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NURSNG 601 Introduction to Advanced Practice Nursing: Knowledge for Practice in the Global Community +
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This required core course presents a foundational context for the global, inclusive environment in which advanced practice nurses participate in the care of diverse populations. The course focuses on the integration of knowledge from nursing and the biopsychosocial fields for the continual improvement of advanced practice nursing care across diverse populations and settings. Populations are defined in the context of diversity of age, gender, race/ethnicity, culture, language, sexual orientation, abilities, religion and socioeconomic status as well as those that may be underserved, vulnerable populations or experience health disparities. The course builds on learners' understanding of nursing knowledge gained in their undergraduate studies and provides the opportunity to analyze a broad spectrum of conceptual and theoretical frameworks from multiple disciplines. Learners select a nursing conceptual-theoretical framework to explore in-depth and to apply to advanced nursing practice with a selected population and health condition of interest. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 607 Evidenced Based Teaching Practices +
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This course is designed to assist current and aspiring nurse educators acquired foundational knowledge for effective teaching and learning practices. This course explores current conceptual frameworks, theories, and evidence-based pedagogical practices within the nursing education discipline. Practical application of key concepts for culturally inclusive teaching in varied learning environments is particularly emphasized. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 608 The Nurse Educator in the Academic Setting +
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The course focuses on expected advanced teaching skills for nurse educators to help students acquire the knowledge, skills and values required for professional nursing practice. Sessions focus on the role of the academic nurse educator, classroom teaching skills, curriculum development and methods for evaluating learning. A clinical practicum experience, precepted by an expert academic nurse educator, is offered as an optional learning experience. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 609 The Nurse Educator in the Practice Setting +
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Students acquire advanced teaching skills required to meet the health-related learning needs of patients, families, groups, in clinical practice, and community settings. Students also learn about educating practicing nurses, nursing staff, and interprofessional healthcare team members to meet population needs and healthcare outcomes more effectively. Sessions focus on the pedagogy supporting the work of nurse educators in nursing professional development and as interprofessional healthcare team members. Students develop educational interventions and programs using a variety of teaching and learning strategies. A clinical practicum experience, precepted by a nurse educator in a practice setting, is offered as an optional learning experience. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 612 Transition from Nurse Clinician to Nurse Educator +
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This course is designed to assist the learner as a current or aspiring nurse educator acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes for effective clinical teaching and learning practices. This course explores the transition from clinician to educator and the multiple roles of the nurse educator in the clinical setting. The course examines creative and innovative strategies to support and guide the student's development. The use of simulation, critical thinking, and reflective practice skills and varying types of clinical instruction are explored. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 614 Advanced Pathophysiology +
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This course presents the pathophysiological knowledge required of the advanced practice nurse to practice in the management of pathophysiological disorders in primary and tertiary care settings. It includes genetic and cellular mechanisms of diseases, the immune responses and selected disorders throughout life span. It explores current research findings and theory relevant to the pathophysiology of common illnesses. Students analyze laboratory data in light of actual and potential pathophysiological processes. Special emphasis is given to the case study presentations to aid student application of pathophysiologic process to advanced nursing practice in diverse populations. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 615 Advanced Health Assessment Practicum +
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This course focuses on the development of advanced practice nursing knowledge and skills in health assessment with an emphasis on diverse populations. Concepts, theories and research germane to the scientific underpinnings for practice in the context of the bio-psycho-social and environmental domains of human development are emphasized. Critical thinking, diagnostic reasoning and communication skills are developed through practice with case guided vignettes and simulated or clinical practice experiences specific to the student's area of advanced practice nursing. This course builds on the students' ability to utilize scientific foundations learned in previous courses and lays the foundation for subsequent clinical courses. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 616 Evidence Based Practice I: Appraising the Strength and Significance of Evidence +
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This course focuses on the critical appraisal of health-related research to prepare learners to identify best practices and translate evidence to clinical practice, population health or health policy and analysis. Emphasis will be placed on evaluation multiple sources of existing evidence as the first step in identifying knowledge, practice or policy gaps and in translating evidence to improve outcomes, quality, safety, cost and access to care for individuals and populations. Ethical issues in the conduct of research and translation of evidence will be explored. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 618 Introduction to Health Policy, Finance and Ethics +
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This course focuses on how issues and trends in health policy, economics and ethics are linked to the U.S. health care delivery system and other international health care systems. The role of the advanced practice nurse in developing a professional ethical framework, understanding the economic implications of health care and in shaping and formulating health policy will be stressed with a focus on application of course concepts for the advanced practice nurse. Relevant evidenced based research in health policy, economics and ethics will be analyzed. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 625L Quantitative Research Methods +
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This course is designed to provide graduate students with a background in quantitative research design to promote an understanding of the scientific literature and to assist in future research pursuits. In this course, students will become familiar with the scientific research process, ethical issues related to research basic concepts of statistics and measurements, various types of quantitative research, and interpretation and reporting of research results. Student will prepare and present a research proposal as part of the course. More Info
Offered in:- TBA
NURSNG 631 The Role of the Advanced Practice Nurse +
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The historical development, scope, and functional roles of the advanced practice nurse are analyzed. Students examine the dynamic relationships among professional organizations, health care trends, and health care policy as they influence the need for advanced practice nursing. Emphasis is placed on acquiring the knowledge and skills to assume leadership roles in the health care system. Related health professions theories, research, and opportunities for implementing changes are emphasized. Critical thinking, group dynamics, leadership skills, and role of the APN as educator are studied and modeled in classroom experiences and course assignments. More Info
Offered in:- TBA
NURSNG 634 Advanced Pharmacology for the Advanced Practice Nurse +
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This course emphasizes the pharmacological knowledge required by the advanced practice nurse to safely care for and counsel patients with physical and mental illnesses across the lifespan. Students synthesize knowledge of clinical pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in the management of common disease processes occurring in pre-and post-natal women, infants, children, adolescents, adults, and elders. Students will analyze and discuss current research findings related to pharmacotherapeutic therapies for patients in the community and tertiary care settings. Guided by faculty prepared in pharmacology and experienced in applying the science of clinical pharmacology in the practice setting, students will apply their knowledge of pharmacotherapeutics to the care of patients throughout patient transitions of care. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 637 Mental and Psychosocial Health of the Urban Family +
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Multicultural individuals and families at risk for mental and psychosocial problems are considered within the context of urban living. Nursing theory and research is applied to developing processes of care for individuals across the lifespan with mental health and psychosocial problems. Students learn evidence-based care including cognitive-behavioral, psychopharmacological, and non-traditional approaches to psychosocial and related physical problems. Research related to environmental, psychosocial, genetic, economic, family systems, developmental risk factors, drug efficacy and nonpharmacological approaches for individuals with mental and psychosocial illness is investigated. The impact of contemporary health care policy and legislative proposals on quality, cost, and access to care is investigated. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 639 Primary Care of Adults +
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This course provides the knowledge related to the assessment and management of patients with acute and chronic health care problems encountered by nurse practitioners in family practice and adult/gerontological primary care settings. Students analyze the direct and indirect components of the nurse practitioner role related to primary health care. Application of evidence based guidelines and research are used to support diagnostic, therapeutic, and pharmacological regimens. Continued emphasis is placed on the application of culturally sensitive nursing care to a diverse population, where diversity includes age, gender, race, ethnicity, culture, religion, sexual orientation, abilities, and socioeconomic status. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 640 Advanced Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Across the Lifespan +
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Students analyze the clinical application of theories and research from nursing, health promotion, and disease prevention. Family, human development, patient education and community theories that inform patient/family centered care are examined. Data grounded in epidemiological, sources, health histories, family assessments, physical examinations, diagnostic tests, and community assets are examined as the basis for case findings and identification of risk factors. Students begin to institute primordial, primary and secondary interventions tailored to diverse populations, demonstrate interdisciplinary communication skills, examine collaborative community partnerships, and analyze the dimensions of the advanced nursing professional leadership role in diverse communities. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 645 Neuropathology and Diagnosis of Mental Disorders Across the Lifespan +
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Students are provided a fundamental and functional understanding of the neurobiology, epidemiology, psychology, sociology and clinical manifestations that make up the diagnostic criteria for the most common and complex mental disorders in the US population across the lifespan. Students learn to 1) use a holistic perspective to collect data using standardized psychiatric evaluation instruments and other reliable and valid assessment tools, 2) differentiate between normal/abnormal age-related physiological and psychological symptoms and changes, 3) evaluate risk for adverse outcomes such as suicide or an adverse social or drug effect, and 4) formulate a differential diagnosis integrating a holistic perspective that views a person within their sphere of relationships, the environment, and social systems. There is an emphasis throughout this course on developing critical thinking skills, awareness of the impact of systems, and synthesizing a holistic psychiatric evaluation. Cultural differences and inclusion/exclusion dynamics are seriously considered in the psychiatric diagnostic formulation. Students learn to critically evaluate research findings in the area of neuropathology, social determinants of physical and mental health. This course is a core course for the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Track More Info
Offered in:- TBA
NURSNG 646 Advanced Psychopharmacology Across the Lifespan +
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This course focuses on the development of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) student's psychopharmacology knowledge, critical thinking, and clinical judgment in the use of psychopharmacologic agents in the treatment of mental disorders. Using a case study method to encourage the application of neurobiological concepts, psychopharmaceutical concepts, the course fosters PMHNP students' skills that are required for safe practice and to evaluate and manage psychopharmacology treatment. The course emphasizes evidence-based practice, research-based clinical decision-making and a holistic approach to integrating the science and biology of the mind and body with social and behavioral interventions. The course provides students with the knowledge to focus on specific populations such as children, adolescents, adults and aging adults. This is a required course for completion of the PMHNP program. More Info
Offered in:- TBA
NURSNG 647 Clinical Management I: Psychiatric Assessment/Diagnosis for PMHNP +
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This is the first clinical course that prepares psychiatric nurse practitioner students for advanced practice in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing. The course focuses on the methods for gathering pertinent data in order to conduct a psychiatric evaluation, arrive at a differential diagnosis and make appropriate treatment recommendations with clients across the life span demonstrating psychiatric symptoms. The assessment, diagnostic, therapeutic, evaluative, consultative, and teaching functions of the nurse practitioner role are examined within a professional, ethical, and legal framework. Seminar discussions include an exploration of special topics applied to hypothetical and real patient cases to explore issues of mental health and wellness across the life span, differential diagnosis of common psychiatric complaints and culturally competent comprehensive care. Diversity, health care disparities, and ethical issues will be discussed as they relate to the case discussions and clinical topics. More Info
Offered in:- TBA
NURSNG 648 Clinical Management II: Diagnostic Management & Treatment Strategies +
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This is the second clinical course that emphasizes the theoretical bases for psychiatric diagnosis and treatment interventions across the lifespan. Advanced interview methods and diagnostic skills are a course thread. Cognitive treatment and evidence based therapy techniques are applied. The PMHNP learns to manage common psychiatric disorders using clinical practice guidelines and research. Students provide a full spectrum of mental health services to the increasingly complex patients with a combination of higher risk, acute illness, and chronic & comorbid health conditions where atypical disease presentation and challenges to disease treatment exist. Seminars focus on the application of Diagnostic theory and research to the domains of practice of the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner role, including the management of patient with minor to serious mental illness, the teaching-coaching function of the nurse practitioner, and ensuring the quality of health care services. Interdisciplinary collaborative practice skills are developed. More Info
Offered in:- TBA
NURSNG 649 Clinical Management III: Treatment +
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This is the third clinical course that focuses on the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) students' skills and competencies with patients with higher complexity. Assessment, diagnostic, therapeutic, and health teaching strategies are applied to a continuum of mental health promotion / illness management with a focus on the psychiatric care across the lifespan and continuum of care across settings. Students provide depth analysis of theory and research as a basis for their clinical decisions; exploration of the mental health recovery paradigm, and finally, the assessment, planning and intervention in complex care of individuals with co-morbid substance use and medical conditions. Interdisciplinary collaborative practice skills are developed. Seminar discussions include an exploration of special topics in disease management to improve quality, access and cost of mental health care for diverse populations (or communities) with an emphasis on underserved populations, where diversity includes age, gender, race/ethnicity, culture, religion, language, sexual orientation, abilities, and socioeconomic status. Virtual care and Telehealth delivery of mental health services is a topical area of emphasis for this semester. More Info
Offered in:- TBA
NURSNG 664 Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Clinical Practicum: Focus on the Patient +
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In this course, students apply the knowledge and advanced practice skills in patient care learned in Nursing 690. Under the guidance of a clinical nurse specialist preceptor, students implement the advanced competencies of direct care, patient/family teaching and coaching, and ethical decision-making as they assess and treat problems experienced by adult and gerontological patients. Clinical practice in this course provides an opportunity for students to integrate advanced nursing knowledge with knowledge of disease pathophysiology, technical competence, and medical management. More Info
Offered in:- TBA
NURSNG 665 Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) Clinical Practicum: Focus on the CNS Role +
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This course emphasizes the CNS influence on nursing personnel and the organization. Under the guidance of a CNS preceptor, students practice in an adult/gerontological health, acute or critical care setting in their chosen specialty. This course continues to address patient care, but the focus shifts to nursing personnel and organization/network spheres of influence, giving students the opportunity to implement the CNS role fully. Students acquire skill and confidence in consultation, collaboration, and leadership skills. The course includes the Master's degree capstone project. More Info
Offered in:- TBA
NURSNG 670 Primary Care of the Adult Practicum +
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Students refine their advanced practice skills with further attention to applying theory and evidenced-based practices in the role of the family or adult/gerontological nurse practitioner (NP). Important NP skills, including assessment, diagnostic, therapeutic, evaluative, consultative, teaching, and leadership, are examined within professional, legal-ethical, cultural, policy, improvement, and systems frameworks. Students continue to gain precepted, primary care, clinical experiences in health promotion and episodic and chronic illness management for adult populations, including primary care in women's health needs. This course meets the University Capstone requirement. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 671 Primary Care of the Older Adult +
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This course focuses on the health care issues and needs of elders across the care continuum of acute, chronic, community, and long-term care settings. Aspects of physical, emotional, cultural, and social aging across the lifespan are explored utilizing various theoretical perspectives and models. The assessment, teaching-coaching and management roles of the advanced practice gerontological nurse in relations to acute and chronic health conditions of the older adult are emphasized. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 672 Primary Care of the Older Adult Practicum +
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Students further refine skills in critical thinking and clinical reasoning in the application of theory and research to practice. Assessment, diagnostic, therapeutic, and health teaching strategies are applied to a continuum of health promotion/illness problems with a focus on the primary care of adults and older adults across the continuum of care. Students build skills in seeing increasingly complex patients with a combination of higher risk, acute illness, and chronic health problems where atypical disease presentation and challenges to disease treatment exist. Seminars are grounded in learning the application of theory and research to the domains of practice of the adult/gerontological nurse practitioner including the management of patient health and illness, the teaching-coaching function of the nurse practitioner, and ensuring the quality of health care services. Interdisciplinary collaborative practice skills are developed. Students develop role competencies under the supervision of nurse practitioner or physician preceptors and faculty in a variety of health care settings. Seminar discussions include an exploration of special topics in disease management to improve quality, access and cost of primary health care for diverse populations (or communities) with an emphasis on underserved populations, where diversity includes age, gender, race/ethnicity, culture, religion, language, sexual orientation, abilities, and socioeconomic status. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 681 Primary Care of the Childbearing Family +
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This course builds on human growth and development to focus on acquiring knowledge related to the assessment and management of patients with acute and chronic health care problems encountered by nurse practitioner in family practice and pediatric primary care settings. Problems of pregnant women, infants, children and adolescents are analyzed within a family nurse practitioner framework for practice. Evidenced based laboratory, diagnostic, therapeutic and pharmacological plans of care are applied to problem management. Continued emphasis in placed on application of culturally sensitive nursing care to a diverse population where diversity includes age, gender, race, ethnicity, culture, religion, sexual orientation, abilities,and socioeconomic status. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 682 Primary Care of the Childbearing Family Practicum +
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Students refine their advanced practice skills with further attention to applying theory and evidenced-based practices in the role of the family nurse practitioner (NP). Important NP skills, including assessment, diagnostic, therapeutic, evaluative, consultative, teaching, and leadership, are examined within professional, legal-ethical, cultural, policy, improvement, and systems frameworks. Students continue to gain precepted, clinical, primary care experiences in health promotion and episodic and chronic illness management for families and pediatric populations, from infants and children through adolescents. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 691 Adult Gerontological Health Acute Care Nursing II +
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This course builds on A/G Health Acute Care Nursing I and continues addressing the patient sphere of influence while adding the patient/family focus to include the nursing practice and systems sphere of influence. A focus on high-incidence clinical problems, symptoms or issues in adult and gerontological health and acute and critical care continues. Diversity, health care disparities, and ethical issues will be discussed as they relate to the clinical topics. Students deepen their knowledge of adult and gerontological health and acute and critical care from interdisciplinary empirical and theoretical literature and other sources of evidence. Emphasis is placed on synthesizing knowledge from a variety of sources to make clinical judgments and to build the practice base needed for implementing other advanced practice competencies. Knowledge of assessment, diagnosis, and management in the autonomous nursing domain, and measurement of relevant, nursing-sensitive patient outcomes and quality improvement approaches to improving care for populations will be emphasized. More Info
Offered in:- TBA
NURSNG 696 Independent Study +
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Students wishing to enroll in this course should present to the faculty a well-defined problem for investigation. Plans for advanced study should be established at the beginning of the semester during which the student wishes to take the course. The study will be conducted in consultation and collaboration with the student's faculty advisor, and documented in a report at the end of the semester. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 697 Special Topics in Nursing +
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This advanced course offers intensive study of selected topics in the field of nursing. Course content and credit vary according to the topic and are announced prior to registration. More Info
Offered in:- TBA
NURSNG 700 Philosophy of Nursing Science: Ways of Knowing +
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In this course, students learn basic concepts of the philosophy of science and the development of knowledge. The historical development and themes for knowledge building in the science and discipline of nursing are explored. Students will analyze different ways of knowing (both philosophical and historical writings) and philosophical worldviews as they relate to the development of programs of research. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 702 Doctoral Seminar +
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The goal of the doctoral seminar is to socialize students into the roles and activities of research scholars and members in a global community of scholars. The emphasis is on professional standards for doctoral education, strategies to support professional development and nursing scholar career opportunities. The focus of this semester is on how to leverage learning and mentoring experiences that support PhD education and to facilitate career development as a scholar, nurse scientist, and steward of the discipline. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 714 DNP Seminar I: Translating Evidence to Improve Practice +
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This course is focused on the translation of evidence into practice to achieve sustainable improvements in clinical, patient and system outcomes. This course builds on the foundation of evidence-based practice and the critical appraisal of evidence to guide decision making for translation and application to practice. This is the first of a 5-course sequence which guides the learner to identify a practice problem/issue that will serve as the basis for the DNP scholarly project. This course supports the learner’s development of a problem statement, evidence-based literature review, and development of a PICO question for a theory guided DNP scholarly project. Ethical issues in the conduct of improvement science, including the criteria for distinguishing clinical quality improvement from human subjects’ research, will be examined. Students are introduced to the AACN Essentials for Advanced-Level Nursing Education and the application of the AACN Essentials to the DNP scholarly project More Info
Offered in:- TBA
NURSNG 715 Health Informatics +
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Students learn advanced practice nursing competencies related to computer skills, informatics skill, and informatics knowledge. Application of information theory and computer technology skills is directed towards improving the organization and delivery of healthcare to multicultural populations receiving primary, secondary, and tertiary health care. Health Informatics deals with using technology tools for optimizing the collection, verification and utilization of data that relates to generating knowledge to inform best practices and leadership in both public and private health systems. Students are directed to investigate ways in which information systems can address disparities in health services. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 716 Evidence Based Practice II: Designing an Evidenced Based Quality Improvement Project +
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The focus of this course is on translating research and other forms of evidence to improve practice processes and outcomes. Learners refine and extend the knowledge and competencies acquired in Evidence Based Practice I, and Improving Health Care Quality to develop a theory-guided, evidence-based practice innovation that will improve quality, safety, outcomes, cost and/or access to care, for a specific practice setting or population. The improvement/innovation developed in this course applies principles from improvement science to design, implement and analyze practice improvement outcomes and impact. The end product of this course serves as the theoretical framework and foundation for the DNP Scholarly Project. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 717 DNP Seminar: Project Implementation +
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Theory and evidenced based research are applied with the goal of improving health care outcomes. Emphasis is placed on translation research into practice as a means to improve the delivery of health care. In a supervised internship experience, students continue to develop the DNP Essential competencies through experiences in leadership, consultation, advocacy, interdisciplinary collaboration, and translation of research and theory into practice. Students investigate clinical problems in the context of the health care system and participate in supervised experiences that focus on solving clinical problems and the implementation of the DNP Scholarly Project. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 718 DNP Seminar: Project Synthesis +
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Students progress in achieving the DNP Essential Competencies with clinical experiences and seminar leadership related to health care disparities and quality improvement. Students examine the clinical microsystem from the perspective of how data can inform the need for systems change. In conjunction with their capstone advisor and internship facilitator, learning is directed toward the evaluation phase of the approved DNP scholarly project and receiving direction in the development of the scholarly project publishable paper. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 719 DNP Seminar: Project Dissemination +
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Students continue to integrate the role of the DNP into clinical practice context that includes experiences in application of evidence to practice, leadership, consultation, advocacy, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Following DNP committee and IRB approvals of the scholarly project and work done in preceding courses, students complete the clinical immersion experience, the scholarly project, and summarize their DNP clinical immersion experiences reflecting their achievement of the DNP Essentials Competencies. In seminars, students meet to examine the process and outcomes of their colleagues' DNP scholarly projects and analyze theory and evidence related to health policy and practice. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 720 Secondary Data Analysis +
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This course will explore the use and limits of large national databases for the conduct of nursing and health policy research. Students will master accessing, downloading, and analyzing data from large data sets. Students will identify a testable research question and develop an analytic file to be used for analysis. Data used for this class are drawn from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization project (HCUP), 2000 Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS). More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 722 Improving Outcomes: Identification, Interventions, and Evaluation of Quality Improvement Activities +
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This course includes review of theoretical frameworks and models for improvement science. Students design and implement processes to evaluate outcomes of practice, practice patterns and systems of care within a practice setting, health care organization or community. National benchmarks and best-practice standards are used to determine variances in practice outcomes. Emphasis is placed on rigorous analytic methods to critically evaluate quality improvement outcomes and impact. Approaches to solving actual problems in clinical settings are considered, with emphasis on patients with chronic illnesses and other vulnerable populations. Students gain familiarity with quality improvement methods from management, policy and clinical perspectives. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 724 Mixed Method Research +
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This course presents an overview of core research concepts and methods to build an evidence base for nursing practice. Using a lecture-discussion approach, the student will be encouraged to evaluate research evidence and determine appropriate research designs for research hypotheses. Students will be encourages to contribute to group discussions using their professional experiences and information derived from course lectures and readings. Key features of the texts include research examples, specific practical tips on doing research, and aids to enhance and reinforce learning for the student. Emphasis is placed on using a practical approach to producing and evaluation research evidence. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 741 Health Policy I +
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This is the first course in a two-semester health policy sequence. It provides a foundation for health policy analysis, focusing on the history and development of political, economic, and social systems involved in health care and on theories useful in the analysis of past, current, and future health policies. The course examines federal, state, and local governmental structures and the ways in which they and other forces affect health policy. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 743 Internship in Health Care Policy +
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Students may intern with health care agencies, educational institutions, legislatures, professional associations, or health promotion and prevention organizations. Students are expected to write testimonies and research or evaluation papers analyzing the health policy issues raised during the internship. An internship seminar is part of the experience. More Info
Offered in:- TBA
NURSNG 745 Population Health I +
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This is the first course in a two-semester Population Health sequence. It will provide a foundation for population health study. The course focuses on the conceptual understanding of population health and its importance in the health care system and in the community. Understanding population health issues such as health promotion, and disease and injury prevention that are influenced by local, national, and global health is an approach that seeks to improve the health of the whole population. The lens of population health student also allows us to understand disparities in health outcomes, and to identify effective strategies for reducing gaps in health disparities both within and between population groups. By the end of this course, students will be able to analyze and evaluate priority population health outcomes and strategies within--population health and its determinants-- to promote health locally, nationally, and globally. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 750 Contemporary Disciplinary Knowledge +
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This course is a multidisciplinary exploration of the structure and growth of knowledge. It examines the linkages of empirical, aesthetic, ethical, personal, and sociopolitical patterns of knowing with the conceptual models or paradigms of diverse disciplines. The course constructs a conceptual-theoretical-empirical structure for research into the generating and testing of theory. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 753L Epidemiological Thinking and Population Health +
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Introduction to the concepts, methods, and problems involved in analyzing the biological and social influences on behaviors and diseases and in translation such analyses into population health policy and practice. Special attention given to social inequalities, changes over the life course, and heterogeneous pathways. Case studies and course projects are shaped to accommodate students with interests in diverse fields related to health and public policy. Students are assumed to have a statistical background, but the course emphasizes epidemiological literacy with a view to collaborating thoughtfully with specialists, not technical expertise. More Info
Offered in:- TBA
NURSNG 757 Social Behavioral Determinants of Health +
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This course focuses on theory, research, and current issues relevant to social and behavioral determinants of health. Viewed within a social-ecological framework, core concepts central to understanding determinants of population health and health disparities are addressed. Emphasis is placed on analysis, critique, and synthesis of interdisciplinary literature and application to nursing and public health practice, future research and scholarly inquiry, and multi-level policies, necessary to reduce disparities in the social and behavioral determinants of the public's health. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 760 Introduction to Biostatistics: Biostatistics I +
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This is the first course in a two-semester Biostatistics sequence. The course introduces students to the basic concepts and methods of biostatistics. The course is focused on some fundamental theories of biostatistics and basic methods of statistical inference at a conceptual level. It also covers some important topics in study design, such as different types of study design, sampling methods, sample size, and power calculation. Students will understand the concepts and methods of statistics, and apply them in critiquing literature in the field of clinical and population based research. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 761 Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Internship +
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Theory and evidenced based research are applied with the goal of improving health care outcomes. In supervised clinical experiences, students integrate the role of the DNP into the clinical practice context that includes leadership, consultation, advocacy, and interdisciplinary collaboration. Clinical learning is directed at discovering the history, contextual evidence, and current strategies related to problems affecting patient safety and the quality of health care services for populations at risk. Emphasis is placed on translating research into practice as a means to improve the delivery of health care. More Info
Offered in:- TBA
NURSNG 762 Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Internship II +
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Emphasis is placed on translation of research into practice as a means to improve the delivery of health care. In supervised internship experiences, students continue to develop the DNP Essential competencies through experiences in leadership, consultation, advocacy, and interdisciplinary collaboration, and translation of research and theory into practice. Students investigate clinical problems in context of the health care systems and participate in supervised experiences that focus on solving clinical problems. Students successful in defending their proposal during DNP Internship II may move forward to the action phase of the capstone project. More Info
Offered in:- TBA
NURSNG 765 Health Systems Leadership +
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The course will provide an introduction and overview of leadership, management, and organizational behavior in health care for the Advanced Practice Nurse (APN). Students will integrate theory with practice in the development of skills necessary to provide organizational and systems leadership in health care settings. Students will apply content from lectures and readings to cases studies as well as to actual experiences from their own workplaces. Topics include leadership and management theories/models, fiscal management, human resource management, and managing change in a complex environment. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 766 Health Finance and Economics +
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Students apply health care economic and finance theory to the analysis of factors influencing health systems' structure, function and process. Both the U.S. and global trends in health care delivery are examined from an historical and contemporary perspective of increasing social change and health care access. Students develop skills in financial management including budget preparation and tailoring budgets in response to changes in health policy at the local, state, and national level. Proficiency in finance tools, measures, analysis and reporting will be applied to real time scenarios. Students are prepared to develop collaborative health care access points in order to advocate for diverse populations with an emphasis on the underserved populations, where diversity includes age, gender, race/ethnicity, culture, religion, language, sexual orientation, abilities and socioeconomic status, while controlling costs and improving quality. More Info
Offered in:- TBA
NURSNG 770 Biostatistics II: Advanced Statistical Methods in Healthcare Research +
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This is the second course in a two-semester Biostatistics sequence. This course covers several advanced methods of statistical analysis that are most often used in Healthcare research, including multiple linear regression, logistic regression, log-linear (Poisson) regression, Cox proportional hazards regression, and longitudinal data analysis. This course also discusses the methods and techniques in assessing the presenting confounding and interaction effects, and handling missing values. The primary purpose of this course is to help students gain understanding of the advanced statistical methods and use these concepts to critique literature in the field of clinical and population based research. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 780 Epidemiologic Methods +
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This course builds on prior knowledge of the basic principles of epidemiology while introducing methods of epidemiologic analysis, and their application to the field of advanced practice nursing (APRN) at the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) level. The course is intended to provide students with the skills and knowledge to critically evaluate health research based on epidemiologic standards. In addition, students will learn to perform preliminary analyses of epidemiologic, biostatistical, environmental, and other scientific data to address basic questions related to individual, aggregate, and population health. Students will analyze public use datasets and interpret published government reports describing population health status and the occurrence of diseases in populations at the local, state, and national levels. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 790 Integrating concepts & methods for research development +
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This course prepares students in their development of the required elements for the comprehensive exams, which precede the conduct of dissertation research. Students will formulate coherent philosophical, theoretical, conceptual, and methodological understandings in their appraisal of knowledge gained from previous coursework. Considerations for new inquiry that advance nursing science and health sciences will be explored. Conducting an effective and comprehensive review of the literature or policy analysis from conceptual and methodological perspectives will also be emphasized. This course is designed to give doctoral students opportunities to engage classmates and professors in dialogue and discussion about integrating concepts and methods into the process of research development. Students should take advantage of this opportunity to build their research community by engaging fully in class discussion with fellow students and faculty. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 792 Dissertation Progression Seminar +
Description:
The purpose of this blended delivery course is to facilitate learners' progress to complete their dissertation research. Learners will participate in in-person and on-line meetings throughout the semester to provide peer and faculty mentorship, dialogue, mutual learning, referral to resources, and time management guidance toward goal attainment. The course is open to all PhD students in the College of Nursing and Health Sciences. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 796 Independent Study +
Description:
Students wishing to enroll in this course should present to the faculty a well-defined problem for investigation. Plans for advanced study should be established at the beginning of the semester during which the student wishes to take the course. The study will be conducted in consultation and collaboration with the student's faculty advisor, and documented in a report at the end of the semester. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 797 Special Topics +
NURSNG 825L Advanced Quantitative Research Methods I +
Description:
The goal of this required, core course is to provide expertise in empirical research methods. Students will make an in-depth examination of methods used in exercise and health science research. Students will critically analyze scientific, peer-reviewed research, provide critical analysis in written and oral form, and take a leadership role in facilitation group discussions such as semi-structured journal clubs. Skills in methodology will be developed starting from generation hypotheses based on theories and literature reviews to data collection and management. Students will become proficient at developing proposals for valid empirical studies including descriptive and experimental designs to test hypotheses. Ethical issues related to research and concepts of statistics and measurements will be covered to complement required research courses such as EHS 820 Professional and Ethical Issues in EHS and NURSNG 760 Biostatistics courses. Students will prepare and present a research proposal as part of the course. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 897 Special Topics +
NURSNG 899 Dissertation Research +
Description:
Research in the student's area of interest conducted under faculty supervision, resulting in the presentation of a doctoral dissertation. More Info
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