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3.00 Credits
This interdisciplinary course which is open to undergraduate students from any of the health science disciplines focuses on the biology, pathophysiology, prevention management, and treatment of acute and chronic wounds. Through course readings, exercises, and faculty feedback, students will assess wound etiologies, factors that influence healing, and then apply concepts of evidence-based practice in the prevention, management and treatment of acute and chronic wounds. Note: This course is cross listed with the School of Nursing therefore nursing students wishing to pursue this course need to register under NUR 415.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course provides an interdisciplinary approach to aging, focusing on knowledge concerning physical, psychological, and social age-related changes. The number of older people in the population will have a great influence on certain societies (e.g. the United States) in the early twenty first century. The implications of this increase in the aged portion of the population will be reviewed. The course also explores personal and societal attitudes towards aging and focuses on the diversity that is present in the aging population. Upon completion of the course, students will challenge their stereotypes about the elderly and gain an awareness of the wide range of realities of aging that exist.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course explores the human resource function from the perspective of the nurse manager. General employment practices including staffing, staff development, worker safety, performance management and review, and employee relations are examined. Upon completion of the course, students are able to implement/integrate evidence-based human resource strategies into the dayto- day management of their departments. Note: This course is cross listed with the School of Nursing; therefore nursing students wishing to pursue this course need to register under NUR 418.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course covers the major theories, research, and assessment tools related to spirituality as it pertains to persons at end of life. Spiritual assessment skills for assisting others will be explored as well as opportunities for spiritual self-assessment and reflection. Theoretical and experiential learning methodologies will be utilized. Note: This course is cross listed with the School of Nursing; therefore nursing students wishing to pursue this course need to register under NUR 420.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to plan, implement, and evaluate educational strategies that can be used with health care consumers. As the course progresses, students will complete an educational project, step by step, from identifying a learning need to developing a detailed teaching and evaluation plan.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course focuses on social policy as it relates to the older adult as both a recipient of social policy and a force in the policy development process. Students will explore the role the growing aging population of the twentieth century played in the development of amazing new social policies such as social security, Medicare and Medicaid. They will also examine new and emerging policy needs of the older adult in the twenty first century. Upon completion of the course, students will be better able to understand and take part in the discussion of social policy for the older population and take steps to influence policy development.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits A cohort course that provides health care professionals with a comprehensive overview of the U.S. health care delivery system and the forces that influence it. Students will explore historical influences on the U.S. health care delivery system and examine the role of the government, finance and policy in the health care arena.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course focuses on the issue of health literacy and explores the role of the health care provider in identifying those at risk and creating workable solutions for health care consumers. During the course, students will develop assessment skills while they learn how to assess individual literacy and evaluate the appropriateness of learning materials. Students will also explore various learning strategies that can be used with different populations.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits This course will enable the student who has completed the Gerontology concentration to apply the knowledge gained to their health care practices with older adults in whatever setting they encounter them. After identifying the major issues related to the delivery of health services to our growing aging population-accessibility, affordability, availability-the course will offer an overview of the health care continuum that most older adults progress through in the process of aging. Management 9 credits
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4.00 Credits
4 credits A cohort course that focuses on leadership as a facilitator of change and transformer and nurturer of organizational culture. The role of a leader is to create an ethical culture that promotes and supports a healthy work environment that enhances quality of care. Students will learn how ethics inform leadership, and how leadership transforms culture and facilitates change.
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