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5.00 Credits
This senior level course provides a theoretical and clinical component. The focus is on public health issues and concerns. Discussion is framed around nursing care of aggregates of the population. Health care needs are approached from the public health focus and are addressed in the community setting. Students examine principles of epidemiology, the characteristics of the community, and available health services though preparation of an extensive community assessment. Health promotion, illness prevention and maintenance and restoration to optimal levels are stressed as goals for interventions with emphasis on adaptive responses. This course builds on knowledge gained in acute and chronic health care settings. Assignments include community assessment, recourse utilization, and planning within the current health care delivery system. Clinical experience take place in a variety of community settings and focus on care of the family or other aggregates within the immediate community and within the global community.
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3.00 Credits
Course designed to introduce students to basic knowledge of research while emphasizing research in nursing as a product and a process. Prepares students to read research critically and determine its value to practice. Course emphasizes research standards, including professional responsibility in relation to conducting, participating in, and utilizing research findings. Assignments may include critical analysis of research, research project, and literature review. Prerequisites: Completion of MA 245 with grade of "C" or higher and admission to BSN Program or consent of instructor.
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2.00 Credits
This course is designed to examine current issues and evolving trends relevant to professional nursing. Historical perspectives as well as futuristic considerations provide the framework of study. Emphasis is placed on the evolving roles of professional nurses in the health care system as they relate to legal, ethical, economic, political, and social issues. Assignments include extensive literature review, group discussions, and individual student presentations and papers. Prerequisite: Completion of NSG 310 with a grade of "C" or higher.
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5.00 Credits
This senior level course provides a theoretical and clinical component which focuses on the leadership role of the professional nurse. Emphasis is placed on leadership strategies, management theory, decision making, supervisory functions, effective strategic planning, health care systems and the process of implementing change. The student will study the theoretical basis of the methods of change and practical skills for planning, directing and evaluating health care and nursing care delivery models. The student will examine the characteristics or leaderships and management roles expanding on previous knowledge from the acute and chronic settings. The senior project serves as a culmination of the student's baccalaureate education with demonstration of the integration of liberal education and the discipline of professional nursing. The senior project involves an extensive review of the literature, a formal paper, and a presentation of the project to the academic college and the professional community. Clinical experience is designed to serve as the framework for developing and practicing leadership and management in a variety of health care settings. Prerequisites: All graduation requirements for General Education and Nursing must be completed prior to NSG 460. Designated critical thinking.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides an introduction to microeconomic and macroeconomic concepts such as marginal analysis, profit maximization, unemployment, and inflation. A working knowledge of economics will be developed through applications of these concepts to world events.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a study of group behavior and how it influences organizational effectiveness, with emphasis on decision-making and conflict resolution. Students develop strategies for efficient and productive group management and determine which tasks are handled by groups or by individuals.
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3.00 Credits
This is an upper level course in the program major. It focuses on functions of management, with attention given to issues in motivation, organizational structure, and change management. Designated professional studies.
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3.00 Credits
This course investigates the role of both formal and informal communication in creating a productive organizational environment. It emphasizes communication skills, including making presentations, interpersonal and group interacting, and writing. Designated professional studies.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses upon the principles of economics as they need to be understood and utilized by managers. It stresses practical application of economic principles to the managerial decision-making process. The internationalization of our economy and possible actions affecting economics in all organizations is included. Prerequisites: OAL 216, or BA 220 or BA 221.
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3.00 Credits
This course offers an introduction to statistics. It provides the background necessary to read statistical reports and graphs, calculate descriptive statistics, use fundamental laws of probability, perform basic tests of hypothesis, and use linear regression. The main focus of tie course is to prepare managers to be informed consumers of statistical analyses, rather than statistical analysts themselves.
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