498 Dr. Ezekiel R. Dumke College of Health Professions NRSG 3300 - Entry Into Nursing Professional Practice Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem, Online] Spring [Full Sem, Online] Summer [Full Sem, Online] 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 Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem, Online] Spring [Full Sem, Online] Summer [Full Sem, Online] 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-Requisite: NRSG 3200 andNRSG 3300 . NRSG 4000 - Culture and Health Care Credits: (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 - Clinical Experience Related to Culture and Health Care of Nurses Credits: (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 Credits: (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 . May be repeated once up to 6 credit hours. NRSG 4050 - Nursing Assessment Across the Life Span Credits: (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 Credits: (3) Investigate and analyzes broad epidemiological and biological origins of cancer. Then individual common cancers are studied including etiology, therapies and specific nursing interventions. (Hybrid) 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 Credits: (3) Typicallv taught: Fall [Full Sem] Spring [Full Sem] 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 Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem, Online] Spring [Full Sem, Online] 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 Credits: (3) Typically taught: Fall [Full Sem, Online] Spring [Full Sem, Online] 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-Requisite: NRSG 3040 Weber State University 2013-2014 Catalog