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• NSG 222: Transcultural Healthcare Delivery

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course introduces students to culturally diverse populations within the United States. Emphasis is placed on the exploration of heritage (social structure), and the meaning of health and illness in various culturally diverse sub-populations that include individuals from marginalized groups. Weekly assignments will provide students with the opportunity to explore diversity in healthcare delivery. Through class discussions, students will further develop agency and devise strategies to employ resistance in the face of structural oppression which is often encountered in healthcare structures. Discussions will include the following topics: demographic disparity/poverty, immigration/U.S. institutional mandates, diverse health care beliefs, traditional medicine, religion, ethnicity, healthcare economics, socialization, and linguistics as they each relate to health outcomes. Concepts will be approached using an interdisciplinary lens and draw upon perspectives from the following disciplines: health sciences, economics, history, anthropology, sociology, and political science. This course promotes collaboration among disciplines to improve healthcare access and delivery for diverse populations.
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• NSG 223: Crime Victim Advocacy

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course provides introductory training for anyone wishing to work with victims and survivors of sexual assault and other forms of victimization. The course is an excellent basis for those seeking to volunteer or intern with community based agencies specializing in this field.
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• NSG 225: Health and Heredity in Human Caring

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will examine the foundations of Genetics that makes a person unique, why one resembles or differ from their family members, and why some diseases run in families. The Human Genome Project decoded the genetic information in 2003. This genetic 'instruction manual' is currently used to understand and treat diseases. The course will examine patterns of inheritance, genetic differences, and disease risks. The course also will focus on application of genetic information in different situations as individuals and families, employment and insurance settings, legal and ethical aspects, genetic counseling and long term care Prerequisite:    NSG 225 requires a prerequisite of BIO 100.
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• NSG 234: Gender and Sexual Minority Health

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will expose students to historical, current, and emerging health issues experienced by the gender and sexual minority (GSM) populations. This course is rooted in the minority stress approach to health promotion problems amongst the gender and sexual minorities. Introduction to health promotion activities, advocacy, prevention, and community health resources are emphasized. This course is open to all majors.
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• NSG 235: Introduction to Forensic Nursing

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This survey course introduces forensic nursing and the role of the professional nurse to forensic science. Building on nursing knowledge, the course topics will assist in the development and understanding of the relationship between clinical nursing practice and forensic science. The history of forensic nursing and a variety of forensic nursing specialty roles will be examined. The application of patient teaching, prevention and intervention, long-term health effects and referral resources within the specialty of forensic nursing will be defined for multi-professional practice. Specific groups and vulnerable populations at increased risk to crime will be explored.
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• NSG 239: Preparing Students for Incivility, Bullying & Lateral Violence in the Workplace

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is designed to prepare nursing students and new graduate nurses' education for encounters with incivility, bullying, and lateral violence in the workplace. Course content will include reviewing the personal and professional impact of incivility, bullying, and lateral violence. It will also include how incivility, bullying, and lateral violence influences patient care, professional self-esteem, self-worth, and physical and emotional health. Current nursing position statements, policies, and protections will be explored. Resiliency and self-care skills will be taught along with training in conflict resolution and professional communication to help empower students to address incivility, bullying, and lateral violence in the workplace. Orem's Self-Care Theory will serve as the theoretical framework for the course.
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• NSG 240: Advances in Palliative Care

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course will focus on the concept of palliative care, one that improves the quality of life of patients and their families at any stage of a serious illness. The course will focus on the distinction between palliative and hospice care. Based on the Nursing Process, the issues of physical problems such as pain, psychosocial and spiritual suffering, through culturally congruent preventative and relief measures will be addressed. Additionally, the distinct advantages of palliative care will be identified to improve quality measures and resource utilization. Prerequisite:    NSG 240 requires a prerequisite of NSG 212.
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• NSG 310: Human Response to Disease

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Examination of core concepts of alterations of human responses to disease processes at the cellular and systemic level. This course focuses on illness as it affects major body systems. Students will identify and analyze prototypical clinical situations, which will provide a foundation for their nursing practice. This course will link clinical situations to their underlying mechanism of disorder and provide a sound knowledge for the practice of professional nursing. Prerequisite:    Nursing Majors - Undergraduate
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• NSG 311: Nursing Care of Women, Infants, & Children

  4.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  The emphasis of this course is the childbearing family and the pediatric patient. Content will focus on prevention of illness and promotion of health by assessment of the health status, appropriate intervention, and evaluation of the health promotion plan. Chronic states as well as acute health conditions will be addressed as well. Content is organized around the concepts of wellness, chronicity and acuity. The nursing process provides the framework for the care to be given in a variety of settings with clients. Associated clinical experiences are provided in agencies where relatively well populations have been identified, as well as acute care population settings. Examples include schools, primary care practices, inpatient settings, and childbirth settings. Prerequisite:    NSG 311 requires a corequisite of NSL 311; prerequisites of C or higher in NSG 101, NSG 212, NSL 212, and NSG 310; C- or higher in each of WRT 120 or WRT 123, a 200-level WRT course, NTD 303, BIO 204, PSY 100, SOC 100 or SOC 240, and PSY 210 or HEA 206.
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• NSG 312: Introduction to Medical Surgical Nursing and Care of the Elder

  5.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  The emphasis of this course is on the assessment, maintenance, and promotion of 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 312 requires a corequisite of NSL 312; prerequisites of C or higher in NSG 101, NSG 212, NSL 212, and NSG 310; C- or higher in each of WRT 120 or WRT 123, a 200-level WRT course, NTD 303, BIO 204, PSY 100, SOC 100 or SOC 240, and PSY 210 or HEA 206.
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