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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course addresses the challenges and complexities of palliative and hospice care based on the End of Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) curriculum. Course modules focus on end-of-life issues such as evidence-based assessment and management of pain and other symptoms, communication, ethics, cultural/spiritual aspects, loss/grief/bereavement, and the final hours. A multidisciplinary approach to palliative care addresses patient- and family-centered care with attention on the physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and emotional needs of terminally ill patients and their family members. Students who successfully complete this course are 'ELNEC-trained'.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on core concepts and principles of integrative nursing care to optimize health and well-being of self, persons, organizations, and communities. Integrative nursing interventions, integrative therapies, and applications are examined to manage a variety of common symptoms, promote health, and create optimal healing environments across care settings and populations. Students evaluate evidence, theoretical principles, and strategies related to integrative therapies to implement appropriate approaches to clinical practice and self-care. In the course, students experience practical applications to enhance well-being. Finally, global perspectives related to integrative nursing are explored.
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7.00 Credits
This course focuses on the nursing care of clients experiencing acute disruptions of health and/or end of life issues. Emphasis is placed on understanding and application of theory and skills required to provide nursing care to clients with complex and/or unstable conditions. Evidence-based practice is used to support appropriate focused assessments, and effective, efficient nursing interventions. Knowledge of life span, developmental factors, cultural variables and legal aspects of care guide the ethical decision making in delivery of care.
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4.00 Credits
This course introduces pathophysiological processes and the disruption in normal body function due to acute disease across the lifespan. This course discusses pharmacological interventions for disruption in normal body function. A framework is presented for approaching pharmacotherapeutics, diagnostics, and clinical management related to acute disease.
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4.00 Credits
This course focuses on prioritization, delegation, and supervision of nursing care of clients across the lifespan. Healthcare policy, finance, and regulatory environment issues are analyzed. Emphasis is on planning, collaborating and coordinating care for individuals and groups across the care continuum.
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4.00 Credits
This course is grounded in the translation of current evidence into best practice. The research process links nursing theory with clinical nursing practice for application within the larger healthcare system. Emphasis is placed on preparing students to retrieve, read and comprehend published research reports. A systematic approach to appraisal of research evidence is emphasized as a means of informing nurses clinical decision making and is incorporated into a research critique. Students develop an evidence based practice project as well as explore evidence-based practice models to facilitate implementation and dissemination.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
This is a topical course and may be repeated when the topic varies.
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4.00 Credits
This course focuses on evidence-based holistic nursing care of diverse families across the lifespan where students develop holistic, health promoting, culturally sensitive approaches to care. Promotion of critical thinking, therapeutic communication, and collaborative practices are emphasized in the care of families. Competence Statement: Upon completion of this course, the student will demonstrate the concepts of family nursing to provide safe, holistic nursing care to diverse families across the lifespan.
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3.00 Credits
This course explores the experience and challenges of aging from the perspective of the patient, the support system, the community, and the health care system. Factors and processes that are both contributors and barriers to successful aging and quality of life for older adults are identified. Various assessment tools and strategies for delivering evidence-based care will be considered that enhance quality of life for the older adult in both health and disease states.
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4.00 Credits
This course focuses on evidence-based practice and the research process in the development of nursing knowledge and in nursing practice. Ethical considerations and the protection of human subjects in research are explored. Students will explore sources of evidence through a literature search and data sets. Emphasis is placed on the steps of critical appraisal of research and the application of findings to holistic nursing practice. Students utilize informatics and data to develop an evidence-based practice research topic and supporting question to explore relevant and current evidence-based practice models.
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