Mansfield University (Robert Packer Department of Health Sciences)

Mansfield University’s Robert Packer Department of Health Sciences and Physical Activities offers a nursing program, accredited by The National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission, 61 Broadway, NYC, NY 10006 (800-669-9656), which blends the resources of a public university and a regional medical center. This combination leads to a program that is both academically and clinically strong. The curriculum provides a solid background in nursing as well as the liberal arts and sciences. Students spend their first two years on the Mansfield campus taking courses in general education and nursing. The second two years are at the Sayre site where they engage in a wide range of clinical experiences at the Robert Packer Hospital. Students also have the opportunity to learn in community settings such as nursing homes, elementary and secondary schools, nursery schools, and outpatient clinics, in addition to traditional public health agencies.

The goals of the program are to provide students with the essentials skills necessary to develop intellectual curiosity, critical thinking, and communication skills, therapeutic nursing skills which provide the basis for the development of a successful and professional nursing practitioner. This educational program prepares individuals for career opportunities in acute, chronic and community settings.

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Robert Packer Department of Health Sciences Courses

FOUNDATIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL NURSING
This course introduces first-year students to the university community and the health profession of nursing. The course has two separate goals: providing a basis for academic and professional success, and involving students in the world around them. Students will become involved in the MU community, develop an awareness of diversity issues, examine what it means to be a college student, explore what it means to be a professional, and develop strategies for success. Discussion of the importance of a strong liberal arts foundation as the basis of professional study is an integral part of the course. Professional concepts such as communication skills, basic medical language, legal, ethical, and professional issues are introduced.

HUMAN BODY AND HEALTH
The emphasis of this course is the development of life-long wellness strategies through knowledge of anatomy and physiology. As students learn about individual body systems, they will also learn about some of the common pathologic conditions associated with that body system and how to keep it healthy. This course is NOT for nursing majors and can not be taken as part of the nursing program course requirements. It will fill the wellness requirement for non-nursing majors.

CONCEPTS OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING
A seminar designed to introduce RN students to the theoretical and philosophical bases underlying professional nursing practice. Role theory with an emphasis on the development of the professional self-concept will be explored. Open to RN students only.

HEALTH ASSESSMENT ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN
This course is designed to assist the RN to BSN student develop the skills necessary to perform health assessments. The course incorporates the principles of interviewing, comprehensive health history, sequential physical assessment, and analysis and documentation of collected data.

INTRODUCTION OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING I
This course provides theory and skills foundation for professional nursing. The role of the professional nurse is explored. The nursing process, health care needs of individuals, and health assessment are central concepts. The laboratory component concentrates on acquisition of professional nursing skills. Prerequisite: NUR 1170.

INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL NURSING II
This course builds on the concepts introduced in Introduction of Professional Nursing I. Course content focuses on application of the nursing process to human needs and responses to illness, and human development. The history of nursing and pharmacological computations is also included. Students have their first clinical experience in this course.

INTRODUCTION TO NURSING RESEARCH
This course provides an overview of the steps in the research process and the ethical and legal standards involved in scientific inquiry. Emphasis is on knowledge and methods required to critically evaluate research studies and reports.

NURSING CARE OF THE ADULT CLIENT
This course explores the use of the nursing process with adult clients as they encounter actual and potential stressors along the wellness-illness continuum. The clinical laboratory provides the student with opportunities to apply the nursing process at all levels of prevention and to observe various roles of the professional nurse within the health care system.

NURSING CARE OF CHILDBEARING AND CHILDREARING FAMILIES
The course explores the use of the nursing process with individuals and family clients throughout the childbearing/childrearing developmental stages. The emphasis is on the professional nursing role in meeting the health care needs of children and families at all levels of prevention and in a variety of settings. The course content focuses on growth and develop¬ment, family issues and assessment, the change process, and stressors for and reaction of individuals and families.

THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC AND PHARMACOLOGIC BASES OF NURSING II
This course examines pathophysiological concepts of altered health states of selected body systems along with appropriate pharmacological management and nursing implications. Includes alterations in cell function, metabolism, stress and adaptation, inflammation, immunity, oxygenation, and cardiac function.

THE PATHOPHYSIOLOGIC AND PHARMACOLOGIC BASES OF NURSING II
This course examines pathophysiological concepts of altered health states of selected body systems along with appropriate pharmacological management and nursing implications. Includes alterations in respiratory function, fluids and electrolytes, renal function, gastrointestinal function, endocrine function, and neurological function.

WOMEN’S HEALTH ISSUES
Designed to explore and analyze a wide range of women’s health issues from a multidisciplinary perspective. It is presented in a seminar format utilizing feminist pedagogy. A high level of student participation in expected.

CASE STUDIES IN NURSING
This course focuses on improving the student’s ability to plan and deliver high quality nursing care through the use of patient case studies. These case studies will include all aspects of nursing care and will help enhance the student’s critical thinking abilities, improve efficiency with the nursing process and contribute to communication skills.

COMMUNICATION IN NURSING
Provides both theory and classroom experience communications in nursing which will support, reinforce, and expand on concepts from previous courses. The acquisition of knowledge and the development of skills, which will assist one to become more effective in the client-nurse relationship, are emphasized. Verbal and non-verbal communication techniques, problem solving, empathy, self-disclosure, confrontation, relaxation, and responsible/assertive communication are some of the topics that are examined.

HEATLTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION STRATEGIES
An interdisciplinary, international investigation of health promotion taught from the perspective of various disciplines with an emphasis on issues of nutrition, exercise, health behaviors and motivational theory. It is designed to familiarize students with implementing strategies for health promotion and disease prevention on the personal and community level. Active participation by the student in a health promotion project will be required.

GERONTICS
Provides both theoretical content and interaction with the well-elderly. Assessing and assisting the aging to maintain wellness will be the major focus.

CURRENT ISSUES IN PROFESSIONAL NURSING
A seminar which examines current trends, controversies, questions and dilemmas of professional nursing. The influence of political, ethical/legal, economic and societal aspects of nursing practice and education is explored.

RURAL HEALTH ISSUES
The central focus of this course is to define and conceptually explore the essence of rurality and rural health issues. The Neuman Systems Model will guide the learner toward an understanding of the diverse issues, challenges, and opportunities that confront rural citizens as they address their health issues. A comparison of the uniqueness of rural health care delivery and the cross-cutting factors that tie rural to urban health care systems will assist the student in developing a comprehensive understanding of the advocacy role that human service providers play in addressing the health status of rural citizens.

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
This course explores the scope of community health nursing considering the multiple frameworks of nursing theory and process, family theory and practice, public health principals. Emphasis is placed on studying the relationships between individual, family and community health care needs. Clinical experiences, in the home setting, focus on the assessment and management of multi-life families through-out the life cycle. Intervention strategies are developed at all levels of prevention to promote coping and optimal health for the family and community. Observational experiences within various community agencies, exploring nursing roles using a collaborative, multi-disciplinary approach to community health nursing practice. Pre-requisite: Junior level nursing courses.

MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
The content of this course focuses on the mental health concepts relative to the nursing care of clients. The nursing process is examined and applied primarily with individuals but also includes families, groups and communities, and takes place in a variety of settings. Emphasis is placed upon the nurse's role of collaboration with other health care professionals in meeting the health care needs of clients at all levels of prevention.

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
This course introduces the student to the theoretical foundation for the practice of independent and interdependent nursing by discussing current leadership and management concepts and their relevance in professional nursing practice. Emphasis will be placed on key issues in nursing leadership and management.

FAMILY NURSING
This course is designed to bring family focus to nursing practice. The concept of family is studied and analyzed in terms of both health and illness. The course emphasizes the nursing process as applied to the family unit. The students will analyze selected families using the Betty Neuman Nursing Model. After completing family assessment, the learners will develop a plan to promote family health at all three levels of prevention.

CARE OF THE CLIENT WITH MULTISYSTEM STRESSORS
Advances concepts of acute care nursing are applied to complex health problems in clients with multisystem stressors.

INDEPENDENT STUDY
Independent study is an activity initiated by the student to increase his/her already advanced knowledge in a particular academic discipline. The subject is examined in an intensive manner with guidance by a faculty member who has special expertise in that field. May be taken for one, two, or three credits at one time.

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