Nursing

Courses
Course Code and Number, Course Title, Credit(s)

NURS 501 Pathophysiological and Pharmacological Bases for Nursing Practice (5)
This course focuses on the pathophysiologic disruption to system functioning and on the use of therapeutic drugs in the health care setting. This course will provide an understanding of the Therapeutic Experiment and the role of the nurse in managing drug therapy. The student applies previously acquired knowledge in human anatomy and physiology as well as other basic sciences. The course contributes to the scientific basis for nursing practice.

NURS 503 Health Assessment (3)
This course is designed to provide the nursing student with the knowledge and skills necessary to assess individual health as a multi-dimensional expression of bio-psycho-social-cultural well being. Course content will reflect a functional health and systems approach to nursing assessment of humans through all developmental stages.

NURS 505 Introduction to Professional Nursing Practice (4)
This didactic, laboratory, clinical and seminar course introduces students to the concepts of contemporary professional nursing. The student is guided in the application of theory to clinical practice and in the development of cognitive, psychomotor, communication, and therapeutic skills necessary to address common needs and responses of persons experiencing various health states.
Prerequisite: NURS 503

NURS 507 Clinical Nurse Leader Role (3)
This course provides an overview of the nursing profession with an emphasis on the evolving role of the Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) as an entry-level master's prepared professional nurse clinician.  Course content builds on the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) CNL role delineation. Students will gain knowledge of the educational patterns in nursing and the development of the CNL role within the profession. Major issues and trends in nursing will be explored including the scope of practice of the CNL and its potential impact on patient care.  The course will introduce students to the legal and ethical contexts of nursing practice and quality improvement.  Students will gain beginning understanding of concepts applicable to the CNL role, including lateral integration of care, case management, risk anticipation, outcome assessment, patient education and others.  Special emphasis will be placed on the introduction of patient care leadership concepts and the development of basic skills and competencies in problem solving, decision-making, group dynamics, coordination, delegation, collaboration, interdisciplinary communication, and advocacy.  Contemporary issues influencing the nursing profession and the CNL role will be explored.
Prerequisite or corequisite: NURS 505

NURS 508 Community/Public Health Nursing for the Clinical Nurse Leader (5 credits – 3 didactic/2 clinical)
This course provides the foundational principles of community and public health nursing using theory, analytic skills, and related clinical experiences. Global, federal, and state and local public health priorities and policy options are examined to illustrate the nursing process for the care of communities and populations. The sciences providing the evidence base for community and public health assessment, intervention, and evaluation are integrated into the course. These include introductory epidemiology, community based participatory research (including cultural awareness and competence), nursing and social sciences and qualitative methods. Ethical principles and concepts of social justice are incorporated by analyzing the origins of health disparities especially in cases of special (vulnerable) populations.  The U.S. public health system is analyzed relative to the Alma Ata Declaration, U.S. health goals, local emergency preparedness, populations’ access to care, and cost. The historical, current, and future role of nurses who care for populations by empowering individuals, families, and communities is critically analyzed. Students apply evidence-based interventions in a variety of public and private clinical settings.
Prerequisites: NURS 501, NURS 503, NURS 505, NURS 507, NURS 625 Co-requisite: NURS 509, NURS 511, 736

NURS 509 The Childbearing Family for the Clinical Nurse Leader (5)
This course provides an understanding of prenatal, women and family nursing principles through classroom and seminar experiences. Course content builds on the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses’ Standards and Guidelines and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) role delineation.  An evidence-based practice approach is used and emphasis is placed on the biological, psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual aspects of the childbearing experience. Course content includes patient- centered care and examination of the societal and technological issues that influence women and childbearing families. Students will apply theory into clinical practice through nursing care experiences with antepartal, intrapartal, and postpartum families in a variety of inpatient and outpatient settings.
Prerequisites: NURS 503, NURS 505 Co-requisites: NURS 508, NURS 511

NURS 511 Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing for the Clinical Nurse Leader (5)
This course provides an understanding of psychiatric and mental health nursing principles through classroom and related clinical experiences in a variety of settings. Course content builds on the American Nurses Association of Colleges of Nursing Clinical Nurse Leader (CNL) role delineation. Using an integrated Biological, Psychological, sociocultural, environmental, and spiritual approach, students will learn interventions for the care of individuals and groups with psychiatric disorders. Empirical, aesthetic, ethical, and personal ways of knowing are explored as a basis for understanding the holistic needs of persons with psychiatric disorders. Current research, theory, and biological foundations of psychiatric disorders are introduced. Evidence-based interventions, issues of professional and personal involvement in psychiatric mental health nursing, and legal and ethical implications of caring for persons with psychiatric disorders are discussed. The course requires the clinical application of communication, interpersonal, crisis intervention, cognitive behavioral, and motivational interviewing theory and skills. Students apply psychopharmacological principles, critical thinking, patient education skills, support, advocacy and caring in the clinical setting. The therapeutic use of self and the leadership role of the CNL are emphasized. The course provides opportunities for students to learn to function as beginning CNLs in the roles of professional, clinician, outcomes manager, advocate, educator, and life-long learner.
Prerequisites: NURS 501, NURS 503, NURS 505, NURS 507, NURS 625

NURS 514 Adult Health Nursing (6)
This course is designed to introduce Clinical Nurse Leader students to the application of the nursing process for clients in acute care units. Topics fundamental to the provision of client-centered nursing care in the adult acute care environment will be covered.  Lectures, discussion, and clinical application will be used to address topics relevant to beginning nursing practice as a clinical nurse leader.
Prerequisites: NURS 501, NURS 503, NURS 505

NURS 517 Nursing Care of Infants and Children: Family Perspective (4)
This course provides an understanding of how family-centered atraumatic care in the pediatric setting facilitates the health and well being of infants, children, adolescents and their families. The biological, psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual aspects of the child within the context of the family unit are examined.  The strength and the competence of the family are enhanced through emphasis on the development of mutuality and partnerships between the pediatric nurse and the parents. Current pediatric health issues related to wellness and illness are examined utilizing an evidence-based practice approach.  Clinical experiences will afford the CNL student the opportunity to provide nursing care across the continuum of pediatric health care services meeting the physical and psychological needs of infants, children and adolescents in primary, acute, critical and chronic care settings.  Opportunities are provided through a variety of clinical experience for the development and refinement of assessment skills, critical thinking and problem solving skills as well as nursing intervention strategies.
Prerequisites: NURS 501, NURS 503, NURS 505, NURS 507, and NURS 625

NURS 523 Clinical Nurse Leader Emphasis Practicum (8)
This course is the capstone clinical practicum and seminar taken in the final semester of the Clinical Nurse Leadership program of study to facilitate the transition from nursing student to clinical nurse leader. Analysis and synthesis of information from all coursework is applied to the delivery of organized, safe, efficient, outcomes oriented nursing care in a variety of clinical situations.  The components of the course are the clinical and leadership preceptorship, critical thinking, and career planning. The course provides the student with opportunities to apply knowledge from nursing courses (they may also apply previous knowledge from other spheres) and critical thinking skills to clinical situations, patient care leadership, and case studies. The student works with a clinical preceptor to develop, implement and evaluate objectives specific to the clinical patient care and leadership in the emphasis area.
Prerequisites: All program courses are prerequisites to NURS 523 except  NURS  701 and NURS 622. NURS 525 must be taken concurrently. This course is taken during the last semester of the program of study.

NURS 525 Leadership In Clinical Nursing Practice (3)
This course focuses on the leadership roles and management functions expected of the clinical nurse leader in a contemporary healthcare environment. Organizational, economic, regulatory and interpersonal factors that impact nursing practice are explored. The administrative process is emphasized as a framework for analyzing concepts and principles such as system theory, fiscal principles, quality improvement methodologies, planned change and the principle attributes of professionalism, among others. Stress is placed on the development of critical thinking skills and the identification of nursing leadership and research implications. The integration of leadership and management theory and the social responsibility of the nursing profession are emphasized.
Prerequisites/Co-requisite NURS 507 and one major clinical course such as, NURS 509, NURS 508, NURS 511, NURS 514 and NURS 517.

NURS 602 Planning Health Care for Populations (3)
Provides selected conceptual and contextual frameworks needed by advanced practice nurses in the delivery of health care services to populations in an evolving health care system. Introduces a variety of theories and models for managing health care of populations from a population perspective. Involves a wide range of learning activities including using quantitative and qualitative epidemiological methods related to health indicators and accessing relevant health databases for health care planning purposes. Planning concepts and quality indicators needed to effect changes in the health status of selected populations provide practice applications. Cultural determinants of care are also addressed.

NURS 604 Pharmacology of Anesthesia Nursing (3)
This course will provide a comprehensive understanding of the pharmacology of the inhalation anesthetics. The principles of uptake and distribution (pharmacokinetics) of inhalation anesthetics will be discussed along with factors (e.g., flow rates, co-administration of N20, variations in CO) that can influence the rate of rise of alveolar tension. This course will also cover the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of intravenous anesthesia drugs. 
Prerequisite: NURS 723

NURS 605 Comprehensive Adult Health Assessment (3)
Builds on previously learned skills and knowledge to develop advanced skills in obtaining and completing a comprehensive health history and physical, and develop competence in identifying, describing and communicating normal and abnormal findings in a written and oral format. A major focus of this course is on the assessment process.
Prerequisite: NURS623 Co-requisites: NPHY 612

NURS 606 Systems in Health Care Delivery (3)
Provides a systems-level analysis of health care policy trends and their effects on organizations and delivery systems, as well as provider and consumer roles in health care delivery. Investigates policy and societal trends affecting health care, the nursing profession and nursing practice. Analyzes health care delivery systems responding to rapidly changing financial incentives that influence the industry at the community, state, national and international levels. Assesses the dynamics of these changes on the roles of health care providers and consumers from the economic, social, organizational, political, ethical, legal and technological perspectives. Examines nursing roles and leadership strategies for influencing policy decisions. Emphasis is placed on nursing’s role in affecting the health care environment and on the effects of external forces on advanced practice roles and the profession.

NURS 608 Special Problems in Nursing (1–6)
Provides for alternative learning experiences: independent study, development of specific clinical competencies, classes focusing on a variety of special interest topics or topics of an interdepartmental nature. Registration requires permission of advisor. Students may register for one to three credits per semester with a maximum of six credits per degree.

NURS 609 Critical Issues in Health Care (3)
Enables an interdisciplinary group of students to examine the policy, legal and ethical components of a variety of critical issues in health care delivery. Several teaching techniques, including case studies, simulations, mock hearings and panel discussions are used to explore such topics as medical malpractice, rights of patients to refuse treatment, informed consent and substituted consent in medical decision-making, regulation of experimental drugs, cost containment in the health care system and delivery of health care to the poor and indigent. The course is taught by faculty from a variety of disciplines, including law, philosophy, nursing, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, social work and economics.

NURS 610 Pharmacology of Anesthesia Nursing II (2)
This course is a continuation of the study of concepts developed in Pharmacology of Anesthesia Nursing I. In this second semester course emphasis is placed on the study of the uptake, distribution, and biotransformation of anesthetic drugs. The course will also provide information on anesthesia drugs used in clinical specialty areas such as obstetric and pediatric anesthesia and local anesthetics.
Prerequisites: NURS 604

NURS 611 Pediatric Assessment in Advanced Practice Nursing (3)
Utilizes a seminar alternating with laboratory and clinical experiences that emphasize the role of the advanced practice pediatric nurse. Provides the opportunity to refine assessment skills as data is collected and analyzed in the clinical area, using a variety of interviewing, examining and recording skills. Role boundaries, role facilitation and barriers to role implementation are analyzed in seminar sessions. 
Prerequisite or co-requisite:  NPHY 630

NURS 612 Trends and Issues in Women’s Health Care (2)
Focuses on the evolution of women’s health as a discipline and the importance of examining gender-related differences. Discussions include cultural, psychological, social, economical, legal and biological determinants of health and well being of adolescents and women throughout the life span.

NURS 613 Principles of Anesthesia Nursing I (3)
This course provides introductory information pertinent to the clinical practice of anesthesia. Students will build on their previous critical care clinical experience to develop advanced and essential information on providing pre-anesthesia, intra-anesthesia, and post-anesthesia patient care. Emphasis is on basic information in nurse anesthesia about the induction, maintenance, and emergence from anesthesia to include monitoring, patient positioning, and anesthesia record keeping. Additionally, students will build on previously learned skills and knowledge to develop advanced skills in obtaining and completing a comprehensive pre-operative health history and physical. This will allow the student to develop competence in identifying, describing and communicating normal and abnormal assessment findings in written and oral format and using this information to develop an anesthesia plan of care. Prerequisite: None

NURS 614 Principles of Anesthesia Nursing II (3)
This course is designed to further explore and develop concepts taught in Principles of Anesthesia Nursing I with an emphasis on the anesthetic management of the pediatric, geriatric and obstetrical patient. The student will review the specific anesthetic needs, unique physiological requirements and specific safety issues for each specialty. Students will learn to modify their standard anesthesia techniques for healthy adult patients to address the safety issues and unique needs of these groups.
Prerequisite: NURS 613

NURS 615 Regional Anesthesia (3)
This course is designed to provide the anesthesia student with knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pharmacology and clinical aspects of the administration and management of regional anesthesia. The course will review neurophysiology and anatomy, pharmacology of local anesthetics, safety requirements and precautions and contraindications to regional anesthesia as well as correct documentation of regional anesthesia administration and maintenance.  
Prerequisite: NURS 613 and NURS 614

NURS 616 Chemistry for Anesthesia Nursing I (2)
This first basic science in anesthesia course is designed to present a review of inorganic and organic chemistry followed by the principles of biochemistry as it applies to the practice of anesthesia. Students will build on their previous knowledge to develop an understanding of basic chemistry principles that apply to the physiology and pharmacology related to anesthesia.

NURS 617 Technology and Physics Anesthesia Nursing (1)
This course focuses on physics principles required for understanding the mechanisms and actions of anesthetic agents, anesthesia equipment and metabolic theories as they apply to anesthesia practice. Emphasis is placed on the physics of anesthesia including molecular gas laws, density of gases, and physics principles as they apply to anesthesia equipment. Students will build on their previous clinical monitoring experience and expand it to understanding the role of monitoring in vigilance and patient safety during anesthesia. Emphasis is placed on how to check anesthesia equipment to reveal problems before harm comes to the anesthetized patient. 

NURS 618 Special Problems in Primary Care (1–3)
Develops special competencies or facilitates in-depth clinical experience in an independent study format. Students who are not specializing in primary care may elect this experience to study selected concepts relating to primary care nursing. Students may register for varying units of credit, ranging from one to three credits per semester, with a maximum of six credits per degree.

NURS 619 Clinical Practicum in Primary Care I (3–5)
Focuses on refining health assessment skills, interpreting findings, and developing and implementing appropriate plans of care to meet common health maintenance needs of adults and to promote the health of adults with common health problems. Women's Health Nurse Practitioner students register for three credits, and Adult Health Nurse Practitioner students register for five credits. Prerequisite: NURS 605, NURS 723, NPHY 612

NURS 620 Diagnosis and Management in Adult Primary Care I (4)
Prepares the student to diagnose and manage the primary health care needs of adults, including health promotion, health maintenance, acute, self-limiting minor illnesses and stable chronic diseases. Teaches the student to develop diagnostic reasoning skills in clinical decision-making.
Prerequisites: NPHY 612, NURS 605, NURS 723

NURS 621 Technology in Anesthesia Nursing (3)
The course provides a basic integration of the knowledge of clinical anesthesia, physical sciences, and technologies related to the administration of anesthesia. Students will build from their previous clinical experience in monitoring technology and expand to understanding its role in vigilance and patient safety during anesthesia. Emphasis is placed on how to check anesthesia equipment to reveal problems before harm comes to the anesthetized patient. Principles of vaporization, properties of gas molecules, vapors and liquids related to anesthesia practice will also be studied. 

NURS 622  Systems and Population in Health Care (3)
This core course provides an analysis of critical issues in health care delivery and population health. An overview of the design and structure of the U.S. health care system is presented including the policy, regulatory, financial, technological and social dynamics impacting health care organizations, health care professionals, and consumers of health care services. Building on knowledge of the health care system, the epidemiological bases for local and national health care trends are examined. Issues of cultural diversity, health disparities, and social justice in health care are analyzed. Strategies to enable advanced practice nurses to influence policy and resources allocation to improve health and reduce health disparities are covered.

NURS 623 Advanced Assessment of the Critically Ill (3)
Focuses on the assessment of the critically ill patient. Assessment data from invasive monitoring, laboratory tests and diagnostic studies are analyzed.  Clinical experiences in intensive care and trauma units are provided.
Prerequisites or co-requisite:  NURS 605, NPHY 612

NURS 624 Pain Management (3)
Focuses on current issues and concepts related to pain assessment and management. Utilizes a theoretical and research foundation to explore the affective dimensions of pain, the impact on family or significant others, cost-benefit issues in pain management and the relationship between pain and quality of patient care.

NURS 625 Introduction to Gerontological Nursing (3)
The first level course is designed to provide the student with the opportunity to systematically explore concepts relevant to successful aging. Emphasis is placed on normal psychosocial factors rather than the pathological changes associated with aging. Factors which affect the delivery of health services and gerontological nursing care are critically discussed. The appropriateness of research findings for clinical practice will be analyzed. Nursing strategies aimed at health promotion and successful aging are developed.

NURS 626 Processes of Aging: Implications for Nursing Care (3)
Provides an in-depth analysis of specific concepts related to alterations in health of the older adult, especially the frail older adult. Emphasis is placed on assessment methodologies and research-based interventions designed to assist the individual to cope with acute and chronic alterations in health. Emphasis is on improving quality of care for the most frail and disabled older adults across the continuum of long-term care. 
Prerequisites: NURS 625, NURS 701. Prerequisite or concurrent: NPHY 614

NURS 628 Special Problems (1–6)
Provides alternative learning experiences: independent study, development of specific clinical competencies and classes focusing on a variety of special topics. Students may register for varying amounts of credit, ranging from one to three credits per semester, with a maximum of six credits per degree.

NURS 629  Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cancer (2)
Examines patient-centered issues important in the development and detection of cancer.  Provides an overview of cancer epidemiology with emphasis on familial, racial and national disparities in cancer incidence and mortality.  Explores concepts of primary and secondary prevention, risk factors, relative risk, risk perception, risk calculations and risk reduction strategies.  Cancer screening methods are examined with respect to their sensitivity, specificity, cost effectiveness and acceptability to patients.  Policy issues regarding availability and utilization of cancer screening and prevention programs are discussed.  Cultural issues with respect to patient education, health practices, access to health care and attitudes toward illness and cancer are addressed.

NURS 630 FPI:  Health Promotion and Disease Prevention (2)
Focuses on health promotion and disease prevention strategies for patients across the life span.  Addresses the health promotion role of the family nurse practitioner in primary care.  Emphasizes the multi-dimensionality of health promotion and disease prevention within emergent family systems.  Synthesizes data to formulate a comprehensive management plan for patients across the life span. 
Prerequisites or concurrent:  NURS 605, NURS 610, NURS 660.  Concurrent:  NURS 631.

NURS 631 FPI: Practicum: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Practicum (2)
Emphasizes the clinical implementation of health promotion and disease intervention strategies for patients across the life span.  Concentrates on the health promotion role of the family nurse practitioner in primary care settings.  Includes the synthesis of data and the formulation of comprehensive management plans for patients and families. 
Prerequisite or concurrent:  NURS 605, NURS 610, NURS 660.  Concurrent:  NURS 630

NURS 632 FPII:  Clinical Management of Common Health Care Problems (3)
Focuses on developing a knowledge base for effective diagnosis and management of selected acute, commonly occurring health care problems throughout the life span. Integrates pathophysiology, psychopathology and pharmacotherapeutics, with growth and developmental concepts within the context of family theory. 
Prerequisites:  NURS 605, NURS 610, NURS 630, NURS 631, NURS 660.  Prerequisite or concurrent:  NURS 723.  Concurrent:  NURS 633.

NURS 633 FPII:  Clinical Management of Common Health Care Problems Practicum (5)
Focuses on the clinical application of critical diagnostic reasoning skills in the case management of acute commonly occurring health care problems encountered across the lifespan.  Emphasizes clinical integration of pathophysiology, psychopathology, pharmacotherapeutics, family theory, health promotion, growth and developmental processes within family practice settings.  Stresses the diagnostic and therapeutic role of the family nurse practitioner in primary care. 
Prerequisites: NURS 605, NURS 610, NURS 630, NURS 631, NURS 660.  Prerequisite or concurrent: NURS 723.  Concurrent:  NURS 632.

NURS 634 Advanced Health Assessment of the Older Adults (2)
Assists in developing the knowledge and skills necessary for the beginning-level gerontological nurse in an advanced practice role. Focus is on the health assessment of the older adult and the clinical reasoning skills needed to differentiate normal from abnormal changes. Exploration of the advanced practice-nursing role in a variety of health care settings facilitates role transition and realistic understanding of these advanced practice roles.
Prerequisite or concurrent: NPHY 600.

NURS 636 Clinical Diagnosis and Management of the Older Adult (6)
Prepares the student to function as a gerontological nurse practitioner (GNP) in an ambulatory or long-term setting with older adults who present with common acute and chronic health problems. The student applies assessment skills, laboratory/diagnostic methods and clinical diagnostic reasoning skills in caring for older adults. Treatment strategies that include selection of pharmacotherapeutic agents emphasize the total well-being of the older adult (physical, psychosocial, cognitive and environmental components).
Prerequisites: NPHY 612, NURS 625, NURS 605 and NURS 634. Prerequisite or co-requisite: NPHY 614, NURS 723

NURS 637 Anesthesia Nursing Practicum I (3)
This course will build on the previous clinical experiences and lectures to allow the student nurse anesthetist to provide comprehensive anesthesia care through the whole spectrum of the anesthesia process. Students will continue to provide pre-anesthetic assessments, develop anesthesia care plans, provide safe and effective anesthesia pre-operatively, intra-operatively and post-operatively. Students will perform at a basic level under the supervision of a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist or anesthesiologist. Student will present and discuss cases, clinical difficulties and solutions with peers and faculty in weekly clinical conference.
Prerequisite: NURS 614, and NURS 615

NURS 638 Special Problems in Perinatal/Neonatal Nursing (1–6)
Provides for alternative learning experiences: independent study, development of specific clinical competencies, classes focusing on a variety of special interest topics or topics of an interdepartmental nature within the broad category of maternity nursing. Students may register for varying amounts of credit, ranging from one to three credits per semester, with a maximum of six credits per degree.

NURS 640  FPIII:  Management of Complex Health Problems (2)
Focuses on the disease management of complex chronic health care problems in patients across the life span.  Integrates pathophysiology, pharmacotherapeutics, growth and development and health promotion into the context of family practice settings.  Emphasizes the ongoing development of critical thinking skills for comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and therapeutic interventions for chronic health care problems in children and adults. 
Prerequisites: NURS 605, NURS 610, NURS 630, NURS 631, NURS 632, NURS 633, NURS 660, NURS 723.  Concurrent:  NURS 644.

NURS 641 Cancer Management (2)
This is the last of three didactic courses required for completion of the Masters’ specialty track for advanced practice in oncology nursing. Strategies for cure of cancer, treatment of non-curable cancer, and management of commonly encountered symptoms and side effects due to the cancer itself or to the treatment are discussed using relevant clinical research.  
Prerequisites: NURS 723, NURS 629 and NPHY 601

NURS 642 Professional Aspects of Anesthesia Nursing (1)
This course is designed to explore various professional issues and national health policy that affects nurse anesthesia practice and the nurse anesthesia profession. Students will review the history and organization of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) and the responsibilities of the nurse anesthesia councils. Emphasis will be placed on the ethics of nurse anesthesia and the legal challenges and responsibilities of a CRNA.
Prerequisite: NURS 614

NURS 643 Advanced Nursing of Children I (3)
This clinical course emphasizes the role of the Advanced Practice Nurse in the management of acutely ill infants, children and adolescents. Clinical experiences are in hospitals, emergency settings, and trauma/emergent care facilities.  The focus of this course is implementation of the nursing process, advanced psychophysiological assessment skills, diagnostic skills, and pharmacological management and treatment plans for children with acute health needs. A strong emphasis will be placed on the needs of families when children suffer acute illness/trauma and community resources that can assist them. An additional focus of the course is the blending of the clinical specialist roles with practitioner skills. Critical or clinical pathways will provide the foundation for exploring the needs of children and families. This course is taught during the eight week summer session. 
Prerequisites: NURS 611, NURS 710, NURS 713.

NURS 644 FPIII:  Practicum: Clinical Management of Complex Health Problems (3)
Focuses on the management of complex chronic health care problems in patients across the life span.  Emphasizes effective implementation of critical thinking skills for age-appropriate assessment, diagnosis and treatment of chronic health care problems encountered with patients in a variety of family practice settings.  
Prerequisite:  NURS 632

NURS 645 Advanced Nursing of Children II (5)
Focuses on the emerging role of the advanced practice pediatric nurse and the delivery of primary care within the reconceptualization of the health care system. Involves the synthesis of all prior coursework, application of critical thinking to the clinical arena, implementation of the nursing process and advanced physical assessment skills. Emphasizes tertiary care-based services. Prerequisite: NURS 643

NURS 646 Advanced Practice Roles Seminar (2)
Focuses on the emerging role of the advanced practice nurse. Emphasizes role realignment, organizational theory, legal and ethical decisions and management issues in the health care system.
Prerequisite:  NURS 611, NURS 643, NURS 710, NURS 711, NURS 713, NURS 714

NURS 647 Diagnosis and Management of Common Acute Care Problems (5)
Provides the basic knowledge and skills necessary to practice at the beginning level as an advanced practice nurse with adult populations in acute care settings. Emphasizes the development of a conceptualization of the role of advanced practice nurses, skills in diagnostic reasoning and clinical decision-making, and the examination of theoretical and empirical bases for advanced nursing practice. Direct practice content focuses on health problems commonly encountered in acutely ill and injured individuals. Indirect practice content focuses on the critical analysis of medical and nursing interventions commonly used with acutely ill adults. Clinical experiences in acute care settings provide opportunities for the development of diagnostic reasoning and beginning management of common acute care problems.
Prerequisites: NURS 605 and NPHY 600. Prerequisites or concurrent: NPHY 601 or NPHY 620 and NURS 723.

NURS 648 Special Problems in Nursing of Children (1–6)
Provides alternative learning experiences: independent study, development of specific clinical competencies, classes focusing on a variety of special interest topics or topics of an interdepartmental nature within the broad category of nursing of children.
Prerequisites: NURS 611

NURS 654 Principles of Anesthesia Nursing III (3)
The course will build on the information presented in previous courses to familiarize the nurse anesthetist student with anesthetic drugs, techniques and surgical issues unique to the cardiothoracic patient and the surgical patient with cardiac disease. 
Prerequisite: NURS 613, NURS 614

NURS 655 Conceptual Foundations of Family Therapy (2)
This course offers the student an orientation to family theory and various methods and techniques of family therapy directed toward the delineations of family systems and the identification of possible directions and methods of affecting changes in such systems.  The course includes a seminar in family concepts related to different family therapy theorists and provides an opportunity for the student to begin to identify a personal operating position on family theory and therapy.
Prerequisite or concurrent:  NURS 667, Differential Diagnosis of Mental Disorders Across the Lifespan

NURS 656 Conceptual Foundations of Family Therapy: Practicum (3)
This course provides an opportunity for students to apply concepts of family therapy in a clinical setting.  Assessment of multiple families will be undertaken.  Theorectically grounded techniques will be utilized and evaluated.  Students will be expected to critically analyze strengths and barriers to the therapeutic use of self in clinical settings.  This course offers a student the opportunity to integrate family therapy theory with practice applications and provides an opportunity for students to begin to identify a personal operating position on family theory and therapy. Prerequisite or concurrent:  NURS 667.  Concurrent: NURS 655.

NURS 657 Anesthesia Nursing Practicum II (5)
This clinical course provides opportunity for the student anesthetist to continue to develop judgment, insight and knowledge of clinical practice. Students will provide a pre-operative assessment and develop anesthesia care plans for more complex patients under the direct supervision of a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist or an anesthesiologist instructor. Students will operate at a more advanced level, begin to develop more complex anesthesia care plans and administer anesthesia care more independently. Student nurse anesthetists will attend a weekly clinical conference to present cases to their peers and faculty. Students will discuss case problems and achievements and discuss solutions based on discussion with other students and faculty.
Prerequisite: NURS 637

NURS 658 Special Problems in Adult Psychiatric Nursing (1–6)
Provides alternative learning experiences: independent study, development of specific clinical competencies, classes focusing on a variety of special interest topics or topics of an interdepartmental nature within the area of adult psychiatric nursing. Students may register for varying amounts of credit, ranging from one to three credits per semester, with a maximum of six credits per degree.

NURS 659 Organizational and Professional Dimensions of Advanced Nursing Practice (3)
This core course provides content related to organizational and professional challenges experienced by nurses in advanced practice whether in clinical care, education, management, or research. The course examines professional, social and organizational factors that influence work of advanced practice nurses. Roles that advanced practice nurses assume are examined with a particular emphasis on leadership development. Leadership strategies address fiscal management; interdisciplinary, inter-and-intra-organizational collaboration; professional and business ethics; and quality improvement. The course encompasses advocacy for the profession and for clients, management of innovation and change, as well as the strategies and skills needed for working in groups. The course is intended to be taken concurrently with clinical courses.

NURS 660 Advanced Health Assessment: Family (4)
This course focuses on assessment and clinical decision-making in advanced nursing practice within a family context.  Students develop and strengthen skills related to health assessment including physical, psychosocial, cultural, and family dimensions of assessment.  Clinical decision-making skill development focuses on appropriate interpretation of multidimensional assessment data and individualization of assessment approaches based on client situation.  Emphasis will be placed on proper physical examination of newborn, child, and adult clients. 
Prerequisite: NPHY 612

NURS 664 Therapeutic Interventions across the Lifespan in Mental Health Nursing (2)
This graduate seminar course introduces students to selected brief individual and group psychotherapy frameworks.  The course provides an introduction to case formulation and the application of evidence-based interventions in working with diverse clients, significant clinical issues, and populations at risk.  Basic issues and treatment strategies in conducting psychotherapy are highlighted.  These include the establihsment of a therapeutic alliance, patient-centered collaborative planning and treatment, and identification and measurement of therapeutic outcomes. Special emphasis is placed on recognition of the stages of change.  Student will have the opportunity to discuss, analyze and critique relevant clinical applications to special populations across the lifespan.  Legal, cultural and ethical implications of individual and group therapy in the context of the current health care environment will be discussed.
Prerequisite: NURS 667 
Co-requisite: NURS 665

NURS 665 Therapeutic Interventions across the Lifespan in Mental Health Nursing: Practicum (3)
This practicum course provides an opportunity for students to apply concepts of brief individual, and group psychotherapy.  Evidence-based brief individual and group therapy frameworks form the basis of assessment, intervention and evaluation of treatment outcomes.  Students have the opportunity to collaboratively develop therapeutic goals and work with clients in individual and group therapies.  Clinical sites and populations will be seletced according to the student's focus of study (adult or family).  Weekly clinical supervision will provide students with the opportunity to critique process and treatment outcomes in brief individual and group psychotherapy.
Prerequisite: NURS 667 
Co-requisite: NURS 664

NURS 666 Biofeedback
This course will be an entry-level, experiential course in biofeedback, self-regulatory training, and stress-management.  The course covers the content areas of the Biofeedback Certification Institute of America (BCIA) biofeedback certification exam.  These include basic applied psychophysiology and self-regulation, psychophysiological assessment, biofeedback instrumentation, biofeedback training for various conditions, and issues of professional practice.  Students will engage in a wide range of learning activities including lectures, discussions, experiential biofeedback and relaxation training.  Students will ultimately be capable of designing brief biofeedback training protocols for patients with selected disorders.

NURS 667 Differential Diagnosis of Mental Disorders Across the Lifespan (4)
This core specialty course provides the student with the knowledge and skill to perform advanced clinical assessment of mental disorders using the DSM-IV. The course emphasizes a multidimensional approach to assessment that integrates behavioral and social data into a comprehensive clinical evaluation of behavioral dysfunction and mental disorders, with appropriate recommendations for treatment of individuals across the life span. The course incorporates the use and interpretation of psychological behavioral scales, laboratory tests, observational and interview data integrated with the latest scientific knowledge about the biopsychological and socio-cultural dimensions of mental disorders.  Clinical applications, appropriate to the student's population focus of study (adult, geriatric, child and adolescent) allow students to complete comprehensive clinical assessments related to the diagnosis and treatment of major mental disorders.  Students are encouraged to select patients for clinical assessments from medically underserved and vulnerable populations.

NURS 668 Special Problems in Child Psychology (1-6)
Provides alternative learning experiences—independent study, development of specific competencies, classes focusing on a variety of special interest topics or topics of an interdepartmental nature within the area of child psychiatric nursing.  Students may register for varying amounts of credit, ranging from one to three credits per semester, with a maximum of six credits per degree.

NURS 669 Primary Care of Women (5)
Provides the theoretical and clinical foundation for a nurse practitioner to manage health maintenance and nonlife-threatening disruptions specific to women throughout their life span. Collaboration with other health care providers is emphasized. Content includes normal antepartum and postpartum care, contraception, menopause and common gynecological disruptions, including the prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases.
Prerequisites: NURS 611, NURS 619, NURS 620, NPHY 610 for Women’s Health Students: Prerequisite or concurrent: NPHY 608.

NURS 671 Epidemiological Assessment Strategies (3)
This course focuses on assessment of physical and social indicators of public health.  Epidemiologic methodologies will be stressed, with application to public health problems of the student’s choice.  Assessment strategies and applications will continue the aggregate focus introduced in the core.  The course will build on the public health principles and practices introduced in the community/public health nursing specialty curriculum.  Students will be ready to design programs and address needs identified from an empirically based assessment process.
Prerequisite or corequisite: NURS 622

NURS 672 Principles of Anesthesia Nursing IV (3)
The course is designed to build on the information and techniques presented in Principles of Anesthesia I, II and III with an emphasis on the anesthetic management of the trauma patient including orthopedic, neurosurgical, thermal injury, and emergency patients. The student will review the specific anesthetic need of the surgical trauma patient and the emergency surgical patient. Relevant pathophysiology, assessment process, clinical management and safety issues will be emphasized.
Prerequisite/Co-requisites: NURS 627, NURS 637 and NURS 657

NURS 673 Anesthesia Nursing Practicum III (5)
This clinical course provides opportunity for the student anesthetist to continue to develop judgment, insight and knowledge of clinical practice. Students will provide a pre-operative assessment and develop anesthesia care plans for more complex patients under the direct supervision of a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist or an anesthesiologist preceptor. Students will operate at a more advanced level, begin to develop more complex anesthesia care plans and administer anesthesia care more independently. Student nurse anesthetists will attend a weekly clinical conference to present cases to their peers and faculty. Students will discuss case problems and achievements and discuss solutions based on discussion with other students and faculty.
Prerequisite: NURS 637, NURS 654

NURS 674 Anesthesia Nursing Practicum IV (3)
This course is designed to allow the SRNA to further incorporate previous lectures and clinical experience to provide anesthesia to the entire spectrum of patients at an independent level. Student will provide anesthesia under the supervision of a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist or anesthesiologist.  Students will provide a pre-operative assessment, develop an appropriate anesthesia care plan and provide a safe anesthetic with minimal input from their supervising anesthesia provider.
Prerequisite: NURS 673

NURS 675 Advanced Anesthesia Nursing Seminar II (4)
This anesthesia course is the second of two designed to integrate the didactic curriculum with several semesters of clinical anesthesia practice.  Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists (SRNAs) will review the practice of nurse anesthesia using current information and resources reflecting the standards of practice in the field of nurse anesthesia.  Utilizing lecture and discussion students will synthesize and analyze complex didactic and advanced clinical knowledge in a case based approach.
Prerequisite/Corequisites: NRSG 670, NURS 674

NURS 676 Anesthesia Nursing Practicum V (5)
This course is the final clinical practicum of the program.  It is designed to provide the student anesthetist a final opportunity to strengthen clinical skills and incorporate current anesthesia practices into their practice.  Students will practice under the direct supervision of a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist or anesthesiologist at an independent level. Students will assess patients, develop care plans and provide anesthesia for all types of cases with minimal input from the supervising anesthesia provider. The clinical conference is designed to allow the SRNA to meet with their peers and faculty to discuss recent cases, problems and solutions.  Students in their final practicum are expected to assist lower level students to find solutions to their clinical problems. 
Prerequisite: NRSG 670, NURS 674

NURS 677 Elements of Clinical Research Design and Organization (3)
Introduces students to the field of clinical research.  Types and phases of clinical research, consideration of sampling, study goals including primary and secondary endpoints, protocols, design elements, ethical principles, consideration of alternative therapies, biotechnology, social science interventions and regulatory requirements. Students will participate in evaluating study design criteria and critically assessing implications for clinical trial organization, legal and regulatory compliance, and establishment of responsibilities and a collaborative environment for clinical research study personnel.
Prerequisite: NURS 701

NURS 678  Special Problems in Community/Public Health Nursing (1–3)
Provides alternative learning experiences: independent study, development of special clinical competencies, classes focusing on a variety of special interest topics or topics of an interdepartmental nature within the broad category of community/public health nursing. Students may register for varying amounts of credit, ranging from one to three credits per semester, with a maximum of six credits per degree.

NURS 679 Advanced Practice Roles and Health Care Delivery Systems (3)
In this course students analyze the role and influence of the advanced practice nurse/clinical nurse specialist on the health care environment and on the delivery of care. Clinical experiences and seminars focus on the diverse leadership responsibilities of the advanced practice nurse/clinical nurse specialist.
Prerequisite: NURS 726 for Trauma, Critical Care, and Emergency nursing students.

NURS 681 Clinical Research Management (3)
Administrative components of clinical research including legal and regulatory issues, contract negotiation, financial planning, budgeting and management in consideration of study design and organization that involves issues such as cash flow, payment structures, and economic evaluation will be examined.  Project planning, data quality, information management and quality control will provide a practical foundation for the management of clinical research.  The role of individuals involved in clinical research will be discussed and criteria for establishing successful studies will be identified. Prerequisites: Elements of Clinical Research, Implementation of Clinical Research.

NURS 683 Practicum for Advanced Clinical Practice (4)
Supervised experience is provided by each clinical program to prepare the graduate student to function in advanced practice roles. Placement may be in community or home settings, chronic and long-term care facilities and critical care areas.
Prerequisites: NURS 621, NURS 622, NPHY 600. Concurrent: NURS 755.

NURS 684 Implementation of Clinical Research Study Requirements (3)
Standards for the conduct, performance, monitoring, auditing, recording, data collection and analyses and reporting of clinical research that provide the basis for establishing Good Clinical Practice (GCP) will be examined.  This includes the management of culturally diverse clinical trials that may involve “ intra-national” as well as international studies.  Issues involved in informed consent, records maintenance and storage, management of drugs and devices and required investigator file contents provide a focus for study planning and operational procedures.  Patient recruitment and retention methodologies will be detailed.  Students will gain experience in competing required Case Report Forms, managing data meeting HIPAA requirements and developing a recruitment campaign.
Prerequisites/Corequisites: Elements of Clinical Research

NURS 687 Comprehensive Health Assessment of the Older Adult (1)
Focuses on the assessment of all aspects of the older adult's health status, including health promotion, health protection, and disease prevention. Clinical reasoning skills to differentiate normal changes associated with aging from abnormal findings associated with disease processes are also emphasized.  Exploration of the advanced practice nursing role in clinical, geriatric health care settings facilitates the student's role transition and realistic understanding of the advanced practice role.
Prerequisite: NPHY 612
Co-requisite: NURS 605

NURS 688 Special Problems in Nursing Education (1–6)
Develops further competencies in teaching through independent study. Students may register for one to three credits per semester, with a maximum of six credits per degree.

NURS 689 Special Problems in Clinical Specialization (1–6)
Independent study in any area of clinical specialization. Students may register for varying amounts of credit ranging from one to three credits per semester with a maximum of six credits per degree.

NURS 690 Managerial Health Finance (3)
Focuses on the role and responsibility of the administrator in fiscal management of health care institutions in both the public and private sectors. Training is provided in resource management and accountability. Conceptual and practical issues related to health care economics, financial management and budget preparation are stressed.
Prerequisite: NURS 606

NURS 691 Organization Theories: Application to Health Service Management (3)
Serves as a foundation for other curriculum offerings in administration. The content is based upon social science theories and the administrative elements of planning, organizing, leading and evaluating, especially as these are evident in the organizational setting. Management principles are outlined and issues related to organizational behavior in the health care industry are discussed. A realistic focus is developed through the use of simulation, small group exercises, self-assessment instruments and audio-visual aids.

NURS 692 Administration of Nursing and Health Services (3)
Focuses on professional and organizational dynamics of administration such as strategic planning, resource analysis, quality improvement, grievance and labor relations and prototypic technology that impact future health care systems. Case analysis is used to ensure analytical thinking and relevancy. Business planning is used to stimulate the thoughtful development and analysis of decisions designed to guide organizational futures.
Prerequisite: NURS 691

NURS 693 Clinical Research Practicum (5)
This capstone course prepares students for clinical research management positions. Exposes the student to clinical research management in a live research environment. Students work with a preceptor a minimum of 135 hours during the semester and attend a two-hour weekly seminar to integrate theory into practice. Pre-requisites: Elements of Clinical Research, Clinical Research Management; Co-requisites: Implementation of Clinical Research.

NURS 695 Practicum in Health Services Leadership and Management (5)
This is the concluding course of the Health Services Leadership and Management track preparing students for advanced or executive leadership and management responsibilities in selected health care organizations.  Course content builds and integrates theoretical knowledge and skills acquired in prerequisite coursework.  The course centers on an intense administrative/management practicum (maximum of 200 hours for the semester). The field setting provides a backdrop for students to participate in and discuss a wide range of possible organizational forms with varying levels of system integration existing in today's health care environment.  In addition, the practicum allows students to integrate into organizations at the administrative/management level to observe and put into practice a range of leadership tasks.  Discussions and written assignments provide the students with the opportunity for comparative analysis of theoretical and conceptual principles and those experienced in the field setting.  Individual aspects of the practicum will be negotiated between the student, precepetor, and family facilitator.  Students are encouraged to maximize learning experiences and be as flexible as possible.
Prerequisites: NURS 690, NURS 691

NURS 697 Nursing and Health Policy Theory (3)
Focuses on the analysis, formulation and implementation of health policy viewed from a historical perspective with an examination of selected current issues in nursing and health care. Attention is given to the role of nurses in influencing policy decisions and to socializing graduate nursing students to policy roles. The role of the nurse policy analyst is examined in depth, and nurses employed in this role are interviewed to determine how nursing background and experience contribute to their effective functioning in the health policy arena.
Prerequisite: POSI 601
Concurrent: ECON 652 and POSI 603

NURS 698 Special Problems in Nursing Administration (1–6)
Develops further competencies in the area of administration through independent study. Students may register for one to three credits per semester, with a maximum of six credits per degree.

NURS 701 Science and Research for Advanced Nursing Practice (4)
Focuses on the acquisition, evaluation and interpretation of information designed to link nursing theory and science as a foundation for advanced nursing practice. Working from a body of literature related to broad and middle range theoretical frameworks, the course includes active involvement in an ongoing program of research critique with emphasis on applications to and implications for nursing practice, consideration of the usefulness of selected theories and research for relevance to nursing practice and the development of beginning skills to undertake selected research activities.

NURS 704 Program Evaluation in Nursing (3)
Introduces various models and approaches available for the evaluation of nursing programs in both educational and service settings. Focuses on the components of various models, their relative strengths and weaknesses and their utility for the evaluation of nursing programs. Opportunities to assess program evaluation efforts in nursing are also provided. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.

NURS 706 Primary Care of Women: Introduction to Nurse-Midwifery (3)
Provides theoretical and practical preparation to provide women with safe and effective nurse-midwifery care for common health problems.  Applies the nurse-midwifery management process and model, which incorporates current theories, evidence-based research and clinical experiences relevant to nurse-midwifery, to the provision of primary care to women.  Focuses on advanced health assessment techniques used by nurse-midwives in the management of common health problems and the role of the nurse-midwife as a provider of primary health care.
Prerequisite: NURS 605

NURS 707 Evidence Based Practice in Mental Health (1)
This course introduces students to the unique challenges of maintaining an evidence-based nursing practice (EBP) in mental health nursing.  It provides the student with advanced concepts and skills for developing and maintaining self-directed lifelong learning habits so that current knowledge in the discipline is maintained.  During six two-hour sessions and one 3-hour session, students will use independent and collaborative learning techniques to develop these skills.

NURS 708 Special Problems in Nursing Research (1–6)
Develops further research competencies through independent study. Registration upon permission of instructor. Variable amounts of credit, ranging from one to three per semester may be taken, with a maximum of six credits per degree.

NURS 709 Managed Care Services (3)
Provides an analysis of the health care environment relative to managed care. Evaluates patient service models, techniques for resource identification and acquisition, and methods to standardize and evaluate care. Provides a frame of reference for understanding case management from an organizational and administrative process perspective.
Prerequisite: NURS 691

NURS 710 Health Supervision of the Well Child I (3)
Provides the beginning preparation to assume the role of primary care provider for children 0–10 years of age. Provides an in-depth analysis of theories and behaviors relevant to health promotion and the advanced practice role. Normal growth and development is emphasized. The role of the advanced practice nurse as an educator is highlighted.
Prerequisite: NURS 611

NURS 711 Health Supervision of the Well Child II (3)
Provides the beginning preparation to assume the role of a primary care provider for adolescents. Normal growth and development are emphasized. The role of the advanced practice nurse as a collaborator and researcher is highlighted.
Prerequisite: NURS 710

NURS 713 Common Health Problems of Children I (3)
Focuses on selected health problems of children frequently encountered in ambulatory settings and the underlying alterations in health equilibrium. Emphasis is placed on problem identification, application of appropriate regulatory processes and evaluation of the effectiveness of intervention.
Prerequisite: NURS 611

NURS 714 Common Health Problems of Children II (3)
Focuses on selected health care problems of children and the underlying alterations in health equilibrium. The problems considered are of a more complex nature than those studied in NURS 713 and more prevalent in older children and adolescents. Problem identification, application of appropriate regulatory processes and evaluation of the effectiveness of intervention are emphasized.
Prerequisite: NURS 713

NURS 715 Advanced Primary Care of Children (5)
Designed to integrate and synthesize the material from all previous coursework and new concepts relevant to the pediatric nurse practitioner in primary care. Clinical experiences require the assumption of a more independent role in assessing and managing the health care of children from birth to adolescence as part of a multidisciplinary health care team.
Prerequisites: NURS 711, NURS 714

NURS 716 Diagnosis and Management in Adult Primary Care II (4)
Focuses on the skills necessary to diagnose and manage the complex health care needs of adults in primary care settings. Diagnostic reasoning skills in clinical decision-making are refined. Specific attention is paid to role issues relative to primary care nurse practitioners.

NURS 717 Clinical Practicum in Primary Care II (3)
Provides the opportunity to function as an adult nurse practitioner in primary care settings with adults who have complex health problems. Synthesizes and integrates previously learned concepts to promote the health of adults and develop more independent diagnosis and management of patients with multisystem problems.

NURS 718 Advanced Primary Care of Women (6)
Provides the opportunity to provide care to women with complex health problems across the life span. Focuses on implementing advanced practice concepts for nursing care, theoretical models and nursing role for the advanced practice women’s health nurse practitioner in a variety of settings, including high-risk perinatal centers, ambulatory women’s health centers, home care settings or school-based centers.

NURS 719 Clinical Aspects of Drug Abuse (3)
Emphasizes information on commonly misused and abused psychoactive drugs, the genesis of addiction, the clinical expression of addiction and the use of various types of intervention, therapies and supports. A one credit clinical practicum is designed to enhance the care of patients who misuse or are addicted to alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.

NURS 723 Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (3)
Provides advanced knowledge of commonly prescribed pharmacologic agents. Rationales for the use of pharmacologic agents in the treatment of selected health problems are presented. Clinical considerations for drug selection and initiation, maintenance and discontinuation of drug treatment are examined. Legal requirements and implications for pharmacotherapy are reviewed.

NURS 724 Special Problems (3)
Provides the opportunity to study a topic of interest within nursing and includes classes on a variety of special interest topics of an interdepartmental nature.

NURS 726 Diagnosis and Management of Complex Acute Care Problems (4)
Provides the advanced knowledge and skills necessary to function as an acute care practitioner. Promotes refinement of skills in assessment, diagnostic reasoning and clinical decision-making, and development as well as implementation of nursing interventions for critically ill patients. Analyzes the emerging role of the acute care nurse practitioner within the legal constraints of the health care delivery system. Examines the theoretical and empirical basis for diagnosing and managing adult patients with complex acute care problems. Clinical experiences focus on collaborative care of adult patients with complex health problems.
Prerequisite:  NURS 647

NURS 727 Advanced Acute Care Management (4)
Emphasizes increased independence in the assessment, diagnosis and management of acutely ill adults with multisystem problems. Clinical experiences and seminar sessions are designed to assist in the integration and synthesis of previously learned concepts in managing acutely ill adults across the continuum of acute care. Emphasis is on increased independence and decision-making in an interprofessional environment. Clinical and professional practice issues are explored.
Prerequisites: NURS 726

NURS 728 Legal and Regulatory Issues in Nursing (2–3)
Presents an overview of the legislative, regulatory and judicial systems of national and state governments as sources of health care law. Selected court decisions that include nursing malpractice, patients’ rights, informed consent, termination of treatment and assisted suicide are discussed. Class time will be allocated to research laws affecting health care providers in the Annotated Code of Maryland and the Code of Maryland Regulations. Students meet with representatives to the Maryland General Assembly and attend a legislative hearing. Variable credit: 2 credit seminar, 1 credit special project.

NURS 729 Essentials of Managed Care (3)
Provides an overview of concepts and principles fundamental to understanding a system dominated by managed care. The health care environment, pertinent organizational structures, financing arrangements, disease management strategies and accreditation mechanisms are examined. Emphasizes nursing implications, public policy reform initiatives and ethical dilemmas. Variable credit: 2 credit seminar, 1 credit special project.

NURS 730 Environmental Health (3)
Provides an overview of environmental areas for study, emerging environmental issues, major health hazards and identification of responsibilities for advanced practice nurses and other health professionals. Reviews the history of environmental health legislation and regulatory agencies. Uses a framework for analyzing major environmental health issues to explore how the environment can influence health. Recognition of the need for interdisciplinary teamwork in assessment, diagnosis and community-wide or population-based health promotion/disease prevention interventions is highlighted.
Prerequisite: None

NURS 731 FP IV:  Integrative Management of Primary Health Care Problems (2)
Emphasizes the multi-faceted implications of the role of the advanced practice nurse.  Provides the forum for addressing role issues encountered in primary care settings, comparing clinical experiences, implementing marketing strategies and clarifying professional licensure/certification/practice requirements.  Integrates the management of acute and chronic health care problems. 
Prerequisites:  NURS 605, NURS 610, NURS 630, NURS 631, NURS 632, NURS 633, NURS 640, NURS 644, NURS 660, NURS 723.  Concurrent:  NURS 741.

NURS 732 Program Planning and Evaluation in Community/Public Health (3)
Focuses on the systematic inquiry of the foundations of advanced community/public health program planning and evaluation. Emphasis on the assessment, planning and evaluation of population/community focused health promotion/disease prevention programs and projects. 
Prerequisites: NURS 622, NURS 701,  or Co-requisites: NURS 762, NURS 671 and permission of the faculty.

NURS 733 Leadership in Community/Public Health Nursing (3)
Focuses on integration and application of principles of leadership, management, program planning, implementation and evaluation in population-based efforts to provide affordable quality care. Special emphasis is placed on the practical skills needed for the community/public health nurse to succeed as a leader and manager in the current domestic and international health care environments.
Prerequisites: NURS 671, NURS 732, NURS733, NURS 671, NURS 762, Co-requisite:  NURS 753

NURS 734 Advanced Diagnosis and Management of the Older Adult (7)
Develops the ability to assess, diagnose and treat the older adult in a variety of settings. Focuses on more independent diagnosis and management of patients with complex or multiple problems. This course consists of parallel clinical experience and seminar sessions that are designed to assist in integrating and synthesizing previously learned concepts in the care of the older adult in long-term care and ambulatory-care settings.
Prerequisites:  NURS 605, NURS 625, NURS 634, NURS 723, NURS 636, NPHY 612 and NPHY 614.

NURS 735 Applied Toxicology (3)
Surveys the principles of toxicology that pertain to human health and the environment.  Includes the historical background of toxicology; principles of absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination; effects of toxic agents, food additives and pollutants with effects on general and susceptible populations; comparative effects on other animal populations; risk communication and the integration of these principles into public health practice.  Provides knowledge and working insight into toxic environmental hazards that can affect the diverse human populations that are served by community health nurses and other public health professionals.  Uses an interdisciplinary approach to meet course objectives. 

NURS 736 Computer Applications in Nursing and Health Care (3)
This introductory course in nursing informatics is designed to foster the attainment of the knowledge, skills and abilities essential for beginning a successful career as a nursing administrator, educator, or expert clinician in an information technology enabled health care environment. The organizing framework develops themes of social context, technology, information, nursing and healthcare. Emphasis is given to the nursing application of information technology. Components of computer technology are identified and defined, and their functions analyzed. Clinical, administrative, and educational computer applications are analyzed. Resources that can assist the nurse and health care professional learn more about computers in health care are discussed. The social, ethical, and legal issues associated with information technology enabled health care delivery systems are analyzed.  Learning activities include using word processing, databases management, and spreadsheets are nursing tools; identifying bibliographic resources through on-line computer searching; evaluating computer software; and analyzing principles of automated administrative systems to propose solutions for existing concerns in nursing. 

NURS 737 Concepts of Nursing Informatics (3)
Emphasizes the skills of information technology applications and the principles and practices of nursing and health care informatics.  Utilizes the organizing framework introduced in NURS 736 and incorporates themes of social context, technology, information and nursing and health care. Explores system selection, implementation, research and evaluation.  Considers organizational theories in relation to information system planning, implementation and evaluation.  Examines the analysis of health care data and its language, the management of ongoing information systems for health care and the use of technology standards in system development.  Analyzes the impact of information systems on health provider roles and on emerging information technology roles.  Learning activities include development of an RFP for an appropriate information system to meet identified health care needs, planning the implementation of an information system and identifying the impact of select trends on the design of health care information systems.
Prerequisites: NURS 691 and NURS 736

NURS 738 Practicum in Nursing Informatics (3)
Involves precepted practicum experiences in selected agencies/corporations (health care agencies, vendor corporations or consulting firms) that reinforce and enhance the skills needed to analyze, select, develop, implement and evaluate information systems that impact nursing and health care.  Emphasizes experience in project management, consultation, user interface, systems design, evaluation of system and role effectiveness and application of research skills.  An average of eight hours a week (96 hours total) is spent in the practicum experiences. A two-hour interactive seminar held every other week provides the opportunity to share practicum experiences and receive feedback in analyzing activities.
Prerequisites: NURS 691, NURS 736, NURS 737

NURS 740 Advanced Practice Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing Leadership (4)
This capstone course is designed to provide the student with opportunities to synthesize learning experiences in psychiatric nursing.  Under the guidance of a qualified preceptor, the student will enact the advanced practice psychiatric clinical specialist or psychiatric nurse practitioner role, applying theoretical and experiential knowledge from all previous course work. The clinical practice requirements are based on the expected competencies for the advanced practice nurse in psychiatric mental health nursing as outlined by the American Nurses Association (2006) and the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner faculties (2003).  Clinical conference sessions are designed to assist problem-solving framework, to determine optimal psychiatric mental health care for individuals, families, groups and special populations.
Prerequisites: NURS 605, NURS 667, NURS 751, NURS 752 and at least one psychotherapy course. Students needing to take any of these courses  as co-requisites should check with their advisor. 

NURS 741 FP IV: Practicum:  Integrative Management of Primary Health Care Problems (7)
Focuses on preparing family nurse practitioner students to function independently at a beginning level of practice in a variety of primary care settings.  Individualized practice with designated preceptor(s) provides the integrative clinical experiences necessary to refine specialized knowledge and skills in family practice and selected primary care settings. 
Prerequisites:  NURS 605, NURS 610, NURS 630, NURS 631, NURS 632, NURS 633, NURS 640, NURS 644, NURS 660, NURS 723.  Concurrent:  NURS 731.

NURS 742 Primary Care of the High-Risk Neonate (3)
Provides the skills necessary to provide primary health care to high-risk infants in the home and at follow-up clinics. Course material includes detailed physical assessment skills of the infant through the first year of life. The clinical component includes preparation for discharge, community resources, home visits and experience in the ambulatory setting. Small group clinical seminars focus on critical analysis of primary health care issues for the high-risk infant in the home and follow-up clinic. Through clinical practice, advanced clinical skill in the assessment, intervention and management of the high-risk infant after discharge from the acute care setting through the first year of life is demonstrated.
Prerequisites: NURS 639, NURS 649, NURS 743.

NURS 743 Neonatal and Pediatric Pharmacology (3)
Focuses on providing in-depth knowledge of commonly prescribed pharmacological agents used in the care of healthy and high-risk neonates, children and adolescents. Rationales for the use of the various pharmacological agents in the treatment of selected health problems are also presented. Clinical considerations in drug selection, as well as initiation, maintenance and discontinuation of pharmacotherapy are examined. Legal requirements and implications for pharmacotherapy are reviewed. 

NURS 744 Research Seminar in Environmental Health (1)
This interdisciplinary research seminar will focus on the critique of environmental health studies with a special emphasis on understanding the challenges involving exposure assessment, defining and measuring health outcomes, and methods of participatory research.  Students will begin to formulate research questions to examine the practice of nursing and other disciplines within the context of environmental health.

NURS 748 Advanced Nursing of the High-Risk Neonate II (1–7)
Continues the development of the role of the advanced practice nurse in the management of normal and high-risk families and infants. Focuses on the continued development of the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed for expert physical and psychosocial assessment of high-risk neonates and their families. Special emphasis is placed on conditions and situations common to the neonate experiencing complications. Focuses on the acquisition of the psychomotor skills required for the care of high-risk neonates.
Prerequisites: NURS 639, NURS 649, NURS 743.

NURS 749 Advanced Nursing of the High-Risk Neonate III (1–6)
Focuses on continuing to manage care of the high-risk neonate with an emphasis on developing collaborative relationships with other members of the health care team in a clinical setting. Continuing discussion of the advanced practice role is also completed in this course. With completion of this course and NURS 742, all requirements specified by the National Certification Corporation (NCC) for the certification examination as a neonatal nurse practitioner are met.
Prerequisites: NURS 639, NURS 649, NURS 743.

NURS 750 Interdisciplinary Seminar in Environmental Health (1)
This interdisciplinary course will introduce students to various roles that occupational and environmental medicine physicians, occupational health nurses, environmental health nurses, industrial hygienists, toxicologists, and environmental health epidemiologists, attorneys, and journalists play in promoting environmental health. Students from these various disciplines will work together on case studies in environmental health designed to demonstrate the interdependent activities of all disciplines in effectively promoting the environmental health of a community.
Prerequisites: NURS 730 and NURS 735 or permission of the instructor.

NURS 751 Psychopharmacology (3)
Provides advanced knowledge of commonly prescribed psychopharmacologic agents. Pathophysiologic theories of the etiology of psychiatric disorders are reviewed. Rationales for the use of specific pharmacologic agents in the treatment of selected disorders across the life span are addressed. Examines distinguishing characteristics of various psychotropic medications and clinical considerations in the selection, initiation, maintenance and discontinuation of drug treatment. Legal, ethical and cultural implications of pharmacotherapy are also critically reviewed.
Prerequisite: NURS 667. Concurrent: NURS 752.

NURS 752 Neurophysiology of Mental Disorders (2)
Introduces the neurobiological aspects of psychiatric disorders. Builds from a review of basic neuroscience, including neuroanatomy, neurophysiology and psychoneuroimmunology, to a study of selected functional systems of the brain. Current neurobiological research on selected psychiatric disorders is described. The fundamentals of neuroimaging, EEG and other neurodiagnostic approaches are discussed.

NURS 753 Practicum in Leadership in Community/Public Health (4)
Provides an opportunity to synthesize and apply knowledge acquired in nursing core and community health courses during this 150-hour capstone clinical course. Provides an opportunity to develop leadership skills. Involves a precepted clinical public health nursing leadership placement, an analysis of leadership experience and the completion of a project. Projects may involve developing a new program initiative, planning for change in an organization’s activities, evaluating an activity, analyzing a leadership or policy issue, analyzing and evaluating health promotion/disease prevention outcomes or participating in a community development initiative. Seminars related to clinical experience are held every other week for two hours.
Prerequisites: NURS 671, NURS 701, NURS 732, NURS 761, NURS 762, co-requisite: NURS 733

NURS 754 Seminar in Psychopharmacology for Children and Adolescents (1)
Provides the opportunity for case study discussion on the use of psychopharmacologic agents with children and adolescents, using applied practicum cases at an advanced level.  Emphasis is placed on integration of theory and practice and in-depth examination of the modifications in psychotropic drugs required for children and adolescents.  Current research, ethical and legal issues surrounding the use of psychopharmacology with children is emphasized. 
Prerequisites:  NURS 661, NURS 667.
Prerequisites or concurrent:  NURS 751, NURS 752.

NURS 755 Families in Crisis (2)
Introduces the systems theory orientation for understanding human functioning within a family system, with an application of this orientation to personal, patient/family and health care delivery systems. The family is the unit of study, with systems theory analyzed and applied to clinical issues and situations in various health care settings (acute, chronic, inpatient, outpatient and long-term care facilities). Clinical intervention with families and supervision are components of this course.

NURS 761 Populations at Risk in Community/Public Health (3)
Focuses on the mission of public health and the various organizations that support the responsibilities of public health at the international, national and local levels. Processes and dynamics, such as family systems, support and risk communication, that influence public health and populations at risk are explored. A risk assessment analysis is used to select a population at risk. Factors that influence the effectiveness of health promotion/disease prevention programs and projects targeted to aggregates, families and populations are analyzed. Responsibilities of community/public health clinical nurse specialists are explored in relation to core public health functions: assessment, policy development and assurance.
Prerequisite or corequisite:  NURS 622

NURS 762 Practicum in Program Planning and Evaluation for Community/Public Health (3)
Focus is on the application of systematic inquiry of the foundations of advanced practice in community/public health program planning and evaluation.  Emphasis is on the assessment, planning and evaluation of population/community focused health promotion/disease prevention programs and projects.
Co-requisite: NURS 732 and license to practice nursing in State of selected nursing clinicial site.

NURS 767 Leadership for Magnet Status (3)
The Magnet Recognition Program, administered by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), is designed to recognize acute care nursing services that have achieved high levels of excellence in the provision of nursing services and demonstrate the ability to attract and retain professional registered nurses. Designation as a Magnet Hospital is the highest level of recognition that ANCC can accord to an organized nursing service. This course critically examines the history, structure, procedures and processes of the Magnet Recognition Program. Particular attention is given to the methodology used to evaluate applicant agencies and the nursing research base related to the Magnet phenomenon is explored.

NURS 768 Clinical Practicum for Adults Across the Lifespan (5)
Focuses on refining communication skills, health assessment skills, interpreting findings, applying epidemiological concepts and developing and implementing plans of care for adults across the lifespan with health maintenance needs and/or common acute and chronic health problems. Emphasis will be on initial workups of new patients, limited short-term relationships with these patients and the evaluation and management of patients with self-limiting acute problems, or stable chronic illnesses as a beginning step in learning diagnosis and management of health problems.
Prerequisites: NPHY 612, NURS 605, NURS 687, NURS 723

NURS 769 Society, Health and Social Justice (3)
This course examines social, cultural, and political-economic determinants of health from sociological and social epidemiological perspectives. The concept of social justice is used as a conceptual framework to investigate population health inequities that exist in social class, race, ethnic  and gender groups in the United States. The course addresses the central question: “How does the structure of the society influence the health and illness experience of its population?” The course examines what a society is, how it works, and what the pathways are through which social forces differentially impact class, race, and gender groups. The course will focus on specific mesosocial contexts, such as the workplace, the community and the physical environment, which are particularly important in transmitting macrosocietal forces to the individual. The process of globalization  and the role of social movements in shaping public health will also be discussed. The course concludes by examining innovations in health policy and practice that are currently emerging in an effort to address the adverse health impact of inequitable social environments.
Prerequisites: None for masters or doctoral level students, permission of instructor for undergraduate students.

NURS 771 Antepartum Midwifery (4)
Provides theoretical and practical preparation to provide women with safe and effective nurse-midwifery care during an essentially normal pregnancy. Applies the nurse-midwifery management process and model, which incorporates current theories and evidence-based research and clinical experience relevant to nurse-midwifery, to the provision of care to healthy women and women at risk. Focuses on health promotion, addresses risk assessment of deviations from normal in pregnancy and addresses collaboration with other health professionals.
Prerequisites: NPHY 608, NURS 605, NURS 778. Concurrent: NURS 723, NURS 779.

NURS 777 Diagnosis and Management of Sdults Across the Lifespan (4)
Focuses on the development of critical thinking skills to address health care problems of adults across the lifespan, develop differential problem solving skills and determine appropriate management interventions. The management of common acute and chronic health conditions will include evidence based primary prevention, drug and treatment therapeutics, and referral to other health care providers.  Traditional nursing strategies such as education, interpersonal communication, and counseling will continue to be stressed.  Case study analyses, group process, lecture and on-line modalities are the principal teaching methodologies used to promote student centered learning.
Prerequisites: NPHY 612, NURS 605, NURS 723 

NURS 778 Gynecological Midwifery (4)
Provides theoretical and practical preparation to provide safe and effective nurse-midwifery care to essentially healthy non-pregnant women throughout the life-span.  Applies the nurse-midwifery management process and model, which incorporates current theories, evidenced-based research and clinical experiences relevant to nurse-midwifery, to the provision of care to healthy women and to women at risk who seek gynecologic care including family planning, preconception counseling, late postpartum care, perimenopausal and menopausal care and care for sexually transmitted diseases and reproductive tract infections.  Emphasizes health promotion, appropriate screening, cultural sensitivity and family-centered care.
Prerequisite or concurrent: NURS 605

NURS 779 Intrapartum Midwifery (4)
This course continues the theoretical and practical analysis of the nurse-midwife's role as a provider of safe and effective care to women and newborns during the essentially normal process of labor and birth.  Students will learn to apply the nurse-midwifery model in the provision of care to healthy women and newborns.  Appropriate screening, health promotion and culturally sensitive care are continued from the Introduction to Intrapartum Midwifery.  This course includes risk assessment and nurse-midwifery management of the laboring woman and her fetus, including pain management and common complications of childbirth.  Current theories and evidence based on research and clinical experience relevant to nurse-midwifery are presented.
Prerequisites: NURSG 708 

NURS 780 Midwifery Professional Roles (2)
Provides theoretical and practical analyses of the professional role of the certified nurse-midwife. Addresses the history of nurse-midwifery, components of the nurse-midwifery role, the administrative and economic issues of nurse-midwifery practice, legislative and regulatory issues, collaboration with other professions and legal and ethical issues in nurse-midwifery practice.
Prerequisites: NPHY 608, NURS 605, NURS 706, NURS 723, NURS 771, NURS 778, NURS 779.
Concurrent: NURS 782.

NURS 781 Advanced Assessment of Computer-Assisted Instruction (3)
Explores the psychological underpinnings of computer-assisted instruction and challenges the participants to apply those theories in the development of working products. Introduces several software authoring products available on the market (e.g., Authorware, Toolbook, Hyper-Card), and focuses on Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML), the language that forms the basis of the phenomenon known as the World Wide Web. Media-rich interactive programs in HTML are produced and made available on the World Wide Web.
Prerequisite: NURS 685 or permission of instructor.

NURS 782 Complex Midwifery (3)
Provides theoretical and practical preparation to provide safe and effective nurse-midwifery care to women and newborns who are at risk or require complex care.  Applies the nurse-midwifery management process and model, which incorporates current theories, evidence-based research and clinical experiences relevant to nurse-midwifery, to the provision of care to women and newborns and to women during pregnancy, childbirth, the postpartum period and throughout the lifespan.  Emphasizes an enhanced research-based knowledge of perinatal and gynecological complications, triage, risk assessment and collaborative practice. 
Prerequisites: NPHY 608, NURS 605, NURS 706, NURS 723, NURS 771, NURS 778, NURS 779.
Concurrent: NURS 780.

NURS 783 Midwifery Integration (7)
Concludes the theoretical and practical preparation to provide safe and effective nurse-midwifery care both to healthy women, with a focus on the childbearing years, and to healthy newborns, as well as to women and newborns who are at risk or in need of complex care.   Focuses on the assumption of direct responsibility for the management or co-management, collaboration or referral as appropriate, of the patient’s obstetrical and gynecological or neonatal care.  Applies the nurse-midwifery management process and model, which incorporates current theories, evidence-based research and clinical experiences relevant to nurse-midwifery, to the provision of care.  Applies the knowledge acquired during previous coursework and clinical practice in a collaborative, independent, comprehensive and safe manner with preceptors and faculty who serve primarily as resources to confirm or augment management plans.
Prerequisites: NPHY 608, NURS 602, NURS 606, NURS 701, NURS 706, NURS 723, NURS 771, NURS 778, NURS 779, NURS 780, NURS 782.

NURS 784 Health Care Information Systems Project Management (3)
Provides a managerial perspective to methodologies, procedures and politics for the execution of projects in the health care/information technology marketplace. Examines how projects can be managed from start to finish, including specific emphasis on planning, controlling and risk management to avoid common pitfalls. Topics include essential project management concepts, needs identification requirements planning, project costing, scheduling, resource allocation, project politics, roles, responsibilities and communications, vendor management, work management and what to do when challenges arise. Based on a model for health care informatics practice, and emphasizes learning to plan, organize, direct and control information technology projects.

NURS 785 Health Care Database Systems (3)
Addresses how data are captured, stored, structured, processed and retrieved in automated systems. Relevant examples and practical applications of database design, construction, implementation and maintenance within a health care context are studied. Central topics include database design, data structures and modeling, development of database management systems, manipulation of data within a database using query language, database security and using databases to address problems in health care settings.
Prerequisites: none; IFSM 636 recommended.

NURS 786 Systems Analysis and Design in Health Care (3)
Provides an understanding of the most common tools, techniques and theories currently used in systems design and analysis.  Studies the process of information systems development in which technical, organizational and human aspects of systems are analyzed and changed with the goal of creating an improved system.  Emphasizes that, in spite of the advanced technology surrounding computer-based information systems, the process of systems analysis and design largely remains an art, dependent on the skills of individual analysts and designers, based on established principles, methods and tools.

NURS 787 Theoretical Foundations of Teaching and Learning in Nursing and Health Professions (2)
This course will provide a foundation in theory and application of essential knowledge for education in a variety of settings.  Content includes the teaching/learning process, the learning environment, organizational standards theories of learning and organization of teaching and learning.

NURS 788 Complex Clinical Practicum for Adults Across the Lifespan (4)
Stresses application of concepts presented in the Diagnosis and Management of Adults Across the Lifespan (NURS 777) course. The focus is on refining health assessment skills, interpreting findings, developing and implementing appropriate plans of care to meet common health maintenance needs of adults and to promote the health of adults with more compex health problems. The student will gain increased expertise in communication skills, health assessment skills, interpreting findings, epidemiological concepts and developing and implementing plans of care. The emphasis will be placed upon managing an aging population with complex, chronic health needs.
Prerequisites: NPHY 612, NURS 605, NURS 687, NURS 723

NURS 789 Advanced Diagnosis and Management of Adults Across the Lifespan (4)
Prepares the student to diagnose and manage complex, multiple and chronic health needs of adults across the lifespan in primary care settings. Diagnostic reasoning skills and advanced decision-making are refined. Specific attention is paid to role, legal, policy, and healthcare finance issues relative to primary care nurse practitoners.  The student will focus on the progression of the patient problem, refine differential problem solving skills and determine appropriate management interventions. The student is expected to synthesize previously learned concepts in primary care nursing.
Prerequisites: NURS 788

NURS 791 Instructional Strategies and Assessment of Learning in Nursing and Health Professions (4)
This course prepares the student to select and gain skill in using instructional strategies appropriate to the learning style of adults and to the topic to be taught, and to make those choices on the basis of an understanding of the behavioral and physiological processes of learning. The course includes both didactic and experiential micro-teaching experiences and provides a strong linkage to techniques for evaluating the impact of various instructional strategies on learning. A full range of educational technology and simulation technology will be employed in learning experiences. Theory and practice of the assessment of learning as applied in diverse settings in health care are addressed.  Attention is given to basic measurement principles of reliability and validity, test construction, assessing skill acquisition and competence, and interpreting results from measures.
Prerequisite or Co-requisite: NURS 787

NURS 792 Practicum in Teaching in Nursing and Health Professions (3)
Theoretical knowledge and skills acquired in pre-requisite courses will be applied in a practicum of teaching experiences (average of 9 hours/week) that is precepted by a master teacher. Individual aspects of the practicum will be negotiated between the student and faculty in a learning contract.  Synthesis of aspects of role development activities in this course as well as aspects of course/program evaluation will be accomplished in a regularly scheduled seminar.
Prerequisite: NURS 791

NURS 793 Organizational Transformation (3)
Focuses on organizational evaluation and strategic redesign of health care systems. Issues creating an impetus for organizational change are examined. Theories and models of traditional organizational structure and of creative and collaborative redesign are discussed.
Prerequisites: NURS 691 and NURS 692 or permission of instructor.

NURS 794 Advanced Clinical Practicum for Adults Across the Lifespan (5)
Focuses on diagnosis and management of adults who have complex and multiple health problems. The student will synthesize and integrate previously learned concepts to promote the health of adults and develop more independent diagnosis and management of patients with multi-system problems. Using a problem solving approach and evidence based practice guidelines, the student will determine an optimal plan in relation to both short and long-term health related goals for clients they see on an ongoing basis. Emphasis is on increased independence and decision-making in a multidisciplinary environment.  The student is expected to assume an increase responsibility for the quality of health care rendered and to participate in evaluative activities.
Prerequisites: NURS 788

NURS 795 Clinical Syndrome Management of Older Adults (2)
Focuses on diagnosis and management of older adults who have multiple health problems and complex clinical syndromes.  The student will be able to synthesize and integrate previously learned concepts to further refine the advanced application of assessment, differential diagnoses skills, and increasingl