Majors Only. Application of quality of care and patient safety standards, performance measures, improvement methods and tools, and culture of safety principles within a healthcare organization/system.
Majors Only. Comprehensive investigation and analysis of health care issues and policy, organizational and leadership theory and skills which are imperative in today's health care environment.
A variety of workshops on special topics within the discipline. Goals and objectives will emphasize the acquisition of general knowledge and skills in the discipline. Repeatable, under different subtitles.
Update skills and knowledge of professionals in the discipline. Goals and objectives will be specifically directed at individual professional enhancement rather than the acquisition of general knowledge or methodologies. S/U or letter grades. Repeatable, under different subtitles.
Prerequisite: Consent of School of Nursing. Development of theoretical and practical knowledge to support successful transition from a clinical expert role to that of a clinical instructor / preceptor.
Majors Only. Introduction to interdisciplinary theoretical foundations for advanced nursing practice. Emphasis on the development, application, and critique of theories from nursing, social science, business and health care.
Majors only. Development of knowledge and skills for reviewing and ethically generating evidence as a basis for evidence-based clinical practice, nursing research, and quality improvement.
(2 lecture, 3 practicum) Forty-five hours applied practicum arranged. Emphasis in health history taking, physical assessment and interviewing of individuals across the life span.
Examine clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacotherapeutics. Focus on selected drug groups and their safe and appropriate utilization in primary care practice.
Focus on pathophysiology, symptomology and etiology of commonly encountered acute and chronic clinical entities of children and adults.
Consent of Instructor. This course is a survey of theories and research methods used in transcultural health care and other disciplines.
Nursing M.S. – CNL majors only. Introduction to the measurement, interpretation and presentation of healthcare outcomes with focus on quality, effectiveness, and organizational performance. Integrates the application and integration of statistical tools to identify relevant outcomes.
Majors only. Principles of epidemiology and understanding of biostatistics will be applied to population management of disease and intervention strategies.
Majors only. Development and practice of CNL roles for management and improvement of clinical outcomes for individuals, families and populations within the care delivery system. 45 practicum hours required.
Graduate students only. Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.) Repeatable, maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.
Majors Only. Prepares the APN student to plan and implement health promotion and disease prevention strategies to assist in maintaining and improving the health of patients, families and communities.
Majors only. Development and practice of CNL roles for management and improvement of care environment for individuals, families and populations within the care delivery system. 45 practicum hours required.
Majors only. Use and application of computerized systems to clinical decision strategies for advanced practice nurses in the areas of quality management.
Prerequisite: Consent of School of Nursing. Development of knowledge about teaching students, staff and clients in academic and practice settings.
(3 lecture, 3 practicum) Forty-five practicum hours. Majors only. Prerequisites: All CNL program courses except final practicum. Development and practice of CNL leadership roles for management and improvement of client outcomes at the point of care and across the healthcare system.
(3 Lecture) Majors only. Emphasis is on the systematic evaluation and use of current best evidence to make decisions about clinical practice and health care systems.
(2 lecture, 6 practicum) Ninety Hours Practicum Majors only. Application of theoretical and research based developmental approaches to primary health care of families with particular emphasis on care of obstetrical patients and families through childhood/adolescence.
(2 lecture, 6 practicum) Ninety hours applied practicum arranged. Majors only. Application of theoretical and research based developmental approaches to primary health care of families with particular emphasis on women's health and adult episodic care.
(2 lecture, 6 practicum) Ninety hours applied practicum arranged. Majors only. Application of theoretical and research based developmental approaches to primary health care of families with particular emphasis on chronically ill and older adults and psychosocial adjustment disorders.
Majors only. A genomics focus on concepts of prevention, screening, diagnostics, prognostics, selection of treatment, and monitoring of treatment effectiveness for individuals and aggregates within cultural and ethical care contexts.
Prerequisite: Consent of School of Nursing. Focus on development of education programs in health care settings and academic nursing. Includes evaluation of teaching and learning.
(3 Lecture) Majors Only. Examines perspectives of population based health care across the life span from a community and global perspective.
(2 lecture, 3 practicum) Forty-five hours applied practicum arranged. Majors only. Comprehensive economic investigation of health planning, organization, personnel, payment systems and care cost effectiveness in health care delivery systems.
Majors only. Final clinical experience provides students an opportunity to practice advanced roles intervention in underserved and/or rural areas. S/U graded. Repeatable, maximum of 9 credits for a total of 405 practicum hours.
(3-21 Practicum) Three Hundred and Fifteen total required contact hours. Majors only. Final clinical experience provides students the opportunity to practice Clinical Nurse Leader roles. If divided, must be taken in consecutive semesters. S/U graded. Repeatable, maximum of seven hours.
Applied practicum arranged (45 hours=1 credit). Majors only. Practicum in hospital, community, and primary care settings focusing on clinical prevention and population based health care. S/U graded. Repeatable, no limitations.
(2 lecture, 3 practicum) Forty-five hours applied practicum arranged. Majors only. Analyzes the structure and organization of health care delivery systems including population-based, acute and ambulatory health care. The roles of the DNP in organizational and systems policy are addressed.
Majors only. Advanced practice role development in health maintenance and illness management is examined from several perspectives.
Prerequisite: Consent of School of Nursing. Focuses on developing knowledge about faculty, leader and administrator roles in academic nursing education.
Terminal program course. All other courses should be taken before or concurrently. Guided research project that demonstrates evidence of original thought as well as advanced knowledge of the research process. S/U graded. Repeatable, no limitations.
Majors only or consent of instructor. The focus of this course is nursing knowledge development and the underpinnings of nursing science, practice and education.
Majors only or consent of instructor. Examines contextual contributors to development of vulnerable populations and public response. Implications for nursing research and practice are explored.
Majors only or consent of instructor. Integrates theory and empirical research about leadership and health policy. Participates in the policy development process.
Majors only. Emphasis on data collection needs assessment, instrument analysis and evaluation in nursing education.
Majors only. This course is designed to prepare the learner for scholarship in nursing education, publication, presentation and grant writing activities.
Majors only or consent of instructor. Discussion and guided experiences in teaching of nursing, including planning, developing, implementing and evaluating classroom and clinical instruction.
Majors only. Examines historical, philosophical, sociol-cultural, political, economic, and professional issues that impact curriculum in nursing education. The focus is on design and evaluation of a nursing curriculum.
Prerequisite: Licensed RN and accepted into doctoral program. Involves comprehensive investigation of the academic nursing role in higher education relative to administration, student issues, program requirements and faculty expectations
Seminar exploring the nature of doctoral research in nursing and nursing scholarship. Possible dissertation topics are explored.
Majors only. The Capstone project reflects synthesis and application of evidence-based practice in advanced nursing practice and health care. The course facilitates the development of the Capstone and launches the project.
(2-8 Practicum) For a total of One Hundred and Twenty contact hours. Majors Only. Successful completion or concurrent completion of all courses in curriculum. The Capstone project reflects synthesis and application of evidence-based practice in advanced nursing practice and health care. The Capstone project must be completed, defended and approved by the capstone committee.
Majors only. All doctoral students must earn four hours as partial fulfillment of requirements for the doctorate. Explores dissertation research problems, theoretical framework, methodology and data analysis methods to launch dissertation research. S/U graded. Repeatable, maximum of 4 credits.
Majors only. All doctoral students must earn 12 hours as partial fulfillment of requirements for the doctorate. Dissertation must be approved by and defended to the dissertation committee. S/U graded. Repeatable, maximum of 12 credits.
To permit a graduate student to continue making progress in a degree program. S/U graded. Repeatable, no limitations.