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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
The emphasis for this course is on the elements of evidence-based practice. Focus is placed on the cyclical process of identifying clinical questions, searching and appraising the evidence for potential solutions/innovations, planning and implementing practice changes, evaluating the outcomes, and identifying additional gaps in nursing knowledge. Integration of the existing evidence with clinical judgment, patient preferences, interprofessional perspectives, and other resources forms the basis for the clinical decision-making process that is inherent in improving patient, population, and organizational outcomes. Processes for leading managing practice changes are explored.
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3.00 Credits
The emphasis for this course is on the elements of evidence-based practice. Focus is placed on the cyclical process of identifying clinical questions, searching and appraising the evidence for potential solutions/innovations, planning and implementing practice changes, evaluating the outcomes, and identifying additional gaps in nursing knowledge. Integration of the existing evidence with clinical judgment, patient preferences, interprofessional perspectives, and other resources forms the basis for the clinical decision-making process that is inherent in improving patient, population, and organizational outcomes. Processes for leading managing practice changes are explored.
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3.00 Credits
Nursing informatics combines knowledge and skills from nursing science, computer science, information science, and cognitive science to design and implement automated systems that support the nursing process in the delivery of healthcare services. Within this course, major topics related to nursing informatics and related fields will be explored. Emphasis is placed on developing an understanding of how automation is used to manage information in healthcare and the nurse's role in the process. This graduate-level overview course provides required informatics knowledge and skills for all students as well as the foundation for all additional informatics courses.
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3.00 Credits
Nursing Leadership in a Global Community explores the role of advanced nursing leadership through the lens of global health. The course addresses key concepts of global health, examines selected advanced concepts including partnership and sustainability, and integrates ethics and social justice as core values for advanced nursing leadership.
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3.00 Credits
In this graduate course, students explore the evolution of professional nursing in America in the context of the times. Using a social historical framework, the course begins with nursing care in the Colonial period and ends more than two centuries later, reflecting on the response to health and crisis in today's environment. The development of nursing education, leadership, changes in nursing practice and the role of nurses in advocacy, health promotion, prevention, restoration, and holistic care are examined through the present century. An understanding of the historical research process and synthesis of historical data are integral to this course in the proper preservation of American nursing foundations.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to help the learner become an effective writer in his or her professional field. It will hone the writer's skills in two areas: develop the writer's skills required to be published in professional and lay journals, magazines, and newspapers; and refine the writing required in one's professional practice. In this course, students learn how to develop a theme that will interest a readership and publisher. Focus is on effective writing techniques and learning the process from idea to publication.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide the foundation for understanding theories, philosophies, and strategies of teaching and learning that influence nursing education. The course also explores ethical and legal issues in nursing education. This course should be scheduled as the first of the five courses in the Nurse Educator specialty area. The nursing education Practicums must be scheduled last in the Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) degree nurse educator program.
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3.00 Credits
This course provides students with a sequential process that supports the successful implementation of an information system within a variety of healthcare settings. Various techniques and skills will be presented that assist healthcare organizations in advancing through the stages of a system's life cycle. Emphasis is placed on the role of the nursing informatics specialist within this process.
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3.00 Credits
This course is designed to provide a foundation upon which students understand healthcare organizations; understand what accreditation organizations exist; and understand how some organizations are designated for quality attainment. An overview of the standards and competencies forming the basis for managerial and executive roles is examined. Students will have the opportunity to examine information in context of their current organization and their current competencies. This course is the foundation for all subsequent nursing administration courses in the curriculum.
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3.00 Credits
This course uses a systems-based life span approach to discriminate between normal physiologic function and pathophysiologic processes. A critical analysis of selected major health problems will emphasize etiology, epidemiology, presentation, diagnostics, clinical management, and complications. Health promotion and educational strategies for individuals, families, populations, and/or communities will be explored.
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