This course introduces nursing and healthcare history and theoretical framework, including Albany State University's nursing framework. Various theories of nursing and healthcare are explored. The role of the healthcare professional, including the nurse, is analyzed. Proficiencies supporting the role of the healthcare professional are explored and adopted.
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This class explores the roles of the nurse in safely providing quality, patient centered care within an interdisciplinary structure to meet the needs of families who have children. Applies principles of health promotion from the antepartal period through adolescence and examines human growth, development and responses to health deviation during these periods in the life cycle. Patient centered care and quality improvement are the central focus in the course. Informatics is emphasized when providing safe patient care. Classroom and clinical instruction involves providing nursing care to antepartal, intrapartal, postpartal and pediatric patients and incorporating evidence based practice and previously learned knowledge and skills.
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Emphasis is placed on the introduction of the fundamental principles of leadership and management responsibilities for the entry level registered nurse. Topics will include, but not limited to such practice issues as: safe, patient centered, quality care, effective delegation and supervision, communication, collaborative care, informatics, quality improvement. Nursing research and evidence based practice are also included.
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Nursing Informatics covers an introduction to information systems, ethical aspects, nurses' roles in informatics, HIPAA, professional development, and patient safety informatics tools.
Prerequisites: Admission to RN to BSN Completion Program
The course introduces the pathophysiological basis of disease processes and common health problems. The focus of this course is on compromises in the body’s ability to meet its physiological needs and the role of the nurse in providing care.
Prerequisites: Admission to RN to BSN Completion program.
This course includes an introduction to professional nursing responsibilities and expectations and explores the role of the professional nurse in providing care. An investigation of major contemporary nursing issues to include the influence of history, nursing theory, legal issues, nursing philosophy, political activism, health care delivery systems, provision of culturally competent care, and current/ future challenges for the nursing profession. The ANA Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice, and the Code of Ethics for Nurses are explored.
Prerequisites: Admission to RN to BSN Completion program.
This course builds on the student's knowledge and skills in health assessment. Students further develop skills of history taking, inspection, papation, percussion, and auscultation and documentation of the health assessment. Normal findings and cultural and age variations of adults are emphasized.
Prerequisites: Admission to RN to BSN Completion program.
Health and Wellness of Aging provides the most current information about best practices in gerontological nursing based on the most current research. The content ranges from biological, such as the etiology of common conditions and geropharmacology, to caring for persons with dementia, to understanding Medicare and aging and nursing in rural settings. This course introduces the standards for competencies required for gerontological nursing education and the promotion of health while aging.
Prerequisites: Admission to RN to BSN Completion program.
The course teaches the history of healthcare informatics, current issues, basic informatics concepts, and health information management applications. This course addresses basic through complex concepts to target the needs of the novice through innovator. It provides a set of practical and powerful tools to ensure that students gain a solid understanding of Nursing Informatics and are able to move from information through knowledge to wisdom.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the RN-to-BSN Program Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
This course examines in detail the underlying biological process involved in the development, evolution, manifestations, and complications of common clinical deficits (diseases) across the life span, and compares normal and abnormal states. The biological bases for therapeutic actions are examined.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the RN-to-BSN Program
Offered: Fall, Spring
This course examines the dynamic transformation in nursing through exploration and investigation of major nursing issues. These issues are examined within the context of nursing history, nursing theories, nursing philosophy, legal issues, political activism, health care delivery systems, and the delivery of culturally competent patient care.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the RN-to-BSN Program Offered: Fall, Spring
This course includes the processes, techniques, and skills of health assessment, building on basic and experiential knowledge of assessment. It is intended to provide the basis for individual student development of expertise in assessing health and illness states. Focus is on didactic and clinical content that the practicing nurse utilizes when assessing clients. The processes of systematic assessment, which include communication, planning, and cultural variations are emphasized. Clinical judgment, diagnostic & monitoring skills, and teaching are integrated as components of assessment.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the RN-to-BSN Program Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
This course includes the processes, techniques, and skills of health assessment, building on basic and experiential knowledge of assessment. It is intended to provide the basis for individual student development of expertise in assessing health and illness states. Focus is on didactic and clinical content that the practicing nurse utilizes when assessing clients. The processes of systematic assessment, which include communication, planning, and cultural variations are emphasized. Clinical judgment, diagnostic & monitoring skills, and teaching are integrated as components of assessment. Prerequisite(s): Admission to the RN-to-BSN Program Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
This course will provide the student with comprehensive evidence-based nursing protocols to be used in providing the highest level of care to adults in settings across the continuum. Aging is presented within a cultural and global context in recognition of diversity of all kinds and the health inequities which persist.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the RN-to-BSN Program
Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
This course focuses principles of leadership and management as a professional registered nurse. There will be exploration of roles, traits, and contributions of nurse leaders in clinical and managerial positions. Aspects of problem solving, effective communication, conflict resolution, decision-making, and team building are explored. The course is designed to assist in leadership self-awareness and encourage students to explore Transformational Leadership qualities. An analysis of trends and issues occurring in today’s workforce will assist students in exercising leadership skills.
Prerequisites: Admission to RN to BSN Completion program
Corequisites: NURS 4015
This course focuses principles of leadership and management as a professional registered nurse. There will be exploration of roles, traits, and contributions of nurse leaders in clinical and managerial positions. Aspects of problem solving, effective communication, conflict resolution, decision-making, and team building are explored. The course is designed to assist in leadership self-awareness and encourage students to explore Transformational Leadership qualities. An analysis of trends and issues occurring in today’s workforce will assist students in exercising leadership skills.
Prerequisites: Admission to RN to BSN Completion program
Corequisites: NURS 4010
This course provides a foundation in the practice of promoting and preserving the health of populations. The adult learner will apply knowledge and skills from nursing and the public health sciences to focus on health promotion and health maintenance of individuals, families, and groups within the community. Students will identify opportunities to provide health care to clients in a variety of settings based on concepts of client-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety and informatics.
Prerequisites: NURS 3200
Corequisites: NURS 4415
This is a clinical course taken with Community Health Nursing. This course provides a foundation in the practice of promoting and preserving the health of populations. The student will apply knowledge and skills from nursing and the public health sciences to focus on health promotion and health maintenance of individuals, families and groups within the community. Students will identify opportunities to provide health care to clients in a variety of settings based on concepts of client-centered care, team work and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety and informatics. Students will participate in 60 hours of precepted practice in the clinical setting. Clinical experiences occur in a variety of public health and community-oriented settings and provide opportunities for population based nursing practice with vulnerable populations.
Prerequisites: NURS 3200
Corequisites: NURS 4400
This course is designed to assist the student in acquiring knowledge of the roles and responsibilities of the professional community health nurse in a global society focusing on health promotion and health maintenance of individuals, families and groups. Students will explore concepts such as community assessments, public health policy, and surveillance. Prerequisite(s): All preceding courses in the RN-BSN nursing sequence. Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
This course is designed prepare the undergraduate nursing student to be a consumer of research with a focus on nursing research. The student will be introduced to the research process and guided through understanding the written research report with an emphasis on the importance of evidence-based practice.
Prerequisite(s): Statistics and all preceding courses in the RN-BSN nursing sequence.
Offered: Spring, Summer
This is a course in leadership, management, and organizational theories. The course has an emphasis on ethical practices on all levels of interactions within the healthcare team that is providing nursing care to vulnerable populations. Prerequisite(s): All preceding courses in the RN-BSN nursing sequence. Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Nursing Research explores the research process and its relevance to nursing practice. The primary focus is on the development of the student’s ability to be an effective consumer of research with emphasis on the research process and its applicability in their professional role development.
Prerequisites: Admission to RN to BSN Completion program and MATH 2205
This course focuses on ethical issues in health care by offering a thorough understanding in ethical theories, principles, models, and trends as reflected in contemporary nursing practice. Case studies of ethical issues and dilemmas in health care will provide the framework for ethical reasoning and decision-making. Particular emphasis will be given to the resolution of ethical dilemmas through moral and ethical reasoning to help bridge the gap between theory and nursing practice.
Prerequisites: Admission to RN to BSN Completion program
This online course includes the processes, techniques, and skills of advanced health assessment, building on basic and experiential knowledge of assessment. It is intended to provide the basis for individual student development of expertise in assessing health and illness states. Focus is on didactic and clinical content that the advanced practice nurse utilizes when assessing clients. The processes of systematic assessment, which include communication and planning skills, are emphasized. Clinical judgment, diagnostic and monitoring skills and teaching are integrated as components of assessment.
This course explores theoretical assumptions and conceptual models related to nursing practice, nursing research and nursing education. Other nursing, social, behavioral, and natural science theories are also discussed. This course provides an introduction to conceptual and theoretical thinking. Students will examine knowledge development in nursing, conceptual structures, and their uses as a basis for nursing practice and research.
This course emphasizes quantitative and qualitative research methodologies and the application of technology in data analysis. Students formulate a beginning approach to proposal development. Pre-Requisites: NURS 5111, Admission to Graduate Nursing Program or Approval of Graduate Nursing Program Coordinator.
This course emphasizes the complexity of normal physiological and psychological functions and the disruption of homeostasis in understanding the disease process and/or illness. The involvement of multi-systems in the clinical manifestation of the disease process and diagnoses will be delineated. (Prerequisite: Admission to Graduate Nursing Program)
The students apply concepts, theories, and methodologies of transcultural nursing to clients of diverse populations. Pre-Requisite: Admission to Graduate Nursing Program.
This course introduces the concept of primary health care of children, adults, and families. The focus is on health promotion and disease prevention with medically underserved populations. (Pre-Requisites: NURS 5100 & Admission to FNP Program)
The purpose of this course is to present the theoretical and clinical basis for advanced health promotion and disease prevention for children, adolescents, and their families. Content will include health maintenance, health teaching, behavioral/developmental issues, counseling, and advanced nursing management of well child health and selected common childhood illnesses. The focus is on comprehensive care for well child health maintenance and selected illnesses. Attention is directed toward the care needed to meet the health objectives for children, adolescents and families in Healthy People 2010 consistent with accepted national guidelines. Clinical experiences will provide opportunity for testing and integrating of theory in practice and development of relationships with other health care providers. Clinical experiences will occur in a variety of settings with emphasis on rural and urban underserved children, adolescents and families.
The first of a two-clinical course sequence in application of theories and concepts related to the clinical nurse specialist role in Community Health, Parent-Child Health, and Psych-Mental Health. (Prerequisite: NURS 5210)
This course provides the advanced practice health care provider with knowledge of pharmacological agents used in treatment of adults, adolescents, and young children. Emphasis is on indications, mechanisms of action, prescriptive drugs, protocols, techniques, and dosages. (Prerequisite: Admission to Graduate Nursing Program/Department Approval)
This course, designed to prepare the nurse educator for a role in curriculum development will explore putting together a nursing educational curriculum from planning to evaluation. (Prerequisite: Approval of Graduate Nursing Program Coordinator )
This course focuses on the implementation of various teaching strategies and the measurement of learning outcomes.
This course focuses on the implementation of various teaching strategies and the measurement of learning outcomes. Pre-Requisites: Admission to Graduate Nursing Program or Approval of Graduate Nursing Program Coordinator. (Prerequisite: NURS 5410)
This course presents the theoretical and clinical basis for health promotion and disease prevention of adults/older adults and their families. Content includes health maintenance, health teaching, developmental issues, counseling and nursing diagnosis and management of common minor acute and chronic health problems found in adults. (Prerequisite: NURS 6101)
This course presents the theoretical and clinical basis for health promotion and disease prevention of adults/older adults and their families. Content includes health maintenance, health teaching, developmental issues, counseling and nursing diagnosis and management of common minor acute and chronic health problems found in adults.(Prerequisites: NURS 6101)
This seminar focuses on care needed to meet the needs of clients with sensitivity to community and cultural differences.
This seminar focuses on care needed to meet the needs of clients with sensitivity to community and cultural differences.
This practicum is designed to foster the student's development and competency as an educator. The focus of the experience is the application of curricula and learning theories to instructional design for nursing education. The practicum consists of experiences in both classroom and clinical teaching under the supervision of a senior faculty. The experiences are designed to provide an opportunity for the student to experience a career in the academic world of higher education.
This is the second of the two-clinical course sequence in application of theories and concepts related to the clinical nurse specialist role development in Community Health, Parent-Child Health and Psych-Mental Health Nursing.
An integrated clinical practicum focused on development and implementation of the advanced practitioner role. Students are involved in a preceptorship in rural/urban family practice settings under the supervision of a clinical preceptor and graduate faculty. (Pre-Requisites: Completion of all coursework)
Research methodologies are used to investigate a nursing problem. Satisfactory completion of a thesis or research project is required. The student may choose to develop the proposal from NURS 5120 for the research activities for this course. (Prerequisite: NURS 5120)