5000

Focuses on uses of computer and technology-based health applications to support clinical, administrative, and educational decision-making.

Co-requisite: NRSG 5480L. Provides basis for developing expertise in assessing health and illness states. Additional special course fee required; see semester course schedule for amount. Additional laboratory fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Clinical component to accompany NRSG 5480. Additional special course fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Study of changes in society and health care with a focus on issues that affect advanced nursing roles. This course examines role acquisition, ethical, legal, and political issues and practice/educational challenges currently facing advanced practice.

Focuses on research methodology, critical analyses of studies, and the relationships among theory, research, and practice.

Provides health care professionals in advanced nursing roles with a knowledge base in pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and pharmacotherapeutics employed in the treatment of adults, adolescents, and children.

This course focuses on the study of advanced psychopharmacological treatment of psychiatric symptoms and disorders. With emphasis on neurobiology, medication selection, response monitoring and side effects management in the psychopharmacological treatment of individuals are covered. Prescriptive issues associated with comorbidities, available resources, and previous responses to psychotropic agents, ethnicity and age will be discussed.

Offers students opportunities to explore topics of particular relevance to nursing practice, education, or management.