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  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Provides students with an introduction to the normal child and family dynamics as well as introduces them to specific psychiatric disorders in children and adolescents and nursing interventions. Content includes specific psychiatric disorders and interventions within the framework of growth and development and family dynamics.
  • 1.00 - 3.00 Credits

    Investigation of the influence of selected ideas, individuals, issues, and events that shape contemporary nursing.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The purpose of this course is to examine the theoretical foundations of advanced nursing practice. The focus is on the evolution of nursing knowledge including theoretical structures from other disciplines. Emphasis on the analysis and application of nursing models and related theories utilizing critical thinking strategies and clinical reasoning.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The purpose of this course is to provide a foundation for participation in health policy and for understanding the economic impact of health planning. Content will focus on organization of health care systems, health care financing and economic implications and the role of the provider in policy making. Emphasis on the analysis of health policy from a socio-economic, ideological, political, historical, and technological perspective while integrating clinical management processes and utilization of available community fiscal resources.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The purpose of this course is to develop critical thinking skills of the advanced nursing student in the analysis of work environments and health systems. Quality improvement, specifically related to outcome-based measures and adherence to guidelines, will be explored by applying scientific evidence to health outcomes. The focus will be on examining leadership within the context of organizational and health systems, focusing on relationship building, collaboration, negotiation and working on interdisciplinary teams with a multicultural work force. Emphasis is on advanced nursing leadership and the influences of social, cultural, political, legal, ethical, spiritual and economic forces interacting with complex client systems. concepts which provide the basis for specialization and expansion of roles for advanced nursing practice.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The purpose of this course is to develop student proficiency in using research to improve health care outcomes for patients. The course focuses on strategies for evaluating, retrieving, and using evidence to initiate quality in health care plans and to initiate change in the health care system and processes. The emphasis is on problem identification, evaluation of relevant research, and critical application of evidence.
  • 1.00 Credits

    The purpose of this course is to provide a research practicum with a health care researcher. The focus is on collaborative research in advanced nursing practice.
  • 3.00 Credits

    This course is designed to further develop the student's advanced knowledge and skills for obtaining and recording a systematic health history and advanced physical examination of individuals and families across the lifespan. The course involves the synthesis of nursing, biologic, psychologic, and socio-cultural knowledge and theories as applied to the findings obtained in the comprehensive health assessment. The central objective is the development of cognitive and clinical skills needed to provide comprehensive care to individuals of all ages in primary, secondary, and tertiary care settings.
  • 1.00 Credits

    The purpose of this course is to provide a practicum experience in which the student will have the opportunity to become proficient at obtaining and recording a comprehensive health history and advanced physical assessment of individuals appropriate to their clinical specialty area.
  • 3.00 Credits

    The purpose of this course is to provide a forum for the analysis, synthesis, and application of knowledge acquired in previous courses to the CNS role. The course focuses on the CNS's spheres of influence on health care incorporating the perspectives of social justice, fiscal stewardship, client advocacy, and evidence based practice. The emphasis is on maximizing the students' ability to identify problems, manage resources and fiscal outcomes, design and select therapeutic interventions, and evaluate products and devices for use with patients and health team members from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds. Potential for contributions and entrepreneurial opportunities within nursing will be addressed.
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