Nazareth College (Department of Nursing.)

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Nursing Department is to educate students in the profession of nursing within a transcultural context and to advance students= abilities to integrate the liberal arts and sciences within the discipline. Students will be educated to provide the highest quality of nursing care to individuals, families, groups, communities, and institutions and to critically examine and effectively respond to changing health care needs. The Faculty are committed to preparing students for culturally congruent nursing practice, leadership in service to the community, and commitment to a life informed by intellectual, ethical, and aesthetic values. To fulfill this mission in the undergraduate and graduate programs, the Department of Nursing Faculty:
- provides curricula which challenge students to high academic achievement
- facilitates in students the intellectual development necessary for critical thinking, cultural competence, aesthetic understanding, effective communication, and lifelong learning
- prepares students to be effective and ethical professionals who provide culturally congruent nursing care
- fosters commitment to teaching which is complemented by recognition of the value of scholarship, professional development, and concern for the student as a whole person
- strives for an environment which welcomes diversity and respects the intellectual freedom of each individual
- encourages commitment to informed values by providing opportunities for cultural, ethical, legal, and spiritual exploration
- fosters an aesthetic sense in students
- develops in students an appreciation of the natural environment and respect for its resources
- encourages students to promote habits of healthful living in self and others
- prepares students to become active and informed leaders within their profession, as well as the local, national, and global communities
- sustains a dynamic collaboration between the department and the community for the extension and enrichment of the students = educational experience and the health of the surrounding community

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Department of Nursing. Courses

INTRO TRANSCULTURAL NURSING
Provides an overview of the transcultural nursing framework. Explores the importance of transcultural nursing in contemporary society and identifies the key components of cultural competence.

CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
Course examines various pharmaceutical agents administered in health care settings. Pharmaceutical, pharmokinetic, and pharmacodynamic components of drug actions will be reviewed. Specific pharmaceutical agents, their actions, indications, side effects, interactions, contraindications, precautions, dosages, and methods of administration will be examined.

FOUNDATIONS OF TRANSCULTURAL NURSING
Students explore and develop the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed for cultural competence. Therapeutic communication, teaching-learning principles, and health promotion are central aspects of the course.

FOUNDATIONS OF TRANSCULTURAL NURSING LAB
Students explore and develop the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed for cultural competence. Therapeutic communication, teaching-learning principles, and health promotion are central aspects of the course.

CARE OF ADULTS/OLDER ADULTS I
Addresses the knowledge and skills required to provide culturally competent nursing care to adults and older adults with acute and chronic health problems.

CARE OF ADULTS/OLDER ADULTS LAB
Addresses the knowledge and skills required to provide culturally competent nursing care to adults and older adults with acute and chronic health problems.

NURSING IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY
Facilitates transition from previous nursing education and practice to the baccalaureate role. Examination of contemporary nursing roles and systems. The forces which have shaped nursing and continue to shape it are studied. The development of transcultural nursing as a discipline is addressed.

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY
Examination of selected physiological systems across the lifespan using clinical decision making with an emphasis on multicultural nursing in selected nursing systems.

CRITICAL THINKING AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
This course is designed to engage learners in utilizing critical thinking skills to understand quality improvement initiatives in health care settings. Modules from the Partnerships for Quality Education, a national initiative of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation will be utilized.

HEALTH ASSESSMENT
Explores the concept of health and health assessment within the professional nursing role. Specific skills of physical, psychological, and sociocultural assessment are taught and practiced.

HEALTH ASSESSMENT LAB
Explores the concept of health and health assessment within the professional nursing role. Specific skills of physical, psychological, and sociocultural assessment are taught and practiced. There is a Clinical Insurance Fee of $35 for this course.

HEALTH IN A CHANGING SOCIETY
Analysis of the meaning of health in society and the effectiveness of the U.S. health care delivery system. Issues of access, cost, and quality are explored. Role of culture as a determinant of health seeking behavior, advocacy, and health education is examined.

MATERNITY AND WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE
Concentrates on the nursing care of women from menarche to menopause with a primary focus on childbearing. Basic concepts of normal and abnormal anatomy and physiology of pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum will be addressed. The application of a transcultural nursing process in family-centered childbirth, women's health promotion, risk reduction, and disease prevention will be studied.

MATERNITY AND WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE LAB
Concentrates on the nursing care of women from menarche to menopause with a primary focus on childbearing. Basic concepts of normal and abnormal anatomy and physiology of pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum will be addressed. The application of a transcultural nursing process in family-centered childbirth, women's health promotion, risk reduction and prevention will be studied.

CARE OF INFANTS, CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT
Addresses nursing care for clients/patients from birth through adolescents who are well, acutely ill, chronically ill, and disabled. The main perspective is that of children within the context of families. In addition, a transcultural perspective is adopted where various ethnic groups are examined in terms of their health and parenting practices. Nursing measures to insure health promotion, disease prevention, and health restoration are all emphasized.

CARE OF INFANTS, CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENT LAB
Addresses nursing care for clients/patients from birth through adolescence who are well, acutely ill, chronically ill, and disabled. The main perspective is that of children within the context of families. In addition, a transcultural perspective is adopted where various ethnic groups are examined in terms of their health and parenting practices. Nursing measures to insure health promotion, disease prevention and health restoration are all emphasized.

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE FOR CLINICIANS
Course trains nurses to use evidence-based research in clinical practice. Students are given the opportunity to gain knowledge about the research process, and to develop beginning skills necessary to evaluate research findings with the goal of motivating students to use research findings in a variety of cultural contexts in practice settings.

CARE OF ADULTS/OLDER ADULTS II
Provision of cultural competent nursing care to adults and older adults with complex health problems; interdisciplinary health care, case management, quality management, and advocacy are explored.

CARE OF ADULTS/OLDER ADULTS II LAB
Provision of cultural competent nursing care to adults and older adults with complex health problems; interdisciplinary health care, case management, quality management and advocacy are explored.

MENTAL HEALTH NURSING IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY
Emphasis on transcultural mental health care to individuals; analysis of wide variability in expression of symptoms, interpretations, explanations, and expectations associated with mental health and mental illness; exploration of the potential that interactive processes and communication have for facilitating effective transcultural mental health care.

MENTAL HEALTH NURSING IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY LAB
Provision of transcultural health care to individuals is the emphasis of this course. Analyze the wide variability in expression of symptoms, interpretations, explanations, and expectations associated with mental health and mental illness. Explore the potential that interactive processes and communication have for facilitating effective transcultural mental health care.

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY
Aggregates, groups, and communities are the focus of study as students identify the role of the professional nurse in promoting, maintaining, and restoring health.

COMMUNITY HEALTH PROMOTION
This is the health promotion portion of the clinical practicum for community health nursing. This experience offers students an opportunity to identify the health promotion needs of an aggregate and participate in delivering a health promoting program.

COMMUNITY HEALTH HOME CARE LAB
Care of individuals and families in a community home care setting is the focus of this clinical practice course. There is a Clinical Insurance Fee of $35 for this course.

NURSING LEADERSHIP IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY
Students learn the professional nurse role as a leader and manager in a variety of systems, in order to manage client care and work for the advancement of the profession and the health of society.

SENIOR CLINICAL EXPERIENCE IN A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY
Purpose of course is to immerse the student in an experience of practice with a multicultural population as a registered nurse. As the final clinical experience it is designed individually to allow the student the opportunity to have a concentrated experience of transcultural nursing practice. There is a Clinical Insurance Fee of $35 for this course.

HEALTH, SOCIETY AND NURSING: MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE
In senior seminar, students explore the connections between health, society, and nursing, using a multidisciplinary perspective, including selected research studies from nursing and other disciplines. Students examine selected trends impacting on the future of the nursing profession and their careers within professional nursing.

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