230 / FIELDS OF INSTRUCTION

KIMBALL, H. P.; LUTHER, D. C.; PATRAY, J. H.; PAYNE, D. B.; REMILLET,
J. G.; SMITH, D. M.; SNIDER, M. J.; TAYLOR, C. E.; WILSON, J. M.

Graduate Coordinator: P. H. BARTON
 In addition to the requirements of the Graduate School, prerequisite for
 admission to graduate study in nursing is a bachelor's degree in an ap-
 proved program in nursing. The student is expected to have completed basic
 psychiatric nursing theory and experience and public health nursing theory
 and experience in some prior nursing program.
 GRADUATE COURSES
 NSG 602-DIMENSIONS OF THE NURSING PROFESSION. 4 credits
 Historical development of nursing related to current issues and trends in nursing.
 Probable modifications of nursing roles in a dynamic and complex culture.
 NSG 603-SEMINAR IN GENERAL NURSING. 4 credits
 Crisis theory with implications for nursing practice.
 NSG 604-ROLES AND RELATIONSHIPS IN THE CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN
 HOSPITAL. 4 credits
 Modifications of existing roles and the development of new roles as an adaptive
 response to change.
 NSG 605-HEALTH CARE AND THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE FAMILY. 4 credits
 The family from its inception to its dissolution, particularly during sickness,
 birth, and death.
 NSG 606-EFFECTIVE PARTICIPATION IN GROUP ACTIVITY. 4 credits
 Analysis of and experiential approaches to the management of a wide range of
 group situations in which students are participant-observers.
 NSG 607-THE CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN HOSPITAL. 4 credits
 The hospital as a dynamic and complex social system. Strategies that permit
 hospitals to function more productively.
 NSG 608-THE ANALYSIS OF NURSING PROCEDURES. 4 credits
 Technical procedures employed in nursing practice. Contributions made by
 scientific knowledge, tradition, cost, and work simplification techniques.
 NSG 610-MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING 1. 4 credits
 The nurse's role in the assessment and relief of pain.
NSG 611-MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING 2. 4 credits
 Care of patients with complex nursing needs. Includes the assessment of needs;
writing and implementing nursing objectives, and evaluation of care.
NSG 613-ADVANCED MEDICAL-SURGICAL NURSING. 4 credits
 Prerequisites: NSG 610, NSG 611. Care of patients with problems related to
area of specialty. Provides opportunity for gaining additional experience and
knowledge. May be repeated up to a maximum of 8 credits.
NSG 620-ADVANCED PSYCHIATRIC AND MENTAL HEALTH NURSING. 4 credits
 Application of normal developmental processes to psychiatric nursing.
NSG 621-AREA SEMINAR IN CLINICAL PSYCHIATRIC NURSING. 4 credits
 Prerequisite: NSG 620. Psychiatric illnesses and concurrent clinical application
of theory; the nursing process and its effect on abnormal behavior.
NSG 622-ADVANCED PSYCHIATRIC NURSING: NURSING INTERVENTION IN
 MENTAL ILLNESS. 4 credits
 Prerequisites: NSG 620, NSG 621. Psychotherapeutic approaches and processes;