Nursing

The purpose of this course is to read, interpret, and critically evaluate statistics relative to healthcare research. Emphasis on descriptive statistics, population and sampling, statistical testing, and data analysis/application will be included. The use of Microsoft Excel and/or statistical software will facilitate the study of practical problems in healthcare. This course is a three-credit, one-semester (hybrid) course for DNP students .

This course is designed to cover the core knowledge and skills involved in program evaluation, provide experience in evaluation design, and provide exposure to some of the ethical and philosophical issues current in evaluation research. Course activities will be focused on giving students hands-on experience in the specific research skills and tools required for effective program evaluation which is critical in the development and maintenance of evidence-based practice.

This course is designed to explore the concept of leadership within the health care system. Content will focus on the nursing leadership role in quality and safety initiatives, information management, patient outcome improvement, and fiscal management. Strategies for creating a culture of quality and safety; application of current technology in information management; and approaches for improvement in patient outcomes will be examined. An overview of health care fiscal management and issues will be investigated. The nursing leadership role in systems thinking and organizational management will be explored.

This course is designed to provide the student with an overview of the development of healthcare policy in the United States. The role health professionals play in defining health policies and healthcare reform, and its impact on healthcare delivery systems is explored. The course offers an introduction to economics and policy factors that affect healthcare systems as well as a review of relevant economic concepts and topics such as supply and demand and how they relate to healthcare. The constructs of cost benefit, cost-effective analysis, implications of insurance strategies, cost containment, emerging health technologies, and government regulations are discussed. Global health policy and economics will be explored with an overview of health care finance as it relates to health care systems.

This course focuses on communication, ethical/legal issues, and advocacy as they are applied to complex health situations. Principles of communication and relationships help the advanced practitioner be an effective team leader and team member in multidisciplinary groups. The exploration of pertinent ethical and legal dilemmas will provide a background for decision making with groups and individuals. Retrieval and synthesis of data insures a basis for evaluating individual and team goals. The transformation of electronic data bases further enriches patient advocacy by applying evidence-based practice to consumer health care information and aligning clinical systems to meet health care benchmarks.

This course is designed to prepare the student to incorporate educational strategies and concepts to healthcare and academic programs. Emphasis will be on assessment and evaluation of learners; program development, revision, and evaluation; and the use of educational strategies to facilitate the learning process. Application of leadership, quality improvement, and outcome achievement within a variety of educational settings will be addressed.

Doctoral Practicum I is designed to assist students in using critical thinking skills to identify a topic of interest relevant to nursing practice. Emphasis on formulating a PICO question and extensive analysis of relevant research evidence pertaining to the topic of interest will be included.

Doctoral Practicum II builds on the first research project course and is designed to utilize collaboration, assessment, and planning strategies to support the proposal development process. The student is guided in the data collection and analysis to implement a written report submitted to their committee for approval.

During the final 2-credit component of the research process, the results of this clinically – based scholarly work product will be analyzed and evaluated. The findings will be disseminated through the submission of a written and oral presentation to the clinical dissertation committee. A secondary gain of this project is to stimulate interest in future scholarly work intended to improve the nursing clinical milieu.

This course provides knowledge and skills in articulating concepts and ideas in a logical and scholarly manner without bias. This course begins by providing general principles of scholarly writing, and ensures each student has a clear understanding of APA style. Strategies used in achieving professional and effective scholarly writing will be included.

The focus of this course is on pathophysiological alterations. Emphasis is placed on abnormal changes that occur in body systems and the development of disease. Consideration of the relationship between genetics, epigenetics, the environment, and pathology are explored.

This course is designed to illuminate the role of the nurse practitioner as a provider of primary health care to clients and their families. Course content centers on promotion of health, prevention of illness, and management of health- illness situations of families within varied environmental contexts. Particular focus is placed on disparity in health care and the challenge this presents for the family nurse practitioner. The significance of research findings influencing primary care is explored and evaluated to determine the applicability to advanced nursing practice.

This course provides the opportunity for students to acquire advanced knowledge and skills in the pharmacologic treatment of commonly encountered health problems. The role of the advanced practice nurse in collaboration with health team members in providing safe and effective drug therapy will be explored. Special emphasis will be placed on the role of the Family Nurse Practitioner and prescriptive privilege. The principles of pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacogenetics, and pharmacogenomics as well as adverse drug reactions will be incorporated in the decision-making process to assess and monitor drug therapy and to teach patients safe and effective medication administration. The effects of culture, ethnicity, age, pregnancy, gender and economics on pharmacologic therapy will be emphasized. Assessment of the use of herbal and nutritional supplements, nutraceutical, and over-the-counter drugs on prescribed therapies will be addressed. In addition, current issues in drug therapy will be discussed such as the role of the advanced practice nurse in the current opioid epidemic and the use of medical marijuana.

This course focuses on performing a comprehensive health assessment on patients throughout the lifespan and communicating the assessment findings to members of the multi-disciplinary health care team The course builds on knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and health assessment skills previously attained in undergraduate nursing education Emphasis is placed on the collection, interpretation, and synthesis of relevant historical, genetic, biological, cultural, psychosocial and physical data for the development of a comprehensive and holistic health assessment Evidence based practice concepts related to health promotion/disease prevention are applied Diagnostic reasoning skills are developed to determine health and risk status, develop health promotion/disease prevention strategies, and establish priorities of care Post-Masters Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate program students will obtain 15 hours of assessment experience in the simulation center, focusing on both normal and abnormal findings.

This course builds on the concepts from the prerequisite courses to develop the role of the nurse practitioner in promoting health and managing common acute and chronic health conditions in adults Adaptations in health assessment, management of common acute and chronic conditions, and health promotion based upon developmental and ethnocultural considerations are emphasized The interaction of individual, family, and environment are studied from the perspective of nursing and other health-related theories.

This practicum is designed to guide students in developing the basic competencies of the nurse practitioner in the care of adults experiencing acute and chronic health conditions. Students will utilize skills of critical thinking, logical reasoning, and sound diagnostic judgement in generating clinical decisions and directing care. Students will gain skill in all aspects of diagnosis, therapeutics, and management as required of a competent primary care practitioner. Supervision in this practicum will be provided by nurse practitioner and physician preceptors, under the guidance and oversight of faculty. Students will arrange clinical hours with preceptors as mutually acceptable. If the student is unable to meet with the preceptor at an established time, the student will notify the preceptor as soon as possible to avoid any disruption and to arrange alternative clinical hours. Students are required to obtain a minimum of 200 practicum hours for this course.

This course builds on the concepts of family health nursing in exploring the role of the nurse practitioner in women?s health and pediatrics. The course focuses on conditions specific to women?s health, the parent-child experience during pregnancy and birth, and conditions specific to children from infancy through adolescence. Particular attention is placed on the developmental changes of children and their impact on the acute and chronic health conditions most frequently encountered in the primary care setting.

This practicum is designed to guide students in developing the basic competencies of the nurse practitioner in the care of women and children in the primary care setting. Students will utilize skills of critical thinking, logical reasoning, and sound diagnostic judgement in generating clinical decisions and directing care. Students will gain skill in all aspects of diagnosis, therapeutics, and management as required of a competent primary care practitioner. Supervision in this practicum will be provided by nurse practitioner and physician preceptors, under the guidance and oversight of faculty. Students will arrange clinical hours with preceptors as mutually acceptable If the student is unable to meet with the preceptor at an established time, the student will notify the preceptor as soon as possible to avoid any disruption and to arrange alternative clinical hours. Students are required to obtain a minimum of 200 practicum hours for this course.

This course builds on the concepts from the prerequisite courses to develop the role of the nurse practitioner in promoting health and managing common acute and chronic health conditions in adults. This course incorporates a focus on older adults, adaptations in health assessment, management of common acute and chronic conditions, and health promotion based upon developmental and ethnocultural considerations are emphasized. The interaction of individual, family, and environment are studied from the perspective of nursing and other health-related theories.

This practicum is designed to guide students in developing the basic competencies of the nurse practitioner in the care of adults experiencing acute and chronic health conditions. Students will utilize skills of critical thinking, logical reasoning, and sound diagnostic judgement in generating clinical decisions and directing care. Students will gain skill in all aspects of diagnosis, therapeutics, and management as required of a competent primary care practitioner. Skill in assessment and management of older adults will be emphasized. Supervision in this practicum will be provided by nurse practitioner and physician preceptors, under the guidance and oversight of faculty. Students will arrange clinical hours with preceptors as mutually acceptable. If the student is unable to meet with the preceptor at an established time, the student will notify the preceptor as soon as possible to avoid any disruption and to arrange alternative clinical hours. Students are required to obtain a minimum of 200 practicum hours for this course.

This course provides an opportunity to integrate the theory and practice of the family nurse practitioner. Focus is placed on the domains and competencies of the nurse practitioner as a direct provider of primary health care. Students will synthesize theories and concepts that guide practice as well as discuss issues and policies that define the nurse practitioner role. They will examine issues of control and power, dignity and respect, and mutual expectations in healing relationships.

The class will meet for a two- hour session every week. The clinical practicum will be conducted in collaboration with and under the supervision of nurse practitioner and physician preceptors. The practicum will provide a foundation for the transition to independent clinical practice. Students are required to obtain a minimum of 200 practicum hours for this course.

This course provides the foundation for comprehensive nursing practice. Students explore theories from nursing, natural, social, biological, and organizational sciences to frame their future practice. Key concepts are presented regarding leadership, adult learning, communication, professionalism, human diversity, and transition of the nurse to the nursing practice role.

This course provides the opportunity for students to acquire complex knowledge and skills in the pharmacologic treatment of commonly encountered health problems and to build on foundational concepts from a basic pharmacology course and experience in the clinical setting. The role of the nurse in collaboration with health team members in providing safe and effective drug therapy will be explored. Principle of pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacogenetics, and pharmacogenomics as well as adverse drug reactions will be incorporated in the decision-making process to assess and monitor drug therapy and to teach patients safe and effective medication administration. The effects of culture, ethnicity, age, pregnancy, gender and economics on pharmacologic therapy will be emphasized. Assessment of the use of herbal and nutritional supplements, nutraceutical, and over-the-counter drugs on prescribed therapies will be addressed. In addition, current issues in drug therapy will be discussed such as the role of the nurse in the current opioid epidemic and the use of medical marijuana.

This course focuses on the analysis of pathophysiologic and psychologic processes and concepts that serve as the foundation for clinical assessment and pharmacological management of patients with common disease states across the lifespan. This course builds on the foundational concepts of basic anatomy and physiology and the clinical experiences in the medical surgical courses throughout the program. The student will interpret the results of diagnostic and laboratory tests used to diagnose and to monitor changes in selected pathophysiologic and psychologic conditions. The student is guided in assessing the influence of genetics, lifestyle, culture, gender, age, and economic status on the etiology and progression of selected pathophysiologic and psychologic alterations. In addition, current issues related to selected pathophysiologic and psychologic conditions are explored.

This course focuses on healthcare policy in the United States and the related global health considerations. Students critically examine the national health care agenda and nurging's role in relation to the health of the nation, global health, and global health policy. Federal, state, and local political structure and function are examined along with the hierarchy of political involvement, interest groups and lobbyists, advocacy strategies, ethical issues and the public policy process. An overview of health care finance as it relates to health policy is presented and strategies to influence the regulatory process will be explored.

This course focuses on performing a comprehensive health assessment on patients throughout the lifespan and communicating the assessment findings to members of the multi-disciplinary health care team. The course builds on knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and health assessment skills previously attained in undergraduate nursing education. Emphasis is placed on the collection, interpretation, and synthesis of relevant historical, genetic, biological, cultural, psychosocial and physical data for the development of a comprehensive and holistic health assessment. Evidence based practice concepts related to health promotion/disease prevention are applied. Diagnostic reasoning skills are developed to determine health and risk status, develop health promotion/disease prevention strategies, and establish priorities of care. This course will incorporate 30 hours of clinical experience with a preceptor focusing on health assessment.

This course is designed to provide the student with essential concepts that guide the professional nursing practice. Professional identity, the nursing process, caring, communication and documentation, teaching and learning, as well as, culture and spirituality concepts are explored to develop critical thinking necessary to providing patient-centered care.

This course is designed to provide the student with the fundamental skills in assessment, intervention techniques, and evaluation methods essential to nursing practice. Basic concepts of anatomy, pathophysiology, and microbiology are applied to the foundational skills that guide the student in health promotion and maintenance, reduction of risk potential, as well as, basic care and comfort. The course contains a 90-hour clinical component that allow students the opportunity to develop competency in skills that promote and maintain health, reduce risk, and provide care and comfort.

Clinical component.

This course is designed to prepare the student with the essential concepts and principles of pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics essential for the administration and management of patient medication therapies. Major drug classifications will be explored from the perspective of safe medication administrations. Therapeutic usage and action, dosages, and contraindications will be examined in detail with a focus on drug action and adverse events. Students will apply knowledge of pharmacology in simulation to ensure safe, effective patient-centered care. The course includes a lab-simulation component allowing students the opportunity to practice safe medication administration and effective patient-centered care.

Accompanying lab component.

This course is designed to provide the student the opportunity to apply information literacy, clinical inquiry, and evidence to nursing practice. Concepts and information related to the use of scholarly evidence to implement, change or evaluate nursing practice in the provision of quality care will be presented. The nurses' role in evaluating and integrating evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and research will be emphasized.

This course is designed to promote development and application of the essential concepts and fundamental skills of the student’s nursing practice to the care of patients experiencing common acute and chronic health conditions. Guided by the nursing process and employing a holistic approach, students apply health promotion, disease management, and restorative techniques associated with the common acute and chronic conditions. The course includes a 90-hour clinical component enabling students the opportunity to apply these essential concepts and skill in practice settings.

Clinical component.

This course is designed to enable the student to focus on health-related issues of older adults. The course closely examines the unique needs and vulnerabilities of the older adult. Physical and psychological issues and their relation to the determinants of health are examined closely with a focus on an interdisciplinary approach to promote patient autonomy and patient centered care.

This course is designed to provide the student with epidemiologic and public health concepts that guide evidence-based practice in the healthcare environment. The science of population-based care inclusive of epidemiology, social epidemiology and evidence-based practice for population health will be presented. An examination of the various conditions occurring within diverse populations that influence health outcomes, policy development, health improvement interventions, and impact health inequities will be included in the course. The use of population health databases, technological innovations and social media to assess, plan and deliver programs to improve health at the local, national, and global level will be explored.

This course focuses on three main areas impacting quality and safety of nursing care: the national agenda and the economics driving quality initiatives, evidence-based strategies to promote safety and quality, and management of health data to improve aspects of health outcomes. The synthesis of these three important concepts will provide a foundation for the entry level student to make clinical decisions, direct patient care, and promote safety.

This course is designed to further develop the student's critical thinking and clinical judgment in the use of concepts and skills essential to the care of clients experiencing acute and chronic health conditions. The student will utilize the nursing process, development of holistic and comprehensive nursing assessments, planning, intervention implementation, and evaluation to direct the care of clients to meet optimal outcomes. Aspects of health promotion, disease management, and adaptation to health disorders are also analyzed. A 90-hour clinical component provides the student with the opportunity to utilize the developed concepts and skills in practice settings.

Clinical component.

This course is designed provides the student with concepts related to mental health and psychiatric disorders throughout the lifespan. Students will incorporate professional nursing standards and values to the care of individuals and families experiencing mental health issues and psychiatric disorders. Health promotion, disease prevention, and adaptation to alterations specific mental health and psychiatric disorders will be explored. The 90-hour clinical provides students the opportunity to care for patients and families in the mental health setting.

Clinical component.

In this course, the research process is presented, with emphasis on varying approaches, methodologies, conceptual frameworks, and ethical considerations. The value of scientific evidence and the discipline of nursing as the basis for providing quality care and improving practice is highlighted. Students are afforded the opportunity to critically evaluate nursing research and utilize credible evidence to implement best practices.

This course is designed to develop the student's ability to apply critical thinking and clinical judgement to complex concepts and skills for in complex nursing situations with adult patients and families. Coursework emphasizes nursing assessment, skills, care, and management of adults experiencing complex health alterations. The course includes a 90-hour clinical component to develop the complex concepts and skills necessary for complex patient care.

Clinical component.

This maternal newborn clinical course accompanies the NURN 5125 Professional Nursing Practice: Women and Children theory course and must be taken concurrently with the NURN5125 theory course. The 45-hour clinical experience provides the student with an opportunity to apply the course's theoretical concepts and implement holistic, safe, family-centered care to pregnant populations and newborns in selected settings. This course is graded as “Pass/Fail.” Successful completion of this course (“Pass”) requires satisfactory clinical performance.

This course provides the student with the opportunity to integrate nursing and developmental theories to emphasize family-centered care of pregnant women, newborns, and children. Pertinent physiological, developmental, and sociocultural concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention will be addressed. Nursing care of women through antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum periods and the newborn's adaptation to extra-uterine life will be emphasized. In addition, nursing care of the pediatric patient from infancy through adolescence will be addressed with attention to the following concepts: growth and development, effects of hospitalization, and common acute and chronic disorders. The 90-hour clinical experience provides the student with an opportunity to apply the course's theoretical concepts and implement safe family-centered care to mothers, newborns, and children in selected settings.

Clinical component.

This pediatric clinical accompanies the NURN 5125 Professional Nursing Practice: Women and Children theory course and must be taken concurrently with that NURN5125 theory course. The 45-hour clinical experience provides the student with an opportunity to apply the course's theoretical concepts and implement safe, family-centered care to children in selected settings. This course is graded as “Pass/Fail.” Successful completion of this course (“Pass”) requires satisfactory clinical performance.

The nurse's role in health promotion for individuals, communities or groups is the focus of this course. Models and theories of health promotion, behavioral change and health education will be explored. Determinants contributing to or hindering optimal health are examined. Evidence-based health promotion interventions will be addressed.

This seminar and practicum course provides the student with the opportunity to apply the knowledge, skills, and core values of the professional nurse as they transition from student to graduate nurse. Prioritization, delegation, and time management during provision of care will be emphasized. Integration of professional practice standards and effective communication will be highlighted. The 90-hour practicum component of the course enables students the opportunity to apply their nursing knowledge and skills in the clinical settings under the supervision of an RN preceptor.

Clinical component.

This course is designed to provide the students to the leadership role of professional nursing practice. Students will explore leadership and management theories. Professional concepts such as quality and safety, interprofessional communication and collaboration, delegation, supervision, education, and evidence-based practice are expanded upon with in the concept of leadership. By completion of the course students will identify and develop a clinical based project to improve care or address an ongoing issue within a complex health delivery system.

This course is designed to introduce students to the foundational concepts and processes of the nursing profession and practice. Concepts in critical thinking, growth and development, communication, teaching and learning, and management of care are explored.

This course is designed to provide knowledge and skills necessary for the safe provision of basic therapeutic interventions for patients throughout the lifespan within the context of the nursing process. The student will develop beginning competence in performing basic nursing and physical assessment skills in the laboratory classroom. Opportunity for the student to apply knowledge from Introduction to Nursing as well as basic nursing and physical assessment skills with adult clients and their families will occur in the clinical component of this course.

Clinical component.

PREREQUISITE: NURU1000 AND NURU1005, GRADE OF C OR BETTER This course is designed to introduce students to the application of foundational concepts to the practice of medical surgical nursing of the adult patient. Issues related to health promotion, disease prevention, and health restoration in patients experiencing common acute and chronic disorders will be explored. Skills related to safe administration of medication, intravenous therapy, oxygen therapy and care of the patient with wounds and selected orthopedic conditions will be presented in the classroom laboratory. Students will be guided in the application of knowledge and skills in the acute care setting with adult patients and their families. The 90-hour clinical experience is structured to provide students the opportunity to care for adult patients and their families.

Clinical for Medical Surgical Nursing

The focus of this course is the application of the nursing process to address adaptation to actual or potential health problems of the adult and their families with selected acute and chronic illnesses. Health promotion and disease prevention for young, middle-aged and older adults are also explored. Skills related to the safe administration of medications, intravenous fluids, and medical-surgical procedures will be practiced in the clinical laboratory and assessment skills will be further developed. The student will be guided in the application of knowledge and skills in the acute care setting with adult and elderly patients/families.

The licensed practical nurse (LPN) student enters the ASN program as a provider of care practicing within the standards of practice, code of ethics, and state board of nursing regulations for the LPN. This course is designed to assist the LPN to build upon this knowledge as the student makes the transition to the role of the registered nurse (RN). The student will be introduced to the conceptual framework of the ASN program and will explore the professional nursing roles, ANA scope, standards of practice, code of ethics and PA nurse practice act. The nursing process, caring, communication, documentation, and the teaching learning process as practiced by the registered nurse will be explored. Basic assessment skills, medication preparation, administration and IV therapy skills and other fundamental nursing skills will be evaluated.

PREREQUISITE: NURU2020 AND NURU2000, GRADE OF C OR BETTER This course is designed to introduce students to the concepts of mental health-mental health illness across the lifespan. Utilizing the nursing process as a framework, students will care for patients experiencing mental health problems. Therapeutic communication, developmental theories, and changes in behavior patterns are presented and explored. Students will be guided in the application of principles from biologic and behavioral sciences and nursing to assist the patient and family to adapt to stressors and disruptions in mental health and mental health disorders. Health promotion and disease prevention as well as socio-cultural perspectives related to mental health will be reviewed. The 90-hour clinical experience is structured to provide students the opportunity to care for patients and families in the mental health setting.

Clinical for Mental Health Nursing

PREREQUISITE: NURU2010, GRADE OF C OR BETTER This course is designed to explore the role of the nurse in family centered care of the childbearing family before, during and after birth. Concepts and issues related to health promotion, disease prevention and illness, and care of women throughout the lifespan will also be addressed. Application of the nursing process in caring for childbearing women and their families will be emphasized. The 90-hour clinical experience is structured to provide students the opportunity to care for childbearing women and their families in a variety of settings.

Clinical for Childbearing & Women's Health Nursing

PREREQUISITE: NURU2010, GRADE OF C OR BETTER This course is designed to provide the student with knowledge of the role of the nurse in health promotion of children and families during illness. Utilization of the nursing process will be emphasized in caring for children with acute and chronic health problems in a variety of ambulatory, community, acute and transitional care settings. The 90-hour clinical experience is structured to provide students the opportunity to care for children and families in a various pediatric health settings.

Clinical for Nursing of Children

PREREQUISITE: NURU1000 AND NURU1005, GRADE OF C OR BETTER This course is designed to introduce the student to the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drug therapy. The actions, interactions, adverse effects, and nursing implications of drug therapy are explored. Students will recognize evidence based nursing processes related to medication documentation, provider prescriptions, and legal considerations across the lifespan.

PREREQUISITE: NURU2121, NURU2015, NURU2012 (ALL WITH GRADE OF C OR BETTER) This course is designed to provide the student with clinical reasoning skills required by professional nurses. Factors that influence the ability to effectively solve problems are examined to facilitate higher level thinking in simulated clinical situations. Strategies to decrease anxiety and improve test performance are an integral part of the cognitive/behavioral approach in this course.

PREREQUISITE: NURU2121, NURU2012, NURU2015, NURU2035 (ALL WITH GRADE OF C OR BETTER) This course provides students with the opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills necessary for the transition from student to graduate nurse. Students will utilize critical thinking, communication skills, and the nursing process to prioritize and provide safe, evidence-based nursing care to multiple patients and families in clinical settings. Principles and philosophies of leadership and management that enable the graduate nurse to safely prioritize and delegate care of patients to other members of the health team are examined. The 60 hour clinical component of the course enables the student to transfer theoretical knowledge to application in the clinical setting under the direction and supervision of a preceptor.

Clinical component.

This course is designed to facilitate the student’s ability to integrate knowledge of pathophysiology and the nursing process to the care of patients and families experiencing complex health problems. The use of advanced technologies is integrated into the nursing process to provide safe, effective nursing care for patients as they adapt to these illnesses. The 90-hour clinical experience will provide students with opportunities to apply knowledge and skills from the classroom setting to the care of patients and families with these complex health issues.

Clinical component.

PREREQUISITE: NURU2010 AND NURU2010C, GRADE OF C OR BETTER This course is designed to provide the students with the knowledge and skills required to care for adult patients and families experiencing selected acute and chronic disorders. Issues related to illness, health promotion, disease prevention, and rehabilitation of selected disorders will be explored. The 90-hour clinical experience is structured to provide students the opportunity to care for adult patients and their families experiencing acute and chronic disorders.

Clinical component.

This course is designed to provide students an opportunity to broaden their knowledge of professional nursing practice by enhancing their leadership and management skills. Knowledge and skills of nursing leadership and management will be examined through didactic course work, and a 30 hour practicum experience structured to provide students with the opportunity to develop a project or provide a service in a selected healthcare setting. Core competencies for quality care as well as legal, ethical, and professional values will be explored as related to nursing leadership and management.

This course is designed to provide the student an opportunity to explore the nature, value, and utility of nursing research, and the relationships among research, theory, and practice. An overview of the research process is presented, with emphasis on varying approaches and methodologies, conceptual consistency, and ethical considerations. Critical appraisal of published research affords the student the opportunity to identify valid, rigorous research necessary to support evidence-based practices.

This course is designed to provide students the opportunity to explore the historical and contemporary health experiences of older people with an emphasis on health promotion, disease prevention, living with chronic illness, and evidence-based nursing interventions to improve and maintain the health of older people. Students will examine health disparities and common health problems in older adults.Ethical, legal, and health policy issues impacting health care for older adults will also be examined.

This course is designed to offer students the opportunity to explore the nurse's role in health promotion, disease and injury prevention and health education across the life span. Students will examine models and theories of health promotion, behavioral change and health education related to individuals and communities. Sociocultural, economic, genetic and political determinants that contribute to or hinder achieving optimal health are addressed. Evidence-based interventions that promote healthy behaviors of individuals and communities and prevent morbidity and mortality are analyzed.

This elective course provides the opportunity to explore quality and safety competencies in health care and nursing practice. Knowledge, skills, and attitudes related to these competencies will be explored as will the national agenda driving quality and safety initiatives, strategies to build a culture of quality and safety, interprofessional approaches to quality and safety, and global issues and strategies related to quality and safety. Selected issues related to safe, quality nursing care will be investigated.

This course is designed to provide the student an overview of the context of health care including the organization and financing of patient services, how reimbursement is structured, and the scope and role of regulatory agencies that define boundaries of nursing practice. Health care policy issues and the political process addressing those issues will be examined. Strategies for influencing the political process by nurses, other health professionals, lay and special advocacy groups will be explored.

This elective course provides the student with the opportunity to explore nursing informatics and technology applications in healthcare with emphasis on preparing entry level nurses with basic nursing informatics competencies. A brief history and evolution of health care technology, selected concepts, theories and models related to healthcare information systems, current systems and their uses, with emphasis on quality and safety in delivering patient care, and trends and future directions in implementing healthcare information systems will be introduced. Knowledge and skill in information processing and data management, professional roles, competencies, and skills of an informatics nurse as a project team member, and a systems design model will also be addressed.

This course is designed to provide the students with the opportunity to explore the contemporary context of professional nursing practice and health care delivery. Students will examine the major issues and trends in nursing and healthcare and consider the influence of socioeconomic, ethical, legal, and political variables as well as professional values on contemporary nursing practice.

This course is designed to provide the student the opportunity to explore concepts and practices of public health and community health nursing. Students will utilize their prior knowledge of nursing, humanities, natural and applied sciences to develop community nursing knowledge and skills to promote health of families, communities, and populations. The course focuses on health promotion and disease prevention and incorporates ethical and legal issues in community health nursing practice. In addition, the student will examine the impact of cultural, social and religious differences that impact community nursing practice. The 30 hour practicum experience is structured to provide students with the opportunity to develop a program or provide a service to promote health of a selected community.

Alternative and complementary therapies in nursing is an elective course for the RN-BSN majors. In this course the students will explore alternative and complementary therapies from the perspectives of foundational theories and the related therapies: mind-body-spirit, manipulation-based, natural products, and energy therapies. Current issues in education, practice, and research in the alternative and complementary therapies is the focus of this course.

This course is designed to offer students the opportunity to examine the influence of the laws, legal and ethical issues on professional nursing practice in today's complex and changing health care delivery environments. Frequently encountered ethical and legal issues in nursing practice and various healthcare settings will be explored.

In this course, students will have the opportunity to explore the historical and contemporary health experiences of women with an emphasis on health promotion, disease prevention, and evidence-based nursing interventions to improve health care of women. Students will examine the health disparities and common health problems in women across the lifespan. The impact of ethical factors, legal factors and health care policy will also be examined. Students will also identify issues that impact women's health at the local, national and global levels.

PREREQUISITE: EDUC2000, EDSP2015 & EDSP3015 (ALL WITH GRADE OF C OR BETTER) This course is designed to prepare students for the school nurse role and administration of a comprehensive school health program. The essential responsibilities of the school nurse in meeting the needs of school-aged children are emphasized. The course includes a PA Department of Education required 100-hour practicum with a PA Certified School Nurse.

This course is designed to offer students the opportunity to explore the professional nurse's role in palliative care and care at the end of life. Students will examine dimensions of professional nursing practice with clients and families facing chronic life-threatening illnesses and end of life. Ethical and legal issues impacting nursing care will be examined. Evidence-based management of physical, psychosocial and spiritual concerns of clients and their families at end of life and the palliative care of special populations will be investigated.

This course is designed to explore a framework of fact, myth, symbol and stereotype that influence the delivery of health care to families. The focus is on the complex web of communication in the interrelationship of family-nurse-physician. Students will be guided to analyze power and authority in the health care work force within the historical context of changing expectations and responsibilities.

In this course students will have the opportunity to explore the historical and contemporary health experiences of men with an emphasis on health promotion, disease prevention and evidence-based nursing interventions to improve health of men. Students will examine health disparities and common health problems in men across the lifespan. The impact of ethical, legal and health policy issues will also be examined. Students will identify issues that impact men’s health at the local, national and global levels.

SP18 - ASN Nursing Seminar: This special topics course will provide nursing students with the opportunity to apply knowledge to case scenarios and simulation exercises related to advanced medical surgical concepts. Through online modules students will explore select nursing and practice topics. Students will also practice select nursing skills in the Nursing Resource Laboratory under the direction of the course instructor.