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2.50 Credits
Description: Class - 2.5 Credits, Clinical - 3 Hours/Week (Total 42 Hours)This course is designed for the development of advanced mental health assessment skills. The processes of psychiatric history-taking, mental status examination, biological and neurological assessment for clients throughout the life span is addressed. Students are prepared to use the Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM) multiaxial system. During practicum experiences students perform comprehensive mental health assessments, determine DSM IV diagnosis and medication management for clients. Prerequisites: NU704 Credit Hours: 3 CR.HR.
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3.00 Credits
Description: In this theoretically and clinically based course the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Student will acquire assessment and procedural skills in the clinical management of selected adult patients. This course introduces the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) role and responsibilities relating to selection of diagnostic studies and performing selected procedures that will be necessary for assessing and treating the seriously or critically ill adult patient. This course content will include reviewing and learning the process of selection studies. Additional content will include preliminary interpretation of EKG, conventional and CT radiological studies, and evaluating the results of diagnostic studies. Modification of patient care following abnormal studies will be presented. In addition, procedures frequently encountered in the acute care setting will be demonstrated in a lab followed by an opportunity to practice selected procedures. Procedures include intubations, central line placement, I & D of skin abscesses, lesion excision, suturing and casting/splinting injured extremities. Ethical considerations of utilizing diagnostics and performing interventions will be addressed. Prerequisites: NU702 AND NU704 AND NU706 Credit Hours: 3 CR.HR.
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3.00 Credits
Description: The focus of this course is to explore relevant theory and nursing practice issues relative to rural communities and public health. Ethics, public policy, and cultural diversity will be examined in the context of community health services. A course emphasis will be exploration of the challenges in delivering primary health care to medically underserved populations. Content includes, but is not limited to the history of primary care, interdisciplinary collaboration, environmental health, community assessment, program planning, health education, and population-based services. Prerequisites: NU703 AND NU710 Credit Hours: 3 CR.HR.
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3.00 Credits
Description: This course is designed to provide the graduate student with an opportunity to explore and evaluate the political process, fiscal policies, and their impact on public health and the health care system. The use of sociopolitical and ethical frameworks are interwoven with policy development. Opportunities are provided for students to critique public policy and determine how the behavior of health professional's impact governmental decisions and regulatory processes. Students will explore legislative processes, state/federal policies, and analyze current legislative and policy issues. Prerequisites: Credit Hours: 3 CR.HR.
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3.00 Credits
Description: This is the culminating scholarly experience in the master's program. Graduate nursing students will demonstrate mastery of one particular subject area in their specialty track by developing a scholarly project including an evidence based review of that topic. The Department of Nursing uses the definition of scholarly work provided in the American Association of Colleges of Nursing's Position Statement on Defining Scholarship for the Discipline of Nursing (1999). This states "scholarship in nursing can be defined as those activities that systematically advance the teaching, research, and practice of nursing through rigorous inquiry that 1.) is significant to the profession, 2.) is creative, 3.) can be documented, 4.) can be replicated or elaborated, and 5.) can be peer-reviewed through various methods". The course will allow students who are nearing completion of their program of study to develop such a project in close advisement with a faculty mentor, and present that scholarship through either a formal presentation or a manuscriptPrerequisites: NU700 AND NU704 AND NU706 AND NU710 AND NU730 AND NU740 AND NU820 AND NU822 AND NU824 AND NU826 Credit Hours: 1-3 variable CR.HR.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Selected topics in nursing are offered under the guidance of graduate faculty. The course enhances students knowledge of advanced practice nursing, building on previous knowledge of nursing and healthcare in today's complex and rapidly changing healthcare system. This course may be used as an elective in the student's program of study and may be taken more than once as long as different topics are taken. Prerequisites: Credit Hours: 1-3 variable CR.HR.
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4.00 Credits
Description: Class-4 Hours/Week, Clinical-12 Hours/Week=CR. HR. This course explores relevant theories and practice issues in the health care of adults and families. It will focus on health promotion and simple acute and chronic health problems experienced by this population within a family and community context. Sociopolitical, cultural and ethical issues will be addressed. The clinical practicum will present the advanced practice nursing student with clinical experience with clients in early to middle adulthood in a variety of clinical sites. Clinical practicum opportunities may include sites that provide primary care to underserved and at risk populations, home care sites and tertiary sites. Opportunities will be available in both the classroom and clinical setting to explore the roles inherent to the advanced practice nursing student who provides primary health care to clients and families in this age group. 168 Hours of Clinical/Semester Prerequisites: NU800 Credit Hours: 6 CR.HR.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Class-3 Hours/Week, Clinical- 12 Hours/Week=5 CR. HR. The focus of this course includes relevant theories and practice issues in the health care of individuals and families in late adulthood. It explores health promotion, as well as the acute and chronic health care needs and conditions experienced by this group of clients within a family and community context and using a systems approach. Bio-psycho-social issues are analyzed from an advance practice registered nurse perspective as they relate to this population. Cultural competence and bioethical issues are explored. The clinical practicum presents the nurse practitioner student with precepted clinical experiences in assessing, planning, and managing care for clients and families in this age group at a primary care site. The clinical practicum experience may include tertiary and home care sites. 168 Hours of Clinical/Semester Prerequisites: NU802 Credit Hours: 5 CR.HR.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Class-3 Hours/Week, Capstone-1 Hour/Week, Clinical-12 Hours/Week=6 CR. HR. This is the culminating clinical course in the program. The focus is on integrating the knowledge and clinical management skills from previous courses in preparation for the transition from graduate student to nurse practitioner. Students take part in seminars, allowing them to thoroughly explore the clinical issues that arise while caring for clients across the lifespan, having varied health care needs. As part of this course, the student completes a "capstone" project. This project will provide students with experience in scholarly writing and the publication process. Students select one clinical and professional issue and develop it into a publishable paper. Papers must be submitted to a scholarly journal for peer review prior to graduation. This is in addition to the clinical component of the course. 168 hours of clinical/semester Prerequisites: NU804 Credit Hours: 6 CR.HR.
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2.00 Credits
Description: Class-2 Hours/Week, Clinical-6 Hours/Week=3 CR. HR. The focus of this course explores theories and the practice of health care for children from infancy through adolescence within a context of family health care. The course will focus on health promotion and acute and chronic illness conditions experienced by these childbearing and childrearing families. This course will focus on health-illness issues experienced by this population in underserved rural and urban areas. The clinical practicum experience will present the advanced practice nursing student with clinical experience in assessing, planning, and managing care for families in these age groups at a variety of clinical sites. Opportunities will be available in both the classroom and clinical setting to further explore the roles inherent to the advanced practice nurse who provides primary health care to these clients. 84 Hours of Clinical/Semester Prerequisites: NU702 AND NU704 AND NU706 Credit Hours: 3 CR.HR.
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