Required Courses
BNURS 350 Critical Thinking in Nursing (4)
Focuses on types of thinking and writing germane to learning and practice in nursing, including self assessment, understanding and producing written communications, abstract thinking, group dialogue, evaluating points of view, problem solving, clinical decision making. Provides opportunity for application in discipline-related issues and frameworks for critical analysis.
BNURS 403 Evidence Based Practice and Nursing Inquiry (5)
Develops beginning competence in accessing and evaluating scientific knowledge as a base for promoting evidence based practice in nursing care. Examines components of the process of nursing inquiry as a tool to advance nursing knowledge and a tool to promote evidence based practice. (Prerequisites: Statistics must be completed or taken concurrently with BNURS 403.)
BNURS 407 Cultural and Social Issues in Health Care (5)
Analyzes the impact of cultural, social and global factors on the health of diverse populations. Examines how discrimination, oppression, and privilege relate to health, illness, and healing. Applies self-awareness, knowledge, and skills in planning for and providing non-discriminatory and culturally competent health care.
BNURS 409 Partnerships in Community Health (5)
Examine theories, concepts, and practices related to community health care, health promotion, disease prevention, public health, and social justice. Explore socio-cultural, epidemiological, economic, and political issues influencing local, national, and global health and health care delivery.
BNURS 410 Legal and Ethical Issues in Clinical Practice (5)
Introduction to the major ethical theories and principles through the use of models for the analysis of representative cases and exploration of comparative health care systems. Analyzes the recurring ethical problems, such as withholding and withdrawing life support, promoting client autonomy, and interprofessional conflicts.
BNURS 430 Relational Leadership in Nursing (5)
Introduces knowledge and practices that support the implementation of relational leadership in health care contexts. Content emphasizes strategies that: 1) enhance personal vision and voice; 2) create commitment; 3) include diverse perspectives; 4) solve problems; 5) resolve conflicts; and 6) accomplish goals.
BNURS 495 Senior Portfolio (1)
Student collaborate with faculty mentor to create a portfolio demonstrating the progress made toward individual and program goals. When completed, portfolio will contain examples of papers, evaluations from faculty and self, and a reflective summary on the learning that occurred. (Required for all graduating seniors, to be taken during final quarter of Nursing Program.)
Optional Courses
BNURS 497 Selected Topics in Nursing (1-12)
Course outlines will be developed by the faculty offering the topic. This course is designed to provide undergraduate students of the Nursing Program an opportunity to investigate a selected topic in nursing and health care, which may be timely and not covered in the current curriculum. Course content will be developed by the faculty offering the topic. Number of credits will be determined based on the nature of the topic and course assignments, as well as program and student needs.
BNURS 498 Special Project (1-12)
Further development, critical examination, and synthesis of nursing care in a specialized setting. Increasing depth of clinical practice, including care to groups and communities as clients, applying leadership skills, assessing problems affecting quality health care delivery, and applying research findings.
BNURS 499 Undergraduate Research (1-5)
This course is designed to provide an undergraduate student of the Nursing Program an opportunity to investigate a selected problem and to do an analysis and interpretation of the findings resulting from the investigation under supervision of a faculty member. The credit distribution is determined by the student and faculty member and is dependent upon the number of quarters used to complete the project.
BHLTH Courses
BHLTH special topics courses are open to UW Bothell students from all majors. These courses, while health related, are considered "non-nursing" and therefore may be used to fulfill electives required by the Nursing Program. A student may repeat BHLTH courses having the same course number, as long as the actual topics are different.
Examples of BHLTH courses that have been offered in previous years:
BHLTH 397 Current Health Topics (3-5)
Survey of current issues in human health with analysis of selected topics. The personal, social, political and economic aspects of health are explored through professional health writing and interdisciplinary literature.
BHLTH 445 Health in a Developing Nation (5)
Provides an overview of the health and health care challenges in a developing and low-income country. Socio-cultural, environmental, economic, political and ecological factors ttat influence health, illness, disability and death as well as responses to health issues both within and outside the health sector are addressed.
BHLTH 451 Family Caregiving Across the Life Span (5)
Focuses on family caregiving across the lifespan. Examines issues, problems and challenges family caregivers face while taking on this role across communities and illnesses. Supports health and social service providers in defining their roles within the context of family caregiving.
BHLTH 455 Women, Culture, and Healing (5)
Interdisciplinary course explores the inter-connectedness of identity, culture, healing. Address how women make meaning in their lives; how they are both shaped by and influence history, culture and the world. Integrates humanities, social and health sciences to study cultural influences on women's health and healing.
BHLTH 462 Global/Local Health Inequalities & Interventions (5)
This interdisciplinary course examines the conditions (political, economic, cultural, historical) that create and sustain disparities in health globally and locally. Students will critically examine health issues form multiple perspectives, exploring theories and movements of people creating social justice in health within frameworks that are both globally and locally situated.
BHLTH 465 Adolescent Health (5)
Explores growth and development, challenges of adolescence, and how society, through its communities, health agencies, schools and media, identifies and responds to adolescent health care needs. Uses literature and media produced for adolescents and professionals, reflective writing and interviews to examine issues related to promoting adolescent health.
BHLTH 497 Special Topics in Health (3-5)
Guided survey and discussion of current literature in health related to personal, social, economic and political topics. Lecture and seminar with analysis and discussion of selected topics and readings. May have field component.