Southeast Missouri State University (Department of Nursing)

Southeast Missouri State Nursing programs award associate, baccalaureate, and master's degrees.

The baccalaureate program is made up of three tracks. One is for the traditional on campus student in which the student can choose from day and evening courses and can expect to receive their degree at the end of four years. A second program is designed for the Registered Nurse who did not graduate from a baccalaureate degree program. This program is split into two tracks. One track follows the traditional full time student model. The second track allows students to carry nine hours in which all the courses are attended on one day of the week, during the day and evening.

The graduate program has two strands. One strand prepares a clinical nurse specialist in family health nursing. The second strand prepares a family nurse practitioner.

The nursing faculty offices are on the top floor of the Rosemary Berkel Crisp Crisp Hall of Nursing building. This building is located to the west of Pacific Street and north of Normal Avenue up on top of the hill in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

Most of the on campus nursing student body comes from within a one hundred mile radius of campus. Many attend classes at out-reach programs in Malden, and Popular Bluff.

HISTORY

Established in 1958, the Department of Nursing at Southeast Missouri State University began as an Associate of Arts program, graduating its first class of seven in 1960. A Baccalaureate program was established in 1968 as a registered nurse completion program. The generic Baccalaureate program was approved by the Missouri State Board of Nursing in 1973. The MSN Program was established in 1993 and graduated its first student in May of 1995. The MSN Program was the first graduate nursing program in the southern half of Missouri. The MSN Program received its initial accreditation by the NLN in 1996. Over the years the department has grown to twenty plus faculty and 400 plus students. Nursing programs award associate, baccalaureate, and master's degrees.

MISSION

Southeast Missouri State University Department of Nursing’s mission is to prepare students to practice professional nursing within the context of knowledgeable caring. The Department promotes intellectual, personal and professional growth through the integration of theoretical knowledge, clinical experiences and a strong interdisciplinary liberal arts education.

---

Department of Nursing Nursing School Location

Department of Nursing Courses

COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION
Required of all senior year nursing students (except RN to BSN students) in both semesters. Includes one exam on which student must demonstrate potential for success on NCLEX, NCLEX review sessions, and successful completion of assigned computer questions.

THE NURSING PROFESSION
Introduction to critical thinking, nursing process, professional nursing roles, theoretical and historical foundations of nursing, the Department's philosophy and framework.

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: CLINICAL SKILLS
Instruction and practice of nursing skills, and the application of critical thinking related to client comfort, safety, mobility, and physiologic functions.

PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE WELL CLIENT
Identification and description of factors that influence functioning in everyday living. Emphases on professional communication, physical assessment, environment, lifestyles, community resources.

EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL ASPECTS OF THE WELL CLIENT
Focus on the emotional, spiritual, and cultural dimensions of the well individual. Includes sensitivity toward diversity, therapeutic communication, self-awareness and empathy.

DIRECTED READINGS IN NURSING
Directed readings designed to address specific nursing issues.

ALTERED HEALTH I
Examines effect of pathology on normal body processes. Emphasis on alteration in cell function and body defenses. Includes clinical manifestations and pharmacologic management of disease states.

ALTERED HEALTH II
Examines physiologic effect of disease states on body systems and organs. Explores clinical manifestations of disease and use of pharmacologic agents in maintenance of body function.

PHARMACOLOGY
Overview of drug categories and actions as applied to clients of all ages, with an emphasis on nursing care.

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: FAMILY NURSING I
Focus on pregnancy, birth, high-risk pregnancy, health promotion, and care for and interaction with childbearing families in rural community settings.

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: FAMILY NURSING II
Focus on growth and development, health promotion and care for children and childbearing families in interdisciplinary professional practice settings.

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING I
Introduction to role of medical-surgical nurse, application of critical thinking principles to care of young, middle-aged, and older adults. First semester of two semester sequence.

HOLISTIC ASSESSMENT
Assessment of physical, emotional, spiritual, and sociocultural dimensions across the life span related to environment, lifestyles, health patterns, and community resources. For RN-BSN students or permission of instructor.

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING II
Introduction to holistic case management and continuity of care beyond acute care settings. Emphasizes care of young, middle-aged, and older adults. Second semester of two semester sequence.

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
Preparation to meet mental health care needs of clients experiencing emotional and spiritual problems. Includes care of special populations in psychiatry.

RESEARCH IN PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Basic concepts of research process. Emphasizes role of nurse as consumer of research.

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
Introduction, application of community health concepts related to rural populations. Emphasizes independent decision making based on assessment of individuals, families, and communities.

FRAMEWORK FOR PROFESSIONAL NURSING
Focus on goals of baccalaureate education in preparing the nurse for professional nursing practice. Emphasizes professional nursing roles and role change.

INDEPENDENT STUDY IN NURSING

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
Introduction and application of management/leadership concepts in caring for clients with complex problems in a variety of settings.

ADVANCED ASSESSMENT
Application of basic assessment principles including physical, environmental and community assessment. Introduces advanced assessment techniques, synthesis of all aspects of assessment.

PROFESSIONAL SEMINAR
Critical analysis of dimensions of professional nursing. Includes professional roles, association membership, health care policy/political activism, standards of practice/guidelines.

PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE: CARE OF THE FRAIL ELDERLY
Care management of the frail elderly across a variety of settings, focusing on family caregiving and the identification of community resources.

COMPREHENSIVE PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE. CLINICAL INTERNSHIP FOR SENIOR STUDENTS
Fosters further development of critical thinking and clinical skills in one or two health care settings.

Other nursing schools in Missouri

University of Missouri - St. Louis (College of Nursing) HISTORY The University The University of Missouri-St. Louis (UM-St. Louis) is one of four campuses that constitute the University of Missouri, nin... Address: One University Blvd.

Barnes-Jewish College - Goldfarb School of Nursing Choose Goldfarb School of Nursing at Barnes-Jewish College To Enrich Your Career * You will learn and practice at the world-class Barnes-Jewish Hospi... Address: 306 South Kingshighway Boulevard

University of Missouri - Kansas City (School of Nursing) HISTORY In 1973-74, a graduate nursing program was started under the aegis of the School of Graduate Studies. On Nov. 16, 1979, the Board of Curato... Address: 2464 Charlotte, Health Sciences Building

Back to: » Nursing schools in Missouri » Nursing schools in Cape Girardeau

More information: » Marinas » Boats for sale