This course will engage BSN students in the discussion and consideration of contemporary topics in nursing. The implications for nursing care for varied populations in a multiple settings and environments will be included in the review of topics. Discussions and independent modules will be used to increase understanding of end of life care principles.

The course is designed to prepare traditional BSN students for psychiatric/mental health through didactic and clinical experiences. Emphasis will be placed on key concepts and skills including, quality and safety, mental health assessment, teaching-learning, therapeutic communication, multidisciplinary interventions, patient advocacy, and client-centered care across the lifespan in a variety of mental health settings. This course will focus on clinical judgement skills including cue recognition and analysis, prioritizing and evaluating hypotheses.

This course provides an introduction to the research methodology essential to providing evidence-based nursing care. Students will acquire fundamental quantitative and qualitative nursing research skills. Legal and ethical issues are also discussed. Students will also develop the knowledge and skills necessary to appraise the literature and/or grade the strength of recommendations and apply to evidence-based nursing practice, including up-to-date electronic resources.

This course is designed to prepare traditional BSN students for population-focused nursing practice in diverse community/public health settings through didactic, lab and clinical experiences. Emphasis will be placed on promoting the health and wellness of populations by integrating social, environmental and behavioral sciences in local, regional, national, and global contexts.

This course is designed to prepare Undergraduate nursing students to gain critical knowledge needed for practice and cultural competence in caring for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender & gender expansive, and queer (LGBTQ)+ people. This course will expose students to health care issues and policies which affect the health status of LGBTQ+ populations.

This course was created for the RN-BSN track. Professional Communication in Professional Nursing will cover a variety of ways in which professional nurses communicate with their patients, their interprofessional colleagues, their nursing peers, and the community at- large. In this course, students will demonstrate effective communication with their nursing peers through discussion boards on a variety of topics such as cultural competence and diversity, health literacy, and collaboration among teams.

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 was developed for undergraduate nursing students in the BSN program. While addiction is a chronic relapsing brain disorder, we have for too long treated addiction as an acute condition. This introductory course covers addiction models, including the medical/disease, psychological, moral, sociocultural, and biopsychosocial models. Students will explore harm reduction and abstinence philosophies to drug and alcohol use.

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 is specifically for associate degree-prepared registered nurses at UK Health Care who are pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing.