| N 300 | Introduction to Health Promotion | This didactic course which focuses on health promotion, risk reduction, teaching/learning, and disease prevention across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed on current major determinants of health. Global healthcare issues are examined as they relate... |
| N 301 | Gerontological Nursing | This independent web-based nursing elective focuses on the care of older adults with acute chronic health problems. The focus is on preventive care, acute care and long term care in the community and institution settings. |
| N 302 | Health Assessment Throughout Life Span | This introductory course focuses on health assessment across the life span. Students will acquire the requisite knowledge and skills necessary to perform health assessments. The emphasis is on developing interviewing, history taking, and basic physic... |
| N 303 | Introduction to Pharmacotherapeutics | This course presents principles of pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics. Characteristics and uses of major drug groups and safe medication administration are discussed with emphasis on nursing management. Consideration is given to individual, age... |
| N 304 | Introduction to Professional Nursing & Evidence Based Practice | This beginning professional course focuses on professional nursing roles, values, ethics and legal issues. It incorporates an introduction to evidence based practice as well as emphasizing professional writing skills. |
| N 307 | Pathophysiology | This didactic course builds on concepts and principles from the basic sciences. The emphasis of the course is on pathological responses to illness/disease. Physical, biochemical, microbial and genetic factors that alter homeostatis are examined. |
| N 309 | Foundations of Nursing Practice | This didactic, laboratory, and clinical course begins preparing the student to function as a provider of care. |
| N 310 | Behavioral Nursing | This didactic and clinical course focuses on the nursing care of clients with acute, chronic and complex mental health problems across the life span. Current trends, ethical and legal issues, political, economic and social issues that influence the h... |
| N 319 | Special Topics in Nursing and Health Care | This elective course enables the student to use learning experiences focused on selected topics in specials and healthcare nursing to satisfy individual learning needs and interests. |
| N 320 | Individualized Study | This elective course enables the student to use individually designed learning experiences focused on selected topics in nursing to satisfy individual learning needs and interests. |
| N 320C | Individualized Study: Primary Care Nursing | This elective course is designed to enhance the student's understanding of normal and pathologic somatic processes and gain experience in application of skills and knowledge in a primary care setting. |
| N 321 | Directed Clinical Practice Elective | This clinical elective course is designed to augment the student's existing knowledge and skills in a specific area of clinical nursing practice. Learning activities are tailored to meet student needs and areas of interest. |
| N 322 | Strategies for Success | This elective course is designed to assist the student in strengthening knowledge of nursing theory and critical thinking skills related to content included in the undergraduate curriculum. Emphasis will be placed on the development of effective stu... |
| N 401 | Health Promotion in Populations | The course focuses on understanding the forces shaping community and global health patterns and the impact of these global processes on societies. Student will review strategies to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate population#focused programs for... |
| N 403 | Healthcare Leadership and Collaboration | This course describes the functions and roles of leadership, management, and followership in professional nursing. Decision-making, communication, motivation changes, theories, managed care and legal/ethical issues are presented in an active learning... |
| N 405 | Basic Health Assessment | This course focuses on assessing the health of the individual. Students acquire basic knowledge and skills necessary to perform health assessments. Emphasis is placed on developing interviewing history taking, development of pedigrees, foundational... |
| N 406 | Health Assessment | This web-based course focuses on the theoretical basis of performing an assessment on the individual throughout the life span. Students acquire knowledge and skills necessary to perform health assessments. Emphasis is placed on developing skills in i... |
| N 407 | Pathophysiology | This didactic web-based course builds on concepts and principles from the basic sciences. Emphasis is placed on normal and pathological responses to illness. A human body systems approach is used, applying concepts from cellular biological processes. |
| N 408-1 | Health Promotion in Populations | The course focuses on understanding the forces shaping community and global health patterns and the impact of these global processes on societies. Students will review strategies to assess, plan, implement and evaluate population-focused programs fo... |
| N 409 | Clinical Nursing Elective | This clinical elective course focuses on expanded application of the nursing process in a variety of settings. A limited number of students may be eligible for specialty experiences working with clinical preceptors in the Student Nurse Externship Pro... |
| N 412-1 | Professional Nursing Role Development I | This is a two-part didactic course series addressing professional nursing development, which is designed to provide a foundational and conceptual context for provision of nursing care. The first course includes basic content on selected concepts for... |
| N 412-2 | Professional Nursing Role Development II | This is a two-part didactic course series addressing professional nursing development, which is designed to provide a foundational and conceptual context for provision of nursing care. The first course includes basic content on selected concepts for... |
| N 413-1 | Health & Illness Across the Lifespan I | This three-part didactic course series examines health and illness concepts across the lifespan from infancy through senescence, including the childbearing cycle and mental health. Pathophysiology, physical assessment, and pharmacology are embedded i... |
| N 413-2 | Health & Illness Across the Lifespan II | This three-part didactic course series examines health and illness concepts across the lifespan from infancy through senescence, including the childbearing cycle and mental health. Pathophysiology, physical assessment, and pharmacology are embedded i... |
| N 413-3 | Health & Illness Across the Lifespan III | This three-part didactic course series examines health and illness concepts across the lifespan from infancy through senescence, including the childbearing cycle and mental health. Pathophysiology, physical assessment, and pharmacology are embedded i... |
| N 419 | Special Topics in Nursing and Health Care | This elective course enables the student to use learning experiences focused on selected topics in specials and healthcare nursing to satisfy individual learning needs and interests. |
| N 420 | Independent Study | This elective course enables the student to use individually designed learning experiences focused on selected topics in nursing to satisfy individual learning needs and interests. |
| N 421 | Transitions and Trends in Professional Nursing | This bridge course between basic nursing education and advanced practice nursing education examines the following professional roles; provider of care, designer, manager, or coordinator of care and member of the profession. Within these roles, specif... |
| N 426 | Maternal-Newborn Nursing | This didactic and clinical course focuses on nursing care for childbearing clients and their families. Emphasis is on health patterns occurring during pregnancy, birth, and the newborn period. Clinical practice experience is provided in a variety of... |
| N 427 | Child-Adolescent Nursing | This didactic and clinical course focuses on nursing care of infants, children and adolescents within the context of the family. Clinical learning experiences occur in a variety of settings including acute and ambulatory settings. |
| N 428 | Nursing Research | This introductory course to the research process focuses on the study of the research process as a base for nursing practice. Emphasis is on critical analysis of published research studies with regard to implications for clinical nursing practice. Et... |
| N 428-1 | Nursing Research | This introductory course to the research process focuses on the study of the research process as a base for nursing practice. Emphasis is on critical analysis of published research studies with regard to implications for clinical nursing practice.... |
| N 431 | Patient Safety and Quality Improvement | This course provides an introduction to patient safety and health care quality improvement. Emphasis is placed on the role of the professional nurse in improving the quality of health care through designing, implementing, and evaluating evidence-base... |
| N 432 | Introduction to Professional Writing | This course provides students an opportunity to cultivate basic written communication skills necessary to express themselves professionally. The principles and practices examined in this class will assist the learner in responding effectively to prof... |
| N 433-1 | Interprofessional Education I | This interprofessional course is a three part series addressing the four interprofessional (IP) collaborative practice competency domains: values/ethics for interprofessional practice, roles/responsibilities, interprofessional communication, and team... |
| N 433-2 | Interprofessional Education II | This interprofessional course is a three part series addressing the four interprofessional (IP) collaborative practice competency domains: values/ethics for interprofessional practice, roles/responsibilities, interprofessional communication, and team... |
| N 433-3 | Interprofessional Education III | This interprofessional course is a three part series addressing the four interprofessional (IP) collaborative practice competency domains: values/ethics for interprofessional practice, roles/responsibilities, interprofessional communication, and team... |
| N 434-1 | Clinical Practicum I | This three-part clinical practice course series is designed to provide the opportunity to acquire knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to apply the nursing process to the delivery of patient centered nursing care across the lifespan and in a var... |
| N 434-2 | Clinical Practicum II | This three-part clinical practice course series is designed to provide the opportunity to acquire knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to apply the nursing process to the delivery of patient centered nursing care across the lifespan and in a var... |
| N 434-3 | Clinical Practicum III | This three-part clinical practice course series is designed to provide the opportunity to acquire knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to apply the nursing process to the delivery of patient centered nursing care across the lifespan and in a var... |
| N 435 | Nursing Synthesis and Practicum | This didactic and clinical practicum focuses on refinement of students' clinical and leadership skills. Students synthesize knowledge and skills in client management with multiple clients in collaboration with an assigned preceptor. Emphasis is on... |
| N 436 | Scholarship for Evidence Based Practice | This is an introductory course focusing on the research process and scholarship as the basis for evidence based practice. Emphasis is placed on critical analysis of published research studies regarding credibility, quality, and implications for clini... |
| N 438 | Essentials of Wound Care | This elective course is designed for the student with an interest in the management of acute and chronic wounds. This course provides the student with in-depth knowledge of wound care, including etiology, risk assessment, prevention, and treatment mo... |
| N 439 | Population-Based Nursing | Global trends for health promotion and disease prevention are examined. Students analyze healthcare policy issues and paradigmatic cases of ethical dilemmas in world health. Emphasis is on collaboration with others to advocate for improvement in the... |
| N 440 | Politics, Policy and Nursing (Online) | This course provides knowledge and understanding needed to participate as a professional nurse in health policy development, analysis and implementation. The influence of polities on the delivery of health care and nursing services will be explored.... |
| N 441 | Statistical Methods for Research | This is an introductory course to descriptive and inferential statistics, including measures of central tendency, variability, correlation, t tests, z tests, ANOVA, chi-square, hypothesis testing, p-levels and confidence intervals. The role of statis... |
| N 444 | Adult Health I | This didactic and clinical course focuses on the nursing care of adults and elders with chronic and long-term health care problems. Emphasis is placed on the role of provider of care in acute and community settings. Professional nursing values are in... |
| N 449 | Nursing Management in Health Care System | This course focuses on preparing students to acquire skills in nursing management. Application of leadership and management principles will be demonstrated within a variety of healthcare environments. |
| N 453 | Exploration in Culture | This elective web-based course surveys cultural phenomena common to various ethnic groups. |
| N 454 | Interpreting Lab Values and Common Clinical Tests | This course is a study of the background, meaning, and nursing implications of laboratory test results. The course will provide the student with the opportunity to understand the interrelationships between clinical laboratory test results and the dis... |
| N 459 | Introduction to Pain Management | This elective course is designed for the student seeking a deeper understanding of pain, pain medications, and pain management. This course provides the student with in-depth knowledge of pain characteristics, assessment, medications, and alternative... |
| N 460 | Adult Health II | This didactic and clinical course builds on the theoretical and clinical learning experiences of Adult Health I and focuses on the nursing care of adults and elders with complex health care problems. Emphasis is placed on the learner's developing rol... |
| N 461 | Management and Leadership Practicum | This clinical laboratory course focuses on the development of the nurse as a manager of care. In the clinical laboratory, the learner applies theoretical concepts of management to the nurse manager's role in the actual work setting. The clinical expe... |
| N 462 | Professional Role Enactment | This course focuses on the synthesis of professional nursing knowledge at the baccalaureate level. Emphasis is placed on continued professional development, and the accountability for professional values and behaviors. Students will develop and dem... |
| N 463 | Ambassador Elective | This elective course is designed to nurture leadership development in academically talented students who are selected to participate in the Ambassador program. Students participate in a variety of SON and community service activities that foster pers... |
| N 466 | Legal Issues in Nursing | This didactic web-based elective course is designed to assist the learner in exploring the influence of law, legal issues and ethics on professional nursing practice. Content includes basic liability concepts, professional standards of care, legal do... |
| N 480 | Management and Leadership | This web-based course focuses on the development of the registered nurse as a manager of care. Emphasis is placed on strategies to facilitate implementation of leadership and management role functions in a variety of organizational settings. (Theory) |
| N 482 | Seminar | The emphasis of this course is the application of critical thinking for effective test taking to enhance performance on the NCLEX-RN. |
| N 497 | Nursing Capstone | This course focuses on refinement of the student's clinical and leadership skills for practice as a nurse generalist. Emphasis is placed on clinical reasoning and decision-making. |
| N 498 | Directed Study in Research | The course provides students practical knowledge of the components of the research process and the opportunity to participate in components of the research process under the direction of a graduate faculty member. Students enrolled in the Sally Barks... |
| N 499H | Honors Research and Thesis | This course provides the student enrolled in the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College the opportunity to conduct and defend thesis research in collaboration with a thesis advisor and committee members in the School of Nursing. The student will g... |
| N 528 | Leadership and Management | This course describes the functions and roles of management and leadership in professional nursing. Decision making, communication, motivation changes, theories, managed care, and leadership strategies are presented and discussed to enhance the dev... |