Nursing Support Courses

Nursing support courses emphasize the concepts of communication, critical thinking, and therapeutic nursing intervention. They are non-nursing elective courses that support nursing practice and career goals.

Suggested UW-Green Bay courses are listed for each category (Communication, Critical Thinking, and Therapeutic Nursing Intervention). Hyperlink to suggested list of Nursing Support Courses. With proper rationale and advisor consent, other courses can be substituted. Courses completed at colleges and universities other than UW-Green Bay will satisfy nursing support course requirements but will have different numbers and course titles.

To learn about the equivalency of courses taken at other Wisconsin colleges and universities, the Transfer Information Site is useful. You can access this site at: http://www.uwsa.edu/tis/ To determine whether courses taken at colleges and universities outside the state of Wisconsin will count as Nursing Support Courses, ask your advisor for help.

Communication

Communication is a dynamic interactive process which occurs between individuals and/or groups to formulate, convey, and assimilate thoughts, perceptions, and ideas. Communication is one of the most important skills that nurses need to learn. Effective communication is the very fiber of nursing practice. To facilitate competence in oral presentation and technical writing skills, six credits in communication are required. Of these, three credits of speech are transferred as per articulation agreement. The additional communication requirement is satisfied by a three credit writing course. The writing course needs to be of an advanced level beyond Introduction to College Writing, and is normally satisfied by the UW-Green Bay course Expository Writing. With proper rationale and advisor consent, other courses can be substituted. Suggested list of Nursing Support Courses.

Critical Thinking

Critical thinking is the intellectually disciplined process of active and skillful conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, and/or evaluating information. As a guide to belief and action, information is gathered from or generated by observation, experience, reflection, reasoning, or communication. Nurses must be able to think critically and problem solve effectively. To support the development of critical thinking six credits are required. Of these required elective credits, students must take one course in Statistics. Any college level statistics course is acceptable. The other 3 credits are satisfied by a course that studies thinking (meta-thinking). Classroom topics that are typically covered are critical thinking processes, reflective thinking, decision-making, problem solving, critical debate, etc. Courses that could be used to satisfy this requirement include Introduction to Philosophy, Elementary Logic, Problems in Ethics, and others. With proper rationale and advisor consent, other courses can be substituted. See suggested list of nursing support courses. Hyperlink to suggested list of Nursing Support Courses.

Therapeutic Nursing Intervention

Therapeutic nursing interventions are actions performed by nurses addressing human responses to actual and potential health problems. Six elective credits are required to enhance competence in delivery of Therapeutic Nursing Interventions. A variety of courses can satisfy this requirement. Courses in this category must support the RN's career goal and advance thinking and competence in nursing practice. Courses that could be used to satisfy this requirement include but are not limited to Introduction to Spanish, Introduction to Management, Abnormal Behavior, Human Nutrition, Sociology of the Family, Counseling Across the Lifespan. With proper rationale and advisor consent, other courses can be substituted. See suggested list of nursing courses Hyperlink to suggested list of Nursing Support Courses.

Suggested List of Nursing Support Courses

Communication

Speech:
The speech requirement is satisfied based on coursework transferred per articulation agreement.

Written Communication:

ENG COMP 105 Expository Writing

Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking: Statistics (One course is required.)

BUS ADM 215 Introduction to Business Statistics
COMM SCI 205 Social Science Statistics
MATH 260 Introductory Statistics

Critical Thinking Elective (One course is required.)

BUS ADM 206 Law & the Individual
COMN PRO 201 Human Information Processing
1 COM SC 210 Information Problems
ECON 203 Micro Economic Analysis
ECON 202 Macro Economic Analysis
HUM BIO-205 Biotechnology and Human Values
HUM DEV 424 The Development of Creative and Critical Thinking
HUM STUD 213 Ethnic Diversity and Human Values
HUM STUD 385 Perspectives on Human Values: American Indian Nations
PHILOS 101 Introduction to Philosophy
PHILOS 102 Problems in Ethics
PHILOS 105 Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy
PHILOS 111 Elementary Logic
PHILOS 208 Science and Human Values
PHILOS 210 Philosophy of Culture
PHILOS 212 Philosophy, Religion, and Science
PHILOS 213 Ancient Philosophy
PHILOS 214 Modern Philosophy
PHILOS 217 Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion
PU EN AF 202 Introduction to Public Policy

Therapeutic Nursing Intervention

(Two courses are required.)

ACCTG 300 Introductory Accounting
ANTHRO 101 Varieties of World Culture
ANTRHO 342 Human Evolution
BUS ADM 202 Business & Its Environment
BUS ADM 350 Introduction to Management Information Systems
COMN PRO 166 Fundamentals of Interpersonal Communication
COMN PRO 335 Organizational Communication
ENV SCI 102 Introduction to Environmental Science
HUM DEV 331 Infancy and Early Childhood
HUM DEV 332 Middle Childhood and Adolescence
HUM DEV 343 Adulthood and Aging
HUM DEV 344 Dying, Death, and Loss
HUM DEV 345 Human Sexuality
HUM DEV 346 Culture, Development, and Health
HUM DEV 438 Counseling Across the Lifespan
NUT SCI 300 Human Nutrition
PSYCH 429 Theories of Personality
PSYCH 435 Abnormal Behavior
SOCIOL 308 Sociology of the Family
SPANISH 101 Introduction to Spanish I