West Texas A&M University (Department of Nursing)

Welcome to the West Texas A&M University College of Nursing and Health Sciences. Our mission is to develop professional and academic leaders in the health professions through educational programs that engage students effectively, provide high quality clinical services to patients and clients and contribute meaningful scholarship including evidence-based practice. In short, we exist to prepare highly qualified graduates for work in a variety of health professions.

The outstanding faculty members of the college are recognized experts in their fields. They are ready to work with undergraduate and graduate students who aspire to careers in which the sciences, the arts, and human compassion can be fully integrated into meaningful work. If you are interested in a career that will challenge your intellect, your mental and physical stamina, your courage and your spirit, consider a career in the health professions. Programs in our college prepare you for careers in nursing, speech pathology, audiology, physical fitness, wellness and human physical performance. You will learn through engaging classroom experiences, exciting clinical experiences with real patients and clients, and participation in faculty led research projects using the latest technologies.

VISION

The West Texas A&M University Division of Nursing envisions a health care system in which all persons receive high quality care in an atmosphere of respect for human dignity. Scholarly nursing practice will be integral to such a system. The undergraduate and graduate programs will promote the many ways of knowing that contribute to the Art of Nursing.

MISSION STATEMENT

As an integral part of its parent institution, the Division of Nursing is committed to serving as the principal academic center for baccalaureate and graduate nursing education for the rural, multi-state region surrounding Canyon and Amarillo. Our mission is to educate nurses who are caring, informed, responsible, creative and articulate decision makers who critically think, appreciate diversity, demonstrate high standards of professional character and are professionally competitive.

PHILOSOPHY

The faculty of the Division of Nursing believe that humans are unique, holistic and multidimensional beings who are valued in their uniqueness and are deserving of respects and dignity. Human beings have a right to self-determination and to make informed choices. They also have a right to competent advocacy when their abilities for self-determination and choice are impaired.

We believe that health is the dynamic state of interactions among mind, body and spirit. Health exists in any of many conditions and is uniquely experienced by each person.

We believe that nursing is a practice discipline requiring the scholarly use of scientific, ethical, aesthetic and personal ways of knowing (the Art of Nursing). Nurses use the many ways of knowing to enable persons to bring body, mind and spirit into harmonious relationship. We believe that caring is the essence of nursing. Professional nurse caring embraces the nurse's empathy for and connection with the patient, the family and the community, and must emanate from a foundation of knowledge, competence and confidence.

We believe that the environment is the biological, physiological, personal, spiritual, social, cultural and political context in which persons experience health. The environment is not a separate entity but an integral component of the human experience.

We believe caring, commitment, honesty, integrity, dependability, respect, responsibility, accountability and initiative are values which are central to nursing scholarship. We believe that the teaching and learning of nursing are both individual and community enterprises. Learners and teachers have role responsibilities which foster informed participation, open communication, critical thinking and community building.

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Department of Nursing Courses

INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL NURSING
Orientation to professional nursing within the health-care system. Nursing roles and an overview of the WTAMU nursing curriculum. Required for generic nursing majors.

SEMINAR IN PROFESSIONAL NURSING DIRECTIONS
Focuses on professional aspects of nursing. Presentation of philosophy and organizing framework. Must be taken by all RNs and LVNs during the first semester of enrollment in the nursing program prior to or concurrently with challenge examinations.

THEORIES AND CONCEPTS BASIC TO PROFESSIONAL NURSING
Introduction to concepts and strategies basic to professional nursing. Fundamental nursing techniques are implemented in nursing care of hospitalized adults.

PRINCIPLES OF PHARMACOLOGY IN NURSING
Calculation of dosages, administration of medication, and evaluation of drug effects and interactions as related to the nursing process.

HEALTH ASSESSMENT THROUGHOUT THE LIFE SPAN
Nursing assessment of the health status of individual's bio-psychosocial development throughout the life span.

ELEMENTARY STATISTICS IN HEALTH CARE RESEARCH
Organization of data and introduction to experiential statistics and hypothesis testing. Selected parametric and nonparametric techniques and use of computer statistical package.

BASIC CARDIAC DYSRHYTHMIA INTERPRETATION
Elective designed to introduce the student to mechanics of basic cardiac dysrhythmia interpretation. Rhythm strip intervals, rate determination, dysrhythmia nomenclature, cardiac pacing and dysrhythmia treatment modalities.

CONCEPTS OF EMERGENCY NURSING
Elective focuses on individuals and families experiencing emergency situations of physiological or psychological origin. Emphasis on adaptation theory and use of the nursing process.

NUTRITION
Principles of normal nutrition, major food groups, sources, availability and costs.

PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING
Application of the nursing process in caring for individuals and families experiencing developmental and/or situational crises affecting mental health.

ADULT HEALTH NURSING
Application of the nursing process in caring for adults and families experiencing acute adaptation problems related to internal and/or external stressors within the environment.

GERONTOLOGICAL NURSING
Application of the nursing process in caring for gerians and their families experiencing acute and/or chronic adaptation problems related to wellness maintenance.

MATERNAL-NEWBORN HEALTH NURSING
Application of the nursing process in caring for individuals and families during childbearing.

RESEARCH IN NURSING
Introduction to the research process as related to nursing.

INDEPENDENT STUDY
Topic and mode of study are agreed upon by student and faculty.

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