NURS 305 - Interprofessional Partnerships (3 Credits)
Prerequisite: Admission to the BSN Completion Program. Co-requisite: PHIL 226. Intentional collaboration across professions and with care team members, patients, families, communities, and other stakeholders to optimize care, enhance the healthcare experience, and strengthen outcomes (AACN, 2021).
NURS 310 - Professionalism in Nursing Practice (3 Credits)
Prerequisite: Admission to the UMW BSN Completion Program. Co-requisite: NURS 330. Formation and cultivation of a sustainable professional identity, including accountability, perspective, collaborative disposition, and comportment [behavior], that reflects nursing’s characteristics and values (AACN, 2021).
NURS 330 - Systems-Based Practice (3 Credits)
Prerequisite: Admission to the BSN Completion Program. Co-requisite: NURS 310. Responding to and leading within complex systems of health care. Nurses effectively and proactively coordinate resources to provide safe, quality, and equitable care to diverse populations (AACN, 2021).
NURS 350 - Quality and Safety in Nursing Practice (3 Credits)
Prerequisite: NURS 310. Co-requisite: NURS 360. Employment of established and emerging principles of safety and improvement science. Quality and safety, as core values of nursing practice, enhance quality and minimize the risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual performance (AACN, 2021).
NURS 360 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Nursing Practice (3 Credits)
Prerequisite: NURS 310, 330. Co-requisite: NURS 350, 410. U.S. demographics, health workforce shortages, and health inequities necessitate the preparation of nurses able to address systemic racism and pervasive inequities in health care. Thereby improve access and care quality for underrepresented and medically underserved populations (AACN, 2021).
NURS 410 - Scholarship for Nursing Practice (3 Credits)
NURS 440 - Population Health (3 Credits)
Prerequisite: NURS 310, 330, 350,360, 410. Co-requisite: NURS 480, 490. Population health spans the healthcare delivery continuum from public health prevention to disease management of populations and describes collaborative activities with both traditional and non-traditional partnerships from affected communities, public health, industry, academia, health care, local government entities, and others for the improvement of equitable population outcomes (AACN, 2021).
NURS 480 - Information and Healthcare Technologies (3 Credits)
Prerequisite: NURS 310, 330, 350, 360, 410. Co-requisite: NURS 440, 490. Information and communication technologies and informatics processes are used to provide care, gather data, form information to drive decision-making, and support professionals as they expand knowledge and wisdom for practice. Informatics processes and technologies are used to manage and improve the delivery of safe, high-quality, and efficient healthcare services in accordance with best practices and professional and regulatory standards (AACN 2021).
NURS 490 - Practicum (3 Credits)
Prerequisite: NURS 310, 330, 350, 360, 410, 440. Co-requisite: NURS 440, 480. Participation in activities and self-reflection that fosters personal health, resilience, and well-being; contributes to lifelong learning; and supports the acquisition of nursing expertise and the assertion of leadership (AACN, 2021).