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Disaster nursing is designed to explore all types of disaster including natural, environmental, mass casualty, public health emergencies, terrorism, and bioterrorism. The course provides the student with a knowledge base and basic competencies in emergency preparedness and disaster nursing. Prerequisite: Admission to the Nursing major or permission of the Division.

The elective course will introduce the student to the scope and practice of the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE). Learning opportunities will be provided in the classroom and clinical areas. Practical experience will take place in the community arena with visits to hospital emergency rooms, the morgue, the Indiana State Police Lab, the prosecutor's office, the court room, information meetings specific to the Sexual Assault Response Team(SART), and the committee for the Mayor's Prevention of Domestic Violence.

The purpose of this course is designed to provide the student to explore the parish nursing practice. Tools will be given to integrate faith and healing within the faith communities. The roles of the parish nurse will be presented within the nursing process framework. Prerequisite: completion the sophomore nursing courses including NUR-232.

This course is designed to provide the student an opportunity to explore the parish nursing practice. Tools will be given to integrate faith and healing within the faith communities. The roles of the parish nurse will be presented within the nursing process framework.

This course examines major health problems common to tropical climates and developing areas. The focus is on prevention and control of tropical diseases and promotion of health in community settings. No prerequisites.

This course will examine ways in which Scripture addresses disability and suffering, thus providing a dynamic model of spiritual transformation. Students will learn to embrace brokenness. This course is relevant to all disciplines.

The course is designed to assist the adult learner in identifying academic goals and obtaining the needed skills for successful transition to baccalaureate education. Students will be introduced to key program concepts, required technology and computer skills, professional writing style and resources, library services, and the learning management system. Information management and interprofessional communication are emphasized as catalysts for quality and safety in healthcare settings.

This course is designed to examine the relationship of physiological, developmental, psychological, sociocultural, and spiritual variables within the aging process. Students will participate in an interdisciplinary team approach to healthcare for older adults. The course includes utilization of the nursing process in curative and palliative care settings. A clinical component is included. Prerequisite: Progression to junior nursing studies.

Designed to familiarize the practicing nurse with theory-based, research-supported nursing within a Christian framework. Content covers how theory-based, reflective practice can impact nursing and health care for the benefit of humanity. The Neuman Health Care Systems Theory will be presented within a nursing process framework of nursing practice.

The purpose of this course is to enhance knowledge and skills of the practicing nurse in holistic health assessment of the well adult and the planning of health promotional nursing care. Health strengths and needs are determined through the analysis of health assessment data, and approaches to care are developed.

The course will examine the role of the professional nurse and the evolution of nursing as a profession. Ethical and legal principles guiding the nursing profession are discussed. Interprofessional collaboration, social justice and advocacy, cultural competency, and expanded roles within the discipline are addressed. The impact of nursing theory on research and practice is explored.

This course is designed to introduce students to concepts of pathophysiology affecting individuals and their biologic basis. The course builds on prior learning in science courses and focuses on disorders of cells, organs, and systems which may be experienced by individuals over the lifespan. It is designed primarily for nursing students but would be of interest to all who are interested in health-care professions. Prerequisites: BIO-111 and BIO-112.

This course studies application of the nursing process to clients unable to satisfy their basic needs due to a pathological condition. Focus is on nursing care of ill adults with common health problems. A clinical component is included. Prerequisite: Progression to junior nursing studies. Co-requisite: NUR-337.

Students will explore theories related to leadership skills. This will lay the foundation for the development of strategies and resources to gain personal and professional nursing leadership abilities. An emphasis will be placed on servant leadership.

Focuses on the ethical decision-making process with emphasis on Judeo-Christian values. Designed to foster ethical development, values clarification, and effective analysis of ethical issues encountered by professional nurses. A Christian ethical perspective is promoted.

Home Health Nursing is an introductory course designed to develop beginning skills in the role of the nurse as an interdisciplinary team member providing services in the client's home. Participants will apply the nursing process to individuals and families, integrating outcomes achieved in prerequisite courses. The nurse's adaptation to varying physical environments, levels of prevention, and reimbursement mechanisms will be the focus of the learning experience. Contains clinical component. Prerequisite: Progression to the junior level of nursing.

Concepts of aging including physical, psychological, socio-cultural, and spiritual variables will be addressed for the practicing nurse. The impact of the aging population on the health-care system will be applied to nursing practice with the older adult client.

This course explores pertinent theories of human behavior, the developmental processes of personality, mental health concepts, and the use of self. Primary emphasis is on aspects of mental health nursing that involve interpersonal relationships in individuals experiencing acute or chronic conditions. A clinical component it included. Prerequisite: Progression to junior nursing studies.

The course will integrate a comprehensive and holistic assessment of individual health indicators including spiritual, physical, psychological, socio-cultural, environmental, genetic, and age-related health implications. The impact of complex and chronic conditions upon individual health and well-being will be analyzed. The role of the nurse in clinical prevention, health promotion, and interprofessional collaboration will be integrated throughout the course.

Work with a faculty mentor and in cooperation with an Honors College advisor, producing a research thesis or creative project.