Southern Adventist University (School of Nursing)

Welcome to Nursing and to the health care team. Southern Adventist University School of Nursing (SON) is committed to the education of nurses in a Christian oriented setting with a broad science and liberal arts based curriculum.

Registered nurses constitute the largest healthcare occupation, with 2.3 million jobs! There are more new jobs expected to be created for RN’s than for any other occupation. Nurses in today’s changing health care environment are doing a wide variety of work in places outside the walls of the traditional hospital. The opportunities for nurses have broadened into a wide spectrum of potential practice settings. Nurses are also found in clinics, adult day care centers, schools, health insurance agencies, long term care centers, schools of nursing, home health care agencies, industries, and law firms, to mention a few.

We hope you are here for more than the education needed to land a secure job, however! A good nurse must exhibit a high level of knowledge, professional abilities and ethical standards just as a member of any other profession does. An excellent nurse, however, needs even more. The nurse must have an honest desire to care for others in need. Within oneself, there must be an attitude of personal commitment to serving others with the understanding that each human is a child of God. The public notices very quickly the difference in a nurse who exemplifies these attitudes as opposed to the nurse who is just putting in time to collect a paycheck.

Your SON faculty members desire that you become the best nurse you can possibly be. The program which you are about to begin will help you achieve this goal.

If you are joining the program at the baccalaureate level, we congratulate you on the decision to continue your nursing education. You will find opportunity to grow in professionalism and expand the knowledge base you currently have.

MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the School of Nursing is to provide a Christian learning environment that values academic excellence and fosters personal and professional growth to meet the diverse needs of individuals, families, and communities.

PHILOSOPHY

God created each person with physical, psychological, developmental, sociocultural and spiritual components integrated into perfect health and wholeness.

Health is a dynamic state of well-being throughout the life cycle that reflects adaptation to internal and external stressors in the environment.

Sin resulted in changes which adversely affect each individual’s health and environment.

Nursing involves interaction with client systems and their environment(s) to assist in retaining, attaining and maintaining their highest level of wellness.

Nursing education empowers the student to provide wholistic caring service, following the example of Christ.

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School of Nursing Courses

REGISTERED NURSE UPDATE NON-CREDIT
A non-credit course designed for the inactive nurse with a license who is intending to return to practice or to reinstate a permanent license as an RN or LPN nurse in the State of Tennessee. Includes both theory and clinical experience

ASSOCIATE NURSE PERSPECTIVES
A course designed to supplement and prepare the Licensed Practical Nurse for advanced placement and career mobility.

FUNDAMENTALS I
A foundation course that introduces the NSM in which health assessment is viewed from the physiological, psychological, sociocultural, developmental, and spiritual variables of client systems. The eight natural remedies will be presented with an emphasis on primary prevention. The nursing process and basic skills are introduced. Application of nursing assessment, process, and skills will be in long-term care facilities. Three hours theory and one hour clinical.* Lab fee 11 will be assessed for this course.

FUNDAMENTALS II
A second foundation course that builds on the NSM and basic nursing concepts mastered in Fundamentals I. The physiological , psychological, sociocultural, developmental, and spiritual variables of adult clients are discussed and applied to clinical care of hospitalized individuals with special emphasis on the surgical patient. Concepts and skills in pharmacology are introduced, practiced, and applied in secondary care clinical facilities. Professional concerns of management, ethics, legal aspects, and interaction with members of the health care delivery system are addressed. Three hours theory and one hour clinical.

ADULT HEALTH I
A course emphasizing basic theory and practice of nursing in dealing with adults who are experiencing selected non-critical, medicalsurgical stressors. The nursing process is utilized to promote physical, psychological, sociological, developmental and spiritual health, intervene in illness, and assist in rehabilitation. Practice takes place in secondary-care settings.

MENTAL HEALTH
A course that provides theory and practice in nursing of clients across the lifespan with mental health stressors. The nursing process is utilized to promote physical, psychological, sociological, developmental, and spiritual health, intervene in illness, and assist in rehabilitation. Practice takes place in secondary care and community psychiatric settings.

NURSING PRACTICUM
A clinical course that provides opportunity for application of theory and skills in an acute and/or skilled care facility directed by a preceptor and faculty liaison.

CHILDBEARING FAMILY
A course utilizing the nursing process in providing care for childbearing families. Emphasis will be placed on assessment of stressors that affect the maternal/fetal, newborn, and family units. Consideration will be given to variables affecting expectant families and their infants before, during and immediately following delivery. Practice will take place in secondary-care and community settings.

ADULT HEALTH II
A course designed sequentially to provide basic theory and practice of nursing in dealing with adults who are experiencing selected noncritical, medical-surgical stressors. The nursing process is utilized to promote physical, psychological, sociological, developmental and spiritual health, intervene in illness, and assist in rehabilitation. Practice takes place in secondary-care and community settings. Two and three-quarter hours theory and one and one-quarter hours clinical. Lab fee 9 will be assessed for this course.

CHILD HEALTH
A course utilizing the nursing process emphasizing primary and secondary prevention with special consideration given to developmental and sociocultural variables in the care of the child rearing family. Practice includes secondary-care and community settings.

ADULT HEALTH III
A course utilizing the nursing process in providing primary, secondary, and tertiary preventions and interventions for acutely ill adults and their families in the critical-care settings. Three and one-quarter hours theory and three-quarter hour of clinical.

NURSING SEMINAR
A capstone course that integrates nursing skills with principles of management. Practice takes place in secondary and tertiary care settings where the student manages groups of clients (120 clock hours). Included is a nursing content review course in preparation for NCLEX-RN.

SURVEY OF ALTERNATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY HEALTH PRACTICES
This on-line course provides a comprehensive survey of alternative and complimentary health practices. Course content and web-based information allows the student to make informed decisions regarding the efficacy and appropriate application of a wide variety of health practices.

HERBAL THERAPY
This course is a survey of generally accepted herbal therapies, their efficacy and safety. The focus will be on their use in conjunction with over-the-counter and prescription medications. Lab fee 5 will be assessed for this course.

APPLIED STATISTICS FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS
A course focusing on applied statistics used in quantitative research studies in the health professions. Research is the foundation for evidence-based clinical, education, and administrative practice in all acute healthcare and preventive health settings. Health professionals must utilize research findings to improve their profession. Understanding basic statistics and how to interpret them in actual and current studies is an essential skill of baccalaureate and advanced health professions. Topics include the research process, ethics used for human participants, especially for vulnerable populations such as persons with chronic and terminal diseases, descriptive and inferential statistics, probabilities, confidence indexes, hypothesis testing, reliability, validity, and sampling. SPSS (statistical software) is used to analyze and display data. Basic computer competency is assumed. Lab fee 5 will be assessed for this course.

MASSAGE AND HYDROTHERAPY
An introductory course that provides a practical and rational approach to noninvasive health care covering the topics of massage, hydrotherapy, and wholistic care. This complementary approach to health care is designed for all majors. Limited enrollment.

MISSION NURSING
A course that introduces the nursing student to principles and practices of health care in developing and third world countries. Concepts of basic health education, use of natural remedies, prevention of diseases throughout the life-cycle are emphasized. A field trip (at student expense) to a developing country in the western hemisphere is optional. Limited enrollment.

TRANSITIONS IN PROFESSIONAL NURSING
A course that assists the registered nurse student in transition from an associate degree or diploma level to the baccalaureate level of nursing. Nursing philosophies, theories, current concepts, issues relevant to professional nursing are emphasized. Nursing career options and the importance of career planning are explored. Field trip may be required.

NURSING ASSESSMENT
A course that provides opportunity for development of more advanced wholistic assessment skills. Health is assessed within the framework of the environment, with attention to intra-, inter-, and extra-personal stressors and system stability. Health education is integrated with the assessment process.

INTRODUCTION TO NURSING INFORMATICS I, II
These courses are designed to introduce nursing students to nursing informatics, a combination of computer science, information science, and nursing science. The student will be introduced to the management and processing of nursing data, information, and knowledge in order to support the practice and delivery of nursing care.

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING (W)
A course that focuses on the impact of certain stressors on the health of individuals, families, and communities. The NSM as well as Pender’s Health Promotion Model are utilized in diagnosis of aggregate health needs. Emphasis is placed on interventions in the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of prevention.

Other nursing schools in Tennessee

University of Tennessee-Knoxville (College of Nursing) The College of Nursing enrolls approximately 275 undergraduate students in the upper division nursing major (of which 40 are RNs), 135 master's st... Address: 1200 Volunteer Blvd.

Union University (School of nursing) Union University is a private, four-year liberal arts university, founded in 1823, and affiliated with the Tennessee Baptist Convention. As an institu... Address: 1050 Union University Drive

University of Tennessee Health Science Center, The (College of Nursing) The College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center is dedicated to the preparation of nurse leaders for excellence today and ... Address:  877 Madison Avenue

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