SUNY Institute of Technology (School of Nursing)

The School of Nursing and Health Systems offers a bachelor of science degree in nursing and health information management and a master of science degree in adult nurse practitioner, family nurse practitioner, gerontological nurse practitioner, nursing administration and nursing education. The School also offers advanced certificates in adult and family nurse practitioner and nursing administration.

The School of Nursing and Health Systems continues to be in the forefront of nursing practice, nursing education, and health information as it plays a leadership role in central New York and in the SUNY Nursing Outreach Program in eastern New York. The School's nursing programs are accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE, 1 Dupont Circle NW, Washington, DC, 202-887-6791) and the health information program by the Commission on Accreditation for Health Informatics and Information Management Education (CAHIIM). Programs are registered by the New York State Education Department.

The baccalaureate program in Nursing is designed exclusively to serve licensed registered nurses from state-approved associate degree or diploma nursing programs who are prepared to focus on their professional and career development. The curricular emphases on health promotion and maintenance behaviors, coordinating cost-effective quality care, and community-based, community focused health care are particularly appropriate to achieving the future's agenda.

The Health Information Management program is designed to prepare graduates for the rapidly growing field of health information management. Professional courses include: health information science, health information terminology, computer applications in health information administration, and evaluation of health care systems.

Both Bachelor of Science (B.S.) and the Bachelor of Professional Studies (B.P.S.) degrees in health information management are available at SUNYIT.

MISSION

The mission of the School of Nursing and Health Systems is to provide a nursing education at the baccalaureate and master’s levels that focuses on collaboration, active participation in one’s own learning, critical reflection, and creative practice to meet the needs of clients across the lifespan. Nursing education is built upon a general education of the arts and sciences that complements professional education in: nursing knowledge and theory; inquiry and research; leadership and community; nursing standards and professional practice.

VISION STATEMENT

The School of Nursing and Health Systems faculty aspire to professional excellence in teaching, practice, scholarship, and service to SUNYIT and the communities of Central and Upstate New York. Our vision is to be a community of nurse scholars and mentors guiding professional nurses as nurse leaders and advanced practitioners who are committed to professional ideals, lifelong learning, and meaningful practice within increasingly technological health care systems and communities.

NURSING PROGRAM

The School of Nursing and Health Systems at SUNYIT offers a curriculum leading to a Bachelor of Science degree with a major in nursing. The baccalaureate program is designed exclusively to serve licensed registered nurses from state-approved associate or diploma nursing programs that are prepared to focus on their professional and career development.

Students may attend the SUNYIT program on a full-time or part-time basis. In addition to the SUNYIT program, courses have been offered at outreach sites, for example, Albany, NY. Course offerings at the outreach locations have been scheduled within a select time frame and have been delivered by senior nursing faculty, with courses offered through a blend of distance learning technology, and traditional classroom teaching. Online Internet instruction is through the SUNY Learning Network (SLN) or through simulcast instruction at outreach locations. Complete details regarding scheduling of nursing courses at outreach locations are available upon request from the School of Nursing and Health Systems.

The nursing program, in support of the mission of SUNYIT, offers direct articulation and joint admissions agreements with associate degree and diploma nursing programs. These agreements provide potential students advanced advisement regarding transfer of credits.

The curriculum includes coursework in the theoretical bases of professional nursing practice, comprehensive health assessment, nursing research, contemporary nursing practice, nursing scholarship, nursing leadership, and community health nursing.

As with all programs at SUNYIT, the nursing program includes a strong base in the arts and sciences. This provides students with the tools and knowledge to relate their experiences to their work and to the broader context of their lives. It helps create a more diverse, complete education that continues to grow throughout life.

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THEORETICAL BASES FOR PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE
This course provides the theoretical and empirical foundation for beginning professional nursing practice. Standards of practice described in the New York State Education Law and the American Nurses’ Association (ANA) Standards of Nursing Practice are introduced to students to guide the practice of nursing. Nursing theories and models are examined as the theoretical framework for the discipline of nursing. Through these standards and theories, critical thinking, collaboration, research, decision making, and independent judgement are fostered to enhance the development of professional socialization. Philosophies of nursing and models of caring are introduced to develop the student’s understanding of the relationships of nursing to humans, environment, health, and health care delivery. Theories related to teaching and learning, roles, wellness, and professionalism are examined to assist the student in developing a personal philosophy of nursing and in providing meaningful nursing.

COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH ASSESSMENT
This course focuses on the interrelatedness of the physical, psychological, social, cultural, spiritual, and environmental components of health assessment of humans as they interact with their environment. Assessment of the individual across the life span is addressed as they experience wellness and illness. Utilizing the framework of selected nursing theories, an analytical and comprehensive assessment of the individual’s health is emphasized. The relationship of health assessment knowledge, skill, and disposition fostered by the Standards of Nursing Practice and the New York State Education Law is explored within the context of accountability and responsibility of professional nursing practice. Critical thinking skills are enhanced as the student develops a beginning level of competency in physical and psychological assessments within faculty supervised laboratory settings with well individuals. Therapeutic communication skills are also facilitated throughout the obtainment of personal health data and the formulation of nursing diagnoses.

CONTEMPORARY NURSING PRACTICE
This course provides the student the opportunity to explore the health needs of individuals and families within a culturally diverse society while applying the principles of wellness incorporated in the theories of health protection, disease prevention, health restoration, and health promotion. Contemporary topics as they are related to current and alternative strategies for promotion of health, health education of clients and families, and restoration of health are explored through lectures, discussions, and student presentations. Knowledge from the arts, sciences, and nursing theories is applied to anticipate the health protective needs of individuals and families.

EPIDEMIOLOGY IN NURSING
This course is designed to provide an introduction to the concepts and methods of descriptive epidemiology. The application of epidemiology to nursing practice in culturally diverse communities is explored. Patterns of acute and chronic disease occurrences and progression and the discovery of unusual disease patterns are critically examined. Utilization of epidemiological information to promote health, prevent disease, and maximize wellness will be emphasized. The course will familiarize nurses with the methods appropriate to epidemiologic causes, frequency, and distribution of acute and chronic disease and the theory behind screening programs. The course will stress a critical appraisal of the health care literature, encouraging a questioning approach which will foster nursing practice based upon adequate support from research.

ETHICAL ISSUES IN NURSING
This course synthesizes theoretical knowledge from nursing theories, the arts and sciences, and humanities to develop knowledge, skill, and disposition essential for ethical decision making. The American Nurses’ Association (ANA) Code for Nurses and the values clarification process are examined as they relate to guiding professional nursing practice in ethical situations. Caring and traditional frameworks of ethical decision making models are introduced to clarify the professional nurse’s role, duty, obligation, and commitment when experiencing an ethical situation. The advocacy role of the professional nurse is applied throughout discussions. Dilemmas and issues encountered by professional nurses are critically examined to define, analyze, and justify ethical decisions made within diverse environments of providers, consumers, and organizations (i.e., the health care delivery system). Critical examination of one’s personal viewpoint and evidence to support the antithetical position of selected ethical issues and personal experiences are explored.

NURSING LEADERSHIP
The professional nurse functions in the role of leader, manager, collaborator, teacher, counselor, and advocate in the delivery of health care to the client. This course focuses on developing the leadership and management function of the professional nurse through a synthesis of knowledge from the arts and sciences, previous nursing courses, and leadership and management theory. Using selected nursing theories and relevant research findings, the student develops and refines the skills necessary to coordinate, manage, and deliver nursing care. Content includes leadership approaches, group dynamics, principles of management, autonomy, accountability, liability, information management and communication. Critical thinking is enhanced through content on decision making, conflict management, use of power, political awareness, collective action, and change strategies. The clinical component of this course allows the student to apply content learned in the classroom.

COMMUNITY HEALTH ORGANIZATION
This theoretical course examines the interrelationship among humans, the environment, and community health nursing. Structure and function of the health care delivery system is examined. The student uses critical thinking to assess and analyze culturally diverse populations and community resources as they affect the wellness of populations at risk. The professional roles and standards of community health nurses, as they provide care in numerous community based settings, are examined within a nursing theoretical framework. Principles of teaching and learning, decision making, leadership, and management within the larger social system are examined for their impact on health care delivery.

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
The course builds on nursing theory and clinical experiences essential to community health nursing. Health teaching and health care opportunities are available to the student in a variety of culturally diverse community health settings. Wellness promotion for individuals, families, and groups across the life span is emphasized. Family systems theory and the application of growth and development concepts are fundamental. Clinical experiences are scheduled one day per week (M-F), based on agency availability. Students must provide their own transportation.

SPECIAL TOPICS IN NURSING
A study of a selected topic of interest to professional nurses which will enhance the student’s ability to practice professional nursing. Topics may be repeated in future semesters or may change from semester to semester.

INDEPENDENT STUDY
This is an independent study of selected contemporary problems within the nursing discipline. The student is required to submit a written proposal which includes a description of the project, its duration, education goals, method of evaluation, and number of credits to be earned.

NURSING RESEARCH SEMINAR
The synthesis of knowledge from nursing theories, the arts, and sciences provides a basis for the examination of nursing research within culturally diverse populations. In this culminating course, students develop further skills in critical thinking, decision making, and clinical judgment as they learn to critically analyze qualitative and quantitative research designs. The application of these findings is discussed as it relates to quality nursing services within the health care delivery system. Professional standards of practice, the moral obligation to safeguard human subjects, and the ethics of care are emphasized as professional nurses participate in research activities. Professional socialization is reexamined and students reflect on past and present views of self as a developing professional. Integration of nursing theories is discussed as the students present their personal philosophy of nursing.

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