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Apr 25, 2024
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NU 1000 - Introduction to Nursing, Health, and Language of Healthcare4 lecture hours 0 lab hours 4 credits
Course Description
This course introduces students to personal health, the language of healthcare, and the role of the professional nurse. Students study health from the perspective of the individual, discuss factors that promote and maintain healthy lifestyles, and apply them in the development of a behavioral change project to promote their own health. This course establishes student’s knowledge base of healthcare terminology and develops their ability to communicate using the language of healthcare. Students explore the role of the nurse and various career paths in professional nursing. Students gain skills in personal productivity, develop proficiency in communication applications, and develop the ability to use electronic databases to search healthcare literature. Students receive orientation to the American Psychological Association (APA) formatting and style guide. (prereq: none)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Discuss factors that promote health and explain how healthy lifestyles can help maintain health and prevent illness (Level 1, Nursing Care)
- Summarize one’s personal health and apply a health model to guide a personal behavior change (Level 1, Nursing Care)
- Define, deconstruct, and use an accurate understanding of healthcare terminology to communicate ideas verbally and in writing (Level 1, Critical Thinking and Communication)
- Demonstrate proper use of American Psychological Association (APA) formatting and writing style (Level 1, Communication)
- Accept personal responsibility and participate in own development through acts of integrity, mutual respect, and actively seeking out opportunities to learn (Level 2, Professional Role)
- Explore methods to manage the pressures of college; develop effective study skills and time management strategies; and develop a personal plan for academic success (Level 1, Professional Role)
- State criteria that define nursing as a profession and identify various career paths within nursing (Level 1, Professional Role)
- Describe the role of the nurse as a member of the health care team and provider of care (Level 1, Professional Role)
- Use electronic databases to conduct systematic searches of healthcare and nursing literature (Level 1, Technology)
Prerequisites by Topic
Course Topics
- Benefits and goals of a college education
- Student support services, study skills, test taking strategies for academic success
- Personal productivity and communication applications
- Academic Policies - MSOE and School of Nursing Handbooks, Nursing labs
- School of Nursing Vision and Mission statements
- Personal Health topics - wellness, health promotion, anxiety/depression, harassment, stress management
- Personal health assessment and Change Project
- Healthy People 2020
- Library Resources, electronic databases, tour of library
- APA formatting and style guide
- Nursing degrees, licensure, and professional career paths
- Professional Development Transcript
- Professionalism, Social Media, Confidentiality
- Healthcare Terminology (health and disease, skin, skeletal and muscular system; cardiovascular system; respiratory system; lymphatic and immune systems; nervous system senses; diagnostic procedures and pharmacology; digestive system; urinary system; endocrine and reproductive systems)
Coordinator
Dr. Brian King
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