Academic Catalog 2017-2018

GRADUATE COURSES NUR 5002 Human Diversity, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention This course applies theories of professional nursing: the promotion and maintenance of health among aggregates, (i.e., families, at-risk populations, and communities) within a healthcare/nursing framework. Basic epidemiological principles are addressed and ap- plied to the planning of care and the development of policy for aggregates with quality and safety. This course has a focus on families and spiritually as well in diverse populations with cultural health care and spiritual needs. NUR 5003 Foundations for Advanced Practice This course introduces the concepts of roles, issues, ethics, and nursing/health care theories. The course will focus on current issues and trends guiding advanced nursing/health care practice. Discussion of ethical, practice, & family theories that may influence advanced practice will be held. The theory component addresses the theoretical basis for nursing/ health care practice and the analysis and development of nursing/health care theory. NUR 5013 Health Care Informatics This course will assist in the development of a foundation of knowledge, and understand- ing of the impact of technology and informatics on the delivery of care. It will include and introduction to current and emerging technologies while exploring the impact on patient outcomes. This course will include a review of the science and practice of informatics in- volving the management of health information and integrating that with clinical technolo- gies to improve the health of our communities. The student will also experience a broad examination of the core areas of informatics work, including creating and managing the development, design and implementation of communication and information technology, an evidence-based practice approach to informatics, research and education, system life cycle and project management. NUR 5021 Advanced Nursing Research Strategies II The Literature review is further refined and a problem and purpose is presented. NUR 5022 Advanced Nursing Research Strategies I The role of advanced practice nurse will proceed in this course by examining a wide variety of methods for the ethical conduct of research in nursing. Students will evaluate published research for sources of bias, as well as to determine strengths and weaknesses of different research designs. Skills in critical appraisal, information literacy, and written communica- tion are developed. Students will produce the beginning components of an evidence-based project. NUR 5032 Advanced Nursing Research Analysis This course is a continuation of NUR 5022 and 5021. Students will further develop critiqu- ing and writing skills. Strategies for producing, evaluating, analyzing, and interpreting data are introduced. A formal proposal for a research project will be produced. NUR 5053 Financial, Organizational Behavior, & Health Care Policy Management This course teaches the application of accounting, economic principles, and financial man- agement strategies to the management of health care resources in health care organizations. While teaching these applications, this course explores focuses on healthcare policy that affects financing, organization and delivery of health care services. This course also intro- duces students to modern concepts of organizational behavior, theories of motivation, con- temporary leadership skills, interdisciplinary teams, and managing organizational change.

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