Fundamentals of Nursing - NURS 3605 - Spring 2023 Scheduled Class Days and Times

Sep 30, 2026

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Course overview for NURS 3605 in Spring 2023, detailing scheduled class days and times across Tyler, Longview, and Palestine sites and identifying faculty contacts, office hours, and preferred communication. The curriculum introduces nursing concepts and essential clinical skills, emphasizing core competencies including critical thinking, communication, assessment, and technical proficiency. It specifies prerequisites and corequisites, lists student learning outcomes across professionalism, patient-centered care, evidence-based practice, informatics, quality improvement, teamwork, wellness prevention, leadership, and safety, and outlines required textbooks, assignment weights, grading rules, ATI testing policy, and academic integrity expectations.

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Course Overview

Scheduled Class Days and Times

Faculty Contacts and Office Hours

Course Description

Prerequisites and Corequisites

Student Learning Outcomes

Required Textbooks and Readings

Assignments and Weights

Grading Scale

ATI Testing Policy

Academic Integrity

Fundamentals of Nursing NURS 3605 Spring 2023 Scheduled Class Days and Times: Tyler: Tuesdays 0800-1045 Longview: 1300-1545 Tyler Faculty Bethany Rudolph (NURS 3605.060) BRB 2290 Telephone: 906-566-7029 Email: [brudolph@uttyler.edu](brudolph@uttyler.edu) * Office Hours: Tuesdays 11-2; by appointment Jalisha Wesley (NURS 3605.060) BRB 1135 Telephone: 906-565-5993 [Email: jwesley@uttyler.edu](Email: jwesley@uttyler.edu) * Office Hours: Tuesdays 11-2; or by appointment Ann Campbell (NURS 3605.060) BRB 2270 Telephone: 906-565-5928 Email: [acampbell@uttyler.edu](acampbell@uttyler.edu)* Office Hours: Wednesday 9-12; or by appointment Longview Faculty Carrie Judd (NURS 3605.090) LUC 225 Telephone: 903-235-3944 Email: [cjudd@uttyler.edu](cjudd@uttyler.edu) * Office Hours: Monday 9a-12p; or by appointment Palestine Faculty Elaine Wallace (NURS 3605.070) PMH 121 Telephone: 903-727-2315 Cell: 903-948-2505 Email: [ewallace@uttyler.edu](ewallace@uttyler.edu) * Office Hours: Tuesday 11a-2p; or by appointment *Best way to contact me Course Description: This course introduces nursing concepts and skills essential to provide the foundation for safe and effective nursing practice. Clinical hours are focused on basic therapeutic nursing skills with an emphasis on core competencies: critical thinking skills, communication, assessment, and technical skills. Prerequisites: Admission to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program and NURS 3303. Corequisites: Successful completion of, or concurrent enrollment in NURS 3307 & NURS 3308. Student Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: 1) Professionalism: Describe and demonstrate professionalism and the role of the nurse. Discuss ethical and legal principles related to nursing practice. 2) Patient-Centered Care: Recognize and treat patients and their families as unique individuals with preferences, values, and needs. Create a plan of care based on an assessment of the patient’s unique needs. 3) EBP: Discuss and demonstrate evidence-based practice as a basis for nursing care. 4) Informatics & Technology: Explain the nurse’s role in managing informatics and technology. Use technology to plan and document quality patient care. 5) Quality Improvement: Identify quality improvement needs and describe how to improve quality and safety of the healthcare systems. 6) Teamwork and Collaboration: Demonstrate collaborative working skills with other healthcare providers and patients. Recognize the importance of teamwork, collaboration, and communication in shared decision-making. 7) Wellness and Prevention: Define and demonstrate wellness and prevention initiatives to promote healthy outcomes in a variety of communities and populations. 8) Leadership: Identify the roles of leadership and advocacy in professional practice. Demonstrate beginning leadership qualities and advocacy for patients, families, and the profession. 9) Safety: Explain the importance of promoting quality and safe environments for patients, others and self. Provide safe nursing care in a variety of clinical environments. 10) Strengths: Determine how Strengths (signature talent themes) influence the role of the student nurse and clinical decision-making Required Textbooks and Readings: • ATI (access included in student fees)-no additional purchase necessary • Doenges, M. E., & Moorhouse, M. F. (2022) . Nurse's pocket guide: Diagnoses, interventions, and rationales (16th ed. ) . Philadelphia: F.A. Davis. ISBN 978-1719643078 • Pagana, K. D., Pagana, T. J., & Pagana, T. N. (2021) . Mosby's diagnostic and laboratory test reference (15th ed. ) . St. Louis, Mo.: Mosby. ISBN 978-0323675192 Assignments and Weights/Percentage/Point Values 1. Unit Exams (4 @ 20% each) 80% 2. ATI Practice Assignments A & B & Proctored Exam 10% 3. Weekly Quizzes Engage Fundamentals 5% 4. Concept Map Group Presentati

FAQs

What are the scheduled class days and times for Tyler, Longview, and the course sites?

Tyler meets Tuesdays 0800-1045 and Longview meets Tuesdays 1300-1545. Faculty office hours vary by location and instructor.

What are the course prerequisites and corequisites for NURS 3605?

Prerequisites include admission to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program and NURS 3303. Corequisites require successful completion of, or concurrent enrollment in, NURS 3307 and NURS 3308.

How are grades determined, and what is the pass requirement?

Unit exams, ATI practice assignments, weekly quizzes, and concept map presentations contribute per the listed percentages. Students must have a simple exam average (including the final) of at least 75% first; then course grades use weighted calculations, and final course grades under 75 are not rounded up.

Sep 30, 2026

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