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Course Criteria
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0.00 - 9.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Pre- or corequisite: NUR 621 Employs participatory observation and direct clinical encounters as strategies to explore the client experience of serious illness. Students are expected to uncover the client’s personal experience as well as examples of scientific perspectives on the illness experience. Nursing strategies specific to the person’s experience with illness in western culture are identified and explored in relationship to desired client outcomes. Beginning leadership skills in the management of persons living with extended and serious illnesses are demonstrated.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: NUR 621, 622 Focuses on the interrelationships of theory, research and practice in the care of persons with selected chronic illnesses and the application and measurement of evidence-based practice within varied clinical environments. Historical, political, developmental and contextual factors that influence the nursing care of persons with a variety of chronic illnesses will be explored. Both interdisciplinary and nurse-centered models of illness management will highlight course content. Three practicum credits.
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0.00 - 9.00 Credits
Prerequisites: NUR 621, 622 Application, development and evaluation of theoretical, research and evidence-based interventions in various clinical settings for populations of persons with chronic illness. The role of the nurse as a team leader and as an interdisciplinary team member in models of illness management will be explored. Historical, political, developmental and contextual factors that influence models of care will highlight course content.
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4.00 Credits
(2 theory, 2 pract.) Prerequisites: NUR 556 Provides a broad overview of common acute and chronic clinical problems that are encountered in primary care practice. Topics will include increasingly complex diagnostic and management issues that the nurse practitioner addresses in clinical practice. The continuing development of advanced practice skills in patient assessment, diagnosis and treatment planning is reinforced. Professional, legal and political dimensions of the role are addressed. Clinical experiences will be with preceptors in a variety of settings.
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5.00 Credits
(2 theory, 3 pract.) Prerequisites: NUR 652 Emphasizes the negotiated management of illness-related phenomena throughout a chronic illness. Relevant theoretical foundations, expanded clinical knowledge, and complex nursing interventions are explored and further synthesized into client- based theories and measurable outcome criteria. The practicum focuses on the application of advanced practice knowledge to manage (directly and indirectly) a wide range of illness-related phenomena.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: NUR 540, 547 Examines community health nursing principles in assessing problems, planning, implementing and evaluating health programs for population health. Community assessment of strengths and needs to identify health care problems in the region will be studied. Models of health planning will guide the development of program plans that address identified health issues, with special emphasis on needs of the underserved, diverse populations, and vulnerable populations. Funding sources will also be explored to generate project proposals. The course explores community organization, coalition development and evidence-based public health practice.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Pre- or corequisite: NUR 681 Application of principles of social change, community organization, planning, and evaluation to develop effective community health nursing programs. Working within a community framework, the student will develop a community health project as an intervention for a previously identified community health problem. Three practicum credits.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: NUR 681,682 Examines the theoretical basis of program implementation/evaluation and quality management for effective advanced practice in community health nursing. The student will critically analyze existing taxonomies, databases and outcome measures to identify their appropriate use in measuring program effectiveness. Students will gain evaluation research skills through analysis of existing programs and refine those skills by identifying variables that have the potential to improve the effectiveness of community health nursing programs.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Pre- or Corequisite: NUR 683 Applies evaluation skills to enhance the quality management of public health/ community health nursing interventions or programs. Major focus is on measurement of outcomes, quality management, and cost effectiveness. Students conduct an evaluation of a community nursing intervention or program by identifying and measuring critical variables including cost and by creating or analyzing a computerized database. Three practicum credits.
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3.00 Credits
Explore how practice knowledge is structured and metacognitive strategies to promote accurate knowledge use. Examine structured models, construct new models and attempt to resolve inconsistencies in existing designs to make practice knowledge explicit. Knowledge assimilation, codification strategies, synthesis, concept mapping and clustering are discussed as important tools for the knowledge developer.
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