Welcome to Fall 2025 NUR 2003 Introduction to Professional Nursing! 

Please see the tentative course syllabus and schedule below. Watch your emails for updates as we approach the beginning of the Fall 2025 semester. Also, we use the book. Please get it before the first class. 

Black, B. P. (2024). Professional nursing: Concepts and challenges (10th ed.). Saunders. ISBN 9780323776653

Tentative Intro to Nursing Course Syllabus Fall 2025 pdf

Tentative Intro to Nursing Course Schedule Fall 2025 docx

I'm looking forward to our class and meeting you!

Welcome to Fundamentals of Nursing Theory. Please see the course schedule in the handouts tab on the left. The required materials for this course are:

Taylor, C., Lynn, P., Bartlett J., (2019). Fundamentals of nursing: The art and science of person-centered care. (9th ed.). Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer. ISBN: 978-1975123901 which includes Course Point plus that is mandatory for this course (this book must be purchased at the front register of the book store to get the access code).

Ackley, B. J., Ladwig, G. B., & Makic, M.B. F. (2017). Nursing diagnosis handbook: A guide to planning care. (12th ed.).St. Louis, MO: Mosby.  ISBN-13: 978-0323551120

Looking forward to meeting all of you at our first class!!

Welcome to Health Assessment for the Fall of 2025!  

You will find a copy of the Fall 2025 tentative course syllabus and schedule in the handouts.

I look forward to seeing you at your first lab session on your scheduled lab day (either Wednesday, August 20th or Thursday, August 21st) from 1 pm-3:50 pm in the Pembroke Hall nursing lab (3rd floor).

Please obtain the required textbook for the course (ebook or hard copy is acceptable):

Hogan-Quigley, B., & Palm, M. L. (2022). Bates' nursing guide to physical examination and history taking (3rd edition). Wolters Kluwer. ISBN: 978-1-9751-6109-5

The following supplies are also required:

• Scrubs as designated by the PBA SON Handbook are required for all lab sessions.
• Stethoscope: MDF MD One (MDFEDu.com/PBA.html) OR 3M Littman Classic III are suggested brands (any stethoscope will be accepted)
• Penlight
• Manual blood pressure cuffs are recommended but not required