BS Nursing

Program Curriculum

Core Requirements

Courses

NRS 250 Introduction to Professional Nursing
This course provides an introduction to the profession of nursing including its history, development, scope of practice, professional educational requirements, moral and ethical foundations, legal issues and career paths. Students identify and explore key issues influencing nursing practice, nursing education and health care delivery systems. Political, social and economic factors influencing health care and healthcare policy will be identified relative to their impact on quality, safety, equity, effectiveness, efficiencies, and timeliness in delivery of patient centered care. 
Credits: 3
Every Fall, Spring & Summer

NRS 251 Nursing Management, Leadership & Informatics
This course introduces the student nurse to current leadership, management and organizational theories. Using a seminar model the students investigate and discuss unique issues associated with nursing, health care management and leadership principles. Topics include ethical, political, legal, economic and biophysical aspects of nursing leadership and management. This is an integrative course that also explores advances in healthcare information technology and various electronic management strategies that support patient care systems.
Pre-Requisites: NRS 272, NRS 272C, NRS 272R, NRS 273, NRS 273C, MTH 119
Co-Requisites: NRS 274, NRS 274C
Credits: 3
Fall

NRS 252 Fundamentals of Nursing
Students will explore foundational elements of nursing interventions with individual patients in controlled and predictable environments based on the core principles underpinning safe, high quality, patient centered, and effective, efficient, equitable and timely care. Classroom discussions and activities will focus on acquiring a knowledge base essential to developing beginner level competencies of the nurse generalist. Core principles regarding integrating knowledge from multiple sources that may include quality care and safety; use of best evidence; policy, finance, and regulatory forces; effective communication; clinical prevention, health promotion, and health restoration; and professional values to guide nursing care will be covered.
Pre-requisite: BIO 138, CHM 206, NRS 253, PSY 103, ENG 110/111
Co-requisites: NRS 252C, NRS 252R, PSY 203, BMS 211
Credits: 4
Fall

NRS 252C Fundamentals of Nursing
Students will explore foundational elements of nursing interventions with individual patients in controlled and predictable environments based on the core principles underpinning safe, high quality, patient-centered and effective, efficient and equitable and timely care. Clinical laboratory discussions and hands-on activities will focus on acquiring a knowledge base essential to developing beginner level competencies of the nurse generalist. Integrating knowledge from multiple sources that may include quality care, safety, policy, finance, effective communication, clinical prevention, health promotion, health restoration and professional values to guide nursing care will be covered in the lab setting.
Co-Requisites: NRS 252, 252R
Credits: 1
Fall

NRS 252R Fundamentals of Nursing Care Recitation
This recitation course allows students to analyze unique and foundational patient scenarios through case studies, concept maps, nursing care plans, simulation and laboratory experiences. Emphasis is placed on the role of the registered professional nurse as a safe and ethical practitioner.
Co-Requisites: NRS 252, 252C
Credits: 0
Fall

NRS 253 Nutrition in Nursing
This course will focus on concepts that are foundational to accurate nutritional patient assessment. Nutritional health risks will be addressed using nutritional assessment techniques to evaluate dietary, biochemical, and anthropometric changes that relate to health promotion and disease prevention. Patient-centered education related to nutritional therapy for common disorders will be discussed.
Pre-requisite: BIO 137, NRS 250, PSY 103, ENG 110
Co-requisite: BIO 138, CHM 206, ENG 111
Credits: 3
Spring & Summer

NRS 254 Pharmacotherapeutics
Students explore core concepts and the scientific basis of pharmacotherapeutics in the delivery of safe, high quality, effective, efficient, equitable, patient centered, and timely nursing care across the lifespan and across health care environments. Legal and ethical principles and regulatory guidelines and standards of practice will be discussed as they affect the role of the nurse generalist in delivering varied drug therapies.
Pre-requisite: NRS 252, NRS 252C, NRS 252R, BMS 211, PSY 203
Co-requisite: BMS 205, NRS 255
Credits: 3
Spring

NRS 255 Health Assessment
This course presents the didactic theory and laboratory-taught clinical skills necessary to provide health assessment and physical examination across the life span within the context of the nursing process. Students will identify strategies for teaching and promoting health and wellness. Nursing activities are explored that facilitate adaptive responses in well, acute, and chronically ill patients from diverse and multicultural backgrounds.
Pre-requisite: BMS 211, NRS 252, NRS 252C, NRS 252R, PSY 203
Co-requisite: BMS 205, NRS 254
Credits: 5
Every Spring

NRS 255C Health Assessment
This course presents the didactic theory and laboratory-taught clinical skills necessary to provide health assessment and physical examination across the life span within the context of the nursing process. Students will identify strategies for teaching and promoting health and wellness. Nursing activities are explored that facilitate adaptive responses in well, acute, and chronically ill patients from diverse and multicultural backgrounds.
Co-requisite: NRS 255, NRS 255R
Credits: 0
Every Spring

NRS 255R Health Assessment Nursing Care Recitation
This recitation course allows students to analyze unique and foundational patient scenarios through clinical skill development correlating knowledge of human physiology, disease pathology through simulation and laboratory experiences. Emphasis is placed on the role of the registered professional nurse as a safe and ethical practitioner promoting health and wellness in the laboratory setting.
Co-requisite: NRS 255, NRS 255C
Credits: 0
Every Spring

NRS 270 Adult and Gerontological Nursing I
This is the first of two adult gerontological medical-surgical nursing courses. Students will examine theoretical and evidence-based practice related to the planning, implementation, evaluation, health promotion, risk reduction/prevention, and disease management strategies, employing critical thinking skills. There will be an emphasis on nursing management and interventions with multiple physiological alterations with a focus on prioritization and delegation of nursing care.
Pre-requisite: BMS 205, NRS254, NRS 255, NRS 255C, NRS 255R
Co requisites: BIO 221, NRS 271, NRS 271C
Credits: 7
Fall

NRS 270C Adult and Gerontological Nursing I
This course presents the didactic theory and laboratory-taught clinical skills necessary to provide health assessment and physical examination across the life span within the context of the nursing process. Students will identify strategies for teaching and promoting health and wellness. Nursing activities are explored that facilitate adaptive responses in well, acute, and chronically ill patients from diverse and multicultural backgrounds.
Co-requisite: NRS 270, NRS 270R
Credits: 0
Fall

NRS 270 R Adult and Gerontological Nursing I Recitation
This recitation course allows students to analyze unique, and complex patient scenarios through case studies, simulation and laboratory experiences. Case studies draw upon previous learning, experiences and knowledge, linking theory to practice. The focus is on safe nursing care, communication within the health care team, delegation of care, and cultural, legal and ethical implications.
Co-requisite: NRS 270, NRS 270C
Credits: 0
Every Fall

NRS 271 Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
Students explore the promotion, maintenance and restoration of mental health across the lifespan. Key factors in mental health care for patients, families and vulnerable groups cared for in varied community settings are reviewed. Emphasis is placed on therapeutic communication, critical thinking, professional standards, therapeutic modalities and an understanding of psychopathology.
Pre-requisite : BMS 205, NRS 254, NRS 255, NRS255C, NRS 255R
Co-requisites: BIO 221, NRS 270, NRS 270C,NRS 270R, NRS 271C
Credits: 4
Every Fall

NRS 271C Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing
Students explore the promotion, maintenance and restoration of mental health across the lifespan. Key factors in mental health care for patients, families and vulnerable groups cared for in varied community settings are reviewed. Emphasis is placed on therapeutic communication, critical thinking, professional standards, therapeutic modalities and an understanding of psychopathology.
Co-requisite: NRS 271
Credits: 0
Every Fall

NRS 272 Adult and Gerontological Nursing II
This is the second of the two adult and gerontological medical-surgical nursing courses. Students will continue to examine theoretical and evidence-based practice related to the planning, implementation and evaluation of health promotion, risk reduction/prevention, and disease management strategies employing critical thinking skills. There will be an emphasis on nursing management and interventions of patients with multiple physiological alterations with a focus on prioritization and delegation of nursing care.
Pre-requisites: BIO 221, NRS 270, NRS 270C, NRS 270R, NRS 271, NRS 271C
Co-requisites: NRS 273, NRS 273C, MTH 119
Credits: 7
Every Spring

NRS 272C Adult and Gerontological Nursing II
This is the second of the two adult and gerontological medical-surgical nursing courses. Students will continue to examine theoretical and evidence-based practice related to the planning, implementation and evaluation of health promotion, risk reduction/prevention, and disease management strategies employing critical thinking skills. There will be an emphasis on nursing management and interventions of patients with multiple physiological alterations with a focus on prioritization and delegation of nursing care.
Co- requisite: NRS 272, NRS 272R
Credits: 0
Every Spring

NRS 272R Adult and Gerontological Nursing II Recitation
This recitation course allows students to analyze unique and complex patient scenarios through case studies, simulation, and laboratory experiences. Case studies draw upon previous learning, experiences, and knowledge, linking theory to practice. The focus is on nursing care, communication within the healthcare team, delegation of care, and cultural, legal, and ethical implications. Emphasis is placed on the role of the registered professional nurse as leader in the management of patient care.
Co-requisite: NRS 272, NRS 272C
Credits: 0
Every Spring

NRS 273 Public Health Nursing
This course will facilitate the conceptualizing of individuals, family, and communities as units of care in public health. It focuses on public health issues in the 21st century, concepts of epidemiology, transformation of public health systems, common community and population health problems and the management of vulnerable populations. Students will be able to interpret how socio-political, economic issues, ethics and culture influence public health issues.
Pre-requisites: BIO 221, NRS 270, NRS 270C, NRS 270R, NRS 271, NRS 271C
Co requisites: NRS 272, NRS 272C, NRS 272R, MTH 119
Credits: 4
Every Spring

NRS 273C Public Health Nursing
This clinical component is taking concurrently with its theoretical component. Students participate in clinical/simulation experiences that focus on the nursing process, assessment, planning , implementation and evaluation of clients and communities with selected identified needs. Students will be able to interpret how socio-political, economic issues, ethics and culture influence public health issues. Students will use practice experiences to build competence in the clinical site while caring for families and communities across the lifespan. Emphasis will be placed on integrating knowledge, skills and attitudes from multiple sources that support health promotion and disease prevention.
Co requisite: NRS 272, NRS 272C, NRS 272R, NRS 273
Credits: 0
Every Spring

NRS 274 Obstetrical and Pediatric Nursing
Using a family-centered approach, students will examine theoretical and evidence-based practice related to planning, implementing and evaluating promotion, risk reduction/prevention, and disease management strategies when caring for the Pediatric patient and childbearing family across the continuum, in acute, non-acute, and chronic health environments. This includes the assessment and care of the infant during the immediate post-partum period, and issues of women's health.
Pre-requisite: NRS 272, NRS 272C, NRS 272R, NRS 273, NRS 273C, MTH 119
Co-requisite: NRS 251
Credits: 7
Every Fall

NRS 274C Obstetrical and Pediatric Nursing
Using a family-centered approach, students will examine theoretical and evidence-based practice related to planning, implementing, and evaluating health promotion, risk reduction/prevention, and disease management strategies when caring for the pediatric patient and childbearing family across the continuum, in acute, non-acute, and chronic health environments. This includes the assessment and care of the infant during the immediate postpartum period, and issues of women's health.
Co-requisite: NRS 274
Credits: 0
Every Fall

NRS 280 Nursing Research & Evidence-Based Practice
This course addresses scientific methodology of the research process and the application to the nursing practice. Emphasis is based on theory, methods of scholarly inquiry, the key components of quantitative an qualitative and critical evaluation of public nursing research.  The importance of evidence based practice in nursing is explored.
Pre-Requisites: NRS 251, NRS 274, NRS 274C
Co-Requisites: NRS 281, NRS 281C
Credits: 3
Every Spring

NRS 281 Nursing Transition into Professional Practice
In the capstone course, students evaluate how sociopolitical, economic issues, ethics and culture influence nursing practice in the 21st century. Concepts of leadership and effective management are emphasized. Critical thinking skills and decision-making strategies that promote health and disease prevention within individuals, families, groups and communities are examined. A required preceptored clinical experience provides for integration of concepts, application of critical thinking and evidence-based practice.
Pre-requisites: NRS 251, NRS 274, NRS 274C
Co-Requisites: NRS 280, NRS 281C
Credits: 7
Every Spring

NRS 281 C Nursing Transition into Professional Practice
In the capstone course, students evaluate how sociopolitical, economic issues, ethics and culture influence nursing practice in the 21st century. Concepts of leadership and effective management are emphasized. Critical thinking skills and decision-making strategies that promote health and disease prevention within individuals, families, groups and communities are examined. A required preceptored clinical experience provides for integration of concepts, application of critical thinking and evidence-based practice.
Pre-requisites: NRS 251, NRS 274, NRS 274C
Co-Requisites: NRS 280,
Credits: 0
Every Spring

Clinical Placement Eligibility Criteria

     Must Comply with:

• Active LIU Castlebranch account to upload required clinical documents for hospital/clinic
• Satisfactorily complete the required health forms – including annual physical exam, titers and vaccinations
• Pass a background check*
• Pass a drug screen
• Fit Testing for N95 mask per OSHA guidelines
• Complete HIPAA and OSHA certification courses
• Complete an American Heart Association Basic Life Support (BLS) for Health Care Providers Course and provide a certification card.
• Comply with criminal background checks and drug screening as required for eligibility to access entrance into specific clinical agencies as related to clinical course objective.*

 *Pending review by the New York State Education Department, Office of the Professions, persons who have been convicted of a crime other than a minor traffic violation could be ineligible for Registered Nurse Licensure in the State of New York, even though they have successfully completed the program.

Mission Statement

The mission of the LIU-POST School of Nursing and its faculty is to prepare students for life-long learning to meet the increasing demands of the expanding environment of nursing practice. The graduates of the School of Nursing will have developed the values and competencies that are embraced by the nursing profession that include: Caring, interprofessional collaboration, communication, critical thinking, diversity, cultural and global world perspective within a framework of professionalism and scientific principles that are central to the delivery of nursing care and core concepts of the LIU-POST School of Nursing.