Mount Saint Mary College (Division of Nursing)

Today's nurses play a crucial role in our rapidly evolving health care system. With the United States suffering from a severe nursing shortage, students who enter our nursing program will not only find a program that is personally satisfying, it will open up a number of career doors for them in the future. Because of our focus on clinical decision-making and hands-on skills, our graduates are aggressively recruited by leading hospitals and health care agencies in the Hudson Valley region and beyond.

Mount Saint Mary College builds its Nursing program on the concept that nurses are key health care practitioners because nurses are the professionals with the most comprehensive knowledge of the patient. Therefore, the Mount's Nursing program is designed to develop the broad knowledge base needed by professional nurses in a rapidly changing health care system. The need for nurses with Bachelor's degrees will increase as our health care system continues to become more complex. The role of nurses with bachelor's degrees is also becoming more complex. These nurses will be central players in designing, managing, coordinating and providing patient care across settings.

The Mount's Nursing program is fully accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education and enjoys a widespread reputation for excellence.

Ninety-eight percent (98%) of our graduates are placed in competitive nursing jobs within three months of graduation.

See yourself as a Nursing major

If you want to be at the leading edge of an exciting and dynamic profession, the Mount's nursing program is just for you. Our exceptionally well-qualified professors are devoted to helping students tie classroom theory to the real world of professional nurse practice. Clinical faculty are experts in clinical practice and hold advanced specialty area certifications - obstetrical nursing, neonatology, pediatrics, medical-surgical nursing, critical care nursing, emergency and trauma nursing, psychiatric nursing and transcultural nursing.

Learning in a high-tech environment

Through our wireless network, you'll enjoy fast, convenient access to our library and the vast information resources of the Web. In addition to the state-of-the art computer and multimedia equipment found in our Academic Computer Center, nursing students also have their own dedicated computer lab. The Learning Resource Center includes workstations and interactive multimedia software capable of simulating a clinical setting.

And then there's the Sims family. The Sims are anatomically correct computerized human-patient simulators which can be programmed to exhibit dozens of different real patient symptoms. The Mount has a family of these patient simulators and they expose our nursing students to medical situations they might never get to see even when they are in hospital settings as a student.

Great professors, a great learning environment and great opportunities, that's what you'll get as a Nursing major at the Mount.

Our nursing graduates are employed in leadership positions throughout the country. In addition to becoming staff nurses, Mount alumni work in such positions as nurse researchers, nurse midwives, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, and nurse educators at colleges, universities and pharmaceutical companies.

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Division of Nursing Courses

THE DEVELOPING NURSING STUDENT
This course introduces the novice nursing student to the profession of nursing. Ways to enhance learning throughout the program are identified along with educational resources available at the college. Emphasis is placed on assisting students to develop interpersonal relationships with faculty and other nursing students to provide a supportive network. Critical thinking is introduced.

NURSING SKILLS
This course provides the opportunity to learn and practice procedures that will be necessary for giving nursing care to clients of all ages. Emphasis is on the development of psychomotor skills needed to give personal care and foster hygiene, to administer medications, to maintain safety; to meet mobility needs, to meet energy needs, and to meet elimination needs. Students will learn procedures in the college laboratory and will have opportunities to practice them in select clinical areas.

PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT
This course focuses on the collection and organization of information relevant to a per - son’s health status. Emphasis is on developing skills for taking a nursing history, for conducting a psychosocial assessment and a physical assessment on a well individual, and for reporting results of the assessment in an organized manner.

FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING PRACTICE
This course introduces the student to those concepts and skills that form the foundation for professional nursing practice. Included are historical and emerging descriptions of health care systems as well as the role of nursing within these systems. Students are introduced to nursing conceptual models, nursing process and nursing research. Opportunity is provided to begin to develop skills of therapeutic communication, critical thinking/decision making, and values clarification as they relate to nursing practice.

ADULT HEALTH NURSING I
This course focuses on the nursing care of people who have certain health alterations including cancer; surgery; and neurological, endocrine, immunological, sensory, cardiovascular, hemotologic and respiratory disorders. Emphasis is on prevention, illness care and rehabilitation of the client within a rapidly changing health care system. Cultural patterns, family phenomena and lifestyles are examined as they relate to and affect nursing intervention. Political, social, economic, technological, ethical and legal issues impacting the client are examined. Nursing process and Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns are the basis for clinical decision – making.

ADULT HEALTH NURSING II
This course focuses on the nursing care of people who have certain health alterations including disorders of the gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal, renal and reproductive systems. Emphasis is on prevention, illness care and rehabilitation of the client within a rapidly changing health care system. Cultural patterns, family phenomena and lifestyles are examined as they relate to and affect nursing intervention. Political, social, economic, technological, ethical and legal issues impacting the client are examined. Nursing process and Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns are the basis for clinical decision making.

NURSING CARE OF THE CHILDBEARING FAMILY
Nursing care of the childbearing family is the focus of this course. Included are the processes of normal pregnancy, labor and delivery, the postpartum experience, and the care of the normal healthy newborn. Disorders with these processes and other health problems experienced by the childbearing family are also presented. Cultural patterns, family phenomena and lifestyles are examined as they relate to and affect nursing intervention. Nursing process, Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns, and Erikson’s and Duvall’s theories of growth and development are the framework for clinical decision making and application of research findings.

MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
This course prepares the general practitioner of nursing to deal with psychosocial problems. The nursing process is used as a means of organizing psychiatric clinical syndromes. Emphasis is on assessment skills and the supportive, holistic treatment role of the nurse in dealing with client behaviors. Nursing process and Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns are the basis for clinical decision making. Cultural patterns, family phenomena and lifestyles are examined as they relate to and affect nursing intervention.

SELECTED TOPICS IN NURSING
An intensive study of an area, concern or trend in nursing that is not specifically covered in the general curriculum.

NURSING CARE OF CHILDREN
Focuses on nursing care of the family system with children (ages one month through adolescence). Emphasis is on understanding the impact of growth and development on health alterations common to this age group. Cultural patterns, family phenomena and lifestyles are examined as they relate to and affect nursing intervention. Students will be expected to exercise leadership skills to generate improvements in the health care of children and their families. Nursing process and Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns are the basis for clinical decision making.

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
This course focuses on the application of the nursing process to community - as - partner, and to individuals and families receiving health care in their homes or through other community - based programs. There is emphasis on the cognates upon which public/community health practice is based: epidemiology, demography, political processes, health organizations and ecology. Cultural patterns, family phenomena and lifestyles are examined as they relate to and affect nursing intervention. Nursing process and Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns are the basis for clinical decision making.

COMPLEX HEALTH NURSING
This course focuses on the application of the nursing process to people who have multiple and increasingly complex health alterations, including actual or potential life - threatening health problems that require continuous observation and appropriate interventions to prevent complications and restore health. There is emphasis on a high level of synthesis of previous knowledge, setting priorities and managing multiple variables, and exercising leadership skills. Also emphasized is collaboration with other health care providers in promoting health and well - being of clients and their families. Cultural patterns, family phenomena and lifestyles are examined as they relate to and affect nursing intervention. Nursing process and Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns are the basis for clinical decision making.

PROFESSIONAL NURSING: ISSUES AND TRENDS
This course focuses on the professional nurse’s role as leader, change agent, client advocate and user of research. Emphasis is on the transition from student to graduate, contemporary issues, legal - ethical dilemmas, and on the preparation for assimilation into the profession - al practice of nursing.

NURSING SEMINAR I: ADULT HEALTH NURSING
This course focuses on the application of the nursing process to diverse adult populations who have common health alterations as well as those having multiple and increasingly complex health alterations. There is a high level of synthesis of previous knowledge, setting priorities and managing multiple variables, and evaluating research for the applicability of its finding to nursing practice. Also emphasized are leadership skills and collaboration with other health care providers in promoting the health and well - being of clients and their families in the acute phase of illness through rehabilitation. Cultural patterns, family phenomena and lifestyles are examined as they relate to and affect nursing intervention.

NURSING SEMINAR II: MATERNAL - CHILD HEALTH NURSING
This course focuses on the application of the nursing process to the childbearing family and the child in the family system from conception through adolescence. Emphasis is placed on the growth and development process as these individuals and families adaptively respond to selected health alterations. Research findings that generate improvements in the health of the childbearing family and the child will be presented and used. Cultural patterns, family phenomena and lifestyles are examined as they relate to and affect nursing intervention. Community resources and services will be explored.

NURSING SEMINAR III: MENTAL HEALTH ALTERATIONS
This course focuses on the application of the nursing process to adults who have psychosocial problems. Emphasis is placed on the provision of supportive, holistic care dealing with client behaviors. Research findings that support improvements in mental health will be presented and used. Cultural patterns, family phenomena and lifestyles are examined as they relate to and affect nursing interventions. Community resources and services will be explored.

INDEPENDENT STUDY
Independent investigation, under guidance of an instructor, of a subject of special interest to the student.

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