NURS 5001. Advanced Practice Nursing Seminar.An
integration course that emphasizes application of knowledge about advanced practice
nursing scope of practice, health policy, and health care delivery as they relate to
functioning as an effective health care professional. Prerequisite: NURS 5105 or
NURS 5305 or NURS 5405 or NURS 5505 or NURS 5605 - (Second Clinical Nursing Course).
One seminar hour a week. Credit: One hour.
NURS 5002. Advanced Practice Nursing Role. Examines the impact of health
care policy, health care organizations, and health care reimbursement on the
advanced practice nurse. Further examines the scope of practice of different
advanced practice nurse roles and the collaborative relationships with other
health care professionals. Two seminar hours a week. Credit: Two hours.
NURS 5003. Health Promotion and Primary Prevention. Provides a
foundation for advanced nursing practice utilizing principles of health promotion
and disease prevention in individuals and communities. Addresses national and
community-level health problems. Focuses on the use of epidemiological, social,
and environmental data to evaluate community health deficits. Examines the
influence of regulatory, legislative, and public policy upon various client
populations and corresponding inherent ethical issues. Three lecture hours a
week. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 5013. Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice. Examination,
critique, and evaluation of a variety of theories that provide a basis for the
practice of nursing. Explores the application and utilization of appropriate
theories to nursing practice and research. Focuses on the cyclical nature of
theory, research and practice in health care. Three lecture hours a week.
Credit: Three hours.
NURS 5023. Research in Nursing. Focus of research content is on
application of research in the clinical setting, including problem identification,
determination of the evidence supporting available data for nursing practice, and
development of strategies for incorporating research in practice. Research-related
skills include critique and use of appropriate research design and statistical
methods, use of computer hardware and software and information retrieval, use and
management. Prerequisites: basic statistics course. Pre/co-requisite: NURS 5013
or permission of instructor. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 5125. Groups and Communities I. Focuses on measures and
determinants of population health in relationship to national health objectives.
Clinical experiences in health promotion and health protection realms of community
and population health including grass-roots, regional, state, and national programs.
Prerequisites: NURS 5013, BIOL 5333, NURS 5644. Pre/co-requisites: NURS 5002,
NURS 5003. Three lecture hours and six laboratory hours a week. Credit: Five
hours.
NURS. 5105. Groups and Communities II. Focuses on advanced practice
role in community and population health including community assessment, data
analysis and validation, program planning and program evaluation. Clinical
experiences in all aspects of advanced nursing practice applied to health promotion
and health protection in communities and populations. Prerequisite: NURS 5125.
Pre/co-requisites: NURS 5023, NURS 5663. Three lecture hours and six laboratory
hours a week. Credit: Five hours.
NURS. 5115. Groups and Communities III. Focuses on how to sustain
coalitions for health promotion including grant acquisition and management, lay
leadership, professional-lay partnership models, and grass-roots health policy
formation. Prerequisite: NURS 5105. Two lecture hours and nine laboratory hours
a week. Credit: Five hours.
NURS 5203. Theoretical Bases for Nursing Education. Overview of education
and theories of teaching and learning related to nursing education and practice.
Focus is on general categories of cognitive and behavioral theories. Selection of
appropriate teaching/learning theories to address the learning needs of culturally
diverse groups and individuals. Pre-requisites: Admission to program or permission
of instructor. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 5253. Curriculum Design and Management in Nursing. Focus on nursing
curriculum design from mission statement and philosophy. Includes examination of a
variety of conceptual frameworks and their appropriateness for various settings,
students, and knowledge component (curriculum elements). Emphasis on curriculum
development at institutional level, course level, and individual class level in
academic and clinical settings. Pre/co-requisites: NURS 5203. Three lecture hours
a week. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 5263. Educational Communication and Technologies of Instruction.
Selection, use and evaluation of communication techniques and technology in various
nursing educational settings. Includes traditional classroom teaching techniques of
lecture, discussion, small group projects, forums, seminars, and use of
audio-visuals, plus utilization of computer-based instruction and distance
education techniques. Pre-requisites: Admission to program of permission of
instructor. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 5273. Measurement and Assessment in Nursing. Selection and
preparation of a variety of methodologies to assess learning. Application of
educational statistics to evaluate various forms of testing and to measure
learning. Includes item analysis of standardized and teacher-made exams. Work with
on-campus faculty for mastery of content. Pre-requisites: NURS 5203.
Pre/co-requisites: NURS 5253. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 5283. Evaluation Models for Curriculum Management. Utilization of
various models to assess learner achievement, faculty or teacher performance,
achievement of course objectives, and measurement of program outcomes in academic
or clinical educational settings. Examination of accreditation models.
Pre-requisites: NURS 5203. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 5293. Teaching Practicum in Nursing. Application of the nurse’s
role as teacher in educational setting of choice: academia, staff development, or
patient education. Focus is on integration of theory and practice of education
role with socialization in to the role of nurse educator. Pre-requisites: NURS
5203. Pre/co-requisites: NURS 5253. Nine practicum hours a week. Credit: Three
hours.
NURS 5325. Child Health Nursing I. Provides the foundation for
assessment and intervention with well children and their families. Integrates
concepts of growth and development and common health problems experienced by
children from birth through adolescence. Emphasizes developmental screening tests
and anticipatory guidance. Prerequisites: NURS 5013, BIOL 5333, NURS 5644.
Pre/co-requisites: NURS 5002, NURS 5003. Three lecture hours and six laboratory
hours a week. Credit: Five hours.
NURS 5305. Child Health Nursing II. Focuses on the clinical management
of common acute illnesses experienced by children and adolescents; physical and
behavioral problems are discussed. Theories related to culture and health beliefs
are incorporated. Prerequisite: NURS 5325. Pre/co-requisites: NURS 5024, NURS
5663. Three lecture hours and six laboratory hours a week. Credit: Five hours.
NURS 5315. Child Health Nursing III. Emphasizes theories related to
chronic illness and coping in children and adolescents. Physiological, behavioral,
and family theories are applied to management of chronic illness. Clinical
knowledge and skills are applied in hospital and community settings. Prerequisite:
NURS 5305. Two lecture hours and nine laboratory hours a week. Credit: Five
hours.
NURS 5425. Women's Health Nursing I. Emphasizes the collaborative
management of the reproductive health of women utilizing current theory, research,
and clinical practice findings. Examines developmental dynamics and family
structure throughout the lifespan in relation to childbearing. Incorporates
appropriate treatment modalities, pharmacologic interventions, and referral
criteria for advanced nursing practice. Prerequisites: NURS 5013, BIOL 5333,
NURS 5644. Pre/co-requisites: NURS 5002, NURS 5003. Three lecture hours and
six laboratory hours a week. Credit: Five hours.
NURS 5405. Women's Health Nursing II. Emphasizes the collaborative
management of reproductive health of non-childbearing adolescents and women
utilizing current theory, research, and clinical practice findings. Examines
developmental dynamics and family structure throughout the life span in relation
to women's health. Incorporates appropriate treatment modalities, pharmacologic
interventions, and referral criteria for gynecological problems in advanced
nursing practice. Prerequisite: NURS 5425. Pre/co-requisites: NURS 5023, NURS
5663. Three lecture hours and six laboratory hours a week. Credit: Five hours.
NURS 5415. Women's Health Nursing III. Emphasizes the collaborative
clinical management of non-reproductive health care needs of women throughout the
life span utilizing current theory, research, and clinical practice findings. Class
focuses on diagnosis and advanced nursing management of problems relevant to adult
and older women with acute and/or chronic diseases. Clinical practice includes
treatment modalities, pharmacologic interventions, and referral for reproductive
and non-reproductive problems. Prerequisite: NURS 5405. Two lecture hours and
nine laboratory hours a week. Credit: Five hours.
NURS 5525. Adult Health Nursing I. Focuses on promoting and maintaining
the wellness of adults through theory and research-based interventions and
management derived by use of critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning. Families
are considered when assessing adults and their health status. Explores delivery of
health care in a variety of settings. Prerequisites: NURS 5013, BIOL 5333, NURS
5644. Pre/co-requisites: NURS 5002, NURS 5003. Three lecture hours and six
laboratory hours a week. Credit: Five hours.
NURS 5505. Adult Health Nursing II. Focuses on management of commonly
encountered health deviations in the adult population. Examines protocols for
treatment decisions, referrals, and follow-up. Addresses client and family teaching
related to management of health problems and concerns. Prerequisite: NURS 5525.
Pre/co-requisites: NURS 5023, NURS 5663. Three lecture hours and six laboratory
hours a week. Credit: Five hours.
NURS 5515. Adult Health Nursing III. Focuses on application of advanced
nursing practice skills utilizing all aspects of collaborative management of primary,
secondary, and tertiary health care needs of adults. Emphasizes health needs of
geriatric clients and emergency care. Synthesis and evaluation of various
theoretical concepts, research findings, and clinical protocols are emphasized.
Prerequisite: NURS 5505. Two lecture hours and nine laboratory hours per a week.
Credit: Five hours.
NURS 5542. Health Systems Management: Challenges and Opportunities. Focus
is on the impact of important clinical issues in current nursing practice as they
relate to nursing administration. Emphasis is on future trends in process and
structure of health care delivery, financial reimbursement, and public policy that
impacts health care delivery. Pre/co-requisites: NURS 5553. Two hours lecture per
week. Credit: Two hours.
NURS 5543. Nursing Administration Clinical Practicum II. Application of
strategic management techniques. Emphasis on the impact of legal, ethical and
economic issues on the decision making and planned change process in health care
facilities. The clinical practicum will be one of four healthcare environments:
acute care, ambulatory, long-term care, or community/home healthcare.
Prerequisites: NURS 5544; HCA 5521; HCA 5222. Co-requisites: HCA 5712 or HCA 5722
or HCA 5732 or HCA 5762. One hour lecture and six hours of clinical practicum per
week. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 5544. Nursing Administration Clinical Practicum I. Focus is on the
exploration of the nurse manager’s role in complex health care settings. Emphasis
is on the integration of management, business and nursing concepts as they relate
to the delivery of nursing care. The clinical practicum will be one of four
healthcare environments: acute care, ambulatory, long-term care, or community/home
care. Prerequisites: NURS 5013; NURS 5023; HCA 5203; HCA 5303. Co-requisites: HCA
5712 or HCA 5722 or HCA 5732 or HCA 5762. Two hours lecture and six hours of
clinical practicum per week. Credit: Four hours.
NURS 5553. Nursing Administration Clinical Practicum III. Emphasis is on
the financial management of healthcare institutions and its impact on the nursing
unit; impact of regulatory agencies and the development of budgets and RFPs. The
clinical practicum will be one of four healthcare environments: acute care,
ambulatory, long-term care, or community/home healthcare. Prerequisites: NURS 5543;
HCA 5502. Co-requisites: HCA 5712 or HCA 5722 or HCA 5732 or HCA 5762. One hour
lecture and six hours of clinical practicum per week. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 5625. Family Health Nursing I. Family theory based nursing
practice in the assessment and management of health needs across the life span.
Emphasizes wellness and primary prevention for culturally diverse and medically
underserved families. Intergrades knowledge of growth and development. Promotes
critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills in clinical decision making.
Prerequisites: NURS 5013, BIOL 5333, NURS 5644. Pre/co-requisites: NURS 5002,
NURS 5003. Three lecture hours and six laboratory hours a week. Credit: Five
hours.
NURS 5605. Family Health Nursing II. Delivery of primary health care
services to culturally diverse and medically underserved families across the life
span, emphasizing health promotion and health maintenance. Emphasizes common
acute/chronic problems. Utilizes role concepts and theories. Prerequisites:
NURS 5625. Pre/co-requisites: NURS 5023, NURS 5663. Three lecture hours and
six laboratory hours a week. Credit: Five hours.
NURS 5615. Family Health Nursing III. Synthesizes concepts from theory
based family-centered nursing, pathophysiology, assessment, pharmacotherapeutics,
and role practice for the management of culturally diverse and medically
underserved families from across the life span. Focuses on health promotion and
health maintenance in primary health care settings. Prerequisite: NURS 5605. Two
lecture hours and nine laboratory hours a week. Credit: Five hours.
NURS 5644. Advanced Assessment/Differential Diagnosis. Examination of
the systematic process involved in performing a holistic health assessment on
individuals throughout the lifespan. Includes knowledge and skills necessary to
gather data, interpret findings, make health diagnoses, communicate results, and
empower clients. Pre/co-requisite: BIOL 5333. Three lecture hours and three
laboratory hours a week. Credit: Four hours.
NURS 5663. Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Nursing Practice. Advanced
course based upon the previous knowledge of pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics
obtained in undergraduate education and clinical practice. Content in this course
will provide a foundation for the pharmacotherapeutic management of common health
problems across the lifespan encountered in advanced nursing practice. Three
lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 5683. Nurse Preceptorship I. Clinical practice course to implement
the nurse practitioner role. Emphasis is on synthesizing nursing and medical
knowledge to maintain and promote health in well clients and families and to
clinically manage clients and families with common acute and chronic illnesses.
Pre/Co-requisites: NURS 5115 or NURS 5315 or NURS 5415 or NURS 5515 or NURS 5615
(Third Clinical Courses), NURS 5001. Nine hours of clinical preceptorship a week.
Credit: Three hours.
NURS 5684. Clinical Nurse Specialist Preceptorship. Clinical practice
course to implement the clinical nurse specialist role. Emphasis is on synthesizing
nursing and medical knowledge to maintain and promote health in well and
hospitalized clients, including clinical management, staff development, case
management, discharge planning, education, and consultation. Pre/co-requisites:
NURS 5115 or NURS 5315 or NURS 5415 or NURS 5615 (Third clinical courses); NURS
5001. Twelve clinical practicum hours a week. Credit: Four hours.
NURS 5693. Nurse Preceptorship II. Provides clinical experience in
settings similar to those in which students should practice following program
completion. Emphasizes synthesis of knowledge and skills in health promotion and
health maintenance across the lifespan. Emphasis is on the clinical management of
clients and families with common acute and chronic illnesses. Pre/co-requisites
NURS 5115 or NURS 5315 or NURS 5415 or NURS 5515 or NURS 5615 (Third Clinical
Courses), NURS 5001, NURS 5683. Nine hours of clinical preceptorship a week.
Credit: Three hours.
NURS 5903. Special Topics in Nursing. Systematic study of a designated
topic in advanced nursing. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 5911. Individual Study. Individual study of a selected problem in
nursing. May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Premission of instructor.
Credit: One hour.
NURS 5913. Individual Study. Individual study of a selected problem in
nursing. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 5973. Professional Paper. Prerequisite: Nursing NURS 5023. Credit:
Three hours.
NURS 5983. Thesis Prerequisite: NURS 5023. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 5993. Thesis. Prerequisite: NURS 5983. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 6002. Multicultural Nursing. Focuses on development of the student
as a member of a culture within the context of a global paradigm. Students will
develop an appreciation for their own culture as well as appreciation of other
cultures. Universal view will result in the development of a theoretical framework
for the incorporation of cultural competence at each level of doctoral study and
post-doctoral practice. Two lecture hours a week. Credit: Two hours.
NURS 6003. Grant Writing. Comprehensive introduction to the components
of a grant. Basic steps for skill development in preparation, design and
evaluation are included. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 6004. Theory and Foundations of Nursing Research. Critical analysis
of theory and study of qualitative and quantitative methods. Emphasis on inductive
and deductive logic involved in knowledge development and testing. Examines
limitations posed by quantitative and qualitative methods. Prior statistical and
philosophical content is applied in examining current problems of concern to
nurses. Independent literature reviews and utilization of basic research theory
provide opportunities to pose questions for future research. Prerequisites:
Completion of statistics research tool, NURS 6023; Co-requisite: NURS 6053. Four
lecture hours a week. Credit: Four hours.
NURS 6014. Theory and Methods of Quantitative Nursing Research.
Application of quantitative theories and methods through proposal development and
participation in ongoing research to address substantive health problems.
Prerequisite: NURS 6004 or permission of instructor. Three lecture hours and three
practicum hours a week. Credit: Four hours.
NURS 6023. Philosophy of Nursing Science. Overview of concepts related to
philosophy, philosophy of science, and philosophy of nursing. Includes exploration
and analysis of major philosophers, comparison of Eastern and Western philosophy,
and the contribution of these philosophies to the origin and development of nursing
philosophy and science. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 6024. Theory and Methods of Qualitative Nursing Research. Explores
methods of qualitative research including the choice of design and methods to
address substantive human health problems. Examines qualitative data analysis
techniques, including the use of software programs. Practicum provides opportunity
to collect data for analysis and prepare a report. Prerequisites: NURS 6004 or
permission of the instructor. Three lecture hours and three practicum hours a week.
Credit: Four hours.
NURS 6033. Ethical Dimensions of Nursing. Examines ethical issues in
contemporary nursing practice from the perspective of nursing as a moral enterprise.
Focuses on nurses making informed and responsible choices that shape the future of
society as well as the nursing profession. Traditional and contemporary ethical
positions will be explored as they apply to common ethical and moral problems found
in nursing. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 6034. Research/Theory Synthesis. Synthesizes theory development
knowledge with strategies for testing theoretical statements pertaining to the
student’s selected research. Students will develop a formal proposal and conduct a
pilot study. Students will present work for critique and engage in scholarly
critique of peer’s work. Prerequisites: NURS 6014, NURS 6024. One lecture hour
and nine practicum hours a week. Credit: Four hours.
NURS 6043. Policy, Power, and Politics. Examines concepts of social
policy, power and political behaviors and generates strategies for exercising
professional leadership in effecting change in health disciplines. Exploration and
analysis of theories supporting policy making as a decision-making body or power
base for action or inaction. Role of health politics in the work place,
organization, government, and community will be examined with special emphasis on
the politics of women's health care. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three
hours.
NURS 6053. Exploring Scholarship. Introductory course will prepare the
doctoral student to examine scholarship in detail and identify mechanisms to enhance
own scholarship. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 6113. Disseminating Scientific Knowledge. Overview of various
approaches for dissemination of scientific knowledge. Focuses on editorials that
activate, interactive media presentations, overcoming communication difficulties
in writing, scientific publication, speaking to the public on health issues, and
writing for the lay public. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 6123. Structural Equation Modeling I. Comprehensive introduction
to the general structural equation system and demonstration of the generality of
the model. Includes major aspects of the approach to design and analysis with
basic concepts and issues related to application to research problems. Experience
in constructing and estimating structural equation models and in use of LISREL and
EQS software programs. Prerequisite: Completion of statistics research tool.
Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 6133. Structural Equation Modeling II. Theoretical and
methodological developments in structural equation modeling (SEM). Includes
applications, programming, issues, and interpretation in SEM. Prerequisite: NURS
6123. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 6143. Irregular Time Series Statistical Analysis. Survey of the
theory and methods relative to nonlinear dynamics. Provides opportunity to examine
time series data using a variety of methods. Focuses on randomness, probability
theory, time series, nonlinear dynamics, chaos, fractals, and scaling.
Prerequisite: Completion of statistics research tool or permission of instructor.
Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 6153. Seminar in Oncology. Survey course addressing advances in
cancer prevention, treatment, and pertinent issues in care of oncology patients.
Theories, principles, and current research in oncology are explored. Three lecture
hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 6163. Health Outcomes: Measurement, Management, and Analysis.
Explores changes in health care system and emerging health care priority agenda
that are placing focus on outcomes. Emphasizes importance of outcome indicators and
need for new or revised measures in selected health conditions and related settings.
Analyzes relationship among process, outcomes, and costs. Focuses on development of
research programs addressing clinical, institutional, or systems research.
Prerequisites: NURS 6014 or consent of faculty. Three lecture hours a week. Credit:
Three hours.
NURS 6203. Women's Issues: Fifty and Over. Discusses feminist
perspectives raised by health, social, and family issues the mature woman faces.
Reviews pathophysiology of common diseases. Analysis of ramifications of social
and family issues and review of extant research literature. Addresses influence
of race and class and explores emotional and psychosocial experiences of women.
Explores impact on future research. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three
hours.
NURS 6213. Multicultural Women's Health Research. Compares, contrasts
and analyzes issues related to past and present research on the health of women in
various cultures. Future research needs prioritized with an emphasis on funding
sources and collaborative opportunities. Emphasizes the quality, quantity, and
foci of research on women's health, with analysis of issues which have precluded
women from health-related research in the past and from full participation in the
health care delivery systems of today. Focuses on empowerment of women in health
promotion within a cultural context and explores and analyzes strategies to improve
health delivery to women in various cultural settings from a research-based
practice model. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 6223. Threats to Women's Health. Familiarizes students with the
leading causes of morbidity and mortality among American women. Identifies
feminist issues raised by the health of American women. Addresses influence of
race, class, and gender upon health. Current analyses of women's health by
contemporary scholars provides context for raising research questions. Explores
potential research projects. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 6243. Feminist Pedagogy in Nursing Education. Feminist pedagogy
provides paradigm for teaching strategies used in classrooms and clinical or
practicum experiences. Critically examines teaching strategies founded on
behaviorism and patriarchal perspectives. Emphasizes how teaching/learning
experiences can move from training toward education, from memorization toward
critical thinking, and from students as recipients of information to students as
fully empowered participants in knowledge discovery. Three lecture hours a week.
Credit: Three hours.
NURS 6253. Workplace Wellness. Examines current policies, practices,
regulations, and environmental issues impacting workplace wellness. Includes
workplaces in selected countries around the globe, particularly those represented
to a significant extent by immigrants to the U.S. Focuses on psychosocial,
cultural, and physiological issues in the workplace. Application of theoretical
framework to provide direction for health policy and promotion of workplace
wellness. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 6273. Aging and Chronic Health Conditions. Analyzes knowledge
about chronic health conditions in older adults to determine health care needs not
currently well addressed. Synthesizes theory and knowledge to design an
intervention addressing a specified need. Focuses on multidimensional and
interdisciplinary approaches promoting the best possible health status of
individuals. Designs an evaluation of the intervention including measurement of
appropriate health status indictors. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three
hours.
NURS 6613. Introduction to Clinical Investigation in Nursing.
Quantification and interpretation of clinical nursing phenomena with emphasis on
analysis of relational statements and propositions in theories and conceptual
frameworks. Three lecture hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 6623. Systematic Inquiry in Nursing. Analysis of clinical nursing
phenomena with emphasis on advanced quantification and interpretation of clinical
data in analysis of models and theoretical statements in nursing. Three lecture
hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 6633. Advanced Systematic Inquiry in Nursing. Experimental
investigation of relational statements in testing of nursing theories and
conceptual frameworks. Emphasis on application in clinical settings. Three lecture
hours a week. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 6903. Special Topics. Selected current topics in nursing. Credit:
Three hours.
NURS 6911. Individual Study. Individual study of a selected problem
in nursing. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Credit: One hour.
NURS 6913. Individual Study. Individual study of a selected problem in
nursing. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 6983. Dissertation. Credit: Three hours.
NURS 6993. Dissertation. Credit: Three hours.
