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Course Criteria
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60.00 Credits
Prerequisites: NU 359, 425, 465, 467, concurrent enrollment: NU 449, 457. This course is offered the last semester of the senior year. The focus in this course is on the application of nursing concepts to complex client situations in a variety of health care settings. Learning activities provide students with opportunities to enhance their skills and knowledge in the nursing roles of provider, collaborator, and manager of care, as well as those of change agent and patient advocate. Successful completion of this course serves as validation for a total of 1 credit hour (NU 455).
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: pre-nursing ASN or BSN Student or paralegal student. This course is designed as an elective study of the legal issues facing nursing. It is designed for those who desire to assess litigation risks in the clinical setting, apply risk management principles, and review legal case studies relative to the health care delivery system. Through lectures, group discussions, case presentations and formal papers, the student will become even more aware of legal responsibility and accountability of nurses in all clinical settings. Strategies to address litigation risks on the primary, secondary, and tertiary level will be emphasized.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: NU 503/513. Assists the learner to evaluate therapeutic strategies for improving human responses to actual and potential health problems. Emphasis is placed on pharmacologic therapy management by nurse practitioners in independent and collaborative practice. The concept of compliance/collaboration for promoting change is examined. The role dimensions of evaluator and collaborator are implemented.
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0.00 - 2.00 Credits
Concurrent enrollment: NU 508. Assists the learner in analyzing and evaluating selected theories appropriate for advanced practice nursing. Learners are expected to explore their professional beliefs and value systems. The relationships between theory, practice, and research are examined. The process of theory development, evaluation, and testing is explored. Practical application of nursing, developmental, ethical, family, health, and other theories will be examined.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
Concurrent enrollment: NU 513. (128 clinical hours). Building upon prerequisite knowledge and skills for health assessment, this course is designed to provide learners with the theoretical and clinical basis for advanced nursing practice. Emphasis is placed on development of advanced assessment competencies that enable learners to promote wellness, prevent illness, and detect acute and chronic health problems among family populations whose members are diverse ages. Clinical experiences occur in primary and long-term care settings with pediatric, adult, and geriatric clients.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: NU 503/513; concurrent enrollment: NU 501. (256 clinical hours). Provides learners with advanced nursing knowledge and competencies relative to clinical management of actual and potential health problems in the primary care setting. Didactic and clinic experiences enable students to promote wellness and treat health problems of clients within the scope of the family nurse practitioner role. Clinical experiences are provided that encompass clients across the age span in a variety of primary care settings. The role dimensions of manager, collaborator, and teacher for the family nurse practitioner are refined.
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: NU 501/503/505/513, concurrent enrollment: NU 512. (256 clinical hours). Provides learners with the nursing knowledge and competencies to manage common health problems and preventive services. The family nurse practitioner role is implemented with emphasis on the role dimensions of evaluator, case manager, consultant, and leader. Using a team approach, learners develop a management plan for identifying health-related problems. Clinical experiences are expanded to encompass a wider variety of primary care settings based on the student.s individual interests and needs.
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4.00 Credits
Concurrent enrollment NU 513. (128 clinical hours). Building upon prerequisite knowledge and skills for health assessment, this course is designed to provide learners with the theoretical and clinical basis for advanced nursing practice. Emphasis is placed on development of advanced assessment competencies that enable learners to promote wellness, prevent illness, and detect acute and chronic health problems among pediatric populations across the age span. Clinical experiences occur in primary and acute care settings with newborns, infants, toddlers, children, and adolescent clients and their families.
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0.00 - 3.00 Credits
Assists learners to develop the role dimension of nurse researcher. The application of research to advanced nursing practice and the role of primary care provider are evaluated. Using research strategies combining nursing informatics and evidence based practice (EBP), learners develop a formal research proposal.
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0.00 - 2.00 Credits
Prerequisite: NU 505; concurrent enrollment: NU 506. Provides an introduction to advanced practice nursing and the nurse practitioner role from novice to expert. A historical perspective of the development of the expanded role is included. Issues related to current and future practice are addressed from a variety of perspectives ranging from entrepreneur to change agent.
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