6 courses with the subject MSN, 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.
MSN 500Advanced Nursing Practice: Emergence, Theory, and Leadership3
This is one of the first core courses in the MSN curriculum and one of five core courses for the MSN program. This course engages students in an exploration of the social, political, economic, environmental and historical issues related to advanced nursing practice. This course also introduces the theoretical foundations of advanced nursing practice and the competencies required in the advanced practice role. Summer, As Needed.
MSN 502Population Focused Leadership for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention3
This is one of five core courses in the MSN program. Students develop understanding of core concepts and skills for health promotion and disease prevention with populations or in the community, including epidemiological concepts, research design synthesis and evidence assessment for evidence-based practice, and program development and assessment of population health outcomes. Fall.
MSN 515Application of Ethics in Advanced Nursing Practice and Health Policy3
This is one of five core courses in the MSN program. This course will examine the impact of politics on the development of current health care policies and the delivery of health care, as well as the role of the nurse leader as an advocate in health policy and ethics. This course includes an overview of healthcare policymaking in the United States, current ethical healthcare issues, and the effect of health policy on care with diverse populations. In this course, students will have the opportunity to explore patient rights in bioethical decision making and demonstrate the application of an evidence-informed policy model when acting as patient advocates. Students will learn how to employ the PICO (TS) format when analyzing existing health policies and creating new health policies. Spring and Summer.
The course is a graduate-level independent study course. The course description, objectives, number of credits, type course (theory/clinical/theory and clinical), mode of delivery, and evaluation criteria will be determined by the student and faculty.
