NRSG - Nursing

Prerequisite: Department approval required. This course is designed to encourage a deeper understanding of the history of forensic science as it relates to healthcare, crime vulnerable populations, and the epidemiology of violence. Students will explore theories and frameworks that contribute to the practice of forensics in healthcare, the role of the healthcare worker as it relates to forensics, and multidisciplinary professionals, including victims advocates, coroners, law enforcement, attorneys, and pathologists.

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

Reinforces composition and writing skills for academic purposes. Students utilize citations and references in the institution’s approved format to assert that work reflects a larger body of literature on the topic of interest. Supports written communication of ideas to inform and persuade a reader on the topic. Explores methods of dissemination of scholarly work and IRB training.

Focuses on theories and principles of communication, leadership, interprofessional collaboration, change management and systems thinking to improve outcomes. Includes an historical perspective of nursing and nurse practitioner role as well as the evolution of advanced practice nursing, and the importance of personal well-being, resiliency, and self-care.

Provides theoretical foundation and a framework for examining health promotion, population health, health equity and the implementation of community-based interventions. Content relates to disaster planning and intervention as well as the importance of interprofessional collaboration and engaging stakeholders. Using current data to improve outcomes, students develop and evaluate evidence-based population health programs to empower community action.

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.

Prerequisite: NRSG 5800. 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.

Explores the economics of health care, the managed care environment, the nature of systems, and intellectual and technical skills essential for managing clinical outcomes.

Prerequisites: none. This course will provide an overview of the academic nurse educator role including functioning as a change agent and engaging in scholarship, service, and leadership.

Prerequisite: NRSG 5500. Investigates the multiple roles of the teacher of nursing. Theories and concepts of learning, instruction, and evaluation receive priority in the course to inform classroom and clinical teaching and outcomes assessment. Additional clinical fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Clinical component to accompany NRSG 6120.

Co-requisite: NRSG 6121L. Prerequistes: NRSG 5500 and NRSG 6120. This course will focus on the application of MSN competencies to the care of clients. Additional clinical feerequired; see semester course schedule for amount.

Co-requisite: NRSG 6121. This course will focus on the application of MSN competencies to the care of clients.

Prerequisites: none. This course focuses on internal and external evaluation of nursing educational programs, test and measurement theory and outcome measurements, including cognitive exam design.

Provides understanding of relationship between normal processes of the human body and their alterations during disease and disorders. Both cellular and organ system functions are examined.

Offers students opportunities to participate in educational international exchanges abroad.

Examines, critiques, and applies nursing theories to professional nursing practice.

In this course students synthesize learning across the program to develop a learning contract to address achievement of the program outcomes. Contracts will be carried out in NRSG 6551 (Graduate Nursing Practicum).

Prerequisite: HSCS 6500 and NRSG 6121. Provides the opportunity to apply and analyze theories, competencies, research, and role development in refining decision making skills in preparation for the graduate role in either clinical or academic settings. Additional clinical fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Clinical component to accompany NRSG 6551.

The topics in this course are individualized based on the student's learning needs, interest, and professional goals. Variable credit = 1-3 credit hours.

Prerequisite: Graduate Nursing program only; Permission of faculty. Variable credit hours available. This course provides for additional supervised clinical hours in an advanced specialty role. Requires approval of the faculty prior to registration.

This course provides supervised clinical training for BSN and MSN prepared Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Trainees. Department approval required.

Prerequisites: NRSG 5480, NRSG 5800, and NRSG 6300. Co-requisite: NRSG 7000L. Addresses disorders of adults in the primary care practice arena of the FNP. Additional laboratory fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Clinical component to accompany NRSG 7000.

Prerequisite: NRSG 7000. Co-requisite: NRSG 7010L. Addresses disorders of adults encountered in the primary care practice arena of the FNP. Additional laboratory fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Clinical component to accompany NRSG 7010.

Prerequisite: NRSG 7010. Corequisite: NRSG 7030L. Focuses on primary care health deviations common to women and lifespan concerns/transitions of women, including the prenatal experience and crises experienced uniquely by women. Additional laboratory fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Clinical component to accompany NRSG 7030.

Corequisite: NRSG 7050L. Prerequisite: NRSG 7010. Focuses on the understanding of the normal processes of the human body and alterations that occur during illnesses and disorders of infancy, childhood, and adolescence and examines the nurse practitioner's role in providing culturally competent primary care, advocacy, and education to clients and their families. Additional laboratory fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Clinical component to accompany NRSG 7050.

This course explores the basic biophychosocial theories and frameworks as well as the holistic, research-based approaches for assessing, diagnosing, and treating mental health problems and psychiatric disorders of individuals across the life span. Students apply different treatment modalities and selected approaches to case study materials and evaluate its utility to specific client populations. Students will utilize case students in role plays and simulations of diagnostic interviews and formulation of differential diagnoses and intial treatment plans.

Lab course for NRSG 7100 - Foundations for Psychiatric Nursing. Additional laboratory fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

This course is an in-depth exploration and application of the theoretical, holistic and research-based approaches in addressing short-term mental health problems and common psychiatric disorders in the general population across the lifespan. Psychotherapeutic approaches, including mental health promotion and risk prevention measures, are explored for the clinical management of psychiatric-mental health problems in individuals, families, and groups. The clinical portion of this course provides direct practice experiences for the application of assessment, diagnosis, and psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacologic skills in different settings.

Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing I lab. Additional laboratory fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

This course is an in-depth exploration and application of the theoretical, holistic and research-based approaches in addressing chronic and complex psychiatric disorders across the lifespan. Differential disgnostic skills and interventional strategies are explored as well as the role of rehabilitation, recovery and psycho-educational approaches in individuals, families and groups. The clinical portion of this course provides direct practice experiences for the application of assessment, diagnosis, and psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacologic skills in different settings.

Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing II Lab. Additional laboratory fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

This final practicum provides an opportunity to integrate theory, research, and role development in refining clinical decision making skills in preparation for the Advanced Practice Role in the context of the chosen practice and/or population of interest. This course reviews the scope and standards of practice of the Advanced Practice nursee; legal, political, and ethical issues; reimbursement issues and quality care indicators; access, stigmas, and barriers to services of vulnerable populations.

Practicum in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Lab. Additional laboratory fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Prerequisites: NRSG 5500, NRSG 5480, NRSG 5480L, NRSG 5600, NRSG 6300. Corequisite: NRSG 7300L. This course explores theories, frameworks, and research-based approaches for assessing, diagnosing, and treating acute and chronic illness; with special emphasis on gynecologic problems across in women in variety of setting. Students will utilize case studies, classroom discussion, and clinical experiences to formulate differential diagnoses and treatment plans. Additional special course fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Clinical component to accompany NRSG 7300. Additional laboratory fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Prerequisite: NRSG 7300 and NRSG 7300L. Co-requisite: NRSG 7310L. This course explores theories, frameworks, and research-based approaches for assessing, diagnosing, and treating women and families during the antepartum period. Emphasis will be placed on gaining the skills to effectively promote and support breastfeeding and human lactation in a variety of settings. Consideration will be given to how culture, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status influence a woman's decision to breastfeed. Legal and ethical issues will also be addressed. Students will utilize case studies, classroom discussion, and clinical experiences to formulate differential diagnoses and treatment plans.

Clinical component to accompany NRSG 7310.

Prerequisite: NRSG 7300 and NRSG 7300L. This course presents the knowledge necessary for the advanced practice nurse to provide proficient care to women of vulnerable and unique populations. Emphasis is on developing skills in health promotion, health maintenance, risk reduction strategies and understanding the basic health care needs of women of vulnerable and unique populations to prepare for clinical practice.

Prerequisites: NRSG 7310 and NRSG 7310L. Corequisite: NRSG 7330L. This course explores theories, frameworks, and research-based approaches for assessing, diagnosing, and treating women with primary care concerns as well as women and families during the postpartum period. Students will utilize case studies, classroom discussion, and clinical experiences to formulate differential diagnoses and treatment plans. Additional laboratory fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Clinical component to accompany NRSG 7330.

Prerequisites: NRSG 7310, NRSG 7310L. Corequisite: NRSG 7340L. This course explores theories, frameworks, and research-based approaches for assessing, diagnosing, and treating women, newborns, and families during the intrapartum and immediate postpartum period. Students will utilize case studies, classroom discussion, and clinical experiences to formulate differential diagnoses and treatment plans. Additional special course fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Clinical component to accompany NRSG 7340. Additional laboratory fee required; see semester course schedule for amount.

Prerequisites: NRSG 7030 and NRSG 7050. Co-requisite NRSG 7410L. Provides opportunity to integrate theory, research, and role development in refining clinical decision making skills in preparation for the Advanced Practice Role in the context of the chosen practice and/or population of interest. This course reviews the scope and standards of practice of the Advanced Practice nurse; legal, political and ethical issues; reimbursement issues and quality care indicators; access, stigmas, and barriers to servies of vulnerable populations.

Clinical component to accompany NRSG 7410.

Prerequisite: NRSG 7330 and NRSG 7330L. Corequisite: NRSG 7500L. NM section: This final capstone course in the nurse-midwifery sequence, prepares students to merge the professional role and responsibilities of clinical management in transitioning to independent, full-scope practice as a nurse-midwife. This clinical rotation allows the student to demonstrate a synthesis of the theoretical, holistic and research-based knowledge, along with their clinical skills in the clinical management of women and newborns in the appropriate practice/hospital setting. Emphasis is on application of the nurse-midwifery process and health advocacy. WHNP section: This final capstone course in the Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner sequence, prepares students to merge the professional role and responsibilities of clinical management in transitioning to independent, full-scope practice as a women’s health nurse practitioner. This clinical rotation allows the student to demonstrate a synthesis of the theoretical, holistic and research?based knowledge, along with their clinical skills in the clinical management of women in the practice setting. Emphasis is on application of the nurse practitioner process and health advocacy.

Clinical component to accompany NRSG 7500.

This course emphasizes the vital role of research to support quality practice and informed decision making. Key content of the course relates to foundations of evidence based practice and the skills needed to support and promote such practice. Topics include conducting a needs assessment and feasibility studies, appraising the evidence, principles of quality improvement and patient safety, and an overview of client values, preferences, and culture.

Corequisite: NRSG 8300. Lab course for NRSG 8300.

Prerequisite: Admission to the Doctor of Nursing Practice program. This course provides the graduate student the opportunity to identify and begin to develop a project that will lead toward applying and translating evidence based research into practice. This is the first in a three part series that prepares the DNP student to demonstrate advanced clinical judgment and implement a scholarly project geared to improved practice outcomes in the student's clinical area of expertise.

Prerequisites: NRSG 8300, NRSG 8510, NRSG 8540, NRSG 8520, NRSG 8530, and NRSG 9300, all with a grade of B or higher. Corequisite: NRSG 9400. This course is designed to prepare the advanced practice nurse for use of epidemiologic methods to examine patterns of illness or injury for disease prevention and health promotion efforts among target populations.

Prerequisites: NRSG 8300, NRSG 8410, NRSG 8510, NRSG 8540, NRSG 8520, NRSG 8530, NRSG 9300, NRSG 9400, all with a grade of B or higher. Corequisite: NRSG 9310. This course emphasizes the application of univariate and multivariate statistical analysis methods to answer research questions and test hypotheses about clinical research data. The course includes formulating an analysis plan based on research questions/hypotheses, and conducting and interpreting the output of statistical analyses. The course addresses research describing populations and relationships, as well as research measuring effectiveness.

This course focuses on examining information systems and patient care technologies that support the improvement and transformation of healthcare. Students will develop basic informatics competencies to include the use of databases to extract and analyze information to improve care. Students will apply principles for selecting and evaluating healthcare technologies. Informatics will be examined within the context of the current legal, ethical, and regulatory environment.

Prerequisites: NRSG 8300, NRSG 8510, and NRSG 8540, all with a grade of C or higher. Corequisites: NRSG 8530 and NRSG 9300. This course covers basic economic theory, market drivers, and restraints, health care finance and reimbursement, cost/benefit analysis and health care entrepreneurism. Theory and application are integrated throughout the course with a particular focus on the clinical role of the DNP within the contemporary health care environment.

Provides a comprehensive system thinking approach to include policy, economics, and financial principles to promote high quality health care delivery to individuals, populations and communities. Focuses on NP issues and advocacy, which influence patient centered policy development and implementation.

Prerequisites: NRSG 8300, NRSG 8510, and NRSG 8540, all with a grade of B or better. Corequisites: NRSG 8530L, NRSG 8520 and NRSG 9300. This course is designed to explore the role of the doctorally-prepared nurse in effecting change in the regulatory, legislative, and public policy arenas at the local, state, national and global levels. Quantitative decision making models are examined in relation to policy decisions. Ethical inquiry addresses access to health care and utilization and allocation of scarce resources.

Corequisite: NRSG 8530. Lab cousre for NRSG 8530.

This course focuses on the doctor of nursing practice role in addressing the needs of vulnerable populations from the perspective of health. Selected issues in evaluating evidence based practice with vulnerable populations will be discussed. Strategies to foster health promotion, health protection and health restoration will be explored. Students will select a vulnerable population and conduct a critical analysis of the science in a specific topic area.

Prerequisites: NRSG 8300, NRSG 8420, NRSG 8510, NRSG 8540, NRSG 8520, NRSG 8530, NRSG 9300, NRSG 9310, and NRSG 9400, all with a grade of B or higher. Corequisite: NRSG 9320. This course is designed to explore the leadership role and the collaborations necessary for the advanced practice nurse to affect change within health care organizations. This course will investigate topics in transformational leadership that emphasizes how nursing innovations can contribute to the modernization of health care delivery systems to ensure patient safety. Transformational leadership practice will be examined as it relates to nursing practice, health care organizations, and national health care policy.

Corequisite: NRSG 9100. Lab course for NRSG 9100.

Prerequisites: NRSG 8300, NRSG 8510, and NRSG 8540, all with a grade of B or higher. Corequisites: NRSG 8520 and NRSG 8530. This course focuses on the evaluation and health outcomes of clinical research within diverse populations and practice settings. The clinical research process will be applied to researchable nursing problems. Practice inquire, health outcomes management, health care systems, dissemination, and leadership are emphasized.

Prerequisite: C or better in NRSG 8410, 8530, 8310, 8300, 8420, 8540. Corequisite: NRSG 8520 and 8510. Lab component of NRSG 9300.

Prerequisites: NRSG 8300, NRSG 8410, NRSG 8510, NRSG 8540, NRSG 8520, NRSG 8530, NRSG 9300, and NRSG 9400, all with a grade of B or higher. Corequisite: NRSG 8420. This course reflects the culmination of practice inquire knowledge and competencies. The implementation of the Translational Clincial Project (TCP) entails student engagement in partnership building with clinicians, consumers, faculty and/or student to examine a clinical question/issue. The TCP involves translating evidence into practice and ultimately informs and influences nursing care and enhances health outcomes. The project will be completed during a 30 week period which is encompassed by the Translational Research I and II courses. Translational Research I focuses on the implement and data collection phase of the project.

Prerequisite: NRSG 9310. Additional course that can be taken in the DNP curriculum between NRSG 9310 and NRSG 9320 to assist with timely completion of DNP Project objectives.

Prerequisites: NRSG 8300, NRSG 8420, NRSG 8510, NRSG 8540, NRSG 8520, NRSG 8530, NRSG 9300, NRSG 9310, and NRSG 9400, all with a grade of B or higher. Corequisite: NRSG 9100. The Translational and Clinical Research II: Evaluation and Dissemination course reflects the culmination of practice inquiry knowledge and competencies. The Translational and Clinical Project (TCP) entails student engagement in partnership building with clinicians, stakeholders, and faculty to examine a clinical question/issue. The TCP involves translating evidence to practice and ultimately informs and influences nursing care and enhances health outcomes. This course will focus on the analysis, evaluation, and dissemination of the TCP. At the end of the course the student will have completed the project and have successfully defended the results.

Prerequisites: NRSG 8300, NRSG 8510, NRSG 8540, NRSG 8520, NRSG 8530, and NRSG 9300, all with a grade of B or higher. Corequisite: NRSG 9400L and NRSG 8410. This course builds upon concepts from the Evidence Based Practice I and II courses and focuses on evaluation and outcomes. Additional course topics include community action plans, proposal defense, and revision of IRB application.

Corequisite: NRSG 9400. Lab course for NRSG 9400.