About Nursing
Evidence-based nursing practice across the lifespan. Courses carry the NURS subject code and are offered through the College of Education, Health & Human Sciences. Numbers below 300 are introductory, 300–499 advanced undergraduate, and 500 and above graduate. Prerequisites are enforced at registration.
How the sequence works
Of the 9 NURS courses listed, 3 are introductory (numbers under 300), 2 are advanced undergraduate (300–499). 0 courses have no prerequisite and are a reasonable first step. Later courses assume the earlier ones, so read prerequisites before you plan a term — they are enforced at registration and an override from the Nursing department is the only way around them.
NURS 2000 — Foundations of Nursing Practice 4 cr
Nursing process, assessment, safety, documentation, and core skills practiced in the lab before clinical.
Prerequisite: admission to the program.
NURS 2200 — Health Assessment 3 cr
A systematic head-to-toe assessment, normal versus abnormal findings, and communicating results.
Prerequisite: NURS 2000.
NURS 2400 — Pharmacology for Nursing 3 cr
Drug classes, mechanisms, interactions, safe administration, and patient teaching.
Prerequisite: NURS 2000.
NURS 3000 — Adult Health Nursing I 5 cr
Care of adults with common acute and chronic conditions, with clinical rotations in medical–surgical units.
Prerequisite: NURS 2200, NURS 2400.
NURS 3200 — Mental Health Nursing 4 cr
Therapeutic communication, common disorders, crisis, and care in inpatient and community settings, with clinical.
Prerequisite: NURS 3000.
NURS 3400 — Maternal and Child Nursing 5 cr
Pregnancy, birth, the newborn, and pediatric care, with clinical rotations.
Prerequisite: NURS 3000.
NURS 4000 — Adult Health Nursing II 5 cr
Complex and critical illness, prioritization, and care of the deteriorating patient, with high-acuity clinical.
Prerequisite: NURS 3000.
NURS 4200 — Community and Population Health 4 cr
Population-level assessment, prevention, health equity, and public-health nursing, with a community clinical.
Prerequisite: NURS 3200.
NURS 4900 — Nursing Capstone and Transition to Practice 5 cr
A precepted clinical immersion, licensure-exam preparation, and a professional-role project.
Prerequisite: senior standing.
Planning and advising
Your degree audit shows exactly how NURS courses apply to your requirements; this list only shows what is offered. If you are choosing between two courses, deciding when to take a heavy one, or wondering whether a course will run next term, your academic adviser or the Nursing program office can tell you. Course availability by term is set close to registration and is not guaranteed by anything on this page.
Fictional information
UW–Porter Falls is a work of parody. Every course, prerequisite, credit value, and department on this page is invented; nothing here describes a real curriculum or a course you can enroll in.