RN to BS in Nursing Degree Courses
All students must complete the following 20-month, 43 semester hour curriculum.
NRS 325: The Art & Science of Effective Communication
This course features a blend of classroom and on-line learning. Content is designed
to enhance the written, oral and interpersonal communication ability of students.
With an emphasis on academic integrity, the course will foster writing skills using
American Psychological Association formatting. Other content will address information
and media literacy, content creation, and the ethics inherent in their use. Communication
skills will be enhanced through discussion of social media, crucial conversations,
mediation, and therapeutic communication. (Three semester hours)
NRS 320: Transitions in Professional Nursing Practice
This course features a blend of classroom and on-line learning. Content is designed
to support a smooth transition for new to practice registered nurses who are employed
in their initial professional positions. Successful transition into the role of a
professional nurse will be fostered through faculty and peer coaching and support.
An overarching aim of this Nurse Residency is professional socialization while fostering
stress management, problem-solving, creative thinking, and durability in the new professional
position. (Three semester hours)
NRS 341: Professional Nurse: Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
This course presents the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for current professional
nursing practice. Classroom activities focus on library usage skills, an introduction
to nursing research, concepts of professional nursing, communication skills, nursing
and crisis theories, the history of nursing, and spirituality. A paper is written
in which professional nursing concepts are integrated into an individual philosophy
of nursing. (Four semester hours)
CCSSC 440: Cultural Perspectives
This course focuses on the development of global awareness, faith, and management
as it relates to cross-cultural understanding. Students will be challenged to look
beyond their own culture and understand social systems and institutions from the perspective
of people in another culture. Experiential learning will take place as students participate
in an off-campus cross-cultural experience. (Three semester hours)
NRS 350: Health Care Policy
This course focuses on contemporary health care issues and their impact on current
policy. An open systems model and change theory is used to explore the US health care
system, health care organizations, health care policy, payment systems, and the role
of nurses within this system. Possibilities for health care reform and alternate systems
are discussed. The effect of behaviors, attitudes, values, and perceptions of participants
in the system is examined. (Four semester hours)
NRS 461: Family Health
This course focuses on nursing with the family as the client. Theories of family nursing
are examined and applied in community agencies. Family development and crisis theory
are considered. (Four semester hours)
NRS 405: Nursing Research
This course guides the student through the research process and teaches the art of
becoming a critical consumer of research. Both qualitative and quantitative methods
are examined. Students critically read and critique nursing research. (Three semester
hours)
SRSEM 450: Issues and Values
This course is a capstone course in which the student formulates a philosophy of life
that provides the basis for professional ethics and accountability, respect for human
rights, and a responsible life style in our contemporary world. Ethical theories and
personal values are examined through readings, analysis of the workplace, and classroom
discussion. (Three semester hours)
NRS 410: Community Health
This course focuses on nursing with the community as the client. Theories of community
nursing are examined and applied in community agencies. Epidemiology, communicable
diseases, and crisis theory are considered. (Four semester hours)
CCUS 310: Global Trends in Healthcare
This course will discuss health and healthcare that transcend geographic and cultural
boundaries. The overall goal is for students to develop a worldview that comprehends
the interrelationship between health and social systems, institutions, cultures, politics,
environmental factors, education, and economics. Some topics of discussion will include
health disparities among nations, global environmental issues, poverty, human trafficking,
and pharmaceuticals as it affects cultures. (Three semester hours)
NRS 420: Principles of Nursing Management and Supervision
This course presents motivational theory and its application to individual and group
functioning. Leadership styles and governance models are examined. Legal issues are
discussed. The effect of organization change on nursing delivery systems is evaluated.
The concepts of power, oppression, advocacy, delegation, stress, and change are addressed.
(Four semester hours)
BIST 390: Biblical Perspectives
This course reflects the commitment of Eastern Mennonite University as a Christian
liberal arts university. This is a commitment to nurture an appreciation for the rich
resources of the scriptures for creative personal faith and human life in the modern
world. It is designed to foster knowledge and understanding of the literature and
history of the Bible and the integration of faith, learning, and living. (Three semester
hours)
NRS 430: Evidence-based Practice Project
In this course, the capstone research application project is written and orally presented
to the instructor and learning group. (Two semester hours)
Faith Community Nursing Online Certificate
The RN to BS in Nursing program also offers a faith community nursing certificate, fully online. Faith community nurses, or parish nurses, assist the members of their faith community to maintain and/or regain wholeness in body, mind and spirit. The 45 contact hour certificate prepares RNs to serve effectively within their faith communities or parishes. Learn more about faith community nursing today.