Graduate Nursing Courses

An examination of the concept of caring and the philosophy of self-care as an essential component of caring for others will be the focus on this course. Exploration of one's ability for self-care and participation in self-care activities will illuminate the meaning of caring for self to nursing practice. Theory and research related to caring will be explored.

An exploration of various nursing theories and the utilization of nursing theory to health care delivery and to the role of the advanced practice nurse. Additinally, this course includes an examination of nursing theory and its relationship to providing comprehensive and holistic nursing care.

This practicum focuses on the initial transition of students into the clinical nurse leader role of clinician, outcomes manager, client advocate, educator, information manager, systems analyst/risk anticipator, team member, member of the profession, and lifelong learner. Students will function under the guidance of a faculty member and clinical preceptor.

An examination of health care policy, organization and finance. This course also explores the role of the advanced practice nurse in providing high quality, cost effective nursing care, and addresses issues related to the delivery of health care.

This course is an immersion experience in the role of the clinical nurse leader. Opportunities are provided for students to integrate theory, research, and evidence-based practice in the clinical setting under the guidance of a faculty partner and clinical preceptor.

A course designed to prepare advanced practice nurses with the skills and knowledge needed to use nursing research to provide high quality nursing care, initiate change, and promote evidence-based practice.

This course is designed to prepare nurses with advanced health assessment and health promotion skills and knowledge focusing on various physiologic systems across the life span and within special populations.

The course is designed to address nursing management of pharmacologic therapeutic interventions associated with illness, disease, and health promotion across the lifespan. This course builds on and expands the baccalaureate foundation of applied pharmacology with application of pharmacokinetic methods, pharmacodynamic principles, and pharmacotherapeutic nursing interventions.

The course is designed to provide a scientific knowledge base of selected pathophysiological states associated with health and disease. Such knowledge is foundational for clinical decision-making and nursing management.

This course focuses on the development of advanced clinical knowledge in specialty nursing. Opportunities are provided for students to intergrate theory, research, and practice in the clinical setting under the direction of a nursing faculty mentor with clinical specialty expertise. Students will select one of the following clinical specialty areas for study: adult health nursing, family health nursing, mental health nursing, or community health nursing.

This course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to examine various research designs and data analysis techniques appropriate to quantitative research methodologies.

Exploration of the role of advanced nursing practice related to teaching. Specific theories relating to teaching, health promotion and prevention will be included. Emphasis on theoretical bases of teaching adults.

Using a case study approach, course provides an in depth examination of assessing adult learning needs and identifying specific theory-based and/or research based interventions designed to meet indentified needs. Assessment will include both individual and group assessment strategies.

Using a case study approach, students will examine methods/ processes to assess learning outcomes. Individual and group outcomes will be addressed. Students will also explore ways to document and present evidence of outcomes evaluation. Students will explore the outcome evaluation as an essential role of the advanced practice nurse.

The focus of this course is on the application of theory and research in the educational practice setting. Opportunities are provided for students to demonstrate competencies in the selected role of nurse educator in a variety of educational and/or healthcare settings.

An exploration of the role of advanced nursing practice related to health systems leadership. Specific theories related to leadership, quality improvement and outcomes management will be included.

Using a case study systems approach, thie course provides an in depth examination of identifying health systems leadership problems and indentifying specific theory-based and/or research interventions designed to solve indentified problems.

Using a case study approach, students will examine methods/ processes to assess outcomes related to health systems leadership. Individual and group outcomes will be addressed Students will explore ways to document and present evidence of outcomes evaluation. Students will explore the outcome evaluation as an essential role fo the advanced practice nurse.

This practicum course focuses on decision-making and problem-solving in the health care delivery system utilizing theory and research. Opportunities are provided for students to demonstrate competencies in selected roles of health systems leader/manager in a clinical setting.

This course extends the knowledge developed in the Nurse Educator Role Practicum I course. Opportunities are provided for students to evaluate educational programs implemented in the first practicum course.

This practicum course focuses on outcomes evaluation and builds upon the Role Practicum I course. Opportunities are provided for students to demonstrate analysis and synthesis of the outcome evaluation process.

Independent study involving in-depth, individual research and study of a specific nursing problem and/or issue.

This course is related to a specific topic in health systems leadership or nursing education. The title and description of the course will be specified at the time of the offering.

This scholoary project provides an opportunity for students problems in health systems leadership or nursing education.

This scholarly project provides an opportunity for students to address problems in health systems leadership or nursing education using evidence-based approaches.

The thesis provides an opportunity for students to participate in research to address problems in health systems leadership or nursing education.