Nursing, Courses Summer 2000

Summer 2000 Course Descriptions
Key to Course Descriptions

Courses listed below are approved UA courses as of Summer 2000. Not all approved courses will be offered during this term. For course offerings/availability during a specific term, see the Schedule of Classes. Each course number below links to the Schedule of Classes.

Nursing (NURS) College Info

NURS 255 Professional Nursing Role I (2) I II Orientation to professional nursing, nursing processes within the context of health care delivery and societal health needs. P, consult department before enrolling. Open to majors only.

NURS 263 Nursing Processes I (5) I II Application of nursing knowledge to address basic human health patterns; use nursing process to promote health and provide continuing care. 2R, 9L.

NURS 299 Independent Study (1-6) [Rpt./] I II

NURS 299H Honors Independent Study (1-3) [Rpt./] I II

NURS 310 Family Health and Deafness (3) I II An ecological framework organizes study of individual family and societal response to deafness/hearing impairment occurring across the lifespan (infants-elders). P, two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104). (Identical with SP H 310). Approved as Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.

NURS 350 Pathophysiology (3) [Rpt./ 2] I II Provides a conceptual integrative approach to selected pathophysiological phenomena and human responses to illness. P, CHEM 101A, CHEM 101B, PSIO 210. Non-majors who wish to enroll should consult the instructor and complete all prerequisites.

NURS 350H Pathophysiology (3) I II Provides a conceptual integrative approach to selected pathophysiological phenomena and human responses to illness.

NURS 355 Professional Nursing Role II (2) I II Examination of professional nursing issues, including nursing jurisprudence and ethics, as related to nursing processes, practice roles, and the health care delivery system. P, NURS 255, NURS 263. Open to majors only.

NURS 364 Nursing Processes II (5) [Rpt./ 1] I II Study and use of nursing processes, including interpersonal processes and psychomotor skills, in the nursing practice role of care provider with persons and their families during a variety of health experiences. 1R, 2L. P, NURS 350, NURS 255, NURS 263; CR, NURS 374.

NURS 374 Care Provider Across the Lifespan: Families (5) [Rpt./ 1] I II Application of nursing processes to providing care in the family context with a focus on health experiences related to the transitions, including childbearing, parenting, health and changes in aging. P, NURS 350, NURS 255, NURS 263; CR, NURS 364.

NURS 376 Death and Dying Experiences: A Cross-Cultural Perspective (3) I Critical examination of individual and societal belief systems about death and the living-dying process across the life span. Emphasis on cross-cultural perspectives. P, two courses from Tier One, Individuals and Societies (INDV 101, 102, 103, 104). Approved as Tier Two - Individuals and Societies.

NURS 379 Nursing Research (2) II Development of knowledge and skills related to the research process and use of research findings. Writing Emphasis Course.

NURS 382 Health Experience of Human Systems: Children (5) II Use of nursing processes in providing health care to children and youth and their families in a variety of contexts. 2R, 9L. P, NURS 364, NURS 374; CR, NURS 384. Open to majors only.

NURS 384 Health Experience of Human Systems: Adults (5) I II Use of the nursing process in providing health care to adults and their families in a variety of contexts. 2R, 9L.

NURS 393 Internship (2-4) [Rpt./]

NURS 393H Honors Internship (3-6) [Rpt./]

NURS 394 Practicum (1-6) [Rpt./]

NURS 396H Honors Proseminar (3) I

NURS 396R Transition to the Professional Nursing Role (3) I II This course is designed to facilitate RN students' professional role development.

NURS 399 Independent Study (1-5) [Rpt./]

NURS 399H Honors Independent Study (1-3) [Rpt./] I II

NURS 417 Information Technology (3) I II Introduction to finding, organizing, evaluating, using and creating electronic information resources. Both high technology information systems in networked environments and minimal connectivity in rural environments will be covered. The Internet, PowerPoint, and learning tools will be investigated. May be convened with NURS 517.

NURS 444 Clinical Aspects of Interpersonal Violence (3) I II S Course is designed to provide advanced knowledge and skills in managing health care for clients who are experiencing or have experienced interpersonal violence. (Identical with F CM 444, FCR 444, PHPR 444). May be convened with NURS 544.

NURS 455 Professional Nursing Role III (2) I II Exploration of nursing issues and processes as applied to professional leadership and influencing change in health care and health care delivery systems.

NURS 475 Care Provider in Complex Health Experiences (5) I II Nursing care of individuals and families across their lifespan who are experiencing complex health experiences; emphasis is in tertiary and community settings. 2R, 9L. P, NURS 382, NURS 384; CR, NURS 483. Open to majors only.

NURS 477 Pain Management: IDIS Team Approach (3) I II Theory, application, and evaluation of basic pain management strategies within an interdisciplinary framework. (Identical with PCOL 477). May be convened with NURS 577.

NURS 480 Advanced Physiology (3) S Selected physiologic functions and adaptive changes which occur in health and illness. Cellular physiology, the immune system, neurophysiology, cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal, and endocrine physiology. May be convened with NURS 580.

NURS 481 Health Experiences of Human Systems: Communities (5) I II Use of nursing sciences and public health science in promoting and preserving health of populations. Addresses the nursing roles of provider and coordinator of care in population-focused practice in diverse community settings. 2R, 9L. P, NURS 475, NURS 483; CR, NURS 486. Open to majors only.

NURS 483 Nurse as Care Provider Across the Lifespan: Mental Health Experiences (5) I II Concepts, principles, and techniques of nurse-client relationships with individuals, families and groups in a variety of mental-health settings. P, NURS 382, NURS 384; CR, NURS 475. Fees.

NURS 485 Nurse in Clinical Selective (2) I II Directed nursing practice in an area of clinical interest.

NURS 486 Coordinator of Care in Diverse Settings (6) I II Use of nursing processes and theories, management theory, in nursing practice and leadership roles in a variety of health care settings. Opportunities to practice in a specialty of choice are also provided. 2R, 9L. P, NURS 475, NURS 483; CR, NURS 481. Open to majors only.

NURS 487 Poverty and Health (3) II Study of the relationship between poverty and health. Concepts and theories from anthropology, psychology and sociology will be used to analyze problems associated with poverty. Writing Emphasis Course. P, 6 units of social science. (Identical with F CM 487). May be convened with NURS 587.

NURS 496H Honors Seminar - Nursing (1-6)

NURS 498H Honors Thesis (3) [Rpt./ 2] I II

NURS 499 Independent Study (1-5) [Rpt./]

NURS 499H Honors Independent Study (3) [Rpt./] I II

NURS 504 Conceptual Models (3) I S Theory and research surrounding conceptual models with emphasis on description of conceptual models.

NURS 517 Information Technology (3) I II For a description of course topics see NURS 417. Graduate-level students must make two presentations and create a professional web page. May be convened with NURS 417.

NURS 530 Methods in Nursing Research (3) II Critical examination of selected problems and methods in the nursing research process. Consideration is given to both qualitative and quantitative methods. (Identical with PHL 530).

NURS 544 Clinical Aspects of Interpersonal Violence (3) I II S For a description of course topics see NURS 444. Course is designed to provide advanced knowledge and skills in managing health care for clients who are experiencing or have experienced interpersonal violence. (Identical with F CM 544, FCR 544, PHPR 544). May be convened with NURS 444.

NURS 572 Adult Pharmacotherapeutics (3) I Clinical pharmacology course that provides the student with knowledge about common medications used to treat adults. Primary focus is drug management of chronic and self-limiting acute diseases. Covers representative drugs of a pharmacologic group, indications for use, drug selection, titration of dosage, key adverse effects, monitoring of therapy, alternate drugs and special concerns in prescribing to the older adult.

NURS 575 Teaching the Older adult (3) II (Identical with GERO 575, which is home).

NURS 577 Pain Management: IDIS Team Approach (3) I II For a description of course topics see NURS 477. Graduate-level requirements include a scholarly paper regarding a pain theory or management topic. (Identical with PCOL 577). May be convened with NURS 477.

NURS 579 Issues in Rural Health (3) II Topics include: community assessment, planning and evaluation; interdisciplinary practice; health care issues for southwestern ethnic minority populations. (Identical with PHPR 579, PHL 579, MAP 579, PSYC 579).

NURS 580 Advanced Physiology (3) S For a description of course topics see NURS 480. Graduate-level requirements include a comprehensive paper. May be convened with NURS 480.

NURS 583 Issues in Frail Elder Care (3) I Course focuses on issues in providing care to frail elders. Organizational, environmental and interpersonal theory and research concerning a variety of problems is reviewed. (Identical with GERO 583).

NURS 587 Poverty and Health (3) II For a description of course topics see NURS 487. Graduate-level requirements include an in-depth research paper on an aspect of poverty. (Identical with PHL 587, F CM 587). May be convened with NURS 487.

NURS 588 Healing Systems in the Southwest (3) I II Application of principles from anthropological theory to the actual practice of patient care, with emphasis on culture content of groups living in the greater Southwest. (Identical with F CM 588, ANTH 588).

NURS 589 Health of the Older Adult (3) I Current research of the aging process including physical and mental alterations; emphasis on physiological changes. (Identical with GERO 589).

NURS 599 Independent Study (1-4) [Rpt./]

NURS 600A Nursing Theory and Practice: Child, Maternal-Newborn (3) I Maintenance, therapeutic and preventive nursing care of persons in various settings: child, maternal-newborn.

NURS 600B Nursing Theory and Practice: Psychiatric-Mental Health (4) I Maintenance, therapeutic and preventive nursing care of persons in various settings: psychiatric-mental-health.

NURS 600C Nursing Theory and Practice: Community Health (3) II Maintenance, therapeutic and preventive nursing care of persons in various settings: one area of nursing: community health.

NURS 600D Nursing Theory and Practice: Gerontology (3) II Maintenance, therapeutic and preventive nursing care of persons in various settings: gerontology.

NURS 600E Nursing Theory and Practice: Adult Health (3) II Maintenance, therapeutic and preventive nursing care of persons in various settings: adult health.

NURS 601 Pathophysiologic Alterations (3) I Examination of selected alterations in physiologic mechanisms including alterations in immunologic function, gas exchange and transport, fluid transport and balance and pertinent cellular mechanisms. Process of application to clinical care of individuals will be incorporated.

NURS 602 Academic Faculty Role: Theory and Application (3) S Nursing education examined in relation to faculty roles, education issues, impact of higher ed. system & future trends.

NURS 603 Public Health Science (3) I Health promotion and primary prevention in communities and populations, epidemiology and legal/political issues in advanced public health nursing. Nursing and public health theories synthesized. P, open to majors only. (Identical with PHL 603).

NURS 604 Developmental Concepts in Nursing (3) II Examination of the principles and philosophy of the lifespan developmental framework and other models of development, particularly as related to understanding a variety of nursing phenomena in practice and research.

NURS 605 Issues in Family Relations (3) II Examination of issues in providing care to families using theory and research from nursing and related fields. Concepts included will apply to the young, developing, and mature family.

NURS 607 Cross-Cultural Nursing (3) S Focus on a synthesis of theories from nursing and related fields to explore cultural variations in response to actual or potential problems of health or illness. The methods for caring and treating culturally influenced responses will be examined. P, open to majors only. (Identical with PHL 607).

NURS 608 Cognitive Alterations (3) S Client problems related to the processing of sensory information including etiological factors. Research-based nursing interventions for clients with cognitive alterations are examined.

NURS 609 Health Assessment (3-4) I Advanced health assessment and health promotion for adult and geriatric age groups. Students will learn advanced techniques in interviewing, history taking, physical examination, risk appraisal, and data base compilation.

NURS 610 Care of Childbearing Families (4) I To cover conception, OB, the neonatal period and early childhood to age five. Course will address family dynamics related to pregnancy and the incorporation of a new member as well as the clinical experience of providing prenatal care, well-child care, early childhood acute illnesses and identifying chronic illnesses. P, NURS 580; CR, NURS 609, NURS 694; admission to MS level, FNP option.

NURS 611 Advanced Care of the Family (5) I II Third of 3 clinically focused courses preparing FNP's. Focus on assessment, diagnosis, and management of selected complex and/or urgent/emergent acute, chronic and terminal health conditions in individuals and families across the age continuum.

NURS 620 Advanced Care of the Adult (5) I II Basic concepts and knowledge needed to assess and manage common chronic and emergent health problems and end of life problems prevalent in adults and the aged are covered.

NURS 625 Advanced Role Development (3) I Exploration of models of advanced practice during (APN) roles in the health care system. Emphasizes factors that influence process of defining and implementing advanced practice nursing roles.

NURS 626 Primary Care of Adults (4-5) II Basic concepts and knowledge needed to assess and manage therapeutically common acute and chronic health problems prevalent in adults. Emphasis will be placed on pathophysiology, abnormal aging, principles of pharmacology and medication use as therapeutic adjuncts, and the use of diagnostic procedures as aids to clinical decision making.

NURS 627 Advanced Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing II (4) I Focus on concepts of personality development using psychodynamic and cognitive/behavioral theories oriented to the practice of mental health nursing: employing individual, family and group nursing therapeutic techniques for the amelioration of problem.

NURS 628 Advanced Care of the Older Adult (5) I II Integrates a primary care model of practice for older adults in a variety of settings. Emphasizes diagnosis and management of common health problems and syndromes.

NURS 630 Statistics for the Health Sciences (3) [Rpt./ 1] II Techniques that describe, compare and relate variables in the health sciences. Techniques include exploratory, descriptive, comparative, correlational and inferential statistics. Parametric and non-parametric techniques are presented.

NURS 631 Advanced Statistics for the Health Sciences (3) [Rpt./ 1] I Advanced statistical techniques including multivariate analysis of variance, multiple regression, structural equations modeling, log-linear modeling, factor analysis and discriminant analysis. Students will analyze large data sets using PC and mainframe statistical software to learn techniques.

NURS 632 Research Utilization (3) S Development and use of models and tools for facilitating the use of research in science-based nursing practice within organizational settings. 2R, 3L.

NURS 633 Evaluation Research (3) I Development and use of models and tools for assessing nursing processes, programs and performances. Approaches to and psychological reactants of evaluation are explored. Issues and development of market packages with cost consideration are discussed along with program grant preparation. (Identical with PHL 633).

NURS 634 Data Management in Health Care Systems (3) II Acquisition and utilization of large data bases, how data bases are structured, computer applications for large data sets. Emphasis on use of data bases and their contents for evaluation of health care systems. P, NURS 530, NURS 630. (Identical with PHL 634).

NURS 636 Care of Family Members (4) II The basic concepts and knowledge needed to assess and manage common acute and chronic health problems prevalent in family members. 6L, 3R.

NURS 640 Nursing Case Management I (4) II

NURS 641 Nursing Case Management II (3) II Health care financing, delivery of nursing case management and health services in a managed-care environment and related professional issues.

NURS 645 Health Care Systems Measurement and Analysis (3) S Strategies for measurement of structure, process, and outcomes indicators within a health care system. Methods for evaluating instruments and/or global measures.

NURS 646 Health Care Information Systems (3) I Theories and concepts of the use of information systems in health care. Principles and techniques for developing, implementing, using and evaluating health care information systems.

NURS 650 Theory of Systems Management (3) I Theories of systems management and system analysis; project management; critical decision making and problem solving; cost-benefit analysis and resource allocation. Content is presented with application to health care settings.

NURS 651 Systems Management Application (3) S Focus is on the role of the systems manager and provides an opportunity for immersion into the role and for application of content from previous systems management courses. Two of the three hours of credit will be devoted to a clinical practicum and preceptorship in a nursing system's environment and one hour will be a seminar to discuss clinical experiences in the role.

NURS 652 Health Care Informatics Application (3) II Focuses on the role of the informatics specialist and provides an opportunity for immersion into the role and for application of content from previous informatic and system management courses. 2R, 3L. P, NURS 650.

NURS 687 Health of Rural and Underserved Populations (3) II Concepts and theories from nursing, sociology, anthropology, psychology, and health policy are used to analyze health problems encountered by rural, ethnic and underserved populations.

NURS 693 Internship (2-4) [Rpt./]

NURS 694 Practicum (1-6) [Rpt./]

NURS 696A Nursing Theory (1-3) I II

NURS 696B Predictive Modeling (3) II

NURS 696P Advanced Predictive Modeling (3)

NURS 696Q Qualitative Data Collection Management and Analysis (1-3) [Rpt./ 4 units]

NURS 699 Independent Study (1-4) [Rpt./]

NURS 705 Nursing Metatheory (3) I Examination of philosophical and historical foundations of knowledge, and metatheoretical structures and processes of theory development. In-depth analysis of extant and emerging philosophical bases of nursing for scientific inquiry.

NURS 706 Middle Range Theory (3) II Introduction to ways of knowing, focus on middle range theories in nursing and related sciences. Emphasis on critique, elaboration and theory testing strategies.

NURS 725 Contemporary Issues (3) S In-depth examination of contemporary issues related to nursing and the health care system.

NURS 730 Quantitative Methods in Clinical Nursing Research (3) I Investigation of selected quantitative strategies appropriate to researching problems in clinical nursing.

NURS 731 Qualitative Methods in Clinical Nursing Research (3) I Application of selected qualitative research methods from the social sciences to clinical nursing.

NURS 733 Research Methods for Community-Based Interventions (3) II This course focuses on research methods associated with the design and implementation of community-based intervention research.

NURS 781A Instrument Construction (3) S Deductive and inductive processes for constructing/testing instruments to measure nursing care interventions/patient outcomes: Instrumentation for behavior and objective phenomena. 2R, 3L.

NURS 791 Preceptorship (1-3)

NURS 793 Internship (2-4) [Rpt./]

NURS 794 Practicum (1-6) [Rpt./]

NURS 795A Professional Role Development (1) I

NURS 795B Professional Role Development (1) II

NURS 795C Professional Role Development (1) I

NURS 796A Community-Based Interventions (1-3) [Rpt./ 12 units] I Seminar in community-based interventions. P, NURS 705 and NURS 706.

NURS 796B Nursing Systems Seminar (3) [Rpt./ 1] I II This seminar course provides students with opportunities to explore the extant knowledge in the substantive area of nursing systems and the theories that support his knowledge.

NURS 796C Chronic and Disabling Conditions Seminar (1-3) [Rpt./ 1] I II This seminar course provides students with opportunities to explore the extant knowledge in the substantive area of chronic and disabling conditions and the theories that support this knowledge.

NURS 799 Independent Study (1-4) [Rpt./]

NURS 900 Research (1-4) [Rpt./]

NURS 910 Thesis (1-3) [Rpt./]

NURS 920 Dissertation (1-9) [Rpt./]

NURS 930 Supplementary Registration (1-9) [Rpt./]

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