Susan Prendergast
Contact
ATS Associate Lecturer, Faculty of Nursing
- slp@ualberta.ca
Courses
NURS 125 - Nursing Practice - Health Assessment
The focus is on the health assessment of the adult, and expected health assessment findings throughout the lifespan. The course provides a beginning foundation of the nursing process as framework for developing assessment skills and use of clinical technologies necessary for determining client health status and provision of care. Note: Available only to nursing students in the Collaborative Program and Bilingual Program. Prerequisites for Collaborative Program students: MMI 133, NURS 106 (or NURS 140 and 150), and NURS 120 (or NURS 103); Corequisite: NURS 124 (or NURS 103). Prerequisites for Bilingual Program students: ANATE 140, MICRE 133. Students must achieve a minimum grade of C+ in order to progress in the program.
NURS 150 - Physiology
An introduction to human physiology. Available to all students. Corequisite: NURS 140. Nursing students must achieve a minimum grade of C+ in order to progress in the program. Note: In Fall term, this course is not open to students currently in a Nursing program with the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta. These students must take courses as outlined in the Course Sequence for their program in the University Calendar. In other terms, this course is open to all students, including those currently in a Nursing program with the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Alberta.
NURS 220 - Foundations of Nursing II
The focus is on evidence-informed assessment and management of health challenges in both episodic and chronic illness. Aligns with concepts from NURS 216 and NURS 221 intentional clinical learning activities. Note: Available only to nursing students in the Collaborative/Honors Program. Prerequisite: NURS 116 (or NURS 113), NURS 124 (or NURS 103), and NURS 125 (or NURS 105). Corequisites: NURS 216 and NURS 221 (or NURS 202). Students must achieve a minimum grade of C+ in order to progress in the program. Credit may be obtained for only one of NURS 220 or 201.
NURS 311 - Evidence Informed Nursing Practice
The course provides a hands on approach to evidence-informed nursing practice. This includes formulating clinical questions, systematic searching of electronic databases, reading, interpreting and critically appraising health research. Emphasis is on developing thinking and information literacy skills necessary to be an astute research consumer, and using evidence to inform clinical decision making. Note: Available only to nursing students in the Collaborative/Honors Program, After Degree/After Degree Honors Program or RPN-BScN Program. Prerequisite for Collaborative/Honors Program students: NURS 211 (or NURS 341). Credit may be obtained for only one of NURS 311 or 301.