Advisement Contact the DCHP Admission Office at (801) 626-6136 for admission advisement. Course Delivery Format Most campus courses are delivered via a Hybrid format which is a combination of face-to-face instruction and online. For further information contact the BSN program. Application Requirements See Entry Option Requirements on page 282. General Education Refer to pages 37-43 for Bachelor of Science requirements. Course Requirements For BS Degree Nursing Courses Required (37 credit hours) NRSG 3010 Nursing History Sc Theory (3) NRSG SI3020 Nursing Research (3) NRSG SI3030* Nursing Assessment Across the Lifespan (3) NRSG SI3031* Nursing Assessment Across the Lifespan Laboratory (1) NRSG 3035 Gerontological Nursing (2) NRSG 3040* Nursing Concepts in Acute Illness (3) NRSG 3045 Decision Making in Nursing Practice (2) NRSG DV4020 Nursing: Community Health (3) NRSG DV4021 Nursing: Community Health Laboratory (1) NRSG 4030 Power, Policy, Sc Politics in Nursing (2) NRSG 4040* Nursing: Leadership Sc Management (3) NRSG 4041* Nursing: Leadership Sc Management Laboratory (1) NRSG 4900 Senior Seminar: Integration of Professional Concepts (2) Select two (2) of the following courses, with its companion course, from the following four courses. NRSG 3050* Nursing: High Risk Family (3) Sc NRSG 3051* Nursing: High Risk Family Laboratory (1) NRSG 3060* Nursing: High Risk Adult (3) Sc NRSG 3061* Nursing: High Risk Adult Laboratory (1) NRSG 3070 Threats and Crises: Nursing Response (3) Sc NRSG 3071 Threats and Crises: Nursing Response Laboratory (1) NRSG 4060 Oncology Nursing (3) Sc 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) Nursing departmental honors Nursing students may seek departmental honors while in the Baccalaureate program. Please contact the School of Nursing for advisement and permission prior to enrolling in Honors courses. Requirements for Nursing Departmental Honors: 1. Maintain cumulative GPA of 3.3 or higher. 2. Obtain a final grade of "A" or "A-" in all courses which the stu dent is completing an honors component. 3. Meet with the School of Nursing Honors Advisor upon first entering the BSN program (during the first week of classes). 287 4. Complete 12 hours of honors credit in designated BSN nurs ing courses, as well as completion of a senior project in NRSG 4840 "Honors Seminar in Nursing" (3 credits) for 15 credits total. Course work should advance and/or complement the end project. 5. Final semester of BSN program, register for NRSG 4840, "Honors Seminar in Nursing". The focus of this course is to complete the final project. All students will present their projects to a community audience in some manner as a requirement for NRSG 4840. Most students will prepare a poster presentation or a short oral presentation for the Honors Banquet. 6. Maintain honors expectations in academic, professional, and student conduct. See WSU School of Nursing Student Handbook. 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 clients 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. Clinical experience ninning 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. Credit 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/delivery/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. NRSG 1041. Women's Health and the Childbearing Family Clinical (1) A companion course taught in concert with NRSG 1040. Clinical 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. General PROFILE ENROLLMENT STUDENT AFFAIRS ACADEMIC INFO DEGREE REQ GENED Engaged Learning S Interdisciplinary OUR/CBL HNRS BIS LIBS INTRD MINORS Applied Science S Technology AUSV/ATTC CEET CS MFET/ETM MET CMT DGET ENGR IDT SST TBE Arts S 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 Health Professions MHA MSN CLS DENT PAR HTHS HAS/HIM NRSG RADT DMS/NUCM RATH REST Science BTNY CHEM GEO MATH/MTHE MICR PHYS/ASTR ZOOL SocialS Behavioral Sciences MCJ/CJ ECON GEOG HIST POLS/PHIL PSY SW/GERT SOC/ANTH AERO MILS NAVS Continuing Ed Davis Campus Weber State University 2009 - 2010 Catalog