La Salle University (School of Nursing and Health Sciences)

La Salle University's School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Undergraduate Programs. Since the 90's, there has been an emerging revolution in health care. Our nation is continually demanding more economical health care that requires technically skilled and compassionate nurse practice. We recognize these changes and formed our nursing curriculum to meet the challenging leadership roles required in clinical practice.

La Salle University's Bachelor of Science in Nursing program prepares its graduates to qualify for the state board nursing examination (NCLEX-RN) to become registered professional nurses and to practice as members of the nursing profession. The four-year, full-time, 122-credit program leading to the B.S.N. provides the student with a strong foundation in the liberal arts and biological sciences in preparation for 12 nursing major courses, eight of which include clinical practice components in a variety of health care settings. The goal of the B.S.N. program is to enable the graduate to provide professional nursing care which includes health promotion and maintenance, illness care, restoration, rehabilitation, and health counseling and education based on knowledge derived from nursing theory and research.

La Salle's B.S.N. program provides the opportunity to refine critical thinking skills, to strengthen one's self concept as a person, to develop as a member of the nursing profession, to set a course for self-directed learning and independent action, and to prepare for graduate study in nursing. The program is designed for students entering from high school who have selected nursing as a career, transfer students, adult students who are seeking a second undergraduate degree or career change, and students who have completed liberal arts/science pre-nursing requirements.

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School of Nursing and Health Sciences Courses

INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL NURSING
This course stimulates understanding of the nursing profession as a science, art, and career. It explores the roles of nurses and the practice of nursing within the broader health care system, and focuses on roles of professional nursing, levels of practice, career development, and collaboration with other health professions to provide comprehensive care. The course explores concepts of critical thinking in the context of clinical practice and emphasizes philosophical, legal, and ethical bases for professional practice.

HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND PROMOTION
The focus of this course is to develop a theoretical and clinical base necessary to assess healthy individuals across the lifespan. Emphasis is given to identifying the range of health states through health assessment, health promotion activities, and prevention of disease and interventions necessary to provide care to healthy individuals within the framework of Healthy People 2010 objectives. Includes 3 hours of class, 6 hours of clinical.

FOUNDATIONS OF PRACTICE
This course explores the conceptual and practical foundations of nursing as a practice discipline. Theory, learning laboratory, and clinical experiences in a variety of health care settings are provided. The course emphasizes direct care interventions that assist persons to improve health states. Includes 3 hours of class, 6 hours of clinical.

NURSING CARE OF WOMEN AND THE CHILDBEARING FAMILY
Refines assessment and communication skills; emphasizes assessment and health promotion activities and application of nursing process with developing families during child bearing. Includes 3 credits of class, 6 hours of clinical.

NURSING CARE IN CHRONIC ILLNESS
This course focuses on the impact of chronic illness on adult and elderly individuals and their families. Physiological and psychosocial alterations are explored. Maintenance of health through the illness experience is emphasized with patients in secondary and tertiary settings and at home. Includes 3 credits of class, 6 hours of clinical.

PHARMACOLOGY
This course explores pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, drug actions and interactions, and environmental factors and safety precautions during medication administration. Special considerations are given to the effects of drugs on different age groups and to nursing's responsibilities in drug therapy.

MENTAL HEALTH OF THE INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNIITY
Theories and concepts of stress and coping are explored from physiological, cognitive-behavioral, cultural, psychosocial, and nursing perspectives. Within the framework of Healthy People 2010, clinical experiences focus on stress and coping by individuals, including nurses as practice professionals, groups and families dealing with problematic, health related situations with an emphasis on mental disorders. Includes 3 credits of class, 6 hours of clinical.

NURSING CARE OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS
This course focuses in the impact of acute and chronic illness on children and adolescent individuals and their families. Physiological and psychosocial alterations are explored. Maintenance of health through the illness experience is emphasized with patients in secondary and tertiary settings and at home. Includes 3 credits of class, 6 hours of clinical.

NURSING RESEARCH
The research process and its relevance to nursing practice is explored. Students examine clinical topics that are appropriate for nursing research. Critique of research as a nurse consumer is emphasized.

NURSING CARE IN ACUTE ILLNESS
This course focuses on the impact of acute illness on adult and elderly individuals and their families. Physiological and psychosocial alterations are explored. Maintenance of health through the illness experience is emphasized with patients in secondary health care settings and at home. Includes 3 credits of class, 6 hours of clinical. A capstone precepted clinical experience occurs in this course.

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING
This course introduces the student to population-based health care needs and strengths. Emphasis is placed on health promotion, primary disease prevention and protection for particular at-risk and high-risk population groups. Resources and health care strategies are identified. Neighborhood and community cohesiveness as well as relevant political, social, and health care actions are examined. In a variety of community settings, students will explore and apply nursing strategies that support personal and communal well-being. Includes 3 credits of class, 6 hours of clinical.

NURSING MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
Analyzes nursing leadership and management from theoretical and practical perspectives. Leadership and management roles for nurses are explored. Theories, principles, and strategies are analyzed and applied in simulated cases. Emphasis is given to the promotion of assertive behavior in the professional role. For the generic student, this course culminates in a clinical immersion experience.

Statistics for Allied Science Professionals
This course is an introduction to statistical concepts and data analysis. The elements of statistical thinking as a means of using data for problem solving will be presented. The student will apply statistical concepts to elementary data analysis using the statistical methods commonly used in health care research. Examples of statistical application in allied health research will also be provided. As part of this course, the student will be introduced to the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS).

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