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Course Descriptions
Course descriptions for Phase II and Phase III of the L.P.N. to B.S. Track are listed below. Course delivery is indicated after each course description. Clinicals are arranged in the student's community. To determine availability of a course for a particular semester, refer to the Class Schedule.
PHASE II: NURSING PREREQUISITES
- NURS 106 Mental Health Aspects of Nursing Practice—2 credits.
The second preprofessional course focuses on the communicator role of the professional nurse.
Therapeutic communication techniques, interpersonal skills, and mental health concepts are emphasized.
Prerequisites: Pre- or co-requisite NURS 104 or consent of instructor.
Delivery: ISU departmental challenge exam (credit by examination)
- NURS 224 Nursing Care of Adults I—5 credits.
Roles of the nurse providing care to adults and older adults in hospital and community settings are
introduced. Application of critical thinking and clinical judgment skills to promote optimal health
and provide care to clients experiencing or recovering from illness is emphasized.
Prerequisites: NURS 200, 204 and 228.
Delivery: ISU departmental challenge exam (credit by examination)
- NURS 328 Nursing Care of the Child and Family—4 credits.
Critical thinking and clinical judgment are used to assist children and their families in the
promotion and maintenance of health and the prevention of and/or recovery from illness in hospital
and community settings. Prerequisites: NURS 224; 228; FCS 103; PSY 266 or EPSY 221.
Delivery: ISU departmental challenge exam (credit by examination)
- NURS 330 Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family—4 credits.
The course focuses on understanding and performing nursing clinical judgments for women and
infants during the reproductive life cycle. Clinical experiences will provide opportunities to
observe and provide professional nursing care in primary, community, and acute health care settings.
Prerequisites: NURS 224, 226, and 228.
Delivery: ISU departmental challenge exam (credit by examination)
PHASE III: BACCALAUREATE-LEVEL NURSING COURSES
- BIO 412 Pathophysiology—2-3 credits.
Acquaints the student with pathological deviations from the normal physiological activities
of the major systems of the human organism. Immunological and genetic aspects of diseases
will be included. Majors take the course for 2 hours. Prerequisites: BIO 241 and 274, or equivalents.
Delivery: Web (Internet)
- ENG 305 Advanced Expository Writing—3 credits.
Writing reports, proposals, reviews, and papers in styles appropriate to various professional
and academic activities, with emphasis on discovering arguments and arranging material.
Prerequisites: ENG 105 or 107 or 108 or 130, and the successful completion of 48 credits of course work.
Delivery: Web (Internet)
- EPSY 302 Introduction to Applied Psychological Statistics—3 credits.
The organization and presentation of data, measures of central tendency and variability,
correlation and probability, and statistical inference including simple analysis of variance.
Prerequisites: MATH 111 or equivalent.
Delivery: Web (Internet)
- HLTH 340 Health Biostatistics—3 credits.
Introduction to statistical methods as applied to the study of health and safety risk evaluation;
census and vital data; human mortality, morbidity, and natality. Topics include measures of central
tendency, variability, display of data, selected sampling distributions probability, hypothesis testing,
correlation, and regression.
Delivery: Web (Internet)
- NURS 208 Transition from L.P.N. to B.S.N.—3 credits.
An introduction for the licensed practical nurse to the role of the baccalaureate-prepared nurse.
Prerequisites: L.P.N. license. Pre- or co-requisite enrollment in cognate courses required for the
first year of the Baccalaureate Degree Nursing Program.
Note: Successful completion will result in earning credit hours for Nursing 104, 204, and 228.
Delivery: Web (Internet)
- NURS 226 Nursing in Mental Illness—3 credits.
Nursing care of individuals experiencing mental illness is emphasized. Major theoretical principles
governing the practice of psychiatric nursing are applied to patient care in structured settings.
Prerequisites: NURS 106, 200, 204; Pre- or co-requisite NURS 228.
Delivery: Web (Internet)
- NURS 304 Comprehensive Health Assessment for Nursing Practice—4 credits.
Comprehensive health assessment skills are applied to nursing practice with clients throughout the
life span. Prerequisites: Pre- or co-requisite NURS 208 or NURS 300.
Delivery: Web (Internet)
- NURS 318 Nursing Care of Families in Stress and Crisis—3 credits.
The role of the professional nurse in providing therapeutic nursing interventions for families
experiencing significant life changes is emphasized.
Prerequisites: NURS 226; or Pre- or co-requisite NURS 300 or consent of instructor.
Delivery: Web (Internet)
- NURS 322 Research/Theoretical Basis for Nursing Practice—3 credits.
The course focuses on examination and application of clinical scholarship through evidenced based
practice. Emphasis is on skills for research applied to clinical practice.
Prerequisites: NURS 224, 226, 228, or consent of instructor; Pre- or co-requisites EPSY 302 or Health,
Safety, and HLTH 340.
Delivery: Web (Internet)
- NURS 324 Nursing Care of Adults II—5 credits.
Expanded roles of the nurse are performed in hospital and community settings for adults and older
adults. Expanded critical thinking and clinical judgment skills are applied to promote health and
provide care for clients experiencing or recovering from complex illnesses.
Prerequisites: NURS 224, 228, and BIO 412.
Delivery: Web (Internet)
- NURS 424 Nursing Care of Adults III—5 credits.
The course focuses on the nursing care of individuals with high intensity multi-system dysfunction
in specialized institutional and community settings. The interpretation,analysis, and synthesis of
the physical parameters and laboratory findings of the individual’s patho-physiological status are
emphasized. Prerequisites: NURS 322, 324; and BIO 412.
Delivery: Web (Internet)
- NURS 450 Population-Focused Community Health Nursing—6 credits.
The focus of this course is the professional nurse’s role in working with aggregates in the community.
Prerequisites: NURS 318, 322, 324, 328, 330; or 300, 304, 318, 322.
Delivery: Web (Internet)
- NURS 470 Nursing Leadership—3 credits.
Emphasis is placed on examining leadership and management roles. Factors that influence quality of
care delivery are examined. Prerequisites: Concurrent enrollment in NURS 484 or 486, or consent of instructor.
Delivery: Web (Internet)
- NURS 484 Reflective Nursing Practice—3 credits.
This clinical concentration course provides opportunity for synthesis and evaluation of
professional nursing role behaviors essential to care of clients experiencing complex care
needs in a variety of settings. Prerequisites: NURS 424, 450, or 450 only if enrolled in
Baccalaureate Track for Registered Nurses; pre- or co-requisite NURS 470.
Delivery: Web (Internet)
- NURS 486 Professional Nursing Synthesis—3 credits.
This course serves as the capstone course for the integration, synthesis, and reflection of
professionalism, professional goals, and professional nursing practice informed through multiple
ways of knowing and experiences grounded in historical, literary, artistic, scientific, and
technological perspectives. Issues and trends germane to contemporary nursing are explored.
Prerequisites: NURS 424 and 450; or 450 and 470 Must be taken as last course in the last semester
of the program.
Delivery: Web (Internet)
- PE 101 Fitness for Life—2 credits.
This course presents information and activities which emphasize fitness and exercise and their
relationship to health. Lectures and a variety of accompanying laboratory activities help
students make informed decisions about fitness, exercise, and health throughout their lifetime.
Regular participation in physical activity is a main component of the course.
Delivery: Web (Internet)
- PSY 266 Developmental Psychology—3 credits.
An overview of the full life span of human development, with comprehensive coverage of basic
developmental concepts and principles. Research methods and application of research findings
will be discussed.
Delivery: On-campus. An equivalent course is offered on-line by Ivy Tech Community College.
- SOC 100 Foundations of Social Life—3 credits.
This course presents a perspective on the individual and society that emphasizes the importance of the
"social" in understanding human life. Students will learn to critically evaluate questions of human
nature and the development/structure/processes of human behavior and social systems. Through writing,
speaking, reading, and listening, students will enhance their abilities to make informed judgments and
reasoned choices about social issues and personal behaviors. Through their development of a "sociological imagination,"
students will be better able to understand, participate in, and adapt to social change.
Delivery: On-campus. An equivalent course is offered on-line by Ivy Tech Community College.
Last updated: 12 August 2009
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