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Think critically about the roles and responsibilities of the community oriented nurse in the context of disease prevention, health promotion, protection, maintenance, restoration, and surveillance of diverse populations. Examine foundational pillars of assurance, assessment and policy development to support population focused nursing care across the lifespan.

Prerequisites:

NURS 363, NURS 364, NURS 365, NURS 366

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Focuses on nursing management of chronic alterations in physiological integrity and meeting needs of patients with commonly occurring chronic health disorders. This course is designed to assist students in the theoretical and practical application of the nursing process to meet the healthcare needs of patients with chronic and rehabilitation needs.

Prerequisites:

NURS 363, NURS 364, NURS 365, NURS 366

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Aging Studies for Nursing Students Minor

Focuses on the critical inquiry of families' health and illness experiences. Includes didactic and experiential learning designed to promote family centered nursing care during transitions within child, teenage, adult and older adult family transitions.

Prerequisites:

NURS 363, NURS 364, NURS 365, NURS 366

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Aging Studies for Nursing Students Minor

Focuses on mental health and psychosocial concepts and the responsibility of nursing in promoting and maintaining psychosocial integrity of individuals. Application of therapeutic communication and caring relationships through evidenced based nursing actions and treatment of common clinical conditions.

Prerequisites:

NURS 363, NURS 364, NURS 365, NURS 366, PSYC 101

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

This course provides an overview of the innovative and entrepreneurial process within healthcare environments. Students conceptualize and develop a workflow or process improvement plan that includes understanding the current state, identifying innovative solutions, forecasting financial and human resource needs, analyzing potential organizational outcomes, and designing an implementation and evaluation strategy.

Prerequisites:

NURS 286

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Health Informatics (BS)

This course provides an overview of legal and ethical issues within health informatics as related to accreditation requirements, licensure and regulatory agencies, payment and reimbursement, management and use of data, information, knowledge, and the technology used to communicate.

Prerequisites:

NURS 286

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Health Informatics (BS)

Focuses on nursing leadership and management skills, organizational structure, care processes; health policy and regulatory processes, quality improvement; and patient/family and consumer advocacy.

Prerequisites:

NURS 410, NURS 411, NURS 413, NURS 416, NURS 417, NURS 426

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Nursing (BS)

Focuses on nursing management of complex or critical multi-system alterations in physiologic integrity. This course is designed to assist students in the theoretical and practical application of the nursing process to meet the healthcare needs of patients with complex, multi-system disorder and critical care needs.

Prerequisites:

NURS 410, NURS 411, NURS 413, NURS 416, NURS 417, NURS 426

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Nursing (BS)

Focuses on the critical inquiry of family, societal, and global health. Expands health understandings and ethical care in addressing emerging global health crises throughout the lifespan.

Prerequisites:

NURS 410, NURS 411, NURS 413, NURS 416, NURS 417, NURS 426

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Nursing (BS)

Focuses on knowledge synthesis and management of patients and families with multi-system alternations in physiologic integrity through use of simulated patient encounters. Students will collaborate with interprofessional teams when providing care and evaluating patients from diverse backgrounds.

Prerequisites:

NURS 410, NURS 411, NURS 413, NURS 416, NURS 417, NURS 426

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Nursing (BS)

Focuses on experiential learning that integrates nursing science in preparing graduates for baccalaureate-generalist nursing practice. Family nursing science is evident in the coordination and provision of care.

Prerequisites:

NURS 450, NURS 451

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Nursing (BS)

Focuses on nursing leadership and management skills, organizational structure, care processes; health policy and regulatory processes, quality improvement; and patient/family and consumer advocacy.

Prerequisites:

NURS 433, NURS 434, NURS 435, NURS 436

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Focuses on nursing management of complex, multi-system alterations in physiologic integrity. This course is designed to assist students in the theoretical and practical application of the nursing process to meet the healthcare needs of patients with complex, multi-system disorder needs.

Prerequisites:

NURS 433, NURS 434, NURS 435, NURS 436

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

An examination of family dynamics and the nursing role focused on advanced family therapeutic communication, facilitation or family care meetings to make informed health care decisions. Examines system issues concerning health care delivery to decision maker within healthcare organizations.

Prerequisites:

NURS 433, NURS 434, NURS 435, NURS 436

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Focuses on experiential learning that integrates nursing science in preparing graduates for baccalaureate-generalist nursing practice. Family nursing science is evident in the coordination and provision of care.

Prerequisites:

NURS 463, NURS 464

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

This course takes an upstream approach to population-based public health care, focusing on health promotion, disease prevention, determinants of health, and fundamental issues of health equity at individual, family, community, and system levels of practice. Learners apply public health science, principles of epidemiology, community assessment skills, systems-level thinking, and policy development to support population-based nursing practice.

Prerequisites:

NURS 320, NURS 382. RN Licensure. Admission to the RN Baccalaureate Completion program.

Graduation Requirements:

Writing Intensive

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

RN Baccalaureate Completion (BS)

Workshop(s) with various topics and titles.

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Workshop(s) with various topics and titles.

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

This capstone course synthesizes the underpinnings of Baccalaureate nursing education. Learners will analyze achievement of program outcomes through reflective journaling and be evaluated on the attainment of these outcomes. Learners explore leadership and management principles necessary for the professional nurse to function effectively in a changing health care system through theoretical and experiential learning. Learners plan an evidence-based capstone project that is designed to improve processes and/or enhance health outcomes while re-envisioning the professional nurse's role and personal power to influence positive change. Must be taken the last semester of the program as a final course, may be taken with other 400 level course(s).

Prerequisites:

RN Licensure; NURS 320, NURS 362, NURS 382. RN Licensure. Admission to the RN Baccalaureate Completion program.

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

RN Baccalaureate Completion (BS)

This interprofessional course provides the opportunity for learners to synthesize knowledge, application and critical evaluation of integrative practices in providing holistic healthcare to individuals and families. The course focuses on theoretical, cultural, financial, historical, and ethical foundations. Safety, efficacy and the evidence base of integrative practices are explored. Interdisciplinary collaboration in providing integrative practices for holistic healthcare is emphasized.

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

This course provides clinical based learning opportunities to encourage application of theory and research bases knowledge in clinical practice. Students will engage in experiences to enhance the development of their professional nursing role.

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Individual study according to outcomes developed by faculty and student(s).

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Health Informatics (CERT)

Examine the roles in health informatics, information technology and analytics while striving to improve individual, family, and societal healthcare outcomes, through the gathering, retrieval, and analysis of data. Students will gain foundational knowledge regarding health, healthcare practices, safety, and compassionate care reflecting an understanding of human growth and development, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and care management across the health-illness continuum, across the lifespan, and in all healthcare settings.

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Health Informatics & Analytics (PSM)

This course prepares learners to understand advanced professional nursing roles. The professional nursing roles will be analyzed focusing on major components including educator, leader, consultant, case manager, and researcher. Socialization into the advanced professional role is explored, including an introduction to evaluation strategies, use of theories and methods of ethics, legal, professional obligations and integrating diversity, equity and inclusion, and social justice as part of the advanced nursing role.

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Advanced Professional Nurse (MS) Nurse Educator | Advanced Professional Nurse (MS) Nurse Leader

This course examines and evaluates concepts, theories, and models that inform advanced professional nursing. Selected nursing theories are analyzed and critiqued utilizing theory formation criteria. Learners will discuss application of nursing science and conceptual models to nursing and critically articulate use of theory-based practice in family, person-centered care, and/or advanced nursing roles. Requires entry into program.

Areas of Interest:

Health Science

Programs:

Advanced Professional Nurse (MS) Nurse Educator | Advanced Professional Nurse (MS) Nurse Leader