This course was created for Accelerated BSN students. It is designed to provide classroom and clinical experiences to enable students to provide nursing care for women and their families during the intrapartum, and postpartum, and neonatal periods. Further, this course examines health issues of women across the lifespan, such as contraception, menopause, reproductive tract cancers, and infertility. It emphasizes clinical judgment and includes development of cue recognition and analysis within maternity and women's health care.

This course was created for the RN-BSN track. Pathopharmacology I for the RN-BSN student is the first of two courses addressing pathophysiologic and pharmacologic concepts basic to evidence-based nursing practice. Pathophysiologic concepts essential for understanding major health problems that occur across the life span are discussed. Emphasis is on understanding how and why various pathophysiological signs and symptoms occur; this knowledge facilitates best practices to promote health in persons across the lifespan.

This course is designed to support the registered nurse in the development of evidence-based practice and critical thinking to become a clinical leader and confident, collaborative professional. Nurses will have opportunities to discuss and apply knowledge about scope of practice, patient & family-centered care, stress management, communication, identifying and intervening in patient deterioration, conflict resolution, ethics, leadership at the bedside, and professional development.

This course is designed to support the registered nurse in the development of evidence-based practice and critical thinking to become a clinical leader and confident, collaborative professional. Nurses will have opportunities to discuss and apply knowledge about scope of practice, work-life balance, stress management, identifying and intervening in patient deterioration, conflict resolution, and career financial planning.

This course was developed for undergraduate nursing students in the BSN program. This course explores rural and Appalachian populations, focusing on demographic, geographic, historical, and cultural context of health. This course will focus on how rural and Appalachian community settings can serve to promote, maintain and restore health in individuals, families, and specific aggregate groups. We will examine upstream determinants of health, health disparities, access to health care and community resources.

A 10 week clinical practicum (summer only) that allows student nurses to apply in clinical setting what they have learned to date. Emphasis will be placed on critical thinking, management of responsibilities, and professionalism in the clinical setting.

Registered nurses should not enroll in NUR 310: Evidence-based research for nursing practice; registered nurses should enroll in NUR 450. This course provides an introduction to the research methodology essential to providing evidence-based nursing care. Students who are registered nurses will acquire the fundamental basics in quantitative and qualitative nursing research. Legal and ethical issues are discussed. The students wil also develop the knowledge and skills necessary to appraise research and apply evidence-based nursing practice.

This course is designed to advance the RN student's ability to use leadership and management theory in nursing practice within current and emerging organizational systems and across the continuum from health, illness, and returning to health. Leadership responsibilities, strategies, and skills for facilitating a healthy work environment that provides optimum patient/family outcomes and the development and self- actualization of staff will be addressed.

This course is designed to advance the RN student's ability to use leadership and management theory in nursing practice within current and emerging organizational systems and across the continuum from health, illness, and returning to health. Leadership responsibilities, strategies, and skills for facilitating a healthy work environment that provides optimum patient/family outcomes and the development and self- actualization of staff will be addressed.

This course is designed to advance the RN student's ability to use leadership and management theory in nursing practice within current and emerging organizational systems and across the continuum from health, illness, and returning to health. Leadership responsibilities, strategies, and skills for facilitating a healthy work environment that provides optimum patient/family outcomes and the development and self- actualization of staff will be addressed.