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This course examines Christian values and ethics in the light of the socio-cultural variables that shape people. It provides opportunity to experience the stress imposed by socio-cultural conditions and the adaptation required to adjust professional and personal practices to different cultural environments. Prerequisite: Completion of 200 level Nursing courses. Co-requisite: NUR-349 or NUR-353 or NUR-357.

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 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 and completion of 200 level Nursing courses.

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.

A course designed to equip students with self-care skills, emotional intelligence, and stress management tools to help students holistically manage their lives as they navigate through their nursing education and careers. This course develops, enhances, and explores different aspects of self-care and emotional awareness, to prepare for the nursing career field. Prerequisites: NUR-245, NUR-253, and NUR-257

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 will examine ways in which scripture addresses hope and suffering through the lens of human trafficking, thus providing a dynamic model of spiritual transformation. The student will learn to embrace their own brokenness and brokenness in others. This course is relevant to all disciplines.

This course will introduce the learner to the multiple components of human trafficking; including definition, causes, and scope of the problem. The learner will identify the various disciplines involved in the human trafficking arena.

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: Completion of 200 level Nursing courses.

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 the knowledge and skills of the practicing nurse in conducting a health assessment of the heart and vascular system, lungs and thorax, musculoskeletal, and neurological systems 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.

The course is planned to provide the student with an understanding of the research process. Basic elements of research design, sampling, data collection, and analysis are discussed. Students critique research articles and develop a proposal for an investigation of significance to the practice of nursing. Prerequisites: NUR-249 and NUR-246 and comlpetiong of 200 level Nursing courses.

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 and completion of 200 level Nursing courses.

This course introduces the tools and resources necessary for the student to be successful in the Indiana Wesleyan University (IWU) post-licensure baccalaureate nursing program.

In this course, the student will integrate, translate, and apply established and evolving disciplinary nursing knowledge, ways of knowing, and knowledge from other disciplines, including a foundation in liberal arts and natural and social sciences. This distinguishes professional nursing practice and forms the basis for clinical judgment and innovation in nursing practice. Upon completing this course, the student will build on prior learning and evidence competency in the following AACN (2021) Level 1, Essential Core Competencies for Entry-Level Professional Nursing Education for Domain 1: Knowledge for Nursing Practice and Domain 2: Person-Centered Care.

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: Completion of 200 level Nursing courses. Co-requisite: NUR-337.

Application of the nursing process to care for ill clients with complex health conditions, including all forms of prevention throughout the adult lifespan. Includes a clinical experience. Prerequisite: Completion of 200 level Nursing courses and NUR-221, NUR-232, NUR-249, and NUR-246.

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.

NUR-353 provides the foundation for maternal and newborn nursing. The course includes clinical experience and emphasizes holistic care of the childbearing family. Prerquisites: NUR-246 and NUR-249 and completion of 200 level Nursing courses.

Designed to continue to grow student understanding and application of the principles of pharmacology and their relationship to heath care. Included are classification of drugs, basic mechanisms of drug interaction, and drug administration. Prerequisite: NUR250 and completion of 200 level Nursing courses.

Provides the foundation for entry-level competence for nursing care of children, includes clinical experience. Emphasis is on the application of Neuman Systems Model to family centered health and well being of infants, children, and adolescents. Prerequisite: NUR-246 and NUR-249 and completion of 200 level Nursing courses.

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: Completion of 200 level Nursing courses.

This course focuses on the foundational principles of Emergency Nursing as a specialty. Application of the nursing process in the emergency department is emphasized in accordance with prioritization of differing patient care scenarios. Students will be examining the roles of the emergency nurse while gaining a baseline understanding of acute disease processes, patient-centered interventions, and interprofessional collaboration. Prerequisites: NUR-213 and NUR-250; Recommended to take prior to or concurrently with NUR-313 and NUR-355.

In this course, the student will apply established and emerging principles of safety, evidence-based science, and quality. The student will demonstrate the utilization of safe, quality care principles that enhance outcomes and minimize risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance. Additionally, the student will demonstrate the value of collaborating intentionally with care team members, patients, families, communities, and other stakeholders to optimize care, enhance the healthcare experience, and strengthen outcomes. Upon completing this course, the student will build on prior learning and evidence competency in the following AACN (2021) Level 1, Essential Core Competencies for Entry-Level Professional Nursing Education for Domain 5: Quality and Safety; and Domain 6: Interprofessional Partnerships.

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.