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NURSNG 601 Advanced Nursing Concepts in Theory and Practice
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This course focuses on the nature and structure of knowledge, with emphasis on the structure of contemporary nursing knowledge. Learners have opportunities to analyze and evaluate various nursing conceptual models and theories, as well as selected models and theories from adjunctive disciplines, and to apply those models and theories to advanced practice nursing. 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 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 students development. The use of simulation, critical thinking, and reflective practice skills and varying types of clinical instruction are explored. More Info
Offered in:- TBA
NURSNG 613 Human Diversity in Healthcare
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This course examines the challenges associated with providing competent health care to diverse populations and examines its effects on the health of individuals, groups, and populations. Health behavior and health care outcomes are analyzed within the context of social, economic, political, and cultural forces. Implications of an increasingly diverse population for nursing education, research, and practice are determined, and strategies for improving the management of human diversity in nursing and health care are critically analyzed. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 614 Advanced Pathophysiology
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This course focuses on the analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of pathophysiological processes throughout the lifespan. Relevant research is integrated into evidenced-based nursing practice. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 615 Advanced Health Assessment
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This course focuses on the development of advanced practice nursing skills in health assessment for urban populations. Concepts, theories and research on human development, anticipatory guidance, prevention and early detection of risk factors and disease are emphasized. Critical thinking, diagnostic reasoning and communication skills are developed through practice with cases guided vignettes and simulated practice experiences specific to the students area of advanced practice nursing in the college laboratory. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 616 Evidence Based Practice I
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This course focuses on theory-guided and evidenced based research to prepare students to become proficient in translating research into practice. Emphasis will be placed on research as a tool to improve practice. Students will learn to identify clinically focused problems and evaluate the best design to answer the question. Critical analysis of qualitative and quantitative research findings in order to apply best evidence will be emphasized. Through a systematic literature review, students will synthesize research related to a clinical practice problem and develop skills in the use of electronic databases. Ethical issues in the conduct of clinically focused research will be explored. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 618 Health Policy, Finance, Ethics
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This course is designed to examine how ethical, financial, and health policy issues and concerns are linked in the health care delivery system. The role of the nurse in developing a professional ethical framework, understanding the economic implications of health care, and shaping and formulating health policy will be stressed. Several decision-making models and strategies in health policy, finances, and ethics will be compared. Relevant research in health policy, finances, and ethics will be analyzed. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 620 Primary Care Dematology I
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Course content will be based on the Dermatology Nurse Practitioner Core Curriculum established by the Dermatology Nurses Association, 2011. Students will develop skills in critical thinking and clinical reasoning in the application of theory and research to the practice of dermatology. Assessment, diagnostic, therapeutic, and health teaching strategies are applied to a continuum of health promotion/illness problems with a focus on speciality care of the medical dermatology patient across the lifespan. Seminars are grounded in learning the application of the theory and research to the domains of practice of the adult/gerontological or family nurse practitioner who interfaces with a large cohort of dermatology patients, or is interested in dermatology specialization. This includes the management of patient health and illness and the teaching-coaching function of the nurse practitioner and ensuring the quality of health care practices. Interdisciplinary collaborative practice skills are encouraged. More Info
Offered in: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:NURSNG 634 Advanced Pharmacology
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The course focuses on the role of advanced practice nurses in applying pharmacotherapeutics to the management of health and illness in populations at risk for morbidity and mortality. Students acquire advanced knowledge as a foundation for prescribing and monitoring pharmaceutical and alternative therapeutic agents. Emphasis is placed on synthesis of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics principles for the prevention and treatment of acute and chronic illnesses. Evidence-based outcomes, consensus guidelines, and research studies are critiqued. Ethical, legal, and risk-management issues are discussed. 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 638 Advanced Health Promotion Practicum I
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Students analyze the clinical application of theories and research from nursing, diversity, health promotion, and disease prevention. Family, human development, patient education, and community theories that explain the phenomena of family focused care are examined. Data grounded in epidemiological sources, health histories, family assessments, physical examinations, and diagnostic tests are examined as the basis for case finding and identification of risk factors. Students begin to institute primary and secondary interventions, demonstrate interdisciplinary communication skills, examine collaborative community partnerships, and analyze the dimensions of nurse practitioner professional leadership roles in the urban community. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 639 Primary Care of Adults
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Students examine the nursing and health related theory and research applied to the primary care management of adults with episodic and chronic illness. Diagnostic, therapeutic, and pharmacological regimens are examined. Legal, ethical, and health policy issues that impact the delivery of primary health services are integrated. Continued emphasis is placed on developing social cultural sensitivity to the variations in health care needs of urban populations. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 644 Global Perspectives on Health; Exploring the Intersection of Equity, Economics and Culture
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This course brings together undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students to compare and contrast local population health priorities and challenges from a global health perspective. The course emphasizes the population health sphere of influence and utilizes the United Nations Millennium Development Goals and US Department of Health and Human Services Healthy People 2020 as a framework to explore global health. The focus is on synthesizing knowledge from a variety of interdisciplinary empirical and theoretical literature to better understand the social, political, economic, cultural and environmental issues that affect the health of all of us. Students deepen their knowledge and appreciation of global health, health disparities, human rights and cultural humility. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 664 Clinical Practicum I: Acutely Ill or Critically Ill 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 acutely and critically ill 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:NURSNG 665 Clinical Practicum II: 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 acute or critical care setting in their chosen specialty. This course continues to address patient care, but the focus shifts to the nursing personnel and organization/network, giving students the opportunity to implement the CNS role fully. Students acquire skill and confidence in consultation, collaboration, and leadership skills. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 667 Clinical Practicum III: Nurse Educators in Clinical Practice Settings
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Students acquire advanced teaching skills required to meet the health-related learning needs of patients, families and groups in clinical and community settings. Students also learn to educate practicing nurses and other clinicians to meet patient needs more effectively. Seminars focus on the pedagogy supporting the work of nurse educators. Under the guidance of an expert preceptor, students develop educational interventions and programs and use a variety of teaching strategies. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 668 Clinical Practicum IV: Nurse Educators in Academic Settings
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The course focuses on the advanced teaching skills that nurse educators need in order to help nursing students to acquire the knowledge, skills and values required for professional nursing practice. Seminars focus on the role of the academic nurse educator, clinical and classroom teaching skills, curriculum development and methods for evaluating student learning. Under the guidance of an expert preceptor, students will develop and evaluate learning experiences for nursing students. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 670 Primary Care of the Adult/Older Adult Practicum II
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Theory and research from multiple health disciplines are further integrated as students develop competencies in the role of adult/gerontological nurse practitioner. Under the supervision of nurse practitioners and faculty, students manage and coordinate primary care for multicultural adults and families experiencing health and illness problems across the continuum of care, including acute, subacute, community, home care, and long-term-care settings. The diagnostic, therapeutic, evaluative, consultative, and teaching functions of the nurse practitioner are emphasized. Seminar discussions include an exploration of the health policy issues that influence the delivery of health care to underserved urban adults and communities. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 671 Primary Care of Older Adults
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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, 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 relation to acute and chronic health conditions of the older adult are emphasized. The complex interplay of the political, economic, legal, and ethical factors that influence health care delivery to older adults is examined. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 672 Primary Care of the Adult/Older Adult Practicum III
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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. 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 and the teaching-coaching function of the nurse practitioner and ensuring the quality of health care practices. Interdisciplinary collaborative practice skills are developed. Students develop role competencies under the supervision of nurse practitioner preceptors and faculty in urban health care settings. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 680 Primary Care of the Family Practicum II
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Family nursing theory and research are further integrated as students develop competencies in their role as family nurse practitioner. Under the supervision of nurse practitioners and faculty, students manage and coordinate primary care for multicultural urban families experiencing a continuum of health promotion, episodic, and chronic illness problems. The diagnostic, therapeutic, evaluative, consultative, and teaching functions of the nurse practitioner role are examined within a professional, ethical and legal framework. Skills in collaborative interdisciplinary practice are emphasized. Seminar discussions include an exploration of the health policy issues that influence the delivery of health care to underserved urban families and communities. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 681 Primary Care of the Childbearing Family
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Students integrate research from the pathophysiological, behavioral, social, and nursing sciences. The primary care needs of multicultural families in urban communities are addressed. Problems of women, infants, and children are analyzed within a family nurse practitioner framework for practice. Evidence-based laboratory, diagnostic, therapeutic, and pharmacological plans of care are applied to problem management. Emphasis is placed on developing advanced competence in the management of common health and illness. Health policies, including cost, quality, access to care, and evaluation and management guidelines for reimbursement, are integrated throughout the course. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 682 Primary Care of the Family Practicum III and Capstone
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Students further refine skills in critical thinking 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 women, infants, and children. Seminars are grounded in learning the application of theory and research to the domains of practice of the family nurse practitioner, including the management of patient health and illness and the teaching-coaching function of the nurse practitioner and ensuring the quality of health care practices. Interdisciplinary collaborative practice skills are developed. Students develop role competencies under the supervision of nurse practitioner preceptors and faculty in urban health care settings. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 690 Advanced Practice in Acute and Critical Care I
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This course introduces the role of the Acute Care/Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist, focusing on the patient sphere of influence. The course refines students' clinical judgments and their diagnosis of common patient problems in the autonomous domain, extends assessment skills, and expands knowledge of nursing interventions and expected outcomes. Students acquire and expand the knowledge and skills needed for the advanced practice direct care competency and ethical decision-making. Diversity, health care disparities, and ethical issues will be discussed as they relate to the clinical topics. Students will apply theory and research through comprehensive assessments and the design of appropriate management strategies. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 691 Acute and Critical Care Clinical Nurse Specialist Nursing II
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This course builds on AC/CC CNS 1 and continues to emphasize the patient sphere of influence and the student's competence in providing direct care as a CNS. A focus on high-incidence clinical problems, symptoms or issues in acute and critical care continues. Students deepen their knowledge of 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 judgements and to build the practice base needed for implementing other advanced practice competencies. This course expends the patient population focus to include the nursing personnel sphere of influence. Knowledge of assessment, diagnosis, and management in the autonomous nursing domain will be required. Measurement of relevant, nursing-sensitive patient outcomes and quality improvement approaches to improving care for populations will be emphasized. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 692 Acute & Critical Care III
NURSNG 693 Advanced Practice in Acute and Critical Care IV
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This course focuses on the organizational/ network sphere of influence and strategies for implementing the CNS role, with emphasis on the CNS as a nursing leader and an essential member of the interdisciplinary team. Theoretical and evidence-based, practical approaches to assessing health care systems as organizations and designing and implementing effective change are discussed. Focus is on the analysis of the organizational issues specific to effective CNS practice in acute and critical care. Analysis of factors such as finances and regulatory requirements will be examined. Students will develop the skills to assess the impact of organizational factors on clinical practice across the continuum of care and design strategic approaches to implementing change. 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:NURSNG 703 Health Economics
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The primary purpose of this course is to have students learn and apply the basic economic concepts and models used by both economists and health policy analysts to understand and analyze health care markets. The goal of health economics is to provide a better understanding of health care problems and issues so that appropriate health policies can be designed and implemented. The course focuses on the structure and functioning of health care markets and specifically on how prices are determined in different markets for health and health-related services, as well as on how prices, in turn, critically affect the behavior of both consumers and suppliers. It is assumed that the student has no prior background in economics. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 705 Health Disparities
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Health disparities in the United States are examined historically and within the context of global health, globalization, and neo-liberal economic and social ideology. Despite considerable progress in the overall health of the American population, disparities continue to exist, notable among ethno-racial groups and those at the lower end of the socio-economic scale. This course identifies and analyzes the complex causes of health disparities and surveys multi-level interventions, strategies and policy approaches to elimination disparities and improving health care outcomes for all. Students will critically analyze literature and materials relative to the broad range of topical areas covered across the course. Learning outcomes will position students to be informed and deliberative when planning programs, conduction research, participating in the policy process or otherwise working to mitigate or eliminate disparities in health care. More Info
Offered in: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
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In this course students will refine and extend the competencies introduced in Evidence Based Practice I with emphasis on generating evidence for practice in implementing practice innovations. Emphasis will be placed on the evaluation of practice, practice improvement initiatives and the development and utilization of evidence-based practice. The end product of this course will serve as the foundation for the Capstone project in the last year of study. 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). For more information about HCUP data, see http://www.ahrq.gov/data/hcup. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 721 Program Evaluation
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This course focuses on models and methods for program evaluation within health services organizations and health care delivery systems at the local, state, national, and global levels. Content areas include history of evaluation research, types of program evaluation, research designs, planning and conducting evaluations with quantitative and qualitative methods, reporting, dissemination and utilization of findings, and the "program evaluator" role, including ethical and political considerations. In addition to content areas, applied program evaluation methods at various health care delivery system levels will be presented in "spotlight" segments during the semester. More Info
Offered in:- TBA
NURSNG 722 Improving Outcomes: Identification, Interventions, and Evaluation of Quality Improvement Activities
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This course includes review of theoretical frameworks and research methods used to implement quality improvement in health care. Approaches to solving actual problems in clinical settings are considered, with emphasis on patients with chronic illnesses and other vulnerable patient populations. Students gain familiarity with quality improvement techniques from management, policy, and clinical perspectives. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 723L Cost Effectiveness: Theory, Methods & Applications
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This course introduces students to the theoretical underpinnings of cost-effectiveness analysis and the alternative methods for measuring costs and outcomes of health interventions. Through many practical applications, students gain a familiarity with how to apply cost effectiveness, cost benefit, and cost utility methods to actual research situations. GERON GR 723L and NURSNG 723L and PPOL-G 723L are the same course. 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 725 Quantitative Research Colloquium
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Students will have an opportunity to discuss and present their on-going research with other students and participate in more advanced seminars on quantitative methods. The instructor and students will read drafts of students' papers and provide constructive comments. Occasional presentations of research methods will be made by the instructor and students based on students requests. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 730 Clinical Knowledge for Cancer Nursing Research I
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This is the first clinical course in a two semester Oncology sequence. This course will allow students to develop clinical knowledge about their area of interest in Cancer Nursing Care and to begin the process of developing clinical research questions. Each student will be paired with a clinical mentor/expert clinician, with a minimum of a masters degree in nursing. The mentor and faculty coordinator will assist the student in developing an individualized practicum that includes clinical care directed toward understanding the experience of cancer within the racial/ethnic group of interest. The students will meet regularly with the faculty coordinator to facilitate the development of research questions linked to clinical practice issues. The clinical mentor and other clinical experts may assist in this process. Course requirements will include 10 hours of practicum per week. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 731 Clinical Knowledge for Cancer Nursing Research II
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This course will enable students to focus on phenomena of interest in cancer nursing through individualized clinical research experiences. Students will be directed to clinical practice sites and mentors that will guide and facilitate their research. During the practicum students will finalize their research question/problem, identify design issues and solutions, and address feasibility and/or access concerns. Course requirements will include 12 hours of practicum per week More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 733 Scientific Basis for Cancer Nursing Research
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This is the first course in a two-semester Oncology sequence. The course will provide students with a comprehensive overview of the current knowledge and research in cancer care. Course content will focus on basic cancer science (biology, pathophysiology, immunology, and epidemiology), prevention and detection, diagnosis and clinical manifestations, and treatment and disease management of the most common cancers. Knowledge related to each students clinical phenomena of interest will be explored. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 734 Context of Cancer Nursing Care
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This is the second course in a two-semester Oncology sequence. This course is designed to allow students to expand their knowledge of the most common cancers in adults, focusing on the delivery of evidence-based cancer nursing care and developmental, social, cultural, economic, and political issues that impact cancer patients and families. Content related to symptom management, survivorship, and end of life care will be integrated throughout the course. Each student will be guided in the independent exploration of their phenomena of interest via self directed learning activities, including, but not limited to a systematic review of the literature, consultation with experts, writing a small grant or exploration of a clinical topic of interest culminating In a student presentation and publishable manuscript. 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 742 Health Policy II
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This course builds on NURSNG 741, applying models of policy analysis and theoretical perspectives to the critical examination of specific health policies. The course studies the historical, political, economic, and social context in which the policies emerged, as well as the specific actors involved. Emphasis is given to health policies affecting the aged and urban family population. Case studies are presented, and participants are introduced to a variety of methods for analyzing, formulating, and evaluating health policy. The policies examined in the course may include those confronting students in their own workplace or practice. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 743 Internship in Health Care Policy
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A six-credit experience: 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: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. CRCRTH 653L and NURSNG 753L and PPOL-G 753L are the same course. More Info
Offered in: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:- TBA
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 DNP Internship I
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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, and 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. Students investigate clinical problems, and refine the in-depth review of the literature started in Evidenced Based Practice I and further refine the capstone project proposal work commenced in Evidenced Based Practice II. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 762 DNP Internship II
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Emphasis is placed on translation of research into practice as a means to improved the delivery of health care. In supervised clinical experiences, students continue to develop competence in the role of the DNP including experiences in leadership, consultation, advocacy, and interdisciplinary collaboration, and translation of research and theory into practice. Clinical learning is directed at discovering the history, and contextual evidence, and current strategies related to problems affecting patient safety and the quality of health care services. Students participate in leadership and change agent experiences consistent with behaviors expected of the Doctor of Nursing Practice. Students investigate clinical problems in context of the health care system and analyze influencing factors; seek IRB approval and defend the capstone project proposal. Students successful in defending their proposal may move forward to the action phase of the capstone. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 763 DNP Internship III
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In supervised clinical experiences, students continue to develop competence in the role of the DNP including experiences in leadership, consultation, advocacy, and interdisciplinary collaboration, and translation of research and theory into practice. During the third clinical immersion experience, students continue to seek out opportunities to develop professional and scholarly behaviors consistent with the DNP Essentials; Competencies. In conjunction with their advisor and internship facilitator, learning is directed implementing the approved capstone project proposal and developing a scholarly paper that summarizes the state of the science of the problem, the processes to address the problem, and the outcomes achieved. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 764 Capstone Seminar and Internship IV
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Students continue to integrate the role of the DNP in the clinical practice context that includes leadership, consultation, advocacy, and interdisciplinary collaboration. They will synthesize the highest level of scientific knowledge and clinical practice expertise to the solving of an identified health care delivery problem for populations at risk. Following DNP committee and IRB approvals of the capstone project work done in preceding courses, students complete the Doctor of Nursing Practice immersion experience, summarize their portfolio experiences to reflect their meeting the Essentials Competencies, and submit and defend their scholarly capstone project work. In seminars, students meet to explore the projects and findings of their colleagues and discuss application of evidence and theory to solving health services delivery problems. More Info
Offered in: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 Economics and Finance for the Advanced Practice Nurse
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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 US and global trends in health care delivery are examined from a historical and contemporary perspective of increasing social change and health care access. Students develop skills in financial management including budget preparation and tailoring budgets to changes in health policy at the local, state, and national level. Competency in utilizing and applying finance tools and measures for analysis and reporting will be developed through the use of case studies common to advanced practice nursing. Students are prepared to develop collaborative health care access points in order to advocate for vulnerable populations while controlling costs and improving quality. More Info
Offered in: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 772L Seminar in Health Care Financing
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This course analyzes historical, current, and proposed policy options in health care financing, including Medicare, health insurance, and issues of provider reimbursement. GERON GR 772L and NURSNG 772L are the same course. 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 791 Integrating Theory and Policy in Dissertation Research
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This course is designed to synthesize nursing, policy, and other appropriate theoretical constructs into a proposal for innovative inquiry and research. Content from nursing, basic and applied research in health and service delivery, social policy, research methods, and cognate courses is used to build a coherent conceptual framework and methods for data collection and analysis for dissertation research. More Info
Offered in:NURSNG 796 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 797 Special Topics
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This course offers study of selected topics within this subject. Course content and credits vary according to topic and are announced prior to the registration period. More Info
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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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