Academic Catalog 2018

Core Requirements Course Title

Credit Hours

NUR 3003 Concepts of Professional Nursing

3

(must be taken term I semester I) NUR 3001 Health Tech & Informatics for Professionals (must be taken term I semester I) NUR 3303 Health Assessment Across the Lifespan

1

3

(must be taken term I semester I) NUR 3103 Transcultural Nursing (must be taken term II semester I) 3 NUR 4003 Nursing Research and Theory (must be taken term II semester I) 3 NUR 4303 Nursing Leadership 3 NUR 3403 Nursing Care of Older Adults 3 NUR 3503 Women’s Health 3 NUR 3203 Pathophysiology 3 NUR 4205 Nursing Care of Communities* (must be taken term I semester III) 5 NUR 4104 Evidence-based Complex Nursing Practice* (must be taken term II semester III) 4 NUR 4403 Professional Nursing Synthesis/Capstone (must be taken term II semester III) 3 Total Nursing Core 37 RN License 40 Electives 4 General Education Requirements (see p. 55) Students are required to take the following at BC: 3 of the 6 hours of Christian Studies 45 TOTAL 126 *Clinical hours required COURSES OF INSTRUCTION NUR 3003 Concepts of Professional Nursing This course facilitates the transition of students into professional nursing. Students, reg- istered nurses, are introduced to the values and concepts germane to professional nursing practice included in the Essentials of Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice, ANA Social Policy Statement, ANA Clinical Standards, Code of Ethics with In- terpretative Statements, and the professional roles of designers of care, coordinators of care, & managers of care. Included in the course, is a current update on the profession of nursing and health care delivery in the United States from a comprehensive array of perspectives & the importance of the Bluefield College’s Department Nursing mission, purposes, program objectives, and expected program outcomes. Utilization of simulated and actual case studies will be emphasized. NUR 3001 Health Tech & Informatics for Professionals The course prepares the student to acquire and apply knowledge and skills from informa- tion and computer science to nursing and the health care delivery system. The course intro- duces students to application of information systems in health care practice, education, and research. Hardware, software, databases, communication application, computer develop- ments, and associated legal and ethical issues are addressed. Students learn a wide range

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