Fourth Year Courses and Descriptions
(Class of 2010 & 2011)

Nursing 410-Nursing to Promote Stabilization of Vital Functioning
Enables student to plan and deliver nursing systems for the critically and irreversibly ill. Emphasis on developing abilities to monitor, evaluate, and revise the nursing system. Clinical experiences include clients of all ages in acute care settings. Collaboration with members of the health care delivery system is expected. Prerequisites: Nursing 350, Nursing 360, Nursing 385. Offered each fall semester.

Business Administration (AD) 341-Organization and Management
An introduction to organization theory and fundamental considerations of planning, organizing, and controlling organizations. Focus is on theories of motivation, perception, communication, decision making, group behavior, leadership, control tools, and change as they relate to the practicing manager in business, government, hospitals, and schools. Open to juniors and seniors only. Offered each semester.

Nursing 450-Nursing Leadership and Management in Health Care Systems
Examines the leadership/management role of the nurse in the health care delivery system. A practicum provides opportunity to design and regulate nursing systems in collaboration with other health care workers in a variety of environments: home care, acute care, and outpatient care. Demonstration of leadership skills is expected. Prerequisites: Nursing 410 and Business Administration (AD) 341. Offered each spring.

Nursing 460-Epidemiology and Community Health Science
Application of the epidemiology concepts in the analysis of health promotion and maintenance of population are discussed. The major ideologies that shape public policy on the delivery of health care for aggregates in the community are addressed. The clinical component synthesizes principles in delivery of care to individuals, families, groups, and populations. Prerequisite: Nursing 410. Offered each spring.

Nursing 485-Seminar in Professional Nursing
This is a capstone course, designed to heighten awareness of contemporary global issues and systematically assess one's own values in relation to those of the profession. Opportunity is provided for in-depth analysis of current issues within the fields of nursing knowledge (science, economics, law, social field, etc.) A scholarly paper is required. Prerequisites: Course in Analysis of Values Category for General Education, senior standing. Offered each fall and spring.