NEUR 3970T - Neuroscience Tutorial

• Allow students in depth exploration of concepts in Neuroscience and related fields

NEUR 3980T - Neuroscience Tutorial

• Allow in depth exploration of concepts in Neuroscience and related fields

NEUR 4900 - Special Topics in Neuroscience

• Students will increase their knowledge in Neuroscience.

NEUR 4970T - Neuroscience Tutorial Senior Thesis

• Completion of a supervised research project in a Neuroscience laboratory.

NEUR 4980T - Neuroscience Tutorial Senior Thesis

• Completion of a supervised research project in a Neuroscience laboratory

NURS 1110 - Foundations of Nursing and Assessment Across the Lifespan

• Apply and practice techniques of physical assessment for clients of any age.
• Assess importance of client cultural/ethnicity when planning/providing/evaluating care.
• Assess the physiological, psychosocial, developmental and environmental factors that influence safety of adults.
• Demonstrate clinical competence in utilizing selected measures designed to provide basic care.
• Describe principles of communication and their effects on the nurse-client relationship.
• Discuss characteristics, skills and attitudes of critical thinking.
• Evaluate factors that promote physiological integrity.
• List the aspects of a profession and describe how nursing demonstrates these aspects.
• Relate and interpret steps of the nursing process to facilitate the management of safe and effective care for the client of any age.
• Relate content to the aging process across the lifespan.
• Utilize current nursing literature as a foundation for evidence based practice.
• Utilize knowledge and assessment skills to evaluate the client’s needs for disease prevention through critical thinking and wellness strategies.
• Utilize knowledge and critical thinking to build skills for managing and providing care for clients with acute or chronic physical health conditions.

NURS 1111 - Foundations of Nursing Practice

• Students will be able to apply evidence-based clinical reasoning to fundamental nursing concepts and skills to patients across the lifespan while using the nursing process.
• Students will be able to demonstrate safety principles in the performance of fundamental nursing skills.
• Students will be able to utilize technology for patient care.
• Students will be able to discuss the impact of psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, and individual physiological differences on fundamental nursing concepts and skills.
• Students will be able to apply foundational knowledge of nursing process to patients with health alterations.
• Students will be able to provide knowledge and resources necessary to teach patients and/or caregiver(s) about issues pertinent to fundamental nursing concepts and skills.
• Students will be able to demonstrate effective communication with patients, caregiver(s), members of the community, and members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Studenst will be able to demonstrate professional behavior in the classroom, lab, and clinical area.
• Students will be able to demonstrate the nurse’s legal, ethical, and professional standards of care with regards to fundamental nursing concepts and skills.

NURS 1112 - Health Assessment Across the Lifespan

• Students will be able to apply evidence-based clinical reasoning to the assessment of patients across the lifespan.
• Students will be able to demonstrate safety principles in the performance of health assessment skills.
• Students will be able to demonstrate collection and documentation of an integrated head-to-toe health assessment.
• Students will be able to assess the impact of psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, and individual physiological differences on health assessment concepts and skills.
• Students will be able to apply foundational knowledge of the nursing process to assess patients across the lifespan.
• Students will be able to provide knowledge and resources necessary to teach patients and/or caregiver(s) about issues pertinent to health assessment.
• Students will be able to demonstrate effective communication with patients, caregiver(s), members of the community, and members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Students will be able to demonstrate professional behavior in the classroom and lab.
• Students will be able to demonstrate the nurse’s legal, ethical, and professional standards of care with regards to health assessment skills and concepts.

NURS 1130 - Nursing Pharmacology: ADN

• Apply knowledge of specific drug classes and specific drugs regarding adverse effect/contraindications and side effects.
• Assess cultural factors that may impact the client’s plan of nursing care and physiological response to medications and the role culture plays in client education.
• Compare and contrast physiological responses to medication therapy including age specific differences in medication regimens.
• Discuss knowledge of pharmacological interactions.
• Discuss professional standards for error and injury prevention for the client of any age and for health personnel, including knowledge of safe medication administration, medication errors and reporting of such error.
• Relate and interpret steps of the nursing process to facilitate the management of safe and effective care for the client of any age pertaining to medication therapy.
• Relate knowledge of pharmacological medication classification and specific actions.
• Utilize critical thinking to identify and discuss the needs of the client of any age as pertaining to medication therapy.

NURS 1131 - Pharmacology I

• Students will be able to apply evidence-based clinical reasoning to the administration of medications to patients across the lifespan.
• Students will be able to demonstrate safety principles in the performance of medication administration.
• Students will be able to demonstrate accurate medication dosage calculation.
• Students will be able to examine the impact of psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, and individual physiological differences on medication administration concepts and skills.
• Students will be able to apply foundational knowledge of the nursing process to administer medications.
• Students will be able to provide knowledge and resources necessary to teach patients and/or caregiver(s) basic medication administration skills and medication profile information.
• Students will be able to demonstrate effective communication regarding medication administration and medication profile information with patients, caregiver(s), members of the community, and members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Students will be able to demonstrate professional behavior in the classroom and lab.
• Students will be able to demonstrate the nurse’s legal, ethical, and professional standards of care with regards to medication administration skills and concepts.

NURS 1210 - Adult Health I: ADN

• Student will be able to assess the physiological, psychosocial, and environmental factors that influence collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Team, delegation of duties to delineate responsibility, establish priorities for care delivery.
• Student will be able to relate and interpret steps of the nursing process to facilitate the management of safe and effective care for the client.
• Student will be able to utilize legal/ethical principles in nursing practice.
• Student will be able to develop verbally and/or in writing, a plan of care incorporating the steps of the nursing process.
• Student will be able to utilize critical thinking to discuss needs/problems related to safety for the client.
• Student will be able to relate and interpret steps of the nursing process to facilitate safe and effective care for the client of any age.
• Student will be able to discuss and apply professional standards for error and injury prevention for the client of any age and for health personnel.
• Student will be able to promote achievement of client outcomes by providing nursing care that enhances the care delivery setting in order to protect clients, family/significant others and health care personnel.
• Student will be able to maintain client confidentiality/privacy.
• Student will be able to apply principles of infection control when performing client care.
• Student will be able to describe the effectiveness of commonly prescribed medications associated with each topic and identify potential adverse reactions.
• Student will be able to apply learned practices and principles of nursing care to apply and provide direct care of the client.
• Student will be able to identify client strengths to plan and implement strategies to achieve optimal health for the client of any age.
• Student will be able to utilize knowledge and assessment skills to evaluate the clients needs for disease prevention through critical thinking and wellness strategies including prevention strategies and health maintenance visits for the client.
• Student will be able to discuss the role of health promotion programs, and community health screenings to promote strategies for clients.
• Student will be able to apply and practice techniques of physical assessment for clients.
• Student will be able to differentiate basic human needs according to ethnic and cultural diversities in the promotion of wellness.
• Student will be able to apply previously learned principles of client education to client care.
• Student will be able to explain the various intrinsic and extrinsic factors which may influence the health problems associated with each topic.
• Student will be able to promote self care strategies.
• Student will be able to apply and practice nursing principles of practice and nursing process to provide nursing care that promotes and supports the emotional, mental and social well-being of the client and family/significant others.
• Student will be able to utilize critical thinking and knowledge to evaluate, plan and optimize wellness for the client of all ages and all diverse cultures.
• Student will be able to utilize critical thinking and knowledge to evaluate, plan and optimize wellness for the client of all ages and various family structures and dynamics.
• Student will be able to discuss characteristics, skills and attitudes of critical thinking.
• Student will be able to assess importance of client cultural/ethnicity when planning/providing/evaluating care.
• Student will be able to utilize current nursing literature as a foundation for evidence based practice.
• Student will be able to apply and perform nursing principles of practice and nursing process to promote physical health and wellness and reduce client risk.
• Student will be able to utilize knowledge and critical thinking to apply learned skills to reduce the likelihood that clients will develop complications or health problems related to existing conditions, treatments or procedures.
• Student will be able to utilize knowledge and critical thinking to build skills for managing and providing care for clients with acute and/or chronic physical health conditions including unexpected response to therapies.
• Student will be able to identify the importance of diet for the client recovering from burns.
• Student will be able to review normal body structure and function as related to meeting the nursing needs of clients with health problems presented with each topic.
• Student will be able to identify the pathophysiology present in relation to the common health problems presented in each topic.
• Student will be able to describe physiological responses to illness.
• Student will be able to assess the physiological, psychosocial, developmental and environmental aspects related to the provisions of care.
• Student will be able to identify common diagnostic measures related to health problems presented in each nursing topic with emphasis on nursing assessment and responsibilities.
• Student will be able to demonstrate clinical competence in utilizing selected measures designed to provide nursing care.
• Student will be able to evaluate factors that promote physiological integrity.
• Student will be able to prepare medication for administration.
• Student will be able to administer and document medications given by common routes.
• Student will be able to evaluate and document client response to medication.
• Student will be able to perform calculation needed for medication administration.
• Student will be able to apply knowledge of specific drug classes and specific drugs prior to administration regarding adverse effect/contraindications and side effects.
• Student will be able to perform accurate dosage calculations.
• Student will be able to know the effects and outcomes of medication administration.
• Student will be able perform the procedure for safe medication administration for non-parenteral, parenteral and intravenous medications.
• Student will be able to apply knowledge about the pharmacological drug agent and its specific actions.
• Student will be able to evaluate the type and amount of fluid necessary to manage the critically ill burn client.

NURS 1211 - Medical Surgical Nursing I

• Students will be able to apply evidence-based clinical reasoning to the care of adult patients with health alterations.
• Students will be able to demonstrate safety principles in the performance of nursing skills.
• Students will be able to utilize technology for patient care.
• Students will be able to discuss the impact of psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, and individual physiological differences on adult patients with health alterations.
• Studentswill be able to apply the nursing process to adult patients with health alterations.
• Students will be able to apply knowledge and resources necessary to teach adult patients and/or caregiver(s) about pertinent health issues.
• Students will be able to demonstrate effective communication with patients, caregiver(s), members of the community, and members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Students will be able to demonstrate professional behavior in the classroom, lab, and clinical area.
• Students will be able to demonstrate the nurse’s legal, ethical, and professional standards of care with regards to adult health nursing concepts and skills.

NURS 1220 - Mental Health Nursing

• Apply and perform nursing principles of practice and nursing process to promote mental health and wellness by providing care, comfort, and assistance in activities of daily living.
• Apply and perform nursing principles of practice and nursing process to reduce client risk potential and manage physical and mental health alterations for clients of all ages.
• Apply critical thinking to discuss needs/problems related to safety for the client of any age.
• Apply nursing principles of practice and nursing process to provide nursing care that promotes and supports the emotional, mental and social well-being of the client and family/significant others experiencing stressful events.
• Assess the physiological, psychosocial, cultural and environmental factors that influence collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Team, delegation of duties to delineate responsibility, establish priorities for care delivery and health management.
• Discuss approaches to the safe use of restraints (physical and chemical), communication techniques and management to direct the client who may harm self or others.
• Provide safe and effective care for clients with mental health problems that require the administration of medications and parenteral therapies including side effects of medication and client teaching paramount to safe medication therapy.
• Relate and interpret steps of the nursing process to facilitate the management of safe and effective mental health care for the client of any age.
• Verbalize knowledge and critical thinking to build skills for managing and providing care for clients with acute, chronic or life-threatening physical and mental health conditions including unexpected response to therapies.

NURS 1221 - Mental Health Nursing

• Students will be able to apply evidence-based clinical reasoning to the care of patients with alterations in mental health.
• Students will be able to demonstrate safety principles in the performance of nursing skills.
• Students will be able to utilize technology for patient care.
• Studenst will be able to discuss the impact of psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, and individual physiological differences on patients with alterations in mental health.
• Students will be able to apply the nursing process to patients with alterations in mental health.
• Students will be able to apply knowledge and resources necessary to teach patients, caregiver(s), and members of the community about issues pertinent to mental health.
• Students will be able to demonstrate effective communication with patients, caregiver(s), members of the community, and members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Students will be able to demonstrate professional behavior in the classroom, lab, and clinical area.
• Students will be able to demonstrate the nurse’s legal, ethical, and professional standards of care with regards to mental health nursing concepts and skills.

NURS 1231 - Pharmacology II

• Students will be able to apply evidence-based clinical reasoning to the administration of medications to patients across the lifespan.
• Students will be able to demonstrate safety principles in the performance of medication administration.
• Students will be able to demonstrate accurate medication dosage calculation.
• Students will be able to examine the impact of psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, and individual physiological differences on select classes of medication.
• Students will be able to apply the nursing process to the administration of select classifications of medications to patients with health alterations.
• Students will be able to choose the resources necessary to teach patients and/or caregivers medication profile information for select medications.
• Students will be able to demonstrate effective communication regarding medication administration and medication profile information with patients, caregiver(s), members of the community, and members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Students will be able to demonstrate professional behavior in the classroom setting.
• Students will be able to demonstrate the nurse’s legal, ethical, and professional standards of care.

NURS 2002 - Introduction to Nursing

• Apply key test-taking strategies to help improve examination grades.
• Describe the key interview and communication skills pertinent to acceptance into the School of Nursing.
• Cite similarities and differences among nursing roles in various settings.
• Describe key components of a nursing presentation and the principles of teaching/learning in nursing.
• Describe key components of nursing entrance essay.
• Discuss active reading strategies to prepare for nursing courses and the Cornell Note-Taking Method.
• Discuss emerging practice opportunities for nurses.
• Identify the social, political, and economic factors and trends that influenced the development of professional nursing in the United States.
• Use critical thinking in identifying the key information sought in the nursing question stem.
• Utilize the on-line and campus library resources.

NURS 2003 - Medical Terminology

• Analyze medical words by identifying the elements present.
• Examine the four elements used to form a medical word.
• Identify and apply medical terminology according to the proper body system.
• Pronounce medical terms properly and explain their meaning.

NURS 2004 - Dosage Calculation

• Apply nursing principles of safety in regards to accuracy of medication delivery within the safety standards incorporating the five rights of medication delivery.
• Develop knowledge of mathematics concerning medication dosage calculations through practice and assignments by the instructor.
• Expand documentation skills to accurately record medications calculated to reflect the sixth right related to safe documentation for nurses.
• Improve the ability of the student to make sound, independent judgments related to medication calculations and safe delivery of medications in any form.

NURS 2005 - Preparation for NCLEX

• Further enhance student test taking skills at the application, synthesis and analysis levels.
• Identify strengths and areas for focused review in relation to NCLEX-RN test plan.
• Improve student satisfaction with preparation for NCLEX.
• Increase technology fluency through distance learning strategies
• Intensify the student’s sense of confidence and competence to pass NCLEX on the first attempt.
• Recognize individual student remediation needs and develop a plan for final NCLEX preparation.
• Review nursing content to reinforce and strengthen concepts learned.

NURS 2007 - Laboratory and Diagnostic Test Interpretation

• Define Blood Types and the nursing role in blood transfusion.
• Define and describe the components of both (Blood) Basic and Comprehensive Metabolic Panels.
• Define the medical terms used in conjunction with common lab & diagnostic tests.
• Demonstrate understanding of basic chemistry studies as they relate to the body.
• Describe and discuss lab tests for selected body organ function.
• Describe collection techniques related to venous blood and urine collection.
• Describe the components of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) analysis.
• Describe the role of the nurse in caring for clients before and after selected tests.
• Describe various types of client testing related to X-rays, scans, and organ function studies including heart, lungs, and brain function.
• Determine the role of the registered nurse when caring for patients with selected laboratory and diagnostic alterations.
• Discuss safety issues when collecting laboratory specimens.
• Discuss the role of the registered nurse in the care of a client with alterations in Arterial Blood Gases.
• Explain appropriate patient education for clients undergoing diagnostic testing.
• Identify and differentiate the roles of the different types of leukocytes.

NURS 2009 - Nursing Review and Remediation

• Apply test-taking strategies during preparation for the NCLEX-RN exam and/or nursing course exams.
• Demonstrate increase knowledge of nursing content, concepts, and skills included on the registered nursing licensure exam and/or course exams.
• Explain the current NCLEX-RN test plan.
• Identify test-taking strategies to improve success on the NCLEX-RN exam and/or nursing course exams.
• Recognize strengths and weaknesses in nursing content, concepts, and skills included on the NCLEX-RN exam and/or nursing course exams.
• Utilize a variety of strategies to review nursing content, concepts, and skills included on the NCLEX-RN exam and/or nursing course exams.

NURS 2030 - Licensed Practical Nurse to Registered Nurse Transition

• Student will be able to define specific role changes necessary for the transition from licensed practical nurse (LPN) to registered nurse (RN).
• Student will be able to demonstrate competency with insertion, maintenance and removal of a nasogastric tube.
• Student will be able to demonstrate competency with intravenous therapy procedures.
• Student will be able to demonstrate the ability to maintain therapeutic communication with clients.
• Student will be able to develop teaching strategies for clients.
• Student will be able to establish personal goals for success in selected RN programs incorporating the concepts of self-directed learning, time management, and values clarification.
• Student will be able to perform basic assessments of clients across the lifespan.
• Student will be able to recognize individual needs using a holistic approach
• Student will be able to relate the importance of legal-ethical concepts to selected health care situations.
• Student will be able to utilize the steps in the nursing process in formulating a plan of care.
• Student will be able to demonstrate competency with dressing changes.
• Student will be able to demonstrate competency with foley insertion, maintenance and removal.
• Student will be able to apply learned techniques and procedures for accurate and safe medication administration for a client of any age.

NURS 2031 - LPN-RN Transition

• Students will be able to apply evidence-based clinical reasoning to the care of patients and/or their caregiver(s).
• Students will be able to apply the safety standards of the Ohio Nurse Practice Act to the care of patients and/or their caregiver(s).
• Students will be able to discuss the impact of psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, and individual physiological differences on patients and/or their caregiver(s).
• Students will be able to apply the nursing process to the care of patients and/or their caregiver(s).
• Students will be able to apply knowledge and resources necessary to teach patients, caregiver(s), and members of the community about pertinent health issues.
• Students will be able to identify the principles of effective communication with patients, caregiver(s), members of the community, and members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Students will be able to demonstrate professional behavior in the classroom.
• Students will be able to apply the nurse’s legal, ethical, and professional standards of care to the care of patients and/or their caregiver(s).
• Students will be able to define specific role changes necessary for the transition from LPN to RN.

NURS 2040 - Licensed Practical Nurse to Registered Nurse Bridge

• Develop and apply nursing care for physiological needs of clients during acute and chronic emotional disorders.
• Discuss provision of care for clients to the administration of medications and parenteral therapies.
• Identify and practice professional standards for error and injury prevention for health personnel and the client.
• Relate and interpret steps of the nursing process to facilitate the management of safe and effective care for the client with a problem relating to the body systems studied this semester.
• Relate steps of the nursing process to facilitate safe and effective care for the client with the body systems studied this semester.
• Use critical thinking skills to develop and apply mental health needs for clients across the lifespan.
• Utilize critical thinking to identify and discuss the chronically ill client’s right to refuse treatment and procedures.

NURS 2041 - LPN-RN Bridge

• Students will be able to apply evidence-based clinical reasoning to the care of adult patients with mental and physical health alterations.
• Students will be able to demonstrate safety principles in the performance of nursing skills.
• Students will be able to utilize technology for patient care.
• Students will be able to discuss the impact of psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, and individual physiological differences on adult patients with mental and physical health alterations.
• Students will be able to apply the nursing process to adult patients with mental and physical health alterations.
• Students will be able to apply knowledge and resources necessary to teach adult patients and/or caregiver(s) about pertinent health issues.
• Students will be able to demonstrate effective communication with patients, caregiver(s), members of the community, and members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Students will be able to demonstrate professional behavior in the classroom, lab, and clinical area.
• Students will be able to demonstrate the nurse’s legal, ethical, and professional standards of care with regards to adult mental and physical health nursing concepts and skills.

NURS 2110 - Adult Health II: ADN

• Acknowledge age related changes that may affect cardiac, respiratory, and renal systems.
• Apply the nursing process to facilitate the management of safe and effective care for the client with problems relating to the cardiac, respiratory, or renal systems.
• Discuss provision of care for clients in the administration of medications and parenteral therapies relating to cardiovascular, respiratory, and renal systems.
• Identify and provide appropriate nursing care for the client with a problem related to the cardiovascular, respiratory, and renal systems.
• Identify pathophysiology related to decreased cardiac output, abnormal hemodynamics, cardiac dysrrhythmias, and a decrease in oxygenation and perfusion.
• Identify significant information related to cardiovascular, respiratory, and renal systems that may indicate a problem and the need for health care.
• Recognize tasks/assignments specific to the members of the healthcare team, identifying those the R.N. is prepared to perform and those that can be delegated.

NURS 2111 - Medical Surgical Nursing II

• Students will be able to apply evidence-based clinical reasoning to the care of adult patients with health alterations.
• Students will be able to demonstrate safety principles in the performance of nursing skills.
• Students will be able to utilize technology for patient care.
• Students will be able to explain the impact of psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, and individual physiological differences on adult patients with health alterations.
• Students will be able to apply the nursing process to adult patients with health alterations.
• Students will be able to apply knowledge and resources necessary to teach adult patients and/or caregiver(s) about pertinent health issues.
• Students will be able to demonstrate effective communication with patients, caregiver(s), members of the community, and members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Students will be able to demonstrate professional behavior in the classroom, lab, and clinical area.
• Students will be able to demonstrate the nurse’s legal, ethical, and professional standards of care with regards to adult health nursing concepts and skills.

NURS 2120 - Maternal and Newborn Nursing

• Apply and perform nursing principles of practice and nursing process to promote health and wellness by providing care, comfort, and assistance in activities of daily living specifically to fetal, newborn, and maternal development.
• Apply and perform nursing principles of practice and nursing process to provide safe and effective care related to the administration of medications when caring for the maternal and newborn client.
• Apply and perform nursing principles of practice and nursing process to reduce client risk potential and manage physical and emotional health alterations for the childbearing client.
• Apply critical thinking to discuss needs/problems related to safety and infection control for the childbearing client and newborn.
• Apply knowledge and critical thinking to reduce the likelihood that clients will develop complications or health problems related to existing conditions, treatments or procedures, and to perform and document system specific assessments.
• Apply nursing principles of practice and nursing process to provide nursing care that promotes and supports the emotional, mental and social well-being of the client and family/significant others experiencing stressful events during childbearing.
• Apply practices and principles of nursing care to provide direct care of the client and family/significant others that incorporates the knowledge of expected growth and development principles.
• Apply procedures specifically designed to prevent error, injury, infections and security risks related to the childbearing client and newborn with particular actions regarding security plans.
• Assess the physiological, psychosocial, cultural, and environmental factors that influence collaboration with the health care Team, delegation of duties to delineate responsibility, establish priorities for care delivery and health management.
• Implement strategies to prevent maternal and/or infant morbidity and mortality.
• Incorporate therapeutic communication techniques to support the childbearing client who may need guidance regarding her adaptation to pregnancy and postpartum care.
• Relate and interpret steps of the nursing process to facilitate the management of safe and effective health care for the childbearing client and newborn, incorporating standards of nursing practice, legal and ethical issues, and appropriate resources.
• Relate maternal and newborn health education to the childbearing client and newborn, particularly information about expected body image changes, antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care for the childbearing client.
• Utilize critical thinking and knowledge to evaluate, plan and optimize wellness for the childbearing client with various family structures and dynamics.
• Utilize critical thinking to identify and discuss the health needs of the childbearing client and newborn, specifically prenatal care, maternal, and fetal well-being and diagnostic measurements.
• Verbalize knowledge and critical thinking to build skills for managing and providing care for the childbearing client and newborn conditions including unexpected response to therapies.

NURS 2121 - Maternal-Newborn Nursing

• Students will be able to apply evidence-based clinical reasoning to the care of the newborn and/or maternal patient.
• Students will be able to demonstrate safety principles in the performance of nursing skills.
• Students will be able to utilize technology for patient care.
• Students will be able to explain the impact of psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, and individual physiological differences on the newborn and/or maternal patient.
• Students will be able to apply the nursing process to the newborn and/or maternal patient.
• Students will be able to apply knowledge and resources necessary to teach the maternal patient and/or caregiver(s) about maternal-newborn related topics.
• Students will be able to demonstrate effective communication with patients, caregiver(s), members of the community, and members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Students will be able to demonstrate professional behavior in the classroom, lab, and clinical area.
• Students will be able to demonstrate the nurse’s legal, ethical, and professional standards of care with regards to maternal-newborn nursing concepts and skills.

NURS 2130 - Child and Adolescent Nursing

• Act appropriately in the event of a medical emergency for the pediatric client and families.
• Apply and perform nursing principles of practice and nursing process to promote physical health and wellness by providing care and comfort for the pediatric client.
• Apply and perform nursing principles of safe and effective practice and nursing process to assess, evaluate, and utilize critical thinking for wellness promotion, disease prevention, and client education with special focus on pediatric population.
• Apply and practice techniques of health interview, significant history, developmental screening, and physical assessment for pediatric clients.
• Apply learned practices and principles of nursing care to apply and provide direct care of the client and family/significant others that incorporates the knowledge of expected growth and development principles.
• Apply nursing principles and practice to the safe delivery of medications to the pediatric client implementing accurate dosage calculations, delivery methods, dosages, and procedures.
• Relate and interpret steps of the nursing process to facilitate the management of safe and effective care for the pediatric client.
• Utilize knowledge and critical thinking to apply learned skills to reduce the likelihood that clients will develop complications or health problems related to existing conditions, treatments, or procedures.
• Utilize knowledge and critical thinking to build skills for managing and providing care for pediatric clients with acute, chronic, or life-threatening physical health conditions including unexpected response to therapies.

NURS 2131 - Pediatric Nursing

• Students will be able to apply evidence-based clinical reasoning to the care of the pediatric patient and/or their caregiver(s).
• Students will be able to demonstrate safety principles in the performance of nursing skills.
• Students will be able to utilize technology for patient care.
• Students will be able to explain the impact of psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, and individual physiological differences on pediatric patients and/or their caregiver(s).
• Students will be able to apply the nursing process to the pediatric patient and/or their caregiver(s).
• Students will be able to apply knowledge and resources necessary to teach the pediatric patient and/or their caregiver(s) about pediatric healthcare related topics.
• Students will be able to demonstrate effective communication with patients, caregiver(s), members of the community, and members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Students will be able to demonstrate professional behavior in the classroom, lab, and clinical area.
• Students will be able to demonstrate the nurse’s legal, ethical, and professional standards of care with regards to pediatric nursing concepts and skills.

NURS 2210 - Adult Health III: ADN

• Student will be able to collaborate with clients, families, and members of the healthcare team when providing client care.
• Student will be able to identify significant information related to topics for this course that may indicate a problem or the need for health care.
• Student will be able to student will be able to determine content of the nursing process to facilitate the management of safe and effective care for the client with a problem relating to these systems.
• Student will be able to recognize tasks/assignments specific to the members of the healthcare team, identifying those the R.N. is prepared to perform and those that can be delegated to others.
• Student will be able to relate and interpret steps of the nursing process to facilitate the management of safe and effective care for the clients with problems covered in the content for this course.
• Student will be able to identify sensory/perceptual deficits of the adult client in an acute care setting that may impede client safety.
• Student will be able to identify and practice infection control for all clients in all settings.
• Student will be able to recognize appropriate nursing care for the client with a problem related to the topics for this course.
• Student will be able to determine age specific risk factors/behaviors that influence accidents throughout the lifespan of the adult client.
• Student will be able to utilize appropriate precautions when caring for the immune-compromised client.
• Student will be able to identify risk factors for disease and illness.
• Student will be able to recognize actions and lifestyle choices to maintain health and prevent disease.
• Student will be able to consider self care needs when developing or revising a plan of care.
• Student will be able to recognize client need to discuss sensitive issues relating to sexuality, such as the client with a spinal cord injury.
• Student will be able to recite the effect of expected body image changes associated with topics for this course.
• Student will be able to apply nursing principles of practice and nursing process to provide nursing care that promotes and supports the emotional and social well-being of the client and family experiencing an acute or chronic illness.
• Student will be able to assess clients response to illness.
• Student will be able to recognize the need for psychosocial support required by clients and family to cope effectively with life changes, such as role transition, family dynamics and actual or perceived loss.
• Student will be able to identify nursing interventions that meet the cultural and spiritual needs of the client.
• Student will be able to identify signs and symptoms of impaired cognition.
• Student will be able to determine family/caregiver needs for the client with acute or chronic processes for the topics for this course.
• Student will be able to evaluate altered communication and nursing interventions that can promote successful communication adaptation.
• Student will be able to understand pathophysiology that determines abnormal symptoms and/or patient outcomes associated with the topics for this course.
• Student will be able to identify steps of the nursing process and collaborative care for the client experiencing increased intracranial pressure.
• Student will be able to identify care of the client experiencing or who has experienced a seizure.
• Student will be able to discuss provision of care for clients in the administration of medications and parenteral therapies, relating to topics for this course.
• Student will be able to use critical thinking when addressing actions of prescribed pharmacology agents on clients.
• Student will be able to relate knowledge and critical thinking to discuss and reduce the likelihood that clients will develop complications or health problems related to existing conditions, treatments or procedures.
• Student will be able to describe the use of specific orthopedic devices, such as traction, splints, braces, and casts.
• Student will be able to compare and contrast the use of heat and cold therapy for the treatment of musculoskeletal problems.
• Student will be able to verbalize knowledge and critical thinking of case management concepts to provide care for clients with acute, chronic or life-threatening physical conditions including unexpected response to therapies.
• Student will be able to recognize nursing interventions to prevent potential neurologic complications.
• Student will be able to perform and document system specific assessments crucial to basic care and comfort of the medical-surgical client.

NURS 2211 - Medical-Surgical Nursing III

• Students will be able to apply evidence-based clinical reasoning to the care of patients with health alterations.
• Students will be able to demonstrate safety principles in the performance of nursing skills.
• Students will be able to utilize technology for patient care.
• Students will be able to explain the impact of psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, and individual physiological differences on patients with health alterations.
• Students will be able to apply the nursing process to patients with health alterations.
• Students will be able to apply knowledge and resources necessary to teach patients and/or caregiver(s) about pertinent health issues.
• Students will be able to demonstrate effective communication with patients, caregiver(s), members of the community, and members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Students will be able to demonstrate professional behavior in the classroom, lab, and clinical area.
• Students will be able to demonstrate the nurse’s legal, ethical, and professional standards of care.

NURS 2220 - Integrated Nursing Practice

• Analyze and appropriately apply laws and rules governing nursing in practice setting.
• Apply and practice nursing principles of practice and nursing process to provide nursing care that promotes and supports the emotional, mental and social well-being of the client and family/significant others experiencing stressful events.
• Apply and perform nursing principles of safe and effective practice and nursing process to assess, evaluate, and utilize critical thinking analysis for wellness promotion, disease prevention, and client education with special focus on populations.
• Compare and contrast the scope of practice and responsibilities of nurses in a variety of settings.
• Demonstrate safe and accurate technical skills in both the clinical setting and simulation.
• Design therapeutic interventions, which are supported by appropriate current trends and evidence based practice.
• Discuss and apply professional standards for error and injury prevention for the client of any age.
• Discuss the role of health promotion programs, and community health screenings to promote strategies for clients of any age.
• Evaluate effectiveness of critical thinking based upon problem resolution within a timely manner.
• Evaluate professional behaviors in self and others.
• Evaluate the appropriateness and accuracy of medication order.
• Explore options for employment and professional development and prepare for the RN employment search.
• Integrate ethical, legal, and economic concepts essential to professional nursing practice and the delivery of care in diverse clinical settings.
• Investigate management/leadership skills expected of a registered nurse.
• Manage care for a group of clients.
• Perform advanced nursing skills with minimal supervision.
• Relate and interpret steps of the nursing process to facilitate the management and implementation of safe and effective care for the client of any age.
• Utilize critical thinking and knowledge to evaluate, plan and optimize wellness for the client of all ages and diverse cultures.
• Utilize critical thinking and knowledge to evaluate, plan and optimize wellness for the client of all ages and various family structures and dynamics.
• Utilize knowledge and assessment skills to evaluate the client’s needs for disease prevention through critical thinking and wellness strategies including prevention strategies and health maintenance visits for the client of any age.
• Utilize knowledge and critical thinking to apply learned skills to reduce the likelihood that clients will develop complications or health problems related to existing conditions, treatments, or procedures.

NURS 2221 - Integrated Nursing Practice

• Student will be able to integrate evidence-based clinical reasoning to the care of patients and groups of patients with health alterations.
• Student will be able to demonstrate safety principles in the performance of nursing skills.
• Student will be able to utilize technology for patient care.
• Student will be able to appraise the impact of psychosocial, spiritual, cultural, and individual physiological differences on adult patients with health alterations.
• Student will be able to apply the nursing process to manage patients and groups of patients with health alterations.
• Student will be able to apply knowledge and resources necessary to teach patients and/or caregiver(s) about pertinent health issues.
• Student will be able to demonstrate effective communication with patients, caregiver(s), members of the community, and members of the multidisciplinary healthcare team.
• Student will be able to demonstrate professional behavior in the classroom, lab, and clinical area.
• Student will be able to demonstrate the nurse’s legal, ethical, and professional standards of care with regards to leadership, delegation, and management of patients and groups of patients.
• Student will be able to demonstrate knowledge of legal requirements of transition to practice as a registered nurse including obtaining registered nurse licensure and completion of resume for employment.
• Student will be able to apply the principles of disaster response to a group of patients.

NURS 2900 - Special Topics in Nursing

• Students will increase their knowledge in Nursing.

NURS 2901 - Assessment of the Adult Client

• Identify normal from abnormal findings.
• Obtain a complete health history.
• Perform a complete head to toe assessment.
• Properly document history and assessment findings.

NURS 2906 - Studies in Cardiac Emergencies

• Demonstrate safely providing care for client scenarios including alterations in oxygenation, perfusion, and ventilation.
• Demonstrate the ability to adjust priorities for nursing interventions as the client’s situation changes.
• Directs nursing care that promotes achievement of physiological integrity of oxygenation, perfusion, and ventilation.
• Recognize need to foster a caring relationship when an acute alteration in oxygenation, perfusion, or ventilation occurs.
• Recognizes the need to seek assistance when the situation encountered is beyond the nurse’s knowledge and experience.

NRSE 1111 - Clinical Judgment I

• Students will be able to define and identify social determinants of health.
• Students will be able to recognize the impact of their own values and beliefs on clinical practice decisions.
• Students will be able to describe legal and professional expectations of registered nursing practice.
• Students will be able to describe the history of the profession of nursing.
• Students will be able to utilize the basics of written and verbal communication and healthcare terminology.
• Students will be able to define cultural competency and its relationship to healthcare delivery.
• Students will be able to describe common ethical theories, concepts, and terminology and apply them in healthcare scenarios.
• Students will be able to identify and evaluate current issues that present ethical and legal dilemmas in healthcare.

NRSE 2111 - Clinical Judgment II

• Students will be able to analyze health education materials using health literacy guidelines.
• Students will be able to apply components of the nursing process to selected case studies.
• Students will be able to discuss the nursing process and the Ohio Nurse Practice Act.
• Students will be able to identify national health goals for the United States population.
• Students will be able to identify the components of the nursing process with examples and practice.
• Students will be able to illustrate cultural variables and their impact on health literacy and health goals.

NRSE 2121 - Pathophysiology

• Students will be able to describe epidemiology, etiology, pathophysiology, clinical, and laboratory manifestations of specific disease processes.
• Students will be able to discuss factors that affect specific physiological conditions along the health and illness continuum.
• Students will be able to identify the role heredity and genetics play in specific disease processes.
• Students will be able to use concepts introduced in class to analyze case situations.

NRSE 2211 - Clinical Judgment III

• Students will be able to apply the nursing process to selected case studies
• Students will be able to compare and contrast the nursing process and the research process
• Students will be able to discuss planning of nursing care based on professional nomenclature
• Students will be able to explain the usefulness of standard nomenclature/language

NRSE 2220 - Foundations of Nursing Practice

NRSE 2221 - Foundations of Nursing Practice

• Students will be able to demonstrate competency in basic nursing skills for adults and older adults.
• Students will be able to apply the medical and nursing terminology needed in professional communication.
• Students will be able to discuss the delivery of basic nursing skills in a variety of health care settings.
• Students will be able to discuss the relationship between competence and caring.
• Students will be able to explain the underlying principles of specified skills.
• Students will be able to apply ethical analysis frameworks to clinical situations.
• Students will be able to apply cultural competence as it relates to health care delivery.

NRSE 2231 - Health Assessment

• Students will be able to describe appropriate assessment and interviewing techniques to gather information in the lab setting.
• Students will be able to describe the role of the nurse in using the comprehensive health assessment.
• Students will be able to identify common variations in assessment data for pediatric and geriatric clients.
• Students will be able to identify interventions appropriate to promoting health and quality of life across the lifespan in various health care settings.
• Students will be able to identify interview and assessment techniques used to collect and organize client information and build a data base on which to build nursing care decisions.
• Students will be able to identify physical, psychological, and sociocultural considerations that influence alterations in health and physical assessment data across the lifespan.
• Students will be able to use critical thinking skills to relate selected data to common normal variances and pathologies in adult clients.

NRSE 2241 - Pharmacology in Nursing

• Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of the major drug classifications in terms of their mechanism of action, therapeutic use, adverse effects and nursing implications
• Students will be able to develop an understanding of the role research plays in pharmacology and drug therapy
• Students will be able to discuss the benefits and risks of alternative and over-the-counter (OTC) drug therapy
• Students will be able to discuss the concepts and principles related to pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacotherapeutics
• Students will be able to discuss the role and professional responsibilities of the nurse in relation to drug therapy
• Students will be able to explain the legal, ethical, and interdisciplinary implications for the nurse in the administration of drug therapy
• Students will be able to explain the relevant influencing factors that impact drug therapy
• Students will be able to utilize critical thinking and decision-making in the safe implementation of drug therapy

NRSE 2420 - One Health: Intersection of People, Animals and the Environment

• Students will be able to apply One Health concepts to today’s global health challenges.
• Students will be able to explain a One Health interprofessional approach at the local, national, and global levels.
• Students will be able to assess how One Health’s interprofessional approach can assist communities in attaining optimal health for people, animals and the environment.
• Students will be able to explain how and why interprofessional practice is important in providing a holistic approach to healthcare.
• Students will be able to analyze professional roles and responsibilities of One Health team members.

NRSE 2900 - Special Topics in Nursing

• Students will increase their knowledge in Nursing.

NRSE 3111 - Clinical Judgment IV

• Students will be able to analyze how each of the specified professional nursing organizations influences the quality of health care delivered.
• Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of interdisciplinary health care teams utilizing principles of communication and collaboration.
• Students will be able to apply cultural competence as it relates to the interdisciplinary healthcare team.

NRSE 3120 - Professional Topics: Ethics, Diversity, and Gerontology

• Apply ethical analysis frameworks to clinical situations.
• Define cultural competence and its relationship to health care delivery.
• Demonstrate ability to locate resources related to diversity and health disparity and use to improve clinical practice.
• Develop professional attitudes, values and expectations about physical and mental aging and the relation to providing nursing care.
• Distinguish between signs and symptoms of normal aging and those that indicate a potential disease process.
• Examine the influence of race, gender, culture, religion, law, and economics on ethical concerns in practice.
• Identify ethical concerns in nursing and health care.
• Recognize and analyze one’s own attitudes, values, and beliefs that impact delivery of care.
• Use valid and reliable assessment tools to guide nursing care for older adults.

NRSE 3131 - Nursing Care of Adults I

• Students will be able to coordinate care of specified clients with other members of the health care team.
• Students will be able to identify learning needs of the client and incorporate learning needs into plans of care.
• Students will be able to identify, communicate, apply, and translate evidence from current literature to support rationale for care.
• Students will be able to interpret physical assessment data and lab values related to client situation.
• Students will be able to prioritize nursing diagnoses accurately and provide rationale for selection.
• Students will be able to relate disease, etiology, physiology, pathophysiology, diagnostic assessment, and treatment options to the care of individuals experiencing the health concerns addressed.
• Students will be able to identify realistic outcome criteria and evaluate in specific measurable terms based on nursing diagnosis and client’s health needs and goals.
• Students will be able to apply ethical analysis frameworks and cultural competence and its relationship to health care delivery and electronic transmission, storage, and management of health care information.
• Students will be able to distinguish between signs and symptoms of normal aging and those that indicate a potential disease process.
• Students will be able to discuss the use of information systems for the storage and retrieval of data for individual clients and populations.

NRSE 3141 - Mental Health Nursing

• Students will be able to apply cultural competence and its relationship to health care delivery
• Students will be able to apply related legal, ethical, and community standards in the provision of psychiatric-mental health care for individuals, families, and groups
• Students will be able to assess, implement and evaluate psychiatric-mental health nursing care in accordance with data from the situation
• Students will be able to explain the influence of biochemical, genetic, environmental and biopsychosocial variables in the development of psychiatric-mental health disorders
• Students will be able to facilitate collaboration among individuals, families, health care providers, and support groups in establishing priorities for the provision of cost effective psychiatric-mental health care
• Students will be able to integrate therapeutic communication techniques and effective interpersonal skills in the provision of psychiatric-mental health care for individuals, families, and groups across settings
• Students will be able to apply analytical, logical reasoning for clinical judgment and nursing decision making
• Students will be able to provide safe and effective care for clients with mental health problems including monitoring for side effects of medication and client teaching paramount to safe medication therapy

NRSE 3211 - Clinical Judgment V

• Students will be able to discuss principles of ethics, safety and quality improvement in client care using evidence-based practice.
• Students will be able to outline a plan of care in a high-stress mental health clinical situation with diverse populations.
• Students will be able to utilize validated assessment tools to guide nursing care for older adults.

NRSE 3231 - Nursing Care of Adults II

• Students will be able to collaborate with other health care team members in planning, implementing, and evaluating care delivered.
• Students will be able to utilize the nursing process to develop and evaluate effectiveness and appropriateness of nursing interventions.
• Students will be able to integrate information from various assessments to determine client needs.
• Students will be able to provide safe, effective, client-centered care that is consistent with the expected level of knowledge and skills, while promoting the health of individuals, families, and populations as appropriate.
• Students will be able to identify ethical concerns in nursing and health care.
• Students will be able to utilize validated assessment tools to guide nursing care for adults and older adults.
• Students will be able to analyze the use of information systems for the storage and retrieval of data for individual clients and populations.
• Students will be able to distinguish between signs and symptoms of normal aging and those that indicate a potential disease process.

NRSE 3251 - Evidence-Based Nursing Practice

• Students will be able to ask practice-based questions and seek and apply evidence
• Students will be able to discuss the limitations of evidenced-based practice (EBP) including ethical/legal issues
• Students will be able to discuss the types of evidence available to a clinician
• Students will be able to evaluate evidence-based data for use in providing comprehensive and cost-effective care to diverse populations
• Students will be able to identify applicable nursing theory and the relationship to evidence based practice
• Students will be able to apply cultural competence and its relationship to evidence based practice
• Students will be able to apply critical appraisal techniques to selected evidence

NRSE 3251A - Honors Experience: Evidence-Based Nursing Practice

NRSE 3510 - Ethical Reasoning in the Health Professions

• Students will be able to describe common ethical theories, perspectives, concepts, and terminology.
• Students will be able to recognize their own ethical core beliefs and understand how personal beliefs may influence clinical practice decisions.
• Students will be able to identify and evaluate current issues that present ethical and moral dilemmas in healthcare.
• Students will be able to use basic ethical reasoning to apply ethical concepts and theories to decision-making situations.
• Students will be able to describe and analyze positions on ethical issues in healthcare.

NRSE 3520 - Oral Communication in the Healthcare Professions

• Students will be able to demonstrate active and passive verbal communication skills that are appropriate for health care professionals.
• Students will be able to use unbiased vocabulary, terminology, and sentence structure appropriate to the social determinants of health and healthcare professionals.
• Students will be able to use posture, gestures, eye contact, and voice to enhance the effectiveness of a presentation and a patient/resident interaction.
• Students will be able to listen to conversations and provide credible, relevant, and convincing information that establishes credibility.
• Students will be able to articulate a precise, compelling, and memorable purpose or main point of a presentation.

NRSE 3530 - Cultural Diversity and Health Disparity: Diversity and practice

• Students will be able to describe their own race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion, physical ability, and/or social class.
• Students will be able to recognize their own potential for bias and stereotyping in order to identify their attitudes, biases, and stereotypes affect clinical encounters, clinical decision making and quality of care.
• Students will be able to analyze how culture supports and challenges health beliefs, practices, and behaviors.
• Students will be able to assess the influence of values and beliefs on individual health practices and behaviors.
• Students will be able to describe and explain how health inequities affect health outcomes of the individual, family, and population.
• Student will be able to advocate for hopeful solutions that draw public and policy maker attention to innovative and community-based initiatives for health equity.

NRSE 3540 - Poverty and Food Insecurity: A Learning and Doing Course for Health Professionals

• Students will be able to describe the general pathways through which social, political, economic, and community factors influence food insecurity.
• Students will be able to explain how structural barriers impact social determinants of health and why they can be difficult to target with interventions.
• Students will be able to describe connections between poverty and food insecurity and explain how these contribute to health disparities.
• Students will be able to utilize population health tools to assess the food environment in a given community.
• Students will be able to utilize population level data to compare social and health conditions in a given community.
• Students will be able to ethically and professionally engage in a service-learning activity related to food insecurity.
• Student will be able to use critical self-reflection journals to evaluate their own feelings regarding food insecurity and poverty.

NRSE 3700J - Writing for Nursing and Health Care Professions

• Students will be able to demonstrate clear and effective communication through memos and short papers that are typical for professional nursing practice.
• Students will be able to communication styles appropriate for interaction with various audiences who deal with nursing and/or health care issues.
• Students will be able to discuss knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for written communication in nursing and health care practice.

NRSE 4110 - Clinical Judgment VI

• Analyze and discuss the use of information systems for the storage and retrieval of data for individual clients and populations.
• Compare and contrast current laws and ethical standards regarding the electronic transmission, storage, and management of health care information.
• Critique the benefits and concerns associated with the electronic health record.
• Discuss the impact of electronic information technology on professional nursing practice.
• Summarize the links between information management and evidence-based practice.

NRSE 4121 - Management and Leadership in Nursing

• Students will be able to apply leadership concepts, cultural competencies, skills and decision-making in providing quality health care.
• Students will be able to compare and contrast methods of human resource management, the electronic health record, healthcare finance and conflict resolution.
• Students will be able to explain methods of evaluating and improving quality and safety within health care organizations based on data from care processes using information management and evidence based practice.
• Students will be able to describe the impact of organizational culture on the health care delivered.
• Students will be able to apply delegation and prioritization principles to health care delivered.
• Students will be able to describe the relationship between information management and evidence-based practice.

NRSE 4141 - Nursing Care of Children and Families

• Students will be able to analyze the impact of the child’s/woman’s alteration in health on the family structure and/or functioning
• Students will be able to analyze the influence of the family and cultural practices on the child’s/woman’s health and health care expectations
• Students will be able to apply the concepts of direct and indirect care to the role of the nurse working with women, children and their families
• Students will be able to discuss implications of violence and physical abuse on women, children, and their families
• Students will be able to evaluate outcomes of nursing interventions utilized and plan future interventions accordingly
• Students will be able to explain underlying principles and appropriate interventions for uncomplicated and complicated reproductive situations
• Students will be able to identify developmental needs challenged by specific alterations in health for women and children
• Students will be able to provide appropriate nursing care for the child or woman based on an integration of the basic principles from earlier courses
• Students will be able to apply ethical analysis frameworks to clinical situations

NRSE 4151 - Nursing Care of Populations: Family and Community

• Students will be able to apply cultural competence and its relationship to health care delivery.
• Students will be able to analyze specified theories relevant to the study of the family system.
• Students will be able to apply knowledge of community organization and planning to address primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention involving family/community/population health problems.
• Students will be able to differentiate among various conceptual models of community and public health nursing as defined by specified organizations.
• Students will be able to discuss ways nurses can affect the health policies of their communities and nation through political activity.
• Students will be able to identify the historical context of the nurse in the community and with families.
• Students will be able to utilize epidemiological methods to describe the state of health of a population within a community.
• Students will be able to apply ethical analysis frameworks to clinical situations.

NRSE 4211 - Clinical Judgment VI

• Students will be able to create a portfolio of learning experiences throughout the nursing program.
• Students will be able to design a case study based on care delivered to a client utilizing relevant nursing knowledge and principles.
• Students will be able to manage the discussion of the case study during the presentation.
• Students will be able to present the case study to a group of peers.

NRSE 4211A - Honors Experience: Clinical Judgement VI

NRSE 4401 - Professional Practice in Nursing

• Students will be able to apply the nursing process using evidence-based data in the delivery of competent, culturally sensitive, and developmentally appropriate care
• Students will be able to assume accountability and responsibility for the quality of nursing care, upholding legal, ethical, and professional standards of care
• Students will be able to collaborate effectively with individuals and healthcare team members and maintain collegial professional relationships
• Students will be able to demonstrate an ability to reflect on interpersonal and interactional processes with individuals, families, and groups, and critically analyze own role
• Students will be able to demonstrate clinical judgment and accountability for patient outcomes when delegating and supervising other healthcare team members
• Students will be able to evaluate the outcomes of therapeutic nursing interventions and plan further interventions accordingly
• Students will be able to provide comprehensive nursing care for a patient population in an acute care setting in collaboration with and under the supervision of a preceptor
• Students will be able to use analytical, logical reasoning for clinical judgment and nursing decision making

NRSE 4510 - Professional Nursing Practice

• Students will be able to describe the progression of the RN to BSN program.
• Students will be able to demonstrate knowledge and use of the learning management system and university resources.
• Students will be able to describe the impact of historical events, progression, and social determinants of health (SDOH) on professional nursing practice.
• Students will be able to demonstrate collaborative skills required for culturally competent and inclusive nursing practice.
• Students will be able to apply legal and professional expectations of registered nursing practice.
• Students will be able to demonstrate active and passive verbal communication skills required for culturally competent and inclusive nursing practice.
• Students will be able to use unbiased vocabulary, terminology, and sentence structure appropriate to the social determinants of health and healthcare professionals.
• Students will be able to use posture, gestures, eye contact, and voice to enhance the effectiveness of a presentation and a patient/resident interaction.
• Students will be able to listen to conversations and provide credible, relevant, and convincing information that establishes credibility.
• Students will be able to articulate a precise, compelling, and memorable purpose or main point of a presentation.
• Students will be able to describe and explain how personal ethical core beliefs influence clinical practice decisions.
• Students will be able to apply foundational ethical principles, concepts, and ethical reasoning to analyze, orally communicate, and successfully defend a position on a current ethical or moral dilemma in healthcare.

NRSE 4520 - Health Assessment and Promotion

• Analyze data from provided client histories and physical assessments, formulate valid inferences, and write clear, clinically relevant narrative summaries.
• Apply information and communication technologies in preventive care.
• Compare and contrast health promotion, health, wellness, illness, disease, levels of prevention, and treatment.
• Conduct comprehensive and focused physical, behavioral, psychological, spiritual, socioeconomic, and environmental assessments of health and illness parameters, using developmentally and culturally appropriate approaches.
• Develop appropriate nursing intervention strategies.
• Integrate evidence, clinical judgment, interprofessional perspectives, and patient preferences in planning, implementing, and evaluating outcomes of care.
• Match learning needs of clients with appropriate learning outcomes, teaching strategies, and instructional tools.
• Participate in clinical prevention and population-focused interventions with attention to effectiveness, efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and equity.
• Utilize evidence-based practices to guide health teaching, counseling, screening, outreach, referral, and follow-up throughout the lifespan.

NRSE 4530 - Family Nursing

• Apply health appraisal skills while working with families.
• Conduct a family health assessment.
• Develop a family wellness plan.
• Discuss family spiritual beliefs and values and how those beliefs and values impact health care relationship.
• Discuss research and evidence for practice related to family and family health topics.
• Facilitate patient-centered/family-centered transitions of care, including discharge planning, to ensure the caregiver’s ability to promote safe care.
• Recognize the relationship of genetics and genomics to health, prevention, screening, diagnostics, prognostics, selection, and monitoring of treatment, using a constructed pedigree.

NRSE 4540 - Community Health Nursing

• Analyze evaluation results to influence the delivery of care, deployment of resources, and input into the development of policies to promote health and prevent disease.
• Apply Healthy People goals and objectives to population-based problems.
• Assess health/illness beliefs, values, attitudes, and practices of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations.
• Assess protective and predictive factors, including genetics, which influence the health of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations.
• Assess the health, healthcare, and emergency preparedness needs of a defined population.
• Conduct a health history, including environmental exposure and a family history that recognizes genetic risks, to identify current and future health problems.
• Examine evidence-based practices to guide health teaching, health counseling, screening, outreach, disease and outbreak investigation, referral, and followup throughout the lifespan.
• Explore collaboration with other healthcare professionals and patients to provide spiritually and culturally appropriate health promotion, and disease and injury prevention interventions.
• Explore methods nurses can employ to affect political action on the health policies of their communities and nation.
• Explore use of information and communication technologies in preventive care.
• Utilize epidemiological methods to describe the state of a specific health problem of a community population.

NRSE 4541 - Public Health Nursing Clinical

• Students will be able to demonstrate application of public health nursing concepts in the clinical setting.

NRSE 4550 - Evidence-Based Nursing Practice

• Demonstrate an understanding of the basic elements of the research process and models for applying evidence to clinical practice.
• Describe mechanisms to resolve identified practice discrepancies between identified standards and practice that may adversely impact patient outcomes.
• Evaluate the credibility of sources of information, including but not limited to databases and Internet resources.
• Examine the process for how nursing and related healthcare quality and safety measures are developed, validated, and endorsed.
• Identify interrelationships among theory, practice, research and evidence for practice.
• Integrate evidence, clinical judgment, interprofessional perspectives, and patient preferences in planning, implementing, and evaluating outcomes of care.

NRSE 4560 - Gerontologic Nursing Care

• Apply comprehensive and focused physical, behavioral, psychological, spiritual, socioeconomic, and environmental assessments of health and illness parameters in older adults, using developmentally and culturally appropriate approaches.
• Apply outcomes to evaluate the effectiveness of psychobiological interventions for older adults.
• Compare and contrast the major biological, psychological and sociological theories of aging.
• Describe the nursing role of advocacy in relation to legal, health and economic issues of concern to the aged, frail and vulnerable older adult.
• Discuss factors that create a healthy, fulfilling life in later adulthood.
• Discuss nursing care that contributes to safe and high quality patient outcomes within care settings for older adults.
• Examine holistic, patient-centered care that reflects an understanding of development, pathophysiology, pharmacology, medical management, and nursing management across the health-illness continuum, in older adults.
• Explore delivery of compassionate, patient-centered, evidence-based care that respects patient and family preferences for older adults.
• Identify nursing strategies and evidence-based practices that have been used to maintain maximum function and comfort in the older adult with a chronic disease.
• Identify the impact of culture and family values in providing quality end-of-life care for older adults.

NRSE 4570 - Diversity

• Students will be able to describe techniques to enhance transcultural communication between health care providers.
• Students will be able to advocate for high quality and safe patient care when caring for culturally diverse patients/clients.
• Students will be able to effectively describe how to prioritize actions within the nursing process and implementation of culturally appropriate plans of care.
• Students will be able to put into practice the fundamental principles that influence transcultural interaction and communication.
• Students will be able to demonstrate communication skills necessary for establishing a therapeutic relationship with culturally diverse patients/clients.
• Students will be able to recognize their own potential for bias and stereotyping in order to identify their attitudes, biases, and stereotypes affect clinical encounters, clinical decision making and quality of care.
• Students will be able to analyze how culture supports and challenges health beliefs, practices, and behaviors.
• Students will be able to assess the influence of values and beliefs on individual health practices and behaviors.
• Students will be able to describe and explain how health inequities affect health outcomes of the individual, family, and population.
• Students will be able to interpret intercultural experience from their own and others’ worldview and to act in a supportive manner that recognizes the feelings of another cultural group.
• Students will be able to ask complex questions of other cultures and to articulate answers to these questions that reflect multiple cultural perspectives.
• Students will be able to initiate and develop interactions with culturally different others while suspending judgment in valuing his / her interactions with culturally different others.

NRSE 4580 - Leadership in Nursing

• Apply concepts of quality and safety using structure, process, and outcome measures to identify clinical questions and describe the process of changing current practice.
• Apply leadership concepts, skills, and decision making in the provision of high quality nursing care, healthcare team coordination, and the oversight and accountability for care delivery.
• Examine leadership and communication skills used to effectively implement patient safety and quality improvement initiatives within the context of the interprofessional team.
• Examine the professional nursing role of change agent in a health care setting.
• Explore budgeting basics in health care.
• Identify an awareness of complex organizational systems and utilize a basic understanding of organizational structure, mission, vision, philosophy, and values.
• Identify factors that create a culture of safety and caring.
• Utilize principles of quality improvement, healthcare policy, and cost-effectiveness for microsystem and/or system wide practice improvements.

NRSE 4600 - Nursing Excellence

• Students will be able to use their knowledge of healthcare policy, finance, and regulatory environments, including local, state, national, and global healthcare trends to reach and communicate a statement of considered position.
• Students will be able to distinguish excellence as defined by nursing organizations and position statements.
• Students will be able to describe examples of legislative and regulatory processes relevant to the provision of healthcare and use that knowledge in formulating a plan for action in an experiential setting.
• Students will be able to describe examples of the roles and responsibilities of the regulatory agencies and logically communicate their effect on patient care quality, workplace safety, and the scope of nursing practice.
• Students will be able to reflect on advocacy for consumers and its relationship to the nursing profession by identifying and articulating knowledge, values, and attitudes developed throughout an experiential learning experience.
• Students will be able to analyze the ways in which multiple factors such as employment, environmental factors, values, diversity, economics, and ethics affect accessibility, affordability, and accountability in healthcare services.
• Students will be able to demonstrate real-life engagement with patients/stakeholders to impact patient outcomes.

NRSE 4601 - Nursing Excellence

• Students will be able to use their knowledge of healthcare policy, finance, and regulatory environments, including local, state, national, and global healthcare trends to reach and communicate a statement of considered position.
• Students will be able to distinguish excellence as defined by nursing organizations and position statements.
• Students will be able to describe examples of legislative and regulatory processes relevant to the provision of healthcare and use that knowledge in formulating a plan for action in an experiential setting.
• Students will be able to describe examples of the roles and responsibilities of the regulatory agencies and logically communicate their effect on patient care quality, workplace safety, and the scope of nursing practice.
• Students will be able to reflect on advocacy for consumers and its relationship to the nursing profession by identifying and articulating knowledge, values, and attitudes developed throughout an experiential learning experience.
• Students will be able to analyze the ways in which multiple factors such as employment, environmental factors, values, diversity, economics, and ethics affect accessibility, affordability, and accountability in healthcare services.
• Students will be able to demonstrate real-life engagement with patients/stakeholders to impact patient outcomes.

NRSE 4710 - Introduction to School Nursing

• Analyze specific tasks of the school nurse as related to the professional standards of nursing care.
• Analyze the health care and health promotion needs of specified groups within the school age population.
• Analyze the role of the school nurse in each of the eight components of a comprehensive school health program.
• Describe the evolution of school nursing in the United States.

NRSE 4740 - School Nurse Capstone

• The students will be able to collaborate with other members of the school team to provide evidence based practice health strategies for childhood health as a school nurse.
• The students will be able to demonstrate transitioning to the role of the school nurse utilizing the national scope and standards of school nursing as a framework.
• The students will be able to coordinate school based developmentally appropriate health-related activities to meet the needs of the student and family.
• The students will be able to contribute to school health programming and student needs through innovations in practice and participation in scholarly activities.
• The students will be able to design and evaluate personal learning and behavioral objectives related to the school nurse experience with a preceptor.

NRSE 4741 - Caring for Children with Special Needs in the School Setting

• The student will be able to define the role of the school nurse in providing special education services.
• The student will be able to discuss legal, ethical, economic and cultural concerns related to caring for the child with special needs in the school setting.
• The student will be able to apply special education laws as appropriate to the care of the child with special health needs in the school setting.
• The student will be able to develop individualized health care plans for the child with special cognitive, physical and/or psycho-social needs in the school setting.
• The student will be able to define school and community resources for the child with special needs.

NRSE 4900 - Special Topics in Nursing

• Students will increase their knowledge in Nursing.

NRSE 4901 - Clinical Issues: Human Sexuality

• Complete a systematic review of the literature and evidence for the chosen area of study.
• Develop a plan of care based on the literature for a specific issue related to the registered nurse’s practice.
• Explain the risk factors associated with the chosen area of study.
• Identify the specific issues of human sexuality associated with the chosen population or disease category.

NUTR 1000 - Introduction to Nutrition

• Describe nutrient needs of adults and specific life course groups.
• Describe six essential classes of nutrients and alcohol and their provision in humans.
• Interpret dietary analysis information and formulate recommendations to improve personal eating habits.
• Perform a personal dietary analysis using current information technologies (dietary software).

NUTR 1100 - Introduction to Food Systems

• Describe the components of the food system.
• Describe the role of the food, environment, and lifestyle choices that enhance wellness in diverse individuals and groups.
• Discuss the interaction of the food system with social, political, economic, and natural environments.
• Explain policies and regulations related to food safety on the food system and food and nutrition services.
• Explain the impact of the food system on nutritional well-being.

NUTR 1200 - Science of Cooking

• Students will be able to explain basic heat transfer as it relates to different cooking methods.
• Students will be able to differentiate between taste and flavor.
• Students will be able to describe common physical changes to food that occur during food preparation and cooking.
• Students will be able to recognize chemical changes that occur in food during food preparation and cooking.

NUTR 1500 - Personal Nutrition for Active Individuals

• Describe recommendations and meal planning strategies for pre- and post- activity meals/snacks and for fueling on the road.
• Describe recommendations and related calculations for fluid and electrolyte replacement.
• Distinguish between fact and fiction surrounding common myths of nutrition and ergogenic aids for active individuals.
• Estimate total energy requirements for active individuals.
• Identify sources and requirements of macronutrients and micronutrients for active individuals.

NUTR 1510 - Menu Planning and Preparation for Active Individuals

• Students will be able to build a nutrient dense food plan that meets energy needs and offers variety.
• Students will be able to create comprehensive menus, including breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks, to meet the energy needs of an active individual.
• Students will demonstrate knowledge to implement healthy meal planning strategies for home and on the road.
• Students will be able to accurately interpret body composition and identify key strategies for improvement.

NUTR 2000 - Lifespan Nutrition

NUTR 2100 - Lifespan Nutrition

• The student will be able to assess nutritional status throughout the lifespan applying appropriate anthropometric, dietary, clinical, and biochemical data.
• The student will be able to describe the basic physiological changes that occur across the lifespan.
• The student will be able to determine the reason for specific energy and nutrient needs throughout the lifespan.
• The student will be able to identify resources and services available to meet the nutritional needs throughout the lifespan.
• The student will be able to recognize nutritional needs and causes of common disorders across the lifespan
• The student will be able to apply the principles of lifespan nutrition to practical case studies.

NUTR 2200 - Science of Food I

• Demonstrate how to locate, interpret, evaluate, and use professional literature by producing a literature review on a topic of their choice.
• Demonstrate technical skill in the performance of techniques of food preparation.
• Demonstrate the application of food safety principles.
• Demonstrate understanding of food science principles and concepts as they relate to physical and chemical properties of food macromolecules.
• Demonstrate understanding of important food legislation and the regulatory environment to which food products are subjected.

NUTR 2220 - Science of Food II

• Demonstrate technical skill in the performance of objective and sensory measurements of food.
• Demonstrate technical skill in the performance of techniques of food preparation.
• Demonstrate the application of food safety principles.
• Demonstrate understanding of food science principles and concepts.

NUTR 2250 - Principles of Food Science

• The student will be able to demonstrate understanding of food science principles as they relate to physical and chemical properties of food macromolecules.
• The student will be able to show the relationship between food science principles to food quality and safety in complex food systems.
• The student will exhibit technical skill in techniques of food preparation.
• The student will be able to demonstrate technical skill in objective and sensory food analysis.

NUTR 2900 - Special Topics in Nutrition

• Students will increase their knowledge in Nutrition.

NUTR 2920 - Food Production Practicum

• Students will be able to demonstrate effective communication skills in a large-scale food production setting.
• Students will be able to employ appropriate food safety measures in a large-scale food production setting.
• Students will be able to construct a solution to an issue unique to large-scale food production.

NUTR 2990 - Professional Development in Food and Nutrition Sciences

• Demonstrate use of current information technologies used in the fields of food, nutrition, and applied nutrition.
• Develop a resume.
• Identify and describe the roles of others with whom food, nutrition, and applied nutrition professionals collaborate in the delivery of food and nutrition services.
• State and describe settings where food, nutrition, and applied nutrition professionals carry out services.
• State the components of a professional portfolio.

NUTR 3000 - Nutrient Metabolism

• Students will be able to discuss the integration of energy metabolism and regulation of nutrients.
• Students will be able to explain the biological roles of nutrients and their metabolism, applying basic knowledge of physiology, biochemistry, cell biology and molecular biology.
• Students will be able to locate, interpret, evaluate and communicate scientific information.
• Students will be able to state the regulatory mechanisms that control metabolism in normal and disease states.
• Students will be able to demonstrate understanding, interpret, and utilize the macro-and micronutrient Dietary Reference Intake Standards

NUTR 3100 - Medical Nutrition Therapy I

• The student will be able to demonstrate effective professional oral and written communication and documentation.
• The student will be able to demonstrate understanding and apply principles of the nutrition care process.
• The student will be able to identify nutrition related problems, determine and evaluate nutrition interventions as they relate to obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and renal disease.
• The student will be able to locate and apply evidence based guidelines and protocols in the nutritional management of chronic disease.
• The student will be able to make sound nutritional recommendations which are aligned with patient/client lifestyle, environment, and food based influences.
• The student will be able to describe pharmacologic principles associated with the nutrition care process, as well as the pharmacologic agents used to treat and manage obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and renal disease.
• The student will be able to demonstrate understanding of the genetics associated with obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and renal disease.

NUTR 3230 - Fundamentals of Nutrition for Athletic and Physical Performance

• Demonstrate a basic understanding of key concepts related to hydration for athletic and physical performance.
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of key concepts related to macronutrients (protein, carbohydrate, fat) for athletic and physical performance.
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of key concepts related to micronutrients (vitamins, minerals) for athletic and physical performance.
• Explain the role that nutrition plays in performance (training and competition).