Nursing

College of Nursing
Office of Student Affairs
Ackerson Hall, Room 118
Phone: 973/353-5293 x610
Fax:     973/353-1277
http://nursing.rutgers.edu

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY (3 cr.)
25:120:245:T5:81525
5/27-8/13
ONLINE SECTION
GARDNER

By permission only.

T5 Section for accelerated 2nd degree students and RNs only.

Focuses on the pathophysiology of common conditions affecting humans across the life span.

PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS (3 cr.)
25:705:395:T5:81854
5/27-8/13
ONLINE SECTION
BARBERIO

T5 Section for accelerated 2nd degree students and RNs only, and by permission only.

Emphasis on the nurse's role in the administration of safe and therapeutically effective drug therapy. Major drug classifications are discussed in relation to administration methods, pharmacologic effects, toxicity, and nursing precautions and implications. Drug therapy is discussed in relation to life span development changes, religious preferences, and cultural mores.

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING (3 cr.)
25:705:444:B5:82270
5/27-7/3
ONLINE COURSE
STAFF

By permission only.

Accelerated 2nd degree students only.

COREQUISITE: Nursing Care in the Community, 705:445.

Focuses on the theoretical and scientific knowledge relevant to the nursing care of culturally diverse families, aggregates, and communities. Emphasis on knowledge pertinent to health promotion, risk reduction, disease prevention. Nursing strategies pertaining to the management of illness and symptoms of the families, aggregates, and communities will be discussed.

NURSING INFORMATICS (3 cr.)
25:705:490:B5:82832
5/27-7/3
ONLINE COURSE
JONES

Focuses on the analysis and development of computer programs for nursing. Topics include computer systems, information systems, computer-based education, decision making with computers, and artificial intelligence. Development of computer literacy skills and computer applications in nursing practice.

LEADERSHIP & MANAGEMENT IN NURSING (3 cr.)
25:705:498:H5:82272
7/7-8/13
ONLINE COURSE
CANNELLA

By permission only.

Accelerated 2nd degree students only.

COREQUISITE: Senior Experience in Leadership & Management, 705:499.

Focuses on the knowledge necessary to negotiate successfully the transition from the role of student to graduate nurse. Course experiences require the student to synthesize and apply learning from previous courses within a variety of complex situations. Emphasis on anticipating the form of an evolving health care delivery system and its complementary provider roles, theoretical foundations for change and leadership, conceptual models, managerial skills, and sensitivities necessary for contemporary practice.

Political Science

Department of Political Science
Hill Hall, Room 713
Phone:  973/353-5105
Fax:      973/353-5103
http://politicalscience.newark.rutgers.edu

TOPICS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE: MASS MEDIA & POLITICS (3 cr.)
21:790:461:H5:81859
7/7-8/13
ONLINE COURSE
SAUNDERS

This course provides a comprehensive survey of mass media's role in politics and the impact of the political environment on the press. It investigates the major media platforms (print, radio, television, and the Internet) and how each shape political culture. While the scope of the course is global, much attention is paid to the American media landscape. Other regions to be covered include the former Soviet Union, the Arab World, East Asia, and Europe. Special topics to be explored include: news management, transnational media empires, the CNN effect, infotainment, "fake news," the mass-mediation of terrorism, and Al-Jazeera.

RESEARCH METHODS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (3 cr.)
21:790:491:B5:83811
5/27-7/3
ONLINE COURSE
NUFRIO

Based on the assumption that the method of observation often creates the phenomena or influences the conclusions, the student uses a number of political science methodologies to study one subject; methodological approaches may include survey analysis of public opinion, including questionnaire construction and validation, use of computer and quantitative methods, content analysis, planning, programming and budgeting (PPB), decision-making theory, game theory, and communications theory.