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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Corequisite: NURS - 740. Please see Primary Care I: Practicum.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: NURS - 706, NURS - 707, NURS - 716, NURS - 730, NURS - 731, NURS - 740, NURS - 741. Corequisite: NURS - 751. This is the second course in a three-semester sequence designed to provide the student with opportunities to explore and apply advanced nursing roles in primary health care of clients across the lifespan. The course integrates student's knowledge of assessment, pathophysiology, pharmacological, and nonpharmacological management with autonomous and collaborative nursing interventions. Through exploration of clinical presentations, including symptoms and human responses, underlying causes of common health problems in the adult and geriatric population will be analyzed and appropriate diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes will be discussed. Students will examine the environmental and social-economic factors that influence acute health problems and human responses. The course will incorporate content about information access and management and health policy as it relates to acute health problems. The course builds on the previous semester to further develop the multi-faceted role of the advanced practice nurse through application of theoretical content in diverse practice settings.
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3.00 Credits
Corequisite: NURS - 750. Please see Primary Care II: Practicum.
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3.00 Credits
This course gives an overview of the principles of finance and fiscal management as applied to decision-making in clinical systems. Economic issues that affect health care systems and patient care delivery will be analyzed. Financial reports and statements will be used to analyze the profitability and fiscal stability of organizations. Students will participate in all aspects of the budgeting process. Forecasting techniques and research will be used to evaluate the effectiveness of financial management strategies. The influence of global trends on the health care delivery system will be discussed.
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7.00 Credits
Prerequisites: NURS - 706, NURS - 707, NURS - 716, NURS - 730, NURS - 731, NURS - 740, NURS - 741. Corequisite: NURS - 781. This course focuses on the principles of family practice. Women's health and primary care of children will be emphasized. The class refines the student's ability to synthesize the knowledge base obtained in the prior courses, while further developing assessment principles, diagnostic reasoning, and critical thinking skills. Application of the health behavior, treatment modalities, diagnostics, and the health promotion and maintenance with the score of Advanced Practice Nurse in the women's health and pediatrics population will be highlighted.
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3.00 Credits
Corequisite: NURS - 780. Please see NURS 780 Primary Care III: Practicum.
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3.00 Credits
This course serves as an introduction to the theoretical foundation of clinical systems management. Students will explore organizational theory, management theory, leadership theory, and the field of nursing administration theory to explain individual and group behavior in organizations. Classic and current research articles will provide evidence of support, or lack of it, for the pre-existing theories.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: NURS - 783. Corequisite: NURS - 790. This course emphasizes management of internal forces which affect patient care delivery in various settings and throughout the health delivery system. Processes and tools for case management will be analyzed. Students will have an opportunity to learn communication methods for managing groups, teams, and populations. Conflict management, team building, consensus, culture/diversity, organizational growth and stability, project management, and integrating processes will be discussed.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: NURS - 783. Corequisite: NURS - 790. This course emphasizes the management of external forces which affect patient care delivery in various settings and throughout the health care delivery system. The historical context and ethical dimensions of health care delivery will be discussed. Students will have an opportunity to link conceptual elements of managerial practice to strategic, legal, regulatory, technological, and structural processes of clinical systems. The effect of the external environment on the management of quality, service utilization, and case management of populations will be discussed.
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1.00 Credits
Evidence-based practice project addressing a clinically relevant problem including review of literature, translation of findings to the practice setting, collaborative interdisciplinary project design, implementation, and the evaluation of impact on patient outcomes and the care environment. The project is a faculty-guided scholarly experience that provides evidence of critical thinking and ability to apply research principles through problem identification, proposal development, implementation, and evaluation.
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