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  • NSG 323: Suggestive Therapeutics for the Healthcare Professional

    3.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    This course will provide a practical framework for the healthcare professional to structure suggestions and pattern communication with patients. The most recent innovations and research in the field will be presented and a variety of approaches will be synthesized into a comprehensive approach to the practice of suggestive therapeutics.
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  • NSG 325: Health Teaching & Promotion for the RN

    1.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    This course designed for the RN-BSN student will assist the student to develop educational objectives; apply learning theories for healthcare teaching; identify developmental theories/stages of the learner; explore the use of technology to meet learning objectives; identify methods to determine healthcare literacy; and evaluate teaching methodology/strategy utilized. Corequisite:    NSG 311, NSL 311
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  • NSG 330: Professional Nursing Communication Strategies

    2.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    The course is designed for the RN-BSN student to foster beginning skills in scholarly inquiry, scientific writing, and professional communication strategies. Information science and teamwork will be explored in the context of professional nursing. The content of this course serves as a foundation for student success in subsequent coursework.
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  • NSG 332: Ethics and Health Policy in Nursing

    3.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    This course is designed to explore the role of ethics in healthcare and public policy. Common ethical problems are discussed and strategies for resolution of ethical dilemmas are applied. This course will address such topics as end-of-life care, living wills and advanced directives, social networking and media in Nursing, research with vulnerable populations and genomics. Focus is placed on values clarification, ethical theory, ethical decision making models, and professional ethical standards. Emphasis is on ethical obligations of professional nurses in their roles as citizens, members of a profession, providers of care, and facilitators of public health policy. Prerequisite:    Formal Admission Into RN-to-BSN Program
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  • NSG 334: Population and Environmental Health Nursing

    3.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    This course will allow students to explore and gain knowledge about the role of the community/public health nurse caring for individuals, families, communities, and populations. Emphasis is placed on health promotion and disease/injury prevention within vulnerable and at-risk populations. Students will be introduced to environmental health and emergency and disaster planning and response systems. Social determinants of health (SDoH), including neighborhood, economic stability, access to education and healthcare, and cultural context, will be analyzed using various evidence-based and organizational resources. Entry-level competencies for public health nursing will be gained through course assignments. Prerequisite:    Formal Admission Into RN-to-BSN Program
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  • NSG 335: Population Health and Environmental Health Practicum

    2.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    This experiential learning experience will allow students to apply their knowledge of the role of the community/public health nurse when caring for individuals, families, communities, and populations. Students will complete the assessment, design, implementation, and evaluation of a potential population-based intervention that promotes the health of a selected community. Emphasis is placed on health promotion and disease/injury prevention of at-risk populations. Students will be introduced to vulnerable and medically underserved populations while completing their community nurse project. Entry-level competencies for public health nursing will be gained through course assignments. Prerequisite:    Formal Admission Into RN-to-BSN Program
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  • NSG 367: Nursing Implications of Drug Interaction

    3.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    The student will be introduced to essential pharmacological principles and concepts. The nursing process will provide the framework by which students will apply these principles and concepts to situations in a variety of health care settings. Prerequisite:    BIO 269, NSG 212, NSL 212
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  • NSG 380: Clinical Simulation in Nursing

    3.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    Students will role play a variety of roles during patient care scenarios using SIM-MAN technology. During scenarios students will assess patient condition, critically think through patient care problems, implement nursing interventions, and evaluate patient outcomes. Student will evaluate performance of self and peers during debriefing sessions for continued improvement in problem solving and patient outcomes.
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  • NSG 381: Nursing Foundations and Population Health/Gerontology

    3.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    In this course the student will examine various nursing theories and concepts; conceptual frameworks; theories from other disciplines which apply to nursing; nursing history; nursing education; professionalism in nursing; nursing leadership; the nursing process; nursing diagnosis, nursing research; ethical, legal, economic, and political aspects of nursing and current issues in nursing. The student will also study and learn to practice psychosocial and physical assessment skills as well as learning how to do: vital sign assessment, provide bedside nursing care, hygiene and comfort; transfer and positioning techniques for clients, and understand and demonstrate competence in the utilization of standard precautions as a health care provider. The emphasis of this course will also be on the maintenance, and promotion and health of the older adult and introduction to the care of the inpatient. Clients with chronic health problems in both these populations are addressed. Content is organized around the concepts of wellness, chronicity and acuity. The nursing process is used to assist these clients to grow and or adapt through supportive, therapeutic, palliative, and preventive measures. Prerequisite:    NSG 530, NSG 532, NSG 533 Corequisite:    NSL 381
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  • NSG 382: Global Topics in Health Care Delivery: Women, Infants, and Children in South Africa

    3.00 Credits
    West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    Students will explore core concepts of global health that affect accessing health care in resource-limited settings. The course will evaluate health concerns of South Africa's women and children throughout maternity, delivery and newborn care systems. The course will include seminar and service-learning components. Seminars will focus on the global health concerns in South African women and children such as expansion of maternity care through Central and State government, the nursing professional role as care attendants and midwives, HIV/AIDS detection and prevention as well as the availability of anti-retrovirus medications to prevent HIV in infants and children. Students will assess the health care needs of a high risk population, develop a plan of action that is concurrent with the strategic plan of the South African government and World Health Organization (WHO), and provide care or an educational program that will address that need. Through this course the students will gain the knowledge, skills and understanding of South African culture that are necessary to make significant contributions to improve the global health of women and their families through nursing. Prerequisite:    NSG 212, NSL 212
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