Course Descriptions
Courses
| Code Sort descending | Title | Credit Hours | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| NMT463 | Research Methods I | 1 | Application of research methods with emphasis on performing a project including data collection, statistical analysis, and developing an abstract represented by a scientific poster. Four (4) hours of clinical research per week. |
| NMT464 | Research Methods II | 1 | A continuation of the research process introduced in NMT 463 with emphasis on completion of a final research project. Four (4) hours of clinical research per week. |
| NMT472 | Nuclear Medicine Symposium | 3 | This course is designed to develop leadership skills essential for the success of the health care professional including completion of a research project. Analysis of the Components of Preparedness published by the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certification Board (NMTCB) and Content Specifications for the NMT exam published by the American Registry of Radiologic Technology (ARRT) will be included. |
| NMT473 | Nuclear Medicine Symposium | 2 | This course is designed to develop leadership skills essential for the success of the health care professional. Analysis of the Components of Preparedness published by the Nuclear Medicine Technology Certificate Board (NMTCB) and Content Specifications for the NMT exam published by the American Registry of Radiologic Technology (ARRT) will be included. |
| NMT482 | CT Instrumentation & Physics | 2 | Examination of computed tomography (CT) instrumentation and physics to include system operation and components, image processing and display, image quality, artifact recognition, and quality control. Cross-listed with RAD 481. |
| NMT483 | CT Procedures & Protocols | 2 | Examination of computed tomography (CT) procedures and protocols to include positioning, acquisition methods, parameter selection, and special procedures. Cross-listed with RAD 483. |
| NMT484 | MRI Instrumentation & Physics | 2 | Examination of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) instrumentation and physics to include system operation and components, image processing, artifact recognition, and safety. Cross-listed with RAD 494. |
| NMT490 | Clinical Practicum II | 5 | Continuation of assigned rotations from Clinical Practicum I. Thirty-two hours of clinical experience per week. |
| NMT494 | Clinical Practicum II | 4 | Continuation of assigned rotations from Clinical Practicum I. Twenty-four hours of clinical experience per week. |
| NMT495 | Clinical Practicum III | 5 | Continuation of assigned rotations from Clinical Practicum II. Thirty-two hours of clinical experience per week. |
| NMT496 | Clinical Practicum IV | 5 | Continuation of assigned clinical rotations from Clinical Practicum III. Thirty-two hours of clinical experience per week. |
| NMT497 | Clinical Practicum III | 4 | Continuation of assigned rotations from Clinical Practicum II. Twenty-four hours of clinical experience per week. |
| NSG301 | Essentials For Prof Nursing | 3 | Explores the roles of the baccalaureate generalist nurse. Focuses on the historical evolution of the nursing profession, values fundamental to the discipline of nursing, scope and standards of practice, code of ethics, and social policy. Levels of health care, clinical/critical reasoning skills, professional communication, legal aspects, quality and safety concepts, cultural sensitivity, and patient education are integral components. |
| NSG304 | Pharmacology | 3 | Focuses on the principles of pharmacology and pharmocogenetics. Pharmacologic management of disease prevention and disease management, including alternative therapies are emphasized. A culture of safety is stressed for the delivery of patient-centered care. Challenge exam available for RN-BSN completion students with the approval of the Dean of Nursing. Prerequisites: BIO 301 |
| NSG305 | Basic Skills of Nursing Practice | 4 | Focuses on clinical skills fundamental to the practice of nursing. The holistic care of patients, clinical decision-making, communication and collaboration, informatics, evidence-based practice and professionalism are introduced. Medical terminology and dosage calculation are integral components. Psychomotor skills are practiced in the laboratory setting and in patient-centered simulation exercises. Students are introduced to the health care environment. Two credit hours theory, two credit hours lab/clinical. Prerequisites: MAT 110; Pre/Corequisite NSG 306 |
| NSG306 | Health Assessment | 3 | Introduces basic concepts of health history and physical examination techniques for patients across the lifespan. Emphasizes normal developmental changes as well as deviations from normal. Introduces age-related changes and assessment instruments. Explores physical, psychosocial, cultural, and nutritional dimensions related to assessment. This course serves as validation for prior nursing education for the RN-BSN student. A challenge exam is available for RN-BSN students with the approval of the Dean of Nursing. Two credit hours theory, one credit hour lab. Prerequisite: BIO 301, PreRequisite/Co-Requisite PSY 301. |
| NSG307 | Essentials of Professional Nursing | 3 | Essential concepts and evolution of the professional nursing role. |
| NSG308 | Foundational Concepts of Nursing | 6 | Foundational concepts and principles necessary to provide client-centered care. Pre-requisite: NSG306 and NSG307. |
| NSG311 | intro to Professional Nursing | 3 | This Level 1 course introduces professional concepts of nursing, the evolution of the professional nursing role, and the practice of nursing utilizing a Christian worldview. Prerequisites or Corequisites: BIO 205, CHE 120, ENG 103; Corequisite: NSG 312, NSG 313. |
| NSG312 | Medical Language/Acad Prep for Nurs | 2 | This Level 1 course focuses on the principles of medical word building to develop the necessary medical vocabulary used in health care settings. Students will study, analyze, and interpret root words, prefixes, and suffixes with an emphasis on pronouncing, spelling, and defining, accepted medical terms. Prerequisite/Corequisite: NSG 311, NSG 313. |
| NSG313 | Nursing Competency I | 1 | This first Level 1 competency lab introduces entry level nursing knowledge and competencies essential for professional nursing practice. Corequisite: NSG 311, NSG 312. |
| NSG314 | Health Assessment Across Lifespan | 3 | This Level 1 course introduces concepts required for assessment of clients’ health across the lifespan. Prerequisite: NSG 311, NSG 312; Corequisite: NSG 315, NSG 316, NSG 317; Prerequisite or Corequisite: BIO 301, HSC 320. |
| NSG315 | Health Assessment Lifespan Clin Lab | 1 | This Level 1 course focuses on developing the skills for performing an assessment of clients’ health across the lifespan. Prerequisite: NSG 311, NSG 312; Corequisite: NSG 314, NSG 316, NSG 317; Prerequisite or Corequisite: BIO 301, HSC 320. |
| NSG316 | Nursing Pharmacology I | 2 | This first Level 1 pharmacology course introduces the basic concepts of pharmacology, dosage calculation, and medication administration. Prerequisites: NSG 311, NSG 312; Prerequisite or Corequisites: BIO 301, HSC 320. |
| NSG317 | Nursing Competency II | 1 | This second Level 1 competency lab introduces entry level nursing knowledge and competencies essential for assessing clients’ health across the lifespan. Prerequisites: NSG 311, NSG 312; Corequisites: NSG 314, NSG 315, NSG 317, Prerequisites or Corequisites: BIO 301, HSC 320. |
| NSG318 | Fundamental Concepts of Nursing | 4 | This Level 1 course introduces fundamental concepts and principles necessary to provide safe, person-centered care. Prerequisite: NSG 314, NSG 315, NSG 316; Corequisite: NSG 319, NSG 326; Prerequisite or Corequisites: COM 211/COM 220. |
| NSG319 | Fund Concepts Nur Clin Lab | 2 | This Level 1 course focuses on skills associated with fundamental concepts and principles necessary to provide safe, person-centered care. Prerequisite: NSG 314, NSG 315, NSG 316; Corequisite: NSG 318, NSG 326. |
| NSG321 | Adult Health Concepts I | 7 | Focuses on restoration of health and collaboration among interprofessional team members to provide holistic, patient-centered care to adults with acute and/or chronic physical disorders. Emphasis is on cardiopulmonary function, fluid and electrolyte/acid-base balance, oncological concepts, and diabetes. The safe care of adults of all ages is addressed including the preservation of dignity in life and in death. Critical thinking, clinical reasoning, communication, cultural sensitivity, therapeutic interventions, informatics, and technology are integral components of this course. The role of the baccalaureate generalist nurse is reinforced. Four credit hours theory, three credit hours clinical. Prerequisites: NSG 301, NSG 305, NSG 306. |
| NSG324 | Evidence-based Pract & Quality | 2 | This Level 1 course focuses on the role of the professional nurse in applying concepts of evidence-based practice and quality improvement to positively impact clients’ health outcomes. Prerequisites: HSC 320, NSG 314, NSG 315. |
| NSG326 | Nursing Pharmacology II | 2 | This second Level 1 pharmacology course expands on concepts of pharmacology, dosage calculation, and medication administration to enhance nursing practice and safeguard client care. Prerequisite: NSG 316. |
| NSG327 | Nursing Competency III | 1 | This third Level 1 competency lab introduces entry level nursing knowledge and competencies essential for applying the fundamental concepts of nursing. Prerequisite: NSG 314, NSG 315, NSG 316; Corequisites: NSG 318, NSG 319. |
| NSG331 | Adult Health Concepts II | 7 | Focuses on the restoration of health and collaboration among interprofessional team members to provide holistic, patient-centered care to adults with acute and/or chronic physical disorders. Emphasis is on alterations in metabolism, digestion, and in sensory/nervous, musculoskeletal and reproductive systems. The safe care of adults of all ages is addressed including the preservation of dignity in life and in death. Critical thinking, clinical reasoning, communication, cultural sensitivity, therapeutic interventions, informatics, and technology are integral components of this course. The role of the baccalaureate generalist nurse is reinforced. Four credit hours theory, three credit hours clinical. Prerequisites: NSG 304, NSG 321 |
| NSG335 | Nursing Research Evidence Based | 3 | Provides the student with an overview of selected qualitative and quantitative research designs. The student is introduced to research terminology, information literacy and technology, ethical issues, data collection methods, and analysis and interpretation of data. Emphasis is on appraisal and utilization of research findings that impact safe, quality care outcomes. Focus is on evidence-based practice and the professional role of the evidence user. Prerequisites: MAT 211, NSG 341 (BSN, pre-licensure students only). |
| NSG340 | Psych/Mental Health Nursing | 5 | Introduces health promotion, health maintenance, and restoration of health for patients experiencing acute and chronic mental/behavioral illnesses. Emphasizes safe and quality patient care, clinical reasoning, cultural sensitivity, effective and therapeutic communication, and professionalism. Experiential learning is provided in a variety of mental/behavioral health settings. The role of the baccalaureate generalist nurse is reinforced. Three credit hours theory, two credit hours clinical. Prerequisite: NSG 331. |
| NSG341 | Adult Health Concepts I | 7 | Concepts and principles necessary to provide client-centered nursing care to adults with common health alterations. Pre-requisite: NSG308; Co-requisite: NSG304. |
| NSG345 | Perspectives On Healthy Aging | 2 | Focuses on healthy aging, health promotion, and minimizing the loss of independence associated with functional decline and illness. Integrates critical thinking and clinical reasoning to address the unique aspects of physical and psychosocial age-related changes of older adults. Communication and collaboration among the interprofessional team members are emphasized for patient-centered care of older adults and families. Prerequisite: NSG 321 (Traditional, pre-licensure students only). |
| NSG351 | Adult Health Concepts II | 7 | Concepts and principles necessary to provide client-centered nursing care to adults with complex multi-system health alterations. Pre-requisite: NSG304 and NSG341. |
| NSG360 | Population Health | 5 | Introduces the student to population-focused care with emphasis on health promotion and disease and injury prevention across the lifespan. Relationships between the determinants of health to health, illness, disease, disability and mortality are examined. Concepts of cultural and spiritual sensitivity, ethical decision making, disaster planning and preparedness, including mass casualty disasters, and advocacy for environmental and social justice as interventions for improving population health are emphasized. The role of the baccalaureate generalist nurse is reinforced. Three credit hours theory, two credit hours clinical. Prerequisite: NSG 331, NSG 335. |
| NSG361 | Pediatric Nursing | 4 | Concepts and principles necessary to provide nursing care to children under 18 years of age and their families. Pre-requisite: NSG351. |
| NSG399 | Customize | 0 | Directed Study Customized Course |
| NSG400 | Mngmnt Common Health Alterations | 5 | This Level 2 course introduces concepts necessary to provide person-centered nursing care to clients with common health alterations across the lifespan. Prerequisites: COM 211/ COM 220, NSG 313, NSG 317, NSG 318, NSG 319, NSG 324, NSG 326, NSG 327; Corequisite: NSG 401, NSG 402; Prerequisite or Corequisites: SOC 201. |
| NSG401 | Mngmt Common Hlth Alterations Pract | 4 | This Level 2 course focuses on clinical practice associated with concepts necessary to provide person-centered nursing care to clients with common health alterations across the lifespan. Prerequisites: NSG 313, NSG 317, NSG 318, NSG 319, NSG 324, NSG 326, NSG 327; Corequisite: NSG 400, NSG401, NSG 402. |
| NSG402 | Mngmt Common Hlth Alt Comp | 1 | This first Level 2 competency lab builds on Level 1 nursing knowledge and competencies essential for the management of common health alterations. Prerequisites: NSG 313, NSG 317, NSG 318, NSG 319, NSG 324, NSG 326, NSG 327; Corequisites: NSG 400, NSG 401. |
| NSG403 | Mngmt Complex Health Alterations I | 5 | This Level 2 course introduces and integrates concepts necessary to provide person-centered nursing care to pediatric and adult clients with complex mental, behavioral, and medical-surgical health alterations. Prerequisites: NSG 400, NSG 401; Corequisite: NSG 404, NSG 405. |
| NSG404 | Mngmt Complex Hlth Alt I Practicum | 4 | This Level 2 course focuses on clinical practice associated with concepts necessary to provide person-centered nursing care to pediatric and adult clients with complex mental, behavioral, and medical-surgical health alterations. Prerequisites: NSG 400, NSG 401; Corequisite: NSG 403, NSG 405 |
| NSG405 | Mngmt Complex Hlth Alt I Comp | 1 | This second Level 2 competency lab builds on Level 1 nursing knowledge and competencies essential for the management of clients with complex health alterations. Prerequisites: NSG 400, NSG 401, Corequisites: NSG 403, NSG 404 |
| NSG406 | Mngmt Complex Health Alterations II | 4 | This Level 2 course introduces and integrates concepts necessary to provide person-centered nursing care to maternal, newborn, and adult medical-surgical clients with complex health alterations. Prerequisites: NSG 403, NSG 404; Corequisite: NSG 407, NSG 408. |
| NSG407 | Mngmt Complex Hlth Alt II Practicum | 4 | This Level 2 course focuses on clinical practice associated with concepts necessary to provide person-centered nursing care to maternal, newborn, and adult medical-surgical clients with complex health alterations. Prerequisites: NSG 403, NSG 404; Corequisite: NSG 406, NSG 408. |
| NSG408 | Mngmt Complex Hlth Alt II Comp | 1 | This third Level 2 competency lab builds on additional Level 1 nursing knowledge and competencies essential for the management of clients with complex health alterations. Prerequisites: NSG 403, NSG 404; Corequisites: NSG 406, NSG 407 |
| NSG410 | Pediatric Nursing | 5 | Introduces nursing care for child-rearing families with an emphasis on health promotion, illness prevention, restoration of health during acute and chronic illness, and preservation of dignity in life and in death. Emphasizes family-centered care for diverse populations in a variety of health care settings through experiential learning. Integral components of the course are critical thinking, clinical reasoning, cultural sensitivity, and effective and therapeutic communication. The role of the baccalaureate generalist nurse is reinforced. Three credit hours theory, two credit hours clinical. Prerequisite: NSG 331 |