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3.00 Credits
Fairman. For doctoral students in nursing. This course introduces students to the process of intellectual inquiry. It explores the intellectual foundations of scholarly disciplines in general and the discipline of nursing in particular. Emphasis is placed on the process of knowledge development, with particular emphasis on historical, philosophical, positivist, and gendered and phenomenological ways of knowing. Emphasis is also placed on having students develop their particular intellectual approach to disciplinary inquiry and on formulating ideas for publications and presentations.
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3.00 Credits
McCausland; O'Sullivan. For doctoral students in nursing. A critical examination of the role of nursing leadership in light of current health care issues. Among the topics to be considered are: identification of leadership behaviors and characteristics that influence organizations and individuals; processes required to influence the improvement of health; theoretical models of planned change; and different views of futurist models.
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3.00 Credits
Medoff-Cooper. For doctoral students in nursing. A consideration of contemporary nursing research as it pertains to the current state of the art and directions for future study. Advanced analysis of methodology, assumptions, and theoretical structures that underpin the work.
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3.00 Credits
Tulman; Pinto-Martin. For doctoral students in nursing. This one semester survey course provides an overview of quantitative clinical research design and methods. Ethical and legal considerations in human subjects research, access to patient populations, sampling designs and power analysis, experimental and non-experimental designs, measurement of variables, data collection techniques, and data management are included. This course is intended for doctoral students in the health sciences.
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3.00 Credits
Becker; Doherty. This didatic course examines the diagnostic and management issues related to the care of acutely ill adults. Students will examine the pathophysiologic as well as the psychosocial influences underlying acute illness and injury. The dynamic interplay of assessment, diagnosis, management and treatment options relevant to patients with acute illnesses and injuries will be examined in detail. An evidence-based approach to the nursing and medical management as well as pharmacologic and other therapies will be emphasized. Content will focus on patients with cardiovascular, pulmonary, infectious and nutritional issues.
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3.00 Credits
Becker; Doherty. Prerequisite(s): NURS 605. This didactic course continues to examine diagnostic and management issues related to the care of acutely ill adults. Students will examine the pathophysiologic as well as the psychosocial influences underlying acute illness and injury. The dynamic interplay of assessment, diagnosis, management and treatment options relevant to patients with acute illnesses and injuries will be examined in detail. An evidence-based approach to the nursing and medical management as well as pharmacologic and other therapies will be emphasized. Content will focus on patients with neurologic, gastrointestinal, renal and metabolic health problems.
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3.00 Credits
Becker; Doherty. Prerequisite(s): Nursing 605. Summer Session I. This course expands the emphasis on the acute care nurse practitioner's assessment and management of acutely ill and injured adults. Emphasis is placed on clinical decision making and multifaceted treatment options as they relate to the evaluation and management of patients in a variety of acute care settings. Nursing and medical interventions as well as other treatment modalities are explored and tested. Emphasis is placed on research-based practice and the role of the acute care nurse practitioner in conducting, evaluating, and utilizing research. Content will focus on special populations of patients with commonly encountered acute health problems.
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3.00 Credits
Becker. Prerequisite(s): NURS 605, 657. Corequisite(s): NURS 761. This fieldwork course focuses on development of a systematic approach to advanced physical assessment, the use of diagnostic technologies and the development of a diagnostic reasoning as it applies to patient management of the acutely ill and injured. Emphasis is placed on development of competence to perform a comprehensive history and decision making for the management of acutely ill patients.
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3.00 Credits
Becker. Prerequisite(s): NURS 764. Corequisite(s): NURS 508, 762. In this course students will explore issues relevant to the role of the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner within the multiple layers of the American health care system. The development of advanced clinical competencies and clinical decision making abilities will be emphasized. Strategies to maintain continuity in the patient's psychosocial support system, and nursing and medical management in the face of a fragmented health care system will be discussed. Reimbursement issues, role development, and nursing interventions will be introduced and discussed in the classroom, and principles will be applied in the clinical practicum.
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3.00 Credits
Becker. Prerequisite(s): NURS 761, 762, 764, 765. Corequisite(s): NURS 763. Summer Session I. This course focuses on the role of the Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and the expansion of advanced clinical competencies and clinical decision making abilities. Clinical experiences in acute care settings provide the student with opportunities to explore multiple governmental, social and personal resources available to acutely ill and injured adults. The application of advanced nursing, medical and biopsychosocial knowledge in the management of patients and the collaboration between the nurse practitioner and the patients, family and other health care professionals are emphasized.
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