Primary Care of Adults and the Aged
(Course sequencing: 26:705:522, 523, 540, 541, 532, 533)
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26:705:522
Primary Care of Adults and the Aged Theory I (3)
Advanced specialized knowledge relevant to young, middle-aged, and older adult clients examined for design and management of clients. Theories and research related to adult response patterns across states of health critiqued.
Prerequisites: 26:705:504, 510, 520; 26:120:547. Pre- or corequisites: 26:705:506, 512, 538.
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26:705:523
Practicum in Primary Care of Adults and the Aged I (3)
Synthesis of theory and research relevant to nursing practice with development of proficiency as advanced practice nurses. Diagnostic reasoning, teaching, and collaborative practice for an adult client population across states of health examined.
Corequisite: 26:705:522.
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26:705:540
Primary Health Care Theory II (3)
Builds on graduate core and specialty knowledge to promote cost-effective, quality primary health care where advanced practice nurses are initial contact for the clients within the health care system, promoting client wellness, diagnosing and treating common health deviations, stabilizing chronic health problems, and referring patients to other providers. Focuses on specific women's and men's health issues.
Prerequisites: Completion of specialty theory and Practicum I courses. Pre- or corequisite: 26:705:513.
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26:705:541
Primary Health Care Practicum II (3)
Continued development of competency in assessment, differential diagnosis, and management of gender-specific health alterations and health-promoting lifestyle changes in women and men.
Corequisite: 26:705:540.
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26:705:532
Primary Care of Adults and the Aged Theory III (3)
Advanced specialized knowledge relevant to nursing of young, middle-aged, and older adults critiqued. Focus on management of adult health and illness in primary-care settings. High frequency health problems emphasized.
Prerequisites: 26:705:522, 523, 540, 541.
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26:705:533
Practicum in Primary Care of Adults and the Aged III (3)
Competency in advanced primary-care nursing to adults across the life span, with emphasis on management of health and illness, health promotion, disease prevention, chronic illness episodes, and acute illness in primary-care settings.
Corequisite: 26:705:532.
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Advanced Practice in Acute Care
(Course sequencing: 26:705:627, 628, 629, 630, 633)
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26:705:627
Advanced Practice: Acute-Care Theory I (3)
Presents a conceptual model for the practice of advanced nursing care of critically ill adults. Focuses on selected physiological and psychological ramifications of trauma and acute illnesses.
Pre- or corequisites: 26:705:506, 512, 538; 26:120:540; 26:705:628. Corequisites: 26:705:504, 510, 520, 528; 26:120:547.
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26:705:628
Advanced Practice: Acute-Care Practicum I (3)
Delivery of advanced acute-care nursing to adults across the life span. Emphasis on advanced practice of ill and injured young, middle-aged, and older adult clients in acute-care settings.
Corequisite: 26:705:627.
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26:705:629
Advanced Practice: Acute-Care Theory II (4)
Advanced specialized knowledge relevant to nursing acutely ill and injured young, middle-aged, and older adult clients critiqued. Focus on management of adult health and illness in acute-care settings.
Prerequisites: 26:705:627, 628.
Corequisite: 26:705:630.
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26:705:630
Advanced Practice: Acute-Care Practicum II (6)
Continued development of competency in delivery of advanced acute-care nursing to adults across the life span. Emphasis on management of illness and injury within a focus of acute-care and advanced nursing practice roles.
Prerequisites: 26:705:627, 628.
Corequisite: 26:705:629.
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26:705:633
Acute Care Advanced Practice III (4)
This
theory and practicum course focuses on the application of knowledge
essential to advanced practice nursing with acutely and critically ill
clients. The focus of this course is on designing and managing
interventional strategies for care of acutely and critically ill
clients, utilizing telecommunication technologies in the delivery of
advanced practice nursing care, and implementing outcome measures.
Prerequisites: 26:705:627, 628, 629, 630.
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Community Health Nursing **
(Course sequencing: 26:705:524, 525, 570, 550, 534, 535)
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26:705:524
Community Health Nursing Theory I (3)
Advanced specialized knowledge relevant to nursing care for health promotion and prevention in populations, groups, and individuals and families in the community examined. Focus on assessment and analysis of patterns of health, interdisciplinary collaboration, program planning, and policy development.
Prerequisites: 26:705:504, 510, 520; 26:120:547. Pre- or corequisites: 26:705:506, 512, 538.
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26:705:525
Community Health Nursing Practicum I (3)
Exploration and analysis of community health nursing in a designated community. Emphasis on the health needs of a community and focus on community assessment: the identification of health problems and/or potential problems, planning and implementation of a community program to alleviate the problem(s), and evaluation of the plans.
Corequisite: 26:705:524.
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26:705:570
Management of Health Data (3)
Students create and manage quantitative data to assess health needs, evaluate health outcome data, and test hypotheses and research questions using descriptive and inferential statistics. Includes assumptions underlying various methods, interpretation, and statistical methods using spreadsheets and a statistical software package. Basic concepts for creating and editing computer files and computer methods taught, with emphasis on application.
Prerequisites: Descriptive and inferential statistics, research methods (master's level).
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26:705:550
Health Promotion Design Practicum (3)
Focuses on application of knowledge essential to advanced practice nursing with populations, aggregates, and individuals and families in the community. Emphasis is on development and utilization of data sets as basis for designing health promotion programs and services.
Prerequisites: 26:705:524, 525.
Corequisite: 26:705:570.
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26:705:534
Community Health Nursing Theory II (3)
Advanced specialized knowledge relevant to the design, implementation, and evaluation of programs that address health promotion and prevention in populations, groups, and the individual/family in the community examined. Focus on planning, implementation, evaluation of programs, and services.
Prerequisites: 26:705:524, 525, 550, 570.
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26:705:535
Community Health Nursing Practicum II (3)
Application of theory to advanced nursing practice, administration, or education in a community setting. Practicum is focused on student-identified role in community health nursing.
Corequisite: 26:705:534.
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Advanced Practice in Women's Health
(Course sequencing: 26:705:522, 523, 540, 541, 528, 529)
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26:705:522
Primary Care of Adults and the Aged Theory I (3)
See description under Primary Care of Adults and the Aged.
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26:705:523
Practicum in Primary Care of Adults and the Aged I (3)
See description under Primary Care of Adults and the Aged.
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26:705:540
Primary Health Care Theory II (3)
See description under Primary Care of Adults and the Aged.
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26:705:541
Primary Health Care Practicum II (3)
See description under Primary Care of Adults and the Aged.
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26:705:528
Advanced Practice in Women's Health (3)
Critically examines theories and research findings related to patterns of high-risk childbearing families. Concepts, models, theories, and patterns that focus on high-risk prenatal and neonatal clients and the role of the advanced practice nurse explored.
Prerequisites: 26:705:522, 523, 540, 541.
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26:705:529
Practicum in Advanced Practice in Women's Health (3)
Practicum in advanced practice with childbearing families with application of concepts, models, and theories essential to care of high-risk childbearing families. Focus on comprehensive assessment; intervention; and care of mothers, neonates, and their families.
Corequisite: 26:705:528.
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Advanced Practice in Pediatric Nursing
(Course Sequencing: 26:705:526, 527, 540, 541, 536, 537)
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26:705:526
Advanced Practice in Pediatric Nursing Theory I (3)
Synthesis of concepts, models, theories, and patterns essential to advanced family nursing practice examined. Construct for advanced family nursing in individual's and family's expressions of primary health during childrearing.
Prerequisites: 26:705:504, 510, 520; 26:120:547. Pre- or corequisites: 26:705:506, 512, 538.
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26:705:527
Advanced Practice in Pediatric Nursing Practicum I (3)
Application of concepts, models, and theories essential to practice of advanced family nursing with childbearing and childrearing families. Focus on comprehensive assessment, intervention, and preventive care for childrearing families.
Corequisite: 26:705:526.
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26:705:540
Primary Health Care Theory II (3)
See description under Primary Care of Adults and the Aged.
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26:705:541
Primary Health Care Practicum II (3)
See description under Primary Care of Adults and the Aged.
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26:705:536
Advanced Practice in Pediatric Nursing Theory III (3)
Critical examination of theories and research findings related to children and their families, utilizing a conceptual framework in delivering care to infants, children, adolescents, and families experiencing acute and/or chronic health care problems.
Prerequisites: 26:705:526, 527, 540, 541.
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26:705:537
Advanced Practice in Pediatric Nursing Practicum III (3)
Application of theories and concepts related to acute and/or chronic health problems in care of infants, children, and adolescents. Design and manage nursing interventions, programs, and resources for the delivery of advanced nursing practice in pediatric settings.
Corequisite: 26:705:536.
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Family Nurse Practitioner
(Course sequencing: 26:705:522, 523, 540, 541, 532, 533, 526, 527)
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26:705:522
Primary Care of Adults and Aged Theory I (3)
See description under Primary Care of Adults and the Aged.
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26:705:523
Practicum in Primary Care of Adults and the Aged I (3)
See description under Primary Care of Adults and the Aged.
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26:705:540
Primary Health Care Theory II (3)
See description under Primary Care of Adults and the Aged.
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26:705:541
Primary Health Care Practicum II (3)
See description under Primary Care of Adults and the Aged.
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26:705:532
Primary Care of Adults and the Aged Theory III (3)
See description under Primary Care of Adults and the Aged.
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26:705:533
Practicum in Primary Care of Adults and the Aged III (3)
See description under Primary Care of Adults and the Aged.
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26:705:526
Advanced Practice in Pediatric Nursing Theory I (3)
See description under Advanced Practice in Pediatric Nursing.
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26:705:527
Advanced Practice in Pediatric Nursing Practicum I (3)
See description under Advanced Practice in Pediatric Nursing.
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Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
(Course sequencing: 26:705:514, 515, 552, 553, 516, 517)
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26:705:514
Human Behavior: Theory I (3)
Advanced practice role with individuals, families, and therapeutic groups as clients. Behavior patterns in chronic mental health problems; patterns of interventions from biological, psychosocial, and developmental perspectives, as well as relevant research examined.
Prerequisites: 26:705:504, 510, 520; 26:120:547. Pre- or corequisites: 26:750:506, 512, 538.
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26:705:515
Human Behavior: Practicum I (3)
Advanced nursing knowledge of individuals, families, and groups is applied to advanced nursing practice. Individual and group patterns assessed in order to plan, manage, and evaluate selected clients. Students develop individual learning contracts congruent with College of Nursing and agency policies.
Corequisite: 26:705:514.
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26:705:552
Family Systems Theory I (3)
Synthesizes advanced practice psychiatric mental health knowledge relevant to high-risk families; examines theories and research findings pertinent to the mental-health care of families. Knowledge needed for mental-health assessment, psychodynamic formulation, and intervention with culturally diverse, high-risk families will be addressed.
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26:705:553
Family Systems Practicum I (3)
Application and integration of knowledge and skills essential to advanced practice psychiatric mental-health nursing with high-risk families. Focuses on assessing families' mental-health needs, developing psychodynamic formulations, delivering empirical-based family interventions, and implementing outcome measures.
Corequisite: 26:705:552.
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26:705:516
Human Behavior: Theory II (3)
Advanced practice role with individuals, families, and therapeutic groups as clients. Behavior patterns in crises and acute mental health problems, patterns of interventions from a short-term perspective, and relevant research examined.
Prerequisites: 26:705:514, 515.
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26:705:517
Human Behavior: Practicum II (3)
Advanced nursing knowledge of individuals, families, and groups applied to advanced nursing practice. Individual and group patterns of behavior are analyzed in order to plan, manage, and evaluate the care of selected clients.
Corequisite: 26:705:516.
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Oncology Nursing
(Course sequencing: 26:705:555, 556, 557, 558, 559, 560)
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26:705:555
Oncology Theory I (3)
Focuses on theory relevant to the diagnosis and management of the adult client with cancer. Designed to synthesize advanced practice knowledge relevant to culturally diverse young, middle, and elderly clients with cancer. Students examine theories, research findings, and evidence-based practice standards pertinent to these patient populations. Knowledge needed for the assessment, diagnosis, and management of these clients in outpatient, inpatient, and hospice care settings is addressed.
Prerequisites: 26:705:504, 510, 520, 538; 26:120:547.
Corequisites: 26:705:506, 512.
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26:705:556
Oncology Practicum I (3)
Application of knowledge essential to the advanced practice nursing of young, middle, and older adults with cancer. Focuses on the diagnosis and management of the adult oncology client.
Corequisite: 26:705:555.
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26:705:557
Oncology Theory II (3)
Focuses on theory relevant to the diagnosis and management of the adult client with cancer and continues the information learned in Oncology Theory I. Covers the primary cancers, including their epidemiology, etiology, detection, diagnosis, management, and implications for the advanced practice nurse.
Prerequisites: 26:705:555, 556.
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26:705:558
Oncology Practicum II (3)
Application of knowledge and skills essential to the advanced practice nursing of young, middle, and older adults with cancer. Focuses on the management and follow-up of the adult oncology client.
Corequisite: 26:705:557.
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26:705:559
Oncology Theory III (3)
Focuses on theory relevant to the diagnosis and management of the pediatric client with cancer and general psychosocial concerns for the person diagnosed with cancer, at any age. Content also covers public health education and prevention, clinical research, and the role of the advanced practice nurse specializing in oncology. Students examine theories, research findings, and evidence-based practice standards as they apply to this population. Knowledge and skills needed for the assessment, diagnosis, and management of these clients in outpatient, inpatient, hospice care, and community settings is addressed.
Prerequisites: 26:705:555, 556, 557, 558.
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26:705:560
Oncology Practicum III (3)
Application of knowledge and skills essential to the advanced practice nursing of infants, children, and adolescents with cancer and to the prevention of cancer in the general public. Attention focused on the psychosocial concerns and issues of the client at any age with cancer, clinical trails, and end-of-life care.
Corequisite: 26:705:559.
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Minor in Nursing Education
(Course sequencing: 26:705:545, 546, 547, 548)
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26:705:545
Design of Curriculum and Instruction (3)
Design and application of principles of curriculum and instructional design in the classroom and clinical settings. Methods and strategies relative to the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains, which are appropriate to the learner, discussed. Curriculum design and learning environments also highlighted.
Pre- or corequisite: 16:300:582.
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26:705:546
Education Practicum I (3)
Application of educational theory courses in the clinical classroom settings. The students practice in an advanced functional role of the nurse educator with students in both the clinical and classroom settings under the guidance of a master's or doctorate-prepared preceptor.
Prerequisite: 16:300:582.
Corequisite: 26:705:545.
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26:705:547
Evaluation and Measurement in Nursing Education (3)
Formative and summative evaluation in both classroom and clinical settings. Test and measurement techniques and instruments appropriate to the clinical and classroom settings emphasized. Evaluation of instruments used for measurement also discussed.
Prerequisites: 26:705:545, 546.
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26:705:548
Education Practicum II (3)
Application of theories of curriculum development, teaching, and learning strategies in nursing schools. Under the aegis of a faculty preceptor, the students have opportunities to participate in experiences specific to nursing education.
Corequisite: 26:705:547.
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B.S./M.S. to Ph.D. Program
(Course sequencing in the nursing research master's component: 26:705:570, 561, 562, 563)
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26:705:570
Management of Health Data (3)
See description under Community Health Nursing.
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26:705:561
Nursing Concepts across the Life Span (3)
Examination of nursing concepts across the life span. Various methods used to conduct concept analyses discussed. Theoretical perspectives underlying these concepts examined. Selected research findings relevant to individual concepts evaluated in light of the theoretical underpinnings and specific phase of human development in which the concepts were studied. Classic and contemporary nursing concepts reviewed.
Prerequisites: 26:705:510, 512.
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26:705:562
Nursing Concepts Relevant to Vulnerable Populations (3)
Focuses on the examination of nursing concepts relevant to vulnerable populations, such as pregnant women, acute and chronically ill individuals, and the underserved. Theories underlying these concepts examined. Research findings relevant to individual concepts evaluated in light of related theories and the vulnerable population in which the concepts were studied. Methods for an integrative review of the research literature and a research synthesis discussed.
Prerequisite: 26:705:560.
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26:705:563
Research Practicum (3)
Emphasizes practical application of knowledge relevant to theory development and research gained in the master's program. The student crystallizes the role of the nurse scientist by preparing a grant application for a predoctoral award at the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) and by exploring other resources available to doctoral education. In this process-oriented course, students construct a grant application under the supervision that focuses on a concept of interest to them, the theoretical perspectives underlying the concept, and gaps in the literature identified by the student's review of the literature. The student proposes a research project and identifies mentors who provide credibility and supervision to carry out the research project. Interdisciplinary collaboration encouraged.
Prerequisites: 26:705:510, 512, 561.
Corequisite: 26:705:562.
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