(29) College of Nursing

(29) College of Nursing

2008 - 2009

College of Nursing 1

Advanced Nursing - Adult Health Advanced Nursing - Adult Health

29ANAH505 29ANAH805

Bridging the Gap in Oncology Nursing Care Advanced Adult Acute Care Nursing I

The course is designed to enhance nursing students' knowledge manage the care of acutely ill client systems across the adult lifespan

regarding the health patterns and care of patients with cancer. Issues with selected health pattern alterations. Students will focus on the

and trends in cancer care as well as nursing interventions specific to maintenance and restoration of client system's health patterns as

selected cancers will be explored. Topics will include carcinogenesis, transition occurs across acute and ambulatory care environmental

treatment modalities, symptom management, delivery systems, and contexts. Client systems with selected health pattern alterations

nursing intervention strategies. Cancer prevention and early detection in reflecting the major adult mortality and morbidities will be discussed.

diverse cultural client systems will be investigated. Scholarly inquiry will Students will focus on the management of single disorders that affect

be used to analyze the care of oncology patients in various adult client systems as well as more complex problems. Ethical

environmental contexts. Emphasis will be placed on developing the considerations and role components in advanced nursing practice will

professional nursing role related to the care of oncology client systems. be addressed within the context of holistic nursing care. Critique of

Prereq: 29NURS303. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U, G. Credit Hrs: 3.00 current nursing and related science research, serving as the basis for

care management decision-making is emphasized. This course

29ANAH506

includes at least 0.5 (5 clock hours) of pharmacology content. Prereq:

Integrative Therapies for Health Sciences

29NURS825, 29NURS813. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 2.00

An interdisciplinary course introducing students in the health sciences

to complementary and alternative therapies. This course covers the 29ANAH806

history, theoretical and physiological foundation, utilization and Well Women and Special Populations for Advanced Nursing

contraindications for use of an array of popular integrative therapies. Practice

Information is included on how to integrate complementary and Examines the care of the well woman across the lifespan and prepares

alternative therapies into clinical practice. BoK: DC. Credit Level: U, G. students to assume professional practice roles and responsibilities in

Credit Hrs: 3.00 assessing the healthy women and adolescents. Includes an exploration

of the special health care requirements and culture of specific

29ANAH802

populations with an examination of particular health care issues that are

Special Populations in Primary Care

unique to the adolescent, women, and the elderly. Each population will

This course provides an in-depth exploration of the special health care

be addressed by focusing on distinctive topics that incorporate the

requirements of specific populations. An examination of particular

development of advanced therapeutic interventions that can be utilized

health care issues that are unique to the adolescent, women, and the

in primary care and long-term care. Prereq: 29NURS812. Credit Level:

eldely is conducted. Each population is addressed by focusing on

G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

distinctive topics that incorporate the development of advanced

therapeutic interventions that can be used in primary care and long- 29ANAH807

term care. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 2.00 Advanced Adult Acute Care Nursing II

This is the second of two courses which provides students with the

29ANAH803

theoretical base to manage the care of acutely ill client systems across

Special Topics in Acute Care

the adult lifespan with selected healh pattern alterations. Students will

This course provides in-depth exploration of advanced therapeutic

focus on the maintenance and restoration of client system's health

nursing interventions that are designed to promote, maintain, or restore

patterns as transition occurs across acute care environmental contexts.

the health of client systems across the adult lifespan with acute health

Client systems with selected health pattern alterations reflecting the

pattern disruptions. The application of technology, informatics, and

major adult mortality and morbidities will be discussed. Students will

select therapies is explored relative to adult client systems within the

focus on the management of single disorders that affect adult client

acute care environmental context. Students analyze the purpose, cost-

systems as well as more complex problems. Ethical considerations and

benefits, selection criteria, and outcomes for each therapeutic nursing

role components in advanced nursing practice will be addressed within

intervention. Selected symptoms reported by adult client systems with

the context of holistic nursing care. Current nursing and related science

acute illness are used as exemplars for the development of advanced

research serve as the basis for evidence based practice care. This

therapeutic nursing interventions. Current theory and research related

course includes at least 0.5 credits (5 clock hours) of pharmacology

to the interventions are examined. Coreq: 29NURS825, 29NURS813.

content. Prereq: 29NURS825, 29NURS813. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs:

Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

2.00

29ANAH804

29ANAH808

Advanced Adult Pathophysiology

Adult Health Assessment and Differential Diagnosis

The course builds upon the student's pre-existing knowledge of the

(2 didactic and 3 clinical contact hours per week). Develops diagnostic

pathophysiology of disease in adults and the normal health patterns of

reasoning skill and incorporates the analysis of history data, physical

aging. The focus of the course is an in-depth consideration of

findings, and diagnostic studies that contribute to the formulation of

alterations that occur as variations in health patterns across the life

differential diagnoses of the major health problems. Includes a clinical

span. It explores the underlying cellular mechanisms that form the basis

practicum. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

for advanced nursing practice to manage the variations in health

patterns of adult client systems. The theoretical basis of evolving health 29ANAH810

patterns in the aging populations is explored. Contemporary research in Advanced Acute Care Practicum I

biochemical processes and cellular dysfunction is emphasized. This practicum is the first of three sequential clinical practica in

Students have the opportunity to apply theoretical content in an advanced acute care nursing of adults. Students engage in

associated clinical experience. Prereq: 29NURS811. Credit Level: G. comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and care planning activities for

Credit Hrs: 2.00 client systems with health pattern alterations. The focus of the clinical

experiences is on the selection and implementation of extant

29ANAH805

therapeutic nursing interventions, the beginning design of newly

Advanced Adult Acute Care Nursing I

required therapeutic interventions, and discernment of measurable

This is a seminar which provides students with the theoretical base to

outcome criteria for both. The student engages in beginning



H=University Honors course.

BoK (Breadth of Knowledge) Coding. DC: Diversity & Culture. EC: English composition. FA: Fine Arts. HP: Historical Perspectives. HU: Humanities.

LT: Literature. NS: Natural Sciences. QR: Quantitative Reasoning. SE: Social & Ethical Issues. SS: Social Sciences.

College of Nursing 2

Advanced Nursing - Adult Health Advanced Nursing - Adult Health

29ANAH810 29ANAH820

Advanced Acute Care Practicum I Advanced Adult Health Nursing III

implementation of the roles inherent in advanced nursing practice. context of holistic nursing care. Critique of current nursing and related

Clinical experiences take place in various environmental contexts science research, serving as the basis for care management decision-

including acute care and primary care. Prereq: 29NURS811, making is emphasized. Prereq: 29ANAH812. Credit Level: G. Credit

29NURS812. Coreq: 29ANAH804, 29ANAH808, 29ANAH811, Hrs: 3.00

29NURS813. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

29ANAH821

29ANAH811 Advanced Acute Care Practicum II: Part 1

Advanced Adult Health Nursing I The practicum is the second of three sequential clinical practica in

Provides the theoretical base to manage the care of adults with advanced acute care nursing. Students engage in comprehensive

selected health pattern alterations as transitions occur across acute and assessment, diagnosis, and care planning activities for client systems

ambulatory care. Ethical considerations and role components in with common health pattern alterations. The clinical expereiences focus

advanced nursing practice are addressed within the context of holistic on the selection and implementation of extant therapeutic nursing

nursing care. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00 interventions, the continued design of newly required therapeutic

interventions, and formulation of measurable outcome criteria related

29ANAH812

thereto. Collaboration as member of the mutltidisciplinary health care

Advanced Adult Health Nursing II

team is emphasized. The student engages in_implementation of the

Prepares students to manage the health care of adults with major

roles inherent in advanced nursing practice. Clinical experiences take

mortality and morbidity health pattern alterations that directly affect

place_in various environmental contexts including acute care and

multiple systems or are more complex. Focus is on the promotion,

ambulatory care. Prereq: 29ANAH810. Coreq: 29ANAH801,

maintenance and restoration of adult health patterns as transition

29ANAH803, 29ANAH807, 29ANAH812. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs:

occurs across acute and ambulatory care. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs:

3.00

3.00

29ANAH822

29ANAH813

Advanced Acute Care Practicum II: Part 2

Advanced Adult Health Nursing Practicum I

The course is a continuation of Advanced Acute Care Nursing

(9 clinical contact hours per week). Provides the opportunity for

Practicum II, Part 1, 29ANAH821. Prereq: 29ANAH810. Coreq:

students to engage in comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and care

29ANAH821. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

planning activities for adults with health pattern alterations and

implementation of the roles inherent in advanced nursing practice. 29ANAH823

Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00 Advanced Acute Care Practicum III: Part 1

The practicum is the third in a series of three advanced acute care

29ANAH814

practica. Students engage in comprehensive assessment, diagnosis

Advanced Adult Health Nursing Practicum II-Part 1

and care planning activities for client systems with health pattern

(9 clinical contact hours/week). Focuses on the selection and

alterations. The clinical experiences focus on the selection and

implementation of therapeutic nursing intervention, the design of newly

implementation of extant therapeutic nursing interventions, the design

required therapeutic interventions, and formulation of measurable

of newly required therapeutic interventions, and formulation of

outcome criteria. Collaboration as a member of the multidisciplinary

measureable outcome criteria related thereto. Collaboration as a peer

health care team is emphasized. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

on the multidisciplinary health care team is emphasized. The students

29ANAH815 implement the roles inherent in advanced nursing practice. Clinical

Advanced Adult Health Nursing Practicum II-Part 2 experiences take place in mutually negotiated settings. Prereq:

(9 clinical contact hours/week including 1 hour of seminar). This 29ANAH822. Coreq: 29ANAH820. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.00

practicum is a continuation of 29ANAH814 and may be taken

29ANAH824

concurrently or sequentially. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

Advanced Acute Care Practicum III: Part 2

29ANAH818 The practicum is the continuation of Advanced Acute Care Practicum

Advanced Adult Health Nursing Practicum III-Part 1 III, Part 1. Prereq: 29ANAH822. Coreq: 29ANAH820, 29ANAH823.

Focuses on comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and care planning Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.00

activities for adults with health pattern alterations and implementation of

29ANAH825

the roles inherent in advance nursing practice. Clinical experiences will

Advanced Nursing Practice in Anesthesia I

take place in mutually negotiated setting. Prereq: 29ANAH812,

Overview course that integrates physiology, applied physics and related

29ANAH815. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.00

mathematics. Topics include history, legal aspects, preoperative

29ANAH819 assessment, preinduction preparation, environmental safety, use of

Advanced Adult Health Nursing Practicum III-Part 2 equipment, and anesthesia delivery systems. Credit Level: G. Credit

This practicum is a continuation of 29ANAH818 and may be taken Hrs: 7.00

concurrently or sequentially. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.00

29ANAH826

29ANAH820 Advanced Nursing Practice in Anesthesia II

Advanced Adult Health Nursing III Focuses on the physiological effects of anesthetic agents on the health

This is the third of three sequential seminars that provides students with patterns of client systems. Emphasizes nursing interventions and

the theoretical base to manage the care of client systems across the measurable client system outcomes. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.00

adult life span with selected health pattern alterations. Students focus

29ANAH827

on the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of client system's health

Advanced Nursing Practice in Anesthesia III

patterns as transition occurs across acute and ambulatory care

Focuses on anesthesia interventions and outcomes for children and

environmental contexts. Client systems with selected health pattern

pregnant women. Emphasizes maternal physiology, neonatal care and

alterations reflecting the major adult mortality and morbidities or the

resuscitation, management of obstetrical complications, and special

most common health problems encountered by advanced practice

needs of children undergoing anesthesia. Examines the properties of

nurses are discussed. Students focus on the management of single

anesthetic, accessory, and therapeutic agents. Credit Level: G. Credit

disorders that affect adult client systems. Ethical considerations and

Hrs: 3.00

role components in advanced nursing practice are addressed within the





H=University Honors course.

BoK (Breadth of Knowledge) Coding. DC: Diversity & Culture. EC: English composition. FA: Fine Arts. HP: Historical Perspectives. HU: Humanities.

LT: Literature. NS: Natural Sciences. QR: Quantitative Reasoning. SE: Social & Ethical Issues. SS: Social Sciences.

College of Nursing 3

Advanced Nursing - Adult Health Advanced Nursing - Adult Health

29ANAH828 29ANAH836

Advanced Nursing Practice in Anesthesia IV Adult Ambulatory Care for Advanced Nursing Practice:

Focuses on anesthesia interventions and outcomes for client systems Seminar III

requiring surgical intervention for complex alterations in health patterns. didactic material to practice. Coreq: 29ANAH818, 29ANAH819. Credit

Addresses professional, management, financial, ethical and legal Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00

aspects of anesthesia nursing practice. Prereq: 29ANAH827. Credit

29ANAH844

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.00

Independent Study in Nurse Anesthesia Practice

29ANAH829 This course provides elective clinical practice opportunities for nurse

Advanced Pharmacology for Advanced Nursing Practice in anesthesia students. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00-5.00

Anesthesia

29ANAH845

Discusses anesthetic and analgesic agents used in complex situations.

Independent Study in Nurse Anesthesia Practice

Focuses on the pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, structural

This course provides elective clinical practice opportunities for nurse

activity relationships, effects, toxic/adverse reactions and associated

anesthesia students. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00-5.00

treatments and pharmacotherapeutics. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

29ANAH846

29ANAH830

Advanced Nursing Practice in Anesthesia Clinical Internship I

Advanced Nursing Practice in Anesthesia Practicum I

Provides concentrated clinical experience in anesthesia interventions

Focuses on preoperative evaluation of client systems prior to

with a variety of clients in various perioperative environmental contexts.

anesthesia administration, development of an anesthesia plan of care

Emphasizes legal, ethical and financial considerations inherent in the

with focus on therapeutic nursing interventions and outcomes, and

advanced nursing practice role in anesthesia. Credit Level: G. Credit

administration of anesthesia to selected client systems with altered

Hrs: 1.00

health patterns. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

29ANAH847

29ANAH831

Advanced Nursing Practice in Anesthesia Clinical Internship II

Advanced Nursing Practice in Anesthesia II

Provides continuing concentrated clinical experience in implementing

Provides for increasing responsibility for anesthesia interventions in the

anesthesia interventions and evaluating outcomes with implementation

perioperative period. Focus is on routine surgical procedures, a variety

of research findings. Emphasizes interventions with clients experiencing

of modalities, and non-complex alteration in client system health

complex alterations in health patterns in a variety of perioperative

patterns. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 9.00

environmental contexts. Prereq: 29ANAH846. Credit Level: G. Credit

29ANAH832 Hrs: 1.00

Advanced Nursing Practice in Anesthesia Practicum III

29ANAH848

Continues development of the professional role with anesthesia

Advanced Nursing Practice in Anesthesia Clinical Internship III

interventions for client systems with varying health patterns that require

Culminating concentrated clinical experience that provides opportunity

surgery using general and regional anesthetic techniques. Credit Level:

to plan and select/design nursing interventions in anesthesia and

G. Credit Hrs: 11.00

evaluate outcomes in all phases of perioperative care. Emphasizes

29ANAH833 clients with a variety of altered, complex, and atypical health patterns.

Advanced Nursing Practice in Anesthesia Practicum IV Prereq: 29ANAH847. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00

Focuses on anesthesia interventions and evaluation of outcomes for

29ANAH849

children and pregnant women in community hospital settings.

Advanced Nursing Practice in Anesthesia Practicum V

Opportunities for emergency call for client systems with unanticipated

Provides intensive clinical practice in anesthesia interventions. Clinical

alterations in health patterns of an emergent nature. Prereq:

experiences in various specialties with clients with increasingly complex

29ANAH832. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 9.00

alterations in health patterns requiring more expertise in anesthesia

29ANAH834 management. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 12.00

Adult Ambulatory Care for Advanced Nursing Practice:

29ANAH858

Seminar I

Acute Care Seminar I

This seminar is the first of three courses that prepares nurses for

This seminar is the first of three courses that prepares nurses for

professional roles in advanced nursing practice. It is taken in

professional roles in advanced nursing practice. It is taken in

conjunction with the clinical practicum and provides an opportunity to

conjunction with the clinical practicum and provides an opportunity to

discuss clinical cases while demonstrating the ability to apply the

discuss clinical cases while demonstrating the ability to apply the

didactic material to practice. Coreq: 29ANAH813. Credit Level: G.

didactic material to practice. Coreq: 29ANAH810. Credit Level: G.

Credit Hrs: 1.00

Credit Hrs: 1.00

29ANAH835

29ANAH859

Adult Ambulatory Care for Advanced Nursing Practice:

Acute Care Seminar II

Seminar II

This seminar is the second of three courses that prepares nurses for

This seminar is the second of three courses that prepares nurses for

professional roles in advanced nursing practice. It is taken in

professional roles in advanced nursing practice. It is taken in

conjunction with the clinical practicum and provides an opportunity to

conjunction with the clinical practicum and provides an opportunity to

discuss clinical cases while demonstrating the ability to apply the

discuss clinical cases while demonstrating the ability to apply the

didactic material to practice. Prereq: 29ANAH858. Coreq: 29ANAH821,

didactic material to practice. Coreq: 29ANAH814, 29ANAH815. Credit

29ANAH822. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00

29ANAH860

29ANAH836

Acute Care Seminar III

Adult Ambulatory Care for Advanced Nursing Practice:

This seminar is the last of three courses that prepares nurses for

Seminar III

professional roles in advanced nursing practice. It is taken in

This seminar is the last of three courses that prepares nurses for

conjunction with the clinical practicum and provides an opportunity to

professional roles in advanced nursing practice. It is taken in

discuss clinical cases while demonstrating the ability to apply the

conjunction with the clinical practicum and provides an opportunity to

didactic material to practice. Prereq: 29ANAH859. Coreq: 29ANAH823,

discuss clinical cases while demonstrating the ability to apply the

29ANAH824. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00



H=University Honors course.

BoK (Breadth of Knowledge) Coding. DC: Diversity & Culture. EC: English composition. FA: Fine Arts. HP: Historical Perspectives. HU: Humanities.

LT: Literature. NS: Natural Sciences. QR: Quantitative Reasoning. SE: Social & Ethical Issues. SS: Social Sciences.

College of Nursing 4

Advanced Nursing - Adult Health Advanced Nursing - Adult Health

29ANAH860 29ANAH865

Acute Care Seminar III Advanced Acute Care Nursing Internship V

This seminar is the last of three courses that prepares nurses for The internship is the fifth of five sequential clinical courses in the Post-

professional roles in advanced nursing practice. It is taken in Master's Certificate Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program. Students

conjunction with the clinical practicum and provides an opportunity to engage in comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and care planning

discuss clinical cases while demonstrating the ability to apply the activities for client systems with health pattern alterations. The focus of

didactic material to practice. Prereq: 29ANAH859. Coreq: 29ANAH823, the clinical experiences is on the selection and implementation of extant

29ANAH824. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00 therapeutic nursing interventions, the beginning design of newly

required therapeutic interventions, and discernment of measurable

29ANAH861

outcome criteria related thereto. Collaboration as a peer on the

Advanced Acute Care Nursing Internship I

multidisciplinary health care team is emphasized. Students implement

The internship is the first of five sequential clinical courses in the Post-

the roles inherent in practice as a nurse practitioner. Clinical

Master Certificate Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program. Students

experiences take place in mututally negotiated settings. Coreq:

engage in comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and care planning

29ANAH864,. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00

activities for client systems with health pattern alterations. The focus of

the clinical experiences is on the selection and implementation of extant 29ANAH870

therapeutic nursing interventions, the beginning design of newly Adult Health Nursing Internship I

required therapeutic interventions, and discernment of measurable Internship for clinical nursing practice in adult health nursing. Credit

outcome criteria for both. The students engage in beginning Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00

implementation of the roles inherent in practice as a nurse practitioner.

29ANAH871

Clinical experiences take place in varous environmental contexts

Adult Health Nursing Internship II

including acute and ambulatory care settings. Prereq: 29NURS811,

Internship for clinical nursing practice in adult health nursing. Credit

29NURS812. Coreq: 29NURS813, 29ANAH804, 29ANAH808. Credit

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00

29ANAH872

29ANAH862

Adult Health Nursing Internship III

Advanced Acute Care Nursing Internship II

Internship for clinical nursing practice in adult health nursing. Credit

The internship is the second of five sequential clinical courses in the

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00

Post-Master's Certificate Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program.

Students engage in comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and care 29ANAH873

planning activities for client systems with health pattern alterations. The Adult Health Nursing Internship IV

focus of the clinical experiences is on the selection and implementation Internship for clinical nursing practice in adult health nursing. Credit

of extant therapeutic nursing interventions, the beginning design of Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00

newly required therapeutic interventions, and discernment of

29ANAH874

measurable outcome criteria for both. The students engage in

Adult Health Nursing Internship V

beginning implementation of the roles inherent in practice as a nurse

Internship for clinical nursing practice in adult health nursing. Credit

practitioner. Clinical experiences take place in varous environmental

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00

contexts including acute and ambulatory care settings. Coreq:

29ANAH801, 29ANAH803, 29ANAH807, 29ANAH861. Credit Level: G. Advanced Nursing - Community Health

Credit Hrs: 1.00

29ANCH501

29ANAH863 Health Policy Topics (Gen Ed)

Advanced Acute Care Nursing Internship III This elective course develops knowledge and skill to systematically

The internship is the third of five sequential clinical courses in the Post- identify and analyze health care literature pertinent to health policy

Master's Certificate Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program. Students formulation. The effects of health policy decisions on health care

engage in comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and care planning delivery, providers, and consumers are examined with emphasis on

activities for client systems with health pattern alterations. The focus of nursing practice. Health policy topics may vary with course offering.

the clinical experiences is on the selection and implementation of extant Approved for General Education credit. BoK: SE. Credit Level: U, G.

therapeutic nursing interventions, the beginning design of newly Credit Hrs: 3.00

required therapeutic interventions, and discernment of measurable

outcome criteria for both. The students engage in beginning 29ANCH801

implementation of the roles inherent in practice as a nurse practitioner. Clinical Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice Nursing

Clinical experiences take place in varous environmental contexts The course is designed to build upon the student's pre-existing

including acute and ambulatory care settings. Coreq: 29ANAH801, knowledge in human anatomy and advanced physiology. The focus of

29ANAH803, 29ANAH807, 29ANAH862. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: the course is on the mechanisms producing symptoms and signs of

1.00 common episodic and chronic disease syndromes that are seen in

ambulatory care settings. The course explores the genetic, biochemical

29ANAH864 and cellular alterations underlying these diseases and their clinical

Advanced Acute Care Nursing Internship IV manifestations. The emphasis is on understanding the

The internship is the fourth of five sequential clinical courses in the Post pathophysiological processes most frequently applicable to the role of

-Master's Certificate Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Program. Students the nurse practitioner. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 2.00

engage in comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and care planning

activities for client systems with health pattern alterations. The focus of 29ANCH802

the clinical experiences is on the selection and implementation of extant Family Health Nursing: Advanced Clinical Pharmacology

therapeutic nursing interventions, the beginning design of newly Focuses on safe selection of pharmacologic agents for the

required therapeutic interventions, and discernment of measurable management of health pattern alterations of adults and children.

outcome criteria related thereto. Collaboration as a peer on the Therapy options based on pharmacologic protocols, lifestyle and cost-

multidisciplinary health care team is emphasized. Students implement effectiveness issues, and environmental contexts are explored. Credit

the roles inherent in practice as a nurse practitioner. Clinical Level: G. Credit Hrs: 2.00

experiences take place in mututally negotiated settings. Coreq:

29ANAH863. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00





H=University Honors course.

BoK (Breadth of Knowledge) Coding. DC: Diversity & Culture. EC: English composition. FA: Fine Arts. HP: Historical Perspectives. HU: Humanities.

LT: Literature. NS: Natural Sciences. QR: Quantitative Reasoning. SE: Social & Ethical Issues. SS: Social Sciences.

College of Nursing 5

Advanced Nursing - Community Health Advanced Nursing - Community Health

29ANCH803 29ANCH811

Family Health Nursing I: Therapeutic Interventions in Adults with Managing Common Occupational and Environmental Diseases

Acute Health Patterns Variations and Injuries

Focuses on differential diagnosis, management, and outcome This course provides a foundation for understanding common

evaluation of common acute adult health pattern variations. Topics occupational and environmental diseases and injuries. Concepts in

include health screening, risk assessment, health promotion, and health epidemiology, pathophysiology, toxicology, and nursing will be used to

counseling. Prerequisites: Health Assessment for Advanced Nursing assess workers and their worksites, and to plan interventions.

Practice. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.00 Emphasis will be given to using the team approach to assess and

manage occuational and environmental diseases and injuries. Credit

29ANCH804

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

Family Health Nursing II: Therapeutic Interventions in Adults with

Chronic Health Pattern Variations 29ANCH812

Focuses on differential diagnosis, management, and outcome Advance Practice in Occupational Health Nursing Practicum

evaluation of common chronic adult health pattern variations. Topics Field experience with a worker population in an occupational setting to

include health screening, risk assessment, health promotion, health identify potential work related illnesses and injuries, strategies for

maintenance, and health counseling. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.00 prevention, implementation of strategies, and evaluation of outcomes.

Prereq: 29ANCH811. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 2.00

29ANCH805

Family Health Nursing: Practicum I 29ANCH813

This practicum is the first in a series of three designed to provide clinical Managing Health and Safety Programs in the Workplace

experiences for the advanced nursing practice role in the care of This synthesis course focuses on the development, implementation,

individuals and families. Students will apply knowledge from health and evaluation of occupational and environmental health services and

assessment, pharmacology, and family health nursing courses. A programs. Students apply their knowledge of occupational health

clinical preceptor will supervise students in ambulatory settings diseases and injuries, program planning, health promotion, and health

providing therapeutic interventions to a variety of individual and family behavior theory to the workplace. Discussion focuses on common

client systems from diverse cultures across the lifespan in various occupational and environmental health services and programs that use

environmental contexts. Prereq: 29ANCH824, 29NURS813. Coreq: prevention and intervention strategies to reduce risk for workers.

29NURS821. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 6.00 Emphasis will be given on using the multidisciplinary team to develop,

implement, and evaluate health services and programs. Prereq:

29ANCH806

29NURS806, 29NURS814, 29NURS811. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs:

Family Health Nursing: Practicum II

3.00

This course is the second in a series of three designed to provide

experiences for the advanced nursing practice role in the care of 29ANCH814

individuals and families. A clinical preceptor will supervise students in Practicum in Occupational Health Nursing

ambulatory settings providing therapeutic interventions to a variety of This course provides a field exprience focused on developing

healthy individuals and families, and in those experiencing episodic or occupational health nursing skills within a specific work setting. A

chronic health pattern variations. Coreq: 29NURS823. Credit Level: G. service project is negotiated with a preceptor, completed, and

Credit Hrs: 7.00 presented at the completion of the course. A summary evaluation of the

experience is presented to the professor and preceptor. Prereq:

29ANCH807

29ANCH810. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

Family Health Nursing: Practicum III

This course, a continuation of Family Health Nursing: Practicum II, is 29ANCH815

designed to provide experiences for the advanced nursing practice role Leadership in Occupational Health Practicum

in the care of individuals and families. Prereq: 29ANCH806, The focus of this practicum is the assessment, management and

29NURS823. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 7.00 evaluation of a project related to ccupational health and safety.

Application of nursing theory and research within an occupational health

29ANCH808

setting or regulatory body will be emphasized, along with decision

Family Nursing Seminar I

making, budgeting, human resources and health cost management.

This seminar is the first of three courses that prepares nurses for

The need to use an interdisciplinary approach to meeting the health and

professional roles in advanced nursing practice. It is taken in

safety needs of diverse worker populations within the culture of the

conjunction with the clinical practicum and provides an opportunity to

organization will also be emphasized. Prereq: 29ANCH813. Credit

discuss clinical cases while demonstrating the ability to apply the

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 5.00

didactic material to practice. Coreq: 29ANCH805. Credit Level: G.

Credit Hrs: 1.00 29ANCH817

Internship in Occupational Health Nursing

29ANCH809

Concentrated field experience in selected areas of advance practice

Family Nursing Seminar II

occupational health nursing. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 5.00

This seminar is the second of three courses that prepares nurses for

professional roles in advanced nursing practice. It is taken in 29ANCH819

conjunction with the clinical practicum and provides an opportunity to Practicum I: Information Systems

discuss clinical cases while demonstrating the ability to apply the This practica course is designed to assist students in the development

didactic material to practice. Prereq: 29ANCH805. Coreq: 29ANCH806. of skills in information technology required for the tracking of

Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00 populations, management of services and evaluation of interventions.

Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 2.00

29ANCH810

Introduction to Occupational Health Nursing 29ANCH821

Introduces student to foundational concepts of occupational health and Family Health Nursing Clinical Internship I

safety, emphasizing the role of the occupational health nurse. Credit Internship for clinical nursing practice in family health nursing. Credit

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00 Level: G. Credit Hrs: 2.00

29ANCH811 29ANCH822

Managing Common Occupational and Environmental Diseases Family Health Nursing Clinical Internship II

and Injuries Internship for clinical nursing practice in family health nursing. Credit





H=University Honors course.

BoK (Breadth of Knowledge) Coding. DC: Diversity & Culture. EC: English composition. FA: Fine Arts. HP: Historical Perspectives. HU: Humanities.

LT: Literature. NS: Natural Sciences. QR: Quantitative Reasoning. SE: Social & Ethical Issues. SS: Social Sciences.

College of Nursing 6

Advanced Nursing - Community Health Advanced Nursing - Community Health

29ANCH822 29ANCH855

Family Health Nursing Clinical Internship II Practicum II: Community Assessment

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 2.00 During this practicum students will apply appropriate theories and

frameworks to assess the health status and determinants of health for

29ANCH823 a community. Students will analyze data related to health trends and

Family Health Nursing Clinical Internship III develop a community diagnosis that incorporates multiple determinants

Internship for clinical nursing practice in family health nursing. Credit of health for the total community/selected populations. Credit Level: G.

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 2.00 Credit Hrs: 3.00-7.00

29ANCH824 29ANCH856

The Care of Well Women and Children for Family Nursing Global Health

Practice This course is designed to assist the graduate student in the

This course focuses on the care of well women and children across the development of skills in trending population health data over time from a

lifespan. It prepares students to assume professional practice roles and global perspective. These skills will assist the student in identifying

responsibilities in health promotion, health maintenance and emerging issues from the local to the global level related to the health

management of common health pattern variations pertaining to patterns of populations. In addition the course is aimed at helping the

gynecological and primary care of well women and children. Emphasis student develop skills related to terrorism, natural disasters,

is on family-centered, community based health care for diverse client environmental health concerns, emergent health conditions, and

systems. Prereq: 29NURS820, 29NURS812. Credit Level: G. Credit poverty. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

Hrs: 3.00

29ANCH857

29ANCH841 Advanced Practice Community Health Nursing Seminar

Nursing Leadership - Targeting Population Needs Based on community/public health nursing practice models students will

During this practicum students will analyze aspects of evaluate the multiple strategies for intervention at the population level

organizations/communities relative to the patient/client populations they within a community grassroots framework and a public health/egency

serve. Students will apply appropriate theories to evaluating the framework. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

structure, organization, culture, climate, and other relevant aspects of

29ANCH859

their chosen organization or community. Emphasis is placed on the

Practica III: Health Planning Implementation and Evaluation

development and application of skills used in assessing

Students will develop a population-focused health program relevant to

organizational/community dynamics for related population groups in a

the promotion of health for an identified population/community and

variety of environmental and organizational contexts. Credit Level: G.

select an appropriate implentation and evaluation plan. Credit Level: G.

Credit Hrs: 3.00-5.00

Credit Hrs: 5.00

29ANCH842

29ANCH860

Family Nursing Seminar III

This seminar is the last of three courses that prepares nurses for Practica IV: Public Health Nursing Leadership

Students will investigate the role of the public health nurse as a leader

professional roles in advanced nursing practice. It is taken in

in the promotion of the public's health. The course will focus on public

conjunction with the clinical practicum and provides an opportunity to

health policy, communication and management strategies as they

discuss clinical cases while demonstrating the ability to apply the

pertain to the delivery of population-focused care. Credit Level: G.

didactic material to practice. Prereq: 29ANCH806. Coreq: 29ANCH807.

Credit Hrs: 3.00-7.00

Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00

29ANCH872

29ANCH851

Interdisciplinary Practicum I

Epidemiology for Advanced Nursing Practice

Opportunities are provided to interact with members of an

This course is designed to develop the graduate level nurse's ability to

interdisciplinary team for the purpose of team building to accomplish a

apply epidemiology concepts to clinical practice when developing

commonly identified goal. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 2.00

populations based programs or services. Emphasis is placed on the

ability to analyze and critique epidemiologic studies related to clinical 29ANCH879

practice and population focused health planning and care. Credit Level: Community Health Internship

G. Credit Hrs: 3.00 Internship for clinical nursing practice in community health nursing.

29ANCH852 Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 2.00-10.00

Health Promotion and Risk Reduction 29ANCH882

This course is designed to assist students in developing skills and the Gerontological Nursing Clinical Internship

ethical foundation necessary for assessing a population based on risk Internship for clinical nursing practice in gerontological nursing. Credit

for disease and injury and to evaluate the health patterns of Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00-5.00

populations. Perm of Instructor. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00-4.50

Advanced Nursing - Nursing Administration

29ANCH853

Community Health Practicum I: Interdisciplinary Health Planning 29ANNA838

Based on community/public health nursing practice models, students Nursing Service Administration Practicum II

will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to make programmatic Opportunities to analyze the professional roles of nurse administrators

recommendations based on analysis of community-focused population in management. Emphasizes analysis and use of resources to meet

data. Prereq: 29ANCH851. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 5.00 departmental and/or organizational goals within a variety of

environmental contexts. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

29ANCH854

Foundations of Public Health Nursing 29ANNA839

This course provides the foundation for advanced practice as a public Nursing Service Administration: Practicum III

health nurse. The course helps the student build on core public health Analyzes major policies, organizational situations, and strategic

theory and functions to develop knowledge and skills within the scope planning aspects of the nursing manager roles. Credit Level: G. Credit

and standards of the specialty. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00 Hrs: 6.00









H=University Honors course.

BoK (Breadth of Knowledge) Coding. DC: Diversity & Culture. EC: English composition. FA: Fine Arts. HP: Historical Perspectives. HU: Humanities.

LT: Literature. NS: Natural Sciences. QR: Quantitative Reasoning. SE: Social & Ethical Issues. SS: Social Sciences.

College of Nursing 7

Advanced Nursing - Nursing Administration Advanced Nursing - Parent Child

29ANNA886 29ANPC806

Nursing Service Administration Seminar Advanced Women's Health Care Practicum I

Integrates theory and practice in professional nursing management assessment, diagnosis and management of women's health care

roles with focus on transition into nursing management roles and across the lifespan. The student will assume a professional practice

utilization of administrative theory in practice. Credit Level: G. Credit role and responsibility for management of normal and common health

Hrs: 3.00 pattern variations pertaining to gynecological care. Emphasis is on

family- centered, community-based health care for diverse client

29ANNA898

systems. Prereq: 29ANPC890, 29ANPC802, 29NURS801,

Strategic Concepts and Models in Nursing Service Administration

29ANPC801, 29NURS812. Coreq: 29ANPC806. Credit Level: G. Credit

Provides an introduction to the key concepts and theoretical models of

Hrs: 4.00

strategic management as applied to the health care industry.

Emphasizes the role of the nurse executive in formation of strategy and 29ANPC807

of the nurse manager in the implementation process. Credit Level: G. Women's Health Nursing I Internship

Credit Hrs: 3.00 Internship for clinical nursing practice in women's health nursing. Credit

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00-3.00

Advanced Nursing - Parent Child

29ANPC808

29ANPC507 Women's Health Nursing II Internship

Special Topics in Women's Health Internship for clinical nursing practice in women's health nursing. Credit

The course is designed to examine the larger spheres of sociocultural, Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00-3.00

anthropological, and political variables that influence design, delivery,

accessibility and outcomes of health care for women on local, regional, 29ANPC809

national and international levels. Special topics include science and Primary Care of Episodic Illness for Women

women's health, sexuality, health policy and gender-specific research, This course provides students with the theoretical base to assess,

women's life transitions, and specific health challenges. BoK: DC. Credit diagnose, and manage the care of client systems across the lifespan

Level: U, G. Credit Hrs: 3.00 with selected episodic health pattern alterations. Students will focus on

the promotion, maintenance and restoration of client system's health

29ANPC801 patterns. Culturally competent, holistic, ethical, age and gender specific,

Differential Diagnosis for Women's Health and risk stratified care will be discussed. Nonpharmacologic aspects of

The focus of this course is to understand the diagnostic reasoning care such as teaching and coaching will be addressed as well as the

process through analysis of present and past histories, physical findings pharmacologic management designed to help clients achieve desired

and diagnostic studies that contribute to the formulation of differential outcomes. Evidence based practice will serve as the basis for care

diagnoses. The client is assessed from a holistic nursing perspective management. This course includes 0.5 credits (5 clock hours) of

with consideration of her cultural, social, ethnic, family and community pharmacology content. Prereq: 29NURS825, 29NURS813. Credit

environments. Prereq: 29NURS820, 29NURS812. Credit Level: G. Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

Credit Hrs: 1.00

29ANPC810

29ANPC802 Conceptual Framework for Nurse-Midwifery Practice

Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology Introduces the professional role of the nurse midwife including the

This course builds upon basic knowledge of human anatomy and management process, the nursing process, utilization of paradigms of

physiology, and the mechanisms of disease. It provides an in-depth wellness and health, and communication pertinent to nurse midwifery

consideration of molecular physiology while integrating examples of practice. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

physiological principles and pathophysiology most likely to be

encountered by the advanced practice nurse. Basic and translational 29ANPC811

research into biochemical, molecular and organ system function and Primary Care for Women

dysfunction will be emphasized. Current thought concerning age- (3 didactic and 1 lab with 30 contact hours/quarter). Prepares students

related changes and theories of physiology across the life span will be to provide primary care for women utilizing critical thinking and decision-

included. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.00 making skills. Prereq: 29ANPC810. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 5.00



29ANPC804 29ANPC812

Conceptual Framework for Women's Health Advanced Reproductive Dynamics

Introduces advanced practice nursing role in Women's Health. Explores the anatomical and physiological basis for advanced nursing

Addresses concepts of care management, the nursing process, practice in reproductive health care. Includes genetics and reproductive

utilization of paradigms of wellness and health, and communication endocrinology in the adult female, male, fetus, and neonate. Examines

pertinent to women's health nursing practice. Credit Level: G. Credit normal and abnormal fetal development from the perspective of

Hrs: 3.00 maternal and environmental influences. Prereq: 29NURS820. Credit

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

29ANPC805

Advanced Women's Health I 29ANPC813

This course, the first in a series of two sequential courses, lays the Pharmacology for Nurse-Midwifery Practice/Women's Health

foundation for the women's health care management process and the Practice

care of women across the lifespan. It prepares students to assume Examines Nurse Midwifery/Women's Health pharmacologic

professional roles and responsibilities in the management of normal and management and therapeutic interventions to address health patterns in

common health pattern variations pertaining to gynecological care. the student's focus area: midwifery or women's health. Prereq:

There are at least 0.5 credits (5 clock hours) of pharmacology content. 29NURS811, 29NURS813, 29ANPC812. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs:

Emphasis is on family-centered, community-based health care for 2.00

diverse client systems. Prereq: 29NURS820, 29NURS812. Coreq: 29ANPC814

29ANPC812, 29NURS813. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00 Nurse-Midwifery I

29ANPC806 This course, the first in a series of four sequential courses, lays the

Advanced Women's Health Care Practicum I foundation for the nurse-midwifery management process and the care

This course is the first in a series of three sequential clinical courses in of the well woman across the lifespan. It prepares students to assume

Women's Health Care. The student will engage in comprehensive professional roles and responsibilities in the management of normal and





H=University Honors course.

BoK (Breadth of Knowledge) Coding. DC: Diversity & Culture. EC: English composition. FA: Fine Arts. HP: Historical Perspectives. HU: Humanities.

LT: Literature. NS: Natural Sciences. QR: Quantitative Reasoning. SE: Social & Ethical Issues. SS: Social Sciences.

College of Nursing 8

Advanced Nursing - Parent Child Advanced Nursing - Parent Child

29ANPC814 29ANPC821

Nurse-Midwifery I Developmental Physiology of the Fetus/Newborn

common health pattern variations pertaining to gynecological care. alterations from normal are also addressed. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs:

Emphasis is on family-centered, community-based health care for 2.00

diverse client systems. Included are at least 0.5 credits (5 clock hours)

29ANPC822

of pharmacology content. Prereq: 29ANPC890, 29NURS801,

Advanced Newborn/Infant Health Assessment

29NURS820, 29NURS812. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

The course provides the knowledge necessary to perform

29ANPC815 comprehensive assessments and to interpret diagnostic data in the

Nurse-Midwifery Practicum I care of newborns and infants. Systematic data collection, diagnostic

This course is the first in a series of four sequential clinical courses in reasoning, and clinical problem solving are emphasized. (Content

Nurse-midwifery. Students will engage in comprehensive assessment, focuses on physical examination as well as fetal, perinatal,

diagnosis and nurse-midwifery management for well women across the psychosocial, gestational age, neuro-behavioral, and developmental

lifespan and assume professional practice roles and responsibilities in assessments of newborns and infants.) Differential diagnosis will be

managing common health pattern variations pertaining to gynecological discussed. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 5.00

care. Emphasis is on family-centered, community-based health care for

29ANPC823

diverse client systems. Prereq: 29ANPC802, 29ANPC890,

Advanced Newborn/Infant Pharmacotherapeutics

29NURS812, 29NURS801. Coreq: 29ANPC814,. Credit Level: G.

The course is an introduction to the understanding of

Credit Hrs: 5.00

pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacotherapeutics of

29ANPC816 the fetus, newborn and infant. Special considerations of drug therapy in

Nurse-Midwifery II the fetus/newborn/infant, and advanced nursing management of

This course, the second in a sequence of four, prepares students to selected newborn/infant therapeutics is addressed. Six hours of legal,

assume professional roles in the care of normal antepartum women and ethical, and financial content related to prescribing are addressed in this

those with health pattern variations with an at-risk pregnancy. course. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 5.00

Emphasis is placed on the collaborative management of interventions

29ANPC824

to achieve desired outcomes during pregnancy. Included are at least

Neonatal Pathophysiology and Advanced Nursing Management

0.5 (5 clock hours) of pharmacology content. Students use scholarly

I: The High Risk Family

inquiry to further develop their practice knowledge. Research related to

The course provides the theoretical and practical knowledge needed

normal and at-risk client systems is applied. The course expands on the

for the management of healthy and at risk newborns and their families.

history of nurse-midwifery as it impacts on professional role issues.

Issues of neonatal health care delivery, the advanced practice neonatal

Prereq: 29ANPC814, 29ANPC815. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

nurse role, and care of the family are emphasized. Resuscitation and

29ANPC817 stabilization of the neonate is addressed. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs:

Nurse-Midwifery Practicum II 3.00

This course is the second in a series of four sequential clinical courses

29ANPC825

in nurse-midwifery. Students will engage in comprehensive

Advanced Practice Roles in Neonatal Nursing Practicum

assessment, diagnosis and nurse-midwifery management for

Application of role and leadership theories to needs of neonates and

childbearing women and assume professional practice roles and

infants. Provides students practice in applying clinical and theory

reponsibilities in managing common health pattern variations pertaining

content in program major to practice in selected aspects of advanced

to childbearing women during the antepartum period. Students will use

practice role. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00-9.00

scholarly inquiry to evaluate and apply evidence-based practice to

further develop their practice. Emphasis is on family-centered, 29ANPC826

community-based health care for diverse client systems. Professional Advanced Practice Neonatal Nursing Internship

practice role is further developed. Prereq: 29ANPC814, 29ANPC815. This course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to

Coreq: 29ANPC816. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 8.00 develop clinical competency in the neonatal nurse practitioner role. The

experience is accomplished under the guidance of an approved

29ANPC819

preceptor. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 2.00

Women's Health in a Contemporary Global Society

The course is designed to present a global perspective of selected 29ANPC827

contemporary phsiological, psychological, and sociocultural issues and Neonatal Pathophysiology and Advanced Nursing Management

concepts associated with women's health. Variations in women's health II: The High Risk Newborn/Infant

conditions are discussed from a diagnostic, treatment, and intervention The course provides the student with the theoretical and practical

perspective. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00 knowledge needed in the nursing management of newborns and

infants with acute and chronic health problems in the Neonatal Intensive

29ANPC820

Care Unit (NICU). Advanced practice skills are introduced. Credit

Developmental Physiology of the Fetus/Newborn

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

The course is designed to provide the student with an in-depth

understanding of developmental physiology of the fetus and neonate. 29ANPC828

Principles of biologic growth and development, physiologic maturation Neonatal Pathophysiology and Advanced Nursing Management

of organ systems, birth physiology, and transition to extrauterine life III: The Acutely Ill Newborn/Infant

through early infancy will be covered. Adaptation to physiologic stress The course provides the student with the theoretical and practical

and alterations from normal will be addressed. Prereq: 29ANPC844. knowledge needed for the role of the advanced practice neonatal nurse

Coreq: 29NURS813. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 2.00 in the neonatal intensive care unit. Content will focus on the

assessment, pathophysiology, and management of health problems of

29ANPC821

critically and chronically ill newborns/infants and their client systems.

Developmental Physiology of the Fetus/Newborn

Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

This course provides the student with an in-depth understanding of

developmental physiology of the fetus and neonate. Principles of 29ANPC829

biologic growth and development, physiologic maturation of organ Practicum II: Clinical Care of Pediatric Clients with Acute

systems, birth physiology, and transition to extrauterine life through Illnesses

early infancy are covered. Adaptation to physiologic stress and This clinical practicum introduces the APN student to diagnosing and





H=University Honors course.

BoK (Breadth of Knowledge) Coding. DC: Diversity & Culture. EC: English composition. FA: Fine Arts. HP: Historical Perspectives. HU: Humanities.

LT: Literature. NS: Natural Sciences. QR: Quantitative Reasoning. SE: Social & Ethical Issues. SS: Social Sciences.

College of Nursing 9

Advanced Nursing - Parent Child Advanced Nursing - Parent Child

29ANPC829 29ANPC836

Practicum II: Clinical Care of Pediatric Clients with Acute Pediatric Primary Care III: Care of Pediatric Clients with Chronic

Illnesses Illnesses

managing common acute pediatric illnesses of newborns, infants, This course introduces the student to the advanced pediatric nursing

children, adolescents, and young adults in primary care contexts. In this practice role in the management of chronic conditions in health patterns

practicum students use diagnostic reasoning to accurately diagnose for culturally diverse client systems form early pre/school-age to

common illnesses, and integrate research and standards of care to plan adolescence and early adulthood in multiple enviornmental contexts.

and deliver appropriate family-based care. Prereq: 29ANPC835. Credit Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.00

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00-8.00

29ANPC837

29ANPC830 Practicum I: Advanced Pediatric Health Promotion and

Practicum III: Clinical Care of Pediatric Clients with Chronic Assessment

Illnesses This clinical practicum introduces the student to the advanced practice

This clinical practicum introduces the APN student to management of nursing role in health promotion and assessment and in the prevention

chronic conditions in health patterns for culturally diverse populations of of illness in a culturally divers population of newborns, infants, children,

infants, children, adolescents, and young adults in primary care adolescents, and young adults in primary care contexts. Prereq:

contexts. In this practicum the students use diagnostic reasoning to 29ANPC834. Coreq:. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.00

accurately diagnose for chronic illnesses, and integrate research and

29ANPC839

standards of care to plan and deliver appropriate family-based care.

Primary Care of Episodic Illness for Women Practicum

Prereq: 29ANPC836. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00-6.00

This course is part of a series of sequential clinical courses in Women's

29ANPC831 Health Care and prepares the student to provide primary care of

Advanced Pediatric Pharmacology episodic illnesses throughout the lifespan. Students will engage in

This course provides nurses preparing for roles in advanced pediatric comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and women's health care

nursing practice with knowledge of pharmacotherapeutics for common management for women across the lifespan and assume professional

acute and chronic variations in health patterns of the pediatric practice roles and responsibilities in managing common health pattern

population. Course content includes the clinical pharmacology of variations pertaining to gynecological and primary care. Emphasis is on

common drug categories encountered in advanced practice pediatric family-centered, community-based health care for diverse client

nursing. Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic principles, their systems. Prereq: 29NURS812, 29ANPC802, 29ANPC890,

clinical application and the use of pharmacologic agents in the 29NURS801. Coreq: 29ANPC809. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

prevention of illness and the restoration and maintenance of health are

29ANPC840

discussed. The mechanism of action, pharmacologic response, usual

Advanced Women's Health II

dose, adverse effects, indications, interactions, contraindications, and

This course, the second in a sequence of two, prepares students to

routes of administration of medications are emphasized. Credit Level:

assume professional roles in the care of normal antepartal women and

G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

those with health pattern variations with an at-risk pregnancy. Emphasis

29ANPC832 is placed on the collaborative management of interventions to achieve

Well Women and Special Populations for Pediatrics desired outcomes during pregnancy. Included are at least 0.5 credits (5

This course prepares students to assume professional practice roles clock hours) of pharmacology content. Students use scholarly inquiry to

and responsibilities in providing care for well women across the lifespan further develop their practice knowledge. Research related to normal

but with special emphasis on the adolescent and young adult women. and at-risk client systems is applied. Prereq: 29ANPC806, 29ANPC805.

Contraception, emergency contraception, sexually transmitted Coreq: 29ANPC841. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

infections, teen pregnancy, teen parenting, abortion, adoption, and

29ANPC841

adolescent and young adult sexuality are topics that will be discussed.

Advanced Women's Health Care Practicum II

Special pediatric populations will be a second focus of this course and

This course, the second in a series of three sequential clinical courses

will cover teen parents, children of teen parents, children in foster

in women's health care, prepares the students to assume the

home care, children in alternative homes (group homes), homeless

professional practice roles in the care of normal antepartal women and

children and adolescents and incarcerated children and adolescents.

those with health pattern variations with an at-risk pregnancy. Emphasis

Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

is placed on the collaborative management of interventions to achieve

29ANPC834 desired outcomes during pregnancy. Students use scholarly inquiry to

Pediatric Primary Care I: Advanced Pediatric Health Promotion further develop their practice. Evidence-based research as related to

and Assessment normal and at-risk client systems is applied. Prereq: 29ANPC806,

This course introduces the student to the advanced practice nursing 29ANPC805. Coreq: 29ANPC840. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 5.00

role in health promotion and assessment and in the prevention of illness

29ANPC842

in a culturally diverse population of newborns, infants, children,

Advanced Women's Health Care Practicum III

adolescents, and young adults in primary care contexts. Credit Level:

This course, the third in a sequence of three, prepares the student for

G. Credit Hrs: 4.00

the fully integrated practice of women's health care to include primary

29ANPC835 care of episodic illnessness throughout the life span. The professional,

Pediatric Primary Care II: Care of Pediatric Clients with Acute social, political, legal, ethical, economic and financial factors that affect

Illnesses women's health care practice are analyzed. Prereq: 29ANPC840,

The focus of this course is to introduce the APN student to diagnosing 29ANPC841. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 8.00

and management of common acute pediatric illnesses in newborns,

29ANPC843

infants, children, adolescents, and young adults in primary care

Pediatric Primary Care I: Advanced Pediatric Health Promotion

contexts. Management of acute illnesses includes recognizing signes

and Assessment

and symptoms of common illnesses, using diagnostic reasoning to

This course introduces primary care concepts of the advanced nursing

accurately diagnose common illnesses, and integrating research and

practice role in health promotion, assessment, and prevention for

standards of care to plan and implement care. Credit Level: G. Credit

newborns, infants, children and adolescents from birth to 21 years of

Hrs: 4.00

age. Socio-cultural, developmental, and family care theories form the

basis of discussion of all age groups. An overview of genetics and its





H=University Honors course.

BoK (Breadth of Knowledge) Coding. DC: Diversity & Culture. EC: English composition. FA: Fine Arts. HP: Historical Perspectives. HU: Humanities.

LT: Literature. NS: Natural Sciences. QR: Quantitative Reasoning. SE: Social & Ethical Issues. SS: Social Sciences.

College of Nursing 10

Advanced Nursing - Parent Child Advanced Nursing - Parent Child

29ANPC843 29ANPC848

Pediatric Primary Care I: Advanced Pediatric Health Promotion PNP Practicum II

and Assessment This intermediate clinical practicum introduces the student to advanced

effect on patients and families is discussed. Various assessment tools practice nurse roles and responsibilities in assessing acute illness/injury

are discussed including the Ballard, the Denver Developmental and chronic illnesses of culturally diverse patients and families within

Screening Test, HEADSS and GAPS. Health care policy and health the context of the primary care setting. Prereq: 29ANPC844,

care economics related to children and families in the current political 29ANPC847. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 6.00

climate in relation to health care are appraised particularly in relation to

29ANPC849

vulnerable children, diverse cultures and health disparities. Prereq:

PNP Practicum III

29NURS812, 29NURS807, 29NURS820, 29NURS804. Credit Level: G.

This culminating clinical practicum allows the student to perform

Credit Hrs: 3.00

holistically in advanced practice nurse roles and responsibilities with

29ANPC844 culturally diverse patients and families within the context of the primary

Pediatric Primary Care II: Pediatric Episodic/ Primary Care care setting. Prereq: 29ANPC845, 29ANPC848. Credit Level: G. Credit

This course provides students with a theoretical base to manage Hrs: 6.00

common, acute, and emergent health care concerns of newborns,

29ANPC851

infants, children and adolescents within the context of the primary care

Newborn/Infant Pathophysiology I

setting. This course will prepare the student to recognize signs and

The course provides the student with the theoretical and practical

symptoms of common pediatric illnesses and injuries, using diagnostic

knowledge needed for the role of the neonatal nurse practitioner and

reasoning skills to accurately diagnose conditions based on evidence-

clinical nurse specialist in the pathophysiology of healthy and at-risk

based practice and research principles and to design treatment plans.

newborns/infants and their client systems. Issues of neonatal health

Providing families of ill/injured children with education and support will

care delivery, the advanced practice neonatal nurse role, and care of

be addressed. Discussions related to the plight of culturally diverse

the family will be emphasized. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 5.00

and/or vulnerable children and their families in relation to

actual/potential health disparities are also included in this course. This 29ANPC852

course includes 0.5 credits (5 clock hours) of pharmacology content. Pediatric Acute Care I

Prereq: 29NURS813, 29NURS810, 29NURS825, 29ANPC843. Credit This course provides students with a theoretical base to manage acute

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00 and emergent health care concerns of pediatric patients within the

context of the acute care setting. Students recognize and manage

29ANPC845

signs and symptoms of acute illnesses and injuries, using diagnostic

Pediatric Primary Care III: Chronic Health Problems in the

reasoning skills to accurately diagnose conditions and to design

Pediatric Population

treatment plans. Providing families of hospitalized ill/injured children

This course provides students with a theoretical base to manage

with education and support and the plight of culturally diverse and/or

chronic health concerns of newborns, infants, children and adolescents

vulnerable children and their families in relation to actual/potential

within the context of the primary care setting. This course will prepare

health disparities is discussed. This course includes 0.5 credits (5 clock

the student to recognize signs and symptoms of chronic pediatric

hours) of pharmacology content. Prereq: 29NURS813, 29NURS822,

illnesses using diagnostic reasoning skills to accurately diagnose

29NURS825, 29ANPC843, 29ANPC866. Coreq: 29ANPC844,

conditions based on evidence based practice and research principles

29NURS824. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 2.00

and to design treatment plans. Providing families of chronically ill

children with education and support will be addressed. Discussions of 29ANPC853

culturally diverse and/or vulnerable children and their families in relation Pediatric Acute Care II

to actual/potential health disparities are also included in this course. This course provides students with a theoretical base to manage acute

This course includes 0.5 credits (5 clock hours) of pharmacology exacerbations of chronic health care concerns of pediatric patients

content related to chronic health conditions in the pediatric population. within acute care settings. Students are prepared to recognize and

Prereq: 29ANPC844, 29ANPC847, 29NURS805. Credit Level: G. Credit manage acute episodes of chronic pediatric illnesses using diagnostic

Hrs: 3.00 reasoning skills to accurately diagnose and design treatment plans.

Education and support of families of chronically ill children will be

29ANPC846

addressed. The management of culturally diverse and/or vulnerable

Pediatric Primary Care IV: Child and Adolescent Mental Health

children and their families in relation to actual/potential health disparities

Issues in the Primary Care Setting

is included in this course. This course includes 0.5 credits (5 clock

This course introduces the Pediatric Nurse Practitioner student to

hours) of pharmacology content related to chronic health conditions in

mental health issues, risk and preventive factors, and management

the pediatric population. Prereq: 29ANPC844, 29ANPC852. Coreq:

within the primary care setting. Approaches to effective mental health

29ANPC845. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 2.00

screening and assessment along with common screening tools for child

and adolescent mental health disorders are discussed. The KySS 29ANPC854

Guide will be used to teach students to identify, manage, and prevent Advanced Child Health Nursing Internship I

child and adolescent mental health disorders within a primary care Internship for clinical nursing practice in child health nursing. Credit

practice context. Psychopharmacology appropriate to the primary care Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00

setting will be addressed. This course includes 0.5 credits (5 clock

29ANPC855

hours) of pharmacology content related to use of medications for mental

Advanced Child Health Nursing Internship II

health conditions in children and adolescents. Prereq: 29ANPC845,

Internship for clinical nursing practice in child health nursing. Credit

29NURS808. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00

29ANPC847

29ANPC856

PNP Practicum I

Advanced Child Health Nursing Internship III

This introductory clinical practicum introduces the student to the

Internship for clinical nursing practice in child health nursing. Credit

advanced practice nurse role and responsibility in health promotion,

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00

prevention, and assessment of culturally diverse patients and families

within the context of the primary care setting. Prereq: 29ANPC843. 29ANPC857

Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 6.00 Advanced Child Health Nursing Internship IV

Internship for clinical nursing practice in child health nursing. Credit





H=University Honors course.

BoK (Breadth of Knowledge) Coding. DC: Diversity & Culture. EC: English composition. FA: Fine Arts. HP: Historical Perspectives. HU: Humanities.

LT: Literature. NS: Natural Sciences. QR: Quantitative Reasoning. SE: Social & Ethical Issues. SS: Social Sciences.

College of Nursing 11

Advanced Nursing - Parent Child Advanced Nursing - Parent Child

29ANPC857 29ANPC866

Advanced Child Health Nursing Internship IV Pediatric Acute Care Practicum I

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00 This introductory clinical practicum introduces the student to the

advanced practice nurse role and responsibility in caring for children

29ANPC858 and families from culturally diverse backgrounds within the context of

Advanced Child Health Nursing Internship V ambulatory/specialty clinic and hospital settings. The clinical emphasis

Internship for clinical nursing practice in child health nursing. Credit is on wellness and caring for acute/episodic illnesses in children.

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00 Prereq: 29NURS813, 29NURS822, 29ANPC843, 29NURS825,

29ANPC859 29ANPC886. Coreq: 29ANPC852, 29ANPC875. Credit Level: G. Credit

Advanced Child Health Nursing Internship VI Hrs: 6.00

Internship for clinical nursing practice in child health nursing. Credit 29ANPC867

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00 Nurse-Midwifery III

This course, the third in a sequence of four, prepares the student to

29ANPC861

assume professional roles and responsibilities in the care of normal

Nurse-Midwifery Internship I

This course, the first in a series of four sequential courses, lays the intrapartal and post partal women and those with common health

foundation for the nurse-midwifery management process and for pattern variations pertaining to at- risk women in parturition and post

women across the lifespan. It prepares students to assume professional partum; normal and at-risk neonates. Included are at least 0.5 credits (5

practice roles and responsibilities in managing common health pattern clock hours) of pharmacology content. Emphasis is placed on the

variations pertaining to primary care, gynecological and antepartum collaborative management of interventions to achieve desired outcomes

care. Emphasis is on family-centered, community-based health care for during the parturition and postpartum period and the neonate. Research

diverse client systems. Perm of Instructor. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: related to normal and at-risk client systems is applied. Prereq:

2.00 29ANPC816, 29ANPC817. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.00

29ANPC868

29ANPC862

Nurse-Midwifery Practicum III

Nurse-Midwifery Internship II

This course is the third in a series of four sequential clinical courses in

This course, the second in a sequence of four, prepares students to

Nurse-midwifery. Students will engage in comprehensive assessment,

assume professional practice roles in the care of women with health

diagnosis and nurse-midwifery management for childbearing women

pattern variations with an at-risk pregnancy and selected gynecologic

and their neonates during the intrapartum and postpartum period.

problems. Emphasis is placed on the collaborative management of

Students will continue to assume professional practice roles and

interventions to achieve desired outcomes during pregnancy,

responsibilities in managing common health pattern variations

parturition. Students use scholarly inquiry to further develop their

pertaining to childbearing women and their neonates during the

practice. Research related to at-risk client systems is applied. The

intrapartum and postpartum period. Students will use scholarly inquiry

course expands on the history of nurse-midwifery as it impacts on

to evaluate and apply evidence-based practice to further develop their

professional role issues. Perm of Instructor. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs:

practice. Emphasis is on family-centered, community-based health

3.00

care for diverse client systems. Professional practice role is further

29ANPC863 developed. Prereq: 29ANPC814, 29ANPC815, 29ANPC816,

Nurse-Midwifery Internship III 29ANPC817. Coreq: 29ANPC867. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 9.00

This course, the third in a sequence of four, prepares the student to

29ANPC869

assume professional practice roles and responsibilities in the care of

Pediatric Acute Care Practicum II

women with common health pattern variations pertaining to normal and

This intermediate clinical practicum introduces the student to advanced

at-risk pregnancy and parturition, normal and at-risk neonates.

practice nurse roles and responsibilities in assessing and managing

Emphasis is placed on the collaborative management of interventions to

acute episodic illness of chronically ill hospitalized newborns, infants,

achieve desired outcomes during the postpartum period. Research

children and adolescents from culturally diverse families within the

related to at-risk client systems is applied. Perm of Instructor. Credit

context of the acute care setting. Prereq: 29NURS824, 29ANPC843,

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

29ANPC852, 29ANPC866. Coreq: 29ANPC876, 29ANPC853. Credit

29ANPC864 Level: G. Credit Hrs: 7.00

Nurse-Midwifery Internship IV

29ANPC870

This course, the last in a sequence of four, prepares the student for the

Pediatric Acute Care Practicum III

fully integrated practice of nurse-midwifery. The social, political, legal,

This culminating clinical practicum allows the student to perform

ethical, economic and financial factors that affect nurse-midwifery

holistically in advanced practice nurse roles and responsibilities with

practice are analyzed. Perm of Instructor. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs:

culturally diverse patients and families within the context of the critical

3.00

care setting. Care of newborn, infants, children, and adolescents and

29ANPC865 their families will be in ICUs, Step Downs, Emergency Departments,

Pediatric Acute Care III: Pediatric Critical Care and/or Surgical areas. Prereq: 29ANPC845, 29ANPC853, 29ANPC869.

This course provides students with a theoretical base to manage care of Coreq: 29ANPC879, 29ANPC865. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 7.00

medically fragile pediatric patients in intensive care units, step down

29ANPC871

units, emergency departments, and surgical departments. The student

Clinical Practicum I: General Assessment of the Newborn Infant

is prepared to manage signs and symptoms of critically ill patients and

This initial practicum focuses on health assessment and evaluation of

to accurately diagnose rapid changes in health status. Critical clinical

diverse newborn/infants and their families in various clinical settings.

decision making is stressed in the design of treatment plans. The need

Prereq: 29ANPC822. Coreq: 29ANPC821. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs:

to provide families of critically ill children with culturally appropriate

3.00

education and support to facilitate the patient's return to a state of

wellness, relative wellness or a peaceful death, is addressed. This 29ANPC872

course includes 0.5 credits (5 clock hours) of pharmacology content Clinical Practicum II: General Management of the Newborn/Infant

related to the care of critically ill infants, children and adolescents. The practicum focuses on the collaborative management of the diverse

Prereq: 29ANPC845, 29ANPC853. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00 health patterns affecting the neonate/infant and their families.

Emphasis is placed on development of the professional role and





H=University Honors course.

BoK (Breadth of Knowledge) Coding. DC: Diversity & Culture. EC: English composition. FA: Fine Arts. HP: Historical Perspectives. HU: Humanities.

LT: Literature. NS: Natural Sciences. QR: Quantitative Reasoning. SE: Social & Ethical Issues. SS: Social Sciences.

College of Nursing 12

Advanced Nursing - Parent Child Advanced Nursing - Parent Child

29ANPC872 29ANPC879

Clinical Practicum II: General Management of the Newborn/Infant Pediatric Acute Care Seminar III

application of research findings to advanced nursing practice. Prereq: This seminar is the last of three courses that prepares nurses for

29ANPC821, 29ANPC822, 29ANPC871, 29ANPC823. Credit Level: G. professional roles in advanced nursing practice. It is taken in

Credit Hrs: 5.00 conjunction with the clinical practicum and provides an opportunity to

debrief and discuss clinical cases while demonstrating the ability to

29ANPC873

apply didactic material to practice. Coreq: 29ANPC870. Credit Level: G.

Clinical Practicum III: Neonatal Disease Process

Credit Hrs: 1.00

The course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to

develop clinical competency in the multifaceted aspects of the neonatal 29ANPC880

nurse practitioner role. The focus of this clinical practicum is the Advanced Pediatric Acute Care Nursing Internship I

management, implementation, and evaluation of strategies related to Internship for clinical nursing practice in child health nursing for

specific disease processes affecting the newborn/infant client. The preparation as a Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. The course is

experience is accomplished in a Level III designated Neonatal Intensive designed to provide students with an opportunity to develop clinical

Care Unit under the guidance of an approved preceptor (Neonatal competency in the pediatric acute care nurse practitioner role. The

Nurse Practitioner and/or board certified Neonatologist). Prereq: experience is accomplished under the guidance of a faculty approved

29ANPC821, 29ANPC822, 29ANPC871, 29ANPC872, 29ANPC823. preceptor. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00

Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 6.00

29ANPC881

29ANPC874 Advanced Pediatric Acute Care Nursing Internship II

Clinical Practicum IV: Neonatal Disease Process Internship for clinical nursing practice in child health nursing for

The course is designed to provide students with an opportunity to preparation as a Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. The course is

develop clinical competency in the multifaceted aspects of the neonatal designed to provide students with an opportunity to develop clinical

nurse practitioner role. The focus of this clinical practicum is the competency in the pediatric acute care nurse practitioner role. The

management, implementation, and evaluation of strategies related to experience is accomplished under the guidance of a faculty approved

specific disease processes affecting the newborn/infant client. The preceptor. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00

experience is accomplished in a Level III designated Neonatal Intensive

29ANPC882

Care Unit under the guidance of an approved preceptor (Neonatal

Advanced Pediatric Acute Care Nursing Internship III

Nurse Practitioner and/or board certified Neonatologist). Prereq:

Internship for clinical nursing practice in child health nursing for

29ANPC821, 29ANPC822, 29ANPC871, 29ANPC872, 29ANPC823.

preparation as a Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. The course is

Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00-7.00

designed to provide students with an opportunity to develop clinical

29ANPC875 competency in the pediatric acute care nurse practitioner role. The

Pediatric Acute Care Seminar I experience is accomplished under the guidance of a faculty approved

This seminar is the first of three courses that prepares nurses for preceptor. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00

professional roles in advanced nursing practice for acutely ill pediatric

29ANPC883

patients. It is taken in conjunction with the clinical practicum and

Advanced Pediatric Acute Care Nursing Internship IV

provides an opportunity to debrief and discuss clinical cases while

Internship for clinical nursing practice in child health nursing for

demonstrating the ability to apply the didactic material to practice.

preparation as a Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. The course is

Coreq: 29ANPC866. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00

designed to provide students with an opportunity to develop clinical

29ANPC876 competency in the pediatric acute care nurse practitioner role. The

Pediatric Acute Care Seminar II experience is accomplished under the guidance of a faculty approved

This seminar is the second of three courses that prepares nurses for preceptor. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00

professional roles in advanced nursing practice with acutely ill pediatric

29ANPC884

patients. It is taken in conjunction with the clinical practicum and

Advanced Pediatric Acute Care Nursing Internship V

provides an opportunity to debrief and discuss clinical cases while

Internship for clinical nursing practice in child health nursing for

demonstrating the ability to apply the didactic material to practice.

preparation as a Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. The course is

Coreq: 29ANPC869. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00

designed to provide students with an opportunity to develop clinical

29ANPC877 competency in the pediatric acute care nurse practitioner role. The

Nurse-Midwifery IV experience is accomplished under the guidance of a faculty approved

This course, the fourth in a sequence of four, prepares the student for preceptor. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00

the fully integrated practice of nurse-midwifery. Included are at least

29ANPC885

0.5 credits (5 clock hours) of pharmacology content. The professional,

Advanced Pediatric Acute Care Nursing Internship VI

social, political, legal, ethical, economic and financial factors that affect

Internship for clinical nursing practice in child health nursing for

nurse-midwifery practice are analyzed. Prereq: 29ANPC867,

preparation as a Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. The course is

29ANPC868. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 2.00

designed to provide students with an opportunity to develop clinical

29ANPC878 competency in the pediatric acute care nurse practitioner role. The

Nurse-Midwifery Practicum IV experience is accomplished under the guidance of a faculty approved

This course is the fourth in a series of four sequential clinical courses in preceptor. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00

Nurse-midwifery and prepares the student for fully integrated practice of

29ANPC886

Nurse-midwifery. Students will use scholarly inquiry to evaluate and

Special Topics in Acute Care Pediatric Care

apply evidence- based practice to further develop their practice.

This course provides in depth exploration of advanced therapeutic

Emphasis is on family-centered, community-based health care for

nursing interventions designed to promote, maintain, or restore the

diverse client systems. Professional, historical, social, political, legal,

health of acutely ill newborns, infants, children and adolescents. The

ethical, economic factors that affect midwifery practice are analyzed.

application of technology, informatics, and select therapies is explored

The student professional practice role as part of a multidisciplinary team

relative to pediatric patients within the acute care environmental

is further developed. Prereq: 29ANPC814, 29ANPC815, 29ANPC816,

context. Students analyze the purpose, cost-benefits, selection criteria

29ANPC817, 29ANPC867. Coreq: 29ANPC877. Credit Level: G. Credit

and outcomes for each therapeutic intervention. Selected symptoms

Hrs: 9.00

common in acutely ill hospitalized pediatric patients are used as



H=University Honors course.

BoK (Breadth of Knowledge) Coding. DC: Diversity & Culture. EC: English composition. FA: Fine Arts. HP: Historical Perspectives. HU: Humanities.

LT: Literature. NS: Natural Sciences. QR: Quantitative Reasoning. SE: Social & Ethical Issues. SS: Social Sciences.

College of Nursing 13

Advanced Nursing - Parent Child Advanced Nursing - Parent Child

29ANPC886 29ANPC896

Special Topics in Acute Care Pediatric Care Nurse Midwifery IV

examplars for the development of advanced therapeutic nursing professional management of nurse-midwifery practice, advanced

interventions. Current theory and research related to the interventions professional roles, use of scholarly inquiry, and issues are discussed.

are examined. Coreq: 29NURS825, 29NURS813. Credit Level: G. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 10.00

Credit Hrs: 3.00

Advanced Nursing - Psychiatric

29ANPC887

Nurse-Midwifery Practicum V 29ANPS441

This course, the fifth in a sequence of five, prepares the student for the Care of Clients with Substance Use, Abuse, and Addictions

fully integrated practice of nurse-midwifery to include primary care of Nursing elective provides overview of theoretical and practical aspects

episodic illnesses throughout the lifespan. The professional, social, of managing care of clients with substance abuse problems. BoK: NA.

political, legal, ethical, economic and financial factors that affect nurse- Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 3.00

midwifery practice are analyzed. Prereq: 29ANPC877, 29ANPC878. 29ANPS801

Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 7.00 Advanced Concepts in Forensic Nursing

29ANPC890 The course builds the foundation for forensic studies related to nursing

Advanced Reproductive Dynamics practice. Focuses on the legal issues experienced by forensic

This course explores the anatomical and physiological basis for population. Factors related to epidemiology of violence, trauma,

advanced nursing practice in reproductive health care. Emphasis is on culture, poverty, and criminality are explored. Credit Level: G. Credit

anatomy, physiology, and reproductive endocrinology in the adult Hrs: 3.00

female, male, fetus and neonate. Fetal development is examined from 29ANPS820

the perspective of maternal and environmental contexts. Credit Level: Advanced Psychiatric Nursing I: Assessment and Diagnosis

G. Credit Hrs: 4.00 Focuses on assessment and differential diagnosis of common chronic

29ANPC891 health pattern variations in clients with mental disorders in various

Advanced Women's Health I psychiatric settings. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.00

(3 didactic and 9 clinical with 270 clinical contact hours). Introduces the 29ANPS821

management process related to the primary care of women's health Advanced Psychiatric Nursing II: Interventions for Health Pattern

across the lifespan and during the antenatal period. Roles and Variations with Psychiatric Client

responsibilities in management of complications of pregnancy and Provides theoretical basis for advanced psychiatric nursing practice.

parturition and in care of the normal neonate are addressed. Clinical Focuses on individual treatment modalities appropriate to a managed

experiences are precepted. Prereq: 29ANPC812, 29ANPC813. Credit care environment, legal and ethical issues, and standards of practice.

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 12.00 Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.00

29ANPC892 29ANPS823

Advanced Women's Health II Substance Abuse and Advanced Psychiatric Nursing Practice

(2 didactic and 10 clinical with 300 clinical contact hours). Prepares the Focuses on theories, research, treatment approaches, and societal and

student to assume professional practice roles and responsibilities in political issues related to primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of

managing the care of the woman with health pattern variations across prevention for substance abuse across the life span. Credit Level: G.

the life span. Women's health care legislation, health care Credit Hrs: 4.00

management, and issues are explored. Clinical experiences are

precepted. Prereq: 29ANPC805. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 12.00 29ANPS831

Psychiatric Nursing Internship

29ANPC893 This practicum provides the student with opportunities and supervision

Nurse Midwifery I for clinical training in two psychotherapeutic modalities: Cognitive and

(3 didactic and 5 clinical). This course prepares students for nurse- Interpersonal Therapy. Emphasis is on establishing a Nurse

midwifery management including therapeutic interventions and the Practitioner/client relationship and management of client care when

nursing process for the primary care of women across the lifespan, using these treatment modalities. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 2.00

including childbearing. Concepts of family, community, and health

promotion are addressed. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 8.00 29ANPS832

Advanced Psychiatric Nursing: Internship II

29ANPC894 Internship for clinical nursing practice in psychiatric nursing. Credit

Nurse Midwifery II Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00

(4 didactic and 8 clinical). This course prepares students to assume

professional practice roles and responsibilities in managing 29ANPS889

complications of pregnancy and parturition and the care of the normal Psychopharmacology for Nurses in Advanced Practice

neonate. Professional role issues, the history of midwifery, need for use Provides nurses in advanced practice with an understanding of the

of scholarly inquiry by nurse-midwives to further their practice and effects of psychotropic drugs and their relationship with other treatment

practice context are discussed. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 12.00 modalities. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 2.00



29ANPC895 Nursing

Nurse Midwifery III

29NURS101

(3 didactic and 9 clinical). This course prepares the student to assume

Success in College and Nursing I

professional practice roles and responsibilities in the care of the woman

This course is required for Pre-Nursing students. The purpose of the

with an at-risk pregnancy, the neonatal complications, and the woman

course is to introduce students to college life, the profession of nursing

with selected gynecologic problems. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 12.00

and to provide a sense of belonging to both. The course centers on

29ANPC896 academic skill development, personal success in the University and

Nurse Midwifery IV making a connection between general education and nursing. BoK: NA.

(2 didactic and 8 clinical). This course prepares the student for the fully Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 2.00

integrated practice of nurse-midwifery. Maternal-child health care

legislation, health care legislation, health care management,





H=University Honors course.

BoK (Breadth of Knowledge) Coding. DC: Diversity & Culture. EC: English composition. FA: Fine Arts. HP: Historical Perspectives. HU: Humanities.

LT: Literature. NS: Natural Sciences. QR: Quantitative Reasoning. SE: Social & Ethical Issues. SS: Social Sciences.

College of Nursing 14

Nursing Nursing

29NURS102 29NURS204

Success in College and Nursing II Nursing Health Assessment

This course is required for Pre-Nursing students. The purpose of the on nursing judgments. Students are introduced to the nursing process,

course is to introduce students to college life, the profession of nursing health history taking, diagnostic study interpretation, physical

and to provide a sense of belonging to both. The course centers on examination skills and environmental evaluation for client systems

academic skill development, personal success in the University and across the life span. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 4.00

making a connection between general education and nursing. Prereq:

29NURS205

29NURS101. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 2.00

Pharmacology

29NURS200 Course content explores the basic mechanisms of drug action,

Nutrition For Health indications and contraindications of drug therapy, and the therapeutic

This introductory nutrition course focuses on the relationship between effects as well as toxic and expected side effects of various med-

nutrition and the promotion of health and prevention of disease. The ications. The nursing implications related to pharmacotherapies with

course content introduces nutrients (both macronutrients and clients across the life span are stessed. Legal and ethical issues related

micronutrients) and their common dietary sources, daily requirements, to medication administration and skills for calcu- lating drug dosages

and clinical deficiencies/excesses. The concept of energy balance and are presented. Prereq: 29NURS270. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit

its effect on overnutrition and undernutrition will be discussed. The Hrs: 4.00

content also addresses the relationship between nutrient requirements

29NURS206

and physiological needs across the entire life span, from prenatal

Nutrition and Disease

nutrition through geriatric nutrition. Types of individuals, populations, or

This course builds upon the nutrition principles introduced in Nutrition

communities at risk for dietary imbalances as a result of genetic,

for Health (29NURS200). It provides an introduction to the assessment

environmental, or socio-cultural influences will be discussed. The

of nutritional status so that the regustered nurse can identify patients at

content includes information related to legal/ ethical guidelines when

risk for malnutrition and address their nutrient needs in a

appropriate. Emphasis will be placed on how to critically evaluate both

comprehensive care plan. Types of individuals, populations, or

popular and professional literature related to healthcare._The principles

communities at risk for dietary imbalances as a result of genetic,

of nutrition discussed will be applicable to the role of the nurse in

environmental, or socio- cultural influences will be discussed. The

promotion of health and the management of patients' nutritional needs.

course will address the diagnosis, prevalence, health consequences,

Prereq: 15BIOL203, 15CHEM106. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs:

and treatment of obesity and undernutrition. Nutritional management of

2.00

common medical conditions will be included. In addition, indications for

29NURS201 enteral and parenteral nutrition support and potential delivery sites will

Introduction to Professional Nursing be discussed. The content of the course will include information related

Students are introduced to the underlying values and concepts of to legal/ethical guidelines, when appropriate. The information gained in

nursing as a profession. Hallmark events, integral to the evolution of this course will be beneficial to the regiestered nurse in assessment and

nursing as a profession are discussed. Nurse-client relationships and management of patients' nutritional needs related to specific medical

the role of the nurse as a member of an interdisciplinary heatlh care conditions. Prereq: 29NURS200. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs:

team are emphasized. The nursing process as a methodology of care, 2.00

the basic ethical principles and legal aspects relevant to care, the

29NURS207

systems of health care delivery and the importance of evidence-based

Nursing Ethics and Law

practice are addressed. The power of communication and leadership

The course examines ethical theories and principles as applied to

techniques is experienced throughout the course. BoK: NA. Credit

ethical aspects of selected issues in nursing and health care. Law as it

Level: U. Credit Hrs: 2.00

applies to nursing practice is also examined. BoK: SE. Credit Level: U.

29NURS202 Credit Hrs: 2.00

Foundations of Nursing Practice I

29NURS270

Students are introduced to the concepts, content, behaviors, and

Pathophysiology

procedures that provide the foundation for nursing practice. The focus

Course discusses the physiological variations in health patterns based

of the content is the use of assessment techniquess relevant to specific

on examination of biological processes that affect the dynamic

nursing procedures, performance of basic nursing procedures,

equilibrium (homeostasis) of the human body. A conceptual approach is

application of critical thinking, and the use of communication methods

used to integrate knowledge from the natural sciences. Applications to

while providing care. Application of the content occurs in a simulated

the professional role of practitioner are identified. BoK: NS. Credit

laboratory setting that emphasizes self-directed learning, practice, and

Level: U. Credit Hrs: 4.00

competent performance of selected skills and behaviors. Coreq:

29NURS201. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 4.00 29NURS271

Honors Guided Study

29NURS203

Individualized study for honors recognition. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U.

Foundations of Nursing Practice II

Credit Hrs: 2.00-3.00

The concepts, content, behaviors, and procedures build upon those

taught in Foundations of Nursing Practice I. Didactic content provides 29NURS300

the basis f0r simulated experiences in a laboratory setting and clinical Concepts of Community

experiences in a health care setting. The development of the nurse- Course content emphasizes the concept of community focused nursing

patient relationship, performance of basic nursing procedures, and use practice and the relationship among individuals, families, and

of critical thinking with emphasis on the collection of assessment data communities across the life span. Critical attributes and characteristics

and the provision of selected nursing interventions are addressed. of various communities are examined. Selected models and theories

Students learn to apply verbal and written comunication skills in are used for identifying health patterns of culturally diverse client

interactions with other health care disciplines. Prereq: 29NURS201, systems. Health policy, politics, and research are emphasized as the

29NURS202. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 5.00 context for community health advocacy and the roles of the professional

nurse. Prereq: 29NURS203. BoK: DC, SS. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs:

29NURS204

3.00

Nursing Health Assessment

This course focuses on attaining the skills necessary for astute

observation, purposeful inquiry and investigation, and outcomes based



H=University Honors course.

BoK (Breadth of Knowledge) Coding. DC: Diversity & Culture. EC: English composition. FA: Fine Arts. HP: Historical Perspectives. HU: Humanities.

LT: Literature. NS: Natural Sciences. QR: Quantitative Reasoning. SE: Social & Ethical Issues. SS: Social Sciences.

College of Nursing 15

Nursing Nursing

29NURS301 29NURS307

Introduction to Genetics for Professional Nursing Practice Continuum Of Mental Health Care

Course content includes a foundational overview of the current state of persons experiencing mental illness and their families throughout the

genomics science and Human Genome Project. Basic genetic continuum of care. The concepts of health including promotion, health

concepts about human chromosomes, karyotype, mitosis, meiosis, maintenance, and rehabilitation/restoration are incorporated into

DNA, genotype, phenotype, Mendelian inheritance, mitochondrial and discussion of the nursing process and the role of the professional nurse

chromosomal aberrations and complex disorders will be reviewed. The in the classroom and clinical settings. Content will also include

student will be updated on emerging genetics content areas. An information on age-appropriate lifespan concerns which include

introduction to the top ten causes of mortalities and morbidities with genetics, cultural diversity, legal and ethical issues, and related end-of-

genomic influences across the life span will be discussed. Family life issues. Scholarly inquiry and information technology will be applied

pedigree construction and analysis, dysmorphology and physical to examine professional nursing practice in a variety of environmental

genetics assessment will be addressed. Financial, ethical, legal, and and biopsychosocial texts. Prereq: 29NURS300, 29NURS303. Coreq:.

cultural implications of genetics testing and research will be highlighted. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 9.00

The roles of genetics specialists in interdisciplinary practice will be

29NURS308

introduced. Prereq: 29NURS270. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs:

Nursing Theory and Research

2.00-3.00

The course introduces the student to nursing theory and research as a

29NURS303 form of scholarly inquiry. Content includes the evolution of nursing

Nursing Care of Adults theory and research, the components of theory, the research process,

The content in this course follows and builds upon the introductory and the cyclical nature of practice, theory, and research. Nursing

nursing courses Foundations I and II. Emphasis is on promoting and practice that utilizes reasearch findings as a basis for nursing

restoring health of adults with common health concerns and related judgement and interventions with clients is emphasized. BoK: NA.

physiologic and psychologic responses. Nursing process related to Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 4.00

alterations in health patterns is explored. Content also includes

29NURS310

appropriate information on genetics, cultural diversity, ethics. legal

Independent Study for Registered Nurses

principles, and life span issues specifically related to adults. Clinical

This course provides opportunity for individual study in nursing for

experiences facilitate the utilization of this knowledge. Scholarly inquiry

registered nurse students. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 6.00-

is used to evaluate nursing interventions in a variety of environmental

12.00

and biopsychosocial contexts. Prereq: 29NURS203, 29NURS204,

29NURS205. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 9.00 29NURS373

Health Care Ethics

29NURS304

This interdisciplinary course considers ethical theories and principles

Gerontological Nursing Practice

applicable to nursing, pharmacology, and allied health professions.

This course will focus on essential content necessary to provide quality

Using scholarly inquiry, students will analyze ethical issues across the

care for older adults. Content will include best nursing practices in care

lifespan in diverse socioeconomic and cultural situations. Nursing

of the healthy and ill older adult and the role of the professional nurse.

students take an additional credit hour covering legal aspects of nursing

Prereq: 29NURS203. BoK: SS. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 3.00

practice. BoK: SE. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 2.00-3.00

29NURS305

29NURS396

Continuum of Care for Children and Families

ROTC Nursing

This course provides didactic and clinical experiences that focus on

Seminar and clinical practice opportunities offered as a part of ROTC

health patterns as a basis for nursing practice appropriate for children

Nursing. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 3.00

and families throughout their continuum of care. The concepts of health

including promotion, maintenance, rehabilitation/restoration and 29NURS401

palliation are incorporated into the nursing process. Content will also Contemporary Adult Ambulatory Care

include information on age appropriate lifespan concerns, genetics, The course is a practicum designed to introduce students to the role of

cultural diversity, legal, ethical and end of life issues. Clinical the professional nurse in the amublatory care setting. Emphasis is on

experience in acute care and community settings will facilitate the use further development of professional nursing skills and the use of the

of this knowledge. Scholarly inquiry and information technology will be nursing process, particularly assessment, decision making, and

applied to examine professional nursing practice in a variety of evaluation. Clinical experiences in a variety of ambulatory care settings

environmental and biopsychosocial contexts. Prereq: 29NURS300, enable students to develop essential skills for providing accessible,

29NURS303. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 9.00 continuous, collaborative, affordable, and personalized care. Students

gain experience in independent and interdisciplinary decision making

29NURS306

with nurse preceptors and other health team members. Prereq:

Continuum of Care for Childbearing Families

29NURS305, 29NURS306, 29NURS307. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U.

This course provides didactic content and clinical experiences that

Credit Hrs: 2.00

focus on the continuum of care for culturally diverse women of

childbearing age and their families. The concepts of health promotion, 29NURS403

health maintenance and health restoration are incorporated into Contemporary Nurse Leader

discussion of the nursing proces and the role of the professional nurse. This course focuses on the knowledge and skills essential to effective

Content will also include information on genetics, cultural diversity, legal nursing leadership and within varied nurse practice settings. Leadership

and ethical issues, and related end-of-life issues. Clinical experiences in skills needed to promote high quality, evidence- based outcomes of

a variety of acute care and community-based settings will provide patient centered nursing care delivery are examined. Emphasis is

opportunities to apply the nursing process to low risk and at-risk placed on the leader's role in quality improvement and the use of

pregnant women across the spectrum of reproductive health care. information technologies to improve patient and system outcomes.

Prereq: 29NURS303, 29NURS300. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Prereq: 29NURS305, 29NURS306, 29NURS307. BoK: SE. Credit

Hrs: 9.00 Level: U. Credit Hrs: 4.00

29NURS307 29NURS407

Continuum Of Mental Health Care Senior Capstone

This course provides didactic and clinical experiences that focus on This is the capstone course for the prelicensure nursing program. It

health pattern alterations as a basis for nursing practice appropriate for emphasizes reflection, integration, and synthesis of concepts from all



H=University Honors course.

BoK (Breadth of Knowledge) Coding. DC: Diversity & Culture. EC: English composition. FA: Fine Arts. HP: Historical Perspectives. HU: Humanities.

LT: Literature. NS: Natural Sciences. QR: Quantitative Reasoning. SE: Social & Ethical Issues. SS: Social Sciences.

College of Nursing 16

Nursing Nursing

29NURS407 29NURS458

Senior Capstone RN Concepts of Community

coursework in the program. Students' unique experiences form the diverse client systems. Health policy, politics, and research will be

context for learning for the purpose of enhancing practice and enriching discussed as the basis for community health advocacy and as related to

professional development. Prereq: 29NURS410, 29NURS415. BoK: the professional role of the nurse. BoK: SS. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs:

NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 4.00 4.00

29NURS410 29NURS460

Nursing Care of Adults with Complex Health Concerns RN-Theory and Research

The content in this course focuses on the synthesis of health patterns of This course introduces the student to nursing theory and research as a

client systems that are in acute care environments. Emphasis is on the form of scholarly inquiry. Content includes the evolution of nursing

use of the nursing process to provide illness and theory and research, the components of theory, the research process,

rehabilitation/restoration care to client systems experiencing complex and the cyclical nature of practice, theory, and research. Nursing

and multi- system health pattern variations. Content will also include practice that utilizes research findings as a basis for nursing judgement

appropriate information on genetics and cultural diversity and life span, and interventions with clients is emphasized. Prereq: 29NURS457,

and end of life issues specific to the client experiencing complex health 15MATH146. BoK: HP. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 4.00

care concerns. Clinical experience in acute care settings will facilitate

29NURS461

the utilization of this knowledge and the transition from student to

RN Community as Client

professional nurse as the student manages the care of diverse client

This course discusses the local, state, national and global economic,

systems. Scholarly inquiry will be used to evaluate nursing

cultural, and political factors that influence the health of communities.

interventions. Prereq: 29NURS305, 29NURS306, 29NURS307,

Methods for identifying target populations are identified. Strategies for

29NURS401. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 10.00-13.00

risk reduction and models for health education and health promotion are

29NURS411 discussed. The professional roles of the nurse are examined in the

Professional Leader as Manager context of the community as client. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit

This course content introduces the managing role of the leader within Hrs: 3.00

varied nurse practice settings. Managerial concepts and leadership

29NURS462

skills needed to promote high quality outcomes- based nursing care

RN-Concepts of Community

delivery are examined. The role of the professional nurse as manager

Course content emphasizes the concept of community focused nursing

is explored in relationship to the delivery of health care. Prereq:

practice and the relationship among individuals, families, and

29NURS403. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 3.00

communities across the life span. Critical attributes and characteristics

29NURS414 of various communities are examined. Selected models and theories

Dysrhythmia Interpretation are used for identifying health patterns of culturally diverse client

This course is designed to equip the learner with the ability to recognize systems. Health policy, politics, and research are emphasized as the

and understand appropriate responses to major dysrhythmias that context for community health advocacy and the roles of the professional

frequently occur in clinical practice. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit nurse. Prereq: 29NURS457. BoK: SS, DC. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs:

Hrs: 3.00 3.00

29NURS415 29NURS463

Community as Partner RN-Introduction to Genetics for Professional Nursing Practice

This course is designed to facilitate student transition to the role of the The course content includes a foundational overview of the current

professional nurse in the community. Students have opportunities to state of genomics science and Human Genome Project. Basis genetic

design and implement population-based interventions to promote the concepts about human chromosomes, karyotype, mitosis, meiosis,

health of communities. Students use models and strategies for DNA, genotype, phenotype, Mendelian inheritance, mitochondrial and

population-based health promotion and risk reduction across the life chromosomal aberrations and complex disorders are reviewed. The

span including end of life care. Prereq: 29NURS305, 29NURS306, student is updated on emerging genetics content areas. An

29NURS307, 29NURS308, 29NURS300. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. introduction_to the top ten causes of mortalities and morbidities with

Credit Hrs: 7.00 genetic influences across the life span are discussed. Family pedigree

construction and analysis, dysmorphology and physical genetics

29NURS452

assessment are addressed. Financial, ethical, legal and cultural

Perioperative Nursing

implications of genetics testing and research are highlighted. The roles

Designed for senior baccalaureate nursing students interested in

of genetics specialists in interdisciplinary practice are introduced.

careers in perioperative nursing and registered nurses wishing to

Prereq: 29NURS457. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 2.00

develop perioperative nursing skills who did not have an opportunity to

do so in their basic nursing program. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit 29NURS464

Hrs: 3.00 RN-Gerontological Nursing Practice

This course content focuses on essential content necessary to provide

29NURS457

quality care for older adults. Content includes best nursing practices in

RN Transition to Professional Nursing

care of the healthy and ill older adult and the role of the professional

Facilitates transition of the registered nurse student into undergraduate

nurse. Prereq: 29NURS457. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 3.00

nursing education. Emphasis is placed on the philosophy of

baccalaureate education; professional nursing roles of practitioner, 29NURS465

leader, and scholar; functional health patterns and the nursing process; RN-Community as Partner

teaching learning process; and evolution of nursing as a profession. This course is designed to facilitate student transition to the role of the

BoK: HP. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 4.00 professional nurse in the community. Students have opportunities to

design community focused_interventions to promote the health of

29NURS458

selected communities. Students use models and strategies for

RN Concepts of Community

community focused health promotion and risk reduction across the life

The relationships among individuals, families, and communities will

span including end of life care. Prereq: 29NURS457, 29NURS462. BoK:

provide the foundations for understanding community focused nursing

NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 2.00

practice. The multiple types of communities are discussed. Selected

models and theories will be used for identifying health patterns of



H=University Honors course.

BoK (Breadth of Knowledge) Coding. DC: Diversity & Culture. EC: English composition. FA: Fine Arts. HP: Historical Perspectives. HU: Humanities.

LT: Literature. NS: Natural Sciences. QR: Quantitative Reasoning. SE: Social & Ethical Issues. SS: Social Sciences.

College of Nursing 17

Nursing Nursing

29NURS466 29NURS483

RN-Community as Partner-Practicum Leader as Clinical Mentor

This course is designed to facilitate student transition to the role of the to facilitate senior level student leadership/coaching of sophomore

professional nurse in the community. Students have opportunities to student peers. Prereq: 29NURS403, 29NURS207, 29NURS305,

design and implement community focused interventions to promote the 29NURS306, 29NURS307. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 3.00

health of select communities. Students use models and strategies for

29NURS485

community focused health promotion & risk reduction across the life

Evidence-Based Practice for Clinical Decision-Making

span including end of life care. Prereq: 29NURS465, 29NURS462. BoK:

This course is designed to build on the basic research concepts. This

NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 3.00

course focuses on the development of knowledge and skills for locating

29NURS468 and critically appraising sources of evidence and clinical practice

RN-Nurse as Professional Leader and Manager guidelines (CPG) and change processes to ensure the use of best

Course content focuses on the knowledge and skills essential to evidence for the management of diverse patients and populations.

effective nursing leadership and introduces the managing role of the Prereq: 29NURS308. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 3.00

leader within varied nurse practice settings. Managerial concepts and

29NURS486

leadership skills needed to promote high quality outcomes-based

Family Impact on Treatment

nursing care delivery are examined. Emphasis will be placed on

The focus of this course is to prepare the nurse working in the health

strategies that facilitate professional practice of self and others as

care setting to better handle issues related to patients and their family

members of the health care organization. Prereq: 29NURS457. BoK:

support systems. Students will engage in discussions centered on

NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 3.00

vignettes relative to both inpatient and clinic settings as well as practice

29NURS469 critical thinking and creativity in solving common interpersonal

RN-Senior Capstone problems. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 3.00

This course is the capstone experience for the nursing major. RN

29NURS487

students have the opportunity to synthesize and integrate materials

Health Issues of Vulnerable and Marginalized Populations

presented throughout the major courses through completion of a project

In this course, students will have the opportunity to examine the

related to nursing and health care. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs:

interplay between vulnerability, health status, and health care access

3.00

and quality. Physical, psychological, demographic, environmental,

29NURS470 socioeconomic, and cultural issues influencing the health status of and

RN Nursing Elective health care delivery to vulnerable populations are examined. BoK: NA.

This course provides students with an opportunity to fulfill requirements Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 3.00

for a nursing elective by building on prior educational, professional, or

29NURS492

work experiences. Students work individually with faculty in the design

International Health Care

of course objectives and an evaluation plan that allows the student to

The clinical experiences in this course provide learning opportunities in

demonstrate how current and/or past experiences contribute to the

a variety of global settings. With diverse experiences in community

meeting of one or more objectives of the undergraduate program.

and/or acute care settings, the student will have the opportunity to

Faculty approval of learning objectives and activities is required. BoK:

understand the interplay of culture, education, nutrition, and political

NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 3.00

climate on health and illness Perm of Instructor. BoK: DC. Credit Level:

29NURS472 U. Credit Hrs: 2.00-4.00

Advanced Concepts in Professional Nursing

29NURS493

This course provides students with learning opportunities to acquire

International Health

knowledge and skills fundamental to professional nursing roles.

Seminars on factors influencing health status and delivery of health

Leadership and management concepts and skills are examined and

care in selected countries of the world, with a primary focus on those of

promote high quality evidence-based nursing care delivery. Emphasis

developing nations. BoK: DC. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 3.00

is placed on strategies that facilitate professional "use of self" and

others as members of the health care organization. BoK: NA. Credit 29NURS494

Level: U. Credit Hrs: 4.00 Spanish for Health Professionals

This course introduces students in the health care professions to the

29NURS474

values, beliefs, practices, and language of the Hispanic culture.

Community Concepts and Contexts

Students learn the language skills necessary to facilitate basic

This course is focused on applying the concepts of community/public

communications for Spanish speaking people in the health care setting.

health nursing to populations within the context of their community.

BoK: HU., DC. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 3.00

Knowledge and skills needed to develop partnerships with communities

are emphasized as an integral part of developing culturally appropriate 29NURS501

strategies for the prevention of disease and the promotion of health. Patient Education in Health and Illness

Prereq: 29NURS472. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 4.00 This course will enable students to develop educational competencies

needed to influence patient behavior, increase health promotion

29NURS475

knowledge, promote positive attitudes, and to develop skills necessary

LINK Capstone

to maintain or improve their health. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit

This course is the capstone experience for the RN LINK program.

Hrs: 3.00

Students demonstrate their achievement of the Baccalureate

Competencies of critical thinking, effective communication, knowledge 29NURS558

integration and social responsibility through a process of self-reflection Substance Abuse: Current Trends in Prevention and Treatment

and evaluation. Prereq: 29NURS472, 29NURS474. BoK: NA. Credit The course focuses on primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of

Level: U. Credit Hrs: 1.00 prevention related to substance abuse across the life span. Students

examine the relationship between substance abuse and mental illness.

29NURS483

Current trends in prevention and treatment approaches, research

Leader as Clinical Mentor

findings, and societal and political issues that influence prevention and

The course content focuses on leadership and coaching knowledge and

treatment of substance abuse are explored. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U,

skills essential to effective clinical mentoring. Emphasis is placed on

G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

demonstration of effective leadership and and communication strategies



H=University Honors course.

BoK (Breadth of Knowledge) Coding. DC: Diversity & Culture. EC: English composition. FA: Fine Arts. HP: Historical Perspectives. HU: Humanities.

LT: Literature. NS: Natural Sciences. QR: Quantitative Reasoning. SE: Social & Ethical Issues. SS: Social Sciences.

College of Nursing 18

Nursing Nursing

29NURS571 29NURS601

Independent Study Case Studies In Interdisciplinary Health Care

Prereq.: Availability of and agreement with a faculty member to An interdisciplinary course designed to provide hands-on experience in

supervise the study; a 2.5 overall grade point average. BoK: NA. Credit the concepts and rationale for interdisciplinary care. Emphasis is place

Level: U. Credit Hrs: 1.00-4.00 on the essential need for interdisciplinary care and effective

communication among the disciplines. The interrelated components of

29NURS572

interdisciplinary care are applied within the learning exercises. The

Independent Study

exercises are selected to illustrate the forces of change within the

See 29NURS571. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 1.00-4.00

health care system and strategies to affect interdisciplinary health care

29NURS573 in the future. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U, G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

Independent Study 29NURS602

See 29NURS571. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U. Credit Hrs: 1.00-4.00 Nursing and the Humanities

The course examines the voices within poetry, short fiction,

29NURS576 pathography, film and drama to explore the patient's experience of

Clinical Elective illness. The patient is viewed from the perspective of the individual as

Provides elective clinical practice learning opportunities in a selected revealed by selected works from the humanities. In addition to the study

area of nursing practice. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U, G. Credit Hrs: 1.00- of the patient's "voice", the course will also examine the image of the

5.00 nurse as portrayed in the selected works and works in the humanities

29NURS577 written by nurses. The course includes works that explore health and

Refuting the Myths of Pain Management illness across the life span as well as works with a multi-cultural focus.

This course focuses on traditional and non-traditional nursing BoK: HU. Credit Level: U, G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

interventions for the management of the human experience of pain. 29NURS603

Current theories of pain and pain management will be discussed in the Evidence-Based Practice for Clinical Decision-Making

context of acute, chronic, and cancer pain. BoK: DC. Credit Level: U, G. This course is designed to build on the research concepts developed in

Credit Hrs: 3.00 the undergraduate program. The senior undergraduate student or

29NURS578 graduate student will develop knowledge and skills for locating and

Clinical Decision-Making in Critical Care Nursing critically appraising sources of evidence and evidence-based clinical

The purpose of this course is to prepare nurses with the critical thinking practice guidelines (CPG) and use of best evidence for the

skills to care for critically ill adult patients. The course will build on management of diverse patients and populations. Prereq: 29NURS308.

previously learned knowledge of critical care conditions and allow BoK: NA. Credit Level: U, G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

practice in clinical decision-making through a process of unfolding case 29NURS604

studies. There will also be an emphasis on the use of scientific Palliative Care of the Client and Family

evidence in the clinical decision-making. This course is appropriate as This course will focus on care of the client and family with a life-limiting

an update for practicing critical care nurses and may serve as a critical disease and will provide the student the opportunity to experience

care certification review. Prereq: 29NURS270, 29NURS410, interaction with nurse professionals working in the palliative care area,

29NURS414. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U, G. Credit Hrs: 3.00 increase knowledge of palliative care models, and enhance

29NURS581 understanding of priorities of care. Prereq: 29NURS303. BoK: NA.

School Children with Special Health Needs Credit Level: U, G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

The impact of chronic conditions and illness on the school age child, 29NURS700

family, and school. Discusses the legal aspects of educating Accelerated-Nursing Assessment

handicapped children, mental retardation, chronic illnesses, childhood Focus is on attaining the skills necessary for astute observation,

cancer, AIDS, childhood and adolescent depression and suicide, eating purposeful inquiry and investigation, and outcomes based nursing

disorders, and children with parents who have drinking problems. judgments. Emphasis is placed on the nursing process, health history

Course designed for school and community health nurses, school taking, diagnostic study interpretation, physical examination skills, and

professionals, and students interested in school health. BoK: NA. Credit environmental evaluation. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.00

Level: U, G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

29NURS701

29NURS588 Accelerated-Concepts of Community Health Nursing

Positioning for the Future: Internship in Area of Concentration Course content emphasizes the concept of community focused nursing

This course focuses on application of the knowledge and skills essential practice and the relationships among individuals, families, and

for nursing practice in specific health care setting(s) with selected client communities across the life span. Critical attributes and characteristics

systems. Transitioning of RNs in the changing health care system is of various communities are examined. Selected models and theories

facilitated with emphasis on critical thinking, priority setting, and are used used to identify health patterns of culturally diverse client

integration of theory into clinical practice. Supervised clinical practice is systems. Health policy, politics, and research are emphasized as the

required. BoK: NA. Credit Level: U, G. Credit Hrs: 4.00-10.00 context for community health advocacy. The course also examines

29NURS600 methods to identify target populations for interventions designed to

Applied Nutrition for Health Professionals enhance the health of the community. Strategies for risk reduction and

Introduces health professions students to information about the models for health education and health promotion will be discussed.

essential nutrients and their relationship to health and disease. Includes The professional roles of the nurse are examined in the context of

discussion of nutrient requirements throughout the lifecycle, nutrition community health nursing. Coreq: 29NURS703. Credit Level: G. Credit

assessment, weight control, malnutrition, eating disorders, and over-the Hrs: 3.00

- counter dietary supplements. Theories associated with behavior 29NURS702

change will be discussed throughout the course. Prereq: 17BIOL203. Accelerated-Nursing Interventions

BoK: NA. Credit Level: U, G. Credit Hrs: 3.00 Accelerated Pathway students identify health patterns of client systems

and select the use of therapeutic nursing interventions for the

promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health patterns for diverse

client systems in a variety of environmental contexts. The practicum





H=University Honors course.

BoK (Breadth of Knowledge) Coding. DC: Diversity & Culture. EC: English composition. FA: Fine Arts. HP: Historical Perspectives. HU: Humanities.

LT: Literature. NS: Natural Sciences. QR: Quantitative Reasoning. SE: Social & Ethical Issues. SS: Social Sciences.

College of Nursing 19

Nursing Nursing

29NURS702 29NURS713

Accelerated-Nursing Interventions Professional Practice Practicum

component provides opportunity for nursing practice skill attainment. Hrs: 3.00

Prereq: 29NURS700. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 7.00

29NURS716

29NURS703

Accelerated Health Patterns B: Adult

Accelerated-Socialization to Professional Nursing This course focuses on health pattern alterations as the basis for

This course addresses societal influences on the development of the

nursing interventions appropriate for adult client systems. The concepts

nursing profession. Professional guidelines, law and contemporary

of health promotion, health maintenance, and health restoration are

ethical concerns in health care are examined. Credit Level: G. Credit

incorporated into discussion of the nursing process and the role of the

Hrs: 2.00

professional nurse. Scholarly inquiry will be used to analyze nursing

29NURS704 interventions in a variety of environmental and biopsychosocial

Health Patterns A Childbearing Accelerated contexts. Clinical experiences facilitate the utilization of this knowledge

This course focuses on health pattern alterations as a basis for nursing in the provision of holistic care. Prereq: 29NURS700, 29NURS702,

interventions appropriate for childbearing families. The concepts of 29NURS704, 29NURS707. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 6.00

health promotion, health maintenance, and health restoration are 29NURS717

incorporated into discussion of the nursing process and the role of the Accelerated Health Patterns B: Psychiatric Mental Health

professional nurse. Scholarly inquiry will be used to analyze nursing This course focuses on health pattern alterations as the basis for

interventions in a variety of environmental and biopsychosocial nursing interventions appropriate for psychiatric client systems. The

contexts. Clinical experiences offer the student the opportunities to concepts of health promotion, health maintenance, and health

provide therapeutic nursing interventions to childbearing families in restoration are incorporated into discussions of the nursing process and

various environmental contexts. The student will apply the nursing the role of the professional nurse and practical clinical experiences.

process to childbearing families with variations in health patterns. Scholarly inquiry is used to analyze nursing interventions in a variety of

Scholarly inquiry is used to evaluate nursing interventions in a variety environmental and biopsychosocial contexts. Credit Level: G. Credit

of environmental and biophysical contexts. Prereq: 29NURS700, Hrs: 6.00

29NURS702. Coreq: , , 29NURS707. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 5.00

29NURS718

29NURS707

Accelerated Health Pattern Integration/Synthesis

Health Patterns A Children and Families Accelerated This course focuses on integraton and synthesis of health pattern

This course focuses on health pattern alterations as a basis for nursing

alterations as the basis for nursing interventions appropriate for adult

interventions appropriate for children and families. The concepts of

client systems. The concepts of health promotion, health maintenance,

health promotion, health maintenance, and health restoration are

and health restoration are incorporated into discussions of nursing

incorporated into discussion of the nursing process and the role of the

process process and the role of the professional nurse. Scholarly

professional nurse. Scholarly inquiry will be used to analyze nursing

inquiry is used to analyze nursing interventions in a variety of

interventions in a variety of environmental and biopsychosocial

environmental and biopsychosocial contexts. Clinical experiences

contexts. Clinical experiences offer the student the opportunities to

facilitate utilization of this knowledge. Prereq: 29NURS716,

provide therapeutic nursing interventions to children and families with

29NURS717, 29NURS711. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 14.00

major health concerns in various environmental contexts. The student

will apply the nursing process to children and families with variations in 29NURS720

health patterns. Scholarly inquiry is used to evaluate nursing Health Patterns B Accelerated Practicum: Adult

interventions in a variety of environmental and biophysical contexts. This practicum offers the student the opportunities to provide

Prereq: 29NURS700, 29NURS702. Coreq: 29NURS701, 29NURS719, therapeutic nursing interventions to adult client systems with major

29NURS704. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 6.00 health concerns in various environmental contexts. The student will

apply the nursing process to client systems with variations in health

29NURS711

patterns. Prereq: 29NURS704, 29NURS706, 29NURS708. Credit Level:

Accelerated Community as Partner

G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

The course is designed to facilitate student transition to the role of the

professional nurse in the community. Students have opportunities to 29NURS725

design and implement population-based interventions to promote the Accelerated-Therapeutic Nursing Interventions

health of communities. Students use models and strategies for Accelerated Pathway students indentify health patterns of client

population based health promotion and risk reduction across the life systems and select the use of therapeutic nursing interventions for the

span including end of life care. Prereq: 29NURS701. Credit Level: G. promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health patterns for diverse

Credit Hrs: 4.00 client systems in a variety of environmental contexts. The practicum

component provides opportunity for nursing practice skill attainment.

29NURS712

Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 7.00

Leadership and Management in Professional Nursing

The course focuses on mannagement and leadership roles in various 29NURS726

health care orgnaizations. The course emphasizes integration of Accelerated - Health Patterns A Childbearing

management and leadership skills to promote high quality patient This course focuses on health pattern alterations as a basis for nursing

outcomes through facilitation of high quality professional practice in the interventions appropriate for childbearing families. The concepts of

delivery of health care. Prereq: 29NURS708, 29NURS709. Credit Level: health promotion, health maintenance, and health restoration are

G. Credit Hrs: 2.00 incorporated into discussion of the nursing process and the role of the

professional nurse. Scholarly inquiry will be used to analyze nursing

29NURS713

interventions in a variety of environmental and biopsychosocial

Professional Practice Practicum

contexts. Prereq: 29NURS700, 29NURS702. Coreq: 29NURS703,

Clinical experience in this course occurs in a selected specialty area

29NURS705, 29NURS706. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 2.00

based on student request and clinical site and faculty availability.

Students further develop skills in the selected area under a preceptor 29NURS733

who works under the guidance of faculty. A portion of the clinical time Advanced Maternal Child Health Seminar

is spent examining leadership and management roles as they relate to This seminar will include discussion about genetics and fetal

expected outcomes of patient care in the setting. Credit Level: G. Credit development for the pregnant mother and child. Credit Level: G. Credit





H=University Honors course.

BoK (Breadth of Knowledge) Coding. DC: Diversity & Culture. EC: English composition. FA: Fine Arts. HP: Historical Perspectives. HU: Humanities.

LT: Literature. NS: Natural Sciences. QR: Quantitative Reasoning. SE: Social & Ethical Issues. SS: Social Sciences.

College of Nursing 20

Nursing Nursing

29NURS733 29NURS804

Advanced Maternal Child Health Seminar Statistical Analysis for Advanced Nursing Practice

Hrs: 4.50 requirements for each statistical test. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00



29NURS734 29NURS805

Child and Family Research and Evidence-Based Advance Practice Nursing

This course focuses on the theories of family and group therapy with This course is designed to build on the research and statistical concepts

emphasis on families of young children and adolescents. Case studies developed in undergraduate programs. Focusing on the evaluation and

are used to analyze the roles and functions of family members. Offered utilization of new knowledge for evidence- based practice, students will

for Yonsei University students. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.50 develop skills needed for the application of research findings to

advanced practice nursing and the beginning conduct of scholarly

29NURS736

inquiry. Ethical concerns and safety of human subjects in research will

Advanced Physiology

be highlighted. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

This course introduces the neonatal and pediatric student to physiology

necessary for advanced nursing practice. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 29NURS806

4.50 Research Methods

This course is designed to assist the graduate student to develop

29NURS737

knowledge and skills needed for the application of research findings to

Statistical Analysis for Advanced Nursing Practice

evidence- based practice and advanced nursing practice. Emphasis is

This course focuses on statistical analysis and interpretation for

placed on the analysis and application of quantitative and qualitative

advanced nursing practice. Selected statistics will be explored along

research methods. directed at risk reduction and health promotion.

with the rationale and requirements for each statistical test. Offered for

Prereq: 29NURS802. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.00

Yonsei University students. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.50

29NURS807

29NURS738

Theoretical Foundations of Health Promotion, Risk Reduction and

Health Assessment

Health Planning

This course introduces the neonatal and pediatric student to health

This course is designed to build on theoretical perspectives and skills

assessment for advanced nursing practice. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs:

gained at the undergraduate level. Nursing and other scientific theories

4.50

will be critiqued for applicability to health promotion/protection and

29NURS740 disease prevention services for consideration of age, developmental

Health Policy stage, family history and ethnicity. These theories include principles of

This course focuses on the theories and processes of health policy epidemiology, risk reduction, use of community/public health

making. The issues include: manpower and organizational structure of assessment information and demography, principles of

the health care system and factors affecting development of the health teaching/learning, and the principles of behavioral change. Credit Level:

care system. Offered for Yonsei University students. Credit Level: G. G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

Credit Hrs: 4.50

29NURS808

29NURS800 Health Care Policy, Organization and Finance

Novice Nurse Educator Institute This course will assist the advanced nursing practice student to develop

This course prepares the novice nurse educator for the beginning knowledge about health care policy, organization, and finance from

teaching role in clinical and laboratory settings. The course focuses on historical, sociocultural, political, economic, and legislative perspectives.

expectations of faculty in higher education, principles of teaching and The leadership of the Advance Practice Nurse in influencing the

learning, student socialization, clinical assessment and evaluation process of health care policy formulation, implementation, and

strategies, and evidence-based practice. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: modification as it effects client systems, clinical practice, and health

2.00 care delivery are explored. The organization structure and the

reimbursement process in a variety of practice settings for advanced

29NURS801

practice nurses are examined. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

Pharmacology for Advanced Nursing Practice

(3 cr. hours/week or 30 continuing education contact hours.) Prepares 29NURS809

nurses for advanced practice with knowledge of pharmacokinetic and Research for Evidence Based Practice

pharmacodynamic principles of common drug categories used to This course is designed to build on the research and statistical concepts

prevent illness and to restore and maintain health across the lifespan. learned at the undergraduate level. The graduate student will develop

Prereq: 29NURS811. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00 knowledge and skills needed for the application of research findings to

advanced nursing practice and the beginning conduct of scholarly

29NURS802

inquiry. The course assists the graduate student to use an evidence

Biostatistics for Evidence Based Practice

based approach to the management of patient/population health care.

The focus of this course is the understanding of biostatistics for

Epidemiologic methods and clinical biostatistics are combined to

application to nursing and evidence-based practice. Emphasis is placed

provide a foundation for research planning and the appraisal of

on the interpretation of and appraisal of data analyses for the selection

research quality. Theories of quality improvement are provided to

and use of best evidence for making practical conclusions about

assist students in evaluating outcomes of care. Ethical concern and

empirical data. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.00

safety of human subjects research will be highlighted. Credit Level: G.

29NURS803 Credit Hrs: 5.00

Health Care Policy, Organization, and Finance

29NURS810

Examines health care organization, financing, and delivery. Emphasis is

Family and Cultural Theories for the Advanced Nurse Practice

directed at organizational and financial processes and strategies used

This course introduces the advanced practice nursing student to the

in evaluating, planning, monitoring, managing and improving outcome

concepts and frameworks of theories of family and culture throughout

effectiveness. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

the lifespan. This includes growth and development throughout the

29NURS804 lifespan with an emphasis on family interaction. Family structure and

Statistical Analysis for Advanced Nursing Practice function will be investigated including family stressors, impediments,

Focuses on statistical analysis and interpretation for advanced nursing transitions, and coping mechanisms. Culture values regarding health

practice. Selected statistics will be explored along with the rationale and and in health care will be explored emphasizing the effects of language,



H=University Honors course.

BoK (Breadth of Knowledge) Coding. DC: Diversity & Culture. EC: English composition. FA: Fine Arts. HP: Historical Perspectives. HU: Humanities.

LT: Literature. NS: Natural Sciences. QR: Quantitative Reasoning. SE: Social & Ethical Issues. SS: Social Sciences.

College of Nursing 21

Nursing Nursing

29NURS810 29NURS818

Family and Cultural Theories for the Advanced Nurse Practice Genetic Applications to Advanced Practice Nursing

poverty, vulnerability and customs. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00 ten causes of mortalities and morbidities with genomic influences

across the lifespan are applied to the role of the advanced practice

29NURS811 nurse. Pedigree construction and analysis, dysmorphology assessment,

Cellular and Biophysical Basis for Pathophysiology and genetic screening and testing are addressed to enhance the

This course builds upon basic knowledge of human anatomy, advanced practice role. Ethical and legal implications of genetic testing

physiology, and the mechanisms of disease. It provides an in-depth are addressed. Content is structured to insure students will be able to

consideration of molecular physiology while integrating examples of gain an appreciation for laboratory techniques related to clinical

pathophysiology most likely to be encountered by the advanced genetics. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 2.00

practice nurse. Basic and translational research into biochemical,

29NURS819

molecular and organ system dysfunction are emphasized. Current

Data Management for Advanced Practice Nursing

thought concerning age-related changes and theories of physiological

This practicum is designed to assist students in the development of

aging are included. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.00

skills in information technology required for tracking populations,

29NURS812 management of services, and evaluation of interventions. Credit Level:

Health Assessment for Advanced Nursing Practice G. Credit Hrs: 2.00

(3 hours didactic/week and 3 hours clinical lab/week). Develops the

29NURS820

knowledge and skills necessary for the performance of a

Advanced Physiology

comprehensive health assessment. Synthesis of data including

This course builds upon basic knowledge of human anatomy and

diagnostic study interpretation is emphasized. Credit Level: G. Credit

physiology. It provides an in-depth consideration of molecular

Hrs: 4.00

physiology while integrating examples of physiological principles most

29NURS813 likely to be encountered by the advanced practice nurse. Basic and

Pharmacology for Advanced Nursing Practice translational research into biochemical, molecular and organ system

This course prepares nurses for professional roles in advanced nursing function will be emphasized. Current thought concerning age-related

practice with knowledge of pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic changes and theories of physiology across the life span will be

principles of common drug categories used to prevent illness and to included. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.00

restore and maintain health for client systems across the lifespan.

29NURS821

Mechanisms of action, pharmacologic response, usual doses, adverse

Primary Care of Episodic Illness

effects, indications, interactions, compatibilities, contraindications and

This course provides students with the theoretical base to assess,

routes of administration will be emphasized in acute and chronic

disgnose, and manage the care of client systems across the lifespan

conditions. Six hours of legal, ethical and financial content related to

with selected episodic health pattern alterations. Students will focus on

prescribing is addressed in this course as required by the Ohio Board of

the promotion, maintenance and restoration of client systems' health

Nursing. Prereq: 29NURS820. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.00

patterns. Culturally competent, holistic, ethical, age and gender specific,

29NURS814 and risk stratefied care will be discussed. Nonpharmacologic aspects of

Health Planning care such as teaching and coaching will be addressed as well as the

Focuses on needs assessments, program planning, implementation, pharmacologic management designed to help clients achieve desired

and evaluation in a variety of environmental contexts. Process and outcomes. Evidence based practice will serve as the basis for care

outcome evaluation are covered. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00 management. This course includes 0.5 credits (5 clock hours) of

29NURS815 pharmacology content. Prereq: 29NURS825, 29NURS813. Credit

Financial Management in Health Services Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

Prepares students with basic skills for the financial management of 29NURS822

delivery systems. Topics discussed include reimbursement, budgeting, Differential Diagnosis Across the Lifespan

analyzing productivity, financial control, and alternative strategies for This course is the second sequential course that explores the

income production. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00 comprehensive physical and psychological assessment of signs,

29NURS816 symptoms and pathophysiological changes of the client system across

Human Resources Management in Health Services the lifespan. The focus of the course is to develop diagnostic reasoning

Provides a systems approach to human resources management in skill through analysis of present and past histories, physical findings

health service administration. Examines the external environment, and diagnostic studies that contribute to the formulation of differential

organizational characteristics, subsystem components, and individual diagnoses of the major health problems in the United States. The client

and collective outcomes. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00 is assessed from a holistic nursing perspective with consideration of

his/her cultural, social, ethnic, family and community environments.

29NURS817 Prereq: 29NURS820, 29NURS812. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

Organization and Management of Health Care Systems

29NURS823

Integrates theory and practice related to organization and management

Management of Chronic Illness

of nursing and health services. Focus is on transition into management

This course provides students with the theoretical base to assess,

roles and utilization of administrative theory. Case management,

diagnose, and manage the care of client systems across the lifespan

managed care, and quality improvement are addressed. Credit Level:

with selected common chronic health pattern alterations. Students will

G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

focus on the promotion, maintenance and restoration of client system's

29NURS818 health patterns. Culturally competent, holistic, ethical, age and gender

Genetic Applications to Advanced Practice Nursing specific, and risk stratified care will be discussed. Nonpharmacologic

This course provides an overview of the Human Genome Project and aspects of care such as teaching and coaching will be addressed as

the current state of genomics science. Basic genetic concepts about well as the pharmacologic management designed to help clients

human chromosomes, karyotype, mitosis, meiosis, recombinant DNA, achieve desired outcomes. Current evidence based practice as the

genotype, phenotype, Mendelian inheritance, gene expression, basis for care management decision making is emphasized. This

biochemical genetics, and chromosomal abberations are reviewed. course includes 0.5 credits (5 clock hours) of pharmacology content.

Students are updated on emerging genetic terms including genomics, Prereq: 29NURS825, 29NURS813. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.00

proteomics, pharmagogenics, and metabolomics. Application of the top



H=University Honors course.

BoK (Breadth of Knowledge) Coding. DC: Diversity & Culture. EC: English composition. FA: Fine Arts. HP: Historical Perspectives. HU: Humanities.

LT: Literature. NS: Natural Sciences. QR: Quantitative Reasoning. SE: Social & Ethical Issues. SS: Social Sciences.

College of Nursing 22

Nursing Nursing

29NURS824 29NURS835

Interventions for Advanced Nursing Practice Transforming Curricula and Student Evaluation in Nursing

This course provides in-depth exploration of advanced therapeutic student assessment will be addressed. Content on test design,

nursing interventions that are designed to promote, maintain, or restore construction and evaluation, and the use of instructional technolog y in

the health of client systems across the lifespan. Students will learn the student evaluation is also included. Prereq: 29NURS800. Credit Level:

theory and then practice the most common skills needed for advanced G. Credit Hrs: 4.00

practice nursing in primary and urgent care settings. In addition,

29NURS836

students will analyze the purpose, cost-benefits, selection criteria and

Practicum: The Competent Nurse Educator

outcomes for the evaluation of each therapeutic intervention. Current

This course provides the student with an ongoing mentored classroom

theory and evidence based medicine related to the interventions are

experience. A faculty mentor will be assigned to assist the student in

examined. Prereq: 29NURS812, 29NURS820. Credit Level: G. Credit

developing instructional skills in the traditional and/or virtual classroom

Hrs: 2.00

for an entire academic term. Prereq: 29NURS834, 29NURS835. Coreq:

29NURS825 29NURS837. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.00

Pathophysiology for Advanced Nursing Practice

29NURS837

This course is designed to build upon the student's pre-existing

Role Seminar: The Competent Nurse Educator

knowledge of the pathophysiology of disease across the life span. The

This seminar is designed to complement 29NURS836 Practicum: The

focus of the course is an in-depth consideration of cellular alterations

Competent Nurse Educator. A guided discussion format is used to

that occur as variations in health patterns across the lifespan. It

evaluate the role of the nurse educator as leader, teacher, and scholar

explores the underlying cellular mechanisms that form the basis for

as a member of a higher education community. Issues to be discussed

advanced nursing practice to manage the variations in health patterns

include classroom management, mentorship, change design and

of client systems. Contemporary research in genetics, biochemical

implementation, student counseling, legal and ethical issues in higher

processes and cellular dysfunction is emphasized. Students will have

education, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Prereq:

the opportunity to apply theoretical content in an associated clinical

29NURS834, 29NURS835. Coreq: 29NURS836. Credit Level: G. Credit

course. Prereq: 29NURS820. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.00

Hrs: 3.00

29NURS826

29NURS840

Finance and Economics of Healthcare

Scientific Basis for Clinical Reasoning I

This course explores healthcare finance and economics from the

This course examines the theoretical underpinnings of evidence-based

perspective of health care providers and non-financial managers of

practice. Emphasis is placed on applying a range of theories from

health services. Financial management principles, the healthcare

nursing and related fields for the provision of high quality health care.

reimbursement system, reimbursement processes, and factors

Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

influencing the financial environment are discussed with emphasis on

strategies to promote and sustain the financial viability of the 29NURS843

healthcare. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00-4.00 Research Practicum

Learning experience as a research assistant. Credit Level: G. Credit

29NURS830

Hrs: 1.00-4.00

Financial Reimbursement for Health Care Providers

This course provides an overview of the health care financial 29NURS847

reimbursement system and reimbursement process from initial coding Directed Specialty Study II: Critical Care

through payment as it relates to health care providers. The essentials of This course will focus on evidence-based practice concepts in Critical

compliant coding and supportive documentation are emphasized from Care. Guided self-assessment and independent study aid the student

the provider's perspective. Provider insurance credentialing and to expand their knowledge base related to advanced practice within

contracting and practice financial management are also discussed. their specialty. Prereq: 29NURS851. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

29NURS848

29NURS832 Directed Specialty Study II: Gerontology

Master's Capstone Project This course will focus on evidence-based practice concepts in

Culminating experience in which one of three foci are selected: (1) Gerontology. Guided self-assessment and independent study aid the

integration of research findings into practice with evaluation of client student to expand their knowledge base related to advanced practice

system outcomes; or (2) evaluation of current nursing practice through within their specialty. Prereq: 29NURS851. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs:

examination of relevant client system clinical outcomes; or (3) 3.00

description of new knowledge with potential for enhancing nursing

29NURS849

practice. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 2.00

Directed Specialty Study II: Adult Health

29NURS833 This course will focus on evidence-based practice concepts in Adult

Master's Research Thesis Health. Guided self-assessment and independent study aid the

Capstone research experience. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00 student to expand their knowledge base related to advanced practice

within their specialty. Prereq: 29NURS851. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs:

29NURS834 3.00

The Shifting Instructional Paradigm: Teaching to Learning

29NURS850

Building on a basic understanding of clinical instruction, this course

Evidence-Based Practice for the Nurse Leader

focuses on the role of the faculty member in facilitation of learning in the

This course is designed to build on the research competencies acquired

traditional and virtual classroom. Non-traditional, innovative teaching

in a Master of Science in Nursing program. The student will develop

strategies and evidence-based practice in nursing education will be

knowledge and skills to translate the best available evidence for the

explored. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

improvement in outcomes in healthcare. Prereq: 29NURS804,

29NURS835 29NURS805. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

Transforming Curricula and Student Evaluation in Nursing

29NURS851

Taught from a outcomes-based perspective, this course focuses on the

Directed Specialty Study I: Symptom Management

role of the faculty member in curricular and course design and

Through seminar discussions, students learn to systematically

evaluation and assessment of student learning. Competency based

approach complex clinical situations. This seminar course focuses on



H=University Honors course.

BoK (Breadth of Knowledge) Coding. DC: Diversity & Culture. EC: English composition. FA: Fine Arts. HP: Historical Perspectives. HU: Humanities.

LT: Literature. NS: Natural Sciences. QR: Quantitative Reasoning. SE: Social & Ethical Issues. SS: Social Sciences.

College of Nursing 23

Nursing Nursing

29NURS851 29NURS860

Directed Specialty Study I: Symptom Management Leadership Dynamics in Healthcare Organizations

the design, implementation and evaluation of innovative interventions principles into leadership roles at various levels throughout the

for client symptoms and functional problems. New models for the healthcare organization. Students examine the theoretical basis for

delivery of individual and group interventions are explored. Credit development and application of effective leader behaviors in healthcare

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00 organizations. Emphasis is placed on the experience of becoming and

being a leader. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

29NURS852

Role Integration of the CNS I 29NURS871

This course focuses on the role development of clinical nurse specialist. Special Topics (In Area of Concentration)

Models and frameworks are explored to aid in the integration of the Study in a specified topic or area. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00-5.00

many subroles of the CNS. The role of the CNS in clinical judgment,

clinical inquiry, facilitation of learning, program planning and project 29NURS872

management, advocacy and moral agency, collaboration, caring Independent Study

practices, cultural diversity, and systems thinking are explored. Credit Independent study to expand knowledge and experience beyond that

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00 gained in regularly offered courses. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00-

5.00

29NURS854

Clinical Nurse Specialist Practicum I 29NURS873

In this practicum, students will engage in the beginning implementation Independent Study

of the role of the clinical nurse specialist including clinical expert, Independent study to expand knowledge and experience beyond that

consultant, educator, researcher, and leader. Clinical experiences will gained in regularly offered courses in the graduate program. Perm of

take place in various contexts consistent with the student's clinical Instructor. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00-7.00

specialty. Prereq: 29NURS820, 29NURS812, 29NURS825, 29NURS874

29NURS813, 29NURS822. Coreq: 29NURS852, 29NURS853. Credit Independent Study

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 6.00 Independent study to expand knowledge and experience beyond that

29NURS855 gained in regularly offered courses in the graduate program. Perm of

Role Seminar I Instructor. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00-7.00

This seminar is taken in conjunction with the clinical practicum and 29NURS877

provides an opportunity to discuss clinical cases, clinical projects, and Special Topics (In Area of Concentration)

education programs while demonstrating the ability to apply the didactic Study in a specified topic or area. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00-5.00

material to practice. Prereq: 29NURS820, 29NURS812, 29NURS825,

29NURS813, 29NURS822. Coreq: 29NURS852, 29NURS854. Credit 29NURS878

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00 Special Topics (In Area of Concentration)

29NURS856 Study in a specified topic or area. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00-5.00

Clinical Nurse Specialist Practicum II

In this practicum, students will continue to engage in the beginning 29NURS890

implementation of the role of the clinical nurse specialist including CULTURE, HEALTH & COMMUNITY

clinical expert, consultant, educator, researcher, and leader. Clinical The course will explore the phenomenon of culture and its broad

experiences will take place in various contexts consistent with the implications for health. Cultural frameworks and research studies in the

student's clinical specialty. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 6.00 extant literature that explain and investigate the relationships between

culture and health will be examined. Other relevant constructs related

29NURS857 to culture such as ethnicity, race, religion, and socioeconomic status will

Role Seminar II be examined for their impact on population health. Credit Level: G.

This seminar is taken in conjunction with the clinical practicum and Credit Hrs: 3.00

provides an opportunity to discuss clinical cases, clinical projects, and

education programs while demonstrating the abililty to apply the didactic 29NURS892

material to practice. Prereq: 29NURS855. Coreq: 29NURS800, Cancer Survivorship

29NURS834, 29NURS835, 29NURS856. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: This interdisciplinary course is the first of two courses that focus on the

1.00 survivorship phase of the cancer trajectory. An overview of cancer

pathophysiology and the diagnostic and treatment modalities of the

29NURS858 major cancers provides the foundation for understanding the impact of

Clinical Nurse Specialist Practicum III the disease and treatment on quality of life. An examination of the state

In this practicum, students will continue to engage in the beginning of the science of delivery of care from a multidisciplinary approach is

implementation of the role of the clinical nurse specialist including emphasized. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

clinical expert, consultant, educator, researcher, and leader. Clinical

experiences will take place in various contexts consistent with the 29NURS940

student's clinical specialty. Coreq: 29NURS860. Credit Level: G. Credit Nursing Inquiry I

Hrs: 6.00 A seminar focusing on the theoretical and research dynamics of nursing

inquiry as a basis for understanding the development of knowledge in

29NURS859 nursing science and the impact of health determinants on individuals,

Role Seminar III communities, and systems. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.00

This seminar is taken in conjunction with the clinical practicum and

provides an opportunity to discuss clinical cases, clinical projects, and 29NURS941

education programs while demonstrating the ability to apply the Nursing Inquiry II

didactic material to practice. Prereq: 29NURS856. Coreq: 29NURS860, A seminar offering an in-depth study of the theoretical and philosophical

29NURS858. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00 underpinnings of nursing inquiry. Students study the development,

history, and philosophy of science in general and their relationship to

29NURS860 the development of nursing inquiry. Contemporary philosophies of

Leadership Dynamics in Healthcare Organizations science and theories provide the foundation for exploring methods of

This course focuses on the integration of core leadership concepts and inquiry relevant to phenomena of interest. Prereq: 29NURS940. Credit





H=University Honors course.

BoK (Breadth of Knowledge) Coding. DC: Diversity & Culture. EC: English composition. FA: Fine Arts. HP: Historical Perspectives. HU: Humanities.

LT: Literature. NS: Natural Sciences. QR: Quantitative Reasoning. SE: Social & Ethical Issues. SS: Social Sciences.

College of Nursing 24

Nursing Nursing

29NURS941 29NURS952

Nursing Inquiry II Professional Seminar III

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.00 29NURS950, 29NURS951. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.00



29NURS942 29NURS953

Nursing Inquiry III Professional Seminar IV

A seminar that offers students the opportunity to apply the processes of As students work on their independent research projects and take

nursing inquiry to the exploration of phenomena of interest to nursing. course work related to their phenomenon of concern, this seminar is

Students integrate varied philosophical, theoretical, and methodological designed to assist students with the final articulation of their

perspectives in designing dynamic approaches for the advancement of phenomenon of concern and research trajectory, increase their ability to

nursing science. Prereq: 29NURS940, 29NURS941. Credit Level: G. write persuasively about their phenomenon, and assist with writing and

Credit Hrs: 5.00 submitting scholarly works, including publications, presentations, and

grant proposals. Research mentors will attend seminar with their

29NURS945

students twice during the quarter. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 1.00

Scientific Basis for Clinical Reasoning

This course examines approaches for the translation of the best 29NURS954

available evidence into practice for improved outcomes in healthcare. Proposal Seminar I

Prereq: 29NURS804, 29NURS805. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 6.00 This required doctoral course facilitates the development of a

dissertation proposal in a mentored environment by means of

29NURS948

participation with peers, doctoral faculty, and the dissertation advisor.

Introduction to Qualitative Methods

The course is a forum for students to explore methods of inquiry in the

This course focuses on qualitative research relevant to the study of

area of their phenomenon of concern with particular attention to the

human phenomena of concern to nurses. Philosophical issues are

research problem, theoretical foundations, research methods, and data

examined as they relate to paradigms and research methods.

management and analysis. Students are guided in the application of the

Qualitative research methods and criteria of research are analyzed.

fundamentals of scientific writing and critical analyses of the literature.

Students participate in data collection methods and analyses of data.

Faculty and students discuss the format and procedures for progression

Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

in the dissertation process. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

29NURS949

29NURS955

Professional Seminar II

Proposal Seminar II

This is the second course in a four course sequence, and is designed to

This required doctoral course is the second in a series to facilitate the

continue the socialization of students into the roles and responsibilities

development of a dissertation proposal in a mentored environment. The

of active novice nurse researchers. Students are exposed to all

course is a forum for students to participate with peers, doctoral faculty,

components of the research process by working with a senior nurse

and the dissertation advisor to explore methods of inquiry in the area of

researcher who will actively mentor them in research endeavors. To do

their phenomenon of concern. There is particular attention to finalization

this, students devote 60 hours working on research teams as novice

of the research problem, theoretical foundations, research methods,

investigators; attend research team meetings, scholarship roundtables,

and data management and analysis. Students are guided in the

and other appropriate seminars as identified by the research mentor or

application of the fundamentals of scientific writing and critical analyses

course faculty. Prereq: 29NURS950. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

of the literature. Faculty and students discuss the format and

29NURS950 procedures for the dissertation process and dissertation defense.

Professional Seminar I Prereq: 29NURS954. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

This is the first in a four course sequence, and is designed to socialize

29NURS957

the student into the roles and responsibilities of the PhD-prepared nurse

Dissertation Seminar

scientist. Students will be given the opportunity to develop specific

The dissertation seminar runs concurrently with dissertation credit

beginning competencies necessary to engage in a career as an

hours. In this seminar, all students who are working on dissertation will

independent nurse scientist. Students will become competent in

come together on a regular basis to discuss progress, problems, and

understanding how the conceptual framework of the doctoral program -

lessons learned in order to progress in a timely manner through the

Multiple Determinants of Health - relates to the programs of faculty

dissertation process. The seminar is led by a senior scientist with

research and to the development of their own research. Opportunities

significant experience with dissertation advisement. Credit Level: G.

for becoming acquainted with faculty programs of research will be

Credit Hrs: 1.00

provided. The specific topics of roles and responsibilities of the PhD-

prepared nurse scientist, the ANA Social Policy Statement, internal and 29NURS958

external funding mechanisms, beginning grantsmanship, the National Advanced Qualitative Methods

Institutes of Health Strategic Mission and Plan, establishing collegial This course introduces the philosophical underpinnings of three

relationships, successful collaboration, scientific reading and writing, interpretive methodolgies: ethnography, grounded theory, and

and dissemination of scholarship will be presented. During this class, hermeneutic phenomenology. The participants will immerse

students will select a senior research mentor for Winter and Spring themselves in the historical and classical literature that provides the

Quarter. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 2.00 foundation for these three methodologies. The participants will critique

studies using each of the three interpretive research methodologies.

29NURS952

Prereq: 29NURS948, 29NURS973. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

Professional Seminar III

This is the third course in a four course sequence, and is designed to 29NURS960

further socialize the student into the roles and responsibilities of an Religiosity, Spirituality, and Health Sciences Research

independent nurse researcher. Students continue to be exposed to all This course is designed to provide the student an introduction to the

components of the research process through the research practicum history, evaluation, implementation, and application of research

begun in 29NURS951. In addition to completing 60 hours of research concerned with the relationship between religiosity, spirituality, and

practicum, students will attend a weekly 2-hour seminar to continue health. A primary focus will be comprehending research issues related

synthesizing the knowledge needed to function as an independent to conceptual definitions, measurement, design, analysis, and

nurse researcher. Students will independently conduct research based interpretation. Perm of Instructor. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

on their mentor's program of research, produce a research synthesis

paper, and begin to formulate an independent research project. Prereq:



H=University Honors course.

BoK (Breadth of Knowledge) Coding. DC: Diversity & Culture. EC: English composition. FA: Fine Arts. HP: Historical Perspectives. HU: Humanities.

LT: Literature. NS: Natural Sciences. QR: Quantitative Reasoning. SE: Social & Ethical Issues. SS: Social Sciences.

College of Nursing 25

Nursing Nursing

29NURS963 29NURS970

Theories and Methods for Analysis of Discrete Data Leadership Strategies for Nurse Educators

This course introduces the student to the theory and methods used in This course focuses on the leadership role of nurse faculty as members

analysis of discrete data. The course is designed to provide the student of the academic and professional community in higher education.

with an understanding of the rates and the probability models frequently Internal and external forces that impact design, implementation,

used in health care research. A major focus of the course is the innovation, and effectiveness of nursing education programs are

application of these theories and methods in the study of human explored. Emphasis is placed on nurse faculty role relative to program

phenomena of concern to nursing. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00 administration and requirements, issues, and trends influencing student

and faculty performance. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

29NURS964

Measurement in Research Using Item Response Theory 29NURS971

This course provides the student with the knowledge and skills to Instrument Evaluation and Development

develop and evaluate measurement tools using item response theory. This seminar focuses on the evaluation of existing instruments and

The mathematical and psychometric history of measurement and the development of new instruments designed to measure psychosocial

subsequent development of the Rasch Measurement Model will be and behavioral concepts of interest to nursing. Emphasis is placed on

discussed. Students will have the opportunity to apply the principles and the use of rigor in the tool development and evaluation process as well

methods of the Rasch Measurement in the laboratory setting. Credit as ethical and professional standards for the conduct of research.

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00 Prereq: 29NURS804, 29NURS982. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

29NURS965 29NURS972

Teaching and Learning in Graduate Nursing Education: Nursing Research Methods

Practicum and Seminar Seminar focuses on conceptualization of clinical nursing phenomena,

Designed to prepare nursing faculty for the teaching role in graduate relevant research designs consistent with quantitative and qualitative

education, this course (seminar and practicum) provides the participant research methods used in describing and in examining comparative,

with a guided teaching experience in the graduate classroom and/or associational and predictive relationships among phenomena, and

practicum. The seminar covers such topics as how professional corresponding measurement and data collection techniques. Credit

expertise is taught and learned, teaching styles appropriate for students Level: G. Credit Hrs: 4.00

already engaged in the profession, and evaluation of students'

29NURS973

professional skills. Prereq: 29NURS834, 29NURS835, 29NURS837.

Quantitative Research Methods

Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 5.00

This is a seminar in which students focus on basic quantitative research

29NURS966 designs. Students discuss varied approaches to examining nursing

Educational and Professional Leadership Strategiesin Nursing phenomena and identify appropriate designs for the research questions

This course is an exploration of the interplay of the university faculty that are generated. Strengths and weaknesses of various designs will

member role, educational and professional leadership, and external be analyzed. Methods for operationalizing variables will be explored.

forces that impact upon nursing education programs. Students will Sampling strategies will be compared. Students will examine the

complete a comprehensive investigation of the academic nursing role in components of research proposals for common nursing funding

higher education relative to program administration, student issues, agencies. Emphasis will be placed on the use of scientific rigor in the

program requirements, and faculty expectations. Credit Level: G. Credit research process as well as the ethical and professional standards for

Hrs: 3.00 the conduct and reporting of research. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

29NURS967 29NURS974

The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: ResearchMethods Teaching and Learning in Graduate Nursing Education

This course focuses on emerging methodologies for the study of Designed to prepare nursing faculty for the teaching role in graduate

nursing education. Students will critique current research literature education, this course (seminar and practicum) provides the participant

pertaining to nursing education. Applicability of a variety of research with a guided teaching experience in the graduate classroom and/or

methodologies (e.g., evidence-based, critical, participatory, feminist, practicum. The seminar covers such topics as how professional

grounded, phenomenological, and postmodern) will be explored. A expertise is taught and learned, teaching styles appropriate for students

research proposal related to a phenomenon of interest in nursing already engaged in the profession, and evaluation of students'

education will be developed. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00 professional skills. Prereq: 29NURS834, 29NURS835, 29NURS837.

Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 5.00

29NURS968

The Phenomenon of Human Care and Caring 29NURS975

This course focuses on a systematic examination of the phenomenon of Educational and Professional Leadership Strategiesin Nursing

human care and caring using a cultural paradigmatic foundation. This course is an exploration of the interplay of the university faculty

Human care literature will be analyzed systematically and discussed member role, educational and professional leadership, and external

from a multidisciplinary perspective of care theorists. Historical, cultural, forces that impact upon nursing education programs. Students will

epistemic and ontologic dimensions of care and caring along with complete a comprehensive investigation of the academic nursing role in

research methodologies will be considered in advancing the science of higher education relative to program administration, student issues,

nursing. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00 program requirements and faculty expectations. Credit Level: G. Credit

Hrs: 3.00

29NURS969

The Science of Symptom Management 29NURS976

This course provides a systematic evaluation of the state of the science The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Research

related to symptom management. Symptom management models, Strategies

current theories and research related to symptom clusters, This course focuses on emerging methodologies for the study of

interventions and outcomes (including biophysical and economic) will nursing education. Students will critique current research literature

be analyzed. Research design, methods, measurement implementation pertaining to nursing education. Applicability of a variety of research

and analysis issues related to symptom management will be explored. methodologies (e.g. evidence-based, critical, participatory, feminist,

Prereq: 29NURS940, 29NURS973. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00 grounded, phenomenological and postmodern) will be explored. A

research proposal related to a phenomenon of interest in nursing

education will be developed. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00





H=University Honors course.

BoK (Breadth of Knowledge) Coding. DC: Diversity & Culture. EC: English composition. FA: Fine Arts. HP: Historical Perspectives. HU: Humanities.

LT: Literature. NS: Natural Sciences. QR: Quantitative Reasoning. SE: Social & Ethical Issues. SS: Social Sciences.

College of Nursing 26

Nursing Nursing

29NURS977 29NURS984

Quality of Life: Theoretical and Methodological Issues Advanced Multivariate Analysis III: Structural Equation Modeling

This seminar course explores quality of life from various theoretical and & Hierarchical/Multilevel Models

methodological perspectives. Qualitative and quantitative methods used discussed. Prereq: 29NURS982, 29NURS983. Credit Level: G. Credit

to examine quality of life are analyzed and strategies to enhance rigor in Hrs: 3.00

studies are explored. Issues in quality of life research are debated.

29NURS985

Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

Seminar Study of Qualitative Data Analysis

29NURS978 Seminar that focuses on the analysis of data for selected qualitative

Analysis of Educational Processes in Nursing methods. Emphasis is placed on the identification and synthesis of

This elective doctoral course provides information necessary for themes or common elements in qualitative data through defined levels

effective functioning as an educator Educational theories and principles, of abstraction. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

development of objectives, measurement and evaluation considerations

29NURS986

and curriculum design and development are discussed. Credit Level: G.

Doctoral Candidacy Examination

Credit Hrs: 3.00

The Doctoral Candidacy Examination documents the student's

29NURS979 synthesis of knowledge in nursing science, scholarly inquiry, and other

Consultation Process in Nursing Education areas of study and determines the student's readiness to undertake

Course provides an understanding of consultation as a complex research independently. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 0.00

partnership process. Consultation is explored in terms of theory and

practice and examined from the standpoint of underlying assumptions

and relative advantages and disadvantages. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs:

3.00

29NURS980

Health Policy and Ethical Issues in Nursing Science

Analysis of social, public and health policy in relation to the

advancement of nursing science. The contribution of nursing research

to the development of health policy is analyzed and evaluated. Credit

Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

29NURS981

Dissertation

In-depth research in doctoral focus area. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs:

1.00-19.00

29NURS982

Advanced Multivariate Analysis I: Foundations

This course is an advanced statistical seminar for doctoral-level

students on multivariate statistical techniques. It is intended to serve as

the first quarter of a year-long sequence on advanced multivariate

statistics. The course will be taught from an applied perspective with

an emphasis on modern statistical techniques. Topics covered include

foundational concepts and traditional statistical techniques such as

MANOVA and DFA that fall within the rubric of the General Linear

Model. Prereq: 29NURS804. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs: 3.00

29NURS983

Advanced Multivariate Analysis II: Generalized Linear and

Additive Models

This course is intended to serve as the second quarter of a year-long

sequence on advanced multivariate statistics. The course will be taught

from an applied perspective with an emphasis on modern statistical

techniques. The General Linear Model (GLM) will be reviewed and

more advanced topics such as modeling and interpreting interactions

within the GLM will be introduced. The Generalized Linear Model will

be taught, beginning with logistic regression. Finally, the Generalized

Additive Model will be taught as an adjunct to the other modeling

procedures learned. Prereq: 29NURS982. Credit Level: G. Credit Hrs:

3.00

29NURS984

Advanced Multivariate Analysis III: Structural Equation Modeling

& Hierarchical/Multilevel Models

This course is the third in a 3-quarter sequence on advanced

multivariate statistics. The structural equation model will be presented

as two primary components: 1) the measurement model; and, 2) the

structural or path model. Building on knowledge of regression, path

modeling will be presented, followed by an introduction to

psychometrics. Multiple measurement models will be introduced,

including: factor analysis; latent class models, and item response

theory (IRT) models. Hierarchical or multilevel models will be covered.

Both linear and nonlinear forms (e.g. logistic/logit regression) will be



H=University Honors course.

BoK (Breadth of Knowledge) Coding. DC: Diversity & Culture. EC: English composition. FA: Fine Arts. HP: Historical Perspectives. HU: Humanities.

LT: Literature. NS: Natural Sciences. QR: Quantitative Reasoning. SE: Social & Ethical Issues. SS: Social Sciences.