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New Upper Division Nursing Curriculum |  |
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Admission Criteria | |
Columbia College of Nursing admits qualified students regardless of race, color, creed, gender, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, or disability that does not interfere with the performance of professional nursing, as defined by law. Admission to Columbia College of Nursing is a two step process. Step 1 Students must apply and be accepted to Mount Mary College (MMC) as a pre-nursing student. Step 2 Students who seek to enter Columbia College of Nursing in the fall semester must submit applications by March 1 of the preceding spring semester. Students who seek to enter Columbia College of Nursing in the spring semester must submit applications by October 15 of the preceding fall semester. Applications submitted after the deadline date will be considered on a space-available basis. To be considered for admission to the nursing major, applicants must meet the following criteria:
Admission is not guaranteed. In conjunction with other criteria, preference for admission to the nursing major will be given to students who complete a majority of the prerequisite courses listed above at Mount Mary College. Students who have completed the majority of prerequisite coursework at another institution(s) and meet eligibility criteria will be admitted to the nursing major on the basis of available space in the Nursing Program. Admission decisions will be announced by June 1 for entry into Columbia College of Nursing to begin in the fall semester and by November 15 for entry to the spring semester. Since these decisions are made prior to completion of the required courses, those eligible applicants who have prerequisite coursework pending will receive conditional acceptance. Applicants must submit transcript evidence of successful completion of all prerequisite coursework two weeks prior to the beginning of the semester. Students who fail to provide such evidence will be ineligible to enter the nursing major and will be required to reapply. Final acceptance to the nursing major for fall semester is dependent upon attainment of a cumulative GPA of 2.80 or greater and fulfillment of prerequisites listed above. |
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The Columbia College of Nursing - Mount Mary College Nursing Program prepares the graduate to: 1. Synthesize knowledge of the human experience and responses to health, disease, and illness in the practice of professional nursing. 2. Cultivate the attitudes and skills necessary to think critically, use clinical reasoning, manage information, and assume accountability for independent decisions. 3. Provide competent, age-appropriate, culturally sensitive care to protect, promote and optimize health and alleviate suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human responses in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations. 4. Collaborate effectively in the conduct of nursing practice. 5. Use management and leadership skills across the continuum of care to create a culture of safe, accessible, cost-effective, quality health care. 6. Engage in ethical reasoning and actions to promote advocacy, collaboration, and social justice as a responsible citizen. (EBE) 7. Develop an identity of self and nurse as inextricably bound and evolving within a complex, diverse world. 8. Participate in activities that contribute to lifelong personal and professional development. |
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Program of Learning | |
The nursing faculty believe that Knowing, Being, and Doing drive professional nursing practice. Knowing is a process of acquiring information, skills and abilities, attitudes, and dispositions that characterize the professional nurse. Being is the profoundly personal, often intense process of developing one's identity as self and nurse as inextricably bound in multiple contexts – culture, learning, and experience, for example. Doing is the synthesis of knowing and being into practice. The faculty holds the common values of altruism, autonomy, dignity, integrity, and social justice as fundamental to professional nursing practice that acknowledges the primacy of patients in their health care. Learning experiences, both classroom and care delivery, are value-laden and constructed to reflect the specific aspects of professional nursing valued by the faculty, including ecocompetence, inquiry, leadership, communication to facilitate therapeutic use of self, continued professional development, holism, diversity, compassion, and prior learning. To prepare the graduate to practice evidence-based safe care, the program of learning addresses health promotion, risk reduction, and disease prevention; illness and disease management; end of life and palliative care;, ethics; human diversity; global health care; healthcare systems and policies; and information and healthcare technology. Both general education and nursing courses are structured to support development and evidence of professional nurse competency in the areas of critical thinking, communication, assessment, and technical skills. The nursing faculty support use of the term patient to describe the recipient of nursing care or services. Further, they believe that patients are holistic systems, affected both internally and externally by the world. “Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations” (ANA, 2003). Faculty acknowledge nursing as both an art and science that facilitates the health and well-being of patients. Nursing is based in theory and operationalized in evidence-based practice. Guided by the Code of Ethics for Nurses and professional standards, nurses function as providers of care; designers, managers, and coordinators of care; and members of the profession. |
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The principal objective of the Upper Division Curriculum is to provide students with an understanding and appreciation of professional nursing. To accomplish this, nursing courses build on the knowledge gained from the humanities, fine arts, and social and natural sciences. Typically, students complete all nursing and non-nursing requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree within a four year time period. Students complete the liberal arts core, support courses, and electives through Mount Mary College in the first two years (lower division). Upper division nursing courses and clinical experiences are completed through Columbia College of Nursing in the last two years. As a result, Columbia College of Nursing - Mount Mary College nursing students spend their freshman and sophomore years on the Mount Mary College campus and their junior and senior years on the Columbia College of Nursing campus. Effort is made for students to attend activities on both campuses throughout the four years. During the junior and senior years, Mount Mary College may bring liberal arts courses to the Columbia College of Nursing campus. Nursing Major (62 credits) Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Courses in the Major NUR 211 Nutrition and Health (prerequisite course for admission) NUR 320 Foundations of Nursing Practice NUR 322 Altered Health Processes NUR 331 The Novice Nurse Apprentice in Practice NUR 332 Dimensions of the Professional Nurse Role NUR 335 Being a Nurse I NUR 350 Nursing Care of the Adult I NUR 351 The Intermediate Nurse Apprentice in Practice 1 NUR 352 Contemporary Issues in Gerontology NUR 353 Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing NUR 354 Pharmacology and Nursing Implications NUR 355 Being a Nurse II NUR 430 Nursing Care of the Adult II NUR 431 The Intermediate Nurse Apprentice in Practice 2 NUR 432 Nursing Care of Children and Families NUR 433 Nursing Care of Childbearing Families NUR 434 Nursing Care of the Family Practicum NUR 435 Being a Nurse III NUR 450 Nursing Leadership and Social Justice NUR 451 Community/Public Health Nursing: Local and Global Perspectives NUR 452 Community/Public Health Nursing Practicum NUR 453 Advanced Nurse Apprentice in Practice (capstone) NUR 454 Preparation for the RN Licensure NUR 455 Being a Nurse IV Required Support Courses BIO 103 Introductory Biology BIO 210 Human Anatomy and Physiology BIO 325 Microbiology CHE 113 Chemical Principles I CHE 206 Essentials of Organic and Biological Chemistry PSY 103 Introductory Psychology PSY 214 Developmental Psychology SOC 101 Introductory Sociology OR ANT 102 Cultural Anthropology Click here for a sample Nursing Plan progression (note: Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)
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