Nursing (NUR) courses
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NUR 631 Gerontological Health Care
This course will address health issues of older adults, including the normal biological and psychosocial aging process, common health problems, and access to and use of health services. It includes international models of aging and geriatric care. The focus is on healthy aging and adaptation to chronic health conditions. This course has a community experience component. May be taught concurrently with NUR 501. Cannot receive credit for both NUR 501 and NUR 631.
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NUR 632 Rural Health
This course offers a study of health care delivery in rural communities. It includes theoretical foundations, cultural considerations, and specific characteristics of rural environments and people. Local and international perspectives will be explored. This course has a community experience component. Identical with SWK 602. Cannot receive credit for both NUR 632 and SWK 602. May be taught concurrently with NUR 502. Cannot receive credit for both NUR 502 and NUS 632.
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NUR 633 Transcultural Healthcare
Prerequisite: permission of instructor.Exploration of health beliefs, values, and practices of other cultures. This is a short-term Education Abroad course. May be taught concurrently with NUR 503. Cannot receive credit for both NUR 503 and NUR 633.
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NUR 635 Healthcare Informatics
Integration of health, computer and information sciences in managing information to support healthcare and research. Development of skill in managing information and using information systems relevant to health care. May be taught concurrently with NUR 515 and NRS 515. Cannot receive credit for NUR 515 and NRS 515 and NUR 635.
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NUR 640 Advanced Human Pathophysiology
Prerequisite: admission to a graduate nursing program or permission of instructor.Exploration of pathophysiology with focus on health care problems relevant to nursing. May be taught concurrently with NUR 565. Cannot receive credit for both NUR 565 and NUR 640.
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NUR 695 Independent Study in Nursing
Prerequisite: permission of instructor.Special topics for individual students may be offered as specific topics of interest or as needs arise which are not covered by courses or content in the program. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours as topics change. May be taught concurrently with NUR 596. Cannot receive credit for both NUR 596 and NUR 695.
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NUR 696 Special Topics in Nursing
Prerequisite: permission of instructor.Special topics for groups of students may be offered as specific topics of interest or as needs arise which are not covered by courses or content in the program. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours as topics change. May be taught concurrently with NUR 597. Cannot receive credit for both NUR 597 and NUR 696.
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NUR 700 Epidemiology
Prerequisite: admission to a graduate program in Nursing.This course is an introduction to the epidemiological methods and procedures utilized in the study of the origin, distribution, and control of disease. It will include the study of infectious and non-infectious disease etiology, including vector control, host defenses and resistance, and investigation of disease outbreaks. Students will learn to use basic epidemiological concepts and methods for program planning, evaluation, and research. Basic statistical measures used in the analysis of clinical and epidemiological evaluations, including measures of disease frequency and measures of absolute and relative effects, will be covered. Identical with PBH 720. Cannot receive credit for both NUR 700 and PBH 720.
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NUR 701 Nursing Science
Prerequisite: admission to a graduate program in nursing or permission of instructor.This course is designed to address how nursing science has evolved and the state of the art of nursing science. Emphasis will be placed on analysis and critique of existing nursing models and theories.
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NUR 703 Population Health: A Local to Global Perspective
Prerequisite: admission to a graduate program in nursing or permission of instructor.This course fosters development of advanced knowledge of health systems and social determinants of population health from a local, state, national, and global perspective. The phenomena of cultural competence, health disparities, health promotion, community health assessment, and a global health outlook will be explored. The course is a pre/corequisite for NUR 704.
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NUR 704 Population Health Practicum
Prerequisite: admission to a graduate program in nursing or permission of instructor; NUR 703 or concurrent enrollment.This course is a clinical component of NUR 703. The clinical experience will include 48-96 hours of immersion into a vulnerable, underserved or culturally diverse population.
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NUR 705 Population Health Management I
Prerequisite: NUR 703 and NUR 704 and admission to a graduate program in nursing or permission of instructor.This course builds on foundational knowledge of population health concepts, models, skills, roles, and technology used to identify the health care needs of vulnerable populations experiencing health disparities. An emphasis is placed on data science, risk management, and program planning and development of interventions across the continuum of care.
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NUR 706 Population Health Management II
Prerequisite: NUR 703 and NUR 704 and NUR 705 and admission to a graduate program in nursing.This course builds on knowledge and skills in population health used to deliver, manage, and evaluate health care across the care continuum. Achieving sustainable solutions to health disparities and evaluation of outcomes in terms of quality, safety, effectiveness, satisfaction, and fiscal considerations are emphasized. A focus on disease prevention and management using health informatics, data science, and models of collaborative health care delivery is provided.
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NUR 711 Advanced Roles and Leadership in Nursing
Prerequisite: admission to a graduate program in Nursing.Examination of advanced nursing roles with emphasis on role theory, leadership, and advanced competencies.
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NUR 729 Acute Care Treatment Modalities I
Prerequisite: admission to a graduate program in nursing or permission of instructor.This course will introduce a variety of diagnostic and treatment modalities common to the acute care setting to be utilized in practice as an Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP). The course will require an on-campus residency where hands-on techniques will be used to teach AGACNP students common procedures used in the acute care setting as well as faculty observed head to toe assessment which must be completed prior to matriculation into clinical courses.
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NUR 730 Family Practice I
Prerequisite: admission to a graduate program in nursing or permission of instructor.Emphasis on evidence-based clinical practice to promote health and prevent chronic disease. Didactic and clinical experiences include assessment, diagnosis and management of acute health problems in the geriatric, adult and pediatric population. Includes clinical experiences of not less than 96 hours.
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NUR 733 Advanced Physical Assessment and Health Promotion
Prerequisite: admission to a graduate program in nursing or permission of instructor.Advanced critical thinking, communication and diagnostic skills needed to obtain comprehensive and focused history and physical exams, analyze assessment data, and focus on health prevention and promotion.
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NUR 734 Advanced Physical Assessment and Clinical Reasoning
Prerequisite: admission to a graduate program in nursing or permission of instructor.Advanced critical thinking, communication and diagnostic skills needed to obtain comprehensive and focused history and physical exams, analyze assessment data, generate differential diagnoses, evaluate and utilize screening and diagnostic modalities appropriately. An evidence-based practice framework will be utilized. Identical with ANE 734. Cannot receive credit for both NUR 734 and ANE 734. Variable credit course.
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NUR 735 Acute Care Treatment Modalities II
Prerequisite: NUR 729 and NUR 745 and NUR 755 and permission.This course will build on previous treatment modalities and clinical courses. An online case study and discussion format will be used to guide students to apply the acute care knowledge gained in previous courses as they develop their role as Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioners. This course should be completed prior to the final clinical semester.
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NUR 745 Acute Care I
Prerequisite: NUR 729 or concurrent enrollment and permission.This course will introduce practicing master's and doctoral prepared nurses to the role of Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. This is the first course designed to prepare the student to assess, diagnose, and manage the complex and acutely ill adult and geriatric patient. The course will build on previous theory, technology, and pharmacological knowledge and incorporate advanced physical assessment, diagnostics, and evidence-based guidelines for the care of the complex and acutely ill adult and geriatric patient. Teaching methods including both didactic and clinical components. The clinical component includes no less than 168 direct-care hours.
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NUR 750 Family Practice II
Prerequisite: admission to a graduate program in nursing or permission of instructor.Emphasis on evidence-based clinical practice to promote health and prevent chronic disease. Didactic and clinical experiences include assessment, diagnosis and management of chronic health problems in the geriatric, adult and pediatric population. Includes clinical experiences of not less than 96 hours.
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NUR 755 Acute Care II
Prerequisite: NUR 729 and NUR 745 and permission.This course will further develop concepts necessary for practice as an Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner acquired in Acute Care I. The course will continue to build on previous theory, technology, and pharmacological knowledge and incorporate advanced physical assessment, diagnostics, and evidence-based guidelines for the care of the complex and acutely ill adult and geriatric patient. Teaching methods include both didactic and clinical components. The clinical component includes no less than 168 direct-care hours.
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NUR 761 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics
Prerequisite: admission to a graduate program in nursing or permission of instructor.An in-depth analysis of clinical pharmacotherapeutics for nurses in advanced nursing roles. Emphasis on pharmacotherapeutics as it relates to common conditions in diverse populations across the life span. Outcomes, safety, quality, and cost are explored. Ethical and legal ramifications will be examined.
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NUR 762 Prescriptive Practices for the Advanced Practice Nurse
Prerequisite: admission to the graduate program in Family Nurse Practitioner or permission of instructor; and concurrently enrollment in NUR 761, section 1.This course is taken in conjunction with NUR 761 Section 1, to further investigate pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics for the advanced practice nurse. Emphasis will be placed on drug management and rationale prescribing including regulatory considerations.
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NUR 765 Applications of Advanced Pathophysiology
Prerequisite: admission to a graduate program in Nursing or permission.An overview of advanced pathophysiology concepts as related to diseases in diverse populations encountered in advanced nursing roles. Evidenced-based practice and clinical reasoning will be synthesized from pathophysiology, nursing, medicine, and other applicable arts and sciences.
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NUR 770 Family Practice III
Prerequisite: admission to a graduate program in nursing or permission of instructor.This course covers special clinical topics in nurse practitioner practice including, but not exclusive to procedures, emergencies/trauma, wilderness medicine, pain management, and generic disorders. Includes clinical experiences of not less than 96 hours.
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NUR 772 Advanced Research Methods in Nursing
Prerequisite: admission to a graduate program in nursing or permission of instructor.Critical analysis of the researcher role, the research process, and research ethics within a nursing framework. Application of learned principles will result in the development of the research proposal.
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NUR 775 Acute Care III
Prerequisite: NUR 729 and NUR 735 and NUR 745 and NUR 755 and permission.This course will further develop concepts necessary for practice as an Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and will build on knowledge acquired in Acute Care I and II to guide the student in the developing the Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner role. The course will continue to build on previous theory, technology, and pharmacological knowledge and incorporate advanced physical assessment, diagnostics, and evidence-based guidelines for the care of the complex and acutely ill adult and geriatric patient. Teaching methods include both didactic and clinical components. The clinical component includes no less than 224 direct-care hours.
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NUR 780 Teaching/Learning for Health Care Educators
Prerequisite: admission to a graduate program in nursing or permission.Designed to examine works of major learning theorists and investigate research related to teaching methods and learning. Identification of teaching/learning strategies used in health care education and practice.
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NUR 781 Nursing Education Practicum
Prerequisite: NUR 780; and admission to a graduate program in nursing or permission.Clinical experience in a nurse educator role in a basic education program. Application of educational and clinical practice theories and principles in a clinical teaching setting. This course has no less than 144 clinical hours.
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NUR 782 Program Development and Evaluation in Nursing Education
Prerequisite: NUR 780; and admission to a graduate program in Nursing; or permission of instructor.Explore components, processes, and skills involved in the development, implementation, and evaluation of academic and non-academic settings.
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NUR 783 Nursing Education Practicum II
Prerequisite: admission to the Nurse Educator specialization.Clinical experience in a nurse educator role in a healthcare or community setting with emphasis on application of educational theories and principles. Includes clinical experiences of not less than 96 hours.
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NUR 784 Technology in Health Care Education
Prerequisite: permission.This course explores various technology-based health education resources, such as blogs, wikis, YouTube/SchoolTube, Podcasts, Webinars, and social networking tools utilized to support the teaching and learning process. Strategies to assess learners, to develop learner evaluation plans, and to measure learning outcomes will be discussed.
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NUR 785 Population Health Management Education Practicum
Prerequisite: NUR 703 and NUR 704 and NUR 705; and NUR 706 or concurrent enrollment in NUR 706; and admission to a graduate program in nursing.This clinical course applies knowledge of population health concepts, models, skills, and roles to the health care needs of vulnerable populations. Aspects of program development, implementation, and evaluation will be emphasized.
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NUR 787 Advanced Nursing Clinical Management
Prerequisite: NUR 780 and NUR 782; and admission to a graduate nursing program or permission.Clinical experience in advanced nursing roles to develop in-depth knowledge and expertise in a healthcare or community setting. This course has no less than 96 clinical hours. This course may be taken as variable credit, may be taken as 2-4 credit hours.
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NUR 790 Family Nurse Practitioner Advanced Practicum
Prerequisite: admission to a graduate program in nursing or permission of instructor.Development of the role of a family nurse practitioner in a supervised setting. Includes clinical experiences of not less than 240 hours.
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NUR 797 Capstone Project
Prerequisite: NUR 772; and admission to a graduate program in nursing.Active participation in the development, implementation, and evaluation of advanced nursing role capstone project. Variable credit, may be taken 1-3 credit hours. Must be repeated for a minimum of three hours. This course has no less than 144 clinical hours.
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NUR 798 Research
Prerequisite: permission of research advisor.Application of the research process in the supervised study of a selected problem. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours.
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NUR 799 Thesis
Prerequisite: admission to the Family Nurse Practitioner or Nurse Educator specialization.Demonstration of the capacity for research and independent thought culminating in a thesis. Must be repeated for a minimum of six hours.
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NUR 800 DNP Leadership I: Concepts for Evidence-Based Practice
Prerequisite: admission to the DNP Program and meet program progression requirements.This course explores and applies foundational concepts and theories for the development of the DNP nurse leader and the DNP Change Project. Concepts include transforming healthcare through evidence-based practice, quality improvement, leadership in healthcare systems, project planning, evaluation of evidence, and consideration of disparities in health and healthcare from a population focus. This course has no less than 48 clinical hours.
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NUR 802 Emerging Science and Methods of Advanced Practice
Prerequisite: admission to the DNP Program and completion of a graduate level nursing theory course and a graduate level nursing research course.In this course, concepts, theories, and philosophical perspectives relevant to nursing science, research, and advanced nursing practice will be examined. Emphasis will be placed on exploring, analyzing, and applying concepts, theories, philosophies, and traditional and translational research methods, to the discipline of nursing, and to the student's area of research. The use of systematic reviews, meta-analysis, and meta-synthesis in the student's DNP project and in nursing practice will be explored.
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NUR 810 Finance Management and Entrepreneurship for Advanced Nursing Roles
Prerequisite: admission to the DNP Program and meet program progression requirements.This course focuses on the understanding and analysis of concepts and issues related to finance, budgeting, resource management, funding, reimbursement, cost-benefit analysis, and entrepreneurship as applicable to advanced nursing roles within the changing health care environment.
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NUR 824 Health Policy to Improve Health Disparities
Prerequisite: admission to a graduate program in nursing.This course will explore the advanced roles and skills needed in health policy advocacy, analysis, development, implementation, and evaluation. Advanced advocacy skills and tools for addressing health care cost, quality, and access issues; as well as social justice, vulnerable populations, and health disparities, will be explored. Emphasis will be placed on understanding the complexities of local, national, and global health issues and policy initiatives necessary to improve health outcomes.
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NUR 830 DNP Leadership II: Impacting Disparities in Health and Healthcare
Prerequisite: admission to the DNP Program and meet program progression requirements.Building on NUR 800, the focus of this course includes the concepts of leadership, change, problem solving, ethical decision making theories and their application to project planning. The concepts of translational research, quality improvement, and budgeting, within a health and healthcare disparities framework will be addressed and applied. This course has no less than 144 clinical hours.
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NUR 840 Technology for Transforming Nursing and Healthcare Systems
Prerequisite: admission to a graduate program in nursing or permission.This course is designed to provide an overview of nursing and healthcare information technology applicable to advanced nursing roles. The purpose of this course is to explore information system concepts and leverage technologies that can be used to improve quality, enhance patient safety, and transform the health of individuals, families, communities and populations.
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NUR 860 DNP Leadership III: Transforming Systems
Prerequisite: admission to the DNP Program and meet program progression requirements.This course builds on previous DNP Leadership courses with an emphasis on advanced leadership roles for transforming health and healthcare disparities at the systems level. Concepts addressed include implementing a strategic plan and evaluating plan outcomes; resource management; leading and managing change and innovation in diverse healthcare environments; healthcare economics; influencing healthcare policy, and organizational culture and behavior; program/impact evaluation. Advanced leadership roles, such as consultant, entrepreneur, grant writer, mentor, advanced advocate, and change agent will be included. During this course an evidence-based DNP project to transform practice within a healthcare system will be implemented and evaluated. This course has no less than 144 clinical hours.
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NUR 880 Leadership and Innovation in Population Health Nursing
Prerequisite: admission to the Post-Master's Population Health Certificate program or permission.This course is for students who need additional clinical learning experiences to meet the required clinical contact hours to meet DNP clinical admission requirements. The course focuses on experiential learning emphasizing the use of evidence-based practice, innovation, organizational collaboration, and leadership in health care. Students will acquire clinical experiences through a non-paid internship with healthcare leaders. Activities include completion of an organizational and needs assessment, and implementation of an evidence-based change project. This course includes clinical experience of not less than 144 contact hours. Clinical hours are counted towards the post-baccalaureate clinical hours required for DNP programs. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours.
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NUR 896 Independent Study in Community and Population Health Leadership
Prerequisite: admission to the Post-Master's Population Health Certificate program, or permission, and completion of graduate epidemiology course.This course is for students who need additional clinical learning experiences to meet the required clinical contact hours to achieve DNP competencies. Clinical experiences via independent study will focus on specific topics of interest in community and population health leadership. This course includes clinical experience of 48 contact hours per credit hour. Clinical hours are counted towards the post-baccalaureate clinical hours required for DNP programs. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours.
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NUR 993 Transforming Practice
Prerequisite: admission to the DNP program and meet program progression requirements.During this course, the DNP student will utilize and synthesize project findings with current evidence to develop scholarly products of publications and presentations for dissemination. This course has no less than 192 clinical hours.
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NUR 998 Clinical Development
Prerequisite: admission to a graduate program in nursing or permission.This course is continued clinical application for the students requiring additional clinical time. This course cannot be repeated. This course has no less than 48 clinical hours. This course can be taken for either 1 or 2 credit hours.
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NUR 999 Active in DNP Project
Prerequisite: permission of DNP project advisor.This course is continued application of translational research process in the supervised project of a selected evidence-based practice problem. This course is for students who require additional time to complete the DNP project. May be repeated to a maximum of six hours. Does not count toward degree requirements.