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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.

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.