Students who do not meet these requirements may see a pre-health adviser, but they will not be assigned to a pre-health adviser in Navigate. Students interested in pursuing the B. In order to remain in the pre-nursing program, students must meet the following criteria.
Details of requirements for admission to the traditional nursing program can be found on the program admission tab of the traditional program concentration page of this Bulletin. Transfer students who are admitted to the pre-health major in nursing must apply to the traditional program option of the B.
Transfer students must adhere to the same guidelines outlined above re: declaring secondary majors, developing action plans, etc. Transfer students who have exceptionally high credits are strongly encouraged to consider applying to the accelerated program , which is a post-baccalaureate B. Students may appeal the removal from the pre-health major in nursing via the associate director of pre-health advising in University Academic Advising. Students must initiate the appeal with their assigned academic adviser.
The associate director may, at their discretion, extend the time period needed to meet the requirements, generally by only one semester. A student who wishes to appeal must submit their appeal at least one week prior to the start of the next semester in which they register for classes.
Attempted hours include credit hours from courses in which a W, an F or any other grade has been assigned. The three-credit lecture component satisfies general education BOK for natural sciences and AOI for scientific and logical reasoning. The total minimum requirement for admission to the traditional nursing program is 26 credits.
VCU Bulletin Edition. Search Bulletin Search. Bulletin Navigation. Requirements for the pre-health major in nursing Students applying to the traditional B.
Changing to the pre-health major in nursing from another major Current VCU students who wish to change their major to the pre-health major in nursing must meet the following criteria to be considered for the major: Minimum GPA of 3. Progression policy Students interested in pursuing the B.
Students must maintain a minimum 3. If it is not mathematically possible to do so, or if the student fails to raise their minimum cumulative GPA to 3. If no secondary major exists, students will be moved into the Discovery program undeclared major where they will receive assistance with selecting another major. By the time a student has attempted 1 45 credits, if they have not successfully matriculated into the traditional B. Health Assessment for Nursing Practice.
Prerequisite: PHIS Pre- or corequisite: NURS Enrollment requires admission to the School of Nursing. This course builds on the biopsychosocial sciences and focuses on development of knowledge, skills and techniques necessary for history-taking and physical examination in adults.
Students are introduced to the nursing process and diagnostic reasoning skills are developed through analysis and documentation of assessment data. A laboratory experience provides opportunities for students to integrate communication and problem-solving skills with the health assessment process. The course focuses on the healthy adult patient and emphasizes the diversity of patient populations in health care settings.
Semester course; 3 lecture and 90 clinical hours. All prerequisites must be completed with a minimum grade of C. Focuses on adult and geriatric patients with acute and chronic physical illnesses that have relatively stable trajectories.
Provides theoretical and evidence-based foundations for nursing management and related therapeutic regimens. Emphasizes clinical decision-making and technical skills in the provision of care to adult and geriatric patients in a variety of health care settings.
Examines the health needs of women across the life span with an emphasis on the health needs of the childbearing family.
Applies nursing process, theory and research with an emphasis on the development of critical thinking skills in the diagnosis and treatment of human responses to health needs of women, neonates and families. Practices clinical skills and applies theoretical knowledge in selected ambulatory care settings for women's health and post-discharge care, and hospital settings for antenatal, intrapartum, post-partum and neonatal experiences.
Examines health care needs of children within the context of the family system. Focuses on application of evidence, nursing process, communication skills and critical thinking when providing nursing to children. Applies current theory and evidence related to the child and family environment, developmental capacity, stress, adaptation and resilience. Incorporates standards of care for both well and ill children in the provision of care.
Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing. Semester course; 3 lecture and 60 clinical hours. Examines theoretical, empirical and practical knowledge applied to the prevention and treatment of common psychiatric and mental health conditions encountered in basic nursing practice. Provides students with an integrative perspective from which to incorporate various frameworks of knowledge into practice.
Provides didactic knowledge and clinical learning experiences to facilitate students' understanding of actual and potential psychiatric illnesses and mental health problems in individuals, families and communities. Pathophysiology and Pharmacology I. Semester course; 3 lecture hours. Enrollment is restricted to students admitted to the School of Nursing. Introduces general and foundational principles in pathophysiology and pharmacology. Establishes a biophysiological basis for understanding relevant clinical assessments, clinical manifestations and disease trajectories.
Provides a foundation for establishing physiological priorities for nursing care. Pathophysiology and Pharmacology II. This overview course focuses on the knowledge and skills required to enact evidence-based practice over one's professional life. Students will examine the relevance of nursing research to evidence-based practice as they review important research concepts and identify factors affecting utilization of evidence in practice. The course formally introduces a model for evidence-based practice with an emphasis on the components of searching for, appraising and synthesizing best evidence.
Focuses on development of knowledge and skills essential for care of communities and populations. Explores theory and evidence relevant to the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of communities and populations. Incorporates epidemiological principles to population-focused nursing and emphasizes the study and application of community health nursing roles for health promotion and disease prevention. Designs an evidence-based service-learning project to address the health care needs of at-risk populations.
Focuses on the patient in acute phases of physical illnesses and with complicated multisystem health problems. Focuses on the development and application of clinical decision-making and an evidence-based model in the provision of care to acutely ill adults in a variety of settings. Semester course; 3 lecture hours 3 credits lecture. Integrates principles of leadership and management to prepare students for management, coordination and implementation of safe and ethical patient care in contemporary health care delivery systems.
Based on an understanding of nursing's development as a profession, advances enactment of professionalism. Honors section prerequisite: NURS This course is designed as a culminating experience that meets the criteria of the third tier of the VCU Core Curriculum. It prepares students for successful transition into professional practice; thus it requires higher-level cognitive processes that include synthesis of knowledge, evidence and skills from all previous course work and clinical experiences.
The course requires that the student consistently enact professional practice, demonstrate competency in standards of care, application of evidence, professionalism and safe and legal practice. This course is taken during the last semester of the nursing program. VCU Bulletin Edition.
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