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NURSING COURSES (NSG)
 
 
(ASN Program)
   
NSG 1110 Foundations of Adult Health Transition Practicum (2-4)
  Reviews the concept of human-environment interaction throughout the life span. Focuses on the role of the registered nurse in the application of the nursing process to assist individuals in adapting to common and altered health states. Prerequisites: Admission to Advanced Placement for LPNs; NSG 1135, 1151, MTH 1112, BIO 3347, L347, BIO 3348, L348, ENG 1101, PSY 3300, 2200, TROY 1101, and NSG 2213. Co-requisite: NSG 1140.
   
NSG 1131 Basic Nursing Concepts Practicum (4-8)
  Introduces the nursing process as a systematic approach to health promotion and maintenance. Includes the concept of human environment interaction throughout the lifespan, history of nursing, and concepts of healthcare delivery. Requires basic understanding of medical terminology. Focuses on the role of the registered nurse in the application of basic concepts, skills and techniques in simulated and reality settings. Prerequisites: Admission to the ASN Program, ENG 1101, MTH 1112, PSY 2200, BIO 3347, L347. Prerequisites or co-requisites: NSG 1135, BIO 3348, L348.
   
NSG 1135 Health Assessment Practicum (1-2)
  Focuses on the assessment phase of the nursing process as a means of collecting data for use by the registered nurse. Accentuates gathering of knowledge and skills required to perform health assessments of patients through the life span. Provides opportunities for students to develop health assessment skills by performing health assessments of essentially well individuals at various levels through the life span. Includes communication of findings. Prerequisites: Admission to the ASN Program, ENG 1101, BIO 3347, L347, MTH 1112, PSY 2200. Prerequisite or corequisites: BIO 3348, L348.
   
NSG 1140 Basic Nursing Concepts II (3-3)
  Builds on the concept of human-environment interaction throughout the life span. Focuses on the use of the nursing process to explore adaptive strategies of individuals to common and altered health states. Prerequisites: NSG 1130, 1131, 1135, 1151, 2213, BIO 3348, L348, PSY 3300, and TROY 1101. Corequisites: NSG 1141 or 1110.
   
NSG 1141 Basic Nursing Practicum II (3-6)
  Focuses on the role of the registered nurse in application of the nursing process to assist individuals in adapting to common and altered health states. Prerequisites: NSG 1130, 1131, 1151, 1135, 2213, BIO 3348, L348, PSY 3300 and TROY 1101. Corequisites: NSG 1140.
   
NSG 1151 Hospital Measurements (1-1)
  A practical approach to using mathematical computations in health-related situations. Focuses on mathematics computations as applied in selected health care settings. Mastery of the use of different systems of measurement will be a priority. Includes an exam on computation of dosages and solutions, requiring completion with 85% accuracy. Prerequisites: Admission to the ASN Program, ENG 1101, MTH 1112, PSY 2200, BIO 3347, L347.
   
NSG 2202 Pharmacology (2-2)
  Focuses on the general classification of drugs, pharmacological actions, clinical usage, methods of administration, usual dosage, side effects, contraindications, toxic reactions, and related nursing implications. Prerequisites: NSG 1140, NSG 1141 or 1110, and BIO 3372, L372.
   
NSG 2213 Nutrition (2-2)
  Introduces the concept of nutrition and its importance to health throughout the life span. Focuses on the study of the nutrients, nutritional assessment, nutrient-drug interactions and food safety. Considers dietary patterns of various cultural, ethnic and religious groups.
   
NSG 2255 Maternal-Infant Nursing (2-2)
  Focuses on the use of the nursing process in assisting the family during childbearing experiences. Explores adaptive strategies for individuals experiencing alteration in health states. Prerequisites: NSG 1140, 1141 or 1110, 2271, 2272. BIO 3372, L372. Corequisite: NSG 2256.
   
NSG 2256 Maternal-Infant Nursing Practicum (2-4)
  Focuses on the role of the registered nurse in the application of the nursing process to assist individuals and families to use adaptive strategies during childbearing. Utilizes antepartal, intrapartal, postpartal, neonatal, and community settings. Includes a basic IV therapy component. Prerequisites: NSG 1140, NSG 1141 or 1110, NSG 2271, NSG 2272, BIO 3372, L372. Co-requisite: NSG 2255.
   
NSG 2265 Nursing of Children (2-2)
  Focuses on the use of the nursing process in assisting the family during childrearing experiences. Explores adaptive strategies for individuals experiencing alteration in growth and development and health states. Prerequisites: NSG 1140, 1141 or 1110, 2271, 2272. BIO 3372, L372. Corequisite: NSG 2266.
   
NSG 2266 Nursing of Children Practicum (2-4)
  Focuses on the role of the registered nurse in the application of the nursing process to assist children and their families to use adaptive strategies during childrearing. Applies concepts of growth and development in the care of children with altered health states including multiple disabilities. Prerequisites: NSG 1140, NSG 1141 or 1110, NSG 2271, NSG 2272, BIO 3372, L372. Co-requisite: NSG 2265.
   
NSG 2271 Psychosocial Nursing Concepts (2-2)
  Focuses on the role of the registered nurse in promoting the adaptation of individuals and families experiencing biopsychosocial stressors. Prerequisites: NSG 1130, 1131, 1135, 1151, 2213, BIO 3348, L348, PSY 3300, TROY 1101. Co-requisites: NSG 2272.
   
NSG 2272 Psychosocial Nursing Practicum (2-4)
  Focuses on the role of the registered nurse in the application of the nursing process in the care of individuals and families experiencing biopsychosocial stressors. Prerequisites: NSG 1130, 1131, 1135, 1151, 2213, BIO 3348, L348, PSY 3300, TROY 1101. Co-requisites: NSG 2271. Pre or corequisite: NSG 1110 (if LPN advanced placement student.)
   
NSG 2280 Advanced Nursing Concepts (4-4)
  Provides advanced knowledge for care of individuals and families in adult developmental stages. Focuses on the role of the nurse in assisting the client to adapt to complex, multi-system stressors within the environment. Prerequisites: NSG 2202, 2253, 2256, 2266, 2282, 2283. Co-requisite: NSG 2281.
   
NSG 2281 Advanced Nursing Practicum (6-12)
  Provides opportunity to implement the nursing process to assist adult individuals and families with complex multi-system stressors. Emphasizes prevention and intervention in complex and lifethreatening situations. Facilitates transition into the professional nursing role by examining legal, ethical, political, economic, and socio-cultural issues in nursing. Provides opportunity to refine nursing skills and develop more in-depth knowledge in a selected clinical area under the guidance of an approved professional nurse. Prerequisites: NSG 2202, 2253, 2256, 2266, 2282, 2283. Co-requisite: NSG 2280.
   
NSG 2282 Gerontological Nursing Concepts (2-2)
  Focuses on the adaptive responses of older adults with multi-system stressors within the human environment interactive system. Emphasizes the interrelatedness of internal and external dimensions. Discusses the use of the nursing process to maintain or improve quality of life for older adults. Prerequisites: NSG 1140, NSG 1141 or 1110, NSG 2271, NSG 2272, BIO 3372, L372. Co-requisite: NSG 2283.
   
NSG 2283 Gerontological Nursing Practicum (2-4)
  Focuses on the role of the registered nurse in the application of the nursing process to assist older adults with multi-system stressors in a variety of settings. Prerequisites: NSG 1140, NSG 1141 or 1110, NSG 2271, NSG 2272, BIO 3372, L372. Corequisite: NSG 2282.
   
 
(BSN Program)
   
NSG 1101 Health Concepts (1)
  Provides opportunity for exploration of individual health values, beliefs, and behaviors. Examines impact of exercise, nutrition, and stress on health. Explores beliefs of time management, relaxation, and play in promoting and maintaining health. Open to all majors.
   
NSG 1105 Medical Terminology (1)
  Develops the use of Latin and Greek prefixes, root words, and suffixes to understand medical terminology. Open to all majors.
   
NSG 1150 First Responder (1-2)
  Provides the learner with cognitive and psychomotor skills to act in emergency situations. Topics include CPR, patient head-to-toe evaluation, bleeding and shock, internal and external body injuries, splinting, poisons, bites, burns, and drownings. May audit for recertification. Open to all majors.
   
NSG 1160 Introduction to Technology in Nursing Education (1)
  Provides a foundation for using computer technology in learning; addresses digital communication, resources and research. General topics include communication through electronic mail and course discussion using the World Wide Web as an information tool, online scholarly research, and digital presentations. Course focus is the application of technology skills in learning. Open to all majors.
   
NSG 2201 Dosage Calculations (1)
  Calculations of medication dosages including conversions from one measuring system to another, symbols used in medication administration, and arithmetic computations. Prerequisite: Admission to BSN Program or permission of instructor.
   
NSG 2204 Nutrition (2)
  A study of the nutrients, their utilization in the body, and their importance in the health of individuals throughout the life cycle. Examines dietary patterns of various cultural, ethnic, and religious groups. Explores food safety and nutrition research. Open to all majors.
   
NSG 2205 Human Growth and Development (3)
  Examines developmental theories and internal and external dimensions of growth and development. Emphasizes tasks, stressors, common health alterations, and anticipatory guidance specific to developmental stages throughout the life span. Open to all majors.
   
NSG 2211 Human Nutrition (3)
  Explores the relationship between nutrition and health. Emphasizes the roles of nutrients, their utilization in the human system and their contributions to the health of individuals throughout the life span. Includes dietary patterns of various cultural, ethnic, and religious groups, nutritional assessments and food safety. Open to all majors.
   
NSG 2220 Health Science Informatics (3)
  Provides a foundation for the study of information and its utilization through computer technology; encompasses access, dissemination, and management of health science information and Internet communication. General topics include communication through electronic mail, using the World Wide Web as an information tool, online scholarly research, and digital presentations and publishing. Course focus is the application of technology skills in health science fields. Open to all majors. Prerequisite: Sophomore standing.
   
NSG 2240 Spanish for Healthcare Providers (2)
  Elementary-level instruction in Spanish language and culture, all oriented to the practice of medicine with Spanish-speaking patients. No prior knowledge of Spanish is required. Students develop basic listening, speaking, reading and writing skills to successfully perform linguistic tasks allowing them to communicate in everyday situations (e.g. greeting, narrating present and past events, describing, ordering, comparing and contrasting). Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
   
NSG 2285 Perspectives of Aging (2)
  Provides a psychological, physiological and sociological knowledge base for interacting with the aging client. Identifies senescence and alterations associated with the aging process. Examines the role of the older person within the human environment interactive system. Open to all majors.
   
NSG 3301 Pharmacology (2)
  Acquaints the student with the historical aspects of pharmacology, pharmacological terms, standards and controls, characteristics of various drug classifications, related nursing implications and the application of the nursing process to the pharmacological needs of the client. Open to all majors. Prerequisites: CHM 1142, L142, BIO 3347, L347, 3348, and L348. Prerequisite or co-requisite: NSG 3325/3326.
   
NSG 3302 Essentials of Operating Room (OR) Nursing (1)
  Focuses on the functions of the registered nurse in the peri-operative setting. Prerequisites: NSG 3325, 3326.
   
NSG 3303 Essentials of Operating Room (OR) Nursing Practicum (1-2)
  Focuses on clinical experience for preparation for the role of the registered nurse for meeting the emergency preventive and restorative health needs of patients in hospital operating rooms and outpatient surgery centers. Prerequisites: NSG 3325, 3326.
   
NSG 3306 Perspectives of Professional Nursing (2)
  Introduces students to the principles, values and standards implicit in the profession of nursing. Explores past, present and emerging roles of professional nurses. Presents a practical approach to the development of critical thinking, testing and therapeutic communication skills. Prerequisite: Admission to BSN Program or permission of instructor.
   
NSG 3309 Health Assessment (2)
  Focuses on the assessment phase of the nursing process as a means of collecting data for use in making nursing decisions. Emphasizes acquisition of knowledge and skills required to perform health assessments of individuals at various stages of life span development and to communicate health assessment data. Includes assessment of internal and external dimensions of individual health states. Prerequisites: ENG 1101, 1102, BIO 3347, L347, 3348, and L348. Co-requisite: NSG 3310.
   
NSG 3310 Health Assessment Practicum (1-2)
  Provides opportunities for students to practice health assessments skills by performing health assessments of essentially well individuals at various stages of life span development. Includes analysis and communication of findings. Prerequisites: ENG 1101, 1102, BIO 3347, L347, 3348, and L348. Co-requisite: NSG 3309.
   
NSG 3313 Nursing Concepts I (3)
  Explores the relationship between life span development and adaptive responses in the human environment interactive system. Examines the biological, psychological, and socio-cultural dimensions of assisting individuals to meet basic health needs and introduces the concept of illness as an altered health state. Emphasizes the nursing process and the role of the nurse in diagnosing and treating human responses to health promotion needs and common health alterations across the life span. Prerequisite: Admission to BSN Program. Co-requisite: NSG 3314.
   
NSG 3314 Nursing Concepts I Practicum (3-6)
  Provides clinical learning opportunities for students to incorporate biological, psychological, and sociological dimensions into the care of individuals who require assistance in meeting basic health needs and into the diagnosing and treatment of human responses to common health alterations across the life span. Focuses on human-environment interaction and emphasizes the use of the nursing process as a systematic approach to health promotion and the provision of illness and restorative care. Prerequisite: Admission to BSN Program. Co-requisite: NSG 3313.
   
NSG 3315 Pathophysiology (3)
  Explores the relationship between normal and altered physiology in human systems. Examines physiologic adaptive processes to internal and external environmental stressors. Emphasizes pathophysiologic manifestations of altered states of health. Prerequisites: BIO 3347, L347, 3348, and L348. Open to all majors.
   
NSG 3323 Maternal-Infant Health Nursing (3)
  Provides a knowledge base for care of childbearing families. Examines the childbearing family as a part of the human environment interactive system. Emphasizes the nurse’s role in facilitating adaptive responses of the childbearing family during the antepartal, intrapartal and postpartal periods. Prerequisites: Successful completion of all nursing courses in semesters I and II of BSN clinical nursing sequence. Co-requisite: NSG 3324.
   
NSG 3324 Maternal-Infant Health Nursing Practicum (2-4)
  Provides clinical learning opportunities for students to provide nursing care for childbearing families. Emphasizes use of the nursing process as systematic approach to facilitate adaptive responses of the childbearing family during the antepartal, intrapartal and postpartal periods. Prerequisites: Successful completion of all nursing courses in semesters I and II of BSN clinical nursing sequence. Corequisite: NSG 3323.
   
NSG 3325 Nursing Concepts II (3)
  Explores the relationship between life span development and adaptive responses in the humanenvironment interactive system. Continues to explore the concept of illness as an altered health state. Emphasizes the nurse’s role in diagnosing and treating human responses (biological, psychological, and sociocultural) to common health alterations across the life span. Prerequisites: Successful completion of all nursing courses in Semester I of BSN clinical nursing sequence. Co-requisite: NSG 3326. Prerequisite or concurrent: NSG 3301.
   
NSG 3326 Nursing Concepts II Practicum (3-6)
  Provides clinical learning opportunities for student to diagnose and treat human responses (biological, psychological, and socio-cultural) to common health alterations across the life span. Emphasizes the use of nursing process as a systematic approach to providing illness and restorative care. Prerequisites: Successful completion of all nursing courses in Semester I of BSN clinical nursing sequence. Co-requisite: NSG 3325. Prerequisite or concurrent: NSG 3301.
   
NSG 3332 Child Health Nursing (3)
  Provides theoretical foundation for the nursing care of children. Examines the relationship between growth and development and the adaptive responses of children within the human-environment interactive system. Emphasizes the nurse’s role in health promotion and maintenance, illness and restorative care for children of various ages. Prerequisites: Successful completion of all nursing courses in semesters I and II of BSN clinical nursing sequence. Co-requisite: NSG 3333.
   
NSG 3333 Child Health Nursing Practicum (2-4)
  Provides clinical learning opportunities for students to provide illness and restorative care for children experiencing alterations in health states. Emphasizes use of the nursing process in facilitating human adaptive responses to child health alterations. Prerequisites: Successful completion of all nursing courses in semesters I and II of BSN clinical nursing sequence. Co-requisite: NSG 3332.
   
NSG 3334 Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing (3)
  Explores mental illness as an altered response to internal and external environmental dimensions. Examines selected theories of mental health and illness for use in nursing practice. Emphasizes the nursing process as a systematic approach to facilitating human adaptive responses to mental health alterations across the life span. Prerequisites: Successful completion of all nursing courses in Semester I of BSN clinical nursing sequence. Corequisite: NSG 3335.
   
NSG 3335 Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Practicum (2-4)
  Provides clinical learning opportunities for students to provide illness and restorative care for individuals experiencing alterations in mental health states. Emphasizes use of the nursing process in facilitating human adaptive responses to mental health alterations. Prerequisites: Successful completion of all nursing courses in Semester I of BSN clinical nursing sequence. Co-requisite: NSG 3334.
   
NSG 3336 Adult Health Nursing (3)
  Continues to explore the relationship between life span development and adaptive responses in the human environment interactive system. Continues to explore the concept of illness as an altered health state for the adult. Emphasizes the nurse’s role in diagnosing and treating human responses (biological, psychological, and socio-cultural) to common health alterations across the lifespan. Prerequisite: Successful completion of all nursing courses in semesters I and II of the BSN clinical nursing sequence. Co-requisite: NSG 3337.
   
NSG 3337 Adult Health Nursing Practicum (2-4)
  Provides clinical learning opportunities for student to diagnose and treat human responses (biological, psychological and socio-cultural) to common health alterations across the life span. Emphasizes the use of the nursing process as a systematic approach to providing illness and restorative care. Prerequisite: Successful completion of all nursing courses in semesters I and II of the BSN clinical nursing sequence. Co-requisite: NSG 3336.
   
NSG 3340 Ethics in Nursing (3)
  A discussion of traditional ethical theories, principles and meta-ethical concerns will provide the necessary background required to explore a variety of controversial issues such as euthanasia, abortion, and the new reproductive technologies. Objective and critical reflection about the issues will be developed into active discussions by the students. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
   
NSG 3350 Case Management in Healthcare (2)
  This course provides the student with a beginning understanding of theoretical and practical information about case management. In addition, the course familiarizes the students with the roles of the case manager in the evolving health care climate of today. Open to all juniors and seniors in the College of Health and Human Services.
   
NSG 3370 Professional Nursing (2)
  Provides Registered Nurse students the opportunity to explore the principles, values, standards, internal and external dimensions impacting the profession of nursing. Examines past, present, and emerging roles of the professional nurse. Examines theoretical foundations for implementation of the leadership/management role of the professional nurse. Prerequisite: Current Registered Nurse license and admission to the BSN Program.
   
NSG 4405 Public Health Nursing (3)
  Provides theoretical foundation for public health nursing practice. Explores the reciprocal relationship between environmental dimensions and public health. Emphasizes the nurse’s role in the delivery of public health nursing care as well as communitybased nursing care. Prerequisites: All 3300-level nursing courses or admission to RN-BSN/MSN clinical nursing sequence. Co-requisite: NSG 4406.
   
NSG 4406 Public Health Nursing Practicum (2-4)
  Provides clinical learning opportunities for students to manage the nursing care of individuals, families, groups, and communities. Emphasizes use of the nursing process in promoting and maintaining health of individuals, families, and communities. Prerequisites: All 3300 level nursing courses or admission to RN-BSN/MSN clinical nursing sequence. Co-requisite: NSG 4405.
   
NSG 4407 Clinical Nutrition (1)
  A study of clinical nutrition applied to real-life situations with the focus on the human as a unique system affected by economic, ethnic, psychological and physiological stimuli. Prerequisite: All 3300 level nursing courses or admission to the RN-BSN/MSN clinical nursing sequence.
   
NSG 4413 Nursing Concepts III (3)
  Examines individual and group responses to complex, multi-system stressors within the humanenvironment interactive system. Explores complex multi-system stress as crisis. Emphasizes the nurse’s role in diagnosing and treating individual and group responses to complex, multi-system stressors across the life span. Prerequisites: Successful completion of all nursing courses in semesters I, II, and III of the BSN clinical nursing sequence. Co-requisite: NSG 4414.
   
NSG 4414 Nursing Concepts III Practicum (2-4)
  Provides clinical learning opportunities for students to examine individual and group responses to complex, multi-system stressors, within the humanenvironment interactive system. Emphasizes use of the nursing process in diagnosing and treating individual and group responses to complex, multisystem stressors across the life span. Prerequisites: Successful completion of all nursing courses in semesters I, II and III of the BSN clinical nursing sequence. Co-requisite: NSG 4413.
   
NSG 4415 Nursing Leadership/Management (2)
  Provides the theoretical foundation for implementation of the leadership/management role of the professional nurse. Explores leadership/management theories and principles and the nature of organizations. Emphasizes strategies for utilizing leadership/management skills in various dimensions of the human-environment interactive system. Prerequisites: Successful completion of all 3300-level nursing courses.
   
NSG 4417 Senior Seminar (1)
  Explores past, present, and emerging roles of professional nurses and examines internal and external dimensions affecting the nursing profession. Prerequisites: Successful completion of all 3300 level nursing courses.
   
NSG 4419 Research Process in Nursing (2)
  Explores the steps in the research process and the legal and ethical considerations in the conduct of nursing research. Examines variation in research designs, types of measurement tools, validity, and reliability. The course concludes with application of existing research to nursing practice. Prerequisite: Successful completion of all nursing courses in semesters I and II of the BSN clinical nursing sequence.
   
NSG 4421 Senior Clinical Preceptorship (3-9)
  Facilitates transition into the nurse generalist role by providing opportunities for students to refine nursing practice and leadership/management skills and develop more in-depth knowledge in a selected clinical area under the guidance of an approved preceptor. Prerequisites: Successful completion of 3300 level nursing courses.
   
NSG 4430 Advanced Nursing Theory (3)
  Examines individual and group responses to complex, multi-system stressors within the humanenvironmental interactive system. Emphasizes the nurse’s role in diagnosing and treating individuals and groups with complex, multi-system stressors through the use of nursing concepts in various health care settings. The role of the nurse as a leader and manager is also examined. Prerequisites: Successful completion of all general studies courses, NSG 3370, 3309, 3310, 4405, 4406, 4407. Corequisite: NSG 4431.
   
NSG 4431 Advanced Nursing Preceptorship (2-6)
  Provides clinical learning opportunities for students to examine individual and group responses to complex, multi-system disease processes as well as leadership and management skills. Emphasizes the nurse’s role in diagnosing and treating individuals and groups with complex, multi-system disease processes through the use of nursing concepts. Emphasizes the role of the nurse as a leader and manager. Prerequisites: Successful completion of all general studies courses, NSG 3370, 3309, 3310, 4405, 4406, 4407. Corequisite: NSG 4430.
   
NSG 4493-4494 Guided Independent Study (1-3)
  Additional information is indexed under Academic Regulations. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Also see index for “Independent Study and Research.”