400

This course explores interrelationships between diversity, socio-cultural, economic and political contexts of health and illness. It increases the student's awareness of the biological variation, time and space perception, spiritual dimensions and complexities involved in caring for people with diverse world views. There is focus on specific cultural groups including African Americans, Native Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans and selected additional ethnically diverse groups.

For basic students only. This course examines the biological, environmental, cultural and interpersonal factors that predispose individuals to mental illness. Mental health is viewed as the continuous adaptation to the inevitable stressors of life, and deviations are a result of the inability of individuals to adapt to life's stressors. Individuals are viewed holistically across the lifespan.

For basic students only. The course provides students the opportunity to apply the concepts of mental health nursing through a combination of laboratory and supervised clinical practice. Clinical experiences occur under faculty supervision in a variety of settings in which patients and families with acute and chronic mental health problems may be found.

For basic students only. This course examines advanced concepts related to patients experiencing complex multi-system biological problems and related physiological and psychological responses.

For basic students only. The course provides the opportunity for students to apply advanced concepts and processes required to help adults with complex multi-system problems. Students examine adults from physical, social, psychological and developmental perspectives through a combination of laboratory and supervised clinical practice activities. Clinical experiences occur under faculty supervision in a variety of acute care settings.

For basic students, RN to BSN students, or with instructor approval. This course examines key concepts in leadership and management within the health care system. Emphasis is on organizing and delivering health care, assessing financial resources, planning, managing human resources, improving quality and promoting positive change.

For RN to BSN students. This course focuses on the community health system by examining it from historical, organizational and political perspectives. Emphasis is on analysis of epidemiological trends and the relevance of community assessment to community health nursing practice. The impact of local, state and federal legislation is explored related to the impact on community health.

This course expands on leadership and management concepts for health care providers. Emphasis is placed on the evaluation of student projects and dissemination of knowledge learned.

For basic students or RN to BSN students. This course focuses on the community health system by examining it from historical, organizational and political perspectives. Emphases are on analysis of epidemiological trends and the relevance of community assessment to community health nursing practice. The impact of local, state and federal legislation is explored related to the impact on community health.

For basic students only. The course provides the opportunity to synthesize and apply the cognitive knowledge gained in NUR 422 through supervised clinical practice. Students provide culturally competent care to individuals, families and groups in a variety of community agencies. This course includes approximately 4 hours per week in a clinical practicum experience plus a class seminar.

This course will review the key concepts of palliative care and end-of-life nursing care. Topics covered utilizing the End-of-Life Nursing Consortium (ELNEC) training modules will include: pain and symptom management, ethical issues, cultural considerations, communication techniques, care during the final hours of life, and loss, grief and bereavement. In addition, the practice of palliative care in special populations and in various settings will be discussed. This course will be highly interactive and will include opportunities to hear from guest speakers that are experts in the field of palliative and end-of-life care.  

Open to non-nursing students. This course examines alternative health practices from a cross-cultural perspective. Healing interventions such as acupuncture, biofeedback, homeopathy, meditation, and traditional Chinese and herbal medicine are studied and demonstrated by practitioners. Emphases are on the historical underpinnings of holistic health practices and the political/economic ramifications on global health. This course also compares and contrasts nontraditional modalities of health care with industrial models.

Students will learn about discipline-specific writing and research processes for nursing studies and engage nursing research through formal and informal writing work.

For RN to BSN students only. This course focuses on the theoretical concepts of family development and functioning essential to understanding the contemporary family and the current trends related to families. The course emphasizes the role of the nurse in assessing and planning intervention strategies needed to provide comprehensive nursing care to families.

For RN to BSN students only. This course provides the student with the opportunity for in-depth experiences with individuals, families and groups in the health system. This clinical practicum enables the student to synthesize the knowledge acquired in NUR 420 and 438.

For RN to BSN students only. This course provides the student the opportunity to synthesize nursing knowledge and to experience professional role implementation in a variety of health care settings.

This course provides students the opportunity for in-depth exploration of legal foundations of nursing practice liability issues, nursing malpractice, and the American legal system (with special emphasis on Florida law and personal injury claims). Case analyses, synthesis of fact and law, and introduction to written and oral communication skills that are essential in the role of legal nurse consultant are the foci, as well as the steps inherent in discovery. The evolving roles of legal nurse consultants are explored.

This course provides students the opportunity to develop skill and knowledge related to the process of performing legal research (including record reviews) and medical and legal verbal and written communication. Emphases are on conducting and organizing literature searches, and reviews and facilitation of life-care and end-of-life planning, as well as preparation of documents for trial. The roles of expert witness and risk manager also are explored.

This course provides the legal nurse consultant student with a capstone clinical experience to apply the theoretical legal nurse consulting principles learned in the previous courses in the sequence.

An independent study that provides students with an opportunity to pursue a topic or project under the guidance of a nursing faculty member. By permission of instructor and department director. May include a practicum.

For elective credit only. An in-depth study of a selected nursing topic of concern to students and faculty. Emphasis is on contemporary issues affecting nursing and health care.

For basic students only. This course focuses on the integration, analysis, and synthesis of knowledge acquired throughout the nursing curriculum. The student utilizes knowledge from the physical, biological and behavioral sciences to provide safe, high quality, culturally competent nursing care. Critical thinking skills are further developed. The student incorporates principles of teaching and learning to promote, maintain and restore health.

For basic students only. This seminar course addresses professional role transition and assists the student in preparing for the NCLEX-RN licensure examination.

Focuses on identifying and analyzing health care problems using a Microsystems framework. Discusses high volume, high priority clinical problems common to primary, secondary, and tertiary health care facilities. Emphasizes exploration of current best evidence on a variety of clinical problems. Provides a foundation for the development of an evidence-based project grounded in a Microsystems approach.