG 462. Issues in Contemporary Nursing Practice. 3 credits. This course, offered for RN-BSN program students, examines issues and trends of greatest concern to professional nursing practice today. Historical, societal, political, and economic influence and future trends will be explored. Legal and ethical dimensions of nursing will be discussed. A seminar format will be used emphasizing professional presentation of issues. Prerequisite: Admission to RN-BSN program.
NSG 463. Professional Role Transition. 3 credits. This course, offered for RN-BSN program students, expands the students' current knowledge of concepts related to nursing theory, nursing image and professional role development at the BSN level. Emphasis will be placed upon leadership and management skill development at the personal level. A Seminar format will be used. Prerequisite: Admission to RN-BSN program.
NSG 464. Introduction to Nursing Research. 3 credits. This course, designed for RN-BSN students, will focus on the study of research methods that generate quantitative and qualitative data. Students will examine the research process with an emphasis on critique of research methodologies and application of research findings to nursing practice. Prerequisite: Admission to RN-BSN program.
NSG 465. Specialty Clinical Practicum.1-5 variable credits. This course facilitates the RN-BSN student's transition into a professional nursing role through a BSN/faculty mentored practicum experience in a student-selected clinical specialty area. The student will articulate individual objectives. An individual plan to meet the course and student's objectives will be developed by the student and approved by the faculty. Open to SNAPP scholars as well. Prerequisites: Completion of NSG 333 and NSG 463.
NSG 466. Community Health Practicum. 1 credit. This practicum, for RN-BSN students, transitions practice into the BSN role through mentored clinical experiences at selected community sites. Emphasis is on collaborative nursing care with individuals, families and groups within the community. Experiences include concepts of health promotion and disease prevention and management of acute or chronic illness. Prerequisite: Admission to RN-BSN program.
NSG 467. School Nursing Practice: Addressing the Health Needs of Vulnerable Populations within the Context of Schools. 3 credits. This course focuses on school health services for students with low-incidence disabilities. Content emphasizes the guiding principles of collaborative, comprehensive, coordinated, culturally competent, developmentally appropriate, family-centered and inclusive health and educational service provision. This is a Blackboard course that will be available for students enrolled in the SNAPP program.
NSG 468. Collaborative Teaming: Working Together to Improve Outcomes for Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities.4 credits. This course focuses on collaborative teaming as an approach to delivering inclusive services to students with low-incidence disabilities. Information on models of teamwork, group decision making, team process, leadership and effective communication will be included. Discussion will focus on the roles of various disciplines and parents and team members. This course is part of the SNAPP Scholars program. Prerequisite: NSG 467.
NSG 469. Caring for the Public's Health: Community Health Nursing. 3 credits. This course provides RN to BSN students a perspective of professional nursing at the community level of practice. Course content will provide an overview of specific issues and societal concerns that affect community health nursing practice including historical impact of public health, epidemiology, health promotion and disease prevention; vulnerable populations; communicable disease risk and prevention; and diversity of the role of the community health nurse. Prerequisite: Admission to RN-BSN program.
NSG 471. Leadership and Management in Health Care. 3 credits. This course, offered for the RN to BSN program, focuses on healthcare organizations, leadership theories and management style, organizational change, quality management, fiscal and economic issues, personnel management, and accreditation standards. Prerequisite: NSG 463.
NSG 523. Concepts in Aging. 3 credits. This Web-enhanced course is divided into eight modules and examines the physiological, psychosocial, cognitive, legal and ethical aspects of aging within a care coordination context. A focus area is on the issues that surround the concepts of aging and how the ethical aspects of care relate to the utilization of resources. Prerequisite: Admission to RN-BSN program.
