General Information
Online Nursing Courses
There are five (5) online nursing courses in the program. Each online nursing course is six (6) credits. All online nursing courses are offered during the spring, summer and fall semester.
Academic Standard and Progression
The Online RN-BS program adheres to the standards set in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences Handbook. Students must achieve a grade of 2.75 (C+) or higher in order to progress onto the next online nursing course. If a student does not achieve a grade of 2.75 (C+) or higher they will be placed on Academic Probation and must repeat the course they received the grade of less than 2.75 (C+) in. If they student does not pass the course the second time they are allowed to take it, they will be referred to Student Affairs. To review the policies in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences, please review the CNHS Handbook.
NU 360, Professional Issues in Nursing
This is the first nursing course in the RN-BS Online Program. It is an intermediate seminar designed to assist registered nurses to develop the critical reading, writing and thinking skills necessary for successful university level study. Issues that significantly influence professional practice and nursing leadership are explored utilizing the above skills.
NU 361, Health Assessment and Promotion
This course focuses on the complete health assessment, the nursing process, and its relationship to the prevention and early detection of disease in clients across the life span. This course introduces processes of health assessment: interviewing, history-taking, and physical assessment. Dominant models, theories, and perspectives are used to explain health behaviors and are considered in relation to evidence-based health promotion and health education strategies. Students are also expected to identify and apply pathophysiological principles to selected health issues across the lifespan. The course includes a laboratory component complemented by self-directed computer-assisted instruction. Incorporated throughout the course is the importance of communication and collaboration across culturally diverse urban populations.
NU 362, Nursing Research and Evidence Based Practice
This course provides an overview of scientific research and nursing informatics. The course focuses on the interface of theory, research, and electronic technologies used in data acquisition, information management, and knowledge development. Emphasis is placed on ethical, theoretical, and methodological issues raised when studying and documenting the health related quality of life of urban populations and on the application of electronic networks in multidisciplinary healthcare delivery.
NU 461, Community Health Nursing for Registered Nurses
The course enables students to perform complex, comprehensive interventions designed to improve public and community health care in the evolving health care system. Nursing practice is directed toward communicating effectively and working collaboratively with diverse urban communities and healthcare infrastructures to deliver quality, cost-effective and accessible health across the life span. Students will utilize information technology to generate empirical and theoretical knowledge bases for decision-making, critical thinking, designing and evaluation health care programs and outcomes. Students will assess and demonstrate accountability for self-learning needs when engaged in developing and advocating for programs designed to promote the health of vulnerable and other diverse urban populations.
This is the only course in the Online RN-BS Curriculum that has a "clinical" component to it. During NU 461, students are asked to participate in a Volunteer Experience. Volunteer Experience is subject to approval by course faculty or the Online RN-BS Program Director. The Volunteer Experience is 40 hours over the course of a semester.
NU 462, Legal, Ethical, Health Policy and Capstone for RN's
This course is the capstone for students in the online RN-BS program. This course enables students to analyze complex nursing issues from a legal, ethical, and political approach. This perspective will serve to guide health professionals to socially responsible practice and collaboration within the changing health care environment. In addition, the course conducts critical analyses of contemporary urban health and policy issues affecting individuals across the lifespan. The impact of the complex socio-political environments on how the health care system evolved and is continually reformed is explored. Different health issues and policies including communication, advocacy, and ethical concerns of access, quality, and cost will be examined. The ethical, legal and policy issues surrounding healthcare disparities will be examined. Students will use information technology to generate empirical and theoretical knowledge bases for decision-making, critical thinking and evaluation of health care policies and their outcomes.
Each online nursing course is a prerequisite to the next online nursing course. If you wish to take a course out of sequence please contact Kristen to discuss your options.
One question that frequently comes up is if students can take more than one online nursing course per semester. Please visit the FAQ page for an answer to that along with some additional Frequently asked Questions.
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