Nursing Degrees Online

Semester 1
• College Success Skills
• Health Education: Personal Health and Wellness
• English Composition
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Interpersonal Relationships and Communication Skills
• Adult Health Assessment
• Nursing Theory I: Basics
• Nursing Science Lab I: Basics

Semester 2
• Applied Pharmacology
• Pathophysiology
• Nursing Theory II: Intermediate
• Nursing Science Lab II: Intermediate
• Clinical Experience: Continuing Care
• Introduction to e-Portfolio

Semester 3
• Applied Pharmacology
• Pathophysiology
• Nursing Theory II: Intermediate
• Nursing Science Lab II: Intermediate
• Clinical Experience: Continuing Care
• Introduction to e-Portfolio

Semester 4
• Maternity Nursing
• Mental Health Nursing
• Pediatric Nursing
• Introduction to Sociology
• Transition to Graduate Nursing
• Pre-Grad Practicum I: Community and Focus (3 weeks)
• Pre-Grad Practicum II: Comprehensive
• Career Skills Evaluation

Nursing practice incorporates the physical, biological, psychological, sociological sciences, and nursing theory. The nursing process is utilized to identify human responses and to assist in meeting individual human needs. Through research, education, counseling, supervision, administration and evaluation we focus on holistic health and wellness. Health is a dynamic process of physical, mental, social, and spiritual well-being as defined by the individual.

This faculty identifies three levels of practice: Associate degree, Baccalaureate, and Advanced. Each of these levels practices individually and collaboratively, within the profession and as an advocate of the profession. Nursing professionals actively participate in continuing education and in the maintenance of core competencies, both of which must be incorporated with progressive technology for efficient delivery of care. Nursing provides care to individuals, groups, and communities in multidimensional settings. The process of care recognizes uniqueness, promotes communication, and mobilizes resources to promote physical and mental health across the lifespan.

Freshman Year First Semester
ENGL 101 Written Communication II 3
THEO 110 Explor. Christ. Faith 3
BIOL 214 Human Anatomy & Physiology I 4
PSYC 182 General Psychology 3
NURS 124 Nursing Perspectives 1
CAPP College Level Computer Course 2
16
Second Semester
BIOL 215 Anatomy & Physiology II 4
CHEM 150 Intro. General/Organic/Biochemistry 4
PHIL 150 Logics & Critical Thinking 2
PSYC 288 Life span Development 3
COMM 171 Speech Communication 3
16
Sophomore Year Third Semester

NUR 231 Nursing Fundamentals 6
BIOL 312 Microbiology 4
NS 211 Nutrition 3
SOC 151 Principles of Sociology 3
16
Fourth Semester
NUR 232 Nursing of Individuals 8
NUR 220 Health Assessment 3
NUR 224 Pharmacology 3
NUR 227 Introduction to Community-based Care 1
15
Junior Fifth Semester
Year NUR 315 Nursing of Children and their Families 4
NUR 313 Nursing of Mental Health Issues in Families 4
NUR 322 Nursing Theory 3
BIBL 215 or Old Testament Literature or 3
BIBL 216 New Testament Literature
Elective Nursing or General 3
Elective 5
17
Sixth Semester
NUR 317 Nursing of Maternal/Infant Families 4
NUR 316 Nursing of the Critically Ill and Their families 4
NUR 323 Nursing Issues 3
MATH 111 Basic Probability & Statistics 3
NUR 425 Nursing Care and Health Promotion of Older Adult 2
16
Senior Seventh Semester
Year NUR 411 Nursing in the Community 8
NUR 422a Nursing Research I 3
ELECTIVE Nursing or General Elective 3
PHIL 452 Senior Experience 1
15
Eighth Semester
NUR 413 Nursing Management 7
NUR 423a Nursing Research II 1
ELECTIVE Economics/History/Social Science Elective 3
ELECTIVE Art/Drama/Literature/Music Elective 3
NUR 426 Clinical Problem Solving 1
15

Completion of a minimum of 128 semester hours of college work is required to complete the Bachelors of Science in Nursing Degree 62 credit hours of pre-requisite courses and 66 credit hours of nursing courses

Satisfactory completion of the Upper-Division Baccalaureate Nursing Degree program of study, 66 semester hours, with a minimum grade point average of 2.0 and a minimum grade of “C” in all nursing courses. All nursing course work is offered only at the Stormont-Vail Campus.

A minimum of 30 credit hours in the Upper-Division Nursing Program must be completed in the Baker University School of Nursing.
Junior

First Level
NU 300 - Pathophysiology Theory (3 credits)
NU 315 - Concepts of Health and Nursing I Theory (3 credits)
NU 325/325L - Foundations of Therapeutic Nursing Interventions Theory (3 credits)
Clinical/Lab (3 credits)
NU 330 - Health Assessment Across the Lifespan Theory (3 credits)
Semester Total = 15 hours

Second Level
NU 360 - Pharmacology Theory (2 credits)
NU 375/375L - Nursing of Childbearing Families Theory (3 credits)
Clinical/Lab (1.5 credits)
NU 385/385L - Nursing of Adults: Acute Health Alterations Theory (3 credits)
Clinical/Lab (1.5 credits)
NU 393/393L - Nursing of Persons with Mental Health Alterations Theory (3 credits)
Clinical/Lab (1.5 credit)
Semester Total = 16.5 hours
Senior

Third Level
NU 405 - Nursing Research Theory (3 credits)
NU 425/425L - Nursing of Children Theory (3 credits)
Clinical/Lab (1.5 credits)
NU 435/435L - Nursing of Adults: Chronic Health Alterations Theory (3 credits)
Clinical/Lab (1.5 credits)
NU 445/445L - Nursing of Elders Theory - 2 (credits)
Clinical/Lab (1 credit)
LA 301 - Reasoning and Writing* Theory (3 credits)
Semester Total = 15-18* hours

Fourth Level
NU 455 - Nursing Communities Theory (2.5 credits)
NU 475 - Leadership & Management in Professional Nursing Theory (2.5 credits)
NU 485 - Nursing of Adults: Complex Health Alterations Theory (3 credits)
NU 492L - Professional Nursing Practicum Clinical/Lab (5.5 credits)
LA 401 - Science, Technology, and Human Values Theory (3 credits)
Semester Total = 16.5 hours

Total Nursing Credits 60
Total General Education 6
GRAND TOTAL 66 hours

*All Baker University School of Nursing students who have had LA 101 and LA 102 at Baker University will have LA 301 waived. Students transferring from another college can request waiver of LA 301 if they have successfully completed a comparable course in applied logic, rhetoric or argumentative writing. (A list of acceptable courses from area colleges and universities is available upon request.)

NUR 300 Trends and Issues in Nursing
A transitional course designed to investigate the current responsibilities of the professional nurse. Economic, social, political, and professional trends and issues are explored in relation to their implications for a changing practice.

NUR 305 Communication
Explores the components of the professional role and continues the professional socialization process. Theories about how individuals and groups communicate are applied to changing professional roles. (Prereq.: NUR 300 or concurrent enrollment.)

NUR 306 Paradigms in Nursing
An introduction to theory-based nursing practice and research. Nursing theory and conceptual models for nursing practice are studied and applied to practice and research. (Prereq.: NUR 300 or concurrent enrollment.)

NUR 403 Families and the Life Cycle
Provides a theoretical basis for nursing interventions with diverse families and explores theories related to family structure and function throughout the life span. (Prereq.: NUR 305 and 306, or consent of instructor.)

NUR 410 Community Health Nursing I
Introduces the theory and methods that are essential to maintain or improve the health of culturally diverse individuals, families, groups, and communities. (Prereq: Math Placement 3 or MAT 105, completion of NUR 300-level courses.)

NUR 411 Community Health Nursing II
Provides clinical experience in community-based health care delivery systems. Students will apply nursing process, teaching/learning theory, and public health principles with culturally diverse clients. (Prereq: NUR 410)

NUR 490 Leadership/Management
The capstone course for the nursing major. Integrates concepts from nursing and the liberal arts. Examines the professional nurse roles of leader and manager. Concepts of change, conflict, and system dynamics are explored. Ethics, accountability, and advocacy in the leader-manager role are studied. Application of theory occurs in selected practice settings with a professional nurse preceptor. This course satisfies the Keystone requirement. (Prereq.: Senior status and completion of 300 level nursing courses and REL 300.)

NUR 495 Topics in Nursing (optional)
Provides opportunities for in-depth exploration of selected topics in nursing. The subjects studied will vary depending upon the interests of the faculty and students.

NUR 499 Independent Study/Research (optional)

Note: If NUR 411 is not taken immediately following NUR 410, students are required to consult with faculty prior to registration regarding review of the theoretical content. Students who decelerate for more than five years may be asked to audit courses already taken. There is a fee to audit courses.

The goal of the nursing program is to prepare a professional nurse to provide comprehensive nursing care to persons and families in all environments where health care is required.

Laboratory experiences are concurrent with nursing theory and begin at the first semester of sophomore-level courses. Beginning at the sophomore level, students are assigned to a variety of clinical laboratory experiences at various locations including hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and community health agencies. The program is reviewed and evaluated periodically by the faculty, students, consumers, community health-care agencies and external accrediting bodies to assess quality and relevance.

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing program is open to high school graduates, to college graduates holding a baccalaureate degree in a field other than nursing and to diploma or associate degree R.N.s. College graduates attend an accelerated track that is identical in nursing content to the four-year nursing program. The accelerated nursing program offers two options: a full-time day program, beginning each year in May, that can be completed in one calendar year following fulfillment of all prerequisites and a part-time evening program, beginning each year in September, that can be completed in two calendar years following fulfillment of all prerequisites.

The MSN builds upon a baccalaureate education to prepare graduates for advanced nursing roles by promoting the development of educational and nursing leadership knowledge, concepts, and skills. Emphasis is placed on nursing theory, research, and practice to facilitate personal and professional development in an environment that reflects the College’s Franciscan values and encourages lifelong learning.

Graduates of the Nurse Educator track are prepared to function as generalists to teach in a variety of educational roles in nursing practice, including undergraduate nursing education programs and staff development programs.

Graduates of the Nurse Leader track are prepared to function in advanced leadership roles in a variety of health care settings. Both tracks include core content in nursing theory, trends in nursing, nursing research, statistics, health care policy, role development, ethics, diversity, and nursing informatics.

HSS2381 Measurement and Data Analysis 3
NSG3108 Introduction to Nursing Science Concepts and Theories 3
NSG3116 Nursing and Health 3
NSG3118 Nursing as a Social Force 3
NSG3120 Ethical and Legal Basis for Nursing 3
NSG3122 Therapeutic Interaction: Individual and Group 3
NSG3302 Research in Nursing and Health 3
NSG3308 Community Health Nursing - Theory 3
NSG3309 Community Health Nursing - Clinical 3
NSG3313 Health Assessment 3

Six credits from the biomedical science electives.APA2121 Nutrition and Health 3
BAC2100 Microbiology and Immunology 3
PHA3112 Clinical Pharmacology 3
PHS4100 Physiology and Mechanisms of Disease 6
PHS4300 Pathophysiology 3

Six credits of social sciences electives at the 2000 level or above

Core Courses (19 hours) Semester Hours
NUR 601 Nursing Theory & Role Development 3
NUR 602 Advanced Health Assessment 3
NUR 603 Advanced Physiology/Pathophysiology 3
NUR 604 Quantitative Methods of Inquiry in Nursing 4
NUR 605 Qualitative Methods of Inquiry in Nursing 2
NUR 608 Health Care Policy Issues 3
NUR 620 Capstone Project 1

Specialization Curriculum
Nurse Educator
NUR 600 Clinical Leaning Lab Teaching Practicum 2
NUR 606 Educational Theory and Curriculum Design 3
NUR 611 Instructional and Evaluation Strategies 3
NUR 613 Teaching Practicum and Role Development for the Nurse Educator 6
NUR 616 Designated Clinical Practicum
or
Graduate Level Elective 3

2
Acute / Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist (Adult)
NUR 607 Advanced Pharmacology (off campus) 3
NUR 614 Clinical Practicum for Acute/Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist 6
NUR 615 Clinical Practicum and Role Development for Acute / Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist 9
Graduate Level Elective Course (Nursing or Non-nursing) 3
Family Nurse Practitioner (coursework coming)

Nurse Educator Certificate Courses (for nurses with a master’s degree in nursing)
NUR 606 Educational Theory and Curriculum Design 3
NUR 611 Instructional and Evaluation Strategies 3
NUR 613 Teaching Practicum and Role Development for the Nurse Educator 6

The purpose of this program is to prepare professional nursing leaders in advanced specialty areas of nursing. Areas of concentration in the graduate program can be practiced in a variety of health care delivery systems and settings. The program builds upon baccalaureate preparation in nursing and is based on processes of advanced clinical practice; advanced theoretical application; social, economic, and political interpretation; professional role development; and legal and ethical analyses. The program provides the opportunity for students to think and write analytically and theoretically, to strengthen an area of practice, to apply theory to practice, to apply meaning and understanding in practice, and to develop skills of inquiry.

Graduate Program Outcomes

At the completion of the program the graduate will:

Articulate and model a personal philosophy of nursing that is consistent with nursing theory, ethics, professional standards, and Christian caring.
Collaborate with the client, family, communities, health care providers, and others to promote, maintain, and restore health across the lifespan.
Apply knowledge of liberal arts, sciences, nursing theories, educational theories, and frameworks to the advanced nursing role and the role of the educator.
Utilize and disseminate research in nursing practice and education.
Use a variety of communication skills and information technology to provide health care and education within multiple settings.
Provide leadership to effect improvements in healthcare and nursing education through integration of the nursing discipline with liberal arts and sciences.
Utilize skills to improve standards of care for clients, nurses, students, and other professionals, communities, health care delivery systems, and society.
Evidence a commitment to professional growth and lifelong learning.
Construct a foundation for the pursuit of doctoral education.
Apply principles of decision-making, critical thinking, and independent judgment to the role of the advanced practice nurse and nurse educator.