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3.00 Credits
In this senior capstone, writing intensive course, the student addresses a quality improvement issue using evidence based practice recommendations in a student led project. The student investigates a problem or issue in practice, reviews best evidence and translates that best evidence into a sustained change to enhance quality and safety in care. Emphasis is placed on the nurse as a healthcare leader and the development of leadership skills including project management, decision-making, problem solving, critical thinking, and evaluation. Baccalaureate nursing graduate outcomes are synthesized as students complete their undergraduate nursing coursework.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Study of selected practices, issues and/or problems in health care delivery as they impact the consumer and the nursing profession. Topics change each semester. This course may be repeated when the topic changes.
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7.00 Credits
This clinical practicum course provides a bridge for the role transition from student to baccalaureate nurse generalist. Emphasis is placed on synthesizing theories, principles, concepts, and skills from nursing and other disciplines as a basis for implementing and evaluating holistic nursing care within systems and to diverse populations across the lifespan. This course may include seminar, self-directed study, service learning, simulation and clinical learning experiences.
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
In this Independent Study course, the student will undertake studies in a self-directed mode related to professional nursing practice.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Special topics related to specific areas of study. The course may be interdisciplinary in nature, and may be repeated when the topic varies.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to help the student analyze, critique, and apply a variety of nursing science, ethical, and transcultural theories across diverse populations. Grand nursing, biopsychosocial, moral, and diversity theories applicable to nursing practice will be explored. Awareness of the ethical and cultural considerations related to social justice, research, moral distress, and professional codes of ethics will also be facilitated.
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3.00 Credits
This course addresses advanced health care ethics from an interdisciplinary standpoint. The course is interdisciplinary in nature. The course is designed to help students analyze, critique, and apply a variety of ethical theories that are relevant to the healthcare environment and healthcare professions. Students are further encouraged to consider ethics as it relates to decision-making models, social justice, research, service-learning, moral distress, professional code of ethics, and/or healthcare provisions.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on quality improvement, patient satisfaction, quality measurement, management of quality information/data, and process improvement. It is designed to develop leadership across the care continuum in diverse settings using quality and safety models, tools, and metrics. Quality and performance improvement programs and processes, root cause analysis, and risk management will be addressed. National patient safety goals, regulatory standards, survey processes, nurse sensitive indicators, and high-reliability organizational concepts will be covered. Additionally, data management tools used for analysis and trending will be viewed in relation to quality and risk management.
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3.00 Credits
Core course that broadens understanding of diversities in races, cultures, individuals, families, communities, populations, lifestyles, gender, and age groups. Explores changing demographics, major health needs, health promotion and disease prevention, and mental health issues in all cultures.
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3.00 Credits
This core course reviews theoretical foundations and research-based interventions related to health behavior, health promotion and disease prevention. Students critically examine patterns of health behaviors, risk assessment, lifestyles, developmental stages, sociocultural, psychological, and spiritual contributions to well-being. The role of nursing is addressed as related to systems and community change to prevent disease and enhance health at the community level.
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