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This course guides the student in the research process and its relevance to the advancement of nursing theory and practice. Students will advance as participants in the research process and as consumers of nursing research. Prerequisite: Graduate level.
This course guides the student in the research process and its relevance to the advancement of evidence-based nursing practice. Students will develop skills related to generation, synthesis and translation of nursing research evidence for use in clinical practice.
Health Care Informatics builds on the student?'s beginning computer skills and the student?'s knowledge. The student reviews and applies pertinent theory, learns advanced computer skill sets, is introduced to specific systems to assist with administrative decisions and learns to use knowledge obtained from data queries in clinical decision-making. The current state of health information systems is discussed and the effect of technology on communication is explored.
This course explores underlying mechanisms of the pathogenesis of human disease as a consequence of aberrations at the cellular and molecular level.
This course focuses on utilizing assessment skills necessary for advanced practice nursing appropriate to the age of the patient. Emphasis will be on integrating physical, psychosocial and health assessments to determine appropriate health promotion strategies, differential diagnoses and advanced practice nursing interventions across the life span. Critical decision making for the appropriate use of diagnostic testing will be stressed.
This course focuses on the advanced pharmacologic principles of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacotherapeutics, and drug interactions. This course examines all broad categories of pharmacological agents. It will also include the analysis of the relationship between pharmacologic agents and the pathophysiologic response. Emphasis will be on the appropriate selection of pharmacologic agents for the treatment of common disorders. Patient variations in pharmacologic response will be considered.
This course focuses on the principles of efficient and cost-effective use of diagnostic testing to aid in effective treatment of illness and disease. The course will enable advanced practice nurses to appreciate rationale for the use of diagnostic tests and it will prepare nurses to know when to correctly order and interpret diagnostic tests for optimizing patient outcomes.
This course is the introductory practicum course for the novice APN student, which focuses on the application of advanced clinical practice as it relates to the assessment, diagnosis, planning and treatment of common illnesses and disease
This course serves to develop the student preparing to function as an Adult-Gerontology or Family Nurse Practitioner. Students will apply fundamental concepts of assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation to adults, children and families. Focus will be on role application as a clinician in primary care, consultant, educator, administrator and researcher.
This course builds upon concepts and principles in prior practicum and graduate courses. Students will apply their knowledge of health promotion, maintenance and restoration in individuals throughout their lifespan.
This course builds upon concepts and principles in prior practicum and graduate courses. Students will apply their knowledge of common health problems that may occur in focused populations. Emphasis will be on role application as a clinician in primary care, consultant, educator, administrator and researcher as it applies to disease specific populations such as women?'s health topics, gender specific health topics, and gerontology.
This course introduces the student to conceptual frameworks underlying health promotion, maintenance and restoration throughout the lifespan. It utilizes lifespan development, health risk appraisal and healing interaction frameworks for therapeutic management of common health problems. The concept of "transforming the health of the community& is explored using research and epidemiological principles in relation to various practice populations. Values, ethics, and policies will be examined within the context of quality of life. The role of the advance practice nurse in partnership with individuals and family systems will be explored within the context of the individual?'s culture and environment.
This course will introduce the graduate nursing student to the principles of primary healthcare for focused populations across the lifespan. Focused populations include: adolescents, gender-specific and geriatric clients. Major focus areas will be health promotion, disease prevention and the therapeutic management of common health problems in focused populations.Prerequisite: Completion of Level 2 courses
This course builds on principles introduced in NR 615 to enable the student to apply fundamental concepts to the diagnosis and management of common acute and chronic health problems in the adolescent, adult and gerontology populations. It emphasizes the use of healing interaction communication combined with principles of diagnostic reasoning and advanced therapeutic management of common acute and chronic health problems of the adolescent, adult and geriatric patient and their families. Integration of pathophysiology, assessment and pharmacology will be necessary.
This course builds upon concepts and principles in prior graduate courses and serves to complete the study of the student preparing to function as a family nurse practitioner. Students will apply the fundamental concepts of assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation to the child through late adolescence. Focus will address role application as a clinician in primary care, consultant, educator, administrator and researcher. A developmental approach to the health promotion and maintenance of the individual child within the family system will be examined and applied. Previous concepts of pathology, advanced health assessment, pharmacology, diagnostic reasoning and disease management will be emphasized and applied to the child in the primary care setting.
In this course, students develop knowledge of health policy and its impact on clinical practice. Current issues and trends are discussed and analyzed from the perspective of the policy maker, the APN and the public.
This course introduces students to business concepts that will allow them to take leadership roles in providing quality cost-effective care. Students discuss and apply basic health care economics in the context of advanced practice nursing.
Students will develop and understanding of the principles, personal values and beliefs that provide a framework for nursing practice. This course will highlight legal issues as they relate to the APN.
Health care and clinical practice issues and trends are identified and discussed as well as roles of the advanced practice nurse in the changing health care environment. Course content is evaluated based upon ethical concepts from a personal and organizational perspective. A culminating project, representing the student?'s graduate work, is a part of this course.
