NURS 514

(I)

Application of Advanced Health Assessment Methods in Advanced Clinical Nursing

1:2:0

14 weeks

Prerequisite: undergraduate-level health assessment course for degree credit or approved CEU course. Expands on undergraduate skills in systematic health assessment across the life span. Teaches application of advanced health assessment skills in specialty advanced nursing practice setting. Integration of skills and techniques in collecting health assessment data towards appropriate decision making, clinical assessments, and therapeutic interventions in select population emphasized.

NURS 550

(I)

Pathophysiologic Bases for Major Health Deviations of individuals

3:3:0

7 weeks

Examines health deviations occurring in people in the United States that require long-term or terminal health care interventions. Deviations are presented within a developmental framework as they influence physiologic integrity at the cellular level. Focus is on man as a whole, open system. Complex health programs from the perspective of maintaining homeodynamics are examined.

NURS 556

(O)

Principles of Assessment & Evaluation in Nursing

3:3:0

7 weeks

Presents techniques of assessment, measurement, and evaluation of nursing knowledge and skills in classroom and clinical settings.  Provides opportunities for the informal assessment of learning; formal construction, analysis and evaluation of tests.  Examines the current research and the legal and ethical principles related to assessment and evaluation in nursing education.

NURS 660

(O)

Seminar in the Ethics of Healthcare

3:3:0

7 weeks

Examines moral dilemmas in the health care profession, with special emphasis on patients' rights, professionals' obligations to other professionals, and issues of social justice in health care. Methods of moral deliberation based on ethical knowledge and justification are applied to ethical dilemmas in health care.

NURS 680

(O)

Theoretical Foundations Related to Nursing

2:2:0

7 weeks

Examination and evaluation of assumptions, concepts, and propositions inherent in selected nursing and related discipline theories.

NURS 685

(O)

Advanced Nursing Research Methods

3:3:0

7 weeks

Prerequisite: admission to graduate nursing program; corequisite: NURS 755 and a graduate-level bivariate statistics course. Examines principles and methods of research in problem identification, theoretical framework, design, data collection, and analysis. Students develop a nursing research proposal.

NURS 686

(O)

Projects in Nursing Research

2:2:0

7 weeks

Prerequisite: NURS 685. Applies knowledge gained in NURS 790 to implement research proposal designed in NURS 790.

NURS 688

(I)

Organization of Nursing and Health Care Delivery Systems

3:3:0

7 weeks

Prerequisite: admission to graduate nursing program. Provides foundational overview of U.S. nursing and health care delivery systems. Surveys key concepts, frameworks, processes, and structures related to health care delivery organizations. Lecture, discussion.

NURS 726

(I)

Perspectives in Nursing Education

3

7 weeks

Uses seminar approach to provide an overview of nursing education.  Provides the foundation for teaching and learning in nursing with emphasis on relevant research.

NURS 727

(I)

Application of Nursing Education Principles to Curriculum and Program Development

3

7 weeks

Prerequisite:  NURS 726.  Uses seminar and discussion forums to analyze and apply theoretical principles and teaching and learning strategies in planning, developing and evaluating nursing programs.  Examines the overall creative, planned and collaborative process of program development and evaluation.

NURS 728

(G)

Practicum & Seminar in Nursing Education I

3

Prerequisites:  NURS 726, NURS 727, EDRS 531 or NURS 556.  Uses seminar/discussion approach and practicum experience to analyze the role and functions of the nurse educator in the academic classroom.  Emphasis is on the application of teaching/learning strategies, legal and ethical issues in nursing education, and role development as a nurse educator.

NURS 729

(G)

Practicum & Seminar in Nursing Education II

3

Uses seminar/discussion approach and practicum experience to analyze the role and functions of the nurse educator in the clinical setting.  Application of research-based teaching and evaluation strategies in the clinical setting are emphasized.