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3.00 Credits
(1 theory, 2 lab/ practicum) Prerequisites: Permission of faculty Establishes a foundation for assessment in primary care through didactic, laboratory modules, and practicum experiences. Emphasis is on health history interviewing, basic physical examination using four modalities, and beginning skill development in differential diagnosis. The course is restricted to the adult including emphasis on gender, racially diverse and aging populations.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: NUR 550 Pharmacological agents used in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of human disease and injury in the adult. The focus is on the basis for the clinical use of drug therapy. Characterization, evaluation and comparison of drugs form the frame- work for this course. Classes of drugs will be critically evaluated in terms of desired effects and degree of tolerable undesired effects. Clinical pharmacological concerns related to aging, drug interactions, and legalities will be addressed.
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4.00 Credits
(2 theory, 2 pract.) Prerequisites: NUR 550,552, 553 Nursing care of the adult client who is experiencing acute episodic illness within the context of the community setting. The content reflects knowledge necessary for providing primary care services in an ever changing, ever evolving health care climate. It will build on the student’s knowledge of physical assessment, pathophysiology, pharmacology and other treatment modalities, emphasizing knowledge and skill of health promotion, screening, maintenance, diagnosis, differential diagnosis and management of care in collaboration with other health professionals. Nursing care and treatment modalities will be stressed with each patient. Clinical experiences will be with preceptors in a variety of settings.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Introductory Chemistry or Biology or permission of the instructor The interaction of the environment and human health, from the perspective of an ecological framework. Physical, psychological, and psychosocial health responses to environmental toxins and infectious agents will be a central theme. Previous endeavors to maintain and improve the environment through the legislative process, public policy and regulation will be studied by examining case studies. The effects of war on the environment and public health will also be studied.
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0.00 - 9.00 Credits
Conditions and hours to be arranged Prerequisites: Upper-division standing; permission of instructor, graduate director, and college dean Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area not otherwise a part of the discipline’s course offerings.
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0.00 - 9.00 Credits
Conditions and hours to be arranged Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor, graduate director, and college dean. Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered.
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3.00 Credits
(2 theory, 1 pract.) Designed to assist the advanced practice nurse to articulate and advance the relational ethic of care, the moral agency of the nurse and the therapeutic ways of being in nursing practice. Through active learner engagement and reflection, nursing practice and decision- making will be critically examined from numerous perspectives of an ethic of care. The student will use multiple ways of knowing to comprehend, design, implement and communicate theory based compassionate nursing care in a selected setting.
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1.00 Credits
The student registers for this credit while working with their major advisor on the conduct and report of the research proposal developed in NUR 511. The completed study will be submitted as a Capstone or Thesis. The report must be acceptable (P/F), but will not carry a letter grade.
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3.00 Credits
(2 theory, 1 pract.) Prerequisites: 27 credits or final year of graduate program must be completed Requires a student to integrate knowledge from prior course work and learning experiences to study a current nursing problem. This will involve analyzing the components of a strategic plan to address a problem, planning the execution of a solution to the problem, and implementing its completion. The student will work in a team that applies approaches and tactics from a variety of disciplines, theories and philosophical perspectives to an existing or simulated situation or professional practice issue.
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3.00 Credits
Develops an in depth examination of the scientific, experiential and existential perspectives of illness. A focus on chronic or disruptive illness includes the influence of technology, western and eastern perspectives, and social policy on the individual’s experience and illness management decisions. Varied examples of illness events demonstrate the interaction of the person, family and health care providers.
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