University of Illinois Global Campus (Nursing Programs)

Now you can complete your Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) primarily online through the College of Nursing at the University of Illinois at Chicago, a top-ranked nursing program recognized internationally for preparing nurses for advanced practice.

The best part: when you graduate from the BSN Completion Program for RNs, you’ll get a degree from the fully accredited, top-ranked College of Nursing at the University of Illinois at Chicago—the same degree earned by graduates of our campus-based program.

No other online nursing program can provide you with this credential to advance your career, because no other nursing program of this caliber is online.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING

The College of Nursing at the University of Illinois at Chicago, through its partnership with The Global Campus, now offers a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Degree primarily online. This degree provides you with an excellent foundation for a career in leadership in one of the fastest growing professions in the United States.

Upon successful completion of all coursework, you will earn a fully accredited Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the College of Nursing at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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Nursing Programs Courses

CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING
Introduction to the history and framework of nursing practice. Emphasis on basic curricular concepts and processes of professional nursing.

HEALTH ASSESSMENT
Introduction to assessment of physical and psychosocial health across the lifespan. Includes physical assessment techniques, interviewing skills and introduction to medical terminology and health risk assessment.

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY I
Presents clinical pathophysiological mechanisms across the lifespan integrating pharmacological principles and therapies required for nursing practice. Provides learning strategies for this content.

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY II
Presents clinical pathophysiological mechanisms across the lifespan integrating pharmacological principles and therapies required for nursing practice. Provides learning strategies for this content.

INTRODUCTION TO CLINICAL CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES
Applies nursing process, communication and teaching/learning to individuals. Includes mobility, comfort, safety, infection, protection, fatigue, sleep, oxygenation, and elimination. Clinical application in various settings. Students in the traditional BSN program are required to register for 6

CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES FOR CONTEMPORARY NURSING PRACTICE
Introduces RN/BSN student to contemporary concepts for professional nursing practice in health care systems with emphasis on the nursing paradigm, health promotion and continuity of care.

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE LIFE SPAN
Survey of biological, psychological and social influences on human development from conception to death. Emphasis is on current research and its application to societal issues.

EXPLORING COMPLEMENTARY/ALTERNATIVE PRACTICES
Explores philosophical, historical, cultural and clinical aspects of complementary/alternative practices. Providing holistic nursing care by incorporating complementary/alternative practices will be emphasized.

ETHICAL-LEGAL ISSUES IN NURSING
Analysis of ethical-legal issues in nursing practice across the lifespan. Examines legal concerns and ethical decision making for nurses in diverse roles and practice settings.

NURSING PERSPECTIVES ON HEALTH POLICY AND POLITICS
Health policy issues are analyzed from political, socioeconomic, and ethical perspectives and their relation to policy process and health care delivery.

FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE ALTERATIONS
Exploration of fluid and electrolyte alterations across the lifespan. Comprehensive analysis of fluid and electrolyte balance regulatory processes and nursing care in clients with a variety of conditions.

NURSING INFORMATICS
Exploration of information system concepts in health care delivery and nursing practice. Emphasis on application of systems concepts in addressing health care delivery issues.

INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL CARE NURSING
An introduction to critical care nursing, focusing primarily on cardiac and respiratory conditions, hemodynamic monitoring, EKG interpretation, and mechanical ventilation. Observational clinical experience in intensive care settings.

DEATH AND DYING
Focuses on biopsychosocial and spritual issues that arise for the patient, significant others, and the nurse clinician during the process of dying and death itself.

INTRODUCTION TO NURSING RESEARCH AND STATISTICS FOR EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
Basic concepts of research emphasizing relationship between research and nursing practice. Includes basic statistical measures, hypothesis testing, and interpretation of nursing research for application and practice.

CLINICAL CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES IN ADULT HEALTH
Nursing concepts/processes concerning common adult health problems: oxygenation, information processing, regulation, immune response, elimination, metabolism, mobility, substance abuse, and perioperative. Clinical application in various settings.

CLINICAL CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES IN WOMEN'S AND FAMILY HEALTH
Nursing care of women and families across the lifespan. Emphasizes health promotion from a community-based perspective. Socio-economic, cultural, political, legal and ethical influences on health behavior and outcomes are explored.

HISTORY OF NURSING
Trends in nursing education and practice in terms of historical development of nursing. Focus on social, cultural, religious, political and education forces influencing the evolution of nursing.

CLINICAL CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES IN CHILDREN'S AND FAMILY HEALTH
Nursing care of the well, acutely and chronically ill infant and child using a family-focused approach with clinical application in various settings.

CLINICAL CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES IN MENTAL HEALTH
Application and integration of biopsychosocial and cultural concepts and principles in the nursing process for individuals and groups in psychiatric settings. Clinical application in various settings.

CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES IN OLDER ADULT HEALTH
Application of concepts of gerontology, aging theories and care of the older adult, including health promotion and maintenance and rehabilitation.

CLINICAL CONCEPTS AND PROCESSES IN POPULATION-FOCUSED NURSING
Synthesis of theory, research and practice releated to population-focused nursing care, with emphasis on health promotion of aggregates. Clinical application with aggregates across the lifespan. Prerequisite(s): NUSC 345 and NUSC 355; and consent of the instructor.

NURSING LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT IN HEALTHCARE
Appraisal and synthesis of theory, research and practice in the application of principles of nursing leadership and management. Clinical application will focus on the management of groups of clients and systems.

READINGS IN EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE
Application of basic research concepts to the building of evidence-based practice in nursing. Emphasis will be on the critique of published research and utilization of research in clinical practice. Prerequisite(s): NUSC 322; and senior standing or above.

SPECIAL TOPICS: UNDERGRADUATE
Discusses selected topics of current interest. Offered according to sufficient student demand and instructor availability. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term.

ISSUES IN NURSING PRACTICE
Analysis of social, economic, and policy issues affecting the practice of professional nursing with emphasis on strategies for advancing the profession.

INDEPENDENT STUDY: UNDERGRADUATE
Individually arranged study of a topic selected by the student under the guidance of an individual instructor. May be repeated. Students may register in more than one section per term.

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