School of Nursing

RN to BSN Completion Track:
Program Courses

NUR3030  Dimensions of Professional Practice 
(4 semester hours)
This course is a bridge course for RN students which introduces the nursing program themes of caring, health, learning, commitment to human dignity, and nursing.  Examines the key dimensions of professional nursing, health care delivery, the development of nursing knowledge and theory, and legal and ethical issues in nursing and health care.
Prerequisites: R.N. students only

NUR3090  Transcultural Nursing 
(4 semester hours)
This course examines the cultural influences on beliefs, values, and practices in relation to health, illness, and health-seeking behaviors.  Applies the nursing process to clients with respect for diversity and individual differences.  Transcultural nursing research, critical analysis of issues, and trends in international health are discussed.  Required of RN students and an elective for basic nursing students.
No prerequisites.

NUR3270  Health Assessment, Education and Promotion 
(5 semester hours - 3 theory / 2 lab)
Health assessment, education, and promotion throughout the life cycle is presented using concepts and theories from nursing, teaching and learning, the humanities, and the sciences.  Teaching/learning health promotion within the changing health care delivery system and in various client contexts will be explored.  Interviewing the therapeutic communication skills are developed.  Integrates clinical laboratory experience.
Prerequisites:  NUR3100 or RN license.

NUR4060  Nursing Research/RN 
(4 semester hours)
The significance of research in nursing is considered with emphasis on the scientific approach and its application in nursing practice.  The major components of the research process are addressed with a focus on the professional nurse as a consumer of research.  Critical thinking skills are emphasized in the analysis of current nursing research.
Prerequisites:  SBS/ECN2320.

NUR4210 Nursing: A Global Community Outlook/RN 
(6 semester hours - 3 theory / 3 clinical)
This course focuses on concepts from nursing, public health, the liberal arts and sciences as a basis for nursing interventions.  Emphasis is placed on promotion, maintenance, and restoration of optimal psychosocial adaptation for individuals, families, and groups in community settings.
Prerequisites:  All BSN core and NUR3000-level courses.

NUR4610  Leadership and Management/RN 
(6 semester hours - 3 theory / 3 clinical)
A capstone course for RN/BSN completion students which operationalizes the nursing program themes of caring, health, learning, commitment to human dignity, and nursing.  The student identifies a health problem of a self-selected client population and studies, in an appropriate setting, a nursing intervention strategy using the nursing process to assist clients to promote, maintain and restore health. 
Prerequisites:  All NUR4000 level courses.

NUR4760  Ethical Decision Making/RN 
(4 semester hours)
This course explores trends and issues in ethics and public policy.  Values, ethical theory and decision-making and the process of policy making in relation to the standards of nursing practice are examined.
Prerequisites:  NUR3000 level courses.

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