| NUR6000 | Advanced Practice Roles in a Diverse Society | The definitions of advanced practice nursing (APN) roles in community environments. Theoretical content includes ethics, multicultural population-focused care, community coordination strategies and interdisciplinary collaboration, critical thinking,... |
| NUR6005 | Epidemiology | A course on community health issues, research, and conceptual theoretical foundations that are utilized in the study of the distribution and determinants of health and disease in the community. Analysis of the factors that alter the course of disease... |
| NUR6010 | Advanced Pathophysiology | The exploration in depth of pathophysiological responses involved in processes affecting the body's optimal functioning. The ability to implement diagnostic reasoning, critical thinking, and the integration of scientific concepts with psychosocial an... |
| NUR6015 | Community/Public Health Policy and Program Planning | The level of health for a community is related to the organization of its health care system. This course develops the knowledge and skills required to assess needs, and to plan and write grants for the funding of programs. Forces that shape the poli... |
| NUR6020 | Advanced Nursing Research | A broad range of quantitative and qualitative methods of inquiry explored as a means to forward nursing research. |
| NUR6025 | Applied Drug Therapies for the APRN | Advanced knowledge of pharmacology integrated with the needs of the community served by the practitioner. A case-study method is utilized to support increased knowledge, development, and application. (3 credits) |
| NUR6026 | Psychopharmacology Across the Lifespan | Facilitates the Psychiatric/Mental Health APRN (TCN-focused) through complex role of prescribing psychotropic medications to clients in differing settings. The application of evidence-based knowledge of psychopharmacological principles to treat speci... |
| NUR6030 | Advanced Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning | This course expands upon health assessment skills and diagnostic reasoning concepts to determine the health status of clients across the life span. Focuses on the collection and interpretation of clinical data derived from the history and physical ex... |
| NUR6105 | Health Care Informatics | At the Graduate level, the course is taught from an evidence-based model of clinical practice and research, in addition to being an introduction to the issues and computer use in patient records and clinical practice. |
| NUR6110 | Teaching Nursing in Cyberspace | This course provides participants with experience in applying instructional design principles and concepts and evaluation strategies in the cyberspace environment. Students will experience then online classroom first hand and interact with peers and... |
| NUR6950 | Human Resource Management | An analysis of the roles of agencies, personnel, payers, and regulators in the delivery of health care. Human resource issues of recruitment, performance appraisal, compensation, benefits, management budgeting, contract negotiations, staff developmen... |
| NUR6951 | Agency Management Practicum | Theories of management and health care systems in a community practice setting are applied to the role of the APN. |
| NUR6952 | Analysis of Communities and Vulnerable Populations | An examination of community structure and dynamics, including citizen participation, power, decision-making structures, and communication patterns that govern a community's functioning. The community dimensions of location, population, and social sys... |
| NUR6953 | Community Analysis Practicum | A course that studies and identifies a specific problem or content area within the scope of nursing practice or management in a selected community health care setting. Course activities include the in-depth assessment of the health needs, development... |
| NUR6954 | Defined Option Seminar | An area of special interest, such as home health, long term care, substance abuse, children with special needs, mental health, etc., is selected as the focus of this in-depth investigation and discussion. |
| NUR6955 | Defined Option Practicum | The area of special clinical interest defined in NUR 6954 is the setting for this contracted and preceptored clinical experience. |
| NUR6960 | Advanced Theory: Primary Care of Children | Disease prevention, health promotion, and illnesses in children and adolescents are comprehensively analyzed for the individual and within the context of their family and community. |
| NUR6961 | FNP Practicum I | Applied advanced practice nursing knowledge, reasoning, and intervention skills for the prevention of disease, health promotion, and illness appropriate to children, their families, and the community are developed within this laboratory and clinical... |
| NUR6962 | Advanced Theory: Primary Care of Women | Disease prevention, health promotion, and illnesses in women are comprehensively analyzed for the individual and within the context of their family and community. |
| NUR6963 | FNP Practicum II | Advanced Beginner level application of concepts and principles of assessment, diagnosis, management, and evaluation of clients in primary care settings across the lifespan |
| NUR6964 | Episodic Conditions in Primary Care | Acute and episodic conditions commonly encountered in the primary care setting are comprehensively analyzed with emphasis on adult and older adult clients in context of family and community. Evidence based practice and culturally relevant care are in... |
| NUR6965 | FNP Practicum III | Intermediate level application of concepts and principles of assessment, diagnosis, management, and evaluation of clients in primary care settings across the lifespan. |
| NUR6966 | Chronic Conditions in Primary Care | Chronic conditions commonly encountered in the primary care setting are comprehensively analyzed with emphasis on adult and older adult clients in context of family and community. Evidence based practice and culturally relevant care are included. |
| NUR6967 | FNP Practicum IV | Advanced practice knowledge, reasoning, and intervention skills for the prevention of disease, health promotion, and illness appropriate to the older adult, their families, and the community are developed within this laboratory and clinical experienc... |
| NUR6969 | Practicum V | This elective is designed to advanced practice nursing knowledge, reasoning, and intervention skills for the prevention of disease, health promotion, and treatment of illness of family practice to include adults, children, or geriatric adults. |
| NUR6970 | Advanced Practice Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing I | Facilitates the Psychiatric/Mental Health APRN for the complex role of providing mental health care and crisis intervention to adults/geriatric adults of differing social, economic, and cultural backgrounds within a recovery framework. Cultural asses... |
| NUR6971 | Advanced Practice Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing I Practicum | Facilitates the Psychiatric/Mental Health APRN for the complex role of providing mental health care and crisis intervention to adults/geriatric adults of differing social, economic, and cultural backgrounds within a recovery framework. Cultural asses... |
| NUR6972 | Advanced Practice Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing II | Facilitates the Psychiatric/Mental Health APRN for the complex role of providing mental health nursing care and crisis intervention to children, adolescents and families of differing social, economic, and cultural backgrounds within a recovery framew... |
| NUR6973 | Advanced Practice Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing II Practicum | Practicum II facilitates the Psychiatric/Mental Health APRN student in the complex role of providing mental health nursing care and crisis intervention to children, adolescents and families of differing social, economic, and cultural backgrounds with... |
| NUR6974 | Advanced Practice Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing III | Facilitates Psychiatric/Mental Health APRN student in the complex role of providing recovery-focused, mental health nursing care to clients with chronic, and complex psychiatric needs of differing social, economic, and cultural backgrounds. Emphasis... |
| NUR6975 | Advanced Practice Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing III Practicum | Practicum III facilitates Psychiatric/Mental Health APRN student for the complex role of providing recovery focused mental health care to clients with chronic and complex psychiatric needs of differing social, economic, and cultural backgrounds. Emph... |
| NUR6980 | Fundamentals of Acute Care I | This evidence based course investigates the evaluation and management of adult and gerontologic populations experiencing acute and critical illnesses, including disease classification, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, assessment a... |
| NUR6982 | Advanced Clinical Diagnostics and Technology | This didactic and Sim Lab course focuses on critical care diagnostics and management technologies to include ABG analysis and ventilation management, cardioverision and pacing, lab, radiology and CT interpretation. Emphasis is on performance of a com... |
| NUR6983 | Fundamentals of Acute Care II | This evidence-based course investigates the evaluation and management of adult and gerontologic populations experiencing acute and critical illnesses, including disease classification, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, assessment a... |
| NUR6984 | A-GACNP Practicum I | This first practicum course will explore and apply the Adult-Gerontological ACNP role within the infrastructure of American Health Care. The focus will be on the development of ACNP competencies and clinical decision-making. Discussions will include... |
| NUR6985 | Advanced Practice Acute Care III | This third evidence based course investigates the evaluation & management of adult & gerontologic populations experiencing acute and critical illnesses, including disease classification, epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, assessment... |
| NUR6986 | A-GACNP Practicum II | This second practicum course will explore the expansion and development of ACNP clinical competencies and clinical decision making. Clinical experiences will explore governmental, social and clinical resources to manage the acutely ill populations. T... |
| NUR6987 | A-GACNP Practicum III | The third practicum course will solidify the ACNP role with the expansion of advanced clinical competencies and clinical decision making. Clinical experiences will focus and substantiate the utility of comprehensive patient assessment, management and... |
| NUR7000 | Professional Paper/Project Proposal | This course is a rigourous culminating scholarly endeavor in which the student will integrate theoretical knowledge, clinical experience, and research in a faculty-guided project proposal. |
| NUR8000 | Evidence Based Practice for Advanced Nursing | This course provides learners with the theoretical and practical foundation for evidence based practice with an emphasis on evidence based conceptual models, refining skills in searching and critiquing the literature for application to practice chang... |
| NUR8010 | Leadership and Systems Management | In this course the doctoral student will prepare to assume complex and advanced leadership roles to guide change as a practitioner, clinical executive, educator, clinical scientist, and clinical scholar, among others. |
| NUR8020 | Informatics and Technology for Advanced Practice | In this course the doctoral student will acquire competencies in using technology systems that capture data on variables for the evaluation of health care, integrating appropriate technologies to translate evolving technical and scientific informatio... |
| NUR8030 | Optimizing Quality in Health Care Systems | In this course the doctoral student will acquire competencies to continuously improve the quality of systems practices focusing on day-to-day responsibilities and realities of guiding change. The student will evaluate the impact of access, cost, qual... |
| NUR8040 | Business and Finance Essentials for the DNP | The student will develop knowledge and skills towards the DNP essentials regarding organizational leadership and systems thinking. The topics of health care economics and the business of practice will be examined. Economic concepts and tools will be... |
| NUR8050 | Development and Implementation of Health Care Policy | In this course the DNP student will develop knowledge, skills and tools towards the DNP terminal competencies related to policy, policy development, and change to maintain high quality care while remaining accessible and using scarce resources wisely... |
| NUR8060 | Essential Competencies for Nurse Educators | In this course the doctoral student will acquire competencies to fulfill the leadership role as a nurse educator and/or to fulfill education planning responsibilities in relation to continuous quality improvement programs and translating new knowledg... |
| NUR8070 | Scholarly Writing and Writing for Publication | This course is designed to introduce students to scholarly writing and dissemination for clinicians. The four areas of scholarly writing covered will be argument, evidence, paragraphs, and academic voice. The course provides students with practical i... |
| NUR8080 | Analytical Methods for Evidence-Based Practice | This course is designed to provide the foundation for applying and implementing research by exploring the nature of inquiry and evaluating designs, methods, and measurements of evidence. Topics of validity, reliability, generalizability, rigor, and t... |
| NUR9010 | Doctoral Project I: Development | Under the guidance of their DNP project chair and content expert, the doctoral student will design and develop their scholarly DNP project and prepare for implementation and evaluation. Students are required by AACN to complete a minimum of 1000 post... |
| NUR9020 | Doctoral Project II: Implementation | In this course, the DNP student will implement the proposed project from NUR 9010 at the practice site within their state of licensure. The DNP student will use strategic planning to lead the DNP project team and to collect data within the approved I... |
| NUR9030 | Doctoral Project III: Data Analysis and Dissemination | Under the guidance of their DNP project chair, the doctoral student will analyze data and evaluate project outcomes. They will write chapters 4 and 5 and edit chapters 1-3 to past tense to complete their five-chapter manuscript. They will publicly de... |