hours of clinical laboratory per week.) Prerequisite: NUR 111. Credit: 7 semester hours.

NUR 118: Independent Study. This course will assist students with study skills, self-guided study of current nursing concepts and placement in the program; discuss simulation opportunities and collaborate with nursing lab manager for possible Skills Lab time for self-guided review of skills. Credit: 3 semester hours.

NUR 211: Nursing III. Preparation for giving family-centered nursing care and applying nursing principles/techniques in maternal care during maternity cycle/child care from conception through adolescence. (Six hours of lecture, nine hours of clinical laboratory per week.) Prerequisite: NUR 112. Credit: 9 semester hours.

NUR 212: Nursing IV. Focus on developing a coordinated approach to planning and implementing nursing care for patients with major health disorders. (Six hours of lecture, twelve hours of clinical laboratory per week.) Prerequisite: NUR 211. Credit: 10 semester hours.

NUR 213: Nursing V. Seminar discussion of issues and trends in nursing, legal and ethical components, job opportunities, career satisfaction, continuing education, and professional responsibilities. (Two hours of lecture per week.) Prerequisite: NUR 211. Credit: 2 semester hours.

NUR 321: Professional Role Transitions. This course provides an examination of the professional role transition from ADN-to-BSN graduate. Prerequisite: Acceptance to RN-to-BSN program. Credit: 3 semester hours.

NUR 322: Nursing Assessment. This course builds on RN students' prior knowledge and clinical experience in developing more complex, comprehensive assessment skills. Prerequisite: Acceptance to RN-to-BSN program. Credit: 3 semester hours.

NUR 323: Application of Nursing Theory. In this course RN students will examine perspectives on nursing trends, theories, and philosophies. Prerequisite: Acceptance to RN-to-BSN program. Credit: 2 semester hours.

NUR 324: Patho/Pharm in Nursing Care. This course provides a pathophysiologic approach to pharmacology and an overview of drug approval, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics for the practicing registered nurse. Prerequisite: Acceptance to RN-to-BSN program. Credit: 4 semester hours.

NUR 325: Teaching and Learning. This course introduces teaching and learning concepts for the practicing registered nurse access a diverse lifespan in a healthcare setting. Prerequisite: Acceptance to RN-to-BSN program. Credit: 1 semester hour. NUR 326: Community Support Systems. This course discusses trending public health issues and requires completing 12 hours of observational experience in a variety of community healthcare settings. Prerequisite: Acceptance to RN-to-BSN program. Credit: 4 semester hours.

NUR 326: Community Support Systems. This course discusses trending public health issues and requires completing 12 hours of observational experience in a variety of community healthcare settings. Prerequisite: Acceptance to RN-to-BSN program. Credit: 4 semester hours.

NUR 421: Nursing Informatics. This course provides a fundamental understanding of nursing informatics to inform quality and safety patient outcome measures. Prerequisites: All 300-level NUR classes. Credit: 2 semester hours.

NUR 422: Nursing Research and EBP. This course provides a basic understanding of the research process and evidence-based practice (EBP) for the practicing registered nurse. Prerequisites: All 300-level NUR classes. Credit: 3 semester hours.

NUR 423: Transcultural Nursing. This course compares and contrasts the values, beliefs, and behaviors of diverse cultures/subcultures in a wide variety of healthcare settings. Prerequisites: All 300-level NUR classes. Credit: 3 semester hours.

NUR 424: Nursing Leadership. This course explores leadership role responsibilities while completing 12 hours of observational learning experience in a professional nursing leadership role. Prerequisites: All 300-level NUR classes. Credit: 4 semester hours.

NUR 425: Gerontological Nursing. This course provides an overview of the aging process, while emphasizing nursing competence when using evidence-based assessments and interventions. Prerequisites: All 300-level NUR classes. Credit: 3 semester hours.

NUR 426: Senior Capstone Seminar. Course focuses on analysis of issues impacting professional nursing practice in a changing health care system. Prerequisites: All 300level NUR classes. Credit: 3 semester hours.

NUR 699 Advanced Statistics in Nursing. The purpose of this course is to review basic concepts of statistics and review use of statistics in nursing research. The course contains an overview of evidence based on practice and analysis of advanced research concepts in nursing. Primary focus on research in nursing practice. Graduate Nursing Elective. Credit: 3 semester hours.

NUR 700 Advanced Pathophysiology. The purpose of this course is to provide the advanced practice nurse with knowledge of normal physiology and alterations in physiology in individuals across the life span. The focus is theory and research applicable to organ systems and cellular events. Emphasis is on regulatory and compensatory functions in health and in pathophysiological conditions. This course serves as a transition from the advanced practice nurse with the basic medical sciences to clinical medicine. The goal