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Nursing Associate Degree at Bryant and Stratton College Ohio

Program: 369 Semesters: 5m Total Credit Hours: 72

Description
The mission of the Nursing Program is to provide quality nursing education in North Central Ohio, Virginia, and Wisconsin and to facilitate the provision of exceptional healthcare in the regions. The Nursing Program emphasizes classroom, laboratory, and clinical experiences that prepare students for both the world of work and for life-long learning. Computer aided instruction, telecommunications technology, clinical simulation and other technical learning strategies are seen as integral components of the delivery methods needed to serve the educational needs of students in the 21st century.

The purpose of the Nursing Program is to prepare Nursing Program graduates to function in professional registered nursing roles. The program provides a foundation of learning which promotes integration of clinical decision making processes into the provision of nursing care for meeting the health/illness needs of patients across the life span. The three roles of the associate degree nurse (Provider of Care, Manager of Care, and Member of the Discipline of Nursing) describe nursing practice and role expectations of the entry level registered nurse. The core components of those roles, as established by the National League for Nursing (NLN, 2000) are as follows: professional behaviors, communication, assessment, clinical decision making, caring interventions, teaching and learning, collaboration, and managing care. The organizing framework provides direction for the selection and ordering of learning experiences to achieve program outcomes.

The BSN Program is designed for the employed registered nurse wanting to pursue the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree. Nursing classes are held one day/week and required programmatic courses are offered in block times. A number of programmatic courses are offered through distance learning modalities. Students should check academic course schedules each semester for these courses.

The mission of the BSN Program is to provide students an opportunity for quality baccalaureate nursing education that is both affordable and geographically accessible, and prepares students to meet the diverse health care needs of the community, state, and nation. The nursing faculty is committed to planning and implementing a quality baccalaureate program for registered nurses that promotes the students’ intellectual, personal, ethical, and cultural development in a caring environment. The scope of professional nursing education is believed to be one that enables and empowers the student to recognize the ethical, legislative, economic, regulatory and political aspects that define the scope of professional nursing practice. The roles inherent in the status of the professional nurse include but are not limited to: provider of care, designer/manager/coordinator of care, member of a profession, client advocate, and life-long learner.

The goal of the BSN Program is to provide registered nurses with learning opportunities to acquire the knowledge base and skills to practice nursing at the professional level. The program outcomes are:

Assess the health/illness status of individuals, families, and communities throughout the lifespan utilizing a holistic perspective.

Recognize how components of diversity impact health and health care.

Broaden advocacy skills for the nursing profession and the clients served.

Employ critical thinking skills as a basis for professional nursing practice

Use effective communication skills consistent with the role of the professional nurse.

Understand how to read and critique nursing research for its applicability for evidence-based nursing practice.

Utilize professional nursing management and leadership skills to coordinate comprehensive health care.

Apply an ethical decision-making framework incorporating the ANA Professional Code of Ethics, professional standards, and an awareness of personal values in nursing practice.

Develop and implement health education programs for diverse populations in a variety of settings.

Apply an increased depth and breadth of knowledge in managing clients with acute complex health problems.

The three-year Bachelor of Nursing degree allows students to become registered nurses, caring for people across a wide range of settings. It offers students practical experience in various clinical fields, which allows the concepts of health, illness and nursing care strategies to be applied to all patients regardless of age. While allowing the student to choose an in-depth focus on a clinical area of personal interest in the final year of study, the course also gives students the opportunity to develop skills in problem-solving and in critical thinking.

The first semester of the course may be undertaken on either the Lake Macquarie Campus or the Sydney Campus. Subsequent semesters are based at the Sydney Campus that is co-located with the Sydney Adventist Hospital (the “San”).

Students may commence the course in the first semester, or part-time students can enter the program in either semester of the academic year.

Duration

Three years full-time or equivalent part-time.

Credit points

144 credit points

Mode of delivery

Predominantly on campus but with flexible delivery of some subjects (this may include intensive classroom teaching, student self-directed learning, contract learning, distance education supported by print or electronic media or a combination of approaches).

Abbreviation of course title

BN

Accreditation

The degree is accredited by the NSW Department of Education and Training and by the Nurses and Midwives Board New South Wales.

Nurse registration

On successful completion of the course, graduates are eligible to apply for nurse registration in NSW, Australia.

After first registering in NSW, students may then also apply for registration in other Australian states, and New Zealand, due to mutual recognition legislation. Students from other countries should ascertain the requirements for those countries in which they intend to register.

NUR 301 HUMAN NUTRITION
Three hours. Prerequisite: Nursing majors only. Students are prepared to apply fundamental principles of human nutrition in the selection of a healthy diet across the lifespan. The impact of nutrition upon health, illness and healing, cultural and global issues, and health care practice are examined.

NUR 304 CONCEPTS & ISSUES IN NURSING
Three hours. Prerequisite: Nursing majors only. In this theory-based course students are introduced to concepts and issues in professional nursing practice, including professional values, interdisciplinary communication, and the role of the professional registered nurse as manager of care for culturally diverse patients, families and groups across the lifespan. The focus is on a commitment to quality care delivery, integrity and accountability in varied settings.

NUR 305 PHARMACOLOGY
Three hours. Prerequisites: BIO 209, BIO 210, BIO 227 and nursing majors only. . This course presents current concepts of pharmacology including basic principles of drug action, interaction, and adverse effects. Routes of administration and dosage calculations are discussed. Content will be presented using a structured, systematic approach to body systems and drug classifications. Legal, cultural and life span considerations will be included as they apply to the nurse’s role in drug therapy.

NUR 307 CONCEPTUAL FOUNDATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING
Three hours. This course introduces the student to the rationale and values inherent in a baccalaureate education in nursing. It enables the student to explore professional nursing practice, philosophical perspectives of nursing, legal and ethical issues relevant to practice and the changing practice environment. RN-to-BSN Program only.

NUR 310 NURSING FUNDAMENTALS
Four hours. Prerequisites: BIO 209, BIO 210, BIO 227, PSY 209 and nursing majors only. Students are introduced to the scientific basis for nursing practice and the safe care of patients with diverse needs. Nursing skills are simulated and practiced in the clinical skills laboratory prior to performing in the clinical setting. Emphasis is on the promotion of the health, function and wellness of individuals, families and groups across the lifespan.

NUR 312* PROFESSIONAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Three hours. Prerequisite: NUR 307. This course is designed to advance the interpersonal and professional communication skills of the registered nurse. Content includes principles and theories of communication, and skills for effective conflict resolution, teaching, therapeutic, and transcultural communication. RN-to-BSN Program only.

NUR 316 THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING
Three hours. Prerequisite: NUR 307 or admission to the undergraduate BSN program. This course offers a study of theories and frameworks for the practice of professional nursing.

NUR 330 ADULT HEALTH NURSING I
Six hours. Prerequisites: NUR 301, NUR 304, NUR 305, NUR 310, SPC 214. Concepts from behavioral, biological and natural sciences are integrated as knowledge of physical and psychological symptoms related to disease and treatment is advanced. In the clinical area, emphasis is placed on health teaching and the safe implementation of therapeutic nursing interventions for adults who are experiencing acute alterations in health. Nursing students apply current evidence in practice and begin to evaluate nursing care outcomes as care is directed toward promoting, maintaining and restoring health or providing end-of-life care for culturally diverse patients in various settings.

NUR 346 PROFESSIONAL ROLE DEVELOPMENT
Three hours. Prerequisite: NUR 307. This course directs the student to examine his or her personal development within the profession of nursing. It encourages and assists the student to develop leadership skills and refine life management skills. Legal, ethical, and advocacy issues in nursing and health care are explored and discussed. RN-to-BSN Program only.

NUR 356 TECHNIQUES FOR HEALTH ASSESSMENT
Three hours. Prerequisite: NUR 307 or admission to the undergraduate BSN program. This course prepares the student to accurately collect and document data required for a basic health assessment of patients across the life span.

NUR 401 MATERNAL/CHILD NURSING
Five hours. Prerequisite: NUR 330. Nursing concepts are presented related to the delivery of nursing care for the childbearing/ childrearing family and children from infancy through adolescence. Principles of growth and development are applied as the student provides health teaching and nursing care directed toward promoting, maintaining, and restoring health or providing end-of-life care that respects cultural and ethnic beliefs for women, infants, and children.

NUR 412+ ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT
Three hours. Prerequisites: NUR 307 and NUR 356. This course is designed to apply holistic health assessment techniques in the collection and integration of the six dimensions of health for patients with complex health problems across the life span. RN-to-BSN Program only.

NUR 417 PROFESSIONAL INQUIRY
Three hours. Prerequisites: NUR 307 or admission to the undergraduate BSN program, and NUR 316. This course provides students with opportunities to understand general principles and concepts of the research process in order to integrate research into professional nursing practice.

NUR 420 COMMUNITY HEALTH/MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
Five hours. Prerequisite: NUR 330. Students apply knowledge of concepts, theories, and practice from nursing and public health sciences to assess and analyze the health status of culturally diverse, at-risk groups of vulnerable populations. Mental illness and current issues and therapies for persons with chronic mental illness will be examined. Students will assess physical, social, and cultural environments, identify populations at risk, and implement and evaluate appropriate nursing interventions in partnership with community and health agencies.

NUR 426 HEALTH PROMOTION AND WELLNESS
Three hours. Prerequisite: NUR 307. This course prepares the student to apply health promotion and wellness strategies to the care of individuals, families, aggregates and communities. Content includes health promotion, health maintenance and health education. The student will explore personal health promotion strategies. RN-to-BSN Program only.

NUR 446 HEALTH MAINTENANCE AND RESTORATION
Three hours. Prerequisite: NUR 307. This course prepares the student to apply concepts of health maintenance and restoration to the care of individuals, families and aggregates. The primary focus of this course is vulnerable populations in the community setting, including persons with chronic illnesses. RN-to-BSN Program only.

NUR 466 CARE OF OLDER ADULTS
Four hours. Prerequisite: NUR 330. In this course the student has the opportunity to differentiate
normal aging from abnormal processes and conditions and to develop nursing interventions that are unique to the specific needs of the elder. Social, ethical, financial and practical issues facing the older adult, frail elder, and caregiver are presented.

NUR 480 PROFESSIONAL SOCIALIZATION
Four hours. Prerequisite: All nursing courses. Corequisite: NUR 490. In this course the student
examines his or her personal development as a professional registered nurse and identifies goals for professional development. Leadership skills and life management skills are refined. Political, legal, and advocacy issues in nursing and health care are examined.

NUR 490 ADULT HEALTH NURSING II
Six hours. Prerequisite: All nursing courses. Corequisite: NUR 480. Adult Health Nursing II is the capstone course for the nursing student’s clinical experience. The course will build on previously learned material and will concentrate on the emergent needs of patients with co-morbidities, critical illnesses and multisystem failure. The course will include a practicum that integrates seminars that explore and examine the various roles of the entry level nurse and serves to initiate the process of transition from student nurse to graduate nurse.

NUR 499+ PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE
Six hours. Prerequisite: All prior nursing courses. This course allows the student to develop and initiate a plan of care for aggregates in the community. The plan will include concepts discussed throughout the curriculum. The student will practice roles of provider of care, designer/manager/ coordinator of care and member of a profession. RN-to-BSN Program only.

Graduate courses

NUR 515 PHARMACOLOGY
Three hours. In this course the student analyzes the principles of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacotherapeutics of drugs commonly used in the management of acute and chronic illnesses of the adult. Emphasis is on therapeutic decision-making in drug selection and monitoring therapeutic response for culturally diverse patients. Patient education, legal, ethical, and economic issues are addressed.

NUR 520 ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND ASSESSMENT
Three hours. Prerequisite: an undergraduate health assessment course. A systematic examination of disease is used to examine underlying disease mechanisms and patient findings. Underlying physiology and assessment skills are presented conjointly. The advanced practice nursing students will compare and contrast differential diagnosis within physiological systems of sub-cellular, cellular, biochemical, and anatomical changes across the life span.

NUR 525 NURSING THEORY AND RESEARCH
Three hours. Prerequisite: undergraduate research methods. Prerequisite or corequisite: MAT 510. This course will prepare the graduate student to identify researchable problems within the clinical setting, critique theoretical models, analyze practice outcomes, and design viable research projects to generate and apply new knowledge. Both quantitative and qualitative research designs will be addressed. Ethical and legal issues of nursing research will be integrated throughout the course of study.

NUR 530 ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE AS EDUCATOR
Three hours. This is an overview course that introduces teaching-learning theories, principles of curriculum and course development, and varied teaching strategies. The focus is on preparing the advanced practice nurse for a role in higher education or peer education.

NUR 535 HEALTH CARE POLICY AND POLITICS
Three hours. The student will gain an understanding of health care policy, health care finance and the organization of health care delivery services. Emphasis is placed on the role of the advanced practice nurse in the policy making process and the impact of health policy, finance and organization on advanced nursing practice, consumers’ health and consumers’ health care options.

NUR 605 CURRICULUM DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY
Three hours. Pre-requisite: NUR 530. Required elements of course and curricula design and program outcome assessment are presented, along with roles of faculty and administrators in these processes. Classroom teaching technologies are introduced.

NUR 610 ADULT HEALTH I: ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE IN THE ACUTE CARE
SETTING
Five hours. Prerequisite or corequisite: NUR 515, NUR 520. The student will function in the role of advanced practice nurse in the acute care setting. Content will focus on attaining competencies in Clinical Nurse Specialist practice and other advanced practice nursing roles. The focus is on assessment skills and evidence-based care of the patient with a complex illness. This course includes twelve (12) hours of clinical practice per week (168 hours total) and a seminar.

NUR 615 ADULT HEALTH II: ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSE IN THE COMMUNITY
SETTING
Five hours. Prerequisite or corequisite: NUR 530 or NUR 535. The student will function in the role of advanced practice nurse in the community setting. Content will focus on attaining competencies in Clinical Nurse Specialist practice roles. The focus is on the management of the healthcare needs of selected populations incorporating the principles of prioritization, community collaboration, program design, and outcomes measurement. Principles of cost-effective patient outcomes and evidence-based practice will be stressed. This course includes twelve (12) hours of clinical practice per week (168 hours total) and a seminar.

NUR 620 ADULT HEALTH III: SPECIALTY PRACTICE ROLE
Five hours. Prerequisites: NUR 610, NUR 615. The student will develop expertise in at least one of the spheres of influence of the CNS: Patient/Client, Nurses and Nursing Practice and Organization/System. The focus of this capstone clinical experience must pertain to adult health nursing practice. This course includes twelve (12) hours of clinical practice per week (168 hours total) and a seminar.

NUR 622 RESEARCH SEMINAR
Three hours. Prerequisite or corequisite: NUR 525, MAT 510. The research seminar provides the student with the opportunity to be mentored in the conduct of an individual research project. In lieu of a letter grade, the student is awarded a grade of pass/fail.

NUR 625 RESEARCH HOURS
One to four credit hours (variable). Prerequisite: NUR 622. Independent research hours provide the student the opportunity to be mentored in the pursuit of an individual research project. Prior to registering, the student must arrange for the supervision of the research with a nursing faculty member. In lieu of a letter grade, the student is awarded the grade of Pass/Fail for research credit hours.

NUR 630 NURSE EDUCATOR EXPERIENCE
Five hours. Prerequisite: NUR 530, NUR 605. The student will engage in classroom and clinical teaching experiences in an academic or institutional setting and must complete a scholarly project. A minimum of 125 hours of supervised practice in an educational setting is required.

Nursing is the science of care. The performance of the professional in this area is the promotion, treatment and rehabilitation of health. The nurse as a professional freelance, is responsible for nursing care and operates with a team of technicians and assistants in care activities, administration, education and research in different health services.

The course taught by UNIP of Nursing offers a solid vocational training, enabling the future nurses recognize the man as a biopsychosocial and spiritual being with requirements of health and nursing care. Considering the complexity of the health-illness, the nurse propose forms of intervention in this reality.

The student’s course of Nursing is also keen sense of observation, creativity, initiative and leadership.
Main Activities
Plan, implement and evaluate nursing care at different levels of complexity;
provide nursing care to patients at risk for serious and life;
manage nursing services;
ARTICIP training, training and advancement of professional nursing;
develop the research activity to generate science of nursing;
technical advice and carry out consultancy in nursing;
act in the sectors of public and private health, such as hospitals, clinics, hospitals, businesses and health clinics.
Job Market

The nurse may perform independent activities, working in health institutions, to deliver classes in areas like education and research guide.

The supply of jobs in this market is expanding. To the extent that the life expectancy of the Brazilian population has increased and the needs of health care is multiplied, the nurse is allocated a broad spectrum of activity and participation in society.
Practice
Health Center-School
Nursing Lab
Laboratory of Anatomy
Week of Nursing
Internship in Hospitals
Monitoring
Scientific Initiation

The nursing can be defined as an activity performed by people who care for life. Committed to the principles of the Unified Health System is a profession that seeks to promote health and ethical principle is to maintain or restore the autonomy of the subject in health promotion and in different situations of the health-illness.

Duration: 8 - Semesters (Day / Night)
System: Semester
Location: recognized by the MEC
Portaria MEC: 237/83 - DOU Published 15/6/1983
Grade: NURSE
Location: Campus I - Block B
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Purpose
The course is to train nurses able to diagnose and intervene in the health / disease, identifying the needs of the community that surrounds. Goals as we understand that the student should be able to:
- Absorb during the current theoretical and practical knowledge to become agent capable of causing changes in the health-illness.
- Critically evaluate the individual and humanistic way of holistic, embedded in its sociocultural environment.
- Assist systematic Nursing in level of prevention, cure and rehabilitation.
- Manage the nursing team.
- Participate in multidisciplinary team to improve the prognosis health / illness of the individual / community.
- Education and research within their area of expertise.

Did you know?
That the faculty of Nursing Unoeste got the “C” in the last Provão the MEC? That the University has the “A” in structure?

Professional Profile
The nurses formed by way of Nursing Unoeste shall:

- Respect the main principles of the profession and enhance the human being in a holistic view;
- Possess critical consciousness against the reality of health of the country and take actions that can transform it effectively;
- Assume role of educator shares of Nursing before the community which assists;
- Possess intellectual curiosity and research to help build skills that improve the quality of life of the Brazilian population;
- Have technical competence and ethics for nursing practice in the different levels of health care, managing, assisting, educating and researching;
- Be able to enter in the team’s health to improve the quality of care to the patient.

Main Activities
According to the Federal Council of Nursing in the resolution COFEN - 260/2001, the main activities of the professional nurse are guided in the following specialties:
1. Nursing in Obstetrics
2. Nursing Labor
3. Nursing in Hemodynamics
4. Nursing in Education
5. Nursing in Dermatology
6. Nursing in Trauma-orthopedics
7. Nursing Unit in Sterilization
8. Nursing in Psychiatry
9. Nursing in Mental Health
10. Cardiovascular Nursing
11. Nursing in Endoscopy
12. Nursing-Care at Home
13. Nursing in Ophthalmology
14. Nursing in Oncology
15. Surgical Nursing in Central
16. Nursing in Stomal
17. Nursing in Nephrology
18. Nursing in Audit
19. Nursing in the Intensive Care Unit
20. Nursing Management in
21. Nursing in Parenteral Nutrition
22. Natural Therapies in Nursing
23. Nursing in Neonatology
24. Nursing in Pediatrics
25. Nursing in Gynecology
26. Nursing in Family Health
27. Nursing in Public Health
28. Nursing in Gerontology and Geriatrics
29. Nursing in Endocrinology
30. Nursing in Aero-space
31. In Nursing Informatics
32. Nursing Diagnostic Imaging
33. Nursing in Emergency
34. Nursing in Clinical Medicine
35. Nursing in prehospital care
36. Nursing in Hospital Infection

At Program Completion An Ursuline College Graduate Will…
be a leader in nursing and who will function in independent and interdependent roles as the colleague of other health professionals in a variety of settings
value healing interaction as central to practice by integrating the human experience of health/illness/healing
make decisions and take action based on an integration of a strong knowledge base, personal and professional values, and diverse cultural, religious, spiritual and ethical perspectives
be an advocate for a just society including the promotion of high quality, cost-effective health care

The PhD Program is designed to prepare nurse scholars to advance the art, science, and practice of the discipline. PhD preparation in nursing promotes knowledge development for reflective, theory-guided, and research-based nursing practice.

Our PhD program equips nurses to conduct knowledge development and scholarly inquiry and to be actively engaged in many roles including:
Researcher
Educator
Clinician-scholar
Administrator
Health care policy analyst.

The PhD program is a competency-based curriculum with distance accessible courses available in a variety of formats. Our faculty members are recognized for their outstanding mentoring and expertise in research and scholarship. As a PhD student you will be mentored by one of your faculty scholars and will conduct your research within one of our two practice-inquiry foci:
Human Experience of Health, Illness, and Healing
Environmental Context and Outcomes.

At CU there are two major pathways to the PhD. For applicants with a BS in Nursing, the MS/PhD pathway offers a 30 credit MS degree (or an advance practice specialty) leading into PhD coursework and research. Both degrees are awarded. For applicants with a MS degree 2 to 3 years of post masters doctoral coursework leads to the PhD dissertation and PhD degree.

The PhD Program is Distance Accessible! Our Program offering format is geared toward the working doctoral student. PhD students attend one to two week intensives scheduled near the beginning of each semester. The remainder of the coursework is completed in an online format. Students attending the program line in Colorado, across the US, and include several international students enriching the learning environment for all.

Nurse educators are needed across the US. PhD study will equip you with the substantive expertise, research competence, opportunities for coursework in nursing education, and other skills that make our students preferred for nurse educator roles by BS and higher degree programs.

Accreditation
The Department of Nursing at Saint Joseph’s College is accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education. Accreditation is an indication of public approbation, attesting to the quality of the educational program and the continued commitment of Saint Joseph’s to support the program. The Maine State Board of Nursing also has approved the baccalaureate program at the College.

Goals
The Bachelor of Science in Nursing program goals are to:
• prepare a generalist to practice professional nursing in a variety of settings

• provide each graduate with a foundation for continuing education and graduate study

Four major concepts of nursing theory comprise the framework of the curriculum: human beings, health-illness, nursing and environment. All nursing courses are organized around the Roy Adaptation Model of Nursing, which emphasizes stress and adaptation within every system.

Philosophy and Mission
Application of Roy’s theory ensures implementation of the philosophy and objectives of the Department, which are in accord with the philosophy and objectives of Christian humanism as set forth in Saint Joseph’s mission statement. Humans are viewed as holistic adaptive beings endowed by God with dignity and free will. Health is viewed as the harmonious interrelationship of body-mind-soul and the environment. Nursing is viewed as an art and a science that facilitates the mobilization of external and internal resources available to individuals, families and communities, so health is achieved, promoted, and/or maintained.

The professional nurse is deemed accountable to society and uses the processes of teaching-learning, communication, research, and leadership by applying the nursing process to meet needs of clients in all settings. The faculty supports the baccalaureate degree as the minimal educational preparation for the professional nurse and believes learning best occurs in an environment where mutual respect exists between teacher and learner. Students in the Nursing major must attain a “C” grade or better in professional courses and a “C-” or better in science.

The Nursing program enrolls a limited number of students each year. Admission is selective. The admission committee reviews applicants’ high school curriculum, grades, and SAT scores. A college preparatory curriculum is required with grades of “C” or better in biology and chemistry courses with laboratory components.

Transfer students are not considered for admission to the program. Students who enroll at the College in the Liberal Studies program for undecided majors and students admitted for study in another major area are not eligible to enroll in the Nursing program, unless an appeal is granted by the Nursing Department.