320 Nursing Implications of Pharmacological Agents (2) Pharmacologic agents and their implications for nursing care; emphasis on classification systems, prototype drugs, and patient teaching. Graded CR/NC. Prerequisite: BISC 306Lx and BISC 308x or departmental approval.

321 Pharmacotherapeutics for Nursing Practices (2, Sm) Pharmacologic agents and their implications for nursing care; emphasis on classification systems, prototype drugs, and patient teaching. Prerequisite: BISC 306Lx; BISC318a; corequisite: NURS 318b.

390 Special Problems (1-4) Supervised, individual studies. No more than one registration permitted. Enrollment by petition only.

400 Nursing Science V (4) Knowledge for nursing in the community: the nature of community, community dynamics, and community health; methods of health care delivery. Prerequisite: NURS 312L; corequisite: ANTH 201 or ANTH 263.

401 Nursing Science VI (4) Organizational models of nursing; nursing roles within complex settings and the health care system; quality assurance, leadership, change, and advocacy. Prerequisite: NURS 400 and NURS 410L.

402 Community and Home Health Nursing (3) Knowledge for nursing in the community, and community home health methods of nursing care delivery. Corequisite: NURS 404 and NURS 416L.

403 Pediatric Nursing (2, Sp) Knowledge of nursing for infants, children, and families with acute and chronic health problems focusing on health promotion with a self care framework. Prerequisite: NURS 310L, NURS 306, NURS 316L; corequisite: NURS 416L.

404 Advanced Medical-Surgical Nursing III (2, Sp) Knowledge for nursing of critically ill persons across the life span within a self care framework. Prerequisite: NURS 406 and NURS 416L.

405 Professional Ethics, Nursing Leadership Management (3, Sp) Organizational models of nursing; nursing roles in the health care system; professional accountability; ethical/legal issues and decision making; quality; policy; leadership; change; advocacy. Prerequisite: NURS 416L; corequisite: NURS 412L and NURS 414L.

406 Medical Surgical Nursing II (4, Fa) Knowledge for nursing of adults and elderly with complex acute health problems within a self care framework. Prerequisite: NURS 314L, NURS 321; corequisite: NURS 416L.

410L Nursing Practicum VI (4) Nursing care of clients in community settings: assessment and promotion of health in a specific community; practice in traditional and innovative community settings. Laboratory and clinical conference, 12 hours. Corequisite: NURS 400.

411L Nursing Practicum VII (4) Testing and evaluation of organizational models for nursing practice in various complex health care settings; quality assurance, change, leadership, and advocacy strategies. Laboratory and clinical conference, 12 hours. Corequisite: NURS 401.

412L Community and Home Health Nursing Practicum (4, Fa) Nursing care for clients in community and home; assessment and promotion of health care in specific communities; practice in community/home health settings. Corequisite: NURS 402.

413L Pediatric Nursing Practicum (4, Sp) Nursing care for infants, children and families with acute and chronic health problems. Practice in acute care and family centered ambulatory settings. Corequisite: NURS 403.

414L Advanced Medical-Surgical Nursing III (1, Sp) Nursing care for critically ill persons across the life span. Practice in a variety of settings. Corequisite: NURS 404.

415L Nursing Leadership and Management Practicum (3, Sp) Application of leadership and management content; evaluation of organizational models for nursing practice in complex health care settings; analysis of ethical issues in practice settings. Corequisite: NURS 405.

416L Medical-Surgical Nursing II Practicum (4, Fa) Nursing care of adults and elderly with complex and acute health problems. Practice in acute care settings. Corequisite: NURS 406.

419 Human Sexuality (2, FaSp) Human sexuality from a biological, social-psychological and historico-cultural perspective.

420 Transcultural Nursing (2, FaSp) Identification of health/illness environments (psychological, sociological, cultural, and economic) that place client at risk; analysis of behavior that leads to health/illness. Prerequisite: junior status.

422 Spiritual Aspects of Patient Care (2) Interactions of healing, faith, and nursing in eastern and western traditions; spiritual aspects of patient care examined through current historical study and nursing research. Prerequisite: junior status.

450 Nursing Ethics and Law (4) Examination of personal and professional values in ethical dilemmas; related issues in nursing and health care; ethical and legal parameters of nursing. Prerequisite: senior status and satisfactory completion of Skill Level Composition.

460 Seminar: Nursing Research (4) Basic research concepts and their relation to nursing theory and nursing practice; systematic investigation of nursing problems through research. Prerequisite: PSYC 274, SOCI 314, or PPMT 404; satisfactory completion of Skill Level Composition.

461 Nursing Research (4, Sp) Basic research concepts, their relation to nursing theory and application to nursing practice; systematic exploration of the research proposal process. Prerequisite: senior status and PSYC 274 or PPMT 404 or departmental approval.

490x Directed Research (2-8, max 8) Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit. Prerequisite: departmental approval.

491Lx Nursing Research Projects (2) Critique of nursing research; supervised participation in a scholarly project. Discussion, 2 hours; laboratory and conference, 3 hours. Not available for graduate credit. Prerequisite: NURS 460.

499 Special Topics (2-4, max 8) Selected topics in various areas within nursing. (Nursing Elective)

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