Siena Heights University
Prerequisite: Acceptance to the Nursing Program
Concurrent with NUR 201, NUR 210, and NUR 230
Nursing fee: See Course Schedule for Amount
Course is offered: WI Every Year
NUR 340
NURSING CARE OF ADULTS I
5
Focuses on basic clinical nursing knowledge and skill in the care of individual clients in health restoration and
health promotion in long term care and acute care settings. Emphasis is placed on the physiological needs and
responses of adults to illness. Interrelated classroom and supervised laboratory experiences allow for
development of nursing knowledge and skills.
Prerequisite: NUR 201, NUR 210, NUR 230 and NUR 250
Concurrent with NUR 342, NUR 346, and NUR 349
Nursing fee: See Course Schedule for Amount
Course is offered: FA Every Year
NUR 341
ETHICAL, CULTURAL, AND SPIRIITUAL NURSING PRACTICE
3
This course blends contemplation of multidimensional perspectives as threaded into nurse-patient interactions.
Dominican values, the four fundamental Patterns of Knowing (Carper, 1978) and the American Nurses’
Association Code of Ethics (2011) provide a conceptual framework for the student nurse. The student will explore
moral theories; ethical principles and decision-making; religious beliefs and spiritual caregiving; and personal
values as experienced in health care.
Prerequisite: NUR 340, NUR342, NUR346 and NUR349
Concurrent with NUR 350, NUR 360, and NUR 348
Nursing fee: See Course Schedule for Amount
Course is offered: FA Every Year
NUR 342
PHARMACOLOGY/PATHOPHYSIOLOGY I
4
Initial course in identification of pharmacologic agents, including classifications, actions, and relationship to
pathophysiology of the person. Herbal and alternative medications and effects upon health and person will be
explored. Students will learn professional nursing implications for safe administration of medications and learn
how to observe and identify adverse drug responses. Focus upon oral, subcutaneous, intramuscular, intradermal,
topical, optical, and inhaled medications.
Prerequisite: NUR 201, NUR 210, NUR 230, and NUR 250
Concurrent with NUR 340, NUR 346, and NUR 349
Nursing fee: See Course Schedule for Amount
Course is offered: FA Every Year
NUR 346
GERONTOLOGY AND END-OF-LIFE NURSING CARE
4
Provides a foundation for basic gerontological nursing, incorporating normal and abnormal changes in health due
to aging. Environmental and family interactions in the aging process will be explored. End of life care from a
personal, environmental, and ethical framework will be identified. This course is both a didactic and clinical course
in various settings, including essentially well elderly clients and clients and families experiencing end-of life
nursing care.
Prerequisite: NUR 201, NUR 210, NUR 230, and NUR 250
Concurrent with NUR 340, NUR 342, and NUR 349
Nursing fee: See Course Schedule for Amount
Course is offered: WI Every Year
NUR 348
NURSING CARE OF ADULTS II
5
Focuses on advancing the clinical nursing knowledge and skill in the care of individual clients in health restoration
and health promotion in various acute care settings. Experiences in abilities to integrate all care needs to multiple
patients are enforced. Interrelated classroom and supervised laboratory experiences allow for continued
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