Nursing B.S
Courses
COURSE OFFERINGS IN NURSING (NURS)
Lower Division
200. Foundations of Nursing Process, Roles and Skills
Introduction to nursing process and nursing role, including basic cognitive, psychomotor, interpersonal, and assessment skills. Prerequisites: sophomore standing, admission to nursing major; BIOL 220, 223 and 224; CHEM 205, 208; completion of G.E. requirements in critical thinking and mathematics or passing score on the Entry Level Mathematics examination; ENG 101; COMM 120. Corequisite: NURS 201. (4 units)
201. Foundations of Nursing Process, Roles and Skills: Laboratory
Application of knowledge and skills from NURS 200. Care of clients in various settings who need a moderate level of nursing care. Materials fee required. Prerequisites: admission to nursing major and consent of department. Corequisite: NURS 200. (3 units)
204. Beginning Nursing Process, Roles and Skills
Theory and application of nursing process and nursing role with middlescent and older individuals and families of diverse psychosocial and cultural backgrounds. Prerequisites: NURS 200 and consent of department. Corequisite: NURS 205. (4 units)
205. Beginning Nursing Process, Roles and Skills: Laboratory
Clinical experience in settings emphasizing physical and emotional care of middlescent and older adults needing a moderate level of care. Materials fee required. Prerequisite: consent of department. Corequisite: NURS 204. (3 units)
220. Intermediate Nursing Process, Roles and Skills
Principles of assessment and care of acutely ill individuals of various ages and psychosocial and cultural backgrounds. Pathophysiology as basis of nursing assessment and care. Formerly NURS 320. Prerequisites: NURS 204 and consent of department. Corequisite: NURS 221. (4 units)
221. Intermediate Nursing Process, Roles and Skills: Laboratory
Application of knowledge and skills from NURS 220. Care of clients in subacute and acute care settings. Materials fee required. Formerly NURS 321. Prerequisite: consent of department. Corequisite: NURS 220. (4 units)
Upper Division
310. Transition to Baccalaureate Nursing Education
Concepts related to transitioning from ADN to BSN nursing roles. Explores learning and technology skills, and competencies required of the professional nurse. Prerequisite: consent of the nursing department, active CA RN license. (2 units)
316. Health Assessment
Determining and measuring variables relevant to assessment of psychosocial and physical health. Formerly NURS 223. Two hours lecture and six hours laboratory. Materials fee required. Prerequisites: NURS 200 and 201. (4 units)
322. Advanced Nursing Process, Roles and Skills
Continuation of principles of assessment and care of acutely ill individuals of various ages and psychosocial and cultural backgrounds. Pathophysiology as basis of nursing assessment and care. Prerequisites: NURS 400, 401 and consent of department. Corequisite: NURS 323. (3 units)
323. Advanced Nursing Process, Roles and Skills: Laboratory
Application of knowledge and skills from NURS 322. Care of clients in subacute and acute care settings. Materials fee required. Prerequisite: 400, 401 and consent of department. Corequisite: NURS 322. (4 units)
332. Families and Children
Theory and application of nursing process and nursing role with families from diverse psychosocial and cultural backgrounds and their children. Formerly NURS 330. Prerequisites: NURS 334 and 335 and consent of department. Corequisite: NURS 333. (4 units)
333. Families and Children: Laboratory
Clinical experience in settings emphasizing care of families with children needing a moderate level of care. Materials fee required. Formerly NURS 331. Prerequisites: 334 and 335 and consent of department. Corequisite: NURS 332. (3 units)
334. Maternal Child and Women's Health
Theory and application of nursing process and nursing role with childbearing families from diverse psychosocial and cultural backgrounds. Formerly NURS 330. Prerequisites: NURS 220, 221 and consent of department. Corequisite: NURS 335. (4 units)
335. Maternal Child and Women's Health: Laboratory
Clinical experience in settings emphasizing care of childbearing families needing a moderate level of care. Materials fee required. Formerly NURS 331. Prerequisites: NURS 220, 221 and consent of department. Corequisite: NURS 334. (3 units)
340. Theories of Nursing
Introduction to various conceptual models of nursing. Implications of these models for nursing. Formerly NURS 450. Prerequisites: NURS 322, 323 and consent of department. (2 units)
375. Cooperative Education
Application of nursing concepts and skills through supervised work in a hospital or other health care agency. Sixteen hours of supervised work and a two-hour group meeting are required each week. Open only to non-licensed nursing majors. May be taken quarterly, but only four units may be applied toward the degree. Graded credit/no credit. Prerequisites: NURS 200, 201 and departmental approval of a standard application filed in advance of the quarter in which the course is to be taken. (2 units)
380. Pathophysiological Concepts as Applied to Nursing Practice
Pathophysiological concepts as applied to nursing practice with an emphasis on the body's response to the disease process. Prerequisites: BIOL 223, 224 and consent of department. (4 units)
396. Selected Topics in Nursing
Selected nursing topics with specific focus. May be repeated for credit as topics change. Prerequisite: consent of department chair prior to registration. (2 units)
399. Community Service Project
Credit for performing academically related tasks in such agencies as governmental, social service and educational institutions. May be repeated for a total of four units. No more than four units of credit for Community Service Project courses may be applied toward degree requirements. Graded credit/no credit. Prerequisites: submission of a project proposal and consent of department chair prior to registration. (1-2 units)
400. Psych/Mental Health Nursing
Principles of health promotion and chronic illness care with mentally and physically ill middlescent and older adults with diverse psychosocial and cultural backgrounds. Prerequisites: NURS 332, 333, 334, 335 and consent of department. Corequisite: NURS 401. (4 units)
401. Psych/Mental Health Nursing: Laboratory
Application of knowledge and skills from NURS 400. Clinical experience in various ambulatory care settings with mentally and physically ill middlescent and older adults. Materials fee required. Prerequisites: NURS 332, 333, 334, 335 and consent of department. Corequisite: NURS 400. (4 units)
404. Leadership in Nursing: Nursing Management
Concepts of leadership in innovative nursing roles. Synthesis of knowledge and skills in critical thinking, communication and therapeutic nursing interventions as a leader and change agent on the interdisciplinary health team. Prerequisites: NURS 406, 407 and consent of department. Corequisite: NURS 405. (4 units)
405. Leadership in Nursing: Laboratory
Clinical experience focusing on innovative nursing roles in various settings. Materials fee required. Prerequisite: NURS 406, 407 and consent of department. Corequisite: NURS 404. (4 units)
406. Community/Public Health Nursing
Principles of health promotion and chronic illness care with young individuals and families of diverse psychosocial and cultural backgrounds. Formerly NURS 324. Prerequisites: NURS 322, 323, 400, 401 and consent of department. Corequisite: NURS 407. (4 units)
407. Community/Public Health Nursing: Laboratory
Application of knowledge and skills from NURS 406. Clinical experience in community health agencies with young individuals and families. Materials fee required. Formerly NURS 325. Prerequisites: NURS 322, 323, 400, 401 and consent of department. Corequisite: NURS 406. (4 units)
410. Transitional Concepts for Professional Nursing
Socialization and development into professional nursing roles. Exploration of current theories, concepts and health issues for populations with diverse psychosocial and cultural backgrounds. Prerequisites: NURS 310 and consent of the department. Materials fee required. Corequisite: NURS 411. (2 units)
411. Transitional Concepts for Professional Nursing: Laboratory
Practice of professional nursing roles with populations of diverse psychosocial and cultural backgrounds. Prerequisites: Active RN license, professional malpractice insurance and consent of the department. Corequisite: NURS 410. (4 units)
422. Nursing Research
Introduction to the research process and analysis of studies relevant to nursing. Prerequisites: NURS 340, MATH 305 and consent of department. (4 units)
425. Issues and Trends in Nursing and Health Care
Evolution of professional nursing. Trends in health care and nursing. Impact of ethical, legal, political, and economic forces upon health care and nursing. Formerly NURS 350. Prerequisites: NURS 422 and consent of department. (2 units)
500. Advanced Topics in Nursing
Selected advanced nursing topics with specific focus within relatively narrow content areas. May be repeated for credit as topics change. Prerequisite: upper-division standing or consent of instructor. (4 units)
502. Health Assessment of Children and Adolescents
Application of principles of physical assessment and normal growth and development to the determination of health status of children and adolescents. Serves as a foundation for nursing interventions to promote health and prevent disease. Two hours lecture and six hours laboratory. Materials fee required. Prerequisite: consent of department. (4 units)
503. Principles of School Nursing Practice
Role of the school nurse in relation to current accepted practice in school health programs as pertaining to the health needs of school children and their communities. Prerequisite: consent of department. (4 units)
504. School Nursing Internship
Supervised practice in public school nursing working with credentialed school nurses at the elementary and secondary level. Course taken at the completion of the program. Graded credit/no credit. Prerequisite: consent of department. (4 units)
550. Informatics for Advanced Practice Nursing
The nature and functions of nursing informatics to support advanced practice nursing and the delivery of care to communities. Prerequisite: consent of department. (4 units)
595. Independent Study
Research conducted under the direction of a faculty member. A total of six units in NURS 595 may be applied toward graduation. Prerequisites: NURS 422, senior standing, a minimum overall grade point average of 3.0, consent of instructor and departmental approval of a written proposal of a project submitted on a standard application filed in advance of the quarter in which the course is to be taken. (1-6 units)
597. Issues and Trends in Advanced Practice Nursing
Examines major nursing issues, health care trends, health policies and their impact upon communities and aggregate populations from the perspective of advanced practice nursing. Explores issues such as allocation, poverty, homelessness, violence, substance abuse and changing disease patterns in relation to health care reform and the current social or political environment. Formerly NSCI 597. Prerequisite: graduate standing or consent of department. (4 units)
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