NUR 503 Pharmacotherapeutics in Advanced Nursing Practice (3 credits)
This course focuses on the clinical pharmacology of commonly utilized drugs as well as the pharmacotherapeutics utilized in many of the most commonly encountered disease processes. Basic pharmacology (i.e. mechanism of actions, pharmacologic response) of the drugs used in the various diseases/disorders will be briefly reviewed. The pharmacologic action will be considered as well as the clinical effects elicited when each specific drug class is used therapeutically. Practical pharmacokinetics will be emphasized with each therapeutic category of drugs. This will enable the student to understand the variability and diversity of absorption, distribution, and elimination of therapeutic agents used in the disease states as well as clinically how to monitor effects and toxicities from the drugs. In addition, the side effects, indications, contraindications, common dosages and administration routes of these medications will be considered.
NUR 505 Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice Nursing (4 credits)
This course examines and presents pathophysiological concepts and conditions essential for critical thinking and clinical decision-making by the nurse in an advanced practice role. The focus is on pathophysiological processes in human systems.
NUR 511 Health Care Systems, Policy and Ethics (3 credits)
Graduate students in this course will analyze the role of providers, consumers and health care organizations within a multicultural health care delivery system. The structure, regulation, and financing of health care and their effects on the health of vulnerable populations are discussed. Students will critically examine the relationships among the concepts of health status, utilization, access, quality, outcomes and cost. Societal versus individual perspectives, health care policy issues and ethical dilemmas created by conflicts between players are examined.
NUR 512 Nursing Research (4 credits)
This course includes analysis of the process of scientific inquiry in nursing. Content focuses on conceptualization, ethics, design, measurement, analysis and utilization of nursing research. An introduction to qualitative analysis is also included.
NUR 513 Research Practicum (2 credits)
This course is designed to provide students with experience in applying the research process to nursing research questions. Specifically, students will experience various approaches to data collection, data analysis and interpretation, and utilization of research findings.
NUR 514 Advanced Practice Nursing Role: Evolution of the Role (1 credit)
This course is the first in a series of three one-credit role courses designed to provide a basis for professional socialization to advanced practice nursing. Role definition and evolution is examined from historical, political and social system perspectives. Barriers to and impetus for APN roles, autonomy, legal and ethical issues related to scope of practice, public policy issues and research-based practice will be discussed.
NUR 515 Advanced Practice Nursing Role: Innovations (1 credit)
This course is the second in a series of three one-credit courses designed to provide a basis for advanced practice nursing in the 21st century. Systems and change theory will provide an organizational framework. The role of advanced practice nursing in patient advocacy will be examined by means of innovative models of practice, and culturally sensitive community assessment. Role advocacy will be examined through strategies to promote the political agenda of advanced practice nursing.
NUR 516 Advanced Practice Nursing Role: Financial Management Issues
(1 credit)
This course is the last in a series of three one-credit courses designed to introduce the APN to concepts relevant to managing the clinical and fiscal outcomes of their practice. An organizing framework of entrepreneurship is used. Reimbursement mechanisms and the implications for practice in various settings, basic budgeting concepts used to manage a practice and standardized decision making methods used to evaluate the cost effectiveness of clinical outcomes will be discussed. Evidenced based practice and the implications for cost and quality will be discussed.
NUR 518 Health Promotion and Risk Reduction (2 credits)
This course examines the health behaviors and health promotion needs of individuals, families, and populations. Strategies to promote positive health behaviors and to reduce health risks are discussed. Theoretical, developmental, sociocultural, and demographic factors for selected health promotion strategies are analyzed for use in formulating appropriate interventions to maximize health.
NUR 524 NNP Clinical Topics I (1 credit)
This course for the Advanced Practice Neonatal Nurse Practitioner applies the advanced knowledge and theoretical concepts from previous courses and N528 Child Health: Issues in Development I and N529-Child Health Clinical Topics I (1 credit) to Families, Neonates and Children from conception through two years of age.
NUR 525 NNP Clinical I (2 credits)
This course provides clinical experiences necessary to implement the role of the Advanced Practice Child Health Nurse/Neonatal Nurse Practitioner during labor and delivery and the short-term post partum period.Content focuses on pathophysiology, stabilization, management, and evaluation of high-risk newborns/infants and those with health problems of low to moderate acuity.
NUR 528 Child Health Nursing: Issues in Development I (3 credits)
This course provides the theoretical basis for the Advanced Practice Child Health Nurse/Pediatric Nurse Practitioner working with children from conception through adolescence. Using Systems Theory, the developmental potential of the individual is presented. Selected environmental influences that enhance or constrain this development are addressed. Preventive, educational and treatment approaches for normal and common variations in growth and development are studied.
NUR 529 Child Health Nursing: Clinical Topics I (1 credit NNP-2 credits PNP)
This course for the Advanced Practice Child Health Nurse/Pediatric Nurse Practitioner applies the advanced knowledge and theoretical concepts from NUR528 Child Health Issues in Development I to assessment and evidenced-based primary and secondary interventions for children who are essentially well or are experiencing common biopsychosocial health problems. Pediatric Nurse Practitioner students will take this course for 2 credits and Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) students will take this course for 1 credit.
NUR 530 Child Health Nursing: Clinical I (2 credits)
This course provides clinical experiences necessary to implement the role of the Advanced Practice Child Health Nurse/Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in addressing issues of children from infancy through adolescence who are essentially well or are experiencing common illness or psychosocial problems. Opportunities to interact with multicultural populations include primary care and community-based settings (e.g. health centers, private practice, daycare, schools, teen centers and newborn nursery).
NUR 531 Promotion of Healthy Aging (5 credits)
This course is a didactic component and a clinical component. The didactic component provides a theoretical basis for the aging and strategies to facilitate well-being in later years despite concomitant health problems. The nursing process is the framework used to assist older adults to maintain or regain health within the context of the client's potential for well-being. The client's needs are also considered within the environment, whether it is within the community or institutional setting. The clinical component of this course provides the student with the opportunity to participate in advanced practice nursing strategies with older adults and their families that promote health, safety/security, belonging, self-esteem and self-actualization. The emphasis is on holistic care of the selected client(s), including therapeutic communication, legal/ethical issues impacting on the client's well-being and resources that might be elicited to improve the quality of life for that client and his/her family.
NUR 534 Continuity of Care of the Geriatric Patient (1 credit)
This interactive seminar focuses on the community of care of the geriatric patient. Nurse practitioner students and faculty will discuss potential barriers within the health care system that would impact on health status, health promotion and quality of life in the older population. Collaboration across settings (community-based and acute care) is intended to integrate and facilitate continuity of care of the geriatric patient. Seminars will incorporate literature review in all discussions.
NUR 540 Women's Health I (3 credits)
This course examines the role of the nurse practitioner in providing care for women seeking obstetrical, family planning and gynecological services. Emphasis is on health promotion and illness prevention. Content includes impact of pathophysiology disease processes on the normal physiological-psychosocial adaptations of women within the family.
NUR 542 Women's Health II (3 credits)
This course builds on NUR 540 and emphasizes the concepts and research in health maintenance and restoration of women within the family constellation. Values clarification strategies are used to assist the student in developing a philosophy and code of behavior that reflexes professionalism in the nurse practitioner role. There is emphasis on providing and improving the health care of women. The impact of pathophysiology and disease processes or the normal physiological and psychosocial adaptations of women are explored.
NUR 543 Principles of Anesthesia I (3 credits)
A study of the mathematical, chemical, and physical principles as they find application in anesthesiology nursing practice.
NUR 544 Principles of Anesthesia II (2 credits)
A continuation of Principles of Anesthesia 1 with a focus upon the scientific bases of anesthesiology nursing practice as they derive from such topics as health assessment, electricity, biochemistry, physiology, biologic hazards, mechanisms of anesthesia, and principles of safe practice.
NUR 544L Principles of Anesthesia 2 Lab (1 credit)
Students will attend weekly lab experiences at selected affiliated clinical sites, and practice technical skills in the School of Nursing Patient Simulation Center. At the clinical sites, the Clinical Coordinator will assign students to various observational experiences.
NUR 545 Principles of Anesthesia III (3 credits)
The focus of this course is to prepare the graduate student nurse anesthetist to develop a comprehensive knowledge base from which they can prepare and execute an anesthesia plan of care in the following areas: cardiovascular system, respiratory system, nervous system, and regional anesthesia. This course will integrate principles learned in Pathophysiology, Pharmacotherapeutics, Health Assessment, and Principles of Anesthesia 1 and 2.
NUR 546 Principles of Anesthesia IV (3 credits)
This course is a continuation of Principles of Anesthesia 1 through 3. It provides the nurse anesthesia student with the opportunity to focus on the anesthesia management of: patients with altered hepatic, renal, gastrointestinal, endocrine, and genitourinary function; the geriatric patient; the pediatric patient; the obstetric patient. This course is built upon principles of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, biochemistry, physics, and research. It requires the student to plan for nurse anesthesia care, which is grounded in these principles.
NUR 547 Principles of Anesthesia V (3 credits)
A continuation of Anesthesia 1 through 4, this course addresses specialty topics in anesthesia care with emphasis on anesthesia for patients having emergency, orthopedic, otolaryngologic, ophthalmic, dental, and oral surgery, as well as patients in outpatient settings, drug or alcohol abusers, and patients with burns or trauma, plasmas, oncology, hematologic disorders.
NUR 553 Primary Care of Individuals and Families Experiencing Addictions
(3 credits)
This course focuses on the primary care of individuals and families experiencing health problems related to addictions, including substance abuse, alcoholism, and nicotine dependency, impulse control disorders, such as sex addiction and pathological gambling, and the continuum of eating disorders of anorexia, bulimia, and obesity. The roles of family nurse practitioners in health promotion, harm reduction, screening, assessing, diagnosing, managing, and evaluating the care of these health problems are delineated. The use of interdisciplinary approaches and community resources, especially with culturally diverse, high risk and/or underserved populations, is emphasized.
NUR 554 Neurobiological Basis of Addictions (3 credits)
This course explores the neurobiological basis of addictions related to drugs of abuse/dependence, impulse-control disorders, and eating disorders. Special emphasis is on the clinical applications of findings from current research in the primary care setting. Clinical issues of substance use, abuse and addiction will be discussed across the lifespan and for diverse population groups.
NUR 559 The Family: Theoretical Foundations and Perspectives (3 credits)
This course examines the concept of family from a variety of theoretical perspectives and provides a foundation for family nursing and/or other clinical practices. Individual roles within a family context and the family system as a whole are explored in relation to their structural functioning, communication, and cultural patterns. Special emphasis is on the role and assessment of family as a mediator of stress related to expected and unexpected transitions, alterations in health status of family members, and other life crises requiring adaptation. The course will also highlight the special circumstances of non-traditional families. Advanced practice nursing students will focus on health outcomes related to family patterns; DNS students will focus on the current state of family theory development and research.
NUR 560 Care of the Young Family (7 credits)
This course includes didactic preparation for the diagnosis and management of common primary care problems experienced by individuals in families with young children and the opportunity to practice these skills in a clinical setting. The impact of individual health status on family dynamics and relationship of family dynamics on individuals are explored in theoretical seminars that focus on four areas: (1) the health promotion and self-care of young children and their parents; (2) expanding family development and functioning; (3) adaptation to environmental stimuli; and (4) community support for families with young children.
NUR 561 Care of the Mature Family (7 credits)
This course includes didactic preparation for the diagnosis and management of common primary health care problems experienced by individuals in families with middle aged and older adults and the opportunity to practice these skills in a clinical setting. The impact of individual's health status on family dynamics and relationship of family dynamics on individuals are explored in theoretical seminars that focus on four areas: (1) the health promotion and self-care for older adults; (2) contracting family size and role transitions; (3) adaptation to internal and environmental stimuli; and (4) community support for families with elderly or disabled dependents.
N562 Psychiatric Mental Health: Theoretical Foundations and Perspectives
(3 credits)
This course examines selected theoretical perspectives and concepts that, in part, will serve to guide advanced practice in psychiatric mental health nursing. Theoretical approaches to understanding the development and treatment of psychiatric disorders are considered, reformulated within a biopsychosocial framework, and scrutinized with regard to implications for psychiatric mental health nursing assessment and intervention. Students are introduced to the process, dynamics, principles and ethical considerations of advanced practice psychiatric nurse interviewing, assessing, and diagnosing as well as the initial planning, implementing and evaluation of therapeutic interventions with individuals. Special consideration is given to the study of underserved populations.
NUR 564 Care of the Complex Family (7 credits)
This course includes didactic preparation for the diagnosis and management of individuals with complex primary care problems. Complex care is defined as an individual with multiple problems or with problems complicated by other factors such as limited access to care, language barriers, high risk behaviors in themselves or families, psychiatric mental health problems, substance abuse and or violence in the home or community. In this course students will also explore health problems from a multicultural perspective. The impact of individual health status on family dynamics and relationship of family dynamics to individuals are explored in theoretical seminars that focus on four areas: (1) health promotion and self-care of individuals in complex families; (2) complex family dynamics that impact family functioning; (3) family adaptation to high stress situations and environments; and (4) impact of high-risk community factors on health status of individuals and families.
N565 Psychiatric Mental Health: Group Work in Psychiatric Nursing (2 credits)
This course focuses on the use of groups in the treatment of persons likely to benefit from supportive therapy. Selected theoretical models are examined, as are concepts pertinent to the design, development and process of supportive group therapy and its application to select populations. Special attention is given to the role of the nurse as therapist and group leader and to leadership issues. The evaluation and measurement of group outcomes is also considered.
N566 Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing: Clinical Practicum (2-4 credits)
Students work collaboratively with mental health professionals and independently to provide brief, supportive psychotherapy, health promotion and education and illness prevention services to individual patients/clients and to groups of clients in traditional and non-traditional community settings. A biopsychosocial approach is utilized that considers the patient’s/client’s need for and ability to participate in various forms of care during the acute, continuing and maintenance stages of treatment. Students participate in the psychiatric mental health assessment and diagnosing of persons presenting for individual or group treatment. They develop, implement and evaluate plans for the treatment of individuals and groups, taking into account the ethnic, cultural and social characteristics of their patients and the response potential of the service setting. Participation in clinical and preceptory seminars is required. Students complete a minimum of 168 clinical practice hours, but may satisfy this requirement by taking 82 clinical practice hours (2 credit hours) in each of two semesters.
NUR 571 Advanced Health Assessment – Foundations (1 credit)
This course provides a theoretical and clinical foundation for advanced practice nurses working with individuals and their families. It is designed to teach the communication, documentation and basic evaluation skills and that are necessary in order to begin the clinical course sequence in the various areas of specialization. Building on undergraduate preparation, this course focuses on advanced principles of interviewing, history taking, and diagnostic reasoning, plus physical, psychosocial, cultural, developmental, functional and environmental assessment. It emphasizes techniques for discrimination and analysis of abnormal findings, the process of clinical decision making, and methods of presenting findings. Classroom didactic and laboratory experiences are the teaching formats used in this course.
NUR 572 Advanced Health Assessment – Adult (2 credits)
This course provides a theoretical and clinical foundation for advanced practice nurses working with well and ill adults. It is designed to teach the complete health assessment of an adult, which can be utilized by nurses in their areas of specialization. Building on undergraduate preparation and N571, this course focuses on advanced techniques for performing a complete health assessment. Classroom didactic and laboratory experiences are the teaching formats used in this course.
NUR 573 Advanced Health Assessment – Acute (1 credit)
This course builds on NUR 571 and NUR 572 and provides Advance Practice Nurses with the skills necessary to assess, recognize, and interpret presenting signs and symptoms of disease. The course focuses on advanced principles of history taking and special physical examination maneuvers needed to explore a variety of patient chief complaints. Curricular threads related to psychosocial, cultural, and environmental assessments are integrated into the clinical decision making process. Case studies are utilized as a strategy to encourage problem solving and critical thinking skills. Students also gain additional knowledge in the interpretation of laboratory and diagnostic tests and skills in suturing techniques.
NUR 574 Advanced Health Assessment – Children (2 credits)
This course builds on NUR 571 Advanced Health Assessment - Generic. The course provides advanced practice nurses with the skills necessary to assess, recognize, and interpret presenting signs and symptoms of disease in children, from birth to adolescence. The course focuses in advanced principles of history taking and examinations skills and techniques needed to accurately assess children of all ages. Additionally, psychosocial, cultural, and developmental assessments are integrated into the decision making process. Students are provided with community-based clinical opportunities to practice skills.
NUR 575 Advanced Health Assessment - Nurse Anesthesia (2 credits)
This course provides a theoretical and clinical foundation for the nurse anesthetist working with adults. It is designed to teach both the complete and focused health assessment of an adult. Building on undergraduate preparation and N571, this course focuses on coordinating examination components into a logical progression. It also focuses on advanced principles of history taking and special physical examination maneuvers needed to explore a variety of patient chief complaints. Case studies, classroom didactic and laboratory experiences, plus videotapes are the teaching formats used in this course.
NUR 581 Child Health Nursing: Issues in Development II (2 credits)
This course provides the foundation for the Advanced Practice Child Health Nurse/Pediatric Nurse Practitioner practicing with children and families experiencing acute or complex health conditions. The course expands on the material from N528 - Child Health: Issues in Development I and applies it to more complicated biological, psychological and sociological conditions. The effect of the chronic/complex condition on the child and family's interactions with other systems in society is studied. General approaches to prevention, education and treatment of chronic/complex conditions are presented.
NUR 582 Child Health Nursing: Clinical Topics II (2 credits)
This course for the Advanced Practice Child Health Nurse/Pediatric Nurse Practitioner applies the advanced knowledge and theoretical concepts from N528 and N581 - Child Health: Issues in Development I and II to assessment and evidence-based primary, secondary and tertiary interventions for children and their families experiencing chronic disease, disability, behavior problems and institutionalization.
NUR 583 Child Health Nursing: Clinical II (4 credits)
This course provides clinical experiences necessary to implement the role of the Advanced Practice Child Health Nurse/Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in multicultural populations of children and families experiencing chronic/complex health conditions.
NUR 584 NNP Clinical Topics II (2 credits)
This course for the Advanced Practice Neonatal Nurse Practitioner applies the advanced knowledge and theoretical concepts from previous courses and N581 to assessment and evidenced based intervention for hospitalized high-risk newborn infants and their families.
NUR 585 NNP Clinical II (4 credits)
This course provides clinical experiences necessary to implement the role of the Advanced Practice Neonatal Nurse Practitioner with critically ill neonates and their families. This clinical experience will focus on managing the health care needs of hospitalized high-risk newborns/infants with an emphasis on pathophysiology, stabilization, management and evaluation of newborns/infants with acute and chronic health problems in a level 3 NICU.
NUR 587 Primary Care Management of the Adult (3 credits)
This course is designed to examine the concepts that guide the health care practices of nurse practitioners in the primary care setting. The course content focuses on the assessment and holistic health management of common problems affecting the adult. Primary care management strategies are presented that emphasize the integration of physiological, psychosocial and educational issues in developing a comprehensive plan of care and symptom management to achieve optimal health.
NUR 588 Acute Illness Management (3 credits)
This course is designed to examine the concepts that guide the health care practices of nurse practitioners in managing acute health problems. The course content focuses on the holistic health management and evaluation of acute health problems commonly affecting the adult population. Holistic management strategies are presented that emphasize the integration of physical, psychosocial, and educational issues in developing a comprehensive plan of care and symptom management to achieve optimal health.
NUR 589 Management of the Critically III Adult (3 credits)
This course is designed to develop a comprehensive theoretical foundation for advanced nursing practice in the management of selected alterations in health status commonly seen in the critically ill adult. Course content focuses on information central to planning, implementing, and evaluating therapeutic regimens for patients with problems commonly seen in the critical care setting. Health promotion and maintenance strategies will also be emphasized. Management modalities that impact on the aging population will be an integral part of this course.
NUR 593 Informatics and the Health Care Environment (3 credits)
The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the health care environment emphasizing the interface between the health care delivery system and informatics. Additionally, various environments where health care is obtained, including clinics, hospitals and community settings will be introduced. The students will become familiar with health care terminology, government health policies, and the influence of managed care organizations on the health care environment.
NUR 599 Instruments and Techniques for Research Projects (2 credits)
Students may begin the design of an instrument or explore techniques for data collection and presentation including audiovisual methods. Emphasis is on survey methods including unobtrusive measures. Students may elect to work with a scale, questionnaire, interview schedule, critical incident technique, content analysis, semantic differential, Q-sort, etc. Approaches used whereby the student may arrange for other group members to participate in "dry runs," pilot studies, field-testing and critical appraisal. Enrollment limited. Permission of instructor required.
NUR 600 Independent Study (1-5 credits)
Available to any graduate student as an elective when appropriate to the student's educational goals and with the approval of the student's advisor. Students may enroll for Independent Study under the guidance of an appropriate university faculty member.
NUR 601 Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practicum 1 (1-3 credits)
This course is the first of five clinical experience courses for nurse anesthetist graduate students. This experience focuses upon the development of beginning competencies in the assessment and management of patients who require anesthesia care. Students are given the opportunity to develop their clinical judgment in collaboration with appropriate health care providers. This preceptorship offers the student a structured environment in which to develop clinical skills.
NUR 602 Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practicum 2 (1-3credits)
This course is the second of five clinical experience courses for nurse anesthetist graduate students. This experience focuses upon the development of beginning competencies in the assessment and management of patients who require anesthesia care. Students are given the opportunity to develop their clinical judgment in collaboration with appropriate health care providers. This preceptorship offers the student a structured environment in which to develop clinical skills.
NUR 603 Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practicum 3 (1-3 credits)
This course is the third of five clinical experience courses for nurse anesthetist graduate students. This experience focuses upon the development of beginning competencies in the assessment and management of patients who require anesthesia care. Students are given the opportunity to develop their clinical judgment in collaboration with appropriate health care providers. This preceptorship offers the student a structured environment in which to develop clinical skills.
NUR 604 Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practicum 4 (1-3credits)
This course is the fourth of five clinical experience courses for nurse anesthetist graduate students. This experience provides clinical experience for nurse anesthetist graduate students to develop advanced competencies in the assessment and management of patients requiring anesthesia care. The opportunity to refine clinical judgment is provided in collaboration with appropriate health care providers.
NUR 605 Nurse Anesthesia Clinical Practicum 5 (1-3 credits)
This course is the fifth of five clinical experience courses for nurse anesthetist graduate students. This experience provides clinical experience for nurse anesthetist graduate students to develop advanced competencies in the assessment and management of patients requiring anesthesia care. The opportunity to refine clinical judgment is provided in collaboration with appropriate health care providers.
NUR 607 Clinical Specialist Practicum I (2-5 credits)
The first of two practicums that provides an opportunity to expand the knowledge of nursing theory as a basis for advanced nursing practice as Clinical Nurse Specialists (CNS). Physical, functional and psychosocial needs of adults with common medical problems will be assessed, managed, and evaluated. Health promotion especially as it relates to the older adult is an integral part of the patient plan of care. Emphasis is placed on developing competencies in the area of patient/family education and in collaborating with colleagues both outside and within the nursing discipline to achieve patient care goals.
NUR 608 Clinical Specialist Practicum II (2-5 credits)
The second of two practicums that provides an opportunity for the graduate student to synthesize the role of the clinical specialist and to redefine, test out, and evaluate performance as a clinical expert, researcher, change agent/consultant, and educator. Students' potential for leadership and their ultimate contribution to caring for patients throughout the adult life span will be evaluated. Faculty learning experiences are planned to complement or supplement the learner's current level of knowledge and skills, and to facilitate the acquisition of specialized behaviors needed in the clinical specialist role.
NUR 609L Acute Care Laboratory (1 credit)
This course provides didactic content and laboratory experience for acute care nurse practitioner students to develop a knowledge base and skills central to the medical service portion of the practitioner role. The opportunity is also provided through the use of clinical simulation for students to develop and improve advanced clinical skills and judgment as appropriate to the care of acutely ill clients.
NUR 611 Advanced FNP Clinical Practicum (3 credits)
This intensive clinical experience provides an opportunity for students to synthesize knowledge and skills from all foundation, core and specialty courses. Family nurse practitioner students will be immersed in an underserved/minority cultural setting for their practice experiences. Special emphasis is placed on the use of multicultural knowledge and skills to design culture-specific interventions for their particular patient population. Bi-weekly "Cultural Rounds" seminars that include the Cultural Education Expert, FNP students, preceptors, FNP faculty, and community health leaders will provide a forum for discussing challenging clinical cases. Special emphasis will be on the cultural context of primary care nursing in the students' selected multicultural setting.
NUR 613 Primary Health Care Clinical Practicum (1-6 credits)
The practica provide clinical experience for Nurse Practitioner students to develop competence/expertise in the assessment and nursing management (within the scope of the nurse practitioner role) of patients seeking health care services and in collaboration with other health care professionals. The opportunity for students to develop/improve clinical judgment and their knowledge/skills in health education and counseling is also provided. In addition, the practica provide the students the opportunity to increase their ability to develop and maintain therapeutic relationships with selected patients and their families.
NUR 614 Acute Care Clinical Practicum (1-6 credits)
The practica provide clinical experience for Nurse Practitioner students to develop competence/expertise in the assessment and nursing management (within the scope of the nurse practitioner role) of patients requiring acute health services and in collaboration with other health professionals. The opportunity for students to develop/expand clinical judgment and their knowledge/skills in acute illness management as well as health education/discharge planning is also provided.
NUR 615 Critical Care Clinical Practicum (1-6 credits)
This course is designed to provide Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) students with a culminating practicum experience in planning, implementing and evaluating therapeutic regimens for patients with problems commonly seen in the critical care setting. Through ongoing clinical experience, students implement the nursing process when caring for patients who are critically ill and apply the decision-making process in the care of these patients. Experiences will emphasize the role of the ACNP in an interprofessional environment as a principle provider of care for patients who are critically ill.
NUR 616 Geriatric Clinical Practicum 1 (1-4 credits)
The practicum will provide clinical experiences for Nurse Practitioner students to develop competence/expertise in the assessment and nursing management (within the scope of the nurse practitioner role) of patients seeking health care services and in collaboration with other health care professionals. The opportunity for students to develop/improve clinical judgment and their knowledge/skills in health education and counseling is also provided. In addition, the practicum will provide the students the opportunity to increase their ability to develop and maintain therapeutic relations with selected patients and their families.
NUR 617 Geriatric Clinical Practicum 2 (1-6 credits)
The practica provide clinical experience for Nurse Practitioner students to develop competence/expertise in the assessment and nursing management (within the scope of the nurse practitioner role) of geriatric patients requiring acute health services and in collaboration with other health professionals. The opportunity for students to develop/expand clinical judgment and their knowledge/skills in acute illness management as well as health education/discharge planning is also provided.
NUR 618 Psych/Mental Health Clinical Practicum 1 (1-6 credits)
This course is the first of two psych/mental health clinical practica. Students participate with psychiatric nurse and/or psychiatrist preceptors in a variety of clinical settings in assessing, treating and monitoring patients/clients presenting for psychiatric mental health evaluation, including evaluation of the need for psychopharmacotherapy. A biopsychosocial approach is utilized that considers the client’s need for, and ability to participate in: health education, psychopharmacotherapy, other forms of psychotherapy, self-care and social support during the acute, continuing and maintenance stages of treatment.
NUR 619 Psych/Mental Health Clinical Practicum 2 (1-6 credits)
This course is the second of two psych/mental health clinical practica. Students participate with psychiatric nurse and/or psychiatrist preceptors in a variety of clinical settings in assessing, treating and monitoring patients/clients presenting for psychiatric mental health evaluation, including evaluation of the need for psychopharmacotherapy. A biopsychosocial approach is utilized that considers the client’s need for, and ability to participate in: health education, psychopharmacotherapy, other forms of psychotherapy, self-care and social support during the acute, continuing and maintenance stages of treatment.
NUR 621 Maternal/Women’s Health Clinical Practicum 1 (1-6 credits)
This course is the first of two maternal/women’s health clinical practica. It provides clinical experiences for the nurse practitioner students to develop competency in assessment and management of women who seek family planning care, and are experiencing asymptomatic or uncomplicated pregnancies, common gynecological or emotional disorders. These women range in age from adolescence through senescence; the health care settings include those in undeserved regions.The opportunity to test out and utilize theoretical concepts in nursing practice, develop competencies in clinical judgment, acquire experience in health teaching and crisis counseling will be provided under the guidance and supervision of primary care health professionals in Women's Health. The student will be assisted in developing therapeutic relationships with women who require primary care health services.
NUR 622 Maternal/Women’s Health Clinical Practicum 2 (1-6 credits)
This course is the second of two maternal/women’s health clinical practica. It is designed to help students to clearly define the role of the Nurse Practitioner. Students from both the Family and Women's Health Nurse Practitioner Programs will participate in this clinical seminar. Classroom sessions will provide the opportunity to discuss various aspects of the Nurse Practitioner role including legislative and malpractice issues, ethical issues, and the historical development of the Nurse Practitioner role. Through case study and protocol presentations, students will refine their knowledge of the management of patients with acute and chronic illness and will learn to develop appropriate protocols for the clinical practice setting.
NUR 642 Child Health: Population Based Management and Evaluation
(2 credits)
This course focuses on advanced concepts of managing and evaluating complex and chronic child health conditions in the context of the social, physical, political and cultural environments. Nursing role concepts are developed with a focus on child and family advocacy, advancing healthy communities, and effecting change in the environment and in the health care system.
NUR 643 Child Health Nursing: Social/Environmental Health Problems (1 credit)
This course for the Advanced Practice Child Health Nurse/Pediatric Nurse Practitioner applies the advanced knowledge and theoretical concepts from N528 and N581-Child Health: Issues in Development I and II and N642-Population Based Management and Evaluation of Complex/Chronic Child Health Conditions to assessment and evidenced-based primary, secondary and tertiary interventions for children, families and communities experiencing complex social/environmental health conditions.
NUR 644 Child Health Nursing Clinical III (6 credits)
This course provides clinical experiences supportive of development of skills necessary to implement the role of the Advanced Practice Child Health Nurse/Pediatric Nurse Practitioner with multicultural populations of children, families and communities in a variety of settings. A capstone experience will be utilized to solidify skills and provide evidence-based care necessary for beginning practice as an Advanced Practice Pediatric Nurse Practitioner.
NUR 645 NNP Clinical Topics III (1 credit)
This course for the Advanced Practice Neonatal Nurse Practitioner applies the advanced knowledge and theoretical concepts from previous courses and N642 to assessment and evidenced based intervention for populations of high-risk newborn infants and their families.
NUR 646 NNP Clinical III (6 credits)
This is a capstone experience to solidify skills and provide evidenced-based care necessary for beginning practice as an Advanced Practice Neonatal Nurse Practitioner. The student will provide advanced nursing management for a caseload of high-risk newborn/infants and their families. The experience is accomplished under the guidance of program faculty and the supervision of approved preceptors.
NUR 651 Teaching in Nursing (4 credits)
This course focuses on the knowledge and skills needed to develop, implement, and evaluate didactic and clinical learning experiences in nursing. Graduate students will have the opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge and skills in the area of their clinical expertise as they participate in teaching and clinical supervision of nursing students and/or practicing nurses.
NUR 661 Biological Basis of Mental Illness and Treatment (3 credits)
This course explores the biological basis for the development and treatment of mental illness. Genetic, prenatal, and experienced/environmental influences are explored in relation to their role in brain development and functioning. To this end, the anatomy and physiology of the brain, neurotransmission and major neurotransmitter systems are examined. Psychopharmacotherapeutics and other therapeutic approaches are discussed in relation to their impact on the brain and thus, their role and outcome efficacy in the treatment of mental illnesses/psychiatric disorders. The role of nursing in the implementation of psychopharmacotherapeutic and integrated biopsychosocial, educational and social support interventions across the life span for culturally diverse populations is examined.
NUR 672 Pharmacology of Anesthetic and Adjunctive Drugs (3 credits)
Clinical application of pharmacology to anesthesia with emphasis on the rational application of pharmacological principles inherent to the administration of anesthesia.
NUR 691L Advanced Information technology in Healthcare Education Laboratory (1 credit)
This laboratory course focuses on the implementation of computer-based communication technologies in education. Graduate students will have the opportunity to apply theoretical knowledge, understanding, and skills related to information science and computer-based educational strategies in the classroom and/or health care setting
NUR 692 Seminar in Grantsmanship (1 credit)
This course is designed to provide the knowledge and skills necessary to develop, organize, and evaluate grants for research, educational training and project development/program evaluation.
NUR 694 Quantitative Methods in Health Care Research (3 credits)
This course focuses on quantitative research methods with emphasis on the identification and reduction of threats to internal and external validity. A variety of experimental, quasi-experimental, and non-experimental designs are compared and contrasted. Specific research techniques and data analysis procedures for the various design types are discussed and evaluated. Selected measurement and theory building issues are explored. There is an emphasis on the articulation of theory, design, and data analysis in the context of specific research examples.
NUR 694L Data Management and Analysis with SPSS for Windows (1 credit)
The laboratory provides students with experience in data management, data analysis, and the interpretation of computer output, using SPSS for Windows. Statistical analyses appropriate to various types of study designs are conducted and discussed using existing data sets.
NUR 695 Advanced Statistical Techniques (3 credits)
This course focuses on the applications of advanced statistical techniques and interpretations of findings produced by these techniques, talking into consideration the design of the research and the theoretical models to be tested or developed. It places emphasis on comparing and contrasting different analytical techniques commonly used in health and behavioral sciences research.
NUR 697 Advanced Qualitative Research Methods (3 credits)
Advanced method and design that focuses on qualitative approaches useful to nursing research. Exemplar studies from the nursing literature will be critiqued, and projections made for the design of research to further develop theory related to nursing practice and issues. Four dimensions will be addressed: (1) the underlying philosophy and epistemology of qualitative approaches; (2) types of approaches used in nursing as the derive from or related to other disciplines, such as philosophy, sociology, history, anthropology, political science, and communications; (3) specific methods as they are used in qualitative approaches, such as interviewing, literature/text analysis, observation, criticism, etc.; (4) problems of reliability and validity in qualitative approaches to research.
NUR 699 Doctoral Dissertation Guidance (1-12 credits)
A variable credit mechanism whereby doctoral students register for guidance relevant to dissertation.
NUR 700 Advanced Theory Construction and Development (3 credits)
This course critically analyzes the methods used in the development and construction of theory. Emphasis will be on the construction of theoretical propositions that can be tested empirically. This course will be a functional bridge concerned with the interaction between theory and research.
NUR 701 State of Nursing Science (3 credits)
This course examines current research questions and theoretical frameworks as well as exemplars of the empirically based knowledge in the nursing discipline. Students will analyze programs of research and the research on phenomena relevant to major areas of nursing practice for state of the science, theory development, future research directions, and application of findings in clinical practice and healthy policy.
NUR 702 Dissertation Seminar (2 credits)
The purpose of this course is to facilitate development of the dissertation for students who have completed their coursework. Students gather in a regular organized forum of their peers to explore research problem development in terms of theoretical and methodological problems related to their area of research. Faculty guidance and peers from various stages of dissertating will provide feedback for student presentations of critical analyses of theory and related substantive research issues.
NUR 704 History and Issues in Nursing (3 credits)
This course focuses on an in-depth analysis of the history of nursing and major contemporary issues confronting the profession. Economics, legal, political, educational and clinical issues are analyzed.
NUR 705 Outcomes Research in Health Care (3 credits)
The focus of this course is on research aimed at improving client outcomes with health care interventions at the individual or systems level. Emphasis will be on studying the effects of intervention on outcomes such as health-related quality of life, symptom management, self-care, client satisfaction, and health promoting behaviors. Exemplars of programs of research with this focus and concepts of particular interest in outcomes research will be examined. Methodological issues relative to outcomes research will be addressed. The U.S. National Institutes of Health research agenda related to outcomes research will be discussed as well as guidelines for health care based on research findings.
NUR 706 Psycho-Social Measurement and Questionnaire Construction
(3 credits)
This course focuses on psychometric theory and its applications in health and behavioral sciences. Content includes scaling methods, in depth evaluation of the reliability and validity of an instrument, factor analysis (exploratory and confirmatory), and construction of survey questionnaires, traditional tests and attitudinal rating scales.
NUR 707 Professional Role Development Practicum (1-3 credits)
The practicum provides an opportunity to advance the development of the student's targeted professional role with an expert mentor going beyond the student's current skills. The student will experience guided independent application of concepts and principles relevant to the student's career and/or research interests and develop career planning and advancement skills in this practicum.
NUR 708 Research Practicum (1-2 credits)
This one credit course must be taken twice, in one semester or in two consecutive semesters. The purpose of this practicum is to provide students an opportunity to advance their research experience by working with a principal investigator or a team of researchers. To obtain actual research experience, the student will participate in an ongoing research program and be supervised by a faculty mentor who is the principal investigator.
NUR 739 Philosophy of Inquiry (3 credits)
This course provides an overview of the philosophical foundations and assumptions that underlie approaches to nursing inquiry. The contributions of several important philosophers will be considered and an exploration of competing viewpoints will be undertaken. Issues of what it means to know, what truth is, how we know, and what can be learned from science and philosophy that will contribute to the continuing development of the discipline of nursing will be explored.
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