Prerequisite: None Corequisite: This course is paired with RN 302. Failure in one paired course equals failure in both paired courses. This course is taught at a clinical site, applying the theoretical content into practice with attention to patient-centered, quality care. Interaction with family members facilitates the student’s ability to recognize family dynamics and their effects on the developmental process. Advanced skills necessary to care for pediatric patients are achieved through simulation. The application of the nursing process to optimize patient and family outcomesisemphasized. RN304–Medical/SurgicalIIITheory–AdvancedMed/Surg–45ClockHours/3SemesterCreditHours Prerequisite: None Corequisite: This course is paired with RN 305. Failure in one paired course equals failure in both paired courses. This course provides basic medical/surgical theory related to respiratory, cardiac, neurologic, and musculoskeletal disorders. Develop an understanding of the dynamic sequence of biological, psychological, and sociological changes in older adulthood. Usual growth and development patterns and disruption in critical periods of development are presented and help the development of nursing insight that will enable safe, effective, patient-centered care. RN305–Medical/SurgicalIIIClinical–AdvancedMed/Surg–90ClockHours/2SemesterCreditHours Prerequisite: None Corequisite: This course is paired with RN 304. Failure in one paired course equals failure in both paired courses. This course is taught at a clinical site, integrating the practical application of advanced medical/surgical theory to care for selected patients with multiple health disruptions. Students apply the nursing process to optimize patient outcomes. RN400–MentalHealthTheory–30ClockHours/2SemesterCreditHours Prerequisite: None Corequisite: This course is paired with RN 401. Failure in one paired course equals failure in both paired courses. This course addresses theories and principles of psychiatric nursing. Biopsychosocial foundations of behavior, communication, and psychopharmacology are emphasized. Patient relationships and the use of effective and ineffective communication are addressed. The nurse’s role in the prevention and early identification of psychiatric disorders of children, adolescents, adults, and older adults and the treatment modalities of mental illness and organic brain syndromes are studied. RN401–MentalHealthClinical–90ClockHours/2SemesterCreditHours Prerequisite: None Corequisite: This course is paired with RN 400. Failure in one paired course equals failure in both paired courses. This course is taught at clinical sites, applying theory into clinical practice in the care of selected patients who may experience psychological stress, neurobiological disorders, and high-risk situations such as homelessness, family violence, child abuse, HIV, and post-traumatic stress syndrome. Students apply the nursing process to optimize patient outcomes. RN402–Medical/Surgical IV Theory – Complex Med/Surg & Leadership –45ClockHours/3SemesterCredit Hours Prerequisite: None Corequisite: This course is paired with RN 403. Failure in one paired course equals failure in both paired courses. This course incorporates previous medical-surgical nursing theory emphasizing the integration of pathophysiology, nutrition, pharmacology, and psychosocial components of safe and individualized care for patients with complex medical-surgical health disruptions. Focus on holistic care for burns, heart failure, acute respiratory distress, shock, multiple organ dysfunction, and traumatic brain injury. Leadership and management in nursing are explored as they relate to managing complex medical-surgical health alterations. RN403–Medical/Surgical IV Clinical – Complex Med/Surg & Leadership–90ClockHours/2SemesterCredit 299