MacMurray College (Nursing Department)

The Nursing Department at MacMurray College will prepare you for an exciting career as a baccalaureate-prepared nurse. The bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) degree at MacMurray College provides you with the knowledge, values, skills, and competencies necessary to provide nursing care to patients in today's complex health care system.

MISSION

The MacMurray College Department of Nursing is among the few professional nursing education programs in central Illinois providing baccalaureate nursing education within a liberal arts institution. Students enter the program from diverse geographic and social backgrounds, bringing their unique contributions to the study of nursing. Graduates of the MacMurray College Department of Nursing are prepared for professional nursing practice, graduate education, and ongoing career development. The nursing curriculum is supported by an integrated liberal arts core that promotes sound interpretation of new knowledge, clear articulation of thoughts, interdisciplinary connections, and discrimination in making judgments about factors that influence the human condition. Baccalaureate nursing education at MacMurray College prepares students to enter the nursing profession with the values, competencies, knowledge and skills necessary to provide, design, manage, and coordinate nursing care for diverse groups in a variety of settings. Consistent with the mission and goals of MacMurray College, the nursing department stresses excellence in teaching, service, and practice.

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Nursing Department Courses

INTRODUCTION TO THE NURSING PROFESSION.
Introduces students to their privileged roles as members of the nursing profession. Exploration of critical thinking and clinical judgment processes is used to promote self-awareness and facilitate nursing role development. Students are exposed to the standards of the profession including its values, ethical principles, and legal responsibilities. Students examine the relationships between personal values and professional values, exploring their own assumptions and approaches to judging situations. No clinical.

NURSING KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCIES I
Introduces students to the fundamental nursing knowledge and competencies necessary to practice nursing. Competencies addressed will include fundamental aspects of caring, communication, the nursing process and technical nursing skills. This course will integrate the knowledge of critical thinking, clinical judgment and standards of the nursing profession (values, ethics, legal responsibilities) introduced in Introduction to the Nursing Profession Lab course.

NURSING KNOWLEDGE AND COMPETENCIES II.
This course continues to build on the knowledge and competencies learned in Nursing Knowledge and Competencies I, with increasing opportunities to transfer classroom knowledge to the clinical setting. Students learn the scientific principles underlying technical nursing skills which include medication administration, medical and surgical asepsis, wound care, cardiopulmonary interventions, gastrointestinal functioning, genitourinary functioning, pre- and post-operative care, and end-of-life care. Laboratory and clinical experiences provide the opportunity to apply the psychomotor aspects of these skills. Students function as providers of care in adult health care settings. Clinical course.

HEALTH ASSESSMENT
Introduces student to the holistic assessment of an individual. In this course, students learn normal assessment findings expected for individuals across the lifespan. This provides a basis for recognizing findings that require additional assessment and monitoring. Students are introduced to physical and psychosocial assessment skills as well as the major influences of development, environment, culture, religion, socioeconomic status and family. Emphasis is placed on the importance of assessment as the first step of the nursing process. Lab course.

LPN TO BSN BRIDGE COURSE.
Serves as a transition course for LPNs entering RN baccalaureate education. Students are introduced to the philosophy and objectives of the MacMurray Nursing Program and the relationship of the liberal arts to professional nursing practice. Emphasis is placed on the role of the registered professional nurse and application of the nursing process in caring for individuals and families. Nursing care is focused on public health principles and primary prevention. Clinical course.

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY I
Provides the core knowledge necessary to understand the physiological and pharmacological aspects of illness and disease. Addresses the scientific principles and rationales necessary to recognize the relationships between pathology, pharmacology, and nursing care. No clinical.
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY II
Provides the core knowledge necessary to understand the physiological and pharmacological aspects of illness and disease. Addresses the scientific principles and rationales necessary to recognize the relationships between pathology, pharmacology, and nursing care. No clinical.

ILLNESS AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT I
Focuses on the core knowledge and competencies necessary to design and provide care for adults with illness and disease. Students focus on providing individualized, evidence-based nursing care directed toward achieving quality outcomes. Clinical experiences take place in acute care settings. Clinical course.

ILLNESS AND DISEASE MANAGEMENT II
Focuses on the core knowledge and competencies necessary to design and provide nursing care for adults with complex illness and disease. Students focus on providing individualized, evidencebased nursing care directed toward achieving quality outcomes. Clinical experiences take place in rapidly changing acute-care settings. Students engage in reflection on their clinical reasoning skills and clinical judgments. Clinical course.

EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING PRACTICE
Emphasizes the utilization of current research findings as a means to improve nursing outcomes. Theoretical foundations of the research process are explored. Beginning skills are developed in critiquing nursing research and conducting research reviews. The use of information technology as a tool for finding and disseminating evidence for nursing practice is explored. No clinical.

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