USF 2002-2003 Undergraduate Catalog - Pages 198 - 279
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NSC 1110 Introduction to Naval Science (3) US NVY
The Naval Service with emphasis on the mission, organization, regulations and components of the Navy and Marine Corps.
NSC 1140 Seapower and Maritime Affairs (3) US NVY
This course deals with the importance of seapower in historical events, including emphasis on worldwide political-military confrontations following the cold war.
NSC 2121 Naval Ships Systems I (3) US NVY
Types, structures and purpose of naval ships. Hydrodynamic forces, stability, compartmentalization, electrical, and auxiliary systems. Theory of design and operation of steam, gas turbine, and nuclear propulsion. Shipboard safety and firefighting.
NSC 2213 Navigation/Naval Operations I: Navigation (3) US NVY
Piloting and celestial navigation theory, principles, and procedures. Tides, currents, weather, use of navigation instruments and equipment, and practicum. Laboratory required.
NSC 2221 Evolution of Warfare (3) US NVY
A survey of military history emphasizing principles of warfare, strategy and tactics, and significant military leaders and organizations.
NSC 2231 Principles of Naval Management I (3) US NVY
Theory and principles of management, focusing on the officer-manager as an organizational decision maker. Includes interpersonal skills, behavior factors, group dynamics.
NSC 3122 Naval Ships Systems II (3) US NVY
PR: NSC 2121. Fire control systems, weapons types, capabilities, and limitations. Physical aspects of radar and underwater sound for target acquisition, threat analysis, tracking, weapons selection, delivery, and guidance. Explosives, fusing, and Naval ordance.
NSC 3214 Naviation/Naval Operations II: Seamanship and Ship Operations (3) US NVY
PR: NSC 2213. International and inland rules of the road; relative motion-vector analysis; ship handling, employment, and tactics, afloat communications; and operations analysis. Laboratory required.
NSC 4224 Amphibious Warfare (3) US NVY
History of amphibious warfare emphasizing doctrine and techniques as well as an understanding of the interrelations of political, strategic, operational, tactical, and technical levels of war from the past.
NSC 4232 Principles of Naval Management II (Leadership and Ethics) (3) US NVY
PR: NSC 2231. Integration of professional competencies and qualities of effective leadership with emphasis on moral and ethical responsibilities, accountability, communications and military law for the junior officer.
NUR 3064C Physical Examination and Assessment (3) NU NUR
PR: Admission to the nursing major or CI. Focus on the use of techniques and instruments necessary for the examination of infants, children and adults. Emphasizes assessment phase of critical thinking to enable student to perform evaluations of health status throughout the lifespan.
NUR 3076 Fundamentals of Communication and Psycho-social Nursing (2) NU NUR
PR: Admission to the nursing major or CI. Focus on basic communication, interviewing, and psychosocial assessment skills essential for professional nursing practice. Emphasis on developing nurse relationships with individuals across the lifespan within the context of the family.
NUR 3114C Fundamentals of Nursing Practice and Foundations for Clinical Judgment (4) NU NUR
PR: Admission to the nursing major or CI. The fundamentals and foundations of nursing practice. Focus on developing critical thinking skills in applying concepts of health to meet the basic needs of the individual across the lifespan.
NUR 3125 Pathophysiology for Nursing Practice (3) NU NUR
PR: Admission to the nursing major or CI. Central concepts of pathophysiology: cells, tissues, organs and systems. Provides essential knowledge base in pathophysiology across the lifespan for professional nursing practice.
NUR 3145 Pharmacology in Nursing Practice (3) NU NUR
PR: Admission to the nursing major or CI. Focus on the basic and clinical concepts of pharmacology in nursing practice. Examines pharmacotherapeutics; pharmacodynamics; pharmacokinetics; adverse reactions and contraindications; therapeutic indications and nursing implications.
NUR 3215 Medical Surgical Nursing I (3) NU NUR
PR: NUR 3064C, NUR 3125, NUR 3114C, NUR 3076. CR: NUR 3215L. Focuses on the nursing assessment, prevention, and management of selected health care problems in adults of all ages. Critical thinking is used to analyze the effects of changes in health status and impact of nursing intervention for: patients with alteration in Fluid and Electrolyte Balance, Hemotologic System, Cardiovascular System, Pulmonary System, Renal System, Endocrine, Cancer, Multisystem Dysfunction.
NUR 3215L Medical Surgical Nursing Clinical I (3) NU NUR
PR: NUR 3064C, NUR 3125, NUR 3114C, NUR 3076. CR: NUR 3215. Clinical intervention for patients with selected health problems. Emphasize clinical judgment in implementing therapeutic nursing interventions for patients with selected health problems related to specific abnormalities in functional patterns.
NUR 3284C Gerontological Nursing (2) NU NUR
PR: NUR 3113, NUR 3114, NUR 3114L, NUR 3064C. Nursing Majors. Focuses on theories of aging and human development; assessment of functional health patterns; and planning health promotion and disease prevention activities with older adults. Critical thinking is used to analyze the effects of interventions on individuals and groups.
NUR 3525 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing (3) NU NUR
PR: NUR 3076, NUR 3064C, NUR 3125, NUR 3114C. CR: NUR 3525L. Explores mind, body, and spirit alterations in functional health patterns experienced by patients with acute and chronic mental illness. Examines psychopathology, psychoparmacologic therapies and community resources and the role of the nurse in psychiatry.
NUR 3525L Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing Clinical (3) NU NUR
PR: NUR 3076, NUR 3064C, NUR 3125, NUR 3114C. CR: NUR 3525. Focus on clinical intervention using critical thinking and communication skills with patients who require complex psychiatric rehabilitative care. Opportunities are offered to apply knowledge of psychopathology and psychopharmacologic therapies across the lifespan.
NUR 3806 Education Transitions for Registered Nurses (3) NU NUR
PR: Admission to the nursing major. Transition to professional nursing for the registered nurse, its theoretical perspective and empirical bases and essential skills for success in nursing education. Focus on developing a variety of learning strategies and approaches to academic achievement.
NUR 3829 Ethical Legal Aspects in Nursing and Health Care -MW (3) NU NUR
PR: NUR 3113 or CI. Nursing Majors. Introduction to contemporary bioethical and legal issues confronting health care providers in a variety of settings. Focuses on identification of legal and ethical principles underlying the decision-making process in nursing and health care.
NUR 4041 Culture In Nursing Practice (2) NU NUR
PR: NUR 3113 or CI. Nursing Majors. Introduces knowledge and skills needed to give culturally congruent nursing care to people from diverse cultural groups. Compares and analyzes health-related practices, values, beliefs among major cultural groups.
NUR 4165 Nursing Inquiry (3) NU NUR
PR: Admission to the nursing major or CI. An introductory course in statistics is recommended. An analysis of the research process. Emphasis on identification of researchable nursing problems and evaluations of research that is applicable to nursing practice. Focus on evidence-based practice for nursing.
NUR 4194 An Interdisciplinary Perspective in HIV Disease -6A MW LW (3) NU NUR
Provides an interdisciplinary perspective on HIV disease. Topics include the etiology, spectrum, and treatment of HIV disease; international perspectives; issues of race, gender, and ethnicity; values, ethics, and their influences on responses to HIV; and how the media has shaped the epidemic.
NUR 4216 Medical Surgical Nursing II (4) NU NUR
PR: NUR 3215, NUR 3215L, NUR 3145. CR: NUR4216L. Focus on the nursing assessment, prevention, and management of multiple health care problems. Critical thinking is used to analyze the effects of changes in health status and the impact of nursing intervention for patients with alterations in Visual and Auditory systems, Neurological systems, Musculoskeletal systems, Gastrointestinal systems, and Reproductive systems.
NUR 4216L Medical Surgical Nursing Clinical II (5) NU NUR
PR: NUR 3215, NUR 3215L, NUR 3145. CR: NUR 4216. Clinical intervention for patients with selected health problems. Emphasizes clinical judgment in implementing therapeutic nursing interventions for patients with complex health problems related to alterations in multiple functional health patterns.
NUR 4355 Child and Adolescent Health Nursing (3) NU NUR
PR: NUR 4216, NUR 4216L. CR: NUR 4653L, NUR 4636, NUR 4421. Nursing care of children and adolescent in the context of the family. Focus on health promotion, risk factor identification, disease prevention, and health restoration in children and adolescents.
NUR 4421 Women’s Health Nursing (2) NU NUR
PR: NUR 4216, NUR 4216L. CR: NUR 4635L, NUR 4636, NUR 4355. Focus on health promotion, identification of risk factors, illness care, and health restoration related to the physiological and psychological changes occurring during a woman’s life cycle including pregnancy.
NUR 4635L Integrated Nursing Clinical: Community/Public Health, Children and Adolescent Health, and Women’s Health (7) NU NUR
PR: NUR 4216, NUR 4216L. CR: NUR4421, NUR 4636, NUR 4355. Provides clinical learning experiences in diverse community and hospital settings. Focuses on nursing care designed to prevent and/or reduce risk of disease and injury, promote health and wellness, and treat illness and injury in children, adolescents, adults and families, and diverse community populations across the age spectrum.
NUR 4636 Community/Public Health: Population-Focused Nursing (3) NU NUR
PR: NUR 4216, NUR 4216L or CI. In-depth examination of community health nursing, public health, epidemiology, culture, and environment essential to preventing illness and injury and promoting and preserving health among diverse populations at risk.
NUR 4636L Community/Public Health Nursing Clinical for the RN (3) NU NUR
CR: NUR 4636 or CI. Provides clinical learning experiences in community-based sites in both urban and rural settings. Focus on nursing care designed to prevent and/or reduce risk of disease and injury, and promote health and wellness to diverse populations across the age spectrum.
NUR 4643 Nursing Interventions into the Acute Effects of Drug and Alcohol Abuse (2) NU NUR
Focuses on the assessment and treatment of individuals and families who are in the acute phases of addiction. Emphasis will be placed on treatment outcomes for designated populations with consideration for cultural, socioeconomic, political and ethical/legal factors.
NUR 4644 Nursing Interventions into the Rehabilitation of Clients who Abuse Substance (2) NU NUR
Focuses on models of treatment and interventions for clients and families who are in the rehabilitation and relapse prevention phases of treatment for addictions. Emphasis will be placed on rehabilitation outcomes for designated populations with consideration for criminal socioeconomic, political and legal/ethical factors.
NUR 4645 Substance Abuse Across the Lifespan (2) NU NUR
This course introduces the student to concepts of substance abuse and theories of addiction. The applicability of theories and concepts to clinical assessment, diagnosis and intervention with the client populations across the lifespan is explored.
NUR 4692 Occupational Health Nursing (2) NU NUR
Focuses on the historical, legal, cultural, scientific, and professional foundations of occupational and environmental health nursing; the occupational health nurse role in the delivery of health services to workers and worker aggregatesl business, social, economic, and legal forces influencing that role; standards and characteristics of practice; and settings for occupational health nursing practice.
NUR 4765C Rehabilitation Across the Life Span (2) NU NUR
PR: NUR 4616,NUR 4616L, NUR 4636, NUR 4636L. Nursing Major or CI. Basic concepts of rehabilitation related to human responses. Analysis of the changes in health status and nursing implications.
NUR 4766 Critical Care (2) NU NUR
PR: NUR 4616, NUR 4616L, NUR 4636, NUR 4636L. Nursing Majors or CI. Basic concepts of critical care nursing, focusing on selected health problems to analyze the affects of changes in health status.
NUR 4838 Leadership and Management in Professional Nursing Practice (3) NU NUR
PR: NUR 4421, NUR 4355, NUR 4636, NUR 4636L or CI. Principles of nursing leadership and management with an emphasis on decision-making, priority setting, delegating, and managing nursing care. Focus on preparation of the professional nurse to work collaboratively in the interdisciplinary health care environment. Clinical experience for registered nurse students will be designed to build upon a practice background.
NUR 4905C Independent Study (1-5) NU NUR
PR: Permission of faculty. Open to majors and non-majors. Individual or group investigation of problems relevant to the health of individuals or groups. Project requirements individually planned with faculty preceptor.
NUR 4935 Selected Topics In Nursing (2-8) NU NUR
PR: Junior or senior standing or permission of faculty. Content will depend upon student demand and faculty interest and may focus on any area relevant to nursing practice. May involve class, seminar, and/or clinical laboratory .
NUR 4948L Preceptorship (5) NU NUR
PR: NUR 4216, NUR 4216L, NUR 4355, NUR 4421, NUR 4636, NUR 4636L. Individually contracted 150 hours of clinical practicum collaboratively planned by students, faculty, and agency personnel. Opportunity to synthesize theory and clinical practice for professional nursing.
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Effective Date: Semester I, 2002
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