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MUS 449 - Applied Vocal Studies VII 1 credits
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor
Weekly private lessons. Vocal pedagogy will be included at each level. Individual Applied Music Fee
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MUS 450 - Applied Vocal Studies VIII 1 credits
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor
Weekly private lessons. Vocal pedagogy will be included at each level. Individual Applied Music Fee
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MUS 451 - Applied Instrumental Studies VII 1 credits
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor
Weekly private lessons. Piano pedagogy will be included at each level. Individual Applied Music Fee
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MUS 452 - Applied Instrumental Studies VIII 1 credits
Prerequisites: Permission of instructor
Weekly private lessons. Piano pedagogy will be included at each level. Individual Applied Music Fee
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MUS 470 - International Music and Song of Africa 3 credits D, G
Prerequisites: For non-majors: Permission of isntructor
A study of the instrumental music and song of African peoples. In addition to readings, lectures, papers, and presentations, students’ work includes the development of playing skills and ensemble performance experience in African music.
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MUS 471 - African Dance and Song 3 credits D, G
Prerequisites: For non-majors: Permission of instructor
A study of African dance and song. In addition to readings, lectures, papers, and presentations, students’ work includes the development of movement skills and ensemble performance experience in African dance.
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MUS 472 - Music in World Cultures 3 credits D, G
Prerequisites: For non-majors: Permission of instructor
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A survey of selected indigenous music cultures of Africa, Asia, West Asia, Oceania, Europe, and the Americas, with an emphasis on the historical and cultural contexts of music making.
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MUS 473 - Music in World Cultures 3 credits D, G
Prerequisites: For non-majors: Permission of instructor
A survey that continues the study of indigenous world music cultures not covered in Music 472, with an emphasis on the historical and cultural contexts of music making.
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MUS 485 - Music Capstone 1-2 credits
Prerequisites: Senior standing
Under supervision of the appropriate applied faculty member and major advisor. The first semester and part of the second are to be spent in preparation for a capstone project which may take the form of a recital or formal presentation of the culminating work of the undergraduate experience.
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MUS 486 - Music Capstone 1-2 credits
Prerequisites: Senior standing
Under supervision of the appropriate applied faculty member and major advisor. The first semester and part of the second are to be spent in preparation for a capstone project which may take the form of a recital or formal presentation of the culminating work of the undergraduate experience. Course previously named Senior Recital l and ll.
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MUS 491 - Performance Workshop 0 credits
Increases the performance abilities and awareness of all music majors. It will include attendance at recitals, performance classes and workshops and will deal with traditional music as well as music from diverse cultures. It will give students the opportunity to perform or have their own compositions performed, including vocal, instrumental and electronic media. It will also deal with stage deportment, structuring of recital programs, and other matters relating to musical performance.
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MUS 492 - Performance Workshop 0 credits
Increases the performance abilities and awareness of all music majors. It will include attendance at recitals, performance classes and workshops and will deal with traditional music as well as music from diverse cultures. It will give students the opportunity to perform or have their own compositions performed, including vocal, instrumental and electronic media. It will also deal with stage deportment, structuring of recital programs, and other matters relating to musical performance.
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MUS 493 - Advanced Study in Composition three credits
Intensive composition studies on an individual basis under the direction of a member of the Music faculty.
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MUS 495 - Independent Study in Music 3 credits
Conditions and hours to be arranged
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; permission of instructor, department chairperson, and college dean
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area not otherwise part of the discipline’s course offerings.
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MUS 496 - Directed Study in Music 3 credits
Conditions and hours to be arranged
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor, department chairperson, and college dean
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered.
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MUS 525 - Piano Pedagogy 1 credits
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MUS 596 - Directed Study 3 credits
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged.
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MUS 800 - Music Elective variable credits
Music Elective
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NUR 105 - Human Nutrition 3 credits I, S
Develops the learner’s knowledge of the major nutrients and their role in human function. It provides the foundation for understanding the relationship of nutrition to health, fitness, energy, weight management, longevity, and disease prevention. Nutritional strategies to promote the health of persons will be introduced. Identification of nutritional needs at each stage in the life cycle will be explored. Skills in written communication and computer data analysis will be enhanced by a dietary self-analysis.
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NUR 106 - Introduction to Professional Nursing 3 credits
Prerequisites: Nursing major; At least Freshman standing
Provides an introduction to the discipline of professional nursing. Learners examine their values and beliefs in relation to the basic concepts and behaviors that define the discipline. Promoting health, guiding persons through the health care experience and shaping the health care environment are presented as key processes to maximize health for individuals, families, groups and communities. Emphasis is placed on socializing the learner as an active, developing professional within the context and dimensions of the discipline. Learners will explore their relationship to self, individuals, families and communities as well as to the profession of nursing.
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NUR 196 - Directed Study 3 credits
Conditions and hours to be arranged
Prerequisites: Nursing major; At least Freshman standing
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered. Conditions and hours to be arranged
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NUR 214 - Scholarly Inquiry in Nursing 3 credits
Prerequisites: NUR 106
Based on the ANA Standards for undergraduate education (1989), introduces the baccalaureate nursing student to the process of scholarly inquiry. The course focuses on preparing students to be consumers and users of research. Specific connections between theory, components of the research process, and their application to evidence-based practice are explored using research exemplars. Strengths and weaknesses of various quantitative and qualitative research designs are discussed, as is their appropriateness for investigating various practice-based problems.
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NUR 230 - Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for Nursing Practice I 3 credits
Prerequisites: BIO 221, 223
First course in a two-semester sequence that provides the knowledge foundation for understanding alterations and adaptations in physiological processes in humans. The content builds the learners knowledge from the physical sciences. The content selected for study is essential to critical thinking, clinical judgment, and therapeutic interventions in illness-related phenomena. Humans ability to adapt to physiological alterations are presented and discussed throughout the course. Principles of pharmacodynamics and pharmakinetics are introduced and concepts of pharmacology are integrated throughout the course.
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NUR 235 - Pathophysiology and Pharmacology for Nursing Practice II 3 credits
Prerequisites: NUR 230, BIO 251, 261
Corequisites: NUR 250, 251
Second course in a two-semester sequence that provides the knowledge foundation for understanding alterations and adaptations in physiological processes in humans. The content selected for study is essential to critical thinking, clinical judgment, and therapeutic interventions in illness-related phenomena. Humans ability to adapt to physiological alterations are presented and discussed throughout the course. Principles of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics are integrated throughout the course.
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NUR 240 - Health Assessment Life Span 2 credits
Corequisites: BIO 221, 223
Introduces the student to parameters of health for individuals representing various ages and stages across the life span. Communication skills are stressed in developing the nurse/client relationship. Emphasis is on the systematic assessment of healthy individuals as a first step in the nursing process.
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NUR 242 - Holistic Health Assessment 4 credits
(3 hours class/ 3 hours nursing lab)
Designed to assist the beginning-nursing student to conduct a comprehensive holistic health assessment of persons across the life span. Assessment is considered foundational to the nurses goal of maximizing health. The emphasis in this course is on individual health rather than disease/illness. Students will be introduced to broad definitions and indicators of health. Using a variety of methods, students will apply caring behaviors and interviewing principles to conduct a comprehensive health history and perform a physical examination to determine health status, in both the nursing skill laboratory and community settings.
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NUR 250 - Nursing Management of Adults Experiencing Common Health Problems 3 credits
Prerequisites: NUR 106, 230
Corequisites: NUR 235, 251
Provides the learner with the knowledge and skills to engage in professional nursing practice that promotes the health of adults with common health problems. Nursing care needs of adults are discussed using a functional health pattern framework. Emphasis is placed on identifying and defining characteristics of common health problems and care plans to address the nursing needs of individuals. Nursing process skills are developed as a framework for professional nursing care. Professional role development related to accountability, ethics, and development of therapeutic alliances is facilitated through discussion and active learning.
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NUR 251 - Experiential Learning: Adults Experiencing Common Health Problems 3 credits
(9 clinical hrs/week)
Corequisites: NUR 250
Experiential course provides the learner with opportunities to apply knowledge and skills in professional nursing care of adults with common health problems. Examples of common health problems to be explored include diabetes mellitus, alterations in respiratory functioning, cardiac decompensation, among others. Clinical skills help clients to promote activities of daily living. Students will have an opportunity for selected technical skill development.
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NUR 260 - Nursing Care of Older Adults 2 credits
Prerequisites: Nursing Majors Only
Theoretical knowledge and skills consistent with the ANA Standards of Gerontological Nursing that guide the care of older adults and their families. The outcomes of nursing care are to preserve the health, functional ability and quality of life for older adults. This course focuses on preventing the cascade of functional decline in older adults and promoting health. Normal aging changes and risk factors are studied to determine nursing interventions that improve quality of life. Common health problems of older adults and end-of-life care serve as exemplars in planning nursing care. Long-term care system regulatory processes, public policy, and legal and ethical issues are noted as they impact the health and care of older adults.
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NUR 290 - Nursing Optimal Level Function three credits
This theory/clinical laboratory course focuses on the application of the nursing process in support of the individual adult client with selected alterations affecting optimal level of function (nursing diagnoses). Emphasis is on the acquisition of basic skills for use in appropriate intervention with selected nursing diagnoses.
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NUR 291 - Nursing Optimal Level Function Clinic three credits
This theory/clinical laboratory course focuses on application of the nursing process in support of the individual adult client with selected alterations affecting optimal level of function (nursing diagnoses). Emphasis is on the acquisition of basic skills for use in appropriate intervention with selected nursing diagnoses.
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NUR 296 - Directed Study variable credits
Conditions and hours to be arranged
Prerequisites: Nursing major; At least Freshman standing
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered.
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NUR 298 - Experience Program variable credits
Conditions and hours to be arranged
Prerequisites: At least Sophomore standing, GPA 2.0 or greater. Permission of the instructor, department chair, and college dean.
University-wide program for individualized work experience at an elective level supervised for academic credit by a faculty member in an appropriate academic field. For specific procedures and regulations, see the section of catalogue on Other Learning Experiences. Graded CR/NC.
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NUR 301 - Transition to Baccalaureate Nursing Education 2 credits
This course bridges the RN student to higher education, technology and professional nursing: maximizing the health of persons by guiding, promoting health, and shaping the health environment. The course content is built on an assumed foundation of basic nursing preparation and clinical experience of the RN. Professional concepts are introduced to broaden career development. Preparation of a professional portfolio that serves as a basis for credit transfer of prior nursing education, experience and attainment of professional credentials is the primary course outcome. The course is offered as a hybrid model of education with a mix of face-to-face and online classes at the Fall River campus or on-site at various health care agencies in the region.
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NUR 302 - Selected Mechanisms of Disease and Related Pharmacology 3 credits
Prerequisites: RN status; BIO 221, 222, or ACT-PEP
Disease processes in humans. Content selected for study is chosen specifically to enhance the RN student’s understanding of basic pathophysiologic concepts and is essential to understand the rationale for clinical judgment and therapeutic intervention in disease conditions. The ability of human beings to adapt to stressors is discussed throughout the course. Concepts of pharmacology and drug therapy are integrated to allow students to utilize this information in clinical practice.
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NUR 303 - Disease and Pharmacology I 3 credits
Prerequisites: BIO 221, 223
Corequisites: BIO 222, 224
Introduction to disease processes in humans. Humans’ responses and adaptation to injury and disease are discussed throughout. The content selected for study provides the rationale for clinical decision making and therapeutic interventions in disease conditions. Concepts of pharmacology are integrated throughout the course.
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NUR 304 - Disease and Pharmacology II 3 credits
Prerequisites: Nursing major; At least Freshman standing
Introduction to disease processes in humans. Humans’ responses and adaptation to injury and disease are discussed throughout. The content selected for study provides the rationale for clinical decision making and therapeutic interventions in disease conditions. Concepts of pharmacology are integrated throughout the course.
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NUR 306 - Professional Nursing 3 credits I, E
Prerequisites: NUR 301; can be prerequisite or co-requisite
Professional role development for RN students, addressing nursing issues through critical analysis of the historical influences, philosophical perspectives, and socioeconomic factors which impact professional role development. Emphasis will be on theoretical knowledge influencing client outcomes in various settings. Effective, creative communication skills leading to role transformation behaviors will be encouraged through the use of group process activities.
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NUR 314 - Fundamentals of Nursing Research 3 credits
Prerequisites: Nursing Student Only
Introduces the student to research as it relates to nursing practice and consequent improvement in health care. Content includes research design, methods of data collection and exploration of analytical procedures for interpretation of data. Emphasis is placed upon the use of clinical nursing research findings.
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NUR 320 - Nursing Hospitalized Adults 4 credits
Prerequisites: NUR 304
The application of the nursing process consistent with ANA Standards of Clinical Nursing Practice in support of adult clients experiencing multiple alterations in optimal level of functioning (OLF). Focus is placed on nursing interventions appropriate to clients with acute needs and multiple nursing diagnoses. Critical thinking, communication, and therapeutic nursing intervention skill development are emphasized.
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NUR 322 - Holistic Health Assessment for Registered Nurses 4 credits
Prerequisites: Nursing Students Only
Builds upon RN knowledge and skill to conduct a holistic health assessment of persons that respects developmental differences across the life span. Emphasis is on health and development of persons. Assessment, consistent with the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice, is foundational to the nurses’s goal of maximizing health. Students will engage in caring behaviors and critical thiking when conducting a holistic assessment.
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NUR 326 - Care of Adults Experiencing Chronic Illness 4 credits
Prerequisites: NUR 250, 251
Corequisites: NUR 327
An examination of nursing interventions in promoting health and guiding the health care experience for the adult, and shaping a therapeutic environment along the course of common chronic illnesses. Chronic illness is viewed as a significant biographical element that offers both challenges and opportunities to maximize health. Knowledge pertinent to chronic illness is synthesized from many disciplinary frameworks guided by the nursing perspective and core nursing values. The effect of cultural issues, socio-economic issues, and health policy on chronic illness will also be discussed.
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NUR 327 - Experiential Learning: Nursing Care for Adults Experiencing Illness 5 credits
(15 practice hrs./week)
Corequisites: NUR 326
Experiential learning component addressing the nursing needs of adults experiencing acute and/or chronic illness in a hospitalsetting. Learners will apply theoretical knowledge related to illness and its manifestations. Emphasis is placed on developing professional nursing knowledge and skill that promotes the return to health, that guides the adult through the illness experience and that structures environments to support these processes.
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NUR 330 - Community Health Nursing 3 credits
Prerequisites: NUR 326, 327
Corequisites: NUR 331
Prepares the nursing student to promote health and provide care for the community and aggregate, with a special emphasis upon vulnerable populations as the focus of service. The student should gains the ability to identify strategies to promote health of families, groups, and populations in the community. The course uses Healthy People 2010 objectives and leading health indicators that reflect the major national health concerns. Principles of epidemiology, demography, environmental sciences, community organization, and health care political, economic, and legal influences are integrated with nursing concepts and principles to provide the basis for community nursing practice. Community and aggregate strengths and risks are identified. Special emphasis will be placed upon implementation strategies designed to promote the health of populations, guide populations to reduce identified health risks and to shape health policy.
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NUR 331 - Experiential Learning: Community Health Nursing 3 credits
(9 hrs practice/wk)
Prerequisites: NUR 326, 327; Junior Nursing Standing
Corequisites: NUR 330
Prepares the learner to promote health and provide care for the community and aggregate, with a special emphasis upon vulnerable populations as the focus of service. Aspects studied in NUR 330 are integrated with nursing concepts and principles to provide the basis for community nursing practice. Community and aggregate strengths and risks are identified through community health nursing process. Special emphasis will be placed upon implementation strategies designed to promote the health of populations, guide populations to reduce identified health risks and to shape health policy.
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NUR 332 - Concepts of Family Care 3 credits
Prerequisites: NUR 326, 327
Corequisites: NUR 331
This course introduces the student to application of nursing process to the family. Students will draw from a variety of theories and conceptual frameworks to guide the gathering and interpretation of assessment data. Emphasis is placed on assessment and nursing interventions to support or strengthen optimal level of functioning (OLF) for families across the life cycle.
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NUR 334 - Maternity and Women’s Health Nursing 3 credits
Prerequisites: NUR 326, 327; Nursing Majors only
Corequisites: NUR 335
Integration of women-centered theory and practice concepts that focus on the nurse’s role in promoting health for women and beginning families. Variables that place women, the developing child, and the family at risk or that could render a population vulnerable are identified and appropriate therapeutic interventions explored. Common health problems that women experience across the reproductive years are also explored. Learners are introduced to the role of the nurse in women’s health that promotes health, shapes supportive environments, and provides anticipatory guidance. Global issues affecting the health of women and their families will be explored. Within the context of professional values and accountability, ethical and legal issues impacting maternity and women’s health are presented.
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NUR 335 - Experiential Learning: Maternity and Women’s Health Nursing 3 credits
(9 hrs practice/wk)
Prerequisites: NUR 326, 327; Nursing majors only
Corequisites: NUR 334
Application of evidence-based nursing interventions aimed at promoting, guiding, and shaping the health care environment for women, mothers, infants and families builds on previously learned foundational nursing concepts and skills as well as concepts from the social and biological sciences. Within an ethical and legal framework, nursing interventions are designed to reflect professional values, accountability and advocacy. Clinical experiences in both acute care and community settings will offer the learner opportunities to care for women within a family context across the lifespan. Standards of care published by the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) serve as the guide for practice.
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NUR 336 - Child and Family Nursing 3 credits
Prerequisites: NUR 326, 327; Nursing Majors Only
Corequisites: NUR 337
Focuses on integrating prior knowledge, using scholarly inquiry, and designing therapeutic nursing interventions to promote health and manage illness in children from infancy through adolescence in partnership with their families. Emphasis is placed on applying knowledge of growth and development and health issues of children to plan and evaluate family centered nursing care that maximizes the health of children in a caring environment. Ethical, legal, cultural and advocacy concepts are explored. The ANA Standards of Care for the Pediatric Nurse (1996) and ANA Maternal Child Health Standards and the objectives of Healthy People 2010 that pertain to children and families provide the framework for constructing evidenced- based contemporary nursing care for children and families.
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NUR 337 - Experiential Learning: Child and Family Nursing 3 credits
(9 hrs practice/wk)
Prerequisites: NUR 326, 327
Corequisites: NUR 336
Provides an opportunity for experiential learning designed to develop nursing skills unique to the care of children and families from an individual, family and aggregate perspective. The learner promotes healthy growth and development in children, shapes safe, supportive environments, provides anticipatory guidance to families, uses appropriate community resources, and provides evidenced-based, clinically competent therapeutic interventions for children who are healthy or experiencing an illness. The experiences in this course also foster professional development of accountability and responsibility for learning, identifying ethical and legal dimensions of practice, and integrating nursing care with that of other health care providers.
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NUR 340 - Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 3 credits
Prerequisites: NUR 326, 327
Corequisites: NUR 341
Introduces learners to the theoretical concepts that promote health in persons with brain disorders. Nursing interventions that support and promote the mental health of individuals, groups and communities toward health and shape therapeutic environments will be identified and explored. Curent ANA Scope and Standards of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing practice will guide the planning and evaluation of expected outcomes of care.
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NUR 341 - Experiential Learning: Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing 3 credits
(9 hrs practice/wk)
Prerequisites: NUR 326, 327; Junior Nursing Standing
Corequisites: NUR 340
Complements the theoretical concepts presented in NUR 340. Various mental health sites in the area will be selected for placement. Students will observe and practice diverse interventions that promote an individual’s mental health, guide them in their mental health care, and help to shape a therapeutic environment. Clinical settings, which treat individuals with severe and persistent mental illness, will be selected. Current standards of practice in a multidisciplinary team will guide the planning and evaluation of expected outcomes of care.
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NUR 396 - Directed Study 3 credits
Conditions and hours to be arranged
Prerequisites: Nursing major; At least Freshman standing
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered.
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NUR 408 - Transition to Professional Practice 3 credits
Prerequisites: Senior Nursing Standing
Exploration of historical, socioeconomic, and political forces that influence the profession of nursing and the health care delivery system. Leadership and team building skills are identified and developed to shape professional nursing practice that promotes health and facilitates the learner’s transition to professional nursing practice. Application of principles of safety and quality in healthcare systems are addressed. Guided by the ANA Scope & Standards of Practice (2004 ed.).
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NUR 409 - Leadership in Nursing three credits
This course will focus upon theories and key concepts associated with leadership and organizational skills as they pertain to the role of the professional nurse. Knowledge and skills associated with functioning as a manager of care as well as a member of the healthcare team will be considered, including strategies to enhance personal and professional effectiveness. Contemporary health care issues will be discussed related to quality and patient safety and the role of the nurse in effecting improved patient outcomes individually and collaboratively in teams.
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NUR 420 - Nursing Hospitalized Adults four credits
The application of the nursing process consistent with ANA Standards of Clinical Nursing Practice in support of adult clients experiencing multiple alterations in optimal level of functioning (OLF). Focus is placed on nursing interventions appropriate to clients with acute needs and multiple nursing diagnoses. Critical thinking, communication, and therapeutic nursing intervention skill development are emphasized.
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NUR 421 - Pschiatric Mental Health Clinic three credits
Theory/clinical lab course introducing the student to selected nursing and other theories of psychiatric and mental health nursing as the basis for application of nursing process to individuals with alterations in mental health. The goal of nursing with the client population is to promote optimal mental health of individuals and small groups within the context of the family and community. Emphasis will be on the evaluation of client outcomes attributable to care provided by nursing and other members of the health team.
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NUR 450 - Nursing of Adults Experiencing Complex Health Problems 3 credits
Prerequisites: Senior Nursing Standing
Corequisites: NUR 451 and 455
Focuses on nursing care of adult clients experiencing complex health problems, those with unpredictable outcomes, consistent with the ANA (2004) Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice. Therapeutic interventions address the nurse’s leadership role of promoting health, guiding the person, and shaping the health environment through advocacy, multidisciplinary collaboration, evaluation of outcomes and effective management of resources. Socio-environmental factors influencing the person, nurse and health care decisions are analyzed.
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NUR 451 - Experiential Learning: Nursing of Adults Experiencing Complex Health Problems 2 credits
(6 hrs practice/wk)
Prerequisites: Senior Nursing Standing
The clinical management role of the professional nurse in the nursing care of older adults. Nursing practice occurs in skilled nursing facilities and other settings that provide students with the opportunity for clinical decision making, health promotion, health teaching, and referral within the long-term care system. Long-term care system regulatory processes, public policy, legal and ethical issues, and socioeconomic and cultural variables will be considered as they affect client outcomes.
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NUR 452 - Nursing Care of Persons with Chronic Illness 3 credits
Prerequisites: NUR 306, NUR 322
The nursing management of adults experiencing chronic health problems with complex responses. Emphasis is placed on the assessment of the functional health status of middle and older adults and families in multiple care settings. This theory/clinical course is designed to provide students with knowledge from bio-psycho-social sciences, nursing theory and research, and philosophy that supports a multidimensional perspective on the experience of chronicity. Selected concepts of chronicity are applied in clinical experiences with clients across the continuum of care. Nursing models are used to guide implementation of the nursing process for adults of various developmental stages. Course awards three clinical credits.
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NUR 453 - Nursing Care of Persons with Chronic Illness 3 credits
Prerequisites: NUR 306, NUR 322
The nursing management of adults experiencing chronic health problems with complex responses. Emphasis is placed on the assessment of the functional health status of middle and older adults and families in multiple care settings. This theory/clinical course is designed to provide students with knowledge from bio-psycho-social sciences, nursing theory and research, and philosophy that supports a multidimensional perspective on the experience of chronicity. Selected concepts of chronicity are applied in clinical experiences with clients across the continuum of care. Nursing models are used to guide implementation of the nursing process for adults of various developmental stages. Course awards three clinical credits.
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NUR 455 - Experience Program: Senior Mentorship 3 credits
Prerequisites: Senior Nursing Standing
Corequisites: NUR 450 and 451
Provides students with repeated opportunities to critically analyze and apply knowledge and skills learned previously in the program to the care of persons, families, and communities under the supervision of a nurse-preceptor. The students’ role consists of promoting health, guiding persons and families through the health care experience, and shaping the health environment to maximize health in a practice setting of the stuent’s choice. The practice setting may be maternal-child health, community health, psychiatric-mental health, sub-acute, long term care, or home care. In the acute care areas, medical, surgical, intensive or other critical areas may be selected. The concentrated clinical practicum supports the socialization and professional development of students while maximizing clinical competence. Students identify personal learning needs and objectives prior to the experience.
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NUR 460 - RN Senior Mentorship 3 credits
(9 hrs practice/week)
Prerequisites: NUR 302, 306, 314, 322, 332
Synthesis experiential learning course, providing students with repeated opportunities to critically analyze and apply knowledge and skills learned previously in the program to the care of persons, families, and communities. The students’ role consists of promoting health, guiding persons and families through the health care experience, and shaping the health environment to maximize health in a practice setting of the student’s choice. The concentrated clinical practicum supports the socialization and professional development of students while maximizing clinical competence.
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NUR 481 - Women’s Health Seminar 3 credits
Prerequisites: Nursing major; At least Freshman standing
Research into the causes, treatments, and prevention of health problems that affect the quality of life of adult women in the United States. Material from the NIH, Office of Research on Women’s Health, and other relevant studies will be reviewed using electronic and other data sources. Issues that pertain to women’s health will be addressed as related to diseases, disorders, and conditions that are unique to, more prevalent among, or far more serious for women than for men. Factors such as biological processes, lifestyle, racial, ethnic, age, and socioeconomic variables will be studied.
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NUR 485 - Environmental Health 3 credits S
Prerequisites: Introductory Chemistry or Biology or permission of the instructor
The interaction of the environment and human health, from the perspective of an ecological framework. Physical, psychological, and psychosocial health responses to environmental toxins and infectious agents will be a central theme. Previous endeavors to maintain and improve the environment through the legislative process, public policy and regulation will be studied by examining case studies. The effects of war on the environment and public health will also be studied. (Only the 485 level carries general Education credit.)
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NUR 495 - Independent Study variable credits
Conditions and hours to be arranged
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; permission of instructor, department chairperson, and college dean
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area not otherwise part of the discipline’s course offerings.
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NUR 496 - Directed Study 3 credits
Conditions and hours to be arranged
Prerequisites: Nursing major; At least Freshman standing
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered.
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NUR 500 - Theory Building in Nursing 3 credits
Examination of (a) components of theories, various activities of theory development and theoretical/conceptual analysis, and (b) the evolution and status of theory development in nursing. Particular emphasis will be placed on the relationship of theory-research-practice in nursing knowledge development.
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NUR 503 - Transition to Advanced Practice Nursing 3 credits
Designed for nurses with bachelor degrees in areas other than nursing. Its purpose is to provide a common knowledge base including the community perspective as a foundation for graduate study in nursing. The realities of modern nursing practice are examined.
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NUR 508 - Managing Health Care Finances 3 credits
Reviews theory and provides opportunities for skills acquisition in managing health care financial resources at the agency level. Course awards two theory credits and one practicum credt.
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NUR 511 - Research Methodology in Nursing 3 credits
Assists students in identifying and exploring researchable problems in nursing. Components of the research process are examined. Both qualitative and quantitative approaches to generating and testing nursing knowledge along with underlying philosophical assumptions of each approach are examined. The focus of the course is on (a) understanding and judging the usefulness of scientific information for clinical nursing practice, (b) valuing research as a basis for professional nursing and © collaborating in research activities.
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NUR 520 - Health Care Systems 3 credits
The nature of the health care system. The focus will be on the history, development, financing, and regulation of the health care system. Selected mechanisms for change such as policy formation, cost analysis, rationing, accreditation, and quality assurance programs will be examined.
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NUR 540 - Biostatistics and Epidemiology 3 credits
Basic principles and methods of biostatistics and epidemiology and their applicability in the field of public health nursing. Basic skills needed to interpret the literature relevant to public health practitioners are learned.
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NUR 542 - Curriculum Development in Nursing 3 credits
Identifying and exploring current problems in nursing education. This seminar focuses on (a) understanding the conceptual issues in nursing education, (b) evaluating the usefulness of various approaches in nursing education, (c) valuing multiple approaches and styles both in teaching and learning, and (d) developing skills in nursing education.
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NUR 543 - Topics in Ethics and Distributive Justice 3 credits
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor
Current ethical issues in health care embedded in theoretical frameworks of distributive justice, ethics and feminism. Students from various advanced practice arenas of human services including nursing, philosophy, political science, criminal justice, and the social sciences debate and analyze specific ethical issues inherent in their advanced practice. A multidisciplinary approach provides the students with a comprehensive perspective for analyzing ethical issues.
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NUR 544 - Teaching, Learning, and Evaluation in Nursing Education 3 credits
(2 theory, 1 pract.)
Prerequisites: NUR 542
Integrate and apply teaching, learning, and evaluation theories, concepts, and strategies from the disciplines of nursing and education. Focuses on practical application of skills related to planning, designing, and implementing a nursing and/or health education program, selecting teaching strategies to promote critical thinking, and developing and implementing an evaluation strategy. Practicum applies selected teaching, learning, and evaluation concepts in a small teaching/learning project in an area relevant to students’ educational and/ or practice interests.
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NUR 545 - Collaboration across Continuum of Care 3 credits
Explores the continuum of care from community to acute care settings. Concepts of interdisciplinary collaboration and case management will be explored in an effort to improve the health of clients across the health care system. Issues related to particular needs of clients such as vulnerability, migration, culture, language, health literacy, diversity and social justice will be examined. Community resources for client needs will be identified for nursing practice.
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NUR 547 - Population Health 3 credits
(2 theory, 1 pract.)
Role of the nurse in the application of public health principles to reduce the burden of disease. Healthy People 2010 objectives provides focus for the course. Public health theories, community organization models, community health education strategies and theories of behavior change will be addressed. Ethics for population health will be applied to case examples.
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NUR 550 - Pathophysiological Bases for Advanced Nursing 3 credits
Practice The interrelationship of human systems and the effect of illness on the individual as a whole. Students examine prototypic concepts and patterns related to clinical physiology using current texts and research literature. The pathophysiology of various body processes such as oxygenation, perfusion, digestion, elimination and defense are considered. The dynamics of stress, ischemia, edema, and pain are presented. Students analyze physiological problems in-depth as they relate to specific clients.
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NUR 551 - Standards and Outcomes in Advanced Practice Nursing 3 credits
This course explores the scope, standards, and outcomes of advanced practice nursing. The evolution of the advanced practice role is considered by examining the historical background, current realities, and future directions. Students analyze the role components of expert clinician, educator, consultant, and case manager, in the care of adult clients. Standards of practice, development, and use of protocols/practice guidelines, and evidence of improved health outcomes are analyzed as mechanisms to promote delivering quality care. Critical thinking, written and oral communication, and therapeutic nursing intervention skill development are emphasized.
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NUR 552 - Advanced Assessment for Primary Care 3 credits
(1 theory, 2 lab/ practicum)
Prerequisites: Permission of faculty
Establishes a foundation for assessment in primary care through didactic, laboratory modules, and practicum experiences. Emphasis is on health history interviewing, basic physical examination using four modalities, and beginning skill development in differential diagnosis. The course is restricted to the adult including emphasis on gender, racially diverse and aging populations.
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NUR 553 - Clinical Pharmacology for Ambulatory Care 3 credits
Prerequisites: NUR 550
Pharmacological agents used in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of human disease and injury in the adult. The focus is on the basis for the clinical use of drug therapy. Characterization, evaluation and comparison of drugs form the frame- work for this course. Classes of drugs will be critically evaluated in terms of desired effects and degree of tolerable undesired effects. Clinical pharmacological concerns related to aging, drug interactions, and legalities will be addressed.
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NUR 556 - Introduction to Primary Care 4 credits
(2 theory, 2 pract.)
Prerequisites: NUR 550,552, 553
Nursing care of the adult client who is experiencing acute episodic illness within the context of the community setting. The content reflects knowledge necessary for providing primary care services in an ever changing, ever evolving health care climate. It will build on the student’s knowledge of physical assessment, pathophysiology, pharmacology and other treatment modalities, emphasizing knowledge and skill of health promotion, screening, maintenance, diagnosis, differential diagnosis and management of care in collaboration with other health professionals. Nursing care and treatment modalities will be stressed with each patient. Clinical experiences will be with preceptors in a variety of settings.
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NUR 585 - Environmental Health 3 credits S
Prerequisites: Introductory Chemistry or Biology or permission of the instructor
The interaction of the environment and human health, from the perspective of an ecological framework. Physical, psychological, and psychosocial health responses to environmental toxins and infectious agents will be a central theme. Previous endeavors to maintain and improve the environment through the legislative process, public policy and regulation will be studied by examining case studies. The effects of war on the environment and public health will also be studied.
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NUR 585 - Environmental Health 3 credits
The interaction of the environment and human health, from the perspective of an ecological framework. Physical, psychological, and psychosocial health responses to environmental toxins and infectious agents will be a central theme. Previous endeavors to maintain and improve the environment through the legislative process, public policy and regulation will be studied by examining case studies. The effects of war on the environment and public health will also be studied.
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NUR 595 - Independent Study variable credits
Conditions and hours to be arranged
Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; permission of instructor, graduate director, and college dean
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area not otherwise a part of the discipline’s course offerings.
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NUR 596 - Directed Study variable credits
Conditions and hours to be arranged
Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor, graduate director, and college dean.
Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered.
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NUR 600 - Relational Ontology 3 credits
(2 theory, 1 pract.)
Designed to assist the advanced practice nurse to articulate and advance the relational ethic of care, the moral agency of the nurse and the therapeutic ways of being in nursing practice. Through active learner engagement and reflection, nursing practice and decision- making will be critically examined from numerous perspectives of an ethic of care. The student will use multiple ways of knowing to comprehend, design, implement and communicate theory based compassionate nursing care in a selected setting.
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NUR 610 - Capstone/Thesis Direction 1 credits
The student registers for this credit while working with their major advisor on the conduct and report of the research proposal developed in NUR 511. The completed study will be submitted as a Capstone or Thesis. The report must be acceptable (P/F), but will not carry a letter grade.
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NUR 611 - Translating Knowledge to Practice: Collaborative Project 3 credits
(2 theory, 1 pract.)
Prerequisites: 27 credits or final year of graduate program must be completed
Requires a student to integrate knowledge from prior course work and learning experiences to study a current nursing problem. This will involve analyzing the components of a strategic plan to address a problem, planning the execution of a solution to the problem, and implementing its completion. The student will work in a team that applies approaches and tactics from a variety of disciplines, theories and philosophical perspectives to an existing or simulated situation or professional practice issue.
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NUR 621 - Perspectives on The Illness Experience 3 credits
Develops an in depth examination of the scientific, experiential and existential perspectives of illness. A focus on chronic or disruptive illness includes the influence of technology, western and eastern perspectives, and social policy on the individual’s experience and illness management decisions. Varied examples of illness events demonstrate the interaction of the person, family and health care providers.
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NUR 622 - Practicum: Perspectives on Illness variable credits
Prerequisites: Pre- or corequisite: NUR 621
Employs participatory observation and direct clinical encounters as strategies to explore the client experience of serious illness. Students are expected to uncover the client’s personal experience as well as examples of scientific perspectives on the illness experience. Nursing strategies specific to the person’s experience with illness in western culture are identified and explored in relationship to desired client outcomes. Beginning leadership skills in the management of persons living with extended and serious illnesses are demonstrated.
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NUR 623 - Application of Nursing Knowledge to Practice 3 credits
Prerequisites: NUR 621, 622
Focuses on the interrelationships of theory, research and practice in the care of persons with selected chronic illnesses and the application and measurement of evidence-based practice within varied clinical environments. Historical, political, developmental and contextual factors that influence the nursing care of persons with a variety of chronic illnesses will be explored. Both interdisciplinary and nurse-centered models of illness management will highlight course content. Three practicum credits.
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NUR 624 - Application of knowledge Practicum variable credits
Prerequisites: NUR 621, 622
Application, development and evaluation of theoretical, research and evidence-based interventions in various clinical settings for populations of persons with chronic illness. The role of the nurse as a team leader and as an interdisciplinary team member in models of illness management will be explored. Historical, political, developmental and contextual factors that influence models of care will highlight course content.
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NUR 652 - Primary Care II 4 credits
(2 theory, 2 pract.)
Prerequisites: NUR 556
Provides a broad overview of common acute and chronic clinical problems that are encountered in primary care practice. Topics will include increasingly complex diagnostic and management issues that the nurse practitioner addresses in clinical practice. The continuing development of advanced practice skills in patient assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning is reinforced. Professional, legal and political dimensions of the role are addressed. Clinical experiences will be with preceptors in a variety of settings.
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NUR 654 - Advanced Nursing Management of Illness-related Phenomena 5 credits
(2 theory, 3 pract.)
Prerequisites: NUR 652
Emphasizes the negotiated management of illness-related phenomena throughout a chronic illness. Relevant theoretical foundations, expanded clinical knowledge, and complex nursing interventions are explored and further synthesized into client- based theories and measurable outcome criteria. The practicum focuses on the application of advanced practice knowledge to manage (directly and indirectly) a wide range of illness-related phenomena.
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NUR 681 - Assessment and Planning for Population Health Practice 3 credits
Prerequisites: NUR 540, 547
Examines community health nursing principles in assessing problems, planning, implementing and evaluating health programs for population health. Community assessment of strengths and needs to identify health care problems in the region will be studied. Models of health planning will guide the development of program plans that address identified health issues, with special emphasis on needs of the underserved, diverse populations, and vulnerable populations. Funding sources will also be explored to generate project proposals. The course explores community organization, coalition development and evidence-based public health practice.
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NUR 682 - Practicum in Assessment and Planning for Population Health Practice 3 credits
Prerequisites: Pre- or corequisite: NUR 681
Application of principles of social change, community organization, planning, and evaluation to develop effective community health nursing programs. Working within a community framework, the student will develop a community health project as an intervention for a previously identified community health problem. Three practicum credits.
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NUR 683 - Implementation and Evaluation for Population Health Practice 3 credits
Prerequisites: NUR 681,682
Examines the theoretical basis of program implementation/evaluation and quality management for effective advanced practice in community health nursing. The student will critically analyze existing taxonomies, databases and outcome measures to identify their appropriate use in measuring program effectiveness. Students will gain evaluation research skills through analysis of existing programs and refine those skills by identifying variables that have the potential to improve the effectiveness of community health nursing programs.
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NUR 684 - Practicum in Implementation & Evaluation for Population Health Practice 3 credits
Prerequisites: Pre- or Corequisite: NUR 683
Applies evaluation skills to enhance the quality management of public health/ community health nursing interventions or programs. Major focus is on measurement of outcomes, quality management, and cost effectiveness. Students conduct an evaluation of a community nursing intervention or program by identifying and measuring critical variables including cost and by creating or analyzing a computerized database. Three practicum credits.
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