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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Student must be enrolled in the Clinical Nurse Leader MSN degree program. This course focuses on the nursing role in disease management and the care of the continuum of care for the individual from childhood through adulthood. The student identifies, describes, and analyzes selected nursing interventions and treatments appropriate to children and adults with acute health problems. Emphasis will be on holistic assessment that builds and incorporates the principles of physiological, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual wellness within changing developmental stages. The course highlights the professional nurse's role and communication skills needed in managing patient care based on the ability to question, analyze, and reason on behalf of the patient and to choose the appropriate care modality.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Student must be enrolled in the Clinical Nurse Leader MSN degree program. This clinical application course guides the student in providing comprehensive care for acutely ill children and adults. A variety of learning experiences will occur within various acute care settings. Emphasis will be placed on holistic patient assessment and the delivery of informed nursing care. The importance of patient perception, coping skills, and understanding of health and illness will be integrated to achieve optimal outcomes. Students will learn to effectively delegate and manage nursing resources and serve as both leader and partner on an interdisciplinary healthcare team.
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Student must be enrolled in the Clinical Nurse Leader MSN degree program. This course expands on the clinical leadership aspects of the Clinical Nurse Leader role, emphasizing the importance of communication, alliance-building, and accurate assessment of the abilities and scope of practice limitations within a health care team. Concepts related to microsystem leadership and coordination of nursing teams will be presented.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Student must be enrolled in the Clinical Nurse Leader MSN degree program. This course gives an overview of the role of the Clinical Nurse Leader in managing of fiscal resources. Principles of finance and fiscal management will be applied to clinical leadership in healthcare systems. Economic issues that affect patient care delivery will be analyzed. Financial reports and statements will be evaluated to predict organizational capabilities and limitations. The effect of varying budget methods and variance analysis will be discussed. Methods for product evaluation, mass customization of care, and the influence of global trends on clinical systems will be analyzed.
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3.00 Credits
Principles of family theory are explored and analyzed in relation to advanced practice nursing. A family assessment tool is developed utilizing the concepts of family theory.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Student must be enrolled in the Clinical Nurse Leader MSN degree program. This course emphasizes the need for professional nursing intervention in the optimal functioning and management of disease of the individual from infancy through adulthood. The course builds on previous knowledge of pharmacology, pathophysiology, and the management of acute illness across the age continuum. Emphasis will be placed on the principles of physiological, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual diversity across the lifespan as they affect the perception, management, and coping skills of patients and families faced with chronicity and disease sequelae. The CNL role will be seen as integral to the case management and supervision of children, adults, and families as they cope with the physical and psychological demands of chronic illness.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Student must be enrolled in the Clinical Nurse Leader MSN degree program. This clinical application course guides the student in providing comprehensive care for chronically ill children and adults. The student will engage in a variety of learning experiences within chronic-care settings. Emphasis will be placed on holistic patient assessment as it relates to the impact of chronicity and the sequelae of illness. Goal-directed care will be underscored with respect to achieving an optimal level of functioning throughout the course of illness, including the end of life.
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Student must be enrolled in the Clinical Nurse Leader MSN degree program. This course presents a framework for interdisciplinary leadership and lateral integration of care. Concepts related to partnership, communication, collaboration, and consultation will be analyzed.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Student must be enrolled in the Clinical Nurse Leader MSN degree program. This course focuses on research design, methodology, and analysis. It provides a foundation of nursing research principles, concepts, and application for clinical nurse leader students. The expansion of skills in literature review, critique, and synthesis, application of research findings to resolve clinical problems, and introductory research proposal writing will be emphasized.
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3.00 Credits
This graduate theory course introduces the student to the research process and its application to nursing practice and social problems. Critiquing skills are used to examine each step of the research process to enhance students' understanding of their role as nurse research consumers.
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