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• NSG 432: Health Information, Technology, and Quality Improvement

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course is designed to introduce the nursing student to informatics tools that are currently being utilized in healthcare to ensure safe and quality care. Electronic Health Records (EHR), telehealth, personal reference management software, Evidence-Based Practice (EBP), and HIPAA will be emphasized. Prerequisite:    NSG 432 requires a prerequisite of admission to the RN-to-BSN program.
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• NSG 434: Nursing Leadership & Management in Today's Healthcare Environment

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course prepares the BSN nurse for the challenges of nursing leadership and management with a concentration on issues that currently impact the healthcare environment. BSN students are prepared to apply management theories, organizational behavior theories, and leadership styles that are relevant to the practice of nursing management. BSN students complete the course with leadership skills in maintaining best practices and standards of care as well as the ability to appropriately interact with the healthcare team in future work settings. Prerequisite:    NSG 434 requires a prerequisite of admission to the RN-to-BSN program and a corequisite of NSG 435.
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• NSG 435: Nursing Leadership Practicum

  2.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This practicum course has an emphasis on decision-making and advocacy for the Bachelor's degree in nursing. Under the guidance of the instructor, students will demonstrate their mastery of leadership theories and styles, approaches, and frameworks.
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• NSG 456: Interprofessional Simulation

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  The primary objective of this course is to examine the interrelationship of various healthcare professions through simulation activities. In this course, students will examine the knowledge, skills, and attitudes needed to establish effective teamwork across healthcare disciplines. Teamwork has been found to be one of the key initiatives within patient safety that can transform the culture of healthcare delivery. Patient safety requires effective communication and other teamwork skills to deliver quality healthcare and to prevent medical errors, patient injury, and harm. To address this, health sciences students will explore a team-based, interdisciplinary, integrative approach to healthcare delivery through online self-study, simulation, debriefing, and self-reflection. Speaking emphasis skills will be assessed during performance of case presentations in simulations and analytical oral interpretations of the performance in debriefing. Students will examine strategies that enhance collaboration, communication, and patient safety, leading to integration of various perspectives into a unified framework of healthcare delivery. Prerequisite:    NSG 456 requires completion of 60 credits in the Communication Sciences and Disorders, Nursing, or Nutrition major.
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• NSG 480: Advanced Clinical Simulation in Nursing

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  In this class students will role play a variety of roles during advanced 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 in crisis situations. Students will evaluate performance of self and peers during debriefing sessions for continued improvement in problem solving complex patient care situations and evaluate outcomes.
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• NSL 212: Health Assessment and the Fundamentals of Nursing

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  This course provides the nursing student with skills in physical and psychosocial assessment of adult clients. The course also assists in the development and demonstration of the fundamental skills in nursing to include a checking of competence for all skills necessary to begin clinical practicums. Prerequisite:    NSL 212 requires prerequisites of BIO 100, BIO 259, BIO 269, CHE 107 and CRL 107, and corequisite of NSG 212. Must have composite GPA of 2.75 in these prerequisite courses.
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• NSL 311: Laboratory

  5.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Clinical experiences are provided in agencies where relatively well populations have been identified, such as schools, day care centers, and childbirth settings. Prerequisite:    NSL 311 requires a corequisite of NSG 311 and 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, 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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• NSL 312: Laboratory

  5.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  Clinical experience is provided in rehabilitation centers, nursing homes, and acute care settings. These environments provide flexibility for students to implement changes for clients and acquire skills which will be utilized in other nursing courses. Prerequisite:    NSL 312 requires a corequisite of NSG 312; prerequisites of a 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 240, and PSY 210 or HEA 206.
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• NSL 381: Caring for Healthy, Acute and Chronic Populations - Nursing Foundations and Population Health/Gero

  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:    NSL 381 requires a prerequisite of a C minimum in NSG 530, NSG 532, and NSG 533; and a corequisite of NSG 381.
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• NSL 383: Caring for Healthy, Acute and Chronic Populations - Pediatrics/Maternity/Medical-Surgical I

  3.00 Credits

  West Chester University of Pennsylvania

  
  The emphasis of this course is the medical-surgical, 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. Prerequisite:    NSL 383 requires a prerequisite of a C minimum in NSG 381 and NSL 381; and a corequisite of NSG 383.
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