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Nursing Program | ABSN
Alicia Redira
Assistant Director of Graduate Admissions
(949) 214-3842
[email protected]
Brian Tressler
Graduate Admissions Counselor
(949) 214-3845
Carolyn Kobly
(949) 214-3846
The Accelerated BSN program at Concordia University Irvine aims to equip future nurses with the knowledge and skills to succeed in their professional nursing careers. The curriculum for our accelerated BSN is rigorous and reflects current nursing practice and regulations.
The ABSN curriculum divides into four semesters, and during their nursing school journey, depending on which program option they choose, students experience three learning modalities.
Students enrolled in our campus-based ABSN program attend classes at our campus in Irvine, and complete clinical rotations in and around Orange and Los Angeles counties.
Students enrolled in our hybrid ABSN program complete online courses via an intuitive e-Learning platform as well as in-person skills and simulation labs at our program site location in Rancho Cucamonga, California, and on-site clinical rotations. At every step of the hybrid program, Accelerated BSN students receive top-quality instruction from Concordia’s esteemed nursing faculty.
This course is designed to provide an understanding of common physical disruptions that contribute to an imbalance in homeostasis. Common disruptions that interfere with physical systems, their manifestations, and both their medical as well as nursing management will be discussed. An exploration of the role of nurses in optimizing patientsââ¬â¢ health status will also be presented. The student will be exposed to the elements that relate to pain, its management and the nursing role in this management. 2 Units--30 hours.
This course is designed to prepare the student to become knowledgeable about medications, medication administration, appropriate use of medications that are illness and disease specific, side effects and contraindications as well as nursing responsibilities. Administration techniques will be discussed including intravenous therapy. Medication administration skills will be further discussed and developed in the NUSA 296 Pharmacology Lab, as well as in NUSA 294 Fundamental Patient Care Skills course. 2 Units--30 hours.
This course is designed to familiarize the student with the Foundation of Nursing Care. Nursing concepts such as the nursing process, scientific base for nursing practice, patient-centered care, health care environment, caring throughout the lifespan, critical thinking, clinical reasoning, basic human needs and understanding the psychosocial concepts for nursing practice. This Foundation course will also provide a contemporary approach to nursing practice, and discuss the scope of primary, acute and restorative care. It will introduce the student to evidence-based practice and will address key current practice issues including patient/family centered care with an emphasis on the care of the adult and older adult. Each student will have the opportunity to integrate this didactic information into the practice of nursing care in NUSA 294 Fundamentals Patient Care Skills Lab in the next semester. 3 Units--45 hours.
This course focuses on health assessment for professional nursing practice utilizing a holistic evidence- based approach. The course emphasizes the acquisition of knowledge and assessment skills to recognize deviation from normal. Students will apply lecture concepts to hone their skills and techniques necessary to intervene, to reduce risks and promote health for diverse adult patient populations. Lab time is included in the schedule.
This course is designed to provide both the theoretical as well as the practice dimensions of safe, quality patient care. Students will have the opportunity to develop and refine selected nursing skills before applying them in the patient care agencies.
This course will study the source of Christian theology, namely the Holy Scriptures. and draw upon the Scriptures as well as historical and doctrinal writings by Christian theologians, to examine major teachings of the Christian faith with differing understandings of these teachings being explored when appropriate.
Nurse focuses on the medical and surgical nursing theory related to health and health disruption, nursing options, and medical management of young and older adults. This course will offer a physiologic systems approach to the exploration of medical and surgical conditions requiring medical and nursing- care. Content will include the three levels of prevention and intervention (primary, secondary and tertiary). 3 Units--45 hours.
This course offers students opportunities to apply theoretical knowledge to the actual care of patients in clinical settings. The focus is on building skills necessary to care for patients experiencing medical and surgical health problems. The target populations will include adults and older adults. Students will have opportunities to assess the patients, arrive at nursing diagnoses, plan nursing care measures, implement physiciansââ¬â¢ orders and evaluate patient progress. Nursing Central Fee $160.00 required. 4 Units--180 hours.
This course will provide opportunities for students to learn and practice the skill of medication administration. Students will utilize these lab hours to learn and demonstrate their ability to administer: inhaled, oral, ophthalmic, topical, vaginal, enteral, rectal medication. In addition, students will have opportunities to demonstrate intravenous infusion skills. 1 Unit--45 hours.
This course is designed to provide information and facts about psychiatric and mental health nursing. The course will present facts that emphasize mental health, personality development, prevention of mental illnesses as well as on dysfunctional behaviors, nursing and medical management of clients. Corequisite: NUSA 396. 2 Units--30 hours.
This course is designed to provide the nursing students with clinical experiences in caring for clients and patients who are suffering with mental illnesses and disorders. Students will have the opportunities to implement their theoretical knowledge and practice skills. Corequisite: NUSA 305. 2 Units--90 hours.
This course will examine ethical issues that arise in the context of healthcare and biological research from the perspective of the nursing profession. Attention will be given to the language of bioethics, important philosophical and theological approaches, and socio-cultural implications. Students will develop an awareness of the moral foundations of nursing practice, an understanding of moral decision making, and competency for sitting on hospital ethics committees.
This course of study provides an analysis of health promotion and preventive care by preparing students to assess risk, facilitate lifestyle changes and look beyond disease management and towards the use of a holistic caring framework. This course explores avenues of holistic comprehensive nursing focusing on the mind, body and spirit. Content includes lifestyle changes related to cardiovascular risk reduction strategies, weight management, exercise, sleep and human vices; as well as considering age and cultural related aspects of lifestyle choices. The student will also explore complementary and integrative therapies and their role in health care.
This course is designed to provide didactic information about the care of adult and older adult patients who are experiencing medical and surgical health problems. Medical and surgical issues, the medical and surgical management, and the nursing care of these patients will be presented in order to prepare the students to apply the information in the acute care settings. Corequisite: NUSA 392. 3 Units--45 hours.
This course provides students with opportunities to apply the theoretical knowledge in NUSA 301 Advanced Medical/Surgical Nursing Theory into the practice setting. The focus is building necessary skills to care for adult and older adult patients experiencing complex medical and surgical disruptions. Students will have opportunities to assess the patients, arrive at nursing diagnoses, plan nursing care interventions, implement physiciansââ¬â¢ orders, and evaluate patient progress and recovery. This course is taken concurrently with NUSA 301 or follows the successful completion of this course. Corequisite: NUSA 301. 2 Units--90 hours.
This course is designed to prepare the students to care for the childbearing families. This course will include the care of women, newborns and family during the laboring process, post-partum periods as well as health promotion and disease prevention in the home and community. Students will also learn about prenatal health problems and their management as well as the care of the neonate. Corequisite: NUSA 394. 3 Units--45 hours.
This course is designed to provide the students with clinical experiences in maternal/child nursing practice. These experiences will prepare them to deliver nursing care to patients and their families in the prenatal, labor and delivery, postpartum and newborn nursery areas. This clinical will be completed in healthcare settings.This course is taken concurrently with NUSA 303 Maternal/Newborn Nursing Theory. 2 Units--90 hours.
This course is designed to provide information and facts about the pediatric nursing specialty. The course will present pathophysiologic data and information about the health and illness problems related to the nursing care of children, from infancy through adolescence. Attention will also be provided about incorporating consideration for the families in the care of these children. This course is presented concurrently with the NUSA 398 Pediatric Nursing Clinical. Corequisite: NUSA 398. 2 Units--30 hours.
This course is designed to provide the nursing students with clinical experiences in caring for infants, children and adolescent patients. Incorporated in the nursing care will be considerations toward the families and their needs. Corequisite: NUSA 307. 2 Units--90 hours.
This senior level course is designed to provide the student with additional opportunities to refine clinical skills and clinical judgement in a variety of healthcare settings. In addition, the students will cultivate their abilities in clinical assessments, communication, leadership, professional nursing roles, application of evidence based practice, and patient education. Corequisite: NUSA 409. 3 Units--135 hours.
This course includes a cumulative review of concepts taught in the nursing program, the understanding of the legal implications of nursing practice, and how to practice within the realms of the scope of practice as a novice nurse. Various nursing care and health issues will be presented to allow students to critically think through problems and potential solutions through the use of the nursing process. 1 Units-15 hours
Students will utilize knowledge of community/public health concepts in the community. This course will provide the students with opportunities to apply community health theory to community/public health settings. The length of this clinical experience will be sufficient so that the student will be eligible to apply for a public health certificate in the state of California. The experiences will be relevant to aggregates across the life span. Corequisite: NUSA 403. 2 Units--90 hours.
Students will be prepared to assess the health needs of individuals, families, aggregates, and communities. Application of the nursing process will be discussed related to the present and potential diseases and illnesses that present themselves in communities. The goal of this course is to prepare students to understand themselves and communities. Also, the goal of this course is to prepare students to understand the theories of communicable disease and be able to promote a communityââ¬â¢s health status. The analysis of relevant data will prepare the students to practice evidence-based nursing care. Healthy People 2020 Objectives, across the life continuum, will be threaded throughout the course. Nursing ATI Testing Fee: $225.00 (summer 2021 only). Corequisite: NUSA 494. 2 Units--30 hours.
This course introduces the ethical dimensions as well as the principles of effective leadership and management in nursing. The students will build on their existing skills to supervise various categories of healthcare workers, such as, unlicensed assistive care partners, medical assistants, and other staff members. Methods used to analyze and implement various leadership styles will also be discussed and analyzed. Nursing ATI Testing Fee: $225.00 (summer 2021 only). 2 Units--30 hours.
This course introduces the basic processes of conducting research with an emphasis on nursing research needs. Students will apply a conceptual framework to a group research proposal. The course will also allow for the comparison between the research and nursing processes. Application of relevant data to health problems and disease entities will also be presented. Methods of research utilization in practice will also be discussed. 2 Units--30 hours.
As an historical and literary survey of the New Testament this course will emphasize theological themes and their relevance for Christian faith and life.
This course is designed to provide enhanced theory and clinical skills for building a patient history and completing a physical assessment for a patient utilizing a holistic approach. Student will study the necessary assessment skills which include: a general survey, history taking, interviewing, physical examination, designing a pedigree, assessing pain, and adapting assessments to special populations across the life-span. Furthermore, cultural assessments, environmental assessments, patient abuse assessments and the homeless person assessment will be discussed. Documentation includes, but is not limited to the relationship between early detection and prevention of diseases as well as health promotion for patients. Lab fee required. 3 Units -- 45 hours.
This seminar is designed to provide students with opportunities to discuss and analyze issues that present themselves during the Advanced Preceptorship Clinical (NUSA 400). During the seminar time, the faculty will present various nursing care and health issues so that students can critically think through problems and potential solutions through the use of the nursing process. Corequisite: NUSA 400. 1 Unit - 15 hours.
This course will examine the ethical issues raised by modern advances in health care and biological research. Attention will be given to the language of bioethics, important philosophical and theological approaches, and socio-cultural implications. Special foci may include clinical nursing ethics, business ethics in a healthcare context, or other topics as appropriate. Prerequisite: CTHL 101 or CTHL 200 or THL 202 or NTHL 101 or NTHL 202.
Core nursing classes are non-transferable.
Students must maintain a grade of “C” or better to stay in the program. If a student receives a grade of “C-“ or lower in a nursing theory course, that course may be repeated once (space permitting).
A total of 765 clinical hours are required to complete the program. Students are assigned to clinical sites each semester. The clinical sites are located in or around Orange County and Los Angeles County.
The Community Health Theory and Clinical hours are designed to prepare graduates to apply for the California Public Health Certificate.