Bachelor of Science in
Nursing

Humanities Courses for BSN Students

HUX 346
HUX 347

BSN Courses

BSN 301 TECHNOLOGY FOR THE INFORMATION AGE (1)

Prerequisite: Admission to undergraduate program. This course focuses on the impact of the information age on nursing education, research and practice. Informatics as a discipline is introduced. Access to a computer with modem, e-mail including a personal address and WWW capability is required.

BSN 310 PROFESSIONAL NURSING HORIZONS (2)

Prerequisite: Admission to undergraduate program. This two-unit course presents a systematic problem-solving approach which will help nurses assess potential roles and options, establish career goals, and identify resources which can guide them on a path toward fulfilling their own educational and professional goals.

BSN 305 HUMAN DIVERSITY AND HEALTH CARE (4)

Pre- or Corequisite: BSN 310. Uses cross cultural and family theory to explore forms of human diversity, including culture, gender, age, and family form. Analyzes how human diversity affects health/illness dynamics, and how recognition of ethnocentrism and bias can help improve health care delivery.

BSN 315 LIFE CYCLE (3)

Pre- or Corequisite: BSN 310. This three unit course explores the biological psychological, cognitive, and social aspects of human development throughout each stage of the life cycle. Each module is organized around the growth of the individual within the context of the family structure.

BSN 340 PROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION IN NURSING PRACTICE (3)

Pre- or Corequisite: BSN 301 &310. Examines communication skills critical to the practice of nursing, incorporating theoretical principles and applications. Includes analysis of helping relationships with clients, as well as collaboration, networking, negotiation, and conflict resolution in interdisciplinary health care settings.

BSN 345 PATHOPHYSIOLOGY (4)

Pre- or Corequisite: BSN 301 &BSN 310. Explores the response of the human body to illness and injury with respect to common disorders of the major physiologic systems. Clinical correlations are provided to assist the health professional in applying this knowledge toward proposing therapeutic interventions.

BSN 380 HEALTH ASSESSMENT (4)

Prerequisite or Corequisite BSN 301, BSN 310 & all other 300 level courses. Provides opportunity to gain basic knowledge and skills required to perform a complete nursing health assessment of pediatric, adult and geriatric patients. The performance component provides opportunity for application of knowledge and skills in the practice setting.

BSN 400 HEALTH TEACHING AND PROMOTION (3)

Pre- or Corequisite: all BSN 300 level courses. Explores the concepts of health promotion and interelates them with the health teaching process. A variety of client situations and appropriate teaching strategies are considered. Learning needs within health care institutions are investigated and program evaluation is addressed.

BSN 405 STATISTICS (3)

Prerequisite: Fulfillment of the ELM requirement for BSN students: Includes development and application of the following topics: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics, Mathematics of Finance, Linear Programming and Graph Theory.

BSN 410 Community-Based Nursing I (5)

Prerequisite: All BSN 300 level courses + BSN400, 405 recommended. This course explores the role of the home health care nurse within the context of the community. The promotion and restoration of health, prevention of disease, health teaching and the provision of nursing care to individuals and families are emphasized. A performance module is included.

BSN 420 Community-Based Nursing II (5)

Prerequisite: All BSN 300 level courses, 400 & 410. Recommended 405 & 460. This course explores dimensions of community health nursing from a community perspective and focuses on the “community as the client” for health promotion, disease prevention, and risk reduction. Epidemiological principles and evidence-based nursing interventions are applied. Performance component required.

BSN 430 HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS, POLICY AND FINANCE (3)

Pre or Corequisite: all BSN 300 level courses. Overview of health policy generation, regulation and implementation. Nursing is viewed as pivotal in promoting public health policy, advocating for nursing and health care reform and critically evaluating key outcomes of health care programs. Financing models are critically examined.

BSN 440 Professional Nursing Roles (3)

Prerequisite: BSN 300 level courses. The foundations of professional nursing practice from historical, philosophical, ethical, political, and legal perspectives are explored. Significant issues are analyzed and strategies presented. Diverse roles and setting for nursing practice are examined. The relationship between theory, research, and nursing practice is analyzed.

BSN 450 Principles of Leadership and Management (5)

Prerequisite: BSN 300 level courses.

This course integrates theoretical principles with role performance experiences to provide nurses with the knowledge base to be effective leaders/managers in today’s healthcare environment. Comprehensive discussion of topics such as strategic planning, power, advocacy, collaboration and resources is facilitated.

BSN 460 NURSING RESEARCH UTILIZATION (3)

Pre- or Corequisite: All BSN 300 level courses, BSN 405 may be concurrent. Examines scientific clinical nursing rationale for research utilization and theory-based practice. Concepts of research methods, processes, analyze relevant nursing problems for clinical effective practice.

Electives

 

BSN 325 Complementary and Alternative Health Care modalities (1)

Prerequisite: BSN 301 & 310. Examines the role of traditional healers in the context of culture. An overview of some Eastern and Western approaches to healing is offered. Students investigate through interviews, field trips, internet and liternature searches a variety of non-conventional therapies.

BSN 335 Biochemistry (4)

Prerequisite: BSN 301 & 310. Explores the principles underlying the chemistry of living systems and how the human organism meets vital needs. It provides an introduction to the chemistry of bioenergetics, metabolism, biosynthesis, and molecular physiology.

BSN 416 Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) in Healthcare (1)

Prerequisite: BSN 301 & 310. This course focuses on multidisciplinary perspectives of health care quality management. Case studies and discussions relating to statistical tools, approaches to operations management, organizational behavior, and CQI implementation in health care settings in introduced.

BSN 426 Nursing and Telehealth (2)

Prerequisite: BSN 301 & 310. Explores the provision of healthcare by the multidisciplinary team to geographically remote clients through the use of sophisticated multiple technologies. The role of the nurse in telehealth is examined in terms of professional preparation and practice considerations.

BSN 436 Principles of Healthcare Budgeting (2)

Prerequisite:BSN 301 & 310. This course explores the basics of the healthcare budgeting process. Cost concepts, forecasting and variance analysis are reviewed. Emphasis is centered on the operating budget and performance based budgeting. Rationale for costing out nursing services is discussed.

BSN 446 Introduction to Nursing Case Management (2)

Prerequisite: BSN 301 & 310. This elective course explores the origins of case management and its relation to managed care. Strategies and processes are analyzed. Opportunities to examine real problems that arise in the nursing case manager role will be provided.

BSN 456 Health and the global village (1)

Prerequisite: BSN 301 & 310. This course investigates international health, focusing on developing countries and the effect of globalization on world health. The potential of telehealth is considered. Characteristics of the successful international practitioner are discussed and professional opportunities abroad are explore.

BSN 494 INDEPENDENT STUDY (1-3)

A course of study designed cooperatively by student and instructor, and approved by the Program Coordinator, to accomplish individualized learning objectives that are appropriate to the role of the professional nurse. (Students should contact advisor prior to enrolling to determine the appropriateness of this course for degree completion.)

BSN 495 SPECIAL TOPICS/COLLOQUIA (1-3)

These courses offer student groups an opportunity to explore a topic of current interest to the nursing profession with colleagues, faculty and special guest speakers.