Course Descriptions 513 Prerequisite: NRSG 2300, NRSG 2350, and NRSG 2400 or Admission to the PN to RN nursing program. Co-Requisite: NRSG 2550 and NRSG 3100. NRSG 2550 - Patient Centered Nursing Care Clinical 3 (3) Clinical course focused on application of concepts related to nursing care of patients in acute care settings and across the lifespan in the nursing practice lab, simulations, and clinical settings. Credit hours (3): 9 clinical hours per week. Prerequisite: NRSG 2300, NRSG 2350, NRSG 2400 or Admission to the PN to RN Program Co-Requisite: NRSG 2500 and NRSG 3100. NRSG 3100 - Pharmacology for Nurses 2 (3) Advanced pharmacological treatments used by the nurse to promote health across the lifespan. Included in the course will be administering medications safely though intravenous and other routes along with specific agents that affect health and well-being. Credit hours (3): 3 lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: NRSG 2300,NRSG 2350, and NRSG 2400 or admission to the PNto RN Program. Co-Requisite: NRSG 2500 and NRSG 2550. NRSG 3200 - Complex Patient Centered Nursing Care l (3) Theory focuses on nursing care of patients with complex changes in health status requiring extensive multifaceted resources. Credit hours (3): 3 lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: NRSG 2500, NRSG 2550, and NRSG 3100. Co-Requisite: NRSG 3300 and NRSG 3350. NRSG 3300 - Entry Into Nursing Professional Practice (3) Theory focuses on synthesis of nursing knowledge and skills necessary for entrance into registered nursing practice and includes preparation for licensing exams and synthesis of previous concepts. Credit hours (3): 3 lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: NRSG 2500, NRSG 2550, and NRSG 3100. Co-Requisite: NRSG 3200 and NRSG 3350. NRSG 3350 - Entry Into Nursing Professional Practice Preceptorship (3) Clinical preceptorship focuses on synthesis of nursing knowledge, skills, and conduct necessary for entrance into registered nursing practice. Credit hours (3): 9 clinical hours per week. Prerequisite: NRSG 2500, NRSG 2550, and NRSG 3100. Co-Re quisite: NRSG 3200 andNRSG 3300. NRSG 4000 DV - Culture and Health Care (2) This course is an exploration of culture, health care issues and experiences at the local, regional, national, or international levels. The learner will study and compare the health care of a selected country/community from the cultural, political and educational perspective. Credit hours (2), 2 lecture hours per week. Prerequisite: Admission to Weber State University; recommended for nursing students, Licensed Nurses, and other healthcare providers. NRSG 4001 DV - Clinical Experience Related to Culture and Health Care of Nurses (1-3) This course is a Study Abroad Experience for Health Care Workers to explore the relationship between culture, health care and nursing issues at local, regional, national, and/ or international levels. Information gained during NRSG 4000 will assist the student to put into practice the concepts learned. Credit hours (1-3). Lab hours depend on the country visited. Co-requisite or prerequisite: NRSG 4000 related to area being visited. NRSG 4010 - Interdisciplinary Health Care Teams (3) This course provides an interdisciplinary experience with the team concept as a priority. The students learn the role of the health care team members, each with their different skills and objectives. The course teaches students to practice an interdisciplinary approach as they research, interact and learn in the interdisciplinary environment of a health care setting. Cross-listed with DENT 4010 & HTHS 4010. NRSG 4050 - Nursing Assessment Across the Life Span (3) Ths course provides the theory requisite for the systematic examination and analysis of subjective and objective health assessment data obtained during the health assessment process. The health status of a client will be determined through the process of differential analysis of both the anecdotal evidence provided by the client and empirical evidence gathered during the physical examination. With this evidence, students will learn to apply the scientific process of formulating and testing hypothetical diagnoses. The overall purpose will be focused upon developing strategies and skills to assess the health care needs of people across the life span. Students are challenged to identify normal assessment findings and critically analyze variations from normal. NRSG 4060 - Oncology Nursing (3) Investigate and analyzes broad epidemiological and biological origins of cancer. Then individual common cancers are studied including etiology, therapies and specific nursing interventions. (Hybird) Prerequisite: NRSG 3010 ,NRSG 3020 , NRSG 4050, NRSG 3031, NRSG 3035 • Co-Requisite: NRSG 3040 , NRSG 4061 (NRSG 4060 and NRSG 4061 must be taken concurrently.) NRSG 4070 - Threats and Crises: Nursing Response (3) Terrorism, war and natural disasters present new challenges to nurses and requires they be trained to care for resultant victims. Learning emphasizes crisis management, specific patient/health issues and unique nursing interventions. (Hybrid) Prerequisite: NRSG 3010 Co-Requisite: NRSG 3040 NRSG 4080 - Nursing: High Risk Adult (3) Advanced theories and concepts of nursing practice are explored in relation to adults experiencing life threatening alterations in health. (Hybrid) Prerequisite: NRSG 3010 Co-Requisite: NRSG 3040 NRSG 4090 - Nursing: High Risk Family (3) At-risk families need multiple interventions from knowledgeable care givers to assist them through the intricacies of obtaining quality health care. Students identify, then integrate, complex nursing strategies in situations involving parents, infants, and children in high risk childbearing populations. (Hybrid) Prerequisite: NRSG 3010 Co-Re quisite: NRSG 3040 NRSG 4100 - Complex Patient Centered Nursing Care 2 (3) In this course, students will learn theory and concepts in the nursing care of chronically ill patients, as well as illness implications for patients and families. The evidence-based family caregiving and symptom management is a major focus and basis for nursing interventions with patients and families. The course will address variations of care, the increased complexity, and the increased use of healthcare resources inherent in caring for patients who are vulnerable. Focus will be on patients with chronic conditions and disabilities affecting functional status and family relationships. Weber State University 2012-2013 Catalog