Description of Nursing Courses at Bethlehem University Palestine
NURS 131 First Aid and Personal Safety (Cr. 3)
Designed to provide the student with the principles and skills necessary to help victims of accidents, emergencies, and disaster situations. It includes measures to be taken to ensure personal safety, thus leading to accident prevention in the home and community. This is a practical course, part of which will be devoted to mastering first-aid skills.
NURS 200 Introduction to Nursing (Cr. 3)
This course is designed to provide the student with various health and nursing concepts. It also provides the student with a wide body of knowledge of the principles governing health maintenance and promotion, as well as illness prevention.
NURS 205 Pathophysiology (Cr. 2)
This course is designed to provide and reinforce the students with the anatomy and physiology of the human body. Furthermore, it will aid the student in identifying health and illness of the human body emphasizing with the pathophysiology of diseases and thus providing intervention.
NURS 251 Fundamentals of Nursing I (Cr. 5)
The course is designed to provide concepts basic to the practice of clinical nursing. The nursing process is presented as a frame of reference in meeting the human needs of people and in the delivery of health care in a variety of settings. Prerequisite: NURS 200, BIOL 251
NURS 252* Fundamentals of Nursing II (Cr. 5)
Continued emphasis on nursing concepts, procedures and their applications in lab and clinical setting make up this course. Prerequisite: NURS 251
NURS 332* Maternity Nursing (Cr. 5)
The course includes the study of obstetrics and the nursing care of women during the various phases of child-bearing. The course also includes care of the well infant and presents specific measures in the prevention of disease and the promotion of health. Prerequisite: NURS 334, NURS 335
NURS 333* Pediatric Nursing (Cr. 5)
The course helps the students to develop an awareness of the importance of current child and infant care. It will stress the health problems of the infant and child and the nursing care necessary in restoring health to the child. The course will include the study of process in children family problems, and the tools that will be effective in helping the child and family attain realistic goals. Clinical experience will complement the theories that are presented. Prerequisite: PSYC 231, NURS 334, NURS 335
NURS 334*, 335*, 336* Medical Surgical Nursing I,II III (Cr. 5, 5, 5)
These courses present an integrated approach to the study of health and illness. Examination is made of all that occurs when various disease-causing processes exert their effect on physiological functions. It is designed to give a broad general background in the care of adults who have medical and surgical problems. Emphasis is placed upon the nursing intervention involved in the maintenance and restoration of physiological equilibrium. Prerequisite: NURS 252
NURS 337* Advanced Medical Surgical (Cr. 5)
Nursing concepts current to clinical practice in critical care nursing are included. Emergency, coronary care, intensive care and operating room nursing will be especially emphasized. Clinical experience will complement the theories that are presented. Prerequisite: NURS 334, NURS 335, NURS 336
NURS 338* Community Health Nursing (Cr. 5)
This course helps the students to address the community as client and focuses on the facilitation of the health of families and groups in the community through health promotion, restoration and support processes. The role of community agencies in meeting health needs will be also introduced.
NURS 341* Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing (Cr. 5)
This course emphasizes mental health and psychiatric nursing concepts, constructs, and skills pertinent to nursing practice in selected psychiatric and community mental health settings.
NURS 350 Nursing Management (Cr. 3)
Professional nursing practice within the organizational framework is presented. Leadership, organizational behavior, knowledge and skills required for management of common professional nursing activities in a health care setting are also covered.
NURS 351, 352 Pharmacology I, II (Cr. 2,2)
The course is designed to enable nurses to assist more proficiently patients and physicians in health services. It includes generic and trade names for the common drugs in use, administration, actions, interactions, doses, uses, side effects, contraindications and special focus on nursing considerations.
NURS 354 Nursing Research (Cr. 2)
The course explores skills essential to the research process through critical analysis of research studies, and the application of principles of research methodology to selected projects.Prerequisite: MATH 352
NURS 355 Professional Foundations (Cr. 2)
The course is a study of relationships and responsibilities of professional nursing with emphasis on current issues and professional organizations, as well as the planning and the discussing of career development. The course is required and is restricted to the last semester senior nursing students.
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