NURSING (NURN)

NURN 3100. Professional Nursing Perspectives. (3) Prerequisite: Admission to RN/BSN curriculum or permission of instructor. Introduces professional nursing with emphasis on theoretical, ethical, and legal models guiding practice. (Fall, Spring)

NURN 4170. Information Technology: Applications in Health Care. (3) Prerequisite: Upper-division standing or permission of instructor. A study of the use of computers and information technology in health care. Emphasis is placed on development of the knowledge and competencies necessary for selective use of evaluation of informatics, computer technology and data management in health care. (Summer, Fall)

NURN 4251. Issues In Nursing Leadership. (3) Prerequisite: NURN 3100. Analysis of professional nursing practice in relation to current trends and issues in health care delivery systems. (Fall, Spring)

NURN 4400. Professional Nursing Practicum/Seminar. (6) Prerequisites: NURN 3100, NURS 3113 and 3200 or permission of instructor. Clinical practicum incorporating theory-based practice in a variety of settings with clients who have multiple health care needs. Emphases are on clinical judgement and decision-making, diagnostic reasoning, clinical ethics, collaboration and case management. Examination of nursing therapeutics within the structure of nursing process and nursing diagnosis. (Fall, Spring)