Nursing
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6.- Nursing (NURS) Courses
For Graduate Students Only
1503 Community Practicum I (0-0-3)
Practice/Laboratory component that is associated with NURS 4506. Includes
practicum. Co-requisite: NURS 4506. Prerequisite: Department approval.
1506 Primary Care Nursing Practicum I (0-0-3)
Practice/Laboratory component for family nurse practitioner students.
Includes practicum. Co-requisite: NURS 4506. Prerequisite: Department
approval.
1594 Independent Study (0-0-1)
2594 Independent Study (0-0-2)
3594 Independent Study (0-0-3)
A course designed by the student to meet an individual learning need.
Prerequisites: (1) Instructor approval and consent of Graduate Advisor or
(2) department approval.
1597 Graduate Research (0-0-1)
Variable credit for approved research activity. Up to three semester hours
may be applied toward degree requirements. Prerequisite: Department
approval.
2504 Community Practicum II (0-0-6)
Practice/Laboratory component that is associated with NURS 5507. Includes
practicum. Co-requisite: NURS 5507. Prerequisites: NURS 1503, NURS 4506,
and department approval. Nursing Liability Insurance fee required.
2505 Community Practicum III (0-0-6)
Practice/Laboratory component that is associated with NURS 5508. Includes
practicum. Co-requisite: NURS 5508. Prerequisites: NURS 5507 and department
approval.
2507 Primary Care Nursing Practicum II (0-0-6)
Practice/Laboratory component that is associated with NURS 5507. Includes
practicum. Co-requisite: NURS 5507. Prerequisites: NURS 1506, NURS 4506,
and department approval. Nursing Liability Insurance fee required.
2508 Primary Care Nursing Practicum III (0-0-6)
Practicum/Laboratory component that is associated with NURS 5508. Includes
practicum. Co-requisite: NURS 5508. Prerequisites: NURS 5507 and department
approval.
2554 Advanced Clinical Practice: Nurse Practitioner Role (2-0)
Focuses on analysis of nurse practitioner role and its impact on the
delivery of care with emphasis on role socialization. The legal foundations
for advanced nursing practice and professional ethics are examined.
Prerequisites: NURS 5553 with a grade of "B" or better and department
approval.
2564 Role Development I (2-0)
During this course the student will study and analyze the historical
development of the profession of nurse-midwifery in the United States and
internationally. The concept of advanced nursing practice and role change
will be explored. For Nurse-Midwifery majors only.
2569 Professional Role Development II (2-0)
During this course the student will study, analyze, and apply the role and
professional responsibilities of nurse-midwifery. Course content will
include nurse-midwifery, practice, political and professional issues. For
Nurse-Midwifery majors only. Prerequisites: NURS 5567 and NURS 5568.
2597 Graduate Research (0-0-2)
Variable credit for approved research activity. Up to three semester hours
may be applied toward degree requirements. Prerequisite: Department
approval.
3500 Organizational Culture (3-0)
The values, beliefs, and structures in an organization are analyzed in
relation to their influence on corporate decision making and administrative
practices. Topics discussed include management rituals, symbolism,
leadership, setting standards, interpersonal behaviors, and effective
presentations within various organizational subcultures. Open to other
graduate students.
3503 Advanced Health Assessment (3-0)
Didactic and clinical experiences that provide students with the knowledge
and skills for performing a comprehensive assessment. Obtained data will be
used to make a diagnosis of health status leading to the formulation of a
clinical management plan. Includes practicum. Prerequisite: Department
approval. Equipment Maintenance fee required.
3505 Community Health/Community Mental Health Nursing (3-0)
Analyzes social issues influencing community health and community mental
health nursing. Focuses on continuity of care with emphasis on
physiological and psychosocial problems of patients/clients and families.
Complex community systems and strategies of health promotion and illness
prevention are emphasized.
3506 Community and Primary Care Nursing I (2-2)
Presents the dynamics and nature of the Southwest Texas Health Service area
and the way in which people who live in the border areas perceive
themselves in terms of their health-care needs and available resources.
Includes practicum.
3510 Nursing Theories and Processes (3-0)
Focuses on critical analysis of current nursing theories and related
nursing process conceptualization with application to selected
clients/patients and families.
3511 Parent-Child Nursing I (3-0)
Focus on advanced nursing care of well pregnant women and well children,
and children and pregnant women with selected health problems with emphasis
on primary prevention and health promotion. Includes practicum.
Prerequisites: Core courses and Advanced Practice Core.
3513 Neonatal Intensive Care Nursing (3-0)
Analysis and evaluation of nursing measures to maintain or modify adaptive
behaviors of neonates and families at risk. Focus is on health maintenance,
restorative, and rehabilitative strategies.
3515 Parent-Child Nursing II (3-0)
Focus on advanced nursing care of children and pregnant women with acute,
major, and/or chronic health problems. Includes practicum. Prerequisite:
NURS 3511.
3517 School Health (3-0)
Focuses on the health care provider's role in the school health program.
Current issues and trends in school health, administrative patterns, and
health care policies are analyzed.
3519 Advanced Pathophysiology (3-0)
Provides opportunities to acquire expanded knowledge of the normal
physiological systems of humans. Relationships between inter- and
intracellular metabolism are considered. Prerequisite: Department approval.
3520 Adult Health Nursing I (3-0)
Focuses on application of nursing theories/frameworks with selected
clients/patients along the age continuum manifesting deviations from health
and requiring admission to the health care system. Consideration is given
to the psychological and sociocultural concepts basic to nursing care.
Includes practicum. Prerequisites: NURS 3519 and core courses.
3521 Adult Health Nursing II (3-0)
Focuses on providing continuity of nursing care for selected
clients/patients/families who manifest deviations from health. Includes
practicum. Prerequisite: NURS 3520.
3523 Gerontological Health (3-0)
Focuses on the aging process and the health care provider's role in
assisting older persons to achieve successful aging. Health promotion and
disease prevention strategies are evaluated. Economic, ethical, and
political issues are analyzed in terms of quality of life for older
persons.
3525 Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing I (3-0)
Systematic study of the theoretical foundations of psychotherapeutic
nursing practice. Clinical practicum focuses on individual therapy with
patients/clients. Includes practicum. Prerequisite: Core courses.
3527 Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing II (3-0)
Social systems approach to the study of mental health and mental illness.
Emphasis is on the group approach to treatment. Includes practicum.
Prerequisite: NURS 3525.
3531 Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing III (3-0)
Focuses on therapeutic interventions with dysfunctional families.
Emphasizes cultural aspects of family models and techniques of family
therapy. Includes practicum. Prerequisite: NURS 3527.
3532 Advanced Clinical Practice (2-2)
This three (3) hour course provides lecture and application of content in
various clinical areas. Concepts of advanced practice and models of care
are discussed as they relate to specific clinical majors and
subspecialties. Nursing Liability Insurance fee required.
3535 Nursing Administration (3-0)
Focuses on theories and principles of administration and management;
application to nursing service supervision and administration.
Prerequisite: Core courses.
3536 Advanced Nursing Administration (2-0-3)
Apply management models to the systematic assessment and evaluation of
administrative elements in a health care organization. Students use and
evaluate selected computer applications and information systems in a
management role as a means to improve management effectiveness in health
care settings. A management practicum is required. Prerequisites: NURS
3535.
3537 Health Care Financial Management (3-0)
An introduction to basic financial and accounting concepts relating to
health care management. Programming, budgeting, and controlling processes
in health care organizations will be discussed within the nurse manager's
role.
3538 Health Law, Policy and Ethics (3-0)
Focus on the concepts of law that affect nursing and health care delivery
in various settings to lead practice, to prevent liability, and to assist
in public policy development related to organized nursing services.
Organizational challenges and constraints are evaluated in relation to
state and federal level policies. Ethical considerations, legal decisions,
and public policy are highlighted as they affect nursing practice and the
administrative role. Required for Nurse Administration Majors.
3539 Nursing Administration Policy Analysis (1-2)
Focuses on the analysis and evaluation of management policies, issues, and
problems relevant to the regulation of health care delivery systems. A
research or evaluation project in management is required and is designed to
offer relevant learning activities in nursing administration. An
administrative practicum is required in a hospital or community health care
agency. The last required course for Nurse Administration Majors only.
3541 Supervision and Administration of Health Care (3-0-3)
Analyzes the development of nursing administration/supervision within
health care settings. Focuses on supervision, organization, and
administration of nursing services for client care. Includes practicum.
Prerequisite: NURS 3535.
3545 Curriculum and Instruction in Nursing Education (3-0)
Principles, issues, and problems of curriculum design in nursing education
in a variety of learning settings.
3547 Roles and Functions of the Nurse Educator (3-0)
Focus is on content delineation, planning, organizing, delivering,
evaluating, and the teaching-learning process in nursing. Includes
practicum. Prerequisite: NURS 3545.
3550 International Health (3-0)
Focuses on major international health programs as they relate to cultural,
ecological, and economic factors. The roles of the local, state, national,
and international agencies in relation to health are studied.
3551 Women's Health Care I (3-0)
Focuses on preventive health care and health education for women across the
life span. Problems in women's health care related to ethnicity and poverty
are examined. Clinical emphasis is on the collaborative management of well
women and women with minor health deviations. Suggested Prerequisites or
Co-requisites: NURS 3510, NURS 3519, NURS 3503, and NURS 3562.
3556 Nursing Preceptorship (0-0-14)
6556 Nursing Preceptorship (0-0-27)
9556 Nursing Preceptorship (0-0-40)
This is a synthesizing course which allows students to apply previous
nursing knowledge in various clinical practice sites. Preceptor or faculty
supervision is provided. Prerequisite or co-requisite: NURS 2554. Nursing
Liability Insurance fee required.
3562 Pharmacotherapeutics (3-0)
During this course the student will study and analyze pharmacologic
fundamentals relating to selection, screening, and use of prescriptive and
non-prescriptive drugs throughout the life cycle. Prerequisite: Department
approval.
3570 Research Methods I (3-0)
Focus on study design and methodology, sampling frameworks, data analysis
techniques, and research findings. Prerequisite: Department approval.
3571 Research Methods II (3-0)
In-depth study of the conceptual, empirical, and interpretive phases of
scientific inquiry. Special emphasis on research design, methodological
problems and data analysis and interpretation with consideration of the
ethical and legal factors affecting nursing research. Required of all
students selecting thesis option. Prerequisite: NURS 3570.
3573 Advanced Practice Clinical (0-0-17)
4573 Advanced Practice Clinical (0-0-23)
Integrates didactic and clinical content into intensive clinical practicum
for family nurse practitioner students. Includes practicum. Prerequisite:
NURS 5508. Nursing Liability Insurance fee required.
3580 Special Topics in Nursing (3-0)
May be repeated as topic varies.
3597 Graduate Research (0-0-3)
Variable credit for approved research activity. Up to three semester hours
may be applied toward degree requirements. Prerequisite: Department
approval.
3598 Thesis (0-0-3)
Initial work on the thesis.
3599 Thesis (0-0-3)
Continuous enrollment required while work on the thesis
continues. Prerequisite: NURS 3598.
4506 Community and Primary Care Nursing I (4-0)
Discuss the dynamics and nature of the Southwest Texas health service area
and the way in which people who live in the border areas perceive
themselves in terms of their health-care needs and available resources.
Prerequisite: Department approval.
5507 Community and Primary Care Nursing II (3-0-6)
Explores community health policy issues, research potential and community
health planning, program development and evaluation. Includes practicum.
Prerequisite: NURS 4506 and department approval. Nursing Liability
Insurance fee required.
5508 Community and Primary Care Nursing III (3-0-6)
Explores community health policy, issues, research potential and community
health planning, program development and evaluation. Includes practicum.
Prerequisite: NURS 5507.
5552 Women's Health Care II (3-0-6)
Focuses on preventive health care and health education for women across the
life span. Problems in women's health care related to ethnicity and poverty
are examined. Clinical emphasis is on the collaborative management of well
women and women with minor health deviations. Includes practicum.
Prerequisite: NURS 3551 with grade "B" or better, and department approval.
5553 Women's Health Care III (3-0-6)
Course provides the student with the opportunity to develop a framework for
advanced nursing practice through the integration of theories and concepts,
policy analysis and evaluation of management protocols. Emphasis is on the
collaborative role in a variety of settings. Includes practicum.
Prerequisite: NURS 5552 with grade of "B" or better.
5563 Family Planning/Gynecology (5-0)
During this course the student will study, analyze, and apply the concepts
of the nurse-midwifery management process to the female exclusive of
pregnancy. Using seminars, students in this course attain assessment and
management skills in the following areas: gynecologic assessment, health
maintenance, fertility control, and sexuality. The role of the
nurse-midwife in co-management of complications is included. For
Nurse-Midwifery majors only. Includes practicum.
5565 Management of the Antepartum Period of the Childbearing Cycle (5-0)
During this course the student will study, analyze, and apply the concepts
of the nurse-midwifery management process of the antepartum period of the
maternity cycle. Using seminars and childbirth in assuming responsibility
for planning and providing nurse-midwifery care to pregnant clients. The
role of the nurse-midwife in co-management or complicated pregnancy is
included. Includes practicum. Prerequisites: NURS 3562, NURS 5563, and NURS
2564.
5566 Management of the Postpartum and Neonatal Periods of the Childbearing Cycle (5-0)
During this course the student will study, analyze, and apply the concepts
of the nurse-midwifery management process to the postpartum and newborn
periods of the maternity cycle. Using seminars and a neonatal module,
students in this course attain assessment and management skills in assuming
responsibility for planning and providing nurse-midwifery care to
postpartum mothers and babies. The role of the nurse-midwife in co-
management of complications of the postpartum and neonatal periods.
Includes practicum. Prerequisites: NURS 5563 and NURS 5565.
5567 Management of the Intrapartum Period of the Childbearing Cycle (5-0)
During this course the student will study, analyze, and apply the concepts
of the nurse-midwifery co-management process specific to the intrapartum
and early postpartum-newborn periods of the maternity cycle. Using seminars
students in this course attain assessment and management skills in assuming
responsibility for planning and providing nurse-midwifery care to normal
intrapartum patients. The role of the nurse-midwife in co-management of
complications of the intrapartum. Includes practicum. Prerequisites: NURS
5563 and NURS 5565.
5568 Comprehensive Nurse-Midwifery Practice (3-0-24)
During this course the student will apply nurse-midwifery practice to a
selected population assuming responsibility for an increasingly independent
level. Course content will include integration of all components of
nurse-midwifery practice. Knowledge and skills from previous courses are
applied. Includes practicum. Prerequisites: NURS 5565 and NURS 5566.
Nursing Liability Insurance fee required.
