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NURS 400 - Nursing Continuing Enrollment
Credits:
RN-BS students are required to maintain continuous
enrollment each semester of the academic year until their
degree is formally awarded by registering for course credit
at the University of New Hampshire Durham or Manchester or
registering for NURS 400, Continuing Enrollment. Students
registering to NURS 400 will pay a continuing enrollment
fee. No credit. Special fee.
NURS 450 - Making Babies: Technology, Nature, and Social Context
Credits:
4.00
Examines the process of human birth focusing on the
emergent technologies of human genetics, assisted
fertility technologies, prenatal diagnosis and treatment,
as well as the appropriate and inappropriate use of
technology through the labor, delivery, and post-partum
experience. The social, cultural, political, and historical
context for the development and application of these
technologies is explored.
NURS 500 - Introduction to Professional Nursing
Credits:
2.00
The course provides an overview of professional nursing
with a focus on reflective thinking. A synthesis of
current and projected trends in nursing practice and
education, with an introduction to topics on ethical,
social, and legislative issues, are explored. This course
is divided into five modules: nursing as a career, nursing
as a profession, nursing as art and science, nursing as
communication, and nursing and relationship-centered care.
Prereq: ZOOL 507-508; majors only. Pre- or Coreq: MICR 501.
Special fee.
Co-requisites:
NURS 504, NURS 506, NURS 512
NURS 501 - Introduction to Nursing
Credits:
4.00
Examines the values and philosophy of the Department of
Nursing. Explores the four domain concepts of nursing:
health and how it is defined, the diverse clients served by
nursing, nursing as a profession, and the complex
environment within which nursing is practiced. The nature
of nurse-client encounters is explored with an emphasis on
teaching students the skills to interact in a caring,
facilitative manner. Prereq: permission. Special fee.
NURS 502 - Concepts of Pathophysiology/Pharmacology
Credits:
4.00
Focuses on concepts of pathophysiology/pharmacology
relevant to nursing practice. The physiologic response and
manifestations of alterations in normal body functioning
are analyzed and the effects of pharmacological agents on
these alterations are examined. Prereq: ZOOL 507-508; MICR
501; majors only.
NURS 504 - Disease and Drugs I
Credits:
4.00
The two semester course advances knowledge of human
physiology and the pathophysiological variations in
selected global disease states in adults and children.
Student explore how the human body uses its adaptive powers
to maintain a steady state and how alterations affect
normal processes. Pharmacological agents used on these
alterations are examined. Prereq: ZOOL 507-508; majors only.
Co-requisites:
NURS 500, NURS 506, NURS 512
NURS 505 - Diseases and Drugs II
Credits:
4.00
The two semester course advances knowledge of human
phisiology and the pathopsychological variations in
selected global disease states in adults and children.
Students explore how the human body uses its adaptive
powers to maintain a steady state and how alterations
affect normal processes. Pharmacological agents used on
theses alterations are examined. Prereq: NURS 500; majors
only.
Co-requisites:
NURS 601
NURS 506 - Lifespan Development, Interaction, and Learning for Professional Practice
Credits:
4.00
The course emphasizes human development, interaction and
learning across the lifespan as essential to safe,
effective relationship-centered care. An exploration of
selected theoretical perspectives on human development,
education and learning and group development prepares
students to engage in professional practice. Prereq: ZOOL
507-508; majors only.
Co-requisites:
NURS 500, NURS 504, NURS 512
NURS 508 - Foundations of Nursing Judgment
Credits:
4.00
Focuses on the knowledge and analytical skills required to
adequately assess the health status of individuals.
Students learn how to collect data using an assessment
framework, analyze the data, and identify client resources
and problems. Emphasizes the implications of the
individual's developmental status, culture, and biologic
variations at all points in the assessment process. Prereq:
ZOOL 507-508; NUTR 400; MICR 501; PSYC 401; NURS 501;
majors only.
Co-requisites:
NURS 502, NURS 514
NURS 512 - Introduction to Nursing Interventions
Credits:
4.00
This course focuses on developing knowledge, skills, and
attitudes necessary for completing health assessments
across the lifespan. History taking and assessment skills
are utilized to identify and prioritize healthcare needs in
order to develop appropriate interventions to assist
clients within their situational contexts to promote health
and make lifestyle changes. Students explore principles of
health promotion throughout the lifespan in a variety of
settings across the healthcare continuum. Prereq: ZOOL
507-508. Majors only. Special fee.
Co-requisites:
NURS 500, NURS 504, NURS 506
NURS 514 - Techniques of Clinical Nursing
Credits:
4.00
Focuses on the acquisition of psychomotor and assessment
skills required for the delivery of safe nursing care.
Students begin by learning clinical skills in the
simulation setting and then using those skills with
supervision in the clinical setting. An additional focus of
this course is understanding fundamental nursing concepts
as they pertain to providing safe, effective care. Prereq:
ZOOL 507-508; NURS 501; majors only. Lab. Special fee.
Co-requisites:
NURS 508
NURS 535 - Death and Dying
Credits:
4.00
Encompasses peoples' responses to death throughout the
lifecycle. Theories of death, dying, and grieving
discussed. Students explore cultural influences, legal, and
ethical dilemmas; the biopsychosocial needs of people
facing life-threatening situations; resources for care of
the dying; death rituals; and surviving a major loss.
Writing intensive.
NURS 595 - Women's Health
Credits:
4.00
Examines women's health and women's health care from
historical, political, and social perspectives. Discussion
of societal and health-care constraints that hinder women
from achieving their full health potential. Also presents
information on women's health care practices, including the
concept of self-care, and relates this to development of
educated consumerism in the health-care system.
NURS 601 - Function and Wellbeing of Older Adults
Credits:
4.00
This course focuses on developing knowledge necessary for
promoting healthy aging and wellness across the lifespan.
Multidimensional assessment skills are utilized to develop
appropriate evidence-based interventions to assist
individuals and families to maintain wellness and promote
healthy lifestyles and enhance the quality of life for
older adults with acute and chronic conditions. Students
will explore nursing issues and principles of promoting
wellness across the health care continuum including end of
life and palliative care. Prereq: NURS 500; majors only.
Special fee.
Co-requisites:
NURS 505
NURS 606 - Seminar on Professional Nursing
Credits:
7.00
The role of health professionals from historical, social,
political, economic and technical view points. Individual
student examinations of values, attitudes and beliefs
regarding professional role in relation to current nursing
theory and practice. Open to RN students only by
permission. Prereq: NURS 645. Writing intensive.
NURS 611 - Care of the Adult with Acute Illness I
Credits:
4.00
The first of two courses focused on adult health nursing of
clients with commonly occurring disease states in the
acute care setting. Course builds on previuosly learned
knowledge of physical assessment and technical skills to
focus on key components of acute care nursing. Special
emphasis placed on the etiology, clinical evaluation and
use of evidence-based nrusing interventions to manage
specific health problems related to cardiovascular,
hematologic, pulmonary, endocrine and renal systems. The
advanced skills and techniques required to care for clients
with commonly occurring disease states is included. Prereq:
NURS 505; majors only.
Co-requisites:
NURS 611C, NURS 626, NURS 641
NURS 611C - Care Adult Acute III I Clinic
Credits:
2.00
Designed to provide the student with opportunities to apply
the nursing process and clinical jugdment within an acute
care setting to clients with commonly occurring disease
states. The experience focuses on the application of
knowledge and skills, evidence-based practice, clinical
judgment and relationship-centered care. Prereq: NURS 505;
majors only. Special fee.
Co-requisites:
NURS 611, NURS 626, NURS 641
NURS 612 - Care of the Adult woth Acute Illness II
Credits:
2.00
This is the second of two courses focused on adult health
nursing of clients with commonly occurring disease states
in acute care nursing. The course builds on previously
learned kowledge of physical assessment and technical
skills to focus on key components of acute care nursing.
Special emphasis is placed on the etiology, clinical
evaluation and use of evidence-based nursing interventions
to manage specific health problems related to
gastrointestinal, neurlogical, musculoskeletal systems ans
clients undergoing surgery. Complex client issues related
to oncologic, immunologic and shock states are introduced.
The advanced skills and interventions required to care for
clients with commonly occurring disease states and those
undergoing surgery are included. Prereq: NURS 611; majors
only.
Co-requisites:
NURS 616C, NURS 627
NURS 612C - Care of the Adult with Acute Illness II Clinical
Credits:
2.00
Course is designed to provide the student with
opportunities to apply the nursing process and clinical
judgment within an acute care setting to clients with
commonly occurring disease states and those undergoing
surgery. The experience focuses on the application of
knowledge and skills, evidence-based practice, clinical
judgment and relationship-centered care. Prereq: NURS 611;
majors only. Special fee.
Co-requisites:
NURS 612, NURS 627
NURS 613C - Care of the Adult with Acute Illness III, Clinical Concentration
Credits:
2.00
Designed to provide the student with an intensive and
concentrated opportunity to apply the nursing process and
clinical judgment within an acute care setting to clients
with multiple health deviations and polypharmaceutical
interventions. Students refine organizational skills in
delivering comprehensive nursing care to two or more
clients. In addition, students enhance their communication
and teaching/learning skills by assuming a leadership role
in the care of a client group.
Prereq: NURS 612; majors
only. Pre- or Coreq: NURS 612C.
Co-requisites:
NURS 627
NURS 615 - Adult Health Nursing
Credits:
4.00
Addresses the professional nursing practice, decision
making processes, strategies and interventions as they
relate to the care of adults who are experiencing chronic
illnesses, acute illnesses, or impending death. The
perspective adopted emphasizes the functional issues of
daily living that these illnesses impose and the meanings
these illnesses have for adults and their families within
cultural, socioeconomic, sociopolitical, physical, and
personal contexts. Prereq: first semester junior nursing
major. Prereq: NURS 502, 508, 514.
Co-requisites:
NURS 615C
NURS 615C - Adult Health Nursing Clinical
Credits:
4.00
Prereq: NURS 502, 508, 514.Co-requisites:
NURS 615
NURS 616 - Relationship-Centered Care: Living with Mental Illness Across the Lifespan
Credits:
4.00
This course is designed to provide an understanding of
acute and chronic mental illness across the lifespan.
Neurobiological sciences, psychosocial concepts and current
traditional/nontraditional somatotherapies are explored.
Emphasis is placed on evidence-based practice in the field
of psychiatric nursing supported by the Scope and Standards
of Psychiatric - Mental Health Nursing Practice. The
hallmark of this course is founded on relationship-centered
care as a vehicle for healthcare delivery. Prereq: NURS
505; majors only.
NURS 617 - Nursing and Healthcare Policy
Credits:
3.00
Examines the nature and quality of health care delivery
systems and health related social programs from a nursing
perspective. Critical thinking skills and strategies needed
by professional nurses to participate in health care
planning and health care consumer advocacy for improved
health services emphasized. Prereq: for R.N.s with at least
one year of clinical experience or permission.
NURS 618 - Caring for People with Alterations in Mental Health
Credits:
2.00
Provides an understanding of the concepts of mental health
and major factors affecting human behavior and
interaction. Specific theoretical concepts guiding
nurse-client interactions are used as a vehicle for
supporting the person's and family's optimum state of
well-being. Prereq: NURS 622.
Co-requisites:
NURS 618C
NURS 618C - Caring for People with Alterations in Mental Health
Credits:
2.00
Emphasis on the practice of psychiatric nursing as being
grounded on certain empirical, aesthetic, personal, and
ethical knowledge. Nursing process and a situation-based
interpretive approach serve as a framework for professional
action. Through a variety of clinical experiences, the
student applies mental health concepts/principles of
interaction. Prereq: NURS 622.
Co-requisites:
NURS 618, NURS 624C
NURS 619 - Clinical Decision Making I
Credits:
4.00
To practice effectively nurses must be able to gather
data, interpret its meaning, take actions based on an
understanding of the data, and evaluate outcomes. They also
must be aware of the processes used to reach conclusions
and be prepared to revise, adapt, or reject them. The
course focuses on teaching learning theory, ethical
decision making, and helping clients and families deal with
situational and maturational crises, using a critical
thinking framework. Prereq: first-semester junior nursing
majors; NURS 501; 502; 508; 514 Special fee. Writing
intensive.
Co-requisites:
NURS 615
NURS 620 - Caring for the Childbearing and Childrearing Family
Credits:
4.00
This course has family as the focus for nursing practice,
introducing the student to the care of young families
throughout pregnancy, birth and child-rearing periods.
Healthy transitions and physical alterations occurring from
conception through adolescence are examined. The health
needs of the family are discussed in terms of major
morbidity/mortality and contemporary issues. Experience in
various clinical settings provides opportunities for the
development of professional practice roles. Prereq: second
semester junior nursing major.
Co-requisites:
NURS 620C
NURS 620C - Caring for the Childbearing and Childrearing Family Clinical
Credits:
3.00
Special fee.Co-requisites:
NURS 620
NURS 621 - Maternal and Newborn Nursing
Credits:
4.00
The students will integrate evidence using a holistic
framework in the provision of safe nursing care to
child-bearing families. Emphasis placed on prenatal, intra-
and post-partal processes. Student assimilate knowledge ans
skills in a variety of care settings. Prereq: NURS 505;
majors only. Special fee.
NURS 621C - Maternity Nursing Clinical
Credits:
3.00
This clinical component of NURS 620, a course that has
family as the focus for nursing practice, introducing the
student to the care of young families throughout pregnancy,
birth, and child-rearing periods. The health needs of the
young family are discussed in terms of major
morbidity/mortality and contemporary issues. This survey
course offers students experiences in various clinical
settings in order to provide opportunities for the
development of professional practice roles in maternal
health.
Co-requisites:
NURS 620
NURS 622 - Clinical Decision Making II
Credits:
4.00
Emphasizes the clinical decision making process in the
nursing care of individuals, families, and communities
across the lifespan and from diverse backgrounds. Builds
upon the theoretical foundation developed in 619, Clinical
Decision Making I. Students strengthen expertise in
developing clinical judgments, interventions, and outcome
evaluations. Skills predicated upon attending to and
processing relevant information from clinical situations.
Students apply knowledge from clinical nursing courses in a
variety of ways. Prereq: second-semester junior nursing
majors; NURS 619; or RN student.
NURS 624 - Nursing in the Community
Credits:
2.00
Explores the role of community health nursing in health
promotion, disease prevention, and long-term care.
Analyzes contemporary community health problems with
implications for community health nursing. Explores a
variety of clinical and population-focused roles in
primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of health
problems. Prereq: second semester junior nursing major.
Co-requisites:
NURS 624C
NURS 624C - Nursing in the Community
Credits:
2.00
Special fee.Co-requisites:
NURS 618C, NURS 624
NURS 626 - Clinical Reasoning and Judgment I
Credits:
2.00
A two semester course designed to apply and analyze
clinical reasoning and judgment in a variety of
situations, focusing on the ability to prioritize and
individualize evidence based nursing interventions. Prere:
NURS 505; majors only.
Special fee.
Co-requisites:
NURS 611, NURS 611C, NURS 641
NURS 627 - Clinical Reasoning and Judgment II
Credits:
2.00
A two semester course designed to apply and analyze
clinical reasoning and judgment in a variety of
situations, focusing on the ability to prioritize and
individualize evidence based nursing interventions. Prereq:
NURS 505; majors only.
Co-requisites:
NURS 612, NURS 612C
NURS 641 - Translating Research for Practice
Credits:
4.00
The course focuses on the translation of current evidence
into nursing practice through the identification of
practice issues, appraisal and application of evidence, and
the evaluation of outcomes. Development of evidence is
examined using the research process. Concepts explored
include research ethics and legal precepts, clinical
judgment in knowledge development and application, and the
integration of client values and preferences. Students
learn to use reliable evidence to inform practice and make
clinical judgments to promote nursing best practice.
Prereq: NURS 505; majors only.
Co-requisites:
NURS 611, NURS 611C, NURS 626
NURS 645 - Research
Credits:
4.00
Focuses on enhancing the student's ability to evaluate,
read, comprehend, participate in, and apply research to
the practice of nursing. Pre or Coreq: statistics.
NURS 645W - Research
Credits:
4.00
See description for NURS 645. Writing intensive.
NURS 655 - Community Health Nursing I
Credits:
3.00
Explores role of community health nursing in health
promotion, disease prevention and long term care at the
population level. Identifies population at risk and
implications for aggregate level nursing care. Open to RN
students only by permission. Prereq: NURS 606.
NURS 656 - Community Health Nursing II: Individuals, Families, and Aggregates
Credits:
2.00
Explores a variety of contemporary topics relevant to
community health and community health nursing practice at
the individual, family, and aggregate levels. Students have
the opportunity to the explore clinical focused roles of
the community health in nurse in primary, secondary, and
tertiary prevention of health problems in individuals,
families, and aggregates at risk across the life span.
Evolving roles and responsibilities of a variety of
community health nurse specialists introduced. Students
collaborate with multidisciplinary health professionals in
planning, providing, and evaluating health services to
these specific at risk populations. May be repeated.
Prereq: registered nurses only; NURS 606; permission.
Co-requisites:
NURS 656C
NURS 656C - Community Health Nursing II/Clinical
Credits:
1.00
Experience in various clinical settings to provide
opportunities for the development of the community health
nursing role. Students collaborate with multidisciplinary
health professionals in planning, providing, and evaluating
health services to population at risk. Prereq: open to RN
students only by permission.
Co-requisites:
NURS 656
NURS 694 - Special Topics
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Specialized courses covering information not normally
presented in regular course offerings. Description of
topics will vary. May be repeated but not duplicate areas
of content. Prereq: permission. (Not offered every year.)
NURS 695 - Independent Study
Credits:
2.00 to 4.00
In-depth study with faculty supervision. Prereq: junior
standing and approval of adviser and faculty of the area
concerned. May be repeated for different topics.
NURS 702 - Child Health Nursing
Credits:
2.00
The course considers the child in the context of family as
the focus for nursing practice, introducing the student to
the care of children using a developmental approach.
Commonly occurring health transitions and alterations
occurring from infancy through adolescence are examined. A
survey of child health explores both professional practice
roles of the pediatric nurse in health promotion and
illness as well as acute and chronic conditions that impact
children at various stages of development. Prereq: NURS
613C; majors only.
Co-requisites:
NURS 704, NURS 704C
NURS 703 - Nursing Leadership/Management and the Organizational Context
Credits:
4.00
Focuses on understanding ways in which the nurse can
affect the organizations in which practice occurs and ways
in which the organizations affect the individual's
practice. Emphasizes issues of leadership; management;
power; change; motivation; and interfacing of autonomous,
dependent, and interdependent nursing functions in current
and future health care delivery systems. Prereq:
first-semester senior nursing majors; NURS 622. RN students
should take NURS 703W. Special fee.
NURS 703W - Nursing Leadership/Management and the Organizational Context
Credits:
4.00
See description for NURS 703. Writing intensive.
NURS 704 - 21st Century Public Health Nursing
Credits:
4.00
This writing intensive course prepares the student for
population focused practice. Emphsis is placed on the
synthesis of concepts, theories, knowledge and practice
from nursing and public health sciences. Students explore
the concepts of: community as client, community assessment,
health promotion, health protection, illness prevention and
vulnerability from a public health nursing perspective.
Prereq: NURS 613C; majors only.
Co-requisites:
NURS 702, NURS 704C
NURS 704C - 21st Century Public Health Nursing Clinical
Credits:
4.00
Students are prepared for population focused practice.
Emphasis is placed on the application of concepts,
theories, knowledge and practice from nursing and public
health sciences. Students conduct a comprehensive community
assessment to develop, implement and evaluate populations
focused interventions. Prere: NURS 613C; majors onyl.
Co-requisites:
NURS 702, NURS 704
NURS 705 - Contemporary Leadership within Health Care Systems
Credits:
4.00
The course explores the dynamic nature of the healthcare
system and practice environments that impact nursing.
Emphasis is placed on relationship of ethics, power,
change, conflict, communication and politics in health care
systems. Focus is placed on the use of models of
leadership and management to effectively negotiate change,
providde safe quality care, and promote professional
practice in the delivery of relationship-centered care.
Prereq: NURS 702; NURS 704; NURS 704C; majors only.
Co-requisites:
NURS 721
NURS 710 - Families in Health and Illness
Credits:
4.00
Seminar focuses on the family environment as a context for
the experience of health and illness. Current middle-range
theories and research from nursing and other disciplines
analyzed for their application to family health. Public
policy initiatives related to family health explored.
NURS 719 - Professional Nursing Practice: Transitions
Credits:
7.00
Provides opportunity for students to refine and integrate
previously learned knowledge and skills into professional
practice through a cooperatively designed learning
experience/environment. Open to R.N. students only, by
permission. Prereq: NURS 606, 655, 656, 656C.
NURS 720 - Clinical Decision-Making III
Credits:
6.00
Provides the student with the opportunity to integrate
prior learning and experience, reflect on individual
practice, and transition to professional practice in a
career as a Registered Nurse. Emphasizes the refinement of
professional skills related to leadership, management,
problem solving, clinical and ethical decision-making,
critical thinking, interpersonal communication, information
management, and working as a productive team member. The
weekly seminar provides an opportunity for the analysis,
synthesis, refinement, and integration of nursing knowledge
and practice. Regularly scheduled standardized tests are
used to assess student progress and to provide timely
feedback to facilitate the student's transition to
professional practice. Special fee. Prereq: all nursing
major courses.
Co-requisites:
NURS 720C
NURS 720C - Clinical Decision-Making III Clinical
Credits:
6.00
Refine and integrate previously learned knowledge and
skills into professional practice through a cooperatively
designed learning experience/environment.
Co-requisites:
NURS 720
NURS 721 - Integrating Professional Nursing Practice
Credits:
8.00
The course provides students with the opportunity to
advance their ability to synthesize and apply knowlesge of
concepts and theories to demonstrate nursing program
competencies. Prereq: NURS 702, 704, 704C; majors only.
Special fee.
Co-requisites:
NURS 705
NURS 794 - Special Topics
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Specialized courses covering information not normally
presented in regular course offerings. Description of
topics varies. May be repeated but not in duplicate areas
of content. Prereq: permission. Special fee on some sections
NURS 794W - Special Topics
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
See description for NURS 794. Writing intensive.
NURS 797 - Honors Thesis
Credits:
1.00 to 4.00
Honors seminar designed to expand the knowledge and skills
presented in previous honors in major courses. Focuses on
a project relevant to the discipline of nursing under the
direction of a faculty adviser. Open to honors-in-major and
senior nursing majors. Students must complete two semesters
of work 1cr. in fall, and 4cr. in spring. Writing intensive.