This course introduces foundational concepts and theories essential to nursing practice, emphasizing quality, safety, and interprofessional partnerships in patient-centered care. Students will explore key nursing theories, ethical principles, and professional values while examining the impact of population health, the aging population, and social determinants on care delivery. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisites: Admission to the Kirkhof College of Nursing. STA 215 (may be taken concurrently).
Winter 2026 - Hybrid Spring/Summer 2026 - Hybrid
Foundation for integration of evidence based concepts into the provision of nursing care. An introduction to the process of developing research evidence leading to the acquisition of skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary for effective consumer of research. Evidence sources are identified and explored for their contribution to evidence-based practice. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisites: Admission to the Kirkhof College of Nursing and STA 215 (may be taken concurrently).
Winter 2026 - Hybrid
The key concepts for nursing practice are introduced with an emphasis on communication, health promotion, and health restoration at the individual level. Professional nurse roles of provider of care, coordinator/manager/designer of care, and member of the profession are introduced. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisites: Admission to the Kirkhof College of Nursing. STA 215 (may be taken concurrently).
This course is one of two transition courses that students in the RN to B.S.N. program take for the baccalaureate degree. It focuses on concepts that are client oriented for the baccalaureate-prepared nurse level. Concepts to be emphasized include quality and safety, informatics, nursing roles, social, cultural, and ethical issues in nursing. Course offered spring/summer semester. Prerequisites: Admission to the RN to B.S.N. program and/or permission to register.
Winter 2026 - Online
This course is one of two transition courses for the RN to B.S.N. program. It expands upon knowledge gleaned in the associate degree program, exploring concepts related to professional identity and communication in nursing. Professional identity includes accountability and nursing roles. Communication includes interpersonal and professional communication. Offered fall semester. Prerequisites: Admission to the RN to B.S.N. program and/or permission to register.
Winter 2026 - Online Spring/Summer 2026 - Online
This course focuses on the assessment of well and ill patients in various health settings. Applications of liberal arts and sciences to health promotion, disease prevention, and risk reduction will be incorporated into health assessment and promotion. Offered fall and spring/summer semesters. Prerequisite: Admission into the second-degree Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. Corequisites: NUR 323 and NUR 325.
Knowledge from core courses, liberal arts, and nursing is used to provide the development of nursing skills, clinical judgment, and the beginning application in the care of the individual patient. Emphasis on communication, health promotion, health assessment, physical examination skills, and basic nursing skills. Offered fall and spring/summer semesters. Prerequisite: Admission into the second degree Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. Corequisites: NUR 322 and NUR 325.
This course focuses on the definitions and theories of professional nursing. The nursing process, nursing and healthcare theory, and healthcare settings will be explored. Foundational professional documents and competencies will be introduced. Offered fall and spring/summer semesters. Prerequisite: Admission into the second-degree Bachelor of Science in Nursing program.
This lecture and discussion-based course will introduce nursing students to pharmacology, focusing on major medication classes, clinical decision-making, and evidence-based, patient-centered care. Students will assess, plan, and evaluate medication therapies, promoting safe, effective, and individualized care while adhering to professional standards. Offered every semester. Prerequisite: NUR 222. Corequisites: NUR 310 and NUR 329.
Winter 2026 - Online Spring/Summer 2026 - Hybrid
A lecture/discussion course designed to introduce nursing students to the principles of pharmacology for major classes of medications used in the treatment of disease. Application of these principles will be used in nursing clinical decision-making to promote safe and effective patient care. Offered every semester. Prerequisite: BMS 310. Corequisite: NUR 317 or NUR 323.
This course introduces nursing students to community and public health principles through competency-based instruction. It covers social and environmental health determinants, clinical judgment, health promotion, and disease prevention. Students will gain the skills to identify, assess, and address community health challenges in an evolving healthcare landscape. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisite: NUR 222. Corequisites: NUR 310.
Professional nurse roles such as provider and coordinator/manager/designer of care, and member of the profession are expanded. Emphasis is on using the nursing process to build an understanding of concepts in the human experience of illness in adult/older adult patients. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisites: NUR 322, NUR 323, NUR 324, NUR 325, and NUR 328. Corequisites: NUR 333 and NUR 335.
This course provides a foundation for integration of research, evidence-based practice into the delivery of quality nursing care. Emphasis is on understanding how research, evidence and data analytics lead to acquisition of skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary for safe, comprehensive, evidence-based practice and impact patient outcomes. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisites: NUR 322, NUR 323, NUR 324, NUR 325, and NUR 328.
This course will augment the knowledge of the research process demonstrated in prior coursework by applying those research principles to nursing evidence and practice. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisite: Permission of the college.
Healthy aging is a lifelong process. This course will explore factors that affect physical, mental, biological, and spiritual aspects of human aging. Emphasis will be placed on achieving and maintaining optimal health and well-being across the life course. Part of the Health Issue. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
Foundation for integration of evidence-based concepts into the provision of nursing care. Emphasis on understanding how research and evidence lead to the acquisition of skills, knowledge, and attitudes necessary for an effective consumer of research. Students will evaluate current practice by critically appraising quality and applicability of research. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisites: Admission to the Kirkhof College of Nursing and STA 215 (may be taken concurrently).
Winter 2026 - Hybrid Spring/Summer 2026 - Online
This course is intended for persons interested in exploring issues surrounding death and dying. Content will explore common physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and culturally specific needs of the dying, as well as ethical and legal considerations surrounding death. Standards of care from the discipline of hospice and palliative care are explored. Part of the Health Issue. (3-0-0-0) Offered every semester. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
This course focuses on the roles of the baccalaureate prepared nurse applying the nursing process while caring for individuals/populations undergoing surgical intervention. Course themes include perioperative health, patient-centered care, quality and safety, communications, and professional identity. Content is informed by nationally accepted guidelines for perioperative nursing practice. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisite: NUR 317 or proof of RN licensure.
This foundational course examines key areas that impact patient care outcomes including national quality and safety standards, cultural sensitivity, health equity and social determinants of health, and an individual's personal and professional identity. Offered spring/summer semester. Prerequisites: Admission to the RN to B.S.N. program and/or permission to register.
This foundational course will help nursing students develop essential skills in integrating technology, communication, and decision-making into their nursing practice. The course provides an introduction to how nursing knowledge interacts with insights from other disciplines to enhance clinical judgment and patient care. Offered fall semester. Prerequisites: Admission to the RN to B.S.N. program and/or permission to register.
Independent supervised readings on selected topics. Credits and topic must be prearranged with faculty sponsor(s).
Spring/Summer 2026 - Online
Explore ethics in nursing, legal issues impacting nursing, and challenging concerns that affect nurses in the healthcare system. Students will analyze the impact of personal and professional values, ethical principles, and legal standards when navigating an ethical dilemma. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisites: NUR 342 and NUR 346. Corequisites: NUR 404 and NUR 406.
This course focuses on the role of the baccalaureate-prepared nurse in assessing, planning, intervening, and evaluating health care needs for populations. Concepts such as culture, social justice, and vulnerability will be examined as to their effects on population health. Genetics, health promotion, and risk reduction will be emphasized. Offered fall semester. Prerequisites: NUR 311, NUR 312, and NUR 411.
Post licensure nurses in professional practice have foundational and shared knowledge of interprofessional education and collaborative practice (IPECP) in terms of values and ethics, and roles and responsibilities of other healthcare professionals. This course applies the remaining principles of IPECP through the lenses of interprofessional communication and team collaboration. Offered every semester. Corequisite: NUR 411 or NUR 412.
This course provides students with essential knowledge, skills, and perspectives for effective nursing leadership. It covers leadership theories and strategies for leading and collaborating with diverse teams enhancing students' ability to inspire and manage individuals and teams to improve patient care outcomes. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisites: NUR 404 and NUR 406. Corequisite: NUR 424.
This course provides students with evidence-based strategies for transitioning into nursing practice. Students will prepare for the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX-RN), understand the RN licensing process, and explore practical methods for applying their knowledge and skills in real-world scenarios, fostering continuous professional growth and lifelong learning. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisites: NUR 403, NUR 404, NUR 405, NUR 406, NUR 407, NUR 408, and IPE 402. Corequisite: NUR 415.
Students will identify health risks and resources for individuals while enhancing skills in health promotion, illness prevention, and safety for individuals in diverse environments for effective professional practice. The student will develop and professionally communicate effective health promotion strategies for community-dwelling individuals. Offered spring/summer semester. Prerequisites: NUR 382 and NUR 383.
Professional nurse roles of provider of care, designer/manager/coordinator of care, and member of the professional are expanded to child-bearing and child-rearing families. The stage of physical and psychosocial development is applied to care of families. Offered winter and spring/summer semesters. Prerequisites: NUR 332, NUR 333, NUR 335, and either NUR 336 or NUR 338. Corequisites: NUR 443 and NUR 445.
This course builds knowledge of the roles of community health nursing in various settings, caring for individuals and aggregates, from culturally diverse backgrounds, across developmental stages, and along the health/illness continuum. The nursing process facilitates applying concepts of the human experience of mental health and illness through the lifespan. Offered winter and spring/summer semesters. Prerequisites: NUR 332, NUR 333, NUR 335, and either NUR 336 or NUR 338. Corequisites: NUR 445 and NUR 447.
Spring/Summer 2026 - Hybrid
This Capstone course expands on the RN/B.S.N. preparation in the areas of member of the profession and coordinator of care. Through application of key concepts, this course further develops the student’s professional identity, understanding of quality and health care systems, and the mechanisms for effective professional communication. Offered winter semester. Prerequisite: NUR 412.
In this course, students prepare to enter the nursing profession. The knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for professional leadership and provision of care for individuals, families, and groups are synthesized. Offered fall and spring/summer semesters. Prerequisites: NUR 442, NUR 443, NUR 445, NUR 446, and NUR 447. Corequisites: NUR 473 and NUR 475.
In this course, students complete a clinical immersion experience that facilitates the transition into practice as a member of the profession. Application of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary for professional leadership and provision of care are synthesized. Prerequisites: NUR 442, NUR 443, NUR 445, NUR 446, and NUR 447. Corequisites: NUR 472 and NUR 475.
This course integrates nursing and public health concepts/trends to assess community health needs and program planning. The nursing process will be fully utilized at the community level to examine social, political, legal/ethical, and environmental issues. Theory and research are emphasized to include collaborative practice, health policy, and interdisciplinary teamwork. Offered fall and spring/summer semesters. Prerequisites: NUR 442, NUR 443, NUR 445, NUR 446, and NUR 447. Corequisite: NUR 477.
Readings, lectures, labs, or discussions (or any combination) in specific nursing topics. Prerequisites dependent upon the topic selected. May be repeated for credit when content varies. Graded credit/no-credit.
This course focuses on the formation and cultivation of a sustainable professional identity. Emphasis is on theoretical underpinnings of the profession, professional communication and integration of diversity, equity, and inclusion as core to one’s professional identity through self-reflection and a commitment to life-long learning. Prerequisite: Admission to a graduate nursing program.
Ongoing enactment of MSN in development of an evidence-based project in specialty area of interest. Students will integrate knowledge to implement Essential Competencies with implications for nursing practice specialty focus. This continuing integration of clinical knowledge serves the scholarly project for MSN students to enact and evaluate at clinical site. Offered fall semester. Graded credit/no-credit. Prerequisite: NUR 615.
This course examines advanced principles of pharmacology for the use of drug therapy in the management of common clinical conditions experienced by various patient populations. This content will provide a pharmacotherapeutic foundation necessary for advanced practice nurse practitioners to safely and ethically prescribe in clinical APRN nursing practice. Offered spring/summer semester. Prerequisite: Admission into a graduate nursing program.
This course utilizes the scientific underpinnings of the biologic basis of disease to understand the pathophysiology, clinical assessment, and treatment of clinical conditions across the lifespan. Content includes: cellular injury, inflammation, immunity, genetics, and various disease states in oncology, endocrinology, cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurology, gastroenterology, hematology, nephrology, and gynecology. Offered fall semester. Prerequisite: Admission to a graduate nursing program.
This course examines and incorporates epidemiologic methods and theories in the assessment of health disparities in vulnerable populations. Course content will explore issues in health access, disparities in U.S. populations, and examine current trends, societal consequences, and contributory cause(s). Prerequisite: Admission to a graduate nursing program.
This course provides basic theoretical foundations in pathophysiology, clinical pharmacology, and advanced assessment for understanding management of health problems of patient populations in varied settings. Offered winter semester. Prerequisite: Admission to a graduate nursing program.
This course focuses on the introduction and synthesis of foundational learning theories to improve health care education for individuals and groups. Methodologic applications and assessments will be implemented. Offered spring/summer semester. Prerequisite: Admission to graduate nursing program.
Theoretical concepts related to the health of individuals and families. Focus is on the application of theories to clinical practice of mental health. Students will examine psychosocial theories that provide explanations for individual and family responses that affect health. (2-0-0-0) Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of classroom-seminar-skills laboratory-clinical laboratory hours per week. Offered fall semester. Prerequisites: NUR 628.
Prepares the Advanced Psychiatric Mental Health (MH) Nurse Practitioner student to care for individuals with mental health disorders. Explores differential diagnoses and etiologies of mental illnesses across the lifespan. Examines selected theories of psychopathology and scientific findings. Integrates analysis and application of clinical modalities with application in experiential field experience. Offered fall semester every third year. Prerequisite: NUR 628.
Students gain independence in managing selected acute and chronic disruptions in mental health using advance mental health treatment strategies (individual, group, and family). Focus is on continued development, implementation and evaluation of the comprehensive Advanced Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner role treating mental health disruptions across the lifespan. Offered winter semester. Prerequisites: NUR 628 and NUR 678
This course focuses on the review and synthesis of literature to improve health care practice. Methodologic considerations and variable measurement are explored along with ethical considerations in human subjects. It is in sequence with statistics and quality improvement theory. Offered winter semester. Prerequisite: Admission to a graduate nursing program.
Independent supervised reading on selected topics. Credits and topic must be prearranged with faculty.
This course provides detailed introduction to information systems and technologies that support systems of practice in healthcare. Relevant theories, as well as issues and standards including ethical and privacy concerns are addressed. Strategies for building and managing information system components will be incorporated, with opportunity for application in field experience. Offered fall semester. Prerequisites: Admission to a health science graduate program.
This course provides knowledge and expertise in the application of key concepts from quality improvement, implementation science and project management as a foundation for the development of the DNP Scholarly Project. A project plan will be designed during contextual field learning experiences. Offered fall semester. Prerequisite: Admission to a graduate nursing program.
This course prepares the interprofessional team in evidence-based design, telehealth technologies and etiquette to promote quality, safety and efficiency in health care processes, the patient-provider relationship, and population health. Offered every semester. Prerequisite: PA 630 or permission of instructor (for students with health care related backgrounds).
In this course the student begins enactment of advanced practice nursing role through organizational and system leadership theory, knowledge, and skills to improve and transform healthcare for a population of interest. Students are prepared to integrate clinical knowledge and skills, building upon earlier learning with application in experiential field experience. Offered winter semester. Prerequisite: Admission to a graduate nursing program.
In this course the student continues enactment of the advanced practice nursing role through organizational and system leadership knowledge and skills for the improvement and transformation of healthcare for a population of interest. An organizational assessment and literature review integrate clinical knowledge and skills building on theoretical and experiential learning. Offered spring/summer semester. Prerequisites: Admission into the DNP program and NUR 709.
Students conclude enactment of the advanced practice nursing role. Students demonstrate the integration of clinical knowledge, and organizational and system leadership knowledge and skills in the completion of implementation, evaluation, defense, and dissemination of an evidence-based project to improve and transform a healthcare issue in a population of interest. Offered spring/summer semester. Prerequisite: NUR 711.
In this course, the student demonstrates the Advanced Practice Nursing role by implementing, evaluation, and disseminating a plan to improve or transform healthcare issues in a selected specialty. This plan will integrate, implement, and refine clinical knowledge within a focused precepted field experience. Offered winter semester. Prerequisites: Admission to graduate nursing program, post MSN to DNP emphasis and NUR 744.
Concepts of clinical judgment and diagnostic reasoning are explored in simulated clinical experiences and essential procedures that correlate with health promotion and risk management content in an advanced practice nursing course. Intentional simulations involving standardized patients focus on building foundations for quality advanced nursing practice. Simulated experiences support competency assessment. Offered winter semester. Prerequisites: NUR 610, NUR 620, and NUR 621.
Concepts of clinical judgment and diagnostic reasoning are expanded in simulated clinical experiences and essential procedures that correlate with management of common health problem content presented in advanced nursing practice courses. Intentional patient experiences focus on expanding foundations for quality advanced nursing practice. Simulated experiences will support competency assessment. Offered spring/summer semester. Prerequisites: NUR 610, NUR 620, NUR 621, and NUR 746.
Concepts of clinical judgment and diagnostic reasoning will be advanced in complex and transitional simulated clinical experiences. Essential procedures correlated with complex health and care transitions content will be implemented. Intentional patient experiences focus on advancing clinical judgement for quality advanced nursing practice. Simulated experiences will support competency assessment. Offered winter semester. Prerequisites: NUR 748 and NUR 775.
This course provides introduction of interdisciplinary theories, advanced nursing strategies and practices in health promotion and risk management of an identified population. It introduces nurse practitioner roles while incorporating principles of epidemiology, improvement of population outcomes, and foundations for providing physical and mental health care in an identified population. Offered winter semester. Prerequisites: Admission to the graduate program, NUR 610, NUR 620, and NUR 621.
This course provides application of interdisciplinary theories, advanced nursing strategies, and practices of common health problems to focused populations including related family needs across the care delivery system. Offered spring/summer semester. Prerequisites: NUR 610, NUR 620, NUR 621, and NUR 770. Corequisite: NUR 773.
This course provides precepted real world clinical practice of the DNP prepared NP role for health promotion and managing common health problems in the acute care or the primary care setting, for the population of focus. Offered spring/summer semester. Prerequisite: NUR 621.
This course provides theoretical foundations and advanced nursing strategies for management of complex health problems of adult/older adults and including social support needs. Focus is on refinement of the D.N.P. prepared nurse practitioner role in managing care transitions and interprofessional practice with adults and older adults within primary care. Prerequisites: NUR 774 and NUR 775. Corequisite: NUR 777.
This course provides precepted real world clinical practice of the DNP-prepared NP role for health promotion and managing complex care, transitions, and collaborative, inter-professional practice problems in the acute care or the primary care setting, for the population of focus. Offered winter semester. Prerequisites: NUR 774 and NUR 775. Corequisite: NUR 776.
This course continues to build on theoretical foundations and advanced nursing strategies for management of acute, complex and complicated health problems of focused patient populations in various health care settings. Emphasis is on refinement of advanced nursing roles in assessing, diagnosing, and managing complicated care in focus population. Offered spring/summer semester. Prerequisites: NUR 776 and NUR 777. Corequisite of NUR 779.
Intensive clinical application of theory, knowledge, and evidence-based skills to provide healthcare to a focused population. Continuing development in advanced nursing role in population of focus. Emphasis on performance and refinement of advanced nursing role in managing care of common, complex, or complicated healthcare problems for population of focus. Offered spring/summer semester. Prerequisites: NUR 776 and NUR 777.
