This clinical course provides students with a culminating experience that integrates prior theoretical and clinical knowledge to support their transition to professional nursing practice. Students will apply clinical judgment, engage in interprofessional communication, and make evidence-informed decisions to promote quality health outcomes. Emphasizing person-centered care, students will adapt their practice to diverse populations while considering social determinants of health, equity, and ethical responsibilities. Prerequisites: 326, 328, 336, 337, 360, 463.

This course focuses on a broad-based understanding and clinical application of mental health concepts and behavioral aberrations that occur in mental illness. Students analyze the nursing process as it relates to the impact mental health and mental illness have on individuals, families, communities, and the health care system. Prerequisites: 323, 324, 365, 372, 382.

This course continues adult health nursing theory and clinical applications in a variety of higher acuity inpatient settings. Students learn to apply theory to the care of adults needing complex restorative and maintenance health interventions. Clinical decision making in critical scenarios is strengthened through weekly simulation sessions. Prerequisites: 323, 324, 365, 372, 382.

This clinical course further advances students competencies to care for culturally diverse adults with complex, high-acuity medical-surgical conditions. Students will apply clinical judgment, evidence-based practice, and interprofessional collaboration to deliver safe, person-centered care while demonstrating leadership, communication, and ethical decision-making. Through immersive clinical experiences, students will synthesize prior knowledge and engage in quality improvement, uphold professional standards, and advocate for health equity in acute care and high-acuity settings.

This didactic course prepares students to care for culturally diverse adults with complex, high acuity needs. It emphasizes clinical judgment, evidence based practice, safety, quality, communication, and ethical decision making. Students build theoretical understanding to support person centered care, interprofessional collaboration, and health equity in acture care settings. Prerequisites: 326, 328, 336, 337, 360. Must be taken concurrent with 417.

This didactic course prepares students to care for culturally diverse adults with complex, high acuity needs. It emphasizes clinical judgment, evidence based practice, safety, quality, communication, and ethical decision making. Students build theoretical understanding to support person centered care, interprofessional collaboration, and health equity in acute care settings. Prerequisites: 326, 328, 336, 337, 360.

This course focuses on a broad-based understanding and clinical application of mental health concepts. Students will explore the concepts of compassionate, holistic care that affect the person with altered mental health in structured and non-structured settings. Students analyze the nursing process as it relates to the impact mental health and mental illness has on individuals, families, communities, and the health care system.

Students apply public health nursing principles to promote and protect the health of individuals, families, communities, and populations across the lifespan. Emphasizing disease prevention, epidemiology, environmental health, and health policy, the course integrates evidence-based practice, systems thinking, and population-focused care. Grounded in social justice, students advocate for health equity and address the needs of vulnerable groups.

Current scientific research in the emerging field of psychoneuroimmunology (PNI)and the implications of this research in maintaining health and preventing illness are presented. Demonstration and supervised practice of a variety of mind-body therapies provide opportunities for hands-on experience. The third credit is earned through independent study and practice of one of the therapies presented during the course.

Nursing students will examine a variety of quantitative, qualitative as well as evidence-based research methodologies useful in their role as care provider and member of the nursing profession. Each step of the quantitative research process will be reviewed/critiqued and then presented by students. Students will read and analyze qualitative data. Additionally, ethical principles and values important to the conduct of research will be explored. Prerequisites: 221, 230, 240, 290, 342, 349; MATH 130 or 230, WCII course.