Nursing Courses
Liberal Arts Courses
The following courses must be taken to fulfill Ottawa University's liberal arts requirement.
- Academic Success & Personal Significance
- Writing and Critical Thinking in the Liberal Arts
- Global Issues in the Liberal Arts
Nursing Foundation Courses
The following may be taken at Ottawa University or equivalencies/substitutions transferred in. Please note not all Foundation Courses may be available online.
- Human Anatomy & Physiology Lab
- Human Anatomy & Physiology
- Microbiology Lab
- Microbiology
- Statistics for Social Sciences
Nursing Major Courses
Professional Nursing Theory, Roles and Practice | NRSG 30000 (3 credits)
Introduces foundation concepts and essential components of the professional baccalaureate prepared nurse role. Examines nursing theory, quality practice, and ethical/legal issues. Analyzes historical nursing advocates/issues as well as professional nursing topics/trends of today.
Health Promotion and Teaching Culturally Diverse Populations in Nursing | NRSG 30007 (4 credits)
Focusing on health promotion concepts, theories, and tools, learners explore nursing care of individuals, families, and special populations from a cultural perspective. Promoting culturally relevant age-specific healthy lifestyles across the life span are addressed. Cultural perspective is expanded through health risk assessment screening, leveraging health educational resources, and the use of targeted strategies for promoting the health and well-being of diverse populations. Using the concepts of cultural awareness, sensitivity, and humility, learners explore the social determinants of health important to equitable care domestically and internationally.
Clinical Informatics and Technology | NRSG 32000 (3 credits)
Explores the impact of the vast amount of technology used in today's health care organizations. Focuses on information technology as related to health care safety, quality improvement, resource utilization, and data management to improve outcomes. Other topics include the ethical and legal issues impacting the use of technology in health care
Human Pathophysiology | NRSG 32006 (3 credits)
Course explores cellular functions and pathology and the changes that occur within the human body as a response to various disease processes. Discusses the role of the professional nurse in the management of specific health problems across the lifespan.
Health Assessment | NRSG 32009 (3 credits)
Focuses on expanding and refining knowledge and assessment skills needed in performing a complete nursing health assessment across the life span. Students will describe and analyze assessment findings. Techniques explored: interviewing, observation, percussion, palpation, inspection, and auscultation utilizing selected volunteers and/or simulated experiences.
Health Care Policy and Regulations | NRSG 46000 (4 credits)
Examines the development of health care policy in the U.S. and the influences of societal, political, and economic environments on the health care industry. Explores the interaction of government and other regulatory agencies within the health care industries.
Nursing Research and Evidence Based Practice | NRSG 46003 (3 credits)
Course serves as an introduction to the concepts of nursing research methods and theoretical principles. Focuses on providing students with the knowledge base to define and critically analyze and evaluate clinical research problems and develop techniques to practically implement the evidence in leadership or professional practice roles.
Community Based Nursing | NRSG 46006 (3 credits)
Examines health issues, disease prevention, and current trends in public health within diverse urban and rural settings. Topics include evaluation of evidence-based nursing and various epidemiological principles to develop an effective understanding of the role of the professional nurse in the community setting.
Nursing Leadership and Management | NRSG 46009 (3 credits)
Course utilizes theoretical principles of management to provide the student with the foundation to become an effective change agent/leader/manager in today's complex health care setting. Topics include strategic planning, quality improvement, and organizational/system leadership.
Professional Nursing: Integration Concepts | NRSG 49003 (3 credits)
Capstone course that provides the opportunity to reflect, integrate, and synthesize key concepts from previous courses as well as observations from "real-world" experiences. Students prepare a written proposal on an approved topic of their choice which addresses a plan related to a relevant and timely nursing/health care concern. Proposal incorporates knowledge obtained from previous program courses to include such areas as evidence-based research, patient safety, performance improvement, cultural competence, ethical leadership, and health care access.
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