Nursing (NRSG)

The Bachelor of Science in Nursing prepares students for entry into professional Registered Nurse practice through integrating natural and social sciences with theories and concepts unique to the discipline of nursing. Our program prepares students to provide nursing care across the spectrum of health care settings, including community-based settings, hospitals, and clinics. Our program’s unique focus on whole person wellness, social determinants of health and health equity, healthcare advocacy and systems change, and interprofessional collaboration prepares students to provide culturally responsive care with clinical excellence and ingenuity.

Major in Nursing (BSN)

NRSG 110: Foundations of Nursing Practice (2 credits)
NRSG 220: Nursing Clinical Skills and Health Assessment* (4 credits)
NRSG 240: Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for Nursing Practice I (2 credits)
NRSG 250: Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for Nursing Practice II (4 credits)
NRSG 300: Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing* (4 credits)
NRSG 305: Complex Nursing Care I* (4 credits)
NRSG 350: Complex Nursing Care II* (4 credits)
NRSG 360: Nursing Research and Evidence-Based Practice (4 credits)
NRSG 370: Nursing Care for Children and Families* (4 credits)
NRSG 410: Healthcare Ethics, Policy and Advocacy (4 credits)
NRSG 420: Population Health Nursing* (4 credits)
NRSG 430: Nursing Care for Women and Childbearing Families* (4 credits)
NRSG 440: Informatics and Healthcare Technologies in Nursing Practice (4 credits)
NRSG 450: Capstone Complex Care III* (4 credits)
NRSG 470: Leadership in Nursing Practice (4 credits)

*Indicates a NRSG course that includes a significant laboratory, simulation and/or clinical component.

Allied requirements

MATH 100 Mathematical Sampler
or MATH 101: Finite Mathematics (4 credits)
or math placement into MATH 108
CHEM 108: Principles of General, Organic, and Biochemistry (4 credits)
BIOL 105: Human Biology (4 credits)
BIOL 256: Foundations of Microbio/Health (4 credits)
STAT 220: Statistics I, recommended with JMP or SPSS lab (4 credits)
PSYC 111: General Psychology (4 credits)
PSYC 102: Lifespan Development (2 credits)
EXSC 213: Human Anatomy (4 credits)
EXSC 214: Human Physiology (4 credits)

Nursing Undergraduate Courses

Nursing Undergraduate Courses
Course Number	Title	Credits
NRSG 210	Foundations of Nursing Practic	2
Description of course Foundations of Nursing Practic :	This course introduces students to nursing practice in the context of nursing’s metaparadigm: person, environment, health, and nursing. Emphasis is on understanding nursing as a profession, person-centered care, and issues and trends in health and health care. The course will include examination of nursing care within health care systems and nurses’ role in influencing health outcomes. Students will be introduced to whole-person wellness, social determinants of health and health equity, health care advocacy and systems change, and interprofessional collaboration. Prerequisites: Admission to the professional nursing sequence
NRSG 220	Nursing Skills and Assessment	4
Description of course Nursing Skills and Assessment :	This course introduces students to person-centered clinical skills and health assessment techniques. Emphasis is on whole person wellness, understanding persons in the context of their environments, clinical judgement, and safety and quality. The course will include examining the influence of social determinants of health and health equity, healthcare advocacy and systems change, and interprofessional collaboration on the provision of clinical skills and health assessment. Prerequisites: C- or better in Nursing 110: Foundations of Nursing Practice; Co-Requisites: EXSC 213: Human Anatomy and EXSC 214: Human Physiology and being a declared nursing major.
NRSG 240	Patho/Pharm for Nursing I	2
Description of course Patho/Pharm for Nursing I :	This course introduces students to the integration of pathophysiology and pharmacology. Emphasis is on mechanisms underlying disease and concomitant therapeutic agents to treat disease. The course will encompass pathophysiology and pharmacology in the context of whole person wellness, social determinants of health and health equity, healthcare advocacy and systems change, and interprofessional collaboration. Prerequisite: C- or better in NRSG 220: Nursing Clinical Skills and Health Assessment and being a declared Nursing student.
NRSG 250	Patho/Pharm for Nursing II	4
Description of course Patho/Pharm for Nursing II :	This course advances students’ knowledge about the integration of pathophysiology and pharmacology. Emphasis is on analyzing multifaceted disease processes and concomitant pharmacotherapies. The course will build on Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for Nursing Practice I and continue encompassing pathophysiology and pharmacology in the context of whole person wellness, social determinants of health and health equity, healthcare advocacy and systems change, and interprofessional collaboration. Prerequisite: C- or better in NRSG 240: Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for Nursing Practice I and restricted to declared nursing majors.
NRSG 300	Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurs	4
Description of course Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurs :	This course prepares students in concepts and theories related to the provision of psychiatric/mental health nursing practice. Emphasis will be on nursing therapeutics aimed at mental health and the care of persons with mental illnesses within the context of disease prevention/promotion of health and well-being, chronic disease care, and hospice/palliative/supportive care, whole person wellness, social determinants of health and health equity, healthcare advocacy and systems change, and interprofessional collaboration. The course includes integration of didactic and clinical learning in a variety of settings. Prerequisite: C- or better in NRSG 305: Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for Nursing II and being a declared nursing student.
NRSG 305	Complex Nursing Care I	4
Description of course Complex Nursing Care I :	This course introduces students to the spheres of care essential for entry level nursing practice. Emphasis is on disease prevention/promotion of health and well-being, chronic disease care, and hospice/palliative care/supportive care. The study and application of the spheres of care are within the context of whole person wellness, social determinants of health and health equity, healthcare advocacy and systems change, and interprofessional collaboration. The course includes integration of didactic and clinical learning in a variety of settings across the lifespan within families and communities. Prerequisite: C- or better in NRSG 240: Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for Nursing Practice I and being a declared nursing student.
NRSG 350	Complex Nursing Care II	4
Description of course Complex Nursing Care II :	This course advances students’ knowledge of and skills in the spheres of care essential for entry level nursing practice. Emphasis will be on restorative care, including critical/trauma care, complex acute care, chronic disease care, and hospice/palliative care/supportive care. The study and application of the spheres of care are within the context of whole person wellness, social determinants of health and health equity, healthcare advocacy and systems change, and interprofessional collaboration. The course includes integration of didactic and clinical learning in a variety of settings across the lifespan within families and communities. Prerequisites: C- or better in NRSG 250: Complex Nursing Care I and BIOL 256: Microbiology for Allied Health and restricted to declared nursing majors.
NRSG 360	Applied Research & EBP	4
Description of course Applied Research & EBP :	Description: This course prepares students to apply research and evidence-based practice in providing nursing care. Emphasis will be on relationships between professional, scholarly nursing practice, health systems and the spheres of care (disease prevention/promotion of health and well-being, chronic disease care, restorative care, and hospice/palliative/ supportive care), whole-person wellness, social determinants of health and health equity, health care advocacy and systems change, and interprofessional collaboration. Prerequisites: Junior status, at least 20 NRSG credits and being a declared nursing student.
NRSG 370	Perinatal and Childbearing	4
Description of course Perinatal and Childbearing :	This course prepares students to care for women, infants, and childbearing families across the spheres of care (disease prevention/promotion of health and well-being, chronic disease care, restorative care, and hospice/palliative/supportive care). The study and application of these spheres are within the context of maternal-newborn nursing, women’s health, care of families, whole person wellness, social determinants of health and health equity, healthcare advocacy and systems change, and. interprofessional collaboration. The course includes integration of didactic and clinical learning in a variety of settings. Prerequisite: C or better in NRSG 305 and restricted to declared nursing majors.
NRSG 410	Healthcare Ethics/Adv/Policy	4
Description of course Healthcare Ethics/Adv/Policy :	This course prepares students in concepts and theories to practice safe and ethical care within an advocacy framework. Emphasis will be on ethical principles, health policy analysis, political competence, and principles and practices of advocacy in the context of spheres of care (disease prevention/promotion of health and well-being, chronic disease care, restorative care, and hospice/palliative/supportive care), whole person wellness, social determinants of health and health equity, healthcare advocacy and systems change, and interprofessional collaboration. Prerequisite: Junior Status, at least 20 NRSG credits and a declared nursing students.
NRSG 420	Population Health Nursing	4
Description of course Population Health Nursing :	This course prepares students in concepts and theories related to the provision of public health nursing practice. Emphasis will be on promoting and protecting the health of the public within the context of disease prevention/promotion of health and well-being, chronic disease care, and hospice/palliative/supportive care, whole person wellness, social determinants of health and health equity, healthcare advocacy and systems change, and interprofessional collaboration. The course includes integration of didactic and clinical learning in a variety of community and public health settings. Prerequisites: C- or better in NRSG 340: Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for Nursing II and being a declared nursing student.
NRSG 430	Nursing Care for Children/Fam	4
Description of course Nursing Care for Children/Fam :	This course prepares students to care for children and families across the spheres of care (disease prevention/promotion of health and well-being, chronic disease care, restorative care, and hospice/palliative/supportive care). The study and application of these spheres are within the context of pediatric nursing, care of the family, whole person wellness, social determinants of health and health equity, healthcare advocacy and systems change, and interprofessional collaboration. The course includes integration of didactic and clinical learning in a variety of settings. Prerequisite: C or better in NRSG 305 and restricted to declared nursing majors.
NRSG 440	Informatics and HCT in Nursg	4
Description of course Informatics and HCT in Nursg :	This course prepares students in informatics concepts, theories and practices to prepare them to use technology responsibly, ethically, and creatively to meet the health care needs of patients/families/communities. Emphasis will be on technology tools, technological systems, informatics processes, and care documentation processes across the spheres of care (disease prevention/promotion of health and well-being, chronic disease care, restorative care, and hospice/palliative/supportive care) within the context of whole person wellness, social determinants of health and health equity, healthcare advocacy and systems change, and interprofessional collaboration. Prerequisites: Junior status, at least 20 NRSG credits and being a declared nursing student.
NRSG 450	Capstone: Cmplx Nrsg Care III	4
Description of course Capstone: Cmplx Nrsg Care III :	This course positions students to summarize, evaluate, and integrate the most remarkable, influential, and transformative aspects of their professional Registered Nurse preparation. Their transition to professional Registered Nurse practice requires them to integrate the spheres of care and Morrison Family College of Health principles along with knowledge, concepts, theories, practices and/or perspectives encountered in the core and nursing curriculum with important issues in nursing practice and health care delivery. The course includes a precepted practicum with final preparation for the NCLEX-RN examination. Prerequisites: C- or better in all nursing courses through the first semester of the senior year (NRSG 110, 220, 240, 250, 300, 305, 340, 350 and 360) as well as being a declared nursing student.
NRSG 470	Leadership in Nursing Prac	4
Description of course Leadership in Nursing Prac :	This course prepares students to apply leadership concepts and theories to skillfully practice as leaders to achieve clinical excellence and improve nursing care and health outcomes. Emphasis will be on professional Registered Nurse leadership role development, complexity theory, innovation and ingenuity, courage and resilience within the context of the spheres of care (disease prevention/promotion of health and well-being, chronic disease care, restorative care, and hospice/palliative/supportive care), whole person wellness, social determinants of health and health equity, healthcare advocacy and systems change, and interprofessional collaboration. Prerequisites: Senior Status, at least 30 NRSG credits and being a declared nursing student.