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).
Fall 2024 - Hybrid Winter 2025 - 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 2025 - 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Fall 2024 - Online Winter 2025 - Online
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.
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 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.
Fall 2024 - Online
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.
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 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.
Fall 2024 - Hybrid Winter 2025 - Online
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.
Explores common pain and symptom management issues in palliative and end-of-life care including utilization of complex therapies using a patient-centered, interdisciplinary approach. Offered winter semester. Prerequisite: Postbaccalaureate standing or permission of the instructor.
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.
This course focuses on policy decisions related to organization, financing, and delivery of health care in global communities. It provides a basis for understanding political and social forces that shape nursing practice and health care delivery. Ethical dimensions of public policy will be applied in field experiences. Prerequisite: Admission into a graduate nursing program.
In this course, students analyze and evaluate theories and research that influence leadership in complex systems. Leadership is explored in complex system domains. Core competencies for leadership effectiveness are examined and evaluated, with application in an experiential field experience. Prerequisite: Admission to a graduate nursing program.
Students will demonstrate advanced assessment skills to detect and differentiate abnormal findings and to generate potential diagnoses. Through case study analysis and use of simulation with standard patients, students will use selected theoretical frameworks to guide clinical decision-making for patient encounters. Offered winter semester. Prerequisite: NUR 698.
Enactment of masters in nursing role in development of an evidence-based project in specialty area of interest, integrating knowledge/skills. This integration of clinical knowledge serves as the culminating scholarly project for the MSN. Using these competencies, the student will enact, evaluate, and disseminate a scholarly project within a clinical site. Offered spring/summer semester. Graded credit/no-credit. 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 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.
Therapeutic use of psychotropic medications including biological mechanisms of action, safety issues, advanced treatments, as well as common side effects and adverse reactions, will be explored. The neurobiological components important in understanding symptom etiology and effective treatments of commonly occurring mental health conditions across the lifespan are incorporated. Offered spring/summer semester upon demand. Prerequisites: NUR 620 and NUR 621, or the equivalent.
Exploration of concepts and advanced nursing strategies related to human development across the lifespan. Provides the theoretical basis for advanced nursing practice. Offered winter semester. 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.
Provides students in the Health Systems Leadership emphasis area with knowledge and expertise in organizational and systems leadership for optimal business functioning, in sustaining change through the processes of quality improvement, and in assuring that the business of nursing is conducted in a safe, ethical, and efficient manner. Prerequisites: PA 614, PA 632, NUR 607, and NUR 608.
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.
Exploration and application of advanced clinical nursing strategies in group and family treatment. Focus is on development, implementation, and evaluation of the comprehensive advanced psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner role with individuals in groups and families experiencing acute or chronic disruptions in mental health across the lifespan. Offered fall semester. Prerequisite: NUR 677.
Students gain independence in managing selected acute and chronic disruptions in mental health using advanced 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
Lecture, discussion, and/or clinical laboratory course on topics of special interest to graduate nursing students.
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.
Offers practical experience in the technical and user-friendly design of electronic solutions to support decisions in health care, using relevant theoretical and evidence-based principles. Creation and use of products promoting quality, safety, and efficiency in health care processes will be emphasized. Offered every semester. Prerequisites: Admission to the health informatics certificate program and either CIS 665 or NUR 703. Students in a nursing, health professions, or health informatics degree program may enroll for elective credit with instructor permission.
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.
Provides ongoing opportunity for the enactment of the D.N.P. advanced practice role in the implementation of evidence-based strategies in the delivery of health care to the population of interest. Integration of clinical knowledge and skills as the student progresses through the curriculum. Offered fall semester. Prerequisites: NUR 703; NUR 710; NUR 762; and NUR 763 OR NUR 703; NUR 710; NUR 772; and NUR 773. Corequisite: NUR 765 or NUR 775.
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.
This course provides an in-depth overview of current and emerging roles for D.N.P. prepared nurses such as: transitioning from M.S.N. to D.N.P. prepared nurses; advanced nursing practice competencies for D.N.P. prepared nurses; professional organizations and certifications that align with the competencies; and roles/responsibilities of D.N.P prepared nurses in transforming healthcare. Offered fall semester. Prerequisite: Admission to the D.N.P. graduate program.
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.
Winter 2025 - Hybrid
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.
Mental health conditions that are typically identified and often treated in primary care will be explored. Mental health conditions that also require comprehensive primary care management will be examined. Integrated behavioral health and primary care models will be analyzed. Current best practices and evidence-based treatment methods will be investigated. Prerequisite: NUR 621.
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 complex health problems including related family needs, across the care delivery system with a population of focus. Offered fall semester. Prerequisites: NUR 772 and NUR 773. Corequisite: NUR 775.
Clinical application of theory, knowledge, and evidence-based skills to provide primary health care to adults and older adults. Focus is on continued development of the D.N.P.-prepared nurse practitioner role in primary care with a focus on managing complex health problems of adult/older adults. Offered fall semester. Prerequisites: NUR 703, NUR 772, and NUR 773. Corequisite: NUR 774.
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.
Clinical application of theory, knowledge, and evidence-based skills to provide primary health care to adults/older adults. Continuing development in the D.N.P.-prepared nurse practitioner (NP) role in primary care. Focus is on development of the NP skills in managing care transitions and interprofessional practice with adult/older adults in primary care. Offered winter semester. Prerequisites: NUR 774 and NUR 775. Corequisite: NUR 776.
Continuation of work related to the doctoral project or dissertation phase of the graduate student’s program. Registration is required after all respective project or dissertation credits are completed and the project or dissertation is not completed. Work will be performed under the supervision of the project advisor or dissertation committee chair. Offered every semester. Prerequisites: Completion of all required project or dissertation credits and completion of the Responsible Conduct of Research Training within last three years.
