This introductory seminar facilitates the student's mastery of their Spanish language ability as applied to health care settings and encounters. It provides an introduction to the vocabulary and cultural relevancy of terms that are relevant to students planning to work in the healthcare professions to better serve Spanish-speaking patients and their families. Prereqs: SPAN 1010 & 1020 or equivalent.

REAL II seminar provides foundational & theoretical principles of research/scholarship, ethics, advocacy/roles, and leadership. Nursing students will integrate quality and safety principles with leadership while using evidence-based practice (EBP) to inform practice change, support an ethical climate and optimal care environment, and foster a culture of innovation, high performing care delivery and continuous learning environment.

Covers basic nutrition, nutrition for clients of various age groups and therapeutic diets, and nutrition of the critically ill, hospitalized patient.

The course is designed to convey general concepts, methods, and applications of microbiology for health sciences.

REAL I seminar provides foundational & theoretical principles of research, ethics, advocacy, & leadership. Students use historical inquiry, primary source materials, literature search, critical thinking, & reflective writing to explore ethical & accountable nursing practice's relationship to ethics, morals, religion, & law & the complex interplay of the advocate roles. Students develop self-awareness to support ownership of learning trajectory.

Pathophysiology and Clinical Management II is the second of two courses with a focus on concepts of pathophysiology essential to understanding disease and the body's ability to respond to such challenges, and health management throughout the life span. The course builds on concepts of pathologic mechanisms and disease within a systems framework in conjunction with Pathophysiology and Clinical Management I.

Covers the morphology and physiology for the cardiovascular, lymphatic, immune, endocrine, digestive, respiratory, excretory and reproductive organ systems. Designed as a basic course for students in the allied health sciences.

This course is an introduction to data analysis for nursing and healthcare-related research. Course emphasis is on practical application and understanding how the research question drives the choice of particular statistical procedures. Descriptive and univariate inferential statistics will be covered. Students will learn how to create and manage simple databases in SPSS, interpret SPSS outputs, and draw statistical conclusions.

Principles of Pharmacology I provides the student with foundational concepts of pharmacology with emphasis on application to nursing practice. General principles of pharmacology, interprofessional practice, and therapeutic implications of major drug categories are presented and applied across the lifespan and with cultural/global context.

Pharmacology and Clinical Management II builds upon the foundational concepts presented in Pharmacology and Clinical Management I with emphasis on mechanisms of action and application to nursing practice. General principles of pharmacology, interprofessional practice, and therapeutic implications of major drug categories are presented and applied across the lifespan and with cultural/global context.

Students will learn to assess the sick or injured individual as well as develop & implement a plan of care to stabilize & transport the individual to an emergency facility. Upon successful completion of the courses & state requirements, the student will be eligible to test for certification as an Emergency Medical Technician by the Commonwealth of Virginia, Dept of Health, Office of Emergency Medical Services. Prereq: Instr consent, NUIP 4004

Pathophysiology is a four credit interprofessional course which provides a foundation of basic knowledge of common pathophysiologic conditions affecting adults and children and their clinical management.

The emphasis of this course is to understand the EBP process and its application to professional practice and research. Students will critique current literature specific to design, methodology and ethical standards; frame a research question relevant to their area of practice, search for evidence, and appraise the evidence using a defined template; and explore a variety of methods to disseminate evidence-based practice in their practice setting.