NURSE 5508      Advanced Growth and Development
This course is designed to provide students with advanced comprehensive knowledge regarding the physical growth and psychosocial development from birth to 21 years of age within the context of the child's family and community. Analysis and interpretation of growth and development patterns will be examined as they relate to primary health care of children, birth to 21 years of age aiding in the determination of the health status.
Credits: 1 hours
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NURSE 5509      Technical Foundations of Advanced Practice
This course will provide students with the advanced informatics skills necessary to develop an evidence-based reflective practice. Self-paced progressive modules will allow students to use advanced health care technologies to develop and apply informatics skills so that they can manage and communicate advanced clinical information and knowledge.
Credits: 1 hours
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NURSE 5515NA      Role Of The Nurse Administrator
This course builds upon the fundamentals of advanced practice nursing by focusing on the subrole of the nurse administrator. Content focuses on essential knowledge for today's senior and executive level manager in health care. Core content are principles of administration, resource management, managed care, budgeting, marketing, health care delivery system evaluation, and utilization of theory and research. This course consists of three hours of lecture/discussion per week. Due to the experiential learning activity associated with time spent with a nurse leader this class meets every OTHER week. Prerequisite: Admission to the MSN program or permission of instructor.
Credits: 3 hours
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NURSE 5515NE      Role of the Nurse Educator
This course will explore the role of the nurse educator within the academic, acute care, and outpatient settings. Emphasis will be on the development, evaluation, differences and implementation of the nurse educator in the functional roles. Students are introduced to the NLN Core Competencies of Nurse Educators to evaluate their own practice. Ethical and legal issues related to practice as a nurse educator are discussed.
Credits: 3 hours
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NURSE 5516      Curriculum Development in Nursing
This course prepares the nurse educator to develop, review, and evaluate nursing curricula. Emphasis will be placed on theoretical foundations, principles of program evaluation, and issues in curriculum design. Prerequisites: N5515NE or consent of instructor
Credits: 3 hours
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NURSE 5517      Teaching Strategiesin Nursing
This course examines principles, techniques, and evaluation methods in teaching nursing. Techniques concerning classroom management, writing objectives, test creation, clinical analysis and item analysis will be discussed. Emphasis will be placed on respecting the diverse learning needs of students in the educational environment. Prerequisites/Co-requisite: NURSE 5515NE or consent of instructor.
Credits: 3 hours
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NURSE 5526      Health Promotion Across The Lifespan
This course is designed to provide students with a strong knowledge base related to concepts of health promotion and health protection for clients across the life span. Clients are conceptualized as individuals, families and populations. An application of various developmental theories for the child, adult, older adult and family will provide the basis to individualize health-care needs for various age and family groups. Core concepts for the course include: theories of health and health promotion and protection, reasoned action, health belief model, epidemiology, disease and injury privation, health education, growth and development, nutrition, and family systems theory. Prerequisites/Co-Requisites: NURSE 5550 Theoretical Foundations in Nursing.
Credits: 3 hours
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NURSE 5527      Cultural Diversity & Values
This course explores how each individual's life context and social, cultural, political, historical, and economic influences (that is, one's culture) shape or, ""construct"" that individual's values, beliefs and behaviors. Applying concepts and theory from anthropology, philosophy, sociology, and nursing, the course expands students' basic knowledge of cultural diversity, approaches to culture and cultural competency, values and ethics-related terminology, theories of moral development, culture and value assessment skills, and ethical decision-making models for clinical practice. The values inherent in the development of advanced practice nursing are explored, and students examine their own understanding of the moral nature of advanced practice nursing. Core concepts for the course include: cultural awareness, cultural knowledge, cultural skill, cultural encounter, values clarification, ethical analysis, conflict of interest, and conflict resolution strategies. Offered: Every Fall, Every Summer
Credits: 3 hours
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NURSE 5528      Policy, Politics & Professional Ethics In Health Care
This course presents an overview of policy, politics, financing and professional ethics within the health care organizations and systems, with emphasis on current trends. Attention is given to the relationship between these issues and improving nursing health care delivery and outcomes. Offered: Every Winter & Every Summer
Credits: 3 hours
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NURSE 5530A      The Experience Of Health In Aging: Physiological
This one-credit hour course is designed for students interested in understanding the role of health in the aging population. The 530A course will focus primarily on physiologic and psychological/cognitive functioning of the older adult. Theoretical, empirical and applied knowledge of the aging process is presented. This knowledge is utilized in assessing and interpreting the physiological and psychological influences of the aging on health. This knowledge may also be used in developing strategies for the promotion, restoration, and maintenance of health in the aging population. This course meets for five weeks. Additionally, a field experience encompasses assessment and written documentation of in-person interviews conducted with an older adult. Instructional class activities include lecture, group discussion, written reactions, dialogue with visiting speakers, and health assessment papers presented by students.
Credits: 1 hours
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NURSE 5530B      The Experience Of Helath In Aging: Relationship
This one-credit hour course is designed for students interested in understanding the role of health, environment and relationships in the aging population. The N530B course will focus primarily on loss/grief and relationships as these relate to the older adult. Theoretical, empirical and applied knowledge of the aging process is presented. This knowledge is utilized in assessing and interpreting the influences of relationships, intimacy, loss, grief, and dying on health. This knowledge may also be used in developing strategies for the promotion, restoration, and maintenance of health in the aging population. This course meets for five weeks. Additionally, a field experience encompasses assessment and written documentation of in-person interviews conducted with an older adult. Instructional class activities include lecture, group discussion, written reactions, dialogue with visiting speakers, and health assessment papers presented by students. Offered: Every Winter
Credits: 1 hours
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NURSE 5530C      The Experience Of Health In Aging: Community
This one-credit hour course is designed for students interested in understanding the role of health, community, systems and service delivery in the aging population. The N530C course will focus primarily on community, health systems and service delivery as these relate to the older adult. Theoretical, empirical and applied knowledge of aging and the health system and delivery process is presented. This knowledge is utilized in assessing and interpreting the influence of the community and health care delivery systems on the health of older adults. This knowledge may also be used in developing strategies for the promotion, restoration, and maintenance of health in the aging population. This course meets for five weeks. Additionally, a field experience encompasses assessment and written documentation of in-person interviews conducted with an older adult. Instructional class activities include lecture, group discussion, written reactions, dialogue with visiting speakers, and health assessment papers presented by students. Offered: Every Winter
Credits: 1 hours
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NURSE 5546      Foundations of Family Psychiatric Nursing Advanced Practice
This foundational course focuses on factors impacting mental health and the development of psychiatric disorders. The scope of practice and roles if the Family Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner will be introduced. Exploration of the foundations of therapeutic modalities both pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic is included. Comprehensive psychiatric evaluation skills will be developed. Attention will be given top the development of therapeutic relationships, assessment considerations across the lifespan, crises evaluation and different types of diagnostic tools and approaches. Diagnostic reasoning skills will be applied to mental illness and students will begin to integrate assessment finding into diagnoses found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual if Mental Disorders. CO-requisite: N5547M Diagnostic Reasoning/Health Assessment.
Credits: 2 hours
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NURSE 5547A      Diagnostic Reasoning/Advanced Assessment
This course is designed to provide a systematic approach to the advanced assessment of physiological, psychological, sociocultural, developmental and spiritual assessment of individuals. This course builds on basic health assessment skills and emphasizes utilizing advanced assessment skills, interpretation of diagnostic testing and lab values, validation, documentation and analysis of findings through diagnostic reasoning to develop and process differential diagnosis. This course consists of 3 hours lecture/discussion and 1 hour of clinical/lab credit (75 clock hours). Prerequisites: Free-standing Health Assessment Course.
Credits: 4 hours
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NURSE 5547C      Diagnostic Reasoning/Advanced Assessment
This course is designed to provide an evidence-based systematic approach to the advanced assessment of physiological, psychological, sociocultural, developmental and spiritual assessment of individuals. The course builds on basic health assessment skills and emphasizes advanced assessment skills, lab work interpretation, validation, documentation and analysis of assessment findings to further develop an evidence-based practice. This course consists of three hours of didactic discussion and 1 hour of clinical/lab credit. Prerequisites: Free-standing Health Assessment course.
Credits: 4 hours
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NURSE 5547F      Diagnostic Reasoning/Advanced Assessment
This course is designed to provide a systematic approach to the advanced assessment of physiological, psychological, sociocultural, developmental and spiritual assessment of individuals. This course builds on basic health assessment skills and emphasizes utilizing advanced assessment skills, interpretation of diagnostic testing and lab values, validation, documentation and analysis of finding through diagnostic reasoning to develop and process differential diagnosis. This course consists of 3 hours lecture/discussion and 1 hour of clinical/lab credit (75 clock hours). Prerequisites: Free-standing Health Assessment Course.
Credits: 4 hours
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NURSE 5547M      Diagnostic Reasoning/Health Assessment
This course is designed to provide a systematic approach to the advanced assessment of physiological, psychological, socio-cultural, developmental and spiritual assessment of individuals. The course builds on basic health assessment skills and emphasizes utilizing advanced assessment skills, interpretation of diagnostic testing and lab values, validation, documentation and analysis of findings through diagnostic reasoning to develop and process differential diagnosis. Comprehensive and symptom focused examination and diagnostics will be covered with an emphasis on relationship of physical health and mental health. The course consists of two hours of didactic/discussion and one hour of clinical/lab credit (75 clock hours). Prerequisites: N5548 Adv. Pathophysiology CO-requisites: N5546 Foundations of Family Psychiatric Nursing Advanced Practice.
Credits: 3 hours
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NURSE 5547N      Advanced Assessment of The Neonate
This course is designed to provide a systematic approach to advanced assessment of physiological, psychological, sociocultural, developmental and spiritual assessment of the fetus, the mother during the prenatal period, and the neonate . This course builds on basic health assessment skills and emphasizes advanced assessment skills, diagnostic test interpretation, validation, documentation and analysis of prenatal, genetic and embryological factors impacting neonatal health and development. This three credit hour course consists of two hours of didactic / discussion per week and forty hours of clinical/lab per semester.Prerequisites: Admission to the MSN NNP program
Credits: 3 hours
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NURSE 5547NE      Health Assessment & Clinical Reasoning for Nurse Educators
This course is designed to provide a systematic approach to teaching physiological, psychological, sociocultural, developmental and spiritual assessment. This course builds on basic health assessment skill and emphasizes 1) comprehensive assessment skills, interpretation of laboratory skills, validation of findings, documentation and analysis of assessment findings; and 2) teaching strategies- teaching methodologies, clinical application, and student evaluation. This course consists of 2 hours of lecture/discussion and 1 hour of lab credit (45 contact hours). Prerequisite: NURSE 401 or equivalent, NURSE 5548
Credits: 3 hours
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NURSE 5547PM      Diagnostic Reasoning/Advanced Assessment
This course is designed to provide a systematic approach to the advanced assessment of physiological, psychological, sociocultural, development and spirtual assessment of individuals. The post-MSN student will build on previous advanced assessment skills and content with emphasis on adding advanced physical assessment skills, lab work interpretation, validation, documentation and analysis of assessment findings appropriate to their desired role area. Students will meet the same outcome standards of the track in which they are currently enrolled. This course consists of 1.5 hrs of lecture/discussion and .5 hours of clinical/lab credit (40 minimum clinical hours and approval of faculty. Prerequisites: Free-standing Health Assesment Course.
Credits: 2 hours
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