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Undergraduate InformationCATALOG 2010-2011Brooks College of HealthNursing Course DescriptionsNSP3486: AIDS: A Health Perspective3This course provides a comprehensive view of the spectrum of HIV infection from amultidisciplinary perspective. Faculty from the College of Health and invited experts inthe community will present content relevant to: risk, prevention, testing, counseling andtreatment. Ethical/legal, psychosocial and health care values are also addressed.Back to TopNSP3785: RN Refresher3Prerequisites: Current licensure as a Registered Nurse; permission from the NursesManager of the Department of Nursing Education at Baptist Medical Center. This courseprovides a review of the body systems using the nursing process. Nurses will applyconcepts in clinical practice. The course will provide clinical experience with assessmentskills, data collection, nursing care plan and intervention and patient outcomes.Nurses will be expected to demonstrate entry level RN competency in the clinical setting.Back to TopNSP4955: Culture and Health Care in Ireland1Prerequisite: At least a junior standing and an interest in health care. A nine-dayinternational travel program to Ireland for UNF students. Focus is on the Irish healthcare system, arts and culture. This international study course will provide UNF studentsand members of the health care community the opportunity to spend one week inIreland visiting cultural sites, attending presentations related to health care delivery inIreland, and observing selected health care settings. This is a Pass/Fail course.Back to TopNUR2930: Special Topics in Nursingv. 1-4Electives on various issues related to nursing. Topics will vary and may include: AIDS:A Health Care Perspective, Introduction to Professional Nursing, etc. May be repeatedup to 15 credits with different course content.Back to TopNUR3026L: Nursing Therapeutics IPrerequisite: Admission to the Nursing Program Corequisites: NUR 3065L, NUR 3119,NUR 3619, NUR 3166, NUR 3118L This course includes information required for basictherapeutic nursing interventions. The focus of this course is on the development ofpsychomotor skills required to provide direct or indirect nursing care for individualsacross the lifespan.1
NUR3027L: Nursing Therapeutics II1Prerequisite: NUR 3026L. Corequisites: NUR 3535C This course includes informationrequired for advanced therapeutic nursing interventions. The focus of this course is onthe development of psychomotor skills required to provide direct or indirect nursing carefor individuals across the lifespan.Back to TopNUR3028L: Nursing Competencies2Prerequisite: Admissions to the Accelerated Option in the Prelicensure Nursing TrackCorequisites: NUR 3065L, NUR 3066L, NUR 3128, NUR 3619 This course includesinformation required for therapeutic nursing interventions. The focus of this course is onthe development of psychomotor skills required to provide direct or indirect nursing carefor individuals across the lifespan.Back to TopNUR3065L: Health Assessment of IndividualsAcross the Lifespan3Prelicensure Students:Prerequisites: Admissions to the nursing program PrelicensureCo-requisites: NUR 3026L or NUR3028L, NUR 3118L or NUR 3066L, NUR 3619 RNBSN Co-requisite: NUR 3166 This course includes information required for the healthassessment of the individual throughout the lifespan. The focus is on the developmentof a collaborative partnership with the individual and the assessment of biological,psychological, environmental, and sociocultural systems with emphasis on socioculturaland developmental variations. The nursing process is introduced and the developmentof nursing diagnoses based on assessment findings is presented. The emphasis is onknowledge and skills required to critically evaluate health assessment data. (Alaboratory fee of 15 will be assessed.)Back to TopNUR3082C: Transition Concepts and Practice II4Prerequisites: NUR 3065L, NUR 3166, NUR 3619 This course includes information onissues and concepts related to professional nursing roles and practice, includingconcepts for collaborative nursing practice. Emphasis is on factors that affect theoptimal health and well being of vulnerable individuals, families, and communities with aspecial emphasis on information required for assessment and health promotion of thosecoping with chronic illness or disease. The learner will participate in clinical activities asa provider of culturally competent, evidence-based nursing care. (A laboratory fee of 15 will be assessed.)Back to TopNUR3118L: Clinical Nursing Practice2Prerequisite: Admission to the Nursing Program Corequisites: NUR 3065L, NUR 3619,NUR 3166, NUR 3026L, NUR 3119 This course provides the opportunity to useknowledge and skills in nursing care in a variety of environments of care. The focus ison the use of the nursing process in collaborative partnerships with individuals, families,and communities. The learner will participate in clinical activities as a provider ofculturally sensitive, evidence-based nursing care.Back to TopNUR3128: Pathophysiology and PharmacologyPrerequisite: Admission to the Nursing Program or permission of the instructor Thiscourse includes information about the pathophysiology, etiology andpharmacotherapeutic management of disease processes across the lifespan. The focusis on alterations in physiologic function as manifestations of disease with attention todifferences in children, adults and older adults. Emphasis is placed on relating signs,symptoms and laboratory findings of common alterations and understanding theappropriate pharmacologic management.4
NUR3166: Nursing Science I1Prerequisite: Admission to the Nursing Program. Corequisite: NUR 3065L The courseintroduces the UNF School of Nursing Philosophy and Conceptual Framework,standardized nursing languages, taxonomies and classification systems. The focus is onnursing research evidence for practice and the review of scientific literature. Emphasisis on the use of a variety of technologic aids, such as bibliographic databases and webbased resources available to nurse scientists.Back to TopNUR3167: Nursing Science II2Prerequisites: NUR 3166 or NUR 3816 This course includes information related toresearch and evidence-based practice processes. The focus is on assessment of theelements of research reports for quality. Emphasis is on skill development in rapidcritical appraisal toward integrating research evidence into best practices.Back to TopNUR3225: Adult Health Nursing4Prerequisite: NUR 3128 Co-requisites: NUR 3536 and NUR 3235L This course includesinformation required for the care of adults with acute and chronic diseases andconditions. The focus is on the use of the nursing process in collaborative partnershipwith adults who are hospitalized with physical illness or disease. Emphasis is onprofessional nursing roles and responsibilities in designing, managing, and evaluatingculturally sensitive care for adults in order to maintain, restore, and optimize their levelof functioning.Back to TopNUR3235L: Clinical Practicum II6Prerequisites: NUR 3066L, NUR 3128 Corequisites: NUR 3255, NUR 3536 This courseprovides the opportunity to use knowledge and skills in nursing care in a variety ofenvironments of care. The focus is on the use of the nursing process in collaborativepartnerships with individuals, families, and communities. The learner will participate inclinical activities as a provider of culturally sensitive, evidence-based nursing care toindividuals and families with psychiatric, rehabilitation, and medical-surgical nursingneeds. (A laboratory fee of 15 will be assessed.)Back to TopNUR3255C: Adult Health Nursing Concepts andPractice9Prerequisites: NUR 3027L, NUR 3535C, NUR 3128; Co-requisites: NUR 3167, NUR4826 This course includes information required for the care of adults with acute andchronic diseases and conditions. The focus is on the use of the nursing process incollaborative partnership with adults with physical illness or disease. Emphasis is onprofessional nursing roles and responsibilities in designing, managing, and evaluatingcare for adults in order to maintain, restore, and optimize their level of functioning. Thelearner will participate in clinical activities as a provider of culturally sensitive, evidencebased nursing care.Back to TopNUR3257: Critical Care Nursing3Prerequisite: RN or instructor's permission. This course provides a sound theoreticalfoundation for the delivery of professional nursing care to critically ill adults. Thepathophysiology as well as the clinical management of clients will be emphasized.Back to TopNUR3535C: Psychiatric and Rehabilitative NursingConcepts and PracticePREREQUISITES: NUR 3118L, NUR 3026L, NUR 3065L; COREQUISITES: NUR3027L, NUR 3128 This course includes information on factors that affect the optimalhealth and well being of vulnerable individuals, families, and communities. The focus is8
on the use of the nursing process in collaborative partnerships with individuals withphysical or mental illness, disease, or disability. Emphasis is on professional nursingroles and responsibilities in designing and managing care for individuals with psychiatricand chronic conditions in a variety of environments of care. The learner will participatein clinical activities as a provider of direct and indirect culturally sensitive, evidencebased nursing care.Back to TopNUR3536: Psychiatric and Rehabilitative Nursing4Prerequisite: NUR 3065L, NUR 3128 Corequisites: NUR 3235L, NUR 3225 This courseincludes information on factors that affect the optimal health and well being ofvulnerable individuals, families, and communities. The focus is on the use of the nursingprocess in collaborative partnerships with individuals with physical or mental illness,disease, or disability. Emphasis is on professional nursing roles and responsibilities indesigning and managing care for individuals with psychiatric and chronic conditions in avariety of environments of care.Back to TopNUR3619: Community Assessment4Prerequisite: Admission to the Nursing Program This course includes informationrequired for the assessment of health indicators in culturally diverse healthy families andcommunities and the identification of community resources and assets. The focus is onrecognition of multiple influences on families and populations as they adapt to everydaylife-events. The nursing process is used to examine the relationship between theseinfluences and family and community functioning. The emphasis is on the role of theprofessional nurse in engaging families and communities in health promotion, riskreduction and disease prevention.Back to TopNUR3619L: Clinical Practicum I2Prerequisite: Admission into the Accelerated Option of the Prelicensure Nursing Track.Corequisites: NUR 3065L, NUR 3619, NUR 3028L, NUR 3128 This course provides theopportunity to use knowledge and skills in nursing care in a variety of environments ofcare. The focus is on the use of the nursing process in collaborative partnerships withindividuals, families, and/or communities. The learner will participate in clinical activitiesas a provider of culturally sensitive, evidence-based nursing care.Back to TopNUR3694: Parish Nursing3Prerequisites: Admission to the Nursing Program and completion of the first semester ofcourse work or current licensure as a Registered Nurse. This course provides afoundation for participation in the role of parish nurse. Content is based on the approvedcurriculum sponsored by the International Parish Nurse Resource Center.Back to TopNUR3816: Professional Nursing Concepts4Prerequisites: NUR 3065L, NUR 3619, NUR 3619L, NUR 3066L, NUR 3028LCorequisites: NUR 3225, NUR 3235L, NUR 3536 This course includes information onthe profession of nursing and introduces the student to the heritage of nursing. Thefocus is on philosophical, theoretical, and ethical bases of professional nursing practice.Principles of leadership and management are explored. The emphasis is on multifaceted dimensions of nursing as a vital component of health care.Back to TopNUR3825: Socialization to Professional NursingPrerequisite: Admission to the nursing program. Corequisites: NUR 3065L, NUR 3619,NUR 3166, NUR 3026L, NUR 3118L. This course includes information on the profession2
of nursing and introduces the student to the heritage of nursing. The focus is on thecontemporary image of the nursing profession in its varied roles within the health caresystem. The philosophical and theoretical bases of nursing as a profession areexplored. The emphasis is on nursing as a vital component of health care and on initialsocializing of students into the professional role.Back to TopNUR3949: Experiential Studies in Nursingv. 0-3Prerequisite: Acceptance in cooperative education program. Students will participate insupervised work experiences related to their areas of interest. Students may repeat thiscourse for credit, up to a total of six (6) semester hours.Back to TopNUR4168: Nursing Science III1Prerequisite: NUR 3167 This course includes information required to begin to bridge theresearch-practice gap. The focus is on the use of systematic reviews and guidelines forevidence-based practice. Emphasis is on the role of the nurse in creating environmentsthat support evidence-based nursing practice. This is a Pass-Fail course.Back to TopNUR4178: Alternative Healing3Prerequisite: At least a junior level student and an interest in health care. This courseintroduces the student to various multi-ethnic alternative medicine theories andinterventions. The goal is to provide them with knowledge and experience of mind/bodyself-healing skills that can be integrated into their healthcare education. The courseexamines the philosophies of complementary and alternative medicine through theapplications of critical thinking using basic understanding of the functions of the humanbody. The class is appropriate for all majors.Back to TopNUR4465: Women's Health and Pediatric Nursing2Prerequisite: NUR 3255. Corequisite:NUR 4465 L This course includes information onfactors that affect the optimal health and well being of women and children. The focus ison the use of the nursing process in collaborative partnership with women across thelifespan and with children. Emphasis is on professional nursing roles and responsibilitiesin designing and managing culturally sensitive care for women and children in order tomaintain, restore, and optimize their level of functioning.Back to TopNUR4465C: Women's Health and Pediatric NursingConcepts/Practice7Prerequisite: NUR3167, NUR 3255C This course includes information on factors thataffect the optimal health and well being of women and children. The focus of this courseis the use of the nursing process in collaborative partnership with women across thelifespan and with children. Emphasis is on professional nursing roles and responsibilitiesin designing and managing culturally sensitive care for women and children in order tomaintain, restore, and optimize their level of functioning. The learner will participate inclinical activities as a provider of culturally sensitive, evidence-based nursing care.Back to TopNUR4466L: Clinical Practicum IIIPrerequisites: NUR 3235 L. Corequisites: NUR 4465, NUR 4636, NUR 4828. Thiscourse provides the opportunity to use knowledge and skills in nursing care in a varietyof environments of care. The focus is on the use of the nursing process in collaborativepartnerships with individuals, families, and communities. The learner will participate inclinical activities as a provider of culturally sensitive, evidence-based care to womenand children with nursing needs. The learner will also participate in clinical activities asa provider, designer and manager of care with communities and populations. (Alaboratory fee of 15 will be assessed.)4
NUR4636: Community Partnerships3Prerequisites: NUR 3225, NUR 3536, NUR 3235L Co-requisites: NUR 3167, NUR 4465,NUR 4466L, NUR 4828 This course includes information on the importance ofpartnerships in promoting community health. The focus is on collaborative planning,implementation, and evaluation of culturally sensitive, evidence-based health promotionand prevention interventions with individuals and populations.Back to TopNUR4636C: Community Partnerships and NursingPractice5Prerequisite: NUR 4465C or NUR 3082C; NUR 4827 This course includes informationon the importance of partnerships in promoting community health. The focus is oncollaborative planning, implementation, and evaluation of culturally sensitive, evidencebased health promotion and prevention interventions with individuals and populations.The learner will participate in clinical activities as a provider, designer and manager ofcare with communities and populations.Back to TopNUR4826: Applied Nursing Ethics2Prerequisite/Corequisite: NUR 3167. RNs:None. This course includes informationrequired for examination of professional values and ethical decision-making in clinicalpractice. The focus is on values clarification, ethical theory, ethical decision-makingmodels, and professional ethical standards. Emphasis is on ethical obligations ofprofessional nurses in their roles as citizens, members of a profession, providers ofcare, and designers and managers of care.Back to TopNUR4827: Leadership and Management in Nursing3Prelicensure Prerequisite: NUR 3167. Pre/Corequisite: NUR 4826. RNs:None. Thiscourse includes information required to understand leadership and management asintegral components of the role of the professional nurse in the health care setting. Thefocus is on leadership and management concepts useful to the individual through theorganizational level. Emphasis is on developing collaborative and interpersonal skillsessential in the design, delegation, and management of care.Back to TopNUR4828: Role Transition2Prerequisites: NUR 3235, NUR 3536 This course includes information required fortransition from the baccalaureate student role to the role of a professional,baccalaureate prepared nurse. The focus is on skills used by the nurse to excel as aprofessional leader, communicator and as a citizen. Emphasis is on life-long learning,professional presentation skills and nurse citizenship. (2 credits: 2 theory hours perweek.)Back to TopNUR4905: Senior Problemsv. 1-6Prerequisite: Senior standing and permission of instructor. Independent study onselected clinical problems. May be repeated for 9 credits.Back to TopNUR4917: Honors ResearchPrerequisites: NUR 4165 and admission to the Honors Program in the College ofHealth. This course provides a vehicle for upper division nursing students to workclosely with a faculty member on a research utilization or faculty research project.Students must enroll for 3 hours TOTAL credit over one or more semesters. May berepeated for a total of 9 credits.v. 1-3
NUR4935: Special Topics in Nursingv. 1-3Nursing electives on varying topics. May be repeated for a total of 15 credits with achange of course content.Back to TopNUR4945C: Professional Nursing Integration6Prerequisite: NUR 4465C or NUR 3082C Prerequisite/Co-requisite: NUR 4168, NUR4636C Must be taken in the semester is which the student intends to graduate. Duringthis course the student demonstrates achievement of program objectives while workingin partnership with individuals, families, communities and other health careprofessionals. This course includes information required for transition from thebaccalaureate student role to the role of a professional baccalaureate prepared nurse.The focus is on skills used by the nurse to excel as a clinician, professional leader, andcommunicator and as a citizen. Students use evidence and theories from a variety ofdisciplines in the provision of culturally sensitive care and the improvement of nursingpractice.Back to TopNUR4945L: Directed Clinical Study4Prerequisite: Must be taken in the semester in which the student intends to graduate.During this course the student demonstrates ach
introduces the UNF School of Nursing Philosophy and Conceptual Framework, standardized nursing languages, taxonomies and classification systems. The focus is on nursing research evidence for practice and the review of scientific literature. Emphasis is on the use of a variety of t
