NURS 4000-A - Gerontological Nursing - Nursing Elective

(4) Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Successful completion of NURS 3010 , NURS 3021 , NURS 3031 , NURS 3050  with a “C” or higher
Co-requisite: NURS 4010 , NURS 4020 , NURS 4050  
This intra-professional and interdisciplinary elective course introduces students to the management of care in various specialty populations and to the role of the nurse as a member of the health care team. The focus is on understanding intra- and interdisciplinary collaboration while exploring various sub-disciplines in nursing such as gerontology, critical care, emergency department, or management and leadership. Aspects of wellness and illness and the impact of culture and diversity in each population will be explored. Students will have applied learning experiences in addition to collaborating and interacting with peers from all electives in the classroom and online.

The gerontology elective introduces students to wellness and illness iamong the older adults with a focus on healthy aging. The emphasis is on understanding the impact of an aging population on communities and on understanding physiologic, spiritual, and psychosocial changes associated with aging. The nurse’s role in promoting culturally sensitive independent living and healthy aging is explored.