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NURS 9. Reasoning and Critical Thinking on Health Topics. 3 Units
General Education Area/Graduation Requirement: Critical Thinking (1-B)
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Provides students with an introduction to critical thinking and reasoning in evaluating societal issues related to health. Students will examine sources of health information, including mass and social media to critically examine fact versus fiction. Emphasizes logical steps in problem-solving, decision-making, reasoning, and the construction of arguments about health problems and promotion. The study of critical thinking will be supplemented with readings, discussions, collaboration, presentations, dialogues, and written assignments around the topic of health.
NURS 10. Health Care: Issues and Delivery Systems. 3 Units
General Education Area/Graduation Requirement: Social and Behavioral Sciences (4-A)
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Explores the relationships between social, political and economic systems, and the health care and delivery systems currently operational in the U.S. today. Provides a format to debate current biomedical issues and explores crosscultural health practices. Lecture three hours.
NURS 14. Pharmacology. 2 Units
Prerequisite(s): Entry level physiology course, such as BIO 25 or BIO 26
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Basic principles of pharmacology with a focus on pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and related therapeutic implications for major drug categories. May be taken by pre-nursing or non-nursing students. Lecture two hours.
NURS 21. First Year Seminar: Becoming an Educated Person. 3 Units
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
A first-year seminar intended to provide students with an introduction to the meaning of higher education, resources of the University, and skills for lifelong learning. This course is designed to help students develop academic success strategies, and to improve information literacy, intercultural competence, and integrative thinking. The seminar also provides students with the opportunity to interact with fellow students, and seminar faculty to build a community of academic and personal support.
NURS 53. Paramedic Skills Part 1. 2 Units
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Paramedic program
Corequisite(s): NURS 51
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Part 1 of foundational ALS skills content for pre-hospital care in the Emergency Medical System (EMS). Participants apply theoretical knowledge of Advanced Life Support in skills lab and simulated patient care experiences. Students will practice assessment and intervention of psychomotor skills for Advanced Life Support (ALS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Cardiac Life Support (PALS) and International Trauma Life Support (ITLS).
NURS 54. Paramedic Skills Part 2. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Paramedic program, NURS 51 & NURS 53
Corequisite(s): NURS 52
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Part 2 of foundational ALS skills content for pre-hospital care in the Emergency Medical System (EMS). Participants apply theoretical knowledge of Advanced Life Support in skills lab and simulated patient care experiences. This is the skills section of NURS 52. Students will practice assessment and intervention of psychomotor skills for Advanced Life Support (ALS), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Pediatric Advanced Cardiac Life Support (PALS) and International Trauma Life Support (ITLS).
NURS 111. Introduction to Professional Nursing. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Nursing program or instructor permission
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Provides a conceptual base for the practice of professional nursing. The changing and expanding roles of the professional nurse in the health care delivery system are explored, with an emphasis on professional behavior, ethics, evidence-based practice and informatics. Lecture three hours.
Note: may be repeated for credit
NURS 112. Nursing Care Of Adults. 5 Units
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Nursing Program.
Corequisite(s): NURS 111, NURS 113.
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Introduction and application of nursing concepts in meeting health needs of adults. Emphasis is placed on health promotion and disease management across the adult life span. Lecture three hours; laboratory six-eight hours
Note: This course require safety training and personal protective equipment (PPE).
NURS 113. Professional Nursing Communication, Assessment and Skills. 4 Units
Prerequisite(s): Admission to nursing program
Corequisite(s): NURS 111 and NURS 112
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Apply nursing practice concepts in assessment, skills, and professional communication in the context of laboratory scenarios and field experiences across the lifespan. Laboratory twelve hours.
NURS 119. Mental Health Nursing for the LVN 30-Unit Option. 4 Units
Prerequisite(s): Microbiology with a lab, Physiology with a lab, and California licensure as a Vocational Nurse.
Corequisite(s): Nurs 123.
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Theoretical basis for the nursing care of individuals who require nursing intervention to achieve and maintain mental health through adaptive processes. The course includes a supervised practicum which incorporates therapeutic modalities. A variety of psychodynamic theories related to anxiety, interpersonal relationships, crisis intervention, and group process are discussed.
NURS 120. Nursing Application of Research and Critical Analysis. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 123, NURS 129 or instructor permission; Junior standing; a WPJ Portfolio score OR ENGL 109M or ENGL 109W.
General Education Area/Graduation Requirement: Humanities (3-B), Writing Intensive Graduation Requirement (WI)
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Evaluation and application of research to nursing practice. Emphasis is placed on application of evidence to improve quality and safety in healthcare and advance nursing practice. Develop an understanding of the humanities and diverse cultures through the lens of nursing practice. Application of a critical framework of sociocultural, historical, and economic perspectives to analyze scholarly inquiry of health and healthcare.
NURS 123. Nursing Families in Complex Illness. 6 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 111, NURS 112 and NURS 113; or instructor permission.
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Provides students with the opportunity to learn and apply nursing concepts through the care of individuals and families experiencing complex illness across the adult lifespan. The focus is on skill development and the synthesis of data from multiple sources to formulate nursing interventions. Lecture three hours; laboratory six-eight hours.
Note: This course require safety training and personal protective equipment (PPE).
NURS 129. Mental Health Nursing. 5 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 111, NURS 112 and NURS 113; or instructor permission.
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Provides an overview of multidimensional factors, perspectives, and approaches associated with mental health across the lifespan. Mental health concepts and interventions are applied across multiple settings. Lecture three hours; laboratory six-eight hours.
Note: This course require safety training.
NURS 133. Leadership and Management for the LVN to RN. 2 Units
Prerequisite(s): Microbiology with a lab; Physiology with a lab; NURS 119 and NURS 123
Corequisite(s): NURS 137 and NURS 138
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
This course is designed to present leadership and management skills for the Licensed Vocational Nurse transitioning to the Registered Nurse role. The principle and processes of administration, management, and supervision will be discussed within an organizational framework. Lecture two hours.
NURS 136. Nursing Laboratory for the Childbearing Family. 1 Unit
Prerequisite(s): NURS 120, NURS 123 and NURS 129, or instructor permission
Corequisite(s): NURS 137
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Application of skills and assessment in the care of the childbearing family and women experiencing reproductive health changes across the lifespan.
Credit/No Credit
NURS 137. Nursing the Childbearing Family. 5 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 120, NURS 123 and NURS 129 or instructor permission.
Corequisite(s): NURS 136.
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Application of nursing concepts in the care of the childbearing family and women experiencing reproductive health changes across the lifespan. Lecture three hours; laboratory six-eight hours.
Note: This course require safety training and personal protective equipment (PPE).
NURS 138. Nursing the Childrearing Family. 5 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 120, NURS 123, NURS 129, or instructor permission
Corequisite(s): NURS 139
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Introduction and application of nursing concepts in meeting health needs of the child from birth through adolescence. Emphasis is placed on health promotion and disease management within the context of the family and applied across multiple settings. Lecture three hours; laboratory six-eight hours.
NURS 139. Nursing Laboratory for the Childrearing Family. 1 Unit
Prerequisite(s): NURS 120, NURS 123, NURS 129, or instructor permission
Corequisite(s): NURS 138
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Acquisition of knowledge and practice using tools and techniques for assessing the child and the family in a variety of settings. Laboratory three hours.
Note: May be repeated for credit
Credit/No Credit
NURS 143. Leadership and Management in Nursing Practice. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 136, NURS 137, NURS 138, and NURS 139, or instructor permission.
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Integration of leadership and management principles to promote health across the lifespan and care settings. Application of leadership and management principles in the examination of organizational structures, processes, and approaches to quality and safety concepts in health care systems and practice environments. Emphasis will be placed on career development and transition to professional practice.
Note: May be repeated for credit. Lecture three hours.
NURS 144. Community Health Nursing. 5 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 136, NURS 137, NURS 138, and NURS 139, or instructor permission.
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Contemporary role of the community health nurse is presented within a public health framework, emphasizing the concept of community as client. Presents nursing interventions related to groups and aggregates identified as high risk for the development of health problems. Clinical experience is provided across community settings. Lecture and clinical hours.
NURS 145. Clinical Leadership and Professional Role Development. 6 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 136, NURS 137, NURS 138, NURS 139 or instructor permission.
Corequisite(s): NURS 144.
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
The purpose of this culminating senior practicum is to facilitate the transition of the nursing student into the role of a professional BSN graduate nurse. The course will integrate the theoretical and clinical nursing concepts acquired throughout the curriculum into a precepted senior practicum. Students will apply principles of clinical nursing, nursing management and nursing leadership in a selected clinical setting.
Credit/No Credit
NURS 148. Running Quality Simulations: Start to Finish. 1 Unit
Prerequisite(s): Enrollment in a Sacramento State nursing program NURS 123 or its equivalent or instructor permission.
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
This course is designed to prepare nursing students to develop and maintain high-quality, effective healthcare simulation programs that prepare nurses for real patient care experiences in a safe environment. Students will learn how to design and implement simulation scenarios including prebriefing, simulation activities, debriefing, and evaluation of students and instruction implementation. This will be evident by active engagement, reflection, discussion, checklists, and written evaluations. The study of simulation will be supplemented with readings, discussions, collaboration, presentations, dialogues, and written assignments.
Note: This course requires safety training.
Credit/No Credit
NURS 160. Human Sexuality. 3 Units
General Education Area/Graduation Requirement: Social and Behavioral Sciences (4-A)
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Designed to explore the physiological, sociological, and psychological components of human sexuality in a sufficiently detailed manner to dispel the myths and confusion enveloping this sensitive subject. Students will be able to integrate these components in a meaningful pattern into their own lives, be better able to understand and accept their own sexual needs and behavior, and be more accepting and understanding of persons whose sexual attitudes and behavior might from their own.
NURS 165. Hospice and Palliative Nursing Care. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 112 if enrolled the nursing program or instructor permission.
General Education Area/Graduation Requirement: Race & Ethnicity Graduation Requirement (RE), Social and Behavioral Sciences (4-A)
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Evaluation of the role of the nurse in providing family-centered care throughout the death and dying process within a historical and cultural context. Exploration of differences in organizational models to end-of-life care, including hospice and palliative care. Integration of nursing care into unique cultural values and beliefs. Examination of significant aspects of cultural and social differences in death and dying.
NURS 166. Health Careers at California Correctional Facilities. 3 Units
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Introduces the student to a variety of healthcare careers, especially those that are available at California Correctional Facilities. These career options extend to many other healthcare facilities. Exploration of 18 different healthcare careers, the daily routine one may encounter in this occupation, and the pathway necessary to obtain this goal. Examination of healthcare and its history and some current and future challenges in the industry. Focus on the incarcerated population, the effects on one¿s life and family, and the prejudice and adverse discrimination encountered.
NURS 167. Women's Health. 3 Units
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Designed for people seeking knowledge about women's health, women's health risks, and the delivery of traditional and non-traditional medical interventions for the maintenance of health and management of illness. Covers the physiological and psychological components of women's health. The leading acute and chronic illnesses which affect women are introduced. Discussions include: means of sustaining a wellness lifestyle; identification, management and consultation for acute and chronic illness; normal physiological life changes and adaptations to aging; mind/body connection in the control of health and illness; pharmacology and drug therapy for women; health management for infants and children; access and control of care for women in traditional and non-traditional health settings; and research in women's health. Lecture-discussion three hours.
NURS 168. The Brain and Gender-Related Differences. 3 Units
General Education Area/Graduation Requirement: Biological Science (5-B)
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Gender-related differences which are mediated by the brain are examined from the theoretical framework of evolution. The place of molecular genetics, hormone physiology, neural function, biomedical research, human development, personality theory and research, and crosscultural research are studied in an attempt to understand the processes that affect sex differences. Gender-related differences in normal and abnormal behavior resulting from chronic and acute disease, and pathological states, will be introduced. The student should acquire the fundamentals of a scientific understanding of gender-related differences between humans, and an appreciation of the unique role the brain plays in the mediation of these differences.
NURS 170. Foundations for Evidence-Based Nursing Practice. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the RN to BSN Program or instructor permission.
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
This course provides an overview of nursing research and application to practice. Students will identify components of evidence-based practice and develop skills in critiquing research and in professional writing.
NURS 171. Transitional Concepts: The Baccalaureate Nurse. 6 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 170, may be taken concurrently.
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
This course expands students' knowledge of theories, concepts, and social issues which have implications for nursing practice. Assignments and experiences are designed to transition the RN to the baccalaureate level of proficiency.
NURS 171A. Transitional Concepts: The Baccalaureate Nurse Role. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 170, may be taken concurrently
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
This course expands students' knowledge of theories, concepts, and social issues which have implications for the role of the nurse in any professional setting. Assignments and experiences are designed to transition the RN to the baccalaureate level of proficiency.
NURS 171B. Transitional Concepts: The Client Lifespan. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 171A, may be taken concurrently
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
This course expands students' knowledge of theories, concepts, and social issues which have implications for health across the lifespan. Assignments and experiences are designed to transition the RN to the baccalaureate level of proficiency.
NURS 173. Theoretical Foundations for Leadership and Management. 6 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 170, may be taken concurrently.
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
This course provides the theoretical foundations for leadership and management across multiple settings. Theories related to the principles and processes of leadership and management will be applied to select practice experiences.
NURS 173A. Theoretical Foundations for Leadership. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 171A, may be taken concurrently
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
This course provides the theoretical foundations for leadership across multiple settings. Theories related to the principles and processes of leadership will be applied to select practice experiences.
NURS 173B. Theoretical Foundations for Management. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 171A, may be taken concurrently
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
This course provides the theoretical foundations for management across multiple settings. Theories related to the principles and processes of management will be applied to select practice experiences. Units: 3.0
NURS 174. Community Health Nursing: Concepts and Practice. 4 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 171A, may be taken concurrently
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
This course presents the role of the community health nurse in a public health framework and examines public health systems, policies, and socioecological factors that shape the health of individuals, groups, and communities. Students will be introduced to principles of population health, epidemiology, disease prevention, and health promotion, to plan community health nursing interventions.
NURS 174C. Community Health Nursing: Clinical Elective. 2 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 174 may be taken concurrently.
Term Typically Offered: Summer only
In this course students will integrate and apply knowledge of population-based nursing and evaluate the role of the community health nurse in various systems. Students will provide care to individuals, families, or communities within a public health framework. This course meets the California BRN clinical hours requirements for the Public Health Nurse Certificate.
Note: NURS 174C is an elective course that is only required for students wishing to apply for the California Board of Registered Nursing Public Health Nurse Certificate; students not planning to apply for a Public Health Nurse Certificate must petition for an exemption from this clinical course; students who are granted exemption for NURS 174C will only complete 44 units.
NURS 178. Culminating Project. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): Completion of 12 units in the program or instructor permission and NURS 171A.
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Students will apply leadership and management principles within a community to determine a defined need or issue, identify goals to meet or solve the issue, and complete the culminating project based on previous course work.
NURS 179. Professional Communication and Reasoning Development. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 171A (may be taken concurrently); and Junior standing; a WPJ Portfolio score OR ENGL 109M or ENGL 109W.
General Education Area/Graduation Requirement: Writing Intensive Graduation Requirement (WI), Humanities (3-B)
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
This course is designed to expand communication and leadership skills among RN to BSN students in their professional practice. Students will develop an understanding of the humanities and diverse cultures through the lens of nursing practice. Specifically, students will reflect on how culture and experience determine the human condition which is reflected in their animating ideas and values towards health and healthcare. This course requires a minimum of 5,000 words of formal, graded writing related to course content. Course meets Writing Intensive & GE AREA C2/3B Humanities requirements.
NURS 180. Transition to Graduate Nursing Education through Writing. 2 Units
Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Advanced Nursing Bridge pathway or department permission.
Term Typically Offered: Spring, Summer
This course provides an introduction to the role of the nurse leader by exploring theoretical and ethical concepts, professional communication, and evidence-based practice. Students will undertake critical analysis of nursing practice and healthcare systems with a focus on professional role development.
NURS 181. Research as the Foundation for Evidence-Based Nursing Practice. 3 Units
General Education Area/Graduation Requirement: MathematicalConcepts & QuantitativeReasoning (2-A)
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
This course provides students with a clear understanding of the interrelationship between research, theory, and evidence-based nursing practice. Interpretation of quantitative and qualitative research findings to determine statistical and clinical significance. Application of research and epidemiological concepts to improve patient and population health outcomes.
NURS 193. Nursing International Study Abroad. 1 Unit
Term Typically Offered: Spring, Summer
Students experience a unique culture first-hand and through designed learning experiences, view a different society through the lens of health and wellbeing while expanding one¿s cultural awareness. Provides students with an introduction to global health issues impacting the nursing profession. Students will examine history and issues in nursing at a global level.
Note: travel documents & vaccines will be required depending on location.
Credit/No Credit
NURS 194. Work Study in Nursing. 1 - 12 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 120, NURS 123 and NURS129; School of Nursing faculty recommendation; Instructor permission; Minimum 2.5 GPA
Corequisite(s): Enrollment in undergraduate nursing program
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Nursing students participate in clinical nursing experiences that reflect the realities of the healthcare enviroment and have oppurtunity to master learned skills.
Note: May be repeated for credit
Credit/No Credit
NURS 195. Field Study. 1 - 6 Units
Prerequisite(s): Instructor permission.
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Guided study and experience in a specified nursing area.
Credit/No Credit
NURS 199. Special Problems. 2 Units
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Individual projects and directed reading for students who are competent to assume independent work. Admission to this course requires approval of faculty member under whom the independent work is to be conducted.
Credit/No Credit
NURS 206. Advanced Role Development in Nursing. 3 Units
Corequisite(s): NURS 208 & NURS 210
Term Typically Offered: Fall only
Introduces the DNP student to advanced role development in nursing and transition to graduate studies including communication, professionalism, and accountability. Focuses on preparation for greater leadership with consideration of complex issues confronting nursing as a profession.
NURS 208. Ethics & Bioethics. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the DNP Program.
Corequisite(s): NURS 206, NURS 210.
Term Typically Offered: Fall only
Provides an analysis of ethics and bioethics through personal, clinical practice, professional, educational, research, leadership, community, and systems lenses. Application of ethical frameworks and concepts to address ethical dilemmas and moral distress in advanced nursing practice.
NURS 209. Advanced Role Development in Nursing. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Graduate Program.
Term Typically Offered: Spring only
Investigation of emerging issues in healthcare and how these issues shape nursing practice. Includes consideration of current issues and challenges confronting nurse leaders, through analysis of the literature, examination of personal values, rights, and obligations, and the application of ethical decision-making processes.
Note: Along with NURS 207, satisfies the GWI requirement.
NURS 210. Research for Advanced Nursing: Methods and Measurement. 3 Units
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Summer
Exploration of nursing research as the foundation for clinical and organizational decision-making. Includes key elements of evidence-based practice, skills to access databases in nursing and healthcare, problem identification within the practice setting, and evaluation and critique of scholarly sources in initiating changes and improving nursing practice.
NURS 213. Seminar in Organizational and Systems Leadership. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 210.
Term Typically Offered: Spring, Summer
Provides an opportunity for students to enhance their effectiveness as members of organizations through the application of systems theory to the development of projects in organizations. The focus is on evaluation of the leadership role, qualities that create strong leadership, and using leadership techniques to create change.
NURS 213C. Seminar in Specialized Nursing Processes: School Nursing I. 4 Units
Prerequisite(s): Admission to School Nurse Credential Program.
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Provision and application of concepts needed for nursing practice in the schools. Focuses on the three major competencies of school nursing practice: providing health and wellness services, providing direct client care services for school age children (pre-k through age 22), and professional management of school nursing services. Emphasis is on the foundations of school nursing practice, legal and ethical issues, special education services, and management of episodic illness and chronic health conditions.
NURS 213D. Seminar in Specialized Nursing Processes: School Nursing II. 4 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 213C.
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Provision and application of concepts needed for nursing practice in the schools. Focuses on the three major competencies of school nursing practice: providing health and wellness services, direct client care services for school age children (pre-k through age 22), and health service program coordination and management. Emphasis is on ethical issues and federal laws addressing education for students with disabilities, health promotion programs, issues of adolescent health, and behavior assessment and management including considerations for students receiving special education services.
NURS 214. Educational Program Development in Nursing. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 209 and NURS 210 or instructor's permission
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Introduction to curriculum development and instructional design concepts in preparation for the role of educator in an educational institution or health care setting. Emphasis will be on instructional design, instructional strategies, and measurement of learner outcomes. Lecture three hours.
Note: FOCUS alternates between K-12 and higher education.
NURS 214C. Educational Program Development in Nursing II. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 214B.
Corequisite(s): NURS 294C.
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Introduction to curriculum development and instructional design concepts in preparation for the role of educator in an educational institution or health care setting. Continues emphasis on instructional design, related to curriculum development and implementation, and to program evaluation. Lecture three hours.
Note: FOCUS alternates between K-12 and higher education.
NURS 215. Community Health Services and Policy. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 209 and NURS 210, or instructor's permission
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Examines issues of health policy, financing, and the organization and delivery of health services at the local, national, and global levels. Health promotion will be defined and the influence of community on the individual, group, and family's health will be explored. Epidemiological data bases will be identified. These data bases will be critiqued and used to develop a health promotion program.
NURS 216. Vision and Scoliosis Screening. 1 Unit
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Theory and practice of detecting idiopathic scoliosis, and visual disorders resulting from inadequate refraction, ocular mal-alignment, and color deficiency in the school setting. The pathophysiology of said conditions will be presented, the nursing role delineated, and opportunities for paired screening practice provided.
NURS 217. Population Health & Epidemiology. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 206, NURS 208, NURS 210.
Corequisite(s): NURS 213, NURS 218.
Term Typically Offered: Spring only
Exploration of concepts of population-centered health promotion, illness and disease prevention, chronic disease, health indicators, and the relationship of the structural and social determinants of health. Development and implementation of community-based assessments and interdisciplinary interventions using epidemiological data, stakeholder and key informant interviews using culturally appropriate methods.
NURS 218. Social Justice and Health Equity. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 206, NURS 208, NURS 210.
Corequisite(s): NURS 213, NURS 217.
Term Typically Offered: Spring only
Examination of the concept of health equity through the perspective of historical and current events. Analysis of contributing factors such as culture, social justice, structural determinants of health and bias as related to advanced nursing practice. Exploration and development of intervention strategies addressing health inequalities.
NURS 219. Healthcare Policy & Advocacy. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 220, NURS 230, NURS 231, NURS 232.
Corequisite(s): NURS 221, NURS 222, NURS 660A.
Term Typically Offered: Fall only
Examination of contemporary health issues and their relationship to, and impact upon, health policy. A major focus is professional nursing¿s role in participation in the identification, formulation, and implementation of health policy. Advocacy skill development to improve health outcomes of individuals, populations, and systems through policy engagement.
NURS 220. Financial and Market Influences in Healthcare. 2 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 213, NURS 217, NURS 218.
Corequisite(s): NURS 230, NURS 231, NURS 232.
Term Typically Offered: Summer only
Analysis of economic trends in healthcare, various factors affecting the provision and distribution of health services, and challenges related to reimbursements and funding. Application of essential financial principles and methods, including cost analysis and budgeting.
NURS 221. IRB & Proposal Writing. 1 Unit
Prerequisite(s): NURS 220, NURS 230, NURS 231, NURS 232.
Corequisite(s): NURS 219, NURS 222, NURS 660A.
Term Typically Offered: Fall only
Practical application of skills in navigating institutional review board (IRB) processes for completion of research or projects. Exploration and identification of funding sources to support professional projects. Development of a DNP project proposal and assessment of peer proposals.
NURS 222. Application of Theories for Advanced Nursing Practice. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 220, NURS 230, NURS 231, NURS 232.
Corequisite(s): NURS 219, NURS 221, NURS 660A.
Term Typically Offered: Fall only
Application of theories to advanced nursing practice including critical examination of relevant theories emphasizing foundational concepts of nursing knowledge, teaching and learning, and healthcare leadership.
NURS 230. Advanced Concepts in Pathophysiology. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 213, NURS 217, NURS 218.
Corequisite(s): NURS 220, NURS 231, NURS 232.
Term Typically Offered: Summer only
Conceptual and systematic study of the pathophysiology of disease states and conditions, relationship to the Social Determinants of Health, treatments, and implications for patients and healthcare providers. The focus is on identifying, understanding, treating, and preventing disease processes. This knowledge will be built upon by the concurrent enrollment in Advanced Pharmacology.
NURS 231. Pharmacology for Advanced Practice. 2 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 213, NURS 217, NURS 218.
Corequisite(s): NURS 220, NURS 230, NURS 232.
Term Typically Offered: Summer only
Conceptual and systematic study of pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, pharmaco-economics, and therapeutic implications as they relate to treatment and management of illnesses and conditions across the lifespan. Exploration and evaluation of traditional and web-based pharmaceutical resources. Emphasis on clinical decision-making through review of laws governing prescriptive authority for advanced practice nursing.
NURS 232. Advanced Physical Assessment Across the Lifespan. 2 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 213, NURS 217, NURS 218.
Corequisite(s): NURS 220, NURS 230, NURS 231.
Term Typically Offered: Summer only
Advanced concepts and skills in health and physical assessment are essential to the clinical decision making and caring process for the nurse pursuing advanced degrees. The emphasis is on eliciting an accurate and thorough history considering the client's multiple dimensions. Competent physical examination skills and documentation are further developed to provide a database for nursing diagnoses and clinical judgments in preparation for advanced nursing practice. Individual practice outside of class is required.
Note: Availability of a stethoscope & pen light is required & final demonstration exam will be held in on-campus intensive.
NURS 232A. Advanced Physical Assessment: Infant, Child, Adolescent. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): Instructor permission.
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Seminar designed to present techniques related to the physical assessment, in the school or home setting, of the child, age birth through 18 years. Emphasis is on the common morbidities and mortalities of these age groups including interrelationship of the physical, emotional and socioeconomic causes of health problems and illnesses. Availability of an otoscope and stethoscope required. Individual practice required outside of class. Lecture three hours.
NURS 293. Practicum in Organizational and Systems Leadership. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 209, NURS 210, NURS 214, NURS 230, NURS 231, NURS 232, and instructor permission.
Corequisite(s): NURS 213.
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
This course provides supervised field experience to provide the student with an opportunity to apply theoretical concepts from NURS 213 in a clinical practice setting focusing on the care of adult clients. The emphasis of this experience will be to application of graduate core competencies to guide leadership in nursing praxis in the planning, implementation and evaluation of quality healthcare for individuals, families, and groups.
Credit/No Credit
NURS 293D. Practicum in Specialized Nursing Processes: School Nursing. 4 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 213C.
Corequisite(s): NURS 213D.
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Application of a planned sequence of supervised clinical experiences in one or more California public school districts offering nursing services to infants, children and adolescents for the purpose of developing a clinical leadership role in school nursing. Focuses on the three major competencies of school nursing practice: providing health and wellness services, providing direct client care services for school age-children (pre-k through age 22, including students with special health care needs), and professional management of school nursing services.
Credit/No Credit
NURS 294. Practicum in Educational Program Development in Nursing. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 214, may be taken concurrently.
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Opportunity for analysis and synthesis of concepts of management and leadership in an educational setting while practicing the role of a nursing educator.
Credit/No Credit
NURS 295. Field Study. 1 - 6 Units
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Experiences in an off-campus facility are provided for the continued development of clinical or functional role skills. Each student spends 45 hours per unit. Field study is not designed to be used in lieu of regularly scheduled practicums. Enrollment in NURS 295 requires permission of a faculty member who will serve as sponsor and coordinator of the experience.
Credit/No Credit
NURS 299. Special Problems. 1 - 3 Units
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
Individual research, study, and directed reading in an area not directly covered in the Division's core courses, role preparations or electives. Students pursue a particular course of study on a one-to-one basis with a faculty member. Educational objectives must be specified in advance.
Credit/No Credit
NURS 500. Culminating Experience. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): Advanced to candidacy for the Master's degree and must be in the final semester of the program.
Term Typically Offered: Fall, Spring
The Culminating Experience is in the form of a comprehensive examination. The comprehensive examination is an original scholarly paper that reflects an in-depth problem-solving proposal or a business proposal. Students that wish to do a thesis or project as the culminating experience must petition the Division of Nursing Graduate Committee and will be approved on an individual basis.
Credit/No Credit
NURS 620. Translating Evidence Into Practice. 2 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 219, NURS 221, NURS 222, NURS 660A.
Corequisite(s): NURS 622, NURS 624, NURS 660B.
Term Typically Offered: Spring only
Critical and systematic appraisal of evidence to implement and translate into nursing practice. Strategies to evaluate research for application will be discussed as a means of evidence translation including successful collaboration and communication with stakeholders in various settings to create sustainable change.
NURS 622. Quality Improvement & Risk Management. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 219, NURS 221, NURS 222, NURS 660A.
Corequisite(s): NURS 620, NURS 624, NURS 660B.
Term Typically Offered: Spring only
Exploration of risk management and quality improvement strategies applied in healthcare emphasizing creating a culture of safety. Utilization of data indicators and statistical analysis as drivers for policy change. Focus is on identification, development, and application of strategies for effective patient and organizational outcomes meeting quality measures of accreditation and regulatory bodies.
NURS 624. Advanced Statistics & Biostatistics. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 219, NURS 221, NURS 222, NURS 660A.
Corequisite(s): NUR 620, NURS 622, NURS 660B.
Term Typically Offered: Spring only
Advanced skills in generating and interpreting biostatistical data from human subject research. Emphasis on statistical techniques including inferential and non-inferential methods, univariate and multivariate statistics, and hypothesis testing. Evaluation of datasets through a statistical software package.
NURS 626. Instructional Design & Technology. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 620, NURS 622, NURS 624, NURS 660B.
Corequisite(s): NURS 628, NURS 630, NURS 660C.
Term Typically Offered: Summer only
Explore the historical and current role of the nurse in teaching and learning. Examine the role of the nurse educator in planning, creating, and evaluating culturally responsive instruction. Evaluate technologies to support the learning environment, such as virtual reality, simulation, and instructional platform.
NURS 628. Healthcare Informatics & Technology. 2 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 620, NURS 622, NURS 624, NURS 660B.
Corequisite(s): URS 626, NURS 630, NURS 660C.
Term Typically Offered: Summer only
Exploration of informatics applications including data capture, information management, knowledge generation, and patient-facing interfaces. Utilization of informatics as it applies to populations as well as the individual, with consideration of ethics, regulation, artificial intelligence, evidence-based practice and finance.
NURS 630. Principles of Teaching and Learning. 2 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 620, NURS 622, NURS 624, NURS 660B.
Corequisite(s): NURS 626, NURS 628, NUR 660C.
Term Typically Offered: Summer only
Develop educational strategies applicable in academic settings and healthcare institutions. Apply principles of educational leadership and andragogy and prepare to act as change agents in a variety of nursing educational settings.
NURS 632. Educational Program Development & Assessment. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 626, NURS 628, NURS 630, NURS 660C.
Corequisite(s): NURS 634, NURS 636 OR NURS 637.
Term Typically Offered: Fall only
Introduction to curriculum development and instructional design concepts in preparation for the role of educator in an educational institution or health care setting. Emphasis will be on instructional design, instructional strategies, and measurement of learner outcomes.
NURS 634. Advanced Concepts in Executive Leadership. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 626, NURS 628, NURS 630 NURS 660C.
Corequisite(s): NURS 632, NURS 636 OR NURS 637.
Term Typically Offered: Fall only
Integration of skills to lead change initiatives. Conflict resolution, performance improvement, and human resources management will be explored so the student is able to navigate challenges and create an environment focused on adaptability and growth. Cultivation of nursing leadership excellence to transform healthcare organizations through presence, strategic planning, mentorship, and vision.
NURS 636. Practicum in Educational Program Development in Nursing. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 626, NURS 628, NURS 630, NURS 660C.
Corequisite(s): NURS 632, NURS 634.
Term Typically Offered: Fall only
Application and analysis of theories and concepts of instruction, learning, curriculum, assessment and evaluation while practicing in the role of an educator in a supervised educational setting.
Credit/No Credit
NURS 637. Practicum in Executive Nursing Leadership. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 626, NURS 628, NURS 630, NURS 660C.
Corequisite(s): NURS 632, NURS 634.
Term Typically Offered: Fall only
Implement a project based on previously developed perspectives and awareness of system level functions and dynamics. Application of strategic planning, utilizing innovative thinking and collaboration are emphasized. Practicum experiences are designed based on learner's areas of interest, community partnerships and the utilization of leadership competencies.
Credit/No Credit
NURS 640. Scholarly Dissemination & Advanced Professional Engagement. 2 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 632, NURS 634, NURS 636 or NURS 637.
Corequisite(s): NURS 650, NURS 660D.
Term Typically Offered: Spring only
Skill development in communicating advanced nursing practice knowledge and experience through dissemination in various forms. Emphasis on strategies to facilitate effective dissemination for a selected target audience.
NURS 650. Independent Practicum DNP Residency. 4 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 632, NURS 634, NURS 636 or NURS 637.
Corequisite(s): NURS 640, NURS 660D.
Term Typically Offered: Spring only
Preparation of the DNP student to function effectively in the synthesis and application of clinical research. Integration of DNP program content and current research into practice to improve clinical practices or systems health care issues. Demonstration of professional standards in a practice setting.
Credit/No Credit
NURS 660A. DNP Project Part 1. 2 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 220, NURS 230, NURS 231, NURS 232.
Corequisite(s): NURS 219, NURS 221, NURS 222.
Term Typically Offered: Fall only
Creation of a DNP project that demonstrates a synthesis of the DNP Program Outcomes and represents an opportunity for the student to investigate a clinical practice or systems health care issue. Sequential completion of the several phases provides the student with the foundation to develop a cogent, publishable manuscript. Chapter 1: problem statement & research question identification; Chapter 2: literature review & critical analysis will be the phases focused on in this course.
Credit/No Credit
NURS 660B. DNP Project Part 2. 1 Unit
Prerequisite(s): NURS 219, NURS 221, NURS 222, NURS 660A.
Corequisite(s): NURS 620, NURS 622, NURS 624.
Term Typically Offered: Spring only
Creation of a DNP project that demonstrates a synthesis of the DNP Program Outcomes and represents an opportunity for the student to investigate a clinical practice or systems health care issue. Sequential completion of the several phases provides the student with the foundation to develop a cogent, publishable manuscript. Chapter 3: Methodology development & proposal approval will be the focus of this course.
Credit/No Credit
NURS 660C. DNP Project Part 3. 2 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 620, NURS 622, NURS 624, NURS 660B.
Corequisite(s): NURS 626, NURS 628, NURS 630.
Term Typically Offered: Summer only
Creation of a DNP project that demonstrates a synthesis of the DNP Program Outcomes and represents an opportunity for the student to investigate a clinical practice or systems health care issue. Sequential completion of the several phases provides the student with the foundation to develop a cogent, publishable manuscript. Chapter 4: implementation of the project & synthesis of findings will be the focus of this course.
Credit/No Credit
NURS 660D. DNP Project Part 4. 3 Units
Prerequisite(s): NURS 632, NURS 634, NURS 636 or NURS 637, NURS 660C.
Corequisite(s): NURS 640, NURS 650.
Term Typically Offered: Spring only
Creation of a DNP project that demonstrates a synthesis of the DNP Program Outcomes and represents an opportunity for the student to investigate a clinical practice or systems health care issue. Sequential completion of the several phases provides the student with the foundation to develop a cogent, publishable manuscript. Chapter 5: outcomes & recommendations as well as oral defense of the project and a manuscript draft will be the focus of this course.
Credit/No Credit