Pre-Baccalaureate ABSN-DNP

NURS2003 Focuses on the development of critical- thinking skills in order to forumlate independent judgments, make decisions essential for nursing practice, and develop fundamental professional attitudes and values. To this end, students are introduced to critical thinking skills, nursing theory, the nursing process, role socialization and the nursing curriculum's conceptual model of caring as it applies to the well elderly population.

NURS2004 The major focus of this course is the theoretical basis of essential fundamental psychomotor skills necessary for professional nursing practice.

NURS2005 This course, which builds on the development of critical thinking skills, assists students to define who they are, as individuals, in relation to attitudes of self and interactions with others, including one's family. Topics covered include an assessment of self, stress- management, empowerment, family-systems concepts, cultural awareness and bereavement.

NURS2007 This course is designed to provide the students with current knowledge concerning the wide spectrum of pharmacologic agents. Emphasis is placed on the nurse's role in the administration of safe and therapeutically effective drug therapy. Major drug classifications are discussed in relation to administration methods, pharmacologic effects, toxicity, and nursing precautions and implications. Pharmacotherapeutics is discussed in relation to life span development changes, religious preferences and cultural customs.

NURS3300 This course focuses on selected health needs on adult clients and integrates physiologic, sociocultural and behavioral alterations throughout. A broad scientific knowledge base is presented with an emphasis on prevention, caring, empowerment and critical thinking. Current nursing therapies for managing care of adults with pathopsychologic alterations are presented.

NURS3310 Within the context of exploding knowledge, increasing client acuity and increasing demand for professional accountability, the focus of this course is on application of crucial theoretical and clinical issues essential to the practice of psychiatric- mental health nursing in the 21st century.

NURS3320 This course focuses on women's health and its impact on families. Students address the health care needs of women throughout their life span, and nursing care needs of the child bearing family, from conception through the puerperium. Among the topics covered are the reproductive years, women's interface with the health care system, health problems unique to women, health care issues that affect women and women's role within the family.

NURS3340 In this course, students analyze the nursing care needs of the child from infancy to young adulthood within the context of a family. Emphasis is placed on the application of knowledge from the biological sciences, humanities and nursing to clinical nursing practice.

NURS4410 This course emphasizes holistic care of clients in the community, considering families and undividuals in a variety of settings, e.g., home, workplace, school, and clinics.

NURS4420 An exploration of the current health care environment with implications for beginning- level managers. Topics to be discussed include managed care, health care delivery models, interdisciplinary team building, resource management, performance improvement and conflict resolution.

NURS4430 The professional nurse as a research consumer. Critical appraisal skills developed as a basis for evaluating research finding for application to clinical practice. Learning activities designed to facilitate students' understanding of nursing research and professional role development.

NURS4440 This capstone course focuses on illness management strategies that integrate information from nursing, medicine, surgery, and pharmacotherapeutics. Current therapies and interventions are explored.

NURS6615 Examines legal implications, pharmacologic action and the monitoring of drug therapy responses of clients needing various classifications of drugs in the management of health conditions.

NURS6620 This course will focus on the comprehensive health assessment of culturally diverse adult clients. Using a system approach, the student will synthesize and analyze data relative to the health promotion of the adult population. The course will address the health assessment needs of select populations across the life span of the adult. Ethical and legal implications of health assessment will be addressed.

NURS6682 This course will introduce the student to the health care management of adult-Geriatric clients in the primary care setting, utilizing quality and safety education for nurses (QSEN)in developing competencies in the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to continuously improve outcomes within the primary care setting. Students will identify and treat common deviations in health. Using a systems approach, this course will examine those alterations in health which are frequently encountered and managed by adult nurse practitioners in primary health care settings. All aspects of the health maintenance and disease management are emphasized, including but not limited to disease lifestyle modifications, nutritional needs, pharmacotherapy, client education, rehabilitation, and evaluation of treatment plans.

NURS7702 This course critically analyzes the theories and research from biological and social sciences and the humanities which explain/ predict human responses to health and illness. The patholophysiological changes will be related to the cues and symptoms for diagnosis of episodic, common, and recurring health problems. Students will explore traditional and non-traditional approaches care. The focus of this course is nursing interventions that promote health, prevent illness, ameliorate pathological responses, and foster quality of life.

NURS7735 This course will continue to examine, assess, diagnose and treat alterations in health which are frequently encountered and managed by adult-gerontology nurse practitioners using a systems approach. The student will also utilize QSEN (Quality and Safety Education for Nurses) to improve patient outcomes in the adult-geriatric population.

NURS7759 This course will continue present the principles of disease management of adult-gerontology clients in the primary care setting. Role development of the advanced practice nurse will be integrated throughout the course. Students are expected to apply the QSEN (Quality and Safety Education for Nurses) principles and competencies in their role as advanced practice nurses in the primary care setting. Multi-dimensions of disease states frequently encountered and competently manage by advanced practice nurses will be discussed.

NURS8000 This course focuses on the principles and conduct of research in the health care professions. Emphasis is on techniques for the control of variables, data analysis and interpretation of results. Students will do in depth analysis of the interrelationship of theoretical frameworks, design, sample selection, data collection instruments and data analysis techniques. Content is discussed in terms of clinical nursing research problems and application to clinical settings.

NURS8001 This class is designed as an accelerated course to demonstrate applied statistical procedures in medical/nursing contexts. Students will analyze medical/nursing research using major statistical techniques. At the completion of the course, students will be able to identify experimental variables, understand and apply terminology, eyeball-estimate the descriptive and inferential statistics appropriate for data sets, determine which inferential statistcs, if any, should be applied to analyze a data set, evaluate data using the appropriate statistical tools, calculate all statistical tests and interpret findings.

NURS8002 This course offers an overview of trends in the delivery, financing and organization of health services in the United States. Contemporary approaches to managing quality, access and costs are considered in the context of their social and ethical implications. Fundamentals of market competition and government policymaking are reviewed to form the foundations for discussing the political economy of health services delivery.

NURS8003 This course will explore the concepts of health disparities and social justice with particular attention to the structural causes of historical and contemporary inequalities as they relate to race and socio-economic status. Methods of calculating different measures of health disparity will be analyzed, and strategies for creating equality in access to health care will be explored. The course will examine legal and ethical issues affecting health care.

NURS8004 Emphasis in this course is placed on methods for designing evidence-based studies and processes for obtaining and evaluating findings as scientific evidence for practice. Students will design projects to address emerging clinical problems. Methods to develop best practices and practice guidlines and to facilitate the evaluation of systems of care that will improve patient safety and outcomes will be explored.

NURS8007 The focus is on biophysical, nursing, psychosocial, and organizational sciences as the basis for the highest level of nursing practice, research and healthcare delivery. The emphasis in this course is on translation and utilization of theory to DNP nursing practice and research. Knowledge from the biophysical, psychosocial and organizational sciences are analyzed and evaluated for application to nursing research and practice.

NURS8008 Focus is on the application of information technology (IT) and information systems (IS) to improve health care effectiveness. It explores IS/IT concepts, models and frameworks that enhance decisions re: Implementation, planning, and evaluation of information systems for use in health care. The course provides the learner with the information to evaluate and utilize information technology and systems to support and improve nursing and health care systems.

NURS8009 Focuses on the principles of epidemiology and genomics and their effects on global health promotion and disease prevention in aggregates. Global health issues and their impact on individuals and communities will be explored and analyzed. Environmental health concepts, emerging infectious disease and emergency preparedness are included.

NURS8010 Examines leadership issues and the role of the nurse executive in quality management. The development of quality standards and benchmarking, and the design and implementation of quality initiatives will be examined. The processes for collecting and analyzing appropriate data for management decisions will be discussed.

NURS8011 The emphasis is placed on developing leadership competencies of the DNP student. The role of the DNP as a clinical and organizational leader will be explored. Organizational and change theories will be discussed and applied to organizational and clinical problems. The student will gain an understanding of grant writing as a tool for facilitating organizational change. Fifty hours of the residency will be completed in this course.

NURS8012 Provides an understanding of the theory and processes related to the making of decisions that determine the direction and success of the organization. Students will gain an understanding of strategic management and organization design concepts, theories, and techniques in order to illuminate the processes of strategy making and implementation. In addition, this course will enable the student to gain insight into the concept of entrepreneurship, its importance for an organization and the challenges associated with it. Case analysis will be used to apply theories and processes learned in the course.

NURS8013 Building on the planned residency experiences of NURS 8011 and under the mentorship of a doctorally prepared preceptor, students immerse themselves in the role of clinical or organizational leader. Individual contracts will be developed. Residency placements are made dependent on current experiences and students? goals. Students are required to complete 150 hours in Residency I. Prerequisite: All DNP core and specialty courses.

NURS8015 The Evidence Based Project is a faculty guided experience that provides evidence of critical thinking and aims to improve outcomes in clinical and organizational settings.