38 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 190Critical Thinking for Nurses1
This one-credit course is designed to expose students enhance their study skills that will enhance application of learned material and increase success on nursing examinations. The course also provides ample NCLEX-RN style practice questions to improve accuracy in answering nursing examination items. Student will be expected to personally identify patterns in incorrect examination answers and develop personal plans for improvement.
This course will explore the nursing profession and nursing professionalism. Students will learn about different nursing roles and responsibilities, as well as education levels, licensure, and certification. These and other topics will help students gain a greater understanding of the nursing profession.
This course will explore foundations of policy, finance, legislation, and regulation in complex systems of healthcare. Policy related to health equity, health disparity, and social justice will also be analyzed. Students will strengthen nurse advocacy skills and understanding of the Registered Nurse Scope and Standards of Practice.
This course will present an overview of issues relevant to women’s health nursing. Nursing assessment techniques specific to female clients will be explored. Specific nursing interventions to promote women’s health will be covered including: HIV, early detection of female cancers, reproductive health, mental health issues, osteoporosis, pharmacokinetics, nutrition, physical fitness.
This course will explore scholarly practice in nursing, including research and evidence-based practice. Conducted literature searches will discover support for a student-identified contemporary nursing issue. Ethical principles of nursing research, particularly protection of human subjects and other ethical accountabilities focusing on research utilization and evidence-based practice, will be examined. CHATHAM UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2026-2027 389
This course will explore community health, health promotion, and illness prevention across the continuum of care. Students will investigate the nurse’s role in population healthcare as well as public health emergencies and disasters.
Multiple aspects of geriatric health and the aging population will be explored. Specific nursing interventions to promote older adult health will be covered including pharmacological considerations, nutrition, elder abuse, sexuality, coping with loss and grief, health and wellness promotion and the continuum of care.
NUR 412Organizational Quality Improvement and Safety3
This course will explore the nurse’s foundational role in leading a person-centered healthcare environment through quality improvement and safety measures in collaboration with the interprofessional team. Ethical and cultural considerations related to quality improvement will be analyzed.
NUR 414Nursing Informatics, Technology, and Communication3
This course will explore how nurses use data, technology, and communication to create high-quality person-centered care. Students will demonstrate appropriate and ethical use of these modalities to impact clinical judgment. An emphasis on HIPAA privacy and security requirements will be introduced.
This course will explore and analyze contemporary issues nurses experience in healthcare. Ethical, bioethical, and social issues will be highlighted. Students will develop skills related to self-care and resilience.
NUR 501Scientific Underpinnings: Practice and Scholarship3
This course examines disciplinary knowledge and scholarship for innovation in practice, guidance with clinical judgement, and transformation of healthcare. Principles of research, evidence-based practice, and theory will be incorporated to assist with generation, translation, application and integration of scholarship into nursing practice.
NUR 503Informatics Foundation and Health Care Technology3
This course focuses on technology and informatics in healthcare delivery. Students will evaluate current and emerging technologies used for data driven decision- making to support quality healthcare outcomes. Key to this foundational knowledge will be skills developed to effectively communicate, coordinate, and analyze change resulting from the utilization of technology. CHATHAM UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2026-2027 390
NUR 505Health Assessment and Promotion Across the Lifespan3
This course provides an exploration of key concepts in pathophysiology, physical assessment, and pharmacotherapy across the lifespan for the masters prepared nurse. Cultural and genetic influences of health will be analyzed and applied for health promotion, person-centered care, and population health.
NUR 506Communication and Collaboration for Leadership3
This course will focus on student development, analysis and application of skills to support communication and interprofessional collaborative partnerships. Theories are incorporated to enhance health care outcomes within diverse populations. Foundational values for nursing will underpin support for quality and safety of care, self-care initiatives and sustainment of professional growth.
NUR 507Health Policy and Advocacy for Quality Care3
In this course, students analyze and create innovative approaches to complex issues in health care. Concepts of policy and advocacy are integrated to address social justice, and diversity, equity, and inclusion as applied to the delivery of quality care. Nursing leader influence on fostering healthy work environments will be explored.
This course focuses on healthcare finance, budgeting, and business concepts needed to prepare the nurse leader to function in a variety of healthcare settings.
NUR 632Curriculum Design and Evaluation in Nursing Education3
This course focuses on the nurse educator’s role in curriculum development, curriculum evaluation, measures of student performance, accreditation, and the implementation of these concepts in nursing education.
This course focuses on current practices in human resources that directly impact nurse leaders. Topics will include staffing needs, labor laws, recruitment, hiring, and retention; onboarding practices, staff development, conflict resolution, relationship management, diversity, managing a multigenerational workforce, and business ethics.
This course focuses on diverse roles of nurse educators in various practice and educational environments. The course will provide novice and experienced nurse educators knowledge on developing an effective learning environment for a diverse student population. Educator responsibilities outside of the classroom will also be explored.
NUR 652Teaching Strategies and Technology for the Nurse Educator3
PRACTICE EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS Chatham University’s MSN Program includes planned learning activities in nursing practice that allow students to understand, perform, and refine professional competencies expected in an MSN program. While meeting the program outcomes, which are linked to the AACN Essentials (2021), student Practice Experiences (PE) involve a comprehensive exploration of the masters-prepared professional nurse’s role, and a deliberate approach to planning, designing, implementing, evaluating, and disseminating a collaborative, professional role practicum project. The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) requires the MSN programs include appropriate Practice Experiences related to the roles/areas for which students are being prepared. Chatham University’s MSN programs prepare nurses to function as nurse educators and/or leaders. Ultimately, all students must have the opportunity to integrate new knowledge as they prepare to be an MSN program graduate. The design, implementation, and evaluation of Practice Experiences are aligned to student and program outcomes, allow for the opportunity to demonstrate competence in nursing education or leadership and are approved and evaluated by faculty. A total of 500 PE hours will be completed for the MSN degree. These hours will consist of both direct and indirect care. A portion of these hours will be spent with an approved, MSN-prepared preceptor. A signed affiliation agreement with the identified agency and an approved preceptor must be in place prior to engaging in practice experiences. It is the responsibility of the student to comply with agency requirements.
This course provides an opportunity for students to gain practice experience (PE) related to an area of interest. The student will select a practice area and work under the guidance of a preceptor. This course is designed for those planning admission to Chatham University’s DNP program and lack the required practice experience hours.
This course provides an opportunity for students to gain practice experience (PE) related to an area of interest. The student will select a practice area and work under the guidance of a preceptor. This course is designed for those planning admission to Chatham University’s DNP program and lack the required practice experience hours.
This course provides an opportunity for students to gain practice experience (PE) related to an area of interest. The student will select a practice area and work under the guidance of a preceptor. This course is designed for those planning admission to Chatham University’s DNP program and lack the required practice experience hours.
NUR 700Structure and Application in Nursing Knowledge3
This course introduces the advanced practice nurse to contemporary nursing knowledge, as formalized through concepts, theories and frameworks guiding clinical practice. There is also emphasis on the development and structure of knowledge.
This course prepares students with the skills and competencies needed to assimilate knowledge for scholarly work. Emphasis is focused on the identification of a clinical problem and finding the best evidence for an intervention from established research studies to support a practice change project.
NUR 703Population Health, Ethics, and Health Policy3
This course focuses on population health, ethical issues, and public policy in healthcare. Students apply strategies to manage ethical dilemmas, expand advocacy beyond the patient to include the community, and analyze health policy to educate and lead change to promote population health.
NUR 704Translating Evidence to Advance Best Practice3
This course focuses on translating evidence to improve practice and promote optimal patient-centered outcomes. Emphasis is placed on responsible, safe, and CHATHAM UNIVERSITY CATALOG: 2026-2027 392
This course explores foundational elements of financial management for nurses in advanced practice roles. Emphasis will be placed on building business acumen for systems-based leadership to promote a culture of quality and safety to enhance nursing practice and transform healthcare.
NUR 707Technology and Informatics for Advanced Practice Nursing3
This course focuses on the advanced practice nurse’s role in understanding and using information technology to promote safe, quality, and ethical care delivery across the healthcare continuum. Use of technology and data analysis to inform decision- making, lead inter-professional teams, and communicate with patients will also be explored.
NUR 799Implementing and Evaluating Evidence-Based Practice6
PRACTICE EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS DNP students are required to complete 500 practice experience hours during the DNP program. The DNP practice experience is an advanced immersion experience that allows DNP students an opportunity that includes, but is not limited to: gaining and applying advanced skills in the clinical setting; linking policy making within clinical systems, or local, regional, or national organizations; translation of evidence-based research into practice through policy or practice innovation; and to serve as change agents in health care delivery settings. A practice experience site will be identified and approved during the first semester of coursework. A signed affiliation agreement with the identified site must be in place prior to engaging in practice experiences. It is the responsibility of the student to comply with agency requirements and for any costs or fees associated with additional health requirements for their agency’s practice setting.
