EDGEWOOD COLLEGE CATALOG COURSE DESCRIPTIONS 2016 – 2017 ABIO 410 PATHOLOGY Course for nursing students. Basic concepts and principles of disease processes. Prerequisite: Admissions to the post-baccalaureate nursing program. (F) ANRS 210 FOUNDATIONS OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING Nurses play a significant role in promoting health across the life span at the individual, group, and societal level. The knowledge and skills necessary to assess psychosocial and physical health status and facilitate the development of therapeutic and collaborating relationships are explored. Beginning exploration of the fundamentals of professional nursing practice, information management, and evidence-based practice are introduced. Prerequisite: Admission to Post-bacc Nursing program. (F) ANRS 211 CARING NURSING ASSESSMENT & INTERV Clinical and laboratory application of basic concepts discussed in ANRS 210. Emphasis is on assessment and health promotion. Interventions include comfort and safety, interviewing, basic concepts related to teaching/learning, and development of nurse/client relationships. Fundamentals of professionalism and the development of professional values are introduced. Prerequisite: Admission to Post-baccalaureate Nursing program. (F) ANRS 310 PROFESSIONAL NURSING: ADULT HEALTH Nursing content addressing the management of psychosocial and physiological care of hospitalized adults is discussed within a framework of acute illness. Integration of behavioral science, pathophysiology, and pharmacology into nursing care is emphasized. Prerequisite: Admission to Post-baccalaureate Nursing program. (F) ANRS 311 CARING: ADULT HEALTH NURSING Clinical course focused on nursing care of adult clients in an acute care setting. The course is designed to further develop the necessary skills for baccalaureate generalist nursing practice including an introduction to patient safety, quality improvement, and information management. Continued development and application of professional practice standards are addressed. Prerequisite: Admission to Post-baccalaureate Nursing program. (F) ANRS 312 PHARMACOLOGY Nurses play a significant role in assisting individuals and families in the pharmacological management of health and illness. This course includes a study of the major drug classes addressing the principles of evidence-based practice, which is necessary for understanding drug effects across the lifespan. Issues related to safety, cost, compliance, and therapeutic outcomes are emphasized. Prerequisite: Admission to Post-baccalaureate Nursing program. (F) ANRS 315 CARING: ADULT HEALTH NURSING LAB Presents the knowledge of psychomotor skills, unique to professional nursing practice, used to meet the therapeutic, comfort, and safety needs of adult clients in a variety of settings. Beginning scholarship for evidence- based practice is addressed in the context of quality and safety measures. Skills are practiced and evaluated in the laboratory environment prior to application in the clinical setting. Prerequisite: Admission to Post- baccalaureate Nursing program. (F) ANRS 340 PROFESSIONAL NURSING: LONG TERM ISS Nursing content addressing the management of psychosocialspiritual and physiological care of adults and families is discussed within a framework of chronic illness management. Integration of behavioral science, Page 1 pathopsychology, and pharmacology into nursing care is emphasized along with concepts related to wellness and health promotion while living a life with chronic illness. Prerequisite: Admission to the Post-Baccalaureate Nursing program. (S) ANRS 341 COLLABORATIVE PRACTICE - LONG TERM Managing nursing care with individuals and families experiencing complex, long-term health problems. Development of interprofessional team skills, collaborative planning, and leadership skills are emphasized. Prerequisite: Admission to the Post-Baccalaureate Nursing program. (S) ANRS 342 PROFESSIONAL NURSING: OLDER ADULT The complex interaction of acute and chronic health conditions experienced by older adults is addressed within the context of health promotion, health maintenance, and health restoration. Provision of holistic care is examined using principles of interdisciplinary team management. Prerequisite: Admission to Post-baccalaureate Nursing program. (W) ANRS 390 RESEARCH IN PROFESSIONAL NURSING Introduction to methods of inquiry including interpretive and empirical approaches. Basic statistical measurements are studied in relation to understanding nursing research. Topics include critiquing nursing research, exploring application of research to practice, and identifying researchable problems and appropriate methodologies. Prerequisite: Admission to the Post-Baccalaureate Nursing program. (S) ANRS 410 PROF NRSNG: FAMILIES IN TRANSITION Nursing care with families experiencing transition such as pregnancy and parenting. Issues related to environmental context, political awareness, health care systems, family dynamics, children and adolescents, and women's health are examined. Prerequisite: Admission to the Post-Baccalaureate Nursing program. (S) ANRS 411 CARING: FAMILIES IN TRANSITION Nursing Care with families, young children, adolescents, and women in a variety of settings. The major focus is on health promotion and health maintenance. Prerequisite: Admission to Post-Baccalaureate Nursing Program. (S) ANRS 412 LEADERSHIP WITHIN HLTHCARE SYSTEM This course overviews the study of the health care system in the United States, including healthcare policy, finance, and regulatory environments. Leadership approaches to care management, systems leadership for improved client outcomes and effective use of resources are explored. Professional nursing roles, responsibilities, and issues in a rapidly changing sociopolitical environment are examined. Prerequisite: Admission to the Post-Baccalaureate Nursing program. (S) ANRS 440 ADLT HLTH: ADVANCED CONCEPTS Theory course addressing nursing care of adults in high acuity settings experiencing multisystem illnesses. Integration and application of biological sciences is emphasized to advance baccalaureate generalist nursing knowledge. Prerequisite: Admission to the Post-Baccalaureate Nursing program. (S) ANRS 460 PRFSSNL NRSNG: HLTH OF COMMUNITIES Nursing concepts are integrated with those of public health science to promote the health of aggregates in the community. The role of nursing in affecting heath care policy, finance, and regulatory environments is examined. Prerequisite: Admission to the Post-Baccalaureate Nursing program. (S) Page 2 ANRS 461 23 NURSING CARE WITH AGGREGATES Clinical course addressing the nursing care of culturally diverse families, aggregates, and communities. Nursing skills in health assessment, education, and health promotion are extended to include groups in communities. Developing and maintaining community partnerships is emphasized. Prerequisite: Admission to the Post- Baccalaureate Nursing program. (S) ANTH 222 GJ INTRO TO CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY This course provides an introduction to the nature and diversity of human society and culture through an examination of specific cross-cultural cases. It includes a comparative study of social, political and economic organization, patterns of religious and aesthetic orientations, gender issues, relations with the natural environment, as well as the process of sociocultural persistence and change. Special consideration will be given to the circumstances faced by contemporary small-scale societies. Cross-listed with ETHS 222. Prerequisites: None. ANTH 310 SELECTED TOPICS IN ANTHROPOLOGY A course which will examine vital areas of contemporary concern in anthropology. The topic or problem of the course changes each semester. Prerequisites: None. ANTH 346 MYTH AND SHAMANISM A cross-cultural approach to the study of belief systems with a focus on the use of myth and the practice of shamanism. Emphasis will be placed on hunter-gatherer and horticultural experiences, but consideration will also be given to the use of myth and shamanism in post-industrial societies. Prerequisites: None. ANTH 366 ANTHROPOLOGY OF SEX AND GENDER An exploration of cultural variation in the categorization of persons by sex and the operation of gender in social life, especially in small-scale societies. Special consideration will be given to women's position in non-Western societies. Prerequisites: None. ANTH 379 INDEPENDENT STUDY - ANTHROPOLOGY Topics and credits arranged. Prerequisites: consent of instructor. ANTH 380 SEMINAR IN ANTHROPOLOGY An examination of selected problems or issues. The seminar is frequently used in conjunction with courses in the sequence on major social institutions to provide an opportunity for the student to examine an area of particular interest within a seminar format. Prerequisites: None. ANTH 479 INDEPENDENT STUDY - ANTHROPOLOGY Topics and credits arranged. Prerequisites: consent of instructor. ANTH 480 SEMINAR IN ANTHROPOLOGY An examination of selected problems or issues. The seminar is frequently used in conjunction with courses in the sequence on major social institutions to provide an opportunity for the student to examine an area of particular interest within a seminar format. Prerequisites: None. Page 3 ART 101 1A ART MATTERS This course explores what it means to be an artist in our contemporary world. What do artists do, and for whom? In this course we will focus on meanings of creativity and art in diverse cultural contexts; connections between art and life; art as an expression of individual and collective values, beliefs, and identities;