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Undergraduate Record 2012-2013 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

School of Nursing: Programs/Courses


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School of Nursing

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  • NUCO 1200 - Introduction to the World of Nursing


    An overview of the nursing professional historical development, evolution of the health care system, and the legal and ethical principles that direct professional nursing practice. For first-year and transfer students.



    Credits: 3
  • NUCO 2110 - Foundations of Clinical Nursing and Interactive Skills


    This course introduces students to therapeutic communication, group process, cultural diversity, and patient education concepts. The course also provides students opportunities to acquire basic psychomotor skills and interpersonal skills used in providing patient care. Simulated learning opportunities are provided to assist students in synthesizing, applying, and refine basic and advanced clinical skills in the laboratory and clinical setting. Co-requisite BIOL 2060 and BIOL 2070.



    Credits: 4
  • NUCO 2120 - Clinical and Interactive Skills II


    A continuation of NUCO 2110, this course expands skill acquisition and synthesis of learned concepts through simulations of realistic patient care situations. Prerequisite: NUCO 2110.



    Credits: 2
  • NUCO 2130 - Theoretical Foundations of Interactive and Clinical Skills


    Required course for third-year entry students, which serves as an introduction to selected concepts such as therapeutic communication, immobility, sensory perceptual alterations, and patient education. The course also assists the student to acquire basic psychomotor skills and interpersonal skills used in providing patient care. Opportunities are provided to apply and refine these skills in the laboratory and clinical setting. Prerequisite: Either Biol 2060 or 2070 AND either Biol 2060 or 2070 as co-requisite.



    Credits: 4
  • NUCO 2310 - Introduction to Nursing and Health Care Services


    Studies the historical development of nursing and the professional nurse in today’s health care system. Introduces nursing theories and concepts, including the nursing process, and explores nursing interventions. Includes clinical practice sessions in various settings. Prerequisite: Either BIOL 2060 or 2070 AND either BIOL 2060 or 2070 as co-requisite AND NUCO 2130 as pre-requisite.



    Credits: 3
  • NUCO 2330 - Client Assessment


    Focuses on gathering and analyzing information about the health status of clients across the lifespan. Develops data collection skills using a holistic approach to health care. Either Biol 2060 or 2070 as pre-requisite AND either Biol 2060 or 2070 as co-requisite.



    Credits: 3
  • NUCO 3100 - Nursing Care of the Chronically Ill Adult


    Explores the nature and challenge of chronic illness. Focuses on concepts underlying the care of chronically ill adults and the use of the nursing process to assist patients and families in managing common chronic illnesses. Clinical placement occurs in a variety of settings. Prerequisite: NUCO 2110/2130, 2120, 2310, NUIP 2240.



    Credits: 5
  • NUCO 3300 - Nursing Care of Children and Families


    Utilizes the concept of family-centered nursing care to teach basic nursing strategies that enable children and their families to prevent illness and disability and to promote, protect, and restore health. Addresses the unique biopsychosocial and health educational needs of the growing child from infancy to adolescence. Also studies the family in community, ambulatory care, and hospital settings. Clinical placement occurs in a variety of settings. Prerequisite: NUCO 21101/2130, 2120, 2310, NUIP 2240.



    Credits: 4
  • NUCO 3600 - Nursing Care of Women and Childbearing Families


    Explores issues of health and wellness for women and the childbearing family, major health challenges affecting women, and the recognition and management of complications and risk factors occurring during the reproductive period. Clinical placement includes hospital and community settings. Prerequisite: NUCO 2110, 2120, 2310, NUIP 2240.



    Credits: 4
  • NUCO 4009 - Summer Practicum in Clinical Nursing


    Learning experiences in the practicum include observational experiences & seminars but the focus of the course is on clinical practice. Experiences will take place on a variety of acute & chronic care units within the UVA Health Sciences Ctr. Students function under the guidance and supervision of experienced staff nurse preceptors & will have the opportunity to explore the potential & constraints inherent in nursing practice in tertiary care.



    Credits: 2
  • NUCO 4100 - Nursing Management of Common Health Problems


    Focuses on the use of the nursing process in managing commonly-occurring acute and chronic health problems affecting adults. Emphasizes the collaborative and independent functions of the nurse, and includes clinical practice in a variety of settings. Prerequisite: All third-year courses.



    Credits: 5
  • NUCO 4220 - Nursing Management of Complex Health Problems


    HEFocuses on the use of the nursing process in managing complex acute and chronic health problems affecting clients of all ages. Emphasizes the collaborative and independent functions of the nurse. Prerequisite: NUCO 4100.



    Credits: 2
  • NUCO 4300 - Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing


    Provides the opportunity to learn and utilize biopsychosocial concepts in the care of mentally ill and substance abusing individuals. Focuses on assessment strategies, nursing interventions, plans of care, and the rehabilitative processes for a variety of acute and chronic problems. Includes clinical practice in a variety of hospital and community settings. Prerequisite: All third-year courses.



    Credits: 4
  • NUCO 4400 - Nurs Care of the Older Adult


    Nurs Care of the Older Adult



    Credits: 2
  • NUCO 4420 - Foundations of Professional Nursing


    First course for RN to BSN students. Validates prior learning & fosters growth in professionalism. Content includes standardized taxonomies, interprofessional collaboration, career exploration, & development of skills in information technology, professional writing & presentation. Emphasis is on identifying & analyzing scholarly literature, critical thinking & analysis, & refining communication skills through written & oral presentations.



    Credits: 4
  • NUCO 4440 - Trends and Issues in Clinical Nursing Practice


    Expands the student’s understanding of the essentials of baccalaureate generalist practice, trends, and issues in clinical nursing practice. Addresses the use of research findings from nursing and related disciplines in improving the health care of individuals, families, and groups. Legal, ethical, and political implications of care are considered throughout the course. Practice sites may include acute and chronic health care settings.



    Credits: 3
  • NUCO 4450 - Population and Public Health Nursing Perspectives


    Enhances the student’s application of concepts and processes used in population-focused nursing practice to promote and protect health in communities and populations and respond to public health threats and disasters. Students learn to integrate the nursing process, utilize information technology, and examine current evidence to improve the equity, affordability, quality, and safety of health care service delivery.



    Credits: 3
  • NUCO 4480 - Perspectives in Community Nursing


    Examines the practice of nursing in a changing health care system. Introduces concepts and strategies from public health, epidemiology, and group and family theories. Explores the relationship between political, socioeconomic, and environmental factors and health populations. Clinical experiences take place in a variety of community settings.



    Credits: 5
  • NUCO 4490 - Contemporary Trends in Clinical Nursing Management


    Explores current trends in managing acute and chronic health states across the life span. Addresses the nursing process and associated research findings in working with individuals, families, and groups. Considers the legal, ethical and political implications of care. Clinical experiences take place in a variety of settings.



    Credits: 5
  • NUCO 4600 - Community Health Nursing


    Provides a foundation for nursing practice in community health by emphasizing the application of concepts and theories. Through a focus on family- and community-oriented nursing practice, students expand their roles from caring for an individual within a family to assessing and intervening to solve family and community health problems. Examines the influence of political, socioeconomic, and ecological issues on the health of populations. Includes clinical practice in selected community agencies. Prerequisite: All third-year courses.



    Credits: 4
  • NUCO 4620 - Current Issues in Nursing


    Focuses on the socialization of the nurse into the profession, emphasizing nursing’s body of knowledge, the legal and ethical responsibilities of nurses, and issues they face. Prepares beginning practitioners of nursing to intelligently interpret the literature on professional responsibilities. Equips new graduates with basic strategies for utilizing specialized nursing knowledge and provides a basis for responsible decision-making related to ethical and legal issues. Prerequisite: All third-year courses.



    Credits: 3
  • NUCO 4700 - Synthesis Practicum


    This final clinical course provides an opportunity to integrate the knowledge and skills acquired from previous courses during an intensive 168-hour precepted practicum. Students work directly with clinical preceptors under the direction of faculty members to refine their skills in group patient care delivery, priority setting, and decision making. Clinical placements include a wide range of inpatient and outpatient settings. Prerequisite: Completion of all other required nursing courses.



    Credits: 3
  • NUIP 2240 - Life Span Development


    Focuses on the process of development as a lifelong activity balanced between dynamic and stable demands of physical and social environments and the changing capabilities of the person. Explores contemporary life styles and selected cultural aspects of individual and family life.



    Credits: 3
  • NUIP 2250 - Principles of Nutrition


    Covers basic nutrition, nutrition for clients of various age groups and therapeutic diets, and nutrition of the critically ill, hospitalized patient. Prerequisite/corequisite: Anatomy and Physiology.



    Credits: 3
  • NUIP 3001 - HIV/AIDS: A Personal and Social Perspective


    An overview of the medical, psychosocial, legal, and ethical issues generated by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Introduces topics encountered throughout the spectrum of HIV infection. Explores physiological and psychological responses of, and societal responses to, HIV infected or affected persons.



    Credits: 3
  • NUIP 3002 - Health Care Needs of the Aging Client


    This course will explore healthy aging and the health care needs arising from common illnesses associated with aging. Attitudes about aging, and legal and ethical issues that impact the health care of older adults will be examined. This on-line course includes the opportunity to work with older individuals through application exercises facilitated by the course professor. Prerequisite: NUIP 2240 and NUCO 2330; open to non-nursing students w/ perm.



    Credits: 2
  • NUIP 3020 - Principles of Pharmacology


    Provides a theoretical foundation in pharmacology and its place in nursing practice. Includes general principles of pharmacology, the therapeutic implications of major drug categories, mechanisms of drug action, side effects of drugs, and the implications for nursing management. Prerequisite: Anatomy and physiology.



    Credits: 3
  • NUIP 3210 - Pathology and Clinical Management I


    Focuses on the mechanisms of disease and the body’s ability to respond to such challenges throughout the life span. Prerequisite: Anatomy and Physiology.



    Credits: 3
  • NUIP 3220 - Pathology and Clinical Management II


    Focuses on psychopathological and pathophysiological conditions throughout the life span. Prerequisite: Anatomy and Physiology.



    Credits: 4
  • NUIP 3410 - Foundations of Nursing Research


    Surveys the spectrum of research methodologies. Students gain an understanding of an evidence-based approach that is applicable to nursing practice and begin to explore ways to incorporate research findings into professional nursing practice. Basic human rights and ethical issues in the conduct of evidence-based research will be emphasized.



    Credits: 3
  • NUIP 4001 - Evaluating and Using Information Technology in Health Care


    Introduces health related information for newcomers to the Internet, and enhances students’ use of information technology for developing, evaluating, and disseminating health care information. Introduces the history, current issues, future trends, and significance of information technology for health care. Involves students in an ongoing academic discussion of the implications of technology as an information source for research, practice, and patient education in the area of health care. Prerequisite: A basic knowledge of personal computers and Microsoft Windows.



    Credits: 3
  • NUIP 4002 - Nursing and Spirituality


    This course is designed to introduce students to the importance of spirituality in the lives of individuals and families. It will enable students to design models of care, which promote and restore the body, mind and spirit. The course will complement other courses in the curriculum by promoting a deeper understanding of the connections between religion/spirituality and health.



    Credits: 3
  • NUIP 4003 - Exploring Culture and Healthcare Access Issues through Remote Area Medicine


    Provides undergraduate nursing students the opportunity to explore issues related to culture and barriers to healthcare access. The culminating experience is a hands-on clinical outreach experience in southwest Virginia.



    Credits: 2
  • NUIP 4004 - Strategies for Prehospital Emergency Care


    The content of the course will focus on prehospital emergency care. Students will learn to assess the sick or injured individual as well as develop & implement a plan of care to stabilize & transport the individual to an emergency facility. Upon successful completion of the course & state requirements, the student will be eligible to test for cer. as an EMT by the Commonwealth of VA, Department of Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services.
    Prerequisite: Current CPR certification.



    Credits: 5
  • NUIP 4200 - Pathophysiology


    Pathophysiology is a four credit interprofessional course which provides a foundation of basic knowledge of common pathophysiologic conditions affecting adults and children and their clinical management.



    Credits: 4
  • NUIP 4210 - Clinical Applications of Pathophysiology


    Focuses on expanding the knowledge base acquired in Pathology and Clinical Management I and II. Provides a more in-depth understanding of the mechanisms of disease and the body’s ability to respond to such challenges throughout the life span. Prerequisite: BIOL 2060 and 2070, NUIP 3210 and 3220.



    Credits: 3
  • NUIP 4410 - Issues in Contemporary Nursing Practice


    Examines the issues and trends of greatest concern to nursing today. Explores the historical and societal influences on the evolution of nursing, its current status, and its future direction. Discusses the economic, social, cultural, and legal/ethical influences on nursing practice in today’s rapidly changing health care environment.



    Credits: 3
  • NUIP 4420 - Basic Research Concepts in the Health Disciplines


    Explores the research process and critiques health care research. Analyzes the role of the professional in utilizing and applying research.



    Credits: 3
  • NUIP 4430 - Introduction to Statistics in Health Care Research


    This course is an introduction to data analysis for nursing and healthcare-related research. Course emphasis is on practical application and understanding how the research question drives the choice of particular statistical procedures. Descriptive and univariate inferential statistics will be covered. Students will learn how to create and manage simple databases in SPSS, interpret SPSS outputs, and draw statistical conclusions.



    Credits: 3
  • NUIP 4610 - Leadership and Management in Health Care Systems.


    An overview of basic management and leadership concepts. Emphasizes the application of appropriate administrative strategies to actual and/or simulated health care systems.



    Credits: 3
  • NURS 2595 - Interdisciplinary Exploration of Public Health


    An interdisciplinary effort of four UVA schools (Medicine, Nursing, Engineering and Education), students in this course will attempt to understand the context of “public health” in Guatemala by first understanding Guatemala, its people, and their environments. By providing a broadly inclusive yet in-depth exposure to infrastructure, the health care system, education, and the environment - along with other facets that define public health.



    Credits: 3
  • NURS 3003 - Nursing Leadership in Action


    This course provides nursing students opportunities to develop leadership and management skills through participation in a variety of programs and activities. Students learn how to work in cooperative relationships with peers, faculty, students in other disciplines, community service organizations, and the public in a service learning environment. Membership in National Student Nurses Association and Student Nurses Association of Virginia is a requirement.



    Credits: 3
  • NURS 3004 - Introduction to Resilience in Nursing Practice


    This elective in Nursing Resilience provides graduate and undergraduate students an opportunity to experience known supportive and stress management modalities that might allow them the opportunity to recognize the need for self-care and reduce the work stress associated with the novice role and throughout their career.



    Credits: 2
  • NURS 3005 - Perioperative Nursing


    This course serves to introduce students to the role of the professional nurse in the perioperative specialty area. The course begins with an overview of the history of perioperative nursing and the role of the professional nurse on the interdisciplinary team. The course explores the challenges of perioperative nursing, including safety issues, advocacy, and legal and ethical issues. The importance of continuity of care throughout the perioperative experience is a major theme in both the classroom and clinical content. The clinical focus is on understanding basic principles of asepsis, safety, and applying pathophysiology and pharmacology to specific patient care experiences. Prerequisite: Completion of Pharmacology and pathophysiology courses.



    Credits: 1 to 2
  • NURS 3006 - Oncology Nursing and End-of-Life Care


    This elective in Oncology Nursing gives undergraduate students an opportunity to experience the related specialties of oncology nursing, palliative care, and hospice care. They will be able to apply basic knowledge about cancer pathophysiology and nursing management and develop basic nursing skills as they visit selected clinical settings. The course will emphasize current concepts and practices in oncology nursing and issues related to palliative and hospice care. Prerequisite: Third-year and fourth-year traditional students or RN to BSN and MSN-CNL students; permission of instructor.



    Credits: 1 to 2
  • NURS 4005 - Sleep Across the Lifespan


    Focuses on conceptual and methodological issues related to sleep and sleep research. Directions for nursing practice and research will be explored through critical analysis of physiological foundations of sleep and health sequalle of sleep disruptions and critique of relevant research. Healthcare perspectives and issues related to sleep will be examined for the advancement of sleep promotion through nursing practice and research.



    Credits: 3
  • NURS 4006 - Practicum in Leadership Development


    The Independent Practicum in Clinical Leadership Development gives an opportunity to apply leadership theory and practices in the clinical setting through mentoring and coaching third year traditional and first-year second degree students during their assigned clinical rotations. Specific emphasis is given to developing basic teaching and precepting skills, serving as a clinical resource, demonstrating performance of basic skills, and providing others with peer review and performance feedback.



    Credits: 2
  • NURS 4007 - Ethics in Nursing Practice


    This undergraduate ethics seminar focuses on strengthening the nurse’s role as a moral agent in clinical practice. Exploration of ethical issues in practice, ethical decision-making skills, and features of the wider moral environment will be emphasized. Barriers to ethical practice will be identified and strategies to effectively overcome the barriers will be identified. Prerequisite: Completion of third-year courses or clinical practice experience as a RN.



    Credits: 3
  • NURS 4009 - Summer Practicum in Clinical Nursing


    Learning experiences in the practicum include observational experiences & seminars but the focus of the course is on clinical practice. Experiences will take place on a variety of acute & chronic care units within the UVA Health Sciences Ctr. Students function under the guidance and supervision of experienced staff nurse preceptors & will have the opportunity to explore the potential & constraints inherent in nursing practice in tertiary care.



    Credits: 2
  • NURS 4010 - Nurse Residency Program


    This course is designed to assist new graduate nurses successfully transition from academic status into professional nursing practice in areas of leadership, professional role, and patient outcomes. Integration and application of topics related to clinical decision making, prioritization of tasks, problem recognition, and clinical implementation will serve to enhance observational and critical thinking skills.



    Credits: 3

  • NURS 4501 - Building Health in the Caribbean


    This course will introduce learners to concepts of health and healthcare and to strategies for measuring these both quantitatively and qualitatively. Following that introduction and training, we will explore, using a biosocial analysis, the diseases and conditions addressed by the MDGs.



    Credits: 3
  • NURS 4950 - Distinguished Majors Seminar I


    Designed to provide information and guidance about the process of initiating a research project, to explore issues related to the research process, and encourage communication among Distinguished Majors Program participants. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Nursing DMP.



    Credits: 3
  • NURS 4951 - Distinguished Majors Seminar II


    Designed to assist students in the process of preparing their thesis to present to their peers and the faculty. Also assists in preparing the thesis for publication. Prerequisite: NURS 4950.



    Credits: 2
  • NURS 4993 - Independent Study


    Independent study in Nursing



    Credits: 1 to 3
  • NURS 4994 - Practicum in Nursing


    Learning experiences in the practicum include observational experiences and seminars but the focus of the course is on clinical practice. Experiences will take place on a variety of acute and chronic care units within the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center. Students function under the guidance and supervision of experienced staff nurse preceptors and will have the opportunity to explore the potential and constraints inherent in nursing.



    Credits: 1 to 3