NRSG 4060 Oncology Nursing (3) & NRSG 4061 Oncology Nursing Laboratory (1) *Credit for NRSG 3030, 3031, 3040, 3050, 3051, 3060, 3061, 4040 and 4041 may be earned through validation of prior learning. Written validation of experience is required. Upper Division Elective (3 credit hours) BACCALAUREATE NURSING HONORS OPTION » Program Prerequisite: Dedare intent to obtain Departmental Honors in Nursing - both with the Honors office (see the Honors Program on page 45) and the BSN Honors advisor. » Grade Requirements: Maintain an overall GPA of 3.3. » Credit Hour Requirements: Upon entering the BSN program, determine an Honors project (with Honors Advisor or appropriate approval). This may be research rdated, a community project or a scholarly paper. Then, select courses within the BSN curriculum which relate to or enhance the Honors project. With instructor permission, take courses identified, but include an honors component with each course. During the final semester, complete the requirements of NRSG 4840 Departmental Honors which includes completion of an Honors project. At least 15 credit hours of upper division Nursing courses with the honors component must be complete to receive Nursing departmental honors. Permission from the professor teaching the course and the Nursing Honors Advisor must be sought before registering in a course for Nursing Honors credit. A written agreement should be reached with the appropriate professor regarding the work expected for Honors credit. (See the Honors Program on page 45.) NURSING COURSES - NRSG NRSG 1030. Foundations of Nursing Practice (3) Nursing concepts are introduced which will be built upon throughout the nursing curriculum as students care for dients throughout the lifespan. The development of safe and effective basic nursing skills is emphasized as the students utilize the nursing process to meet the physiological, psychosocial, health promotional and maintenance needs of clients. Therapeutic communication techniques are presented as a means of promoting a caring approach to client interactions. Students are also socialized into the professional role of nursing and understand how to interact as part of a health care team. Credit hours (3): 3 lecture hours per week. Co-requisites: NRSG 1031, 1050. Must be taken concurrently with NRSG 1031. NRSG 1031. Foundations of Nursing Clinical (3) A companion course taught in concert with NRSG 1030. ainical experience mnning concurrently with NRSG 1030. Experience will be gained in long term care, lab, acute care, and home care. Clinical hours will be arranged and supervised by instructor, aedit hours (3): 9 clinical hours, 135 hours per semester. Co-requisites: NRSG 1030,1050. Must be taken concurrently with NRSG 1030. NRSG 1040. Women's Health and the Childbearing Family (2) Theory focuses on meeting basic human needs of the family and newborn throughout the childbearing cycle. Skills focus on the normal pregnancy/labor/dehvery/newborn/postpartum client. Credit hours (2): 2 lecture hours per week. Prerequisites: Nursing 1030, 1031,1050. Co-requisites: Nursing 1041, 1045,1046. Must be taken concurrently with NRSG 1041. 279 NRSG 1041. Women's Health and the Childbearing Family Clinical (1) A companion course taught in concert with NRSG 1040. ainical experience nursing concurrently with Nursing 1040. Application of theoretical knowledge to the acute care situation. Increased development of nursing skills during and immediately after childbirth. Some prenatal observational experiences may be provided. Credit hours (1): 3 clinical hours per week, 45 hours per semester. Prerequisites: NRSG 1030,1031, 1050. Co-requisites: NRSG 1040, 1045, 1046. Must be taken concurrently with NRSG 1040. NRSG 1045. Nursing Care of Adults and Children I (3) Focused theory with emphasis on the physiological and psychosocial needs of clients across the lifespan. Credit hours (3): 3 lecture hours per week. Prerequisites: NRSG 1030, 1031,1050. Co-requisites: NRSG 1040, 1041,1046. Must be taken concurrently with NRSG 1046. NRSG 1046. Nursing Care of Adults and Children I Clinical (2) A companion course taught in concert with NRSG 1045. Guided clinical experiences with emphasis on the physiological and psycho- sodal needs of dients across the lifespan in a variety of health care settings, aedit hours (2): 6 clinical hours per week, 90 hours per semester. Prerequisites: NRSG 1030, 1031,1050. Co-requisites: NRSG 1040,1041, 1045. Must be taken concurrently with NRSG 1045. NRSG 1050. Treatment Modalities (3) Basic treatments and pharmacological agents used by the nurse to promote health across the lifespan. Included in the course will be drugs affeding the respiratory system, parasympathetic and sympathetic system, cardiovascular system, central nervous system, and gastrointestinal system. Other drugs addressed include antidiabetic agents, muscle rdaxants, and antibiotics. Non-pharmacological treatment modalities addressed include comfort measures and play therapy, aedit hours (3): 3 ledure hours per week. Co-requisites: NRSG 1030, 1031. NRSG 2050. Treatment Modalities (2) Advanced treatments and pharmacological agents used by the nurse to promote health across the lifespan. Included in the course will be drugs affecting the endocrine system and cardiovascular system. Other drugs addressed indude IV therapy, blood products, antibiotics, calcium replacement agents, anti-Parkinson drugs, prostate drugs, chemotherapy drugs and biological response modifiers. Non-pharmacological treatment modalities addressed indude art, music therapy, therapeutic touch, humor, pet therapy, reminiscence therapy, meditation, visualization, imaging and validation therapy. Credit hours (2): 2 lecture hours per week. Prerequisites: NRSG 1030, 1031, 1040, 1041, 1045, 1046, 1050. Co-requisites: NRSG 2060, 2061, 2070, 2071. NRSG 2060. Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Across the Lifespan (2) Students explore caring strategies for promoting mental health and preventing illness across the lifespan. The various roles and fundions of the psychiatric nurse are introduced. Emphasis on the dynamics and theories behind basic psychopathological conditions. Students apply the nursing process for the restoration and rehabilitation of patients with psychiatric disorders. Enhancing communication skills in an interdisciplinary environment is a primary goal of this course. Credit hours (2): 2 ledure hours per week. Prerequisites: NRSG 1030, 1031, 1040, 1041, 1045, 1046, 1050. Co-requisites: NRSG 2050, 2070, 2071. Must be taken concurrently with NRSG 2061. General PROFILE ENROLLMENT STUDENT AFFAIRS ACADEMIC INFO DEGREE REQ GENED Interdisciplinary FYE HNRS BIS LIBS INTRD MINORS Applied Science 8 Technology AUSV/ATTC CEET CS MFET/ETM MET CMT DGET ENGR IDT SST TBE Arts 8 Humanities MENG COMM ENGL FL DANC MUSC THEA ART/ARTH Business SEcon MBA MACC/ACTG BSAD FIN MGMT MKTG SCM ECON/QUAN 1ST Education MSAT MED CHF ATHL/AT HLTH/NUTR PE/PEP/REC EDUC Heaifh Professions MHA MSN CLS DENT PAR HTHS HAS/HIM NRSG RADT DMS/NUCM RATH REST Science BTNY CHEM GEO MATH/MTHE MICR PHYS ZOOL SocialS Behavioral Sciences MCJ/CJ ECON GEOG HIST POLS/PHIL PSY SW/GERT SOC/ANTH MILS NAVS Continuing Ed Davis Campus Weber State University 2008 - 2009 Catalog