This course introduces students to the profession of health and human services beginning with the historical evolution of the field and continuing up to modern day. A broad-based view of the purpose, preparation, and theoretical orientation of the profession is stressed including the many types and career settings of human service professions, scope of work, and duties and functions. Basic skills required by health and human service workers are reviewed, in addition to the roles of human service workers in both clinical and non-clinical settings. An introductory examination of orientations, ethics, and skills related to health and human service delivery in diverse practice settings is included.

This course examines and evaluates theories and arguments concerning ethics and moral reasoning from a philosophical perspective. By engaging with historical and contemporary sources, students will analyze theories about the meaning, nature, and justification of ethical concepts; determine and assess how different forms of moral reasoning apply to contemporary moral issues; become more reflective and informed about their own moral beliefs; and develop their capacity for critical practical reasoning.

This course is a study of correct and incorrect reasoning involved in everyday activities. The fundamentals of language and argument, deductive and inductive reasoning and other aspects of practical reasoning are examined. 

This course and its companion, NUR492, represent the culmination of learning in the nursing program, and provide students an opportunity to synthesize and demonstrate knowledge acquired in the RN to BSN program into nursing practice. Students develop a comprehensive plan to implement, evaluate and disseminate the quality improvement project proposal developed in NUR492. In addition, students create a professional portfolio to provide evidence of completion of program learning outcomes. Prerequisites: NUR 492. This course may not be taken outside of this program and is not available for Non Degree Seeking students. 
 

This course and its companion, NUR 494, represent the culmination of learning in the nursing program, and provide students an opportunity to synthesize and demonstrate knowledge acquired in the RN to BSN program into nursing practice. Students demonstrate the achievement of program outcomes through both online and practice experiences culminating in the development of a quality improvement project proposal. Prerequisites: NUR 406. This course may not be taken outside of this program and is not available for Non Degree Seeking students. 

This course examines leadership and management theories necessary to effectively coordinate and carry out patient and family centered care in complex healthcare settings. Emphasis is on teamwork, delegation, supervision, ethical decision-making processes, strategic planning, fiscal oversight and change theory. Learners create an implementation plan for an evidence-based project designed to improve safety and quality patient care. Prerequisites: NUR 404. This course may not be taken outside of this program and is not available for Non Degree Seeking students. 

This course emphasizes human responses to chronic illness and disability while exploring factors that have an impact on biopsychosocial adaptation. This course provides the RN-BSN learner an opportunity to explore chronic illness through the lifespan by studying the impact of chronic illness on families and health care professionals. Prerequisites: NUR 402. This course may not be taken outside of this program and is not available for Non Degree Seeking students. 
 

This course introduces concepts of community health nursing. Emphasis is on strategies of health promotion and epidemiology concepts when nursing with individuals, families, groups, and communities. Professional, legal/ethical, economic, cultural, and environmental issues as they apply to community health nursing are examined. The practice experience in this course includes a community health project aimed at improving health for a vulnerable population. Prerequisites: NUR 400. This course may not be taken outside of this program and is not available for Non Degree Seeking students.

The course provides a holistic approach to the study of family nursing theories and frameworks in assessing and planning care for vulnerable client populations across the lifespan. Health promotion strategies, evidence-based research and legal/ethical principles will be applied in developing culturally specific interventions within diverse family structures across the family life cycle. Contemporary health issues impacting families across the health-illness continuum across a variety of health care settings will be explored. Prerequisites: NUR 300, NUR 302, NUR 304, NUR 306 and NUR 308. This course may not be taken outside of this program and is not available for Non Degree Seeking students.