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Graduate Courses in Nursing (NUR)

6312 Evidence-Based Practice and Theory for Advanced Nursing (3-0-0). This course focuses on nursing knowledge synthesis and application of research evidence into best practice. Theoretical constructs that guide nursing research and inform nursing practice are explored.
Prerequisite: Nursing 6323.

6316 Informatics and Health Care Technology for Advanced Nursing (3-0-0). This course integrates computer, information, and nursing sciences in tandem with health care and communication technologies to deliver, integrate and coordinate nursing care. Students demonstrate meaningful use of technology by analyzing and ethically managing aggregate data to guide decisions and improve outcomes.

6317 Health Policy and Ethics (3-0-0). This course prepares students as effective agents of change by building leadership skills in health care policy development, implementation and evaluation. Ethics content promotes selfcare and active advocacy. Student understanding of local, national, and global factors is expanded to facilitate clinical reasoning and collaborative engagement with all healthcare professionals in redesigning systems to achieve equity, safety, and quality for better healthcare outcomes.
Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

6318 Pharmacotherapeutics (3-0-0). This course focuses on the study of advanced pharmacologic principles of drug therapy used by nurses in advanced practice.

6323 Research Foundations for Advanced Nursing (3-0-0). This course develops an understanding of quantitative and qualitative nursing research methodologies, frameworks, and relationships between research questions and design. Application and evaluation of statistical methods is emphasized. Students use critical appraisal skills to critique relevant research.

6324 Advanced Pathophysiology (3-0-0). A study of the function of the human body as it is altered by and responds to disease, including disease manifestations, mechanisms of disease production and response, and the physiological basis of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. This course provides coverage of human diseases organized by the body system which they affect.

6331 Advanced Health Assessment (2-0-50). This course presents the theoretical and clinical principles of advanced health assessment supported by related clinical experiences for the advanced practice nursing student to gain the knowledge and skills needed to perform comprehensive assessments to acquire data, make diagnoses of health status and formulate
effective clinical management plans for patients with common, acute, and chronic health issues across the life span. A 50 clock hour practicum provides opportunities to practice advanced health assessment skills.
Prerequisites: Graduate standing and Nursing 6324 or corequisite with departmental approval.

6338 Leadership and Roles in Advanced Nursing (3-0-0). This course prepares students to assume responsibility and accountability for advanced practice roles. In addition, application of leadership and practice principles at both the patient and system levels is used to promote high quality and safe patient care, reduce overall health care delivery costs, improve access to care, and influence political factors that affect interdisciplinary care.
Prerequisite: Nursing 6312.

6339 Population Health and Epidemiology for Advanced Nursing (3-0-0). This course explores the distribution and determinants of health and disease that affect human populations using health information and technology. Principles of genetics, genomics, and epidemiological data are considered for design and delivery of evidence-based, culturally relevant clinical prevention and health promotion strategies and interventions.

Nursing (NUR) - Family Nurse Practitioner (Ad­vanced Practice Registered Nurse) Courses

6201 Advanced Skills for Advanced Practice Nurses (1-0-50). This course focuses on the development of essential advanced practice nursing skills to perform procedures in primary care practice. Diagnostic methods and procedures for patients of all ages will be included in an on campus lab and 50 clock hour practicum.
Prerequisites: Nursing 6318, 6324, 6331.

6325 Family Primary Care I (3-0-0). Focus on the transition from RN to Family Nurse Practitioner in the diagnosis and management of common acute and chronic conditions across the lifespan in a primary care setting. As a provider of family-centered care emphasis is placed on health promotion, risk reduction and evidence-based management of common symptoms and problems. Nursing’s unique contribution to patient care and collaboration with other health care professionals is emphasized.
Prerequisites: Nursing 6201, 6318, 6323, 6324, 6331.
Corequisite: Nursing 6327.

6326 Family Primary Care II (3-0-0). Focus is on the progression in the role of the Family Nurse Practitioner in the diagnosis and management of common acute and chronic conditions across the lifespan in a primary care setting. As a provider of family-centered care emphasis is placed on health promotion, risk reduction, and evidence-based management of more complex symptoms and problems. Nursing’s unique contribution to patient care and collaboration with other health care professionals is emphasized.
Prerequisites: Nursing 6312, 6325, 6327.
Corequisite: Nursing 6336.

6327 Family Primary Care I Practicum (0-0-150). A guided clinical experience providing the opportunity to apply family centered primary care related to health promotion and evidence-based diagnosis and management of common acute and chronic conditions across the lifespan. Students complete a minimum of 150 clock hours of practicum in primary care
settings. Grading will be either pass or fail.
Prerequisites: Nursing 6201, 6318, 6323, 6324, 6331.
Corequisite: Nursing 6325.

6336 Family Primary Care II Practicum (0-0-150). A guided clinical experience in the progression of the role of providing family centered primary care related to health promotion and evidence-based diagnosis and management of common and complex acute and chronic conditions across the lifespan. Students complete a minimum of 150 clock hours of practicum
in primary care settings. Grading will be either pass or fail.
Prerequisites: Nursing 6312, 6325, 6327.
Corequisite: Nursing 6326.

6351 Mental Health Concepts for Advanced Practice Nurses (3-0-0). This course focuses on the development of advanced practice nursing skills in mental health. Specifically, the application of evidence-based knowledge and critical thinking skills in providing clinical management of individuals with common psychiatric-mental health problems across all age groups. Development assessment, crisis intervention, pharmacological management, and therapies are discussed as well as consultation and referral to other mental health professionals. Opportunity to gain clinical experience in the area of mental health will be provided in the final practicum of the program.
Prerequisites: Nursing 6318, 6324, 6331.

6537 Integrated Clinical Practice: FNP (0-0-250). A guided clinical experience to synthesize skills acquired and to refine abilities in primary family centered care related to health promotion and the diagnosis and management of common acute and chronic conditions across the lifespan. Students have the opportunity to refine evidence-based pathophysiological and psychosocial interventions, theories, and concepts of care. Students
complete a minimum of 250 clock hours of practicum mainly in primary care settings. Grading will be either pass or fail.
Prerequisites: Nursing 6326, 6336, 6351.

Nursing (NUR) - Nurse Educator Courses

6319 Curriculum in Nursing Education (3-0-0). This course explores the structures components, and factors of curriculum development pertaining to nursing education. Additionally, this course will explore essential components of academic program evaluation, including outcomes assessment and accreditation processes and procedures.

6340 Teaching Strategies and Evaluation in Nursing Education (3-0-0). this course explores teaching and learning strategies and evaluation methods in various learning environments including classroom, laboratory, simulation, and clinical settings. Strategies for distance and web-enhanced learning are addressed.

6347 Roles and Financial Management in Nursing Education (3-0-0). This course explores the organizational and administrative/leadership roles of nurse educators in higher education and health care agencies. Students will be introduced to the concepts of leadership, financial management, budgeting process, and reimbursement mechanisms in nursing education.

6348 Advanced Nursing Clinical Practice for Nurse Educators (2-0-50).
This course allows students the opportunity to expand knowledge in a focused area of clinical nursing practice. Additionally, students will explore epidemiology and public health context related to health care outcomes. Students will work with faculty to select appropriate practicum settings and will complete 50 clock-hours within a supervised clinical experience.
Prerequisites: Nursing 6318, 6324, 6331, 6338.

6349 Capstone Practicum in Nursing Education (1-0-100). This course provides nurse educator students a supervised practicum experience in an educational setting. Learning experiences are planned to meet course and individual learning goals. Experiences will focus on developing skills in leadership, organizational and administrative roles, curriculum process, classroom/clinical teaching, and evaluation. Students will work with faculty to select appropriate practicum settings and will complete 100 clock-hours in the educator role.
Prerequisites: Nursing 6319, 6338, 6340.

Nursing (NUR) - Additional Offerings

6381 Special Topics (3-0). A seminar in selected topics in nursing. (May be repeated once for credit when topic varies.)

6391 Research. Individual research in nursing. (May be repeated once for credit. Prior approval of instructor and department chair required.)