2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin - NMU Bulletin

• Offered: Winter
• Prerequisites: ET 212, ET 360 and MA 161.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Students are introduced to the fundamentals of automatic control systems including analysis and design. Classical control system topics include system response and performance characteristics, stability criteria and analysis, dominant pole approximation, phase and PID compensator design. MATLAB and SIMULINK are used to aid in the analysis and design of control systems.  Calculus-based methods are used to aid the students understanding of PID control systems. The laboratory work introduces modern techniques needed for the design and implementation of automatic control systems.

• Offered: Summer
• Graded: S/U
• Co-requisites: PN 139.
• Prerequisites: "C" or better in PN 137 and PN 138, and good standing at NMU.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

In this course the student cares for women during pregnancy, labor, and experiencing postpartum. The care of the normal newborn and special needs newborn is experienced. The care of the pediatric patient is experienced in acute care, ambulatory care and in community settings. Students will perform basic skills required to care for the mother, newborn infant and the pediatric age patient. The student will spend time in the Nursing Technology Center (NTC), simulated classroom, and clinical care facilities.

• Offered: Summer
• Co-requisites: PN 140.
• Prerequisites: "C" or better in PN 137 and PN 138, and good standing at NMU.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

In this course the student cares for women during pregnancy, labor, and experiencing postpartum. The student will learn care of the normal newborn, newborn with special needs and pediatric age patient.

• Offered: Winter
• Co-requisites: PN 137.
• Prerequisites: "C" or better in PN 127, PN 128, NU 221, and good standing at NMU.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

In this course the students will apply the concepts of health and illness while mastering the performance of the skills required for the care of their patients.

• Offered: Winter
• Co-requisites: PN 138.
• Prerequisites: "C" or better in PN 127, PN 128, NU 221, and good standing at NMU.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course is designed to introduce the students to major concepts of health and illness from pediatric age through adult and the elderly population. Students will learn the nursing care in a variety of settings. Learning is structured within concepts of functions like hydration and oxygenation and what is considered normal or abnormal for a patient. This will prepare practical nursing students for the complexity of care they will deliver to patients in a variety of settings.

• Offered: Fall
• Graded: S/U
• Co-requisites: PN 127.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

In this course the student will apply theoretic nursing concepts for the mastering of basic nursing skills. The learning experiences take place in both the nursing arts lab and in long term health care facilities.

• Offered: Fall
• Co-requisites: PN 128.
• Prerequisites: Admission to the Practical Nursing (PN) Certificate Program.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course introduces principle concepts upon which nursing care is based and the nurse’s role in carrying out the nursing process. Patient care is taught from the perspective concepts of human needs and stages of development.

This does not take the place of PN 114 and will need to be completed at a 2.0 or above with a maximum of two times.

• Offered: Fall Winter
• Prerequisites: Audition.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

One individual half-hour lesson per week with emphasis on development of repertoire, technical dexterity and musicianship in playing the harp. Prior harp playing experience is not required.

May be repeated for credit (no limit on repeats).

• Offered: Every other fall
• Prerequisites: CJ 110.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

Course examines the subjects of firearm ownership, use and violence in the United States. Topics include the technical aspects of firearms; the Second Amendment to the US Constitution; the research on firearm violence; and the arguments for and against gun control.

• Offered: Contact department
• Prerequisites: Junior standing, minimum grade of "C" in NU 301 or instructor permission.
• Bulletin Year: 2021 - 2022 Undergraduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.

This course will provide students with an intense immersion into the care of patients and their family at end of life. Students will have an opportunity to learn about palliative care, pain management, symptom management, ethical/legal issues, cultural/spiritual considerations, communication, loss, grief and bereavement.