NUR316 Essentials of Nursing Practice Clinical
College of Nursing Nursing Department
Course Description: This clinical course provides the student with practice and clinical application of nursing skill fundamentals. The emphasis is on skill attainment through mastery of beginning competency. Students must satisfactorily perform all assigned skills to successfully complete the course.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
NUR303 Essentials of Nursing Practice
College of Nursing Nursing Department
Course Description: This course introduces students to principles, theories, and concepts that provide the foundation for nursing practice. Students are introduced to nursing theory, nursing history and trends, research, and evidence-based practice. Legal aspects of practice and ethical issues (such as client rights, privacy, and confidentiality) are discussed along with health teaching and counseling skills. Health promotion and individual responses to health and illness in a multicultural society are developed. The nursing process is introduced as it applies to promoting wellness and health maintenance.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: BIO116, BIO116L
Corequisites: None
NUR313 Essentials of Nursing Practice
College of Nursing Nursing Department
Course Description: This course provides the theoretical foundation for the beginning practice of nursing, emphasizing the theory and practice of essential psychomotor nursing skills and utilizing the nursing process as a basis of decision-making. The course introduces the student to the nursing profession, including its evolution, philosophy and contribution to the health care team within a legal-ethical framework. Topical areas include critical thinking, application of the nursing process, documentation, delivery of culturally sensitive care, asepsis, safety, diagnostic testing, mobility, skin integrity, sensory alterations, elimination, oxygenation and fluid, electrolyte and acid-base balance.
Credit Hours: 5.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
MGT625 Essentials of Leadership
College of Business and Criminal Justice Business Department
Course Description: This course prepares managers and leaders with the leadership skills essential to lead in today’s world of business and assist in achieving instructional and organizational goals. This course will provide an opportunity to gain essential knowledge and skills in supporting an organizational vision, delivering results-oriented leadership, and leadership through the lens of personal leadership style.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
FOR110 Essentials for Success
Arts and Sciences Department
Course Description: This course will assist students in their academic and professional performance by providing them with the self-management skills for success. Students will learn self-management skills related to communication, collaboration, critical thinking and problem solving, professionalism, information literacy, and technology.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
FOR109 Essentials for Success
Arts and Sciences Department
Course Description: This course will assist students in their academic and professional performance by providing them with the self-management skills for success. Students will learn self-management skills related to communication, collaboration, critical thinking and problem solving, professionalism, information literacy, and technology.
Credit Hours: 1.50
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
CAA100 Essentials for Success
College of Culinary Arts Culinary Arts Department
Course Description: This course will assist students in their academic and professional performance by providing the tools necessary for success in their new role as student culinarian. Learning modules support the development of college success skills including: self-development, study and research skills, professionalism, attitude and motivation, goal setting, time management, and resume writing.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: None
BIO250L Epidemiology LAB
College of Health Science Arts and Sciences | Health Sciences/Nursing Only Department
Course Description: This course is an introductory laboratory course accompanying the Epidemiology lecture course, designed to focus on the basic science of disease prevention. A major role in public health, epidemiology influences administrative decision-making and healthcare policy. Laboratory exercises in basic principles and methodology of epidemiology will allow students to explore how epidemiology is concerned with the distribution and determinants of health and diseases, morbidity, injuries, disability, and mortality in populations. Laboratory activities should encourage critical thinking, the understanding of scientific methodology, and the application of scientific principles.
Credit Hours: 1.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: BIO250
BIO250 Epidemiology
College of Health Science Arts and Sciences | Health Sciences/Nursing Only Department
Course Description: This is an introductory course to the basic science of disease prevention. Epidemiology plays a major role in the health of the public and has major implications for healthcare administrators. The basic principles and methods of epidemiology are presented with application to public health and clinical practice. Lab experiences to demonstrate epidemiological principles are used.
Credit Hours: 3.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: BIO250L
BIO122L Environmental Biology Lab
College of Technology Arts and Sciences Department
Course Description: This course applies basic science concepts, environmental processes, and the influence of humans upon the environment including ecological concepts, population growth, natural resources, and environmental problems from the scientific perspective. Students will apply biology and chemistry concepts to a variety of lab simulations and/ or wet labs.
Credit Hours: 1.00
Prerequisites: None
Corequisites: BIO122