Leah McGraw

Dedicated Nursing Student focused on acquiring clinical skills and knowledge to enhance patient care. Experience in childcare and leading Peer Review Sessions demonstrates strong communication, adaptability, and cultural awareness. Proficient in strategic planning, prioritization, conflict resolution, and team collaboration.

Basic Life Support from American Heart Association, Issued 9/8/2026

Member of Nursing Profession - FALL 2024

Hours:

• Lecture (30 clock hours)

Course Description:

Introduction to and application of professional nursing roles within the U.S. and global health care systems. It includes discussion of ways of thinking, professional ethics, Christian values and factors that motivate and influence Christian nurses. As members of the profession, students are introduced to the use of information management skills, concepts of care, and the culture of the profession from a Biblical and Christian framework.

SPRING 2025

Health Promotion and Wellness - SPRING 2025

Hours:

• Lecture (30 clock hours)

Course Description:

Introduction to and application of professional nursing roles within the U.S. and global health care systems. It includes discussion of ways of thinking, professional ethics, Christian values and factors that motivate and influence Christian nurses. As members of the profession, students are introduced to the use of information management skills, concepts of care, and the culture of the profession from a Biblical and Christian framework.

Experience in Health Promotion - SPRING 2025

Hours:

• Lecture (1.5 clock hours)
• Lab/Simulation (14.6 clock hours)
• Clinical (11.25 clock hours)

Course Description:

Through course content, theories of health and wellness are explored as foundational concepts of the professional nursing role. Students are introduced to the principles of nutrition, culture and diversity, development across the lifespan, and multi-dimensional nursing care. The development of a biblical worldview related to health and wholeness is emphasized.

Roles in Disease Prevention - FALL 2025

Hours:

• Lecture (41.25 clock hours)
• Lab/Simulation (22.5 clock hours)
• Clinical (8 clock hours)

Course Description:

Principles of disease prevention are explored as foundational concepts of the professional role, emphasizing safety, communication, infection control, nutrition, stress, coping, anxiety, and grief. The course focuses on the development of systematic approaches to individual health and physical assessment and documentation of findings using appropriate technology in both laboratory and clinical settings.

Roles in Disease Management - SPRING 2026

Hours:

• Lecture (41.25 clock hours)
• Lab/Simulation (22.5 clock hours)
• Clinical (11.25 clock hours)

Course Description:

An introduction to the concepts of pathophysiology and disease management as they are used to provide nursing care to patients across the life span. Focus is on the use of a broad range of psychomotor skills required to intervene on behalf of clients with pathophysiologic imbalances in health. Students begin to develop the professional role of provider of care within the contexts of disease, ethics, diversity, evidence, personal values and critical reasoning both in the laboratory and clinical settings.

• Vital signs
• ADLs
• Physical assessment
• Sterile dressing change
• Wound care
• Restraints
• Specimen collection
• Oxygenation delivery
• Tracheostomy suction, care, and change
• Foley placement and discontinuation
• Injections
• NG placement and discontinuation
• Enteral feedings
• IV insertion
• CVL dressing change
• EKG placement