72 courses with the subject NUR, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
NUR 3000INTRODUCTION TO NURSING3
The course provides an overview of professional nursing with a focus on professionalism, including but not limited to communication, ethics, accountability, and social justice. A synthesis of current and projected trends in nursing is explored. This course is divided into five modules: nursing as a career, nursing as a profession, nursing as art and science, nursing as communication, and nursing as a team.
NUR 3010, NUR 3140, NUR 3141, NUR 3110, or permission of Department of Nursing
NUR 3001SCHOLARLY WRITING FOR NURSING1
The APA Nursing Scholarly Writing course is designed to equip nursing students with the essential skills and knowledge required to excel in scholarly writing within the field of nursing. In this course, students will develop professionally written documents based on the American Psychological Association (APA) writing style. This course emphasizes the importance of precision, clarity, and adherence to APA formatting guidelines to effectively communicate the translation of research and apply evidence-based practice to quality improvement initiatives in nursing. This is an 8-week online course.
This course introduces the knowledge and skills required to perform a systematic examination of a healthy adult and to document the findings. Focus is on conducting a comprehensive and focused physical, behavioral, psychological, spiritual, socioeconomic, and environmental assessment using developmentally and culturally appropriate approaches. Health assessment is framed through the use of the nursing process. Class (2 credits), Lab (1 credit). Offered: Fall
This course introduces students to the psychomotor skills necessary for nursing while implementing the nursing process. Therapeutic nursing interventions as the foundation of nursing practice are implemented, including aseptic technique, medication administration, as well as other fundamental nursing skills. Class (4 credits), Lab (2 credits). Prerequisite: NUR major only Offered: fall
NUR 3000, NUR 3010, NUR 3110, or permission of Department of Nursing Chair
NUR 3060Adult Health Nursing I7
This is the first of two courses focused on adult health nursing. Emphasis is on nursing process, theory and skills related to the care of adults, including elder adults, with commonly occurring acute and chronic health deviations. Etiology, clinical evaluation, and use of evidence-based nursing interventions that address professional nursing practice, decision-making processes, and interventions within cultural, socioeconomic, and personal contexts are applied. Class (4 credits), Clinical (3 credits) permission of Department of Nursing Chair Offered: spring
NUR major only; NUR 3000, NUR 3010, NUR 3040, NUR 3110 Co-requisites: NUR 3070, or
NUR 3070Community Health Nursing5
An overview of community and public health nursing. Explores the role of the nurse in health promotion, disease prevention, and injury prevention across the lifespan. Students examine population-focused roles in 410
This course applies the scientific underpinnings for nurses to provide safe and effective care related to pharmacotherapeutics throughout the lifespan. Drugs are studied by therapeutic or pharmacological class. Clinical assessment, analysis of clinical information, and clinical decision-making are examined in relationship to relevant pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic processes.
NUR 3000, NUR 3010, NUR 3140, NUR 3141, or permission of Department of Nursing
NUR 3120PATHOPHYSIOLOGY & PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS FOR NURSING I4
This is the first of two courses that highlight the role of the nurse in understanding the pathophysiology of various conditions and the medications used in the prevention, management, or curative treatment. Therapeutic and pharmacological drug classifications and principles of medication administration are explored. Topics covered include concepts related to routes of administration, medication calculations, the nurse’s role in safety and rights of administration, identification of mechanism of action, adverse effects, contraindications, and pre- and post-assessments required for safe administration of medications. Offered: Fall
This course introduces students to the basic foundational principles of nursing practice while implementing the nursing process. This course provides a foundation for subsequent nursing courses. Offered: Fall
The Fundamentals Nursing Care Clinical Course is an introductory clinical course designed to introduce the student to the fundamental skills of clinical nursing. This course allows students to use competency- based skills to enhance their didactic knowledge of fundamental nursing care. This course prepares students to provide nursing care to assist individuals in meeting basic human needs while providing a foundation for subsequent nursing courses. This course provides evidence-based nursing skills, critical thinking, and clinical judgment in the lab and clinical settings. Return to Table of Contents
The Adult Health I Didactic course is designed to provide opportunities for students to integrate knowledge related to various disease pathologies, conditions, and disorders that you will encounter as a future Registered Nurse caring for patients in today’s complex healthcare environments. The goal of this course is for students to gain skill competency and insight into the complexity of care required to manage both chronic and acute disease processes. In addition, students will learn to synthesize information and concepts that support evidence-based practice and sound clinical judgments. Offered: Spring
NUR major only; NUR 3010, NUR 3120, NUR 3140, NUR 3141
Corequisite
NUR 3161
NUR 3161ADULT HEALTH NURSING I CLINICAL3
The Adult Health I Clinical course is designed to provide opportunities for students to apply knowledge regarding the recognition and treatment of commonly encountered conditions in the didactic portion. The goal of this course is for students to gain skill competency and insight into the complexity of care required to manage both chronic and acute disease processes. In addition, students will learn to synthesize information and concepts that support evidence-based practice and sound clinical judgments. Offered: Spring
formerly NUR 3070 An overview of community and public health nursing. Explores the role of the nurse in health promotion, disease prevention, and injury prevention across the lifespan. Students examine population- focused roles in primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention, including disaster management. Offered: spring
NUR major only, NUR 3001, NUR 3010, NUR 3120, NUR 3140, NUR 3141
Corequisite
NUR 3171
NUR 3171COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING CLINICAL2
The Community Health Nursing Clinical course is designed to provide opportunities for students to apply theoretical learning and knowledge regarding health promotion, disease and injury prevention, and disaster management. Students will rotate through a variety of community and public health settings to appreciate the full context in which nursing care is provided to individuals/families and communities/populations. Offered: Spring
NUR 3220PATHOPHYSIOLOGY & PHARMACOTHERAPEUTICS FOR NURSING II2
This second of two courses continues the discussion of additional medications that prevent, manage, or treat health conditions with a focus on intravenous medication administration. Topics covered include pathophysiological principles and the nurse’s role in safe administration and calculations of intravenous Return to Table of Contents
This course introduces you to the basic concepts relevant to health care informatics and the use of computerized information systems in health care organizations. The main focus is to discover how computerized applications aid the health care team to evaluate health, wellness, and illness to provide and communicate positive patient outcomes across the lifespan. Offered: Spring
NUR 4010RESEARCH FOR PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE3
The course focuses on the translation of current evidence into nursing practice through the identification of practice issues, appraisal and application of evidence, and the evaluation of outcomes (AACN, 2008). Development of evidence is examined using the research process. Concepts explored include research ethics and legal precepts, clinical judgment in knowledge development and application, and the integration of client values and preferences. Students learn to use reliable evidence to inform practice and make clinical judgments to promote nursing best practice. 3161, NUR 3170, NUR 3171, NUR 4020, NUR 4160, NUR 4161, NUR 4170, NUR 4171 Offered: spring
NUR major only, NUR 3000, NUR 3010, NUR 3140, NUR 3141, NUR 3110, NUR 3160, NUR
Corequisite
NUR 4140, NUR 4141, NUR 4500, or permission of Department of Nursing Chair
NUR 4020NURSING LEADERSHIP AND HEALTH POLICY3
The course explores organizational and systems leadership, quality improvement, and national healthcare safety standards. Focus is placed on the importance of ethical decision-making, effective working relationships, delegation, and accountability when working in complex healthcare systems. Leadership skills to effectively negotiate change, provide safe quality care, and promote professional practice in the healthcare environment are analyzed and applied. Offered: Fall
Nursing care of women, newborns, infants, children, and families during childbearing and childrearing stages is described. Healthy transitions and physical alterations occurring from conception through adolescence are examined. The health needs of the family are discussed in terms of major morbidity/mortality risks and contemporary issues. This experience will integrate clinical experiences in a variety of acute and community clinical settings to build on theories of growth and development, pathophysiology, and evidence-based practice. (Class 4 credits, Clinical 3 credits) Prerequisites: NUR major only, NUR 3000, NUR 3010, NUR 3040, NUR 3110, NUR 3060, NUR 3070, NUR 4020, NUR 4060, NUR 4070 Offered: spring
NUR 4010, NUR 4500, or permission of Department of Nursing Chair
NUR 4060Adult Health Nursing II7
Adult Health Nursing II is the second of two courses focused on adult health nursing for commonly occurring diseases in the acute care setting. The course builds on previously learned knowledge of physical assessment and technical skills to focus on key components of acute care nursing. Advanced skills and interventions required to care for clients with commonly occurring disease states will be included. (class 4 credits, clinical 3 credits). Offered: fall
NUR major only, NUR 3000, NUR 3010, NUR 3040, NUR 3110, NUR 3060, NUR 3070
Corequisite
NUR 4020, NUR 4070, or permission of Department of Nursing Chair
NUR 4070Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing5
The course is designed to provide an understanding of acute and chronic mental illness across the life span. psychological sciences, psychosocial concepts and traditional / nontraditional therapies are explored. Emphasis is placed on evidence-based practice supported by the Scope and Standards of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. Topics include psychiatric mental health clinical settings, psychosocial interventions, psychotropic medications, and crisis intervention. Class (3 credits), clinical (2 credits). Offered: fall
NUR major only; NUR 3000, NUR 3010, NUR 3040, NUR 3110, NUR 3060, NUR 3070
Corequisite
NUR 4020, NUR 4060, or permission of Department of Nursing Chair
NUR 4110NURSE EXTERN1
The Nurse Extern is an elective nursing course positioned after you have completed the NUR 3160, NUR 3161: Adult Health I course. This nursing elective course enhances your learning experience of various disease pathologies and disorders that are frequently encountered as a future Registered Nurse caring for patients in today’s healthcare profession. The learning outcomes in the course are that you will provide quality, effective and efficient nursing care for patients, while working directly under the supervision of an RN preceptor with oversight and evaluation by course faculty. To accomplish this, it will require you: 1) to synthesize information and concepts about illness and disease, 2) provide nursing care management, and 3) to utilize critical thinking and reasoning. This course will further require that you also incorporate all prior nursing knowledge and skills acquired from previous nursing courses, classroom, and clinical settings, to be able to provide holistic care to patients with specific health deviations and needs. Offered: Fall
NUR major only and permission of the Head of Nursing.
Corequisite
None
NUR 4120NURSE EXTERN1
The Nurse Extern is an elective nursing course positioned after you have completed the NUR 3160, NUR 3161: Adult Health I course. This nursing elective course enhances your learning experience of various disease pathologies and disorders that are frequently encountered as a future Registered Nurse caring for patients in today’s healthcare profession. The learning outcomes in the course are that you will provide quality, effective and efficient nursing care for patients, while working directly under the supervision of a CFV RN preceptor with oversight and evaluation by course faculty. To accomplish this, it will require you: 1) to synthesize information and concepts about illness and disease, 2) provide nursing care management, and 3) to utilize critical thinking and reasoning. This course will further require that Return to Table of Contents
The Nurse Extern is an elective nursing course positioned after you have completed the NUR 3160, NUR 3161: Adult Health I course. This nursing elective course enhances your learning experience of various disease pathologies and disorders that are frequently encountered as a future Registered Nurse caring for patients in today’s healthcare profession. The learning outcomes in the course are that you will provide quality, effective and efficient nursing care for patients, while working directly under the supervision of a CFV RN preceptor with oversight and evaluation by course faculty. To accomplish this, it will require you: 1) to synthesize information and concepts about illness and disease, 2) provide nursing care management, and 3) to utilize critical thinking and reasoning. This course will further require that you also incorporate all prior nursing knowledge and skills acquired from previous nursing courses, classroom, and clinical settings, in order to be able to provide holistic care to patients with specific health deviations and needs. Offered: Summer
NUR major only and permission of the Head of Nursing
Corequisite
None
NUR 4140MATERNAL CHILD NURSING4
Nursing care of women, newborns, infants, children, and families during childbearing and childrearing stages is described. Healthy transitions and physical alterations occurring from conception through 298
This clinical course is designed to provide opportunities for students to apply theoretical learning and knowledge regarding the nursing care of women, newborns, infants, children, and families during childbearing and childrearing stages. Healthy transitions and physical alterations occurring from conception through adolescence are examined. The health needs of the family are discussed in terms of major morbidity/mortality risks and contemporary issues. The goal of this course is for students to gain skill competency and insight in a variety of acute and community clinical settings to build on theories of growth and development, pathophysiology, and evidence-based practice. 3161, NUR 3170, NUR 3171, NUR 4020, NUR 4160, NUR 4161, NUR 4170, NUR 4171 Offered: spring
NUR major only, NUR 3000, NUR 3010, NUR 3140, NUR 3141, NUR 3110, NUR 3160, NUR
Corequisite
NUR 4010, NUR 4140, NUR 4500, or permission of Department of Nursing Chair
NUR 4160ADULT HEALTH NURSING II4
The Adult Health II Didactic course continues the discussion of various disease pathologies, conditions, and disorders. The goal of this course is for students to gain skill competency and insight into the complexity of care required to manage both chronic and acute disease processes. In addition, students will learn to synthesize information and concepts that support evidence-based practice and sound clinical judgments needed to navigate the complexity of today’s complex healthcare environments. Offered: Fall
NUR major only, NUR 3160, NUR 3161, NUR 3170 & NUR 3171
Corequisite
NUR 4161
NUR 4161ADULT HEALTH NURSING II CLINICAL3
The Adult Health I Clinical course is designed to provide opportunities for students to apply knowledge regarding the recognition and treatment of commonly encountered conditions in the didactic portion. The goal of this course is for students to gain skill competency and insight into the complexity of care required to manage both chronic and acute disease processes. In addition, students will learn to synthesize information and concepts that support evidence-based practice and sound clinical judgments. Offered: Fall
The course is designed to provide an understanding of acute and chronic mental illness across the lifespan. Neurobiological sciences, psychosocial concepts and traditional/nontraditional therapies are explored. Emphasis is placed on evidence-based practice supported by the Scope and Standards of Return to Table of Contents
NUR 4171PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSING CLINICAL2
The Psychiatric Mental Health Clinical course is designed to provide opportunities for students to apply theoretical learning and knowledge regarding the recognition and nursing care of commonly encountered psychiatric and behavioral health conditions. Students will explore evidenced-based practice in actual patient care situations to foster competency and the development of clinical judgement required to care for individuals safely and compassionately with acute and chronic mental health conditions. Offered: Fall
This course provides students with the nursing knowledge and skills necessary to care for pediatric patients and their families. Students will examine growth and development principles, disease prevention, and health promotion models specific to pediatric populations. Students will be equipped to deliver competent, person-centered, compassionate nursing care to infants, children, and adolescents in a variety of healthcare settings. Offered: Spring
NUR major only; NUR 4160, NUR 4161, NUR 4170 & NUR 4171.
Corequisite
NUR 4181
NUR 4181PEDIATRIC NURSING CLINICAL1
The course aligns with the NUR 4180 Pediatric Nursing didactic course and allows students to deliver competent, person-centered, compassionate nursing care to infants, children, and adolescents in a variety of healthcare settings. Emphasis is placed on engagement with patients using age-appropriate strategies, administering safe, evidence-based care, as well as interprofessional communication. Offered: Spring
Nursing care of women, newborns, infants, children, and families during childbearing and childrearing stages is described. Healthy transitions and physical alterations occurring from conception through adolescence are examined. The health needs of the family are discussed in terms of major morbidity/mortality risks and contemporary issues. This experience will integrate clinical experiences in a variety of acute and community clinical settings to build on theories of growth and development, pathophysiology, and evidence-based practice. Offered: Spring
NUR 4210RESEARCH FOR PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE I2
This course focuses on the appraisal of research and evidence-based standards for the rationale of current nursing care. Students will evaluate the translation of current scientific evidence intended to address nursing practice issues and improve patient outcomes. Concepts explored include research methodologies, ethics, and legal precepts; clinical judgment in knowledge development and application; and the integration of clients’ needs, values, and preferences into nursing practice. Students will apply reliable evidence to inform clinical practice and nursing judgment. Students will develop an actionable project proposal to improve nursing practice and patient outcomes.
NUR 4310RESEARCH FOR PROFESSIONAL NURSING PRACTICE II1
This course is the culmination of the process begun in Research for Professional Nursing Practice I. Students will apply principles of undergraduate research to address a relevant nursing practice issue. In the previous nursing research course, students created an actionable proposal. This is the conclusion of that process which will end in a quality scholarly project and presentation.
This is an elective course provided in the last semester of the nursing program in preparation for the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN) exam. During this course, the student will be engaged in case studies and interactive learning in a relaxed, active learning environment. The course reinforces nursing knowledge and improves clinical judgment and decision- making skills using a concept-based approach. Offered: spring
This nursing capstone consists of seminars to provide an opportunity for transition to the professional nursing role and a 120-hour focused client care experience. Standardized testing is incorporated to provide feedback to facilitate analysis, synthesis, refinement, and integration of nursing knowledge. The focused client care experience is provided through a cooperatively designed learning experience under the supervision of a licensed preceptor. (Class 1 credit, clinical 3 credits). Offered: spring Return to Table of Contents
NUR major only; NUR 4020, NUR 4160, NUR 4161, NUR 4170, NUR 4171, NUR 4210
Corequisite
None
NUR 4850SPECIAL TOPICS IN NURSING1-3
The special topics course is a course designed relating to a specific nursing topic or area of specialty. The course allows professors/instructors to offer more education relating to a specific nursing topic area of interest. Offered: as needed
This course will explore a variety of nursing theories including various theoretical perspectives of teaching and learning, as well as practical application of strategies to meet the diverse needs of learners. Students will apply theoretical frameworks to a health care or instructional problem to promote 78
This course provides a foundation in assessment, measurement, and evaluation strategies for nursing education. Students will explore the theoretical basis for evaluation, as well as practical application of the strategies. The course is intended to prepare students to utilize strategies of measurement and evaluation in developing tests, interpreting test results, assessing clinical performance, and evaluating written assignments. Discussion of legal and ethical issues related to evaluation in nursing education will be included throughout the course.
This course analyzes statistical measurements in current use related to a healthcare problem. Concepts of scientific measurement, data analysis, and descriptive and inferential statistics are addressed. Students will be able to identify and differentiate between quantitative and qualitative measurements. Pre-requisite and/or Co-requisite: NUR 5000
This course provides a foundation in curricular design, program development, and curriculum evaluation in nursing education. Students will explore internal and external contextual factors influencing curriculum design and implementation. This course is intended to prepare students to utilize foundational principles and concepts for the development and evaluation of nursing curricula in academic settings. This course will also prepare students for program development and evaluation in nursing education.
This course will emphasize ethical principles and moral decision-making processes related to the healthcare delivery system. Students will examine and discuss moral and ethical issues within healthcare. Students will examine professional and interprofessional leadership responsibilities and health advocacy roles as they relate to healthcare. Students will explore public policies through advocacy related to a topic of interest.
This course builds on NUR5200 with a focus on the foundation of scholarship and improvement of healthcare. Students will apply methods of EBP, analyze emerging EBP scholarly articles, and then modify and adapt that research to make effective change within their organization. Students will examine issues such as nursing performance, organizational effectiveness, nursing outcomes, and teaching and learning. Students will develop a project based on a PICO question, conduct a literature review, and write a proposal paper related to student’s topic of interest.
This course builds on evidenced-based practice concepts explored in NUR 5600 with a focus on the role of the nurse leader in supporting continuous quality improvement within the healthcare setting. Students will apply methods related to process change, root cause analysis and informatics to identify and improve safety and quality outcomes. National initiatives, barriers to change, and the need to create buy-in from a variety of stakeholders will be examined. 79
NUR 5800ADVANCED INFORMATICS & HEALTHCARE TECHNOLOGIES3
This course provides advanced knowledge and skills to improve healthcare outcomes by making effective changes using technological resources. Graduate prepared nurses will expand their knowledge of nursing informatic theory and how informatics is used for practice applications, professional skill development, networking, and project management. Students will explore the connection between computer technology, and effective change and outcomes.
NUR 6000NURSING LEADERSHIP & ADVANCED ROLES IN LEADERSHIP3
This course provides an in-depth look at leadership and management within the nursing profession. Students will examine the transition between nursing practice and the management and provision of healthcare and organizational issues. The course will explore various advanced nursing roles in leadership. Management and quality improvement skills will be analyzed. A 100-hour clinical component is included within this course.
This course examines the relationship between health policy and economics. This course will look at health policy and economics from a graduate prepared nurse perspective. The course will look at how economics shape health policymaking, health reform, and emerging and continuing controversies in health policy. Students will analyze health policymaking processes including various aspects of policy development, implementation, and modification. The course will introduce students to the framework in which the U.S. healthcare system functions.
This course will provide an advanced opportunity to explore population-based healthcare of disease and illness prevention, as well as health maintenance and promotion, and global health. It explores epidemiological principles as an integral part of population health risks, assets, and disparities. Graduate students will explore population-based and community models in which disease and illness occur as well as within healthcare delivery systems.
NUR 6600INTERPROFESSIONAL COLLABORATION & COMMUNICATION IN HEALTH CARE3
This course consists of improving collaboration and communication among interprofessional teams. Graduate students will explore interdisciplinary health care professions. Communication and decision- making processes among interprofessional teams will be analyzed. Students will examine qualities of successful teams and interprofessional interactions. Students will analyze and apply effective interprofessional collaboration to improve health care outcomes. A 100-hour clinical component is included within this course.
NUR 5000, NUR 5200, NUR 5400, NUR 5600, NUR 5800, NUR 6000, NUR 6200, NUR 6400
NUR 6800PRACTICUM I – APPLIED PRACTICE EXPERIENCE1.5
This course consists of a practical experience that is developed, approved, supervised, and evaluated by faculty and preceptors. The objective is to provide students an opportunity to synthesize, integrate, and then apply leadership knowledge and skills, that has been learned throughout the MSN curriculum, to a PICO question. Students will gain professional experience in an administrative environment and implement a project of particular interest setting them on a career trajectory. Careful consideration must be given to the site and preceptor. A 75-hour clinical component is included with this course. 80
NUR 6810PRACTICUM II – APPLIED PRACTICE EXPERIENCE1.5
This course is a continuation of NUR 6800. It consists of a practical experience that is developed, approved, supervised, and evaluated by faculty and preceptors. The objective is to provide students an opportunity to synthesize, integrate, and then apply leadership knowledge and skills, that has been learned throughout the MSN curriculum, to a PICO question. Students will gain professional experience in an administrative environment and implement a project of particular interest setting them on a career trajectory. Careful consideration must be given to the site and preceptor. A 75-hour clinical component is included with this course.
NUR 5000, NUR 5200, NUR 5400, NUR 5600, NUR 5800, NUR 6000, NUR 6200, NUR 6400
NUR 6900CAPSTONE – INTEGRATED LEARNING EXPERIENCE3
Students will evaluate and present their applied learning practicum project. This course will provide graduate students the opportunity to apply proficient leadership skills with emphasis on professional growth. Students will have the opportunity to assess their educational goals as well as their future professional career goals. A 150-hour clinical component is included with this course. NUR 6600
NUR 5000, NUR 5200, NUR 5400, NUR 5600, NUR 5800, NUR 6000, NUR 6200, NUR 6400,
NUR 7000INTRODUCTION TO EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP2
This course introduces the concept of executive leadership in nursing, as well as leadership styles and theories from nursing and other disciplines. Executive leadership in a complex healthcare industry requires the knowledge and skills to transform care delivery models to improve patient and organizational outcomes.
This course is designed to prepare students to be disciplined thinkers and effective communicators. The course explores general principles of analytical, expository, and argumentative writing and provides opportunity to review elements of the scholarly writing process; implement strategies to compose, review and proofread composition; critique one's own work; and evaluate the writing of others. This course prepares the student for academic writing and formatting that will translate to publication.
NUR 7100RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE3
As an introduction to research methodology and application to bedside care, students will be introduced to concepts related to research, evidence-based practice and Quality Improvement. The role of the DNP in each of these will be examined. Students will also be introduced to the SQUIRE Guidelines as the format for their scholarly project, as well as complete the National Institute of Health (NIH) Research Training in preparation for their project design and Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval process. Discussion of criteria related to the accruement and documentation of DNP immersion hours will also be presented.
This course is designed to lay the foundation for the individual scholarly project. Concepts related to choosing an appropriate project that aligns with the timeline for completion will be discussed. Students will begin working on the development of their PICOT question, as well as complete a literature search pertaining to the topic area that is the focus of their project. Students will be assigned a faculty mentor for their individual project at the completion of this course. 81
After developing the PICOT question and completing a literature search based on their topic of interest, students will begin drafting what will become the Review of Literature for their scholarly project. Students will submit the draft for review, feedback, and identification of needed revisions to their assigned faculty mentor. An updated log of completed DNP hours will also be submitted to the faculty mentor at the end of the course.
NUR 7300TRANSFORMATIONAL MANAGEMENT OF ORGANIZATIONS & SYSTEMS3
This course is specifically designed to synthesize leadership competencies in organizational theory and behavior, leadership principles and practices, and organizational structure and culture through prior graduate education and career experience. Nurse leaders will apply evidence-based transformational leadership methodology to create sustainable value within their own health care environments. This course lays the foundation for transformational management of change, influential nursing leadership, and excellence in process development at the system level.
This course provides the foundation for the critical evaluation and synthesis of published health sciences evidence including an overview of the appropriate use and interpretation of commonly used statistical techniques for generating that evidence. Students will analyze the research methods and reported statistical results in published literature with an emphasis on implications for advanced nursing practice decisions. Students will develop plans for analysis of data collected with consideration of the alignment of project purpose with methods. Students will develop skills necessary to translate the statistical findings for stakeholders’ application to practice and quality improvement.
As a continuation of the work completed in Scholarly Inquiry I & II, students will develop the methodology for their individual project based on their finalized PICOT question. This course will also include submission to all required Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) for approval in preparation for data collection.
Once Institutional Review Board(s) approval has been granted, students will begin collecting data and scoring for analysis based on their methodology. Students will work with their individual faculty mentor throughout this process and submit an updated log of DNP hours at the end of this course.
NUR 7600HEALTHCARE FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS CONCEPTS3
This course covers economic theory, market drivers and restraints, health care finance and reimbursement, cost-benefit analysis, and health care entrepreneurism. Theory and application are integrated throughout the course with a particular focus on the clinical role of the DNP within the contemporary health care environment. Students will incorporate business concepts specific to the healthcare arena that focus on cost management and budgeting for the nurse leader.
This stage of project development focuses on statistical analysis, interpretation of the collected data, and discussion of results. Students will also reflect on study limitations, application to current practice, and recommendations for future study. 82
In this final course of the scholarly project, students will prepare to successfully complete a faculty led scholarly defense with slide presentation. Dissemination of results will be attained by submitting a poster presentation for review and submission of final approved project to ProQuest for publication. Students will submit an updated log of DNP hours at the end of this course.
NUR 7100, NUR 7200, NUR 7210, NUR 7500, NUR 7510, NUR 7700
NUR 7800ADVANCING EQUITY & INCLUSION IN GLOBAL HEALTH3
Nursing as a profession has historically recognized the need for equity and inclusion regarding access to healthcare for individuals on a global scale. This need for improvements in environmental, safety, and health conditions is now reflected in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s) outlined by the United Nations. This course will provide a primer for the goals set forth by the United Nations, as well as highlight the role of nurse leaders in collaborating with international organizations to achieve these goals.
NUR 7950QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN ORGANIZATIONAL SETTINGS3
Quality Improvement (QI) is often associated with identifying and correcting the cause of errors within a system’s setting. This process can also be used to proactively improve patient outcomes through increased clinical competence in both the experienced and new graduate nurses. Throughout this course, the role of the nurse leader in the process of attaining and maintaining competency for nurses will be explored. Identification and facilitation of quality improvement needs, as well as the role of the nurse leader in the process and sustainability of competency-based QI initiatives will be among the topics of discussion.
NUR 7960ETHICAL AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR NURSE LEADERS3
Both ethical and legal considerations are paramount in the role of the nurse leader. Not only does the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics play into the day-to-day decisions of managing patient care or prioritizing access to resources, but they also guide in decision-making pertaining to ethical dilemmas. In this course, students will apply ethical principles to navigate dilemmas commonly encountered in practice and explore the role of the ethics committee in acute care. Students will also examine the role of forensic (“pertaining to the law”) nursing in the care associated with vulnerable population, as well as ethical considerations in research design.
The Supplementary Study course is designed to accommodate DNP students who require additional time or feedback from faculty to complete required coursework and/or DNP hours. This course provides for continued faculty mentorship outside of the traditional course calendar. 83
