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30 I NURSING OF THE FAMILY I - CLINICAL (5) Clinical application of the nursing process with adult clients in acute medical-surgical, convalescent and community setti ngs. (C*) Fee:$ I00.00. 302 NURSING OF THE FAMILY II - THEORY (5) Continuation of 30 I. Implementation of the nursing process to facilitate adaptive equilibrium in the client. Includes normal growth and development of the infant through adolescence. Prerequisite: 30 I. (C*) Clinical application of the nursing process with clients in acute medical-surgical and community settings with emphasis on the surgical client. Includes Denver Develop­ mental Assessment of a well child. (C*) Fee: $100.00. 302 NURSING OF THE FAMILY II - CLINICAL (4) 305 PHARMACOLOGY (2-3) A study of the characteristics of drug fam­ ilies, drug actions and metabolism, thera­ peutic uses, untoward responses, precau­ tions and contraindications. Principles for making sound nursing judgments in the ad­ ministration of medications. 3 IOBEHAVIORAL CONCEPTS FOR NURSING PRACTICE (2) Concepts affecting the role of the profes­ sional nurse in promoting adaptive equ il ib­ rium. One and one half hours lecture; one and one-half hour discussion. (C*) 320 DIRECTED INDIVIDUAL STUDIES ( 1-3) Permits students to pursue special inter­ ests related to the profession of nursing. Open to clinical nursing majors only with written consent of instructor. May be re­ peated with different content up to a total of six units.

465 RURAL CLINICAL NURSE PLACE­ MENT PROJECT (3-4) A clinical enrichment experience for Com­ munity Health Nursing. An educational op­ portunity in rural nursing in northern Cali­ fornia in settings such as home nursing ser­ vice, public health departments, Indian health projects, rural physician's offices and acute and convalescent hospitals. Prerequi­ site: 430. Offered lnterterm only. Transfer - Challenge Policy: For transfer nursing students, regis­ tered nurses, licensed vocational nurses and other applicants with health profes­ sion backgrounds. General Policies: I . Applicants planning to challenge nurs­ ing courses must first be accepted by and fulfill all matriculation requirements of Biola University. The Department of Nursing should be contacted at the time of admission to the University. 2. Separate application must be made to the department of nursing. The appli­ cation will be sent upon return of the university application. A $20.00 non­ refundable application fee made pay­ able to Biola University, department of nursing must accompany the applica­ tion. 3. In addition to the official transcripts sent to the office of admissions and records, separate official transcripts (in­ cluding high school, school of nursing and any other college or Bible school) must be sent directly to: Biola Univer­ sity, Department of Nursing, I 3800 Biola Avenue, La Mirada, CA 90639- 000 I. Transcripts sent to the office of admissions and records are not forwarded to the nursing department. 4. All students accepted into the nursing program are expected to have a mini­ mum cumulative grade point average of 2.5. 5. Transfer-challenge students who have met prerequisites comparable to the generic students will have equal access for open spaces in all nursing courses.

321 CLINICAL ENRICHMENT ( 1-4) Opportunity for additional application of the nursing process in selected health care settings Offered interterm and summer school. Open to clinical nursing majors only. Prerequisite: NUR 30 I. 400 MENTAL HEALTH NURSING - THEORY (2) Concepts related to nursing of adults with problems of adaptation resulting in psy­ chopathology. Focus is on the application of the nursing process to problems of psy­ chopathology. Prerequisite: 302. (C*) 400 MENTAL HEALTH NURSING - CLINICAL (2) Clinical application of the nursing process with clients in mental health setting. (C*) 410 NURSING OF THE CHILDBEARING/ CHILDREARING FAMILY - THEORY (6) Implementation of the nursing process uti­ lizing a family-centered approach to child­ bearing, maternal-chi ld health promotion and care of the ill child. Prerequisites: 302, Biology 221. (C*) 4 10 NURSING OF THE CHILDBEARING/ CHILDREARING FAMILY - CLIN ICAL (6) Clinical application of the nursing process in providi ng family centered maternal -child health care in acute and community settings. (C*) Fee: $ I00.00. Implementation of the nursing process in developing countries where there is limit­ ed access to a physician. Open to Regis­ tered Nurses and Licensed Vocational Nurses and all clinical nursing majors. Of­ fered interterm and/or summer session only. 420 ADVANCED MEDICAUSURGICAL NURSING - THEORY (2) Implementation of the nursing process with adult clients experiencing complex disturbances in adaptive equilibrium. Pri­ mary focus is on pathophysiology in the physical subsystem. (C*) 415 NURSING IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES (2)

420 ADVANCED MEDICAUSURGICAL NURSING - CLINICAL (3) Clinical application of the nursing process with multicultural clients in the acute medi­ cal-surgical setting. (C*) Fee: $100.00. 430 NURSING IN THE COMMUNITY ­ THEORY (3) Combines nursing theory with concepts of community health and community mental health. Prerequisites: 400,410, 420. 430 NURSING IN THE COMMUNITY - CLINICAL (5) Clinical application of the nursing process with individuals, famil ies and communities to promote and maintain adaptive equilib­ rium. Fee $100.00. 441 INTRODUCTION TO NURSING RESEARCH (2) The research process applied to nursing includes problem definitions and basic re­ search design. Each student works on de­ veloping a basic research proposal. Pre­ requisites: 400,41 0, 420, Statistics (may be taken concurrently with consent of instructor). 442 APPLIED NURSING RESEARCH (I) Opportunity to critique literature, con­ tinue work on research proposal or par­ ticipate in a research project. Prerequisite: 441. 450 LEADERSHIP/MANAGEMENT IN NURSING - THEORY (2) Combines theory of leadership and nursi ng care delivery systems with issues and trends in nursing. Prerequisites: 400, 410, 420. 450 LEADERSHIP/MANAGEMENT IN NURSING - CLINICAL (5) Clinical application of leadership theory in giving and directing care for a group of cli­ ents. Students may elect experience from several clinical settings. Fee: $100.00.

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