92 courses with the subject NSG, 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.
NSG 101Introduction to Nursing1
This course will introduce the student to knowledge of the nursing process, and the nursing profession. Emphasis is placed on the exploration of the conceptual and philosophical basis of nursing, and the role of critical thinking using the nursing process. This course will identify the relationship of historical events to the application of current nursing practice, and the implication that legal and ethical issues have on the nursing profession.
This course encompasses the needs and concerns of women as consumers in our present health care system. It examines various biological, psychological, and social topics related to women's health care, including medical abuses, sexuality, sex roles, and women's health in the workplace. This course is an enrichment to liberal education, encouraging inquiry into previously neglected areas of women and health. It is offered in the Women's Studies Program and is open to all University students, regardless of major, as an elective. Gen Ed Attribute: Diverse Communities Distance education offering may be available.
In this course the student will examine various nursing theories and concepts; conceptual frameworks; theories from other disciplines which apply to nursing; nursing history; nursing education; professionalism in nursing; nursing leadership; the nursing process; nursing diagnosis; nursing research; ethical, legal, economic, and political aspects of nursing and current issues in nursing. The student will also study and learn to practice psychosocial and physical assessment skills as well as learning how to do vital sign assessment; provide bedside nursing care, hygiene and comfort; transfer and positioning techniques for clients; and understand and demonstrate competence in the utilization of standard precautions as a health care provider. This course serves as a foundation for all subsequent nursing courses in the upper division. NSG 212 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 101 with minimum grade of C; and successful completion of BIO 100, BIO 259, BIO 269, CHE 107, and CRL 107 with a minimum composite GPA of 2.75. Corequisite: NSL 212.
In this course the student will examine the influences associated with healthy aging through a variety of learning activities. Students will begin by learning about ageism and lifespan biological and genetic influences (allostatic load theory) on health outcomes. This biological foundation serves as a starting point to examine other factors (social, economic, cultural) that impact healthy aging. Students then apply communication skills through interaction on a one-to-one basis with older adults. Students complete basic assessments on common problems of day-to-day living (sleep, nutrition, mobility, fall risk) and a community walking assessment that illustrates how environment influences aging. Students learn to apply health equity promotion and social justice principles to older adult health (Health Equity Promotion model). Students learn about community programs, health policy, and their impact on the health of older adults. The course will foster an informed and reasoned openness to, and understanding of, aging differences based on lifestyle, economic, and biological factors. In conclusion, a course goal is to educate students who become citizens committed to creating a just and equitable society. Gen Ed Attribute: Diverse Communities
The emphasis of this course is that caring is a universal concept that can be viewed from many disciplines. Nurses, professionals in the caring business, serve as the guides in a creative journey connecting human caring and the various disciplines.
This one-credit elective for level III and IV nursing majors is designed to help students foster clinical judgment skills by focusing on study skills, critical thinking, and test-taking. Emphasis is placed on preparing students with skills that are essential for success on the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN).
This course introduces students to culturally diverse populations within the United States. Emphasis is placed on the exploration of heritage (social structure), and the meaning of health and illness in various culturally diverse sub-populations that include individuals from marginalized groups. Weekly assignments will provide students with the opportunity to explore diversity in healthcare delivery. Through class discussions, students will further develop agency and devise strategies to employ resistance in the face of structural oppression which is often encountered in healthcare structures. Discussions will include the following topics: demographic disparity/poverty, immigration/U.S. institutional mandates, diverse health care beliefs, traditional medicine, religion, ethnicity, healthcare economics, socialization, and linguistics as they each relate to health outcomes. Concepts will be approached using an interdisciplinary lens and draw upon perspectives from the following disciplines: health sciences, economics, history, anthropology, sociology, and political science. This course promotes collaboration among disciplines to improve healthcare access and delivery for diverse populations. Gen Ed Attribute: Diverse Communities, Health Humanities Pathway, Interdisciplinary Distance education offering may be available.
This course provides introductory training for anyone wishing to work with victims and survivors of sexual assault and other forms of victimization. The course is an excellent basis for those seeking to volunteer or intern with community based agencies specializing in this field. 470
This course will examine the foundations of Genetics that makes a person unique, why one resembles or differ from their family members, and why some diseases run in families. The Human Genome Project decoded the genetic information in 2003. This genetic 'instruction manual' is currently used to understand and treat diseases. The course will examine patterns of inheritance, genetic differences, and disease risks. The course also will focus on application of genetic information in different situations as individuals and families, employment and insurance settings, legal and ethical aspects, genetic counseling and long term care NSG 225 Prerequisite: Successful completion of BIO 100. Distance education offering may be available.
This course will expose students to historical, current, and emerging health issues experienced by the gender and sexual minority (GSM) populations. This course is rooted in the minority stress approach to health promotion problems amongst the gender and sexual minorities. The course is designed to foster an informed and reasoned openness to, and understanding of, difference. Introduction to health promotion activities, advocacy, prevention, and community health resources are emphasized. This course is open to all majors. Gen Ed Attribute: Diverse Communities Distance education offering may be available.
This survey course introduces forensic nursing and the role of the professional nurse to forensic science. Building on nursing knowledge, the course topics will assist in the development and understanding of the relationship between clinical nursing practice and forensic science. The history of forensic nursing and a variety of forensic nursing specialty roles will be examined. The application of patient teaching, prevention and intervention, long-term health effects and referral resources within the specialty of forensic nursing will be defined for multi-professional practice. Specific groups and vulnerable populations at increased risk to crime will be explored. Distance education offering may be available.
NSG 239Preparing Students for Incivility, Bullying & Lateral Violence in the Workplace3
This course is designed to prepare nursing students and new graduate nurses' education for encounters with incivility, bullying, and lateral violence in the workplace. Course content will include reviewing the personal and professional impact of incivility, bullying, and lateral violence. It will also include how incivility, bullying, and lateral violence influences patient care, professional self-esteem, self-worth, and physical and emotional health. Current nursing position statements, policies, and protections will be explored. Resiliency and self-care skills will be taught along with training in conflict resolution and professional communication to help empower students to address incivility, bullying, and lateral violence in the workplace. Orem's Self-Care Theory will serve as the theoretical framework for the course.
This course will focus on the concept of palliative care, one that improves the quality of life of patients and their families at any stage of a serious illness. The course will focus on the distinction between palliative and hospice care. Based on the Nursing Process, the issues of physical problems such as pain, psychosocial and spiritual suffering, through culturally congruent preventative and relief measures will be addressed. Additionally, the distinct advantages of palliative care will be identified to improve quality measures and resource utilization. NSG 240 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 212. Distance education offering may be available.
Examination of core concepts of alterations of human responses to disease processes at the cellular and systemic level. This course focuses on illness as it affects major body systems. Students will identify and analyze prototypical clinical situations, which will provide a foundation for their nursing practice. This course will link clinical situations to their underlying mechanism of disorder and provide a sound knowledge for the practice of professional nursing. NSG 310 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 101 with minimum grade of C; and successful completion of BIO 100 or BIO 110, BIO 259, BIO 269, CHE 107, and CRL 107; and a minimum composite GPA of 2.75. Nursing majors only. 2026-2027 CATALOG - UNDERGRADUATE
NSG 311Nursing Care of Women, Infants, & Children5
The emphasis of this course is the childbearing family and the pediatric patient. Content will focus on prevention of illness and promotion of health by assessment of the health status, appropriate intervention, and evaluation of the health promotion plan. Chronic states as well as acute health conditions will be addressed as well. Content is organized around the concepts of wellness, chronicity and acuity. The nursing process provides the framework for the care to be given in a variety of settings with clients. Associated clinical experiences are provided in agencies where relatively well populations have been identified, as well as acute care population settings. Examples include schools, primary care practices, inpatient settings, and childbirth settings. NSG 311 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 101, NSG 212, NSL 212, and NSG 310, with minimum grades of C; and successful completion of WRT 120 or WRT 123, a 200-level WRT course, NTD 303, BIO 204, PSY 100, SOC 100 or SOC 240, and PSY 210 or HEA 206, all with minimum grades of C-. Corequisite: NSL 311.
NSG 312Introduction to Medical Surgical Nursing and Care of the Elder5
The emphasis of this course is on the assessment, maintenance, and promotion of health of the older adult and introduction to the care of the inpatient. Clients with chronic health problems in both these populations are addressed. Content is organized around the concepts of wellness, chronicity and acuity. The nursing process is used to assist these clients to grow and or adapt through supportive, therapeutic, palliative, and preventive measures. NSG 312 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 101, NSG 212, NSL 212, and NSG 310, with minimum grades of C; and successful completion of WRT 120 or WRT 123, a 200-level WRT course, BIO 204, HEA 206 or PSY 210, NTD 303, PSY 100, and SOC 100 or SOC 240, all with minimum grades of C-. Corequisite: NSL 312.
This course is designed to provide students with a thorough understanding of the mechanism by which evidence is developed including the research process, clinical judgment, interprofessional perspectives and patient preference as applied to practice. This course is also a foundation for more complex research applications at the graduate level. Opportunities include development of a literature review, critique of a qualitative and quantitative nursing research study and participating in the conduct of nursing research with a faculty member. NSG 313 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 212, NSL 212; and MAT 121 or MAT 125. Gen Ed Attribute: Writing Emphasis Distance education offering may be available.
This is a writing-intensive course examining gender-specific women's experience with sex and sexuality from a biopsychosocial perspective. The approach is inclusive of multiple foci including age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, (dis)ability, and other aspects of human difference. Special attention is paid to women's sexuality within the context of gender analysis. Gen Ed Attribute: Writing Emphasis
An in-depth study of selected, current topics relevant to nursing and health care. This course will emphasize the critical analysis of current topics on health care. Each student will develop commitment to reading and critiquing nursing literature in professional journals as part of the teaching- learning process. Repeatable for credit.
This course designed for the RN-BSN student will assist the student to develop educational objectives; apply learning theories for healthcare teaching; identify developmental theories/ stages of the learner; explore the use of technology to meet learning objectives; identify methods to determine healthcare literacy; and evaluate teaching methodology/strategy utilized. NSG 325 Corequisites: NSG 311 and NSL 311. Distance education offering may be available.
NSG 330Professional Nursing Communication Strategies2
The course is designed for the RN-BSN student to foster beginning skills in scholarly inquiry, scientific writing, and professional communication strategies. Information science and teamwork will be explored in the context of professional nursing. The content of this course serves as a foundation for student success in subsequent coursework. Distance education offering may be available. 2026-2027 CATALOG - UNDERGRADUATE
This course is designed to explore the role of ethics in healthcare and public policy. Common ethical problems are discussed and strategies for resolution of ethical dilemmas are applied. This course will address such topics as end-of-life care, living wills and advanced directives, social networking and media in Nursing, research with vulnerable populations and genomics. Focus is placed on values clarification, ethical theory, ethical decision making models, and professional ethical standards. Emphasis is on ethical obligations of professional nurses in their roles as citizens, members of a profession, providers of care, and facilitators of public health policy.
This course will allow students to explore and gain knowledge about the role of the community/public health nurse caring for individuals, families, communities, and populations. Emphasis is placed on health promotion and disease/injury prevention within vulnerable and at-risk populations. Students will be introduced to environmental health and emergency and disaster planning and response systems. Social determinants of health (SDoH), including neighborhood, economic stability, access to education and healthcare, and cultural context, will be analyzed using various evidence-based and organizational resources. Entry-level competencies for public health nursing will be gained through course assignments.
This experiential learning experience will allow students to apply their knowledge of the role of the community/public health nurse when caring for individuals, families, communities, and populations. Students will complete the assessment, design, implementation, and evaluation of a potential population-based intervention that promotes the health of a selected community. Emphasis is placed on health promotion and disease/injury prevention of at-risk populations. Students will be introduced to vulnerable and medically underserved populations while completing their community nurse project. Entry-level competencies for public health nursing will be gained through course assignments.
The student will be introduced to essential pharmacological principles and concepts. The nursing process will provide the framework by which students will apply these principles and concepts to situations in a variety of health care settings. NSG 367 Prerequisite: Successful completion of BIO 269, NSG 212, and NSL 212. Gen Ed Attribute: Speaking Emphasis
NSG 370Clinical Judgment and Prioritization in Clinical Practice3
Clinical judgment refers to the process by which nurses make decisions based on nursing knowledge (evidence, theories, ways/patterns of knowing), other disciplinary knowledge, a critical thinking, and clinical reasoning. This process is used to understand and interpret information in the prioritization and delivery of care. Clinical decision-making based on clinical judgment is directly related to care outcomes. Students will learn to use critical thinking skills to analyze information, consider alternatives, and make sound decisions based on evidence. They will also use their clinical reasoning abilities to connect assessment data, patient history, and diagnosis to make appropriate nursing decisions. NSG 370 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 311 and NSG 312, with minimum grades of D-.
Students will role play a variety of roles during patient care scenarios using SIM-MAN technology. During scenarios students will assess patient condition, critically think through patient care problems, implement nursing interventions, and evaluate patient outcomes. Student will evaluate performance of self and peers during debriefing sessions for continued improvement in problem solving and patient outcomes. 471
NSG 381Nursing Foundations & Population Health/Gero3
In this course the student will examine various nursing theories and concepts; conceptual frameworks; theories from other disciplines which apply to nursing; nursing history; nursing education; professionalism in nursing; nursing leadership; the nursing process; nursing diagnosis, nursing research; ethical, legal, economic, and political aspects of nursing and current issues in nursing. The student will also study and learn to practice psychosocial and physical assessment skills as well as learning how to do: vital sign assessment, provide bedside nursing care, hygiene and comfort; transfer and positioning techniques for clients, and understand and demonstrate competence in the utilization of standard precautions as a health care provider. The emphasis of this course will also be on the maintenance, and promotion and health of the older adult and introduction to the care of the inpatient. Clients with chronic health problems in both these populations are addressed. Content is organized around the concepts of wellness, chronicity and acuity. The nursing process is used to assist these clients grow and or adapt through supportive, therapeutic, palliative, and preventive measures. NSG 381 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 530, NSG 532, and NSG 533, with minimum grades of C. Corequisite: NSL 381.
NSG 382Global Topics in Health Care Delivery: Women, Infants, and Children in South Africa3
Students will explore core concepts of global health that affect accessing health care in resource-limited settings. The course will evaluate health concerns of South Africa's women and children throughout maternity, delivery and newborn care systems. The course will include seminar and service-learning components. Seminars will focus on the global health concerns in South African women and children such as expansion of maternity care through Central and State government, the nursing professional role as care attendants and midwives, HIV/AIDS detection and prevention as well as the availability of anti-retrovirus medications to prevent HIV in infants and children. Students will assess the health care needs of a high risk population, develop a plan of action that is concurrent with the strategic plan of the South African government and World Health Organization (WHO), and provide care or an educational program that will address that need. Through this course the students will gain the knowledge, skills and understanding of South African culture that are necessary to make significant contributions to improve the global health of women and their families through nursing.
NSG 383Caring for Healthy, Acute and Chronic Populations - Pediatrics/Maternity/Medical-Surgical I6
The emphasis of this course is the medical-surgical, childbearing family, and the pediatric patient. Content will focus on prevention of illness and promotion of health by assessment of the health status, appropriate intervention, and evaluation of the health promotion plan. Chronic states as well as acute health conditions will be addressed. Content is organized around the concepts of wellness, chronicity and acuity. The nursing process provides the framework for the care to be given in a variety of settings with clients.
NSG 385Caring for Acutely Ill Populations - Medical-Surgical II & Behavioral Health/Immersive Experience6
The emphasis of this course is on the care of persons with acute medical-surgical and acute holistic health crises. Concepts of holistic care are highlighted throughout classroom and clinical experiences. The content will focus on the use of the nursing process to assist clients in crisis. The framework for the care to be given will reflect concepts including the use of leadership, management, and public/population health nursing concepts to manage and improve health. Students will collaborate, coordinate, and advocate as they use the nursing process independently and interdependently to focus on the complex problems of individuals, families, communities, populations, and systems. Students are expected to function as self-directed learners who correlate nursing/scientific theory and concepts with identifiable research problems in varied environments.
The purpose of this course is to provide students an opportunity to enhance their knowledge and skills in the area of acute critical care nursing. Students will acquire knowledge pertaining to the pharmacological management, advanced cardiac, and respiratory concepts in the critically ill adult. Students will examine ethical principles and concepts that affect clinical practice in the acute critical care setting. Students will explore the role of the critical care nurse, and clinical observation experiences are provided in various acute critical care settings. This course has limited course enrollment and unit assignments will be based on clinical site availability. NSG 407 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 311, NSL 311, NSG 312, and NSL 312, with minimum grades of C. Corequisite: NSG 411 and NSL 411. Gen Ed Attribute: Ethics Requirement to NSG 410. Nursing Research Internship. 1-3 Credits. This internship is a one-semester research work-study appointment in a healthcare-related agency. Students will be mentored in the research process through active collaboration in new and ongoing research efforts. Students will be supervised jointly by a professional at an agency with which the department has a contractual agreement and a School of Nursing faculty member. NSG 410 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 313. Students must be enrolled in a Nursing major. Repeatable for credit.
This internship is a one-semester research work-study appointment in a healthcare-related agency. Students will be mentored in the research process through active collaboration in new and ongoing research efforts. Students will be supervised jointly by a professional at an agency with which the department has a contractual agreement and a School of Nursing faculty member.
The emphasis of this course is on the care of persons with acute medical surgical and acute holistic health crises. Concepts of holistic care are highlighted throughout classroom and clinical experiences. The content will focus on the use of the nursing process to assist clients in crisis. Associated clinical experiences are provided in acute care psychiatric inpatient and medical surgical settings. NSG 411 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 311, NSL 311, NSG 312, and NSL 312, with minimum grades of C. Corequisite: NSL 411.
NSG 412Public/Population Health Nursing, Nursing Leadership, & Management5
Credits. The emphasis of this course will be on the use of leadership, management, and public/ population health nursing concepts to manage and improve health. Students will collaborate, coordinate, and advocate as they use the nursing process independently and interdependently to as they focus on the complex problems of individuals, families, communities, populations, and systems. Associated clinical experiences are provided in an immersion experience and Community/Public Health settings. NSG 412 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 311, NSL 311, NSG 312, and NSL 312, with minimum grades of C. Corequisite: NSL 412.
NSG 430Physical and Health Assessments of Diverse Populations Across the Lifespan3
In this course, students will build a foundation of knowledge and learn concepts and principles underlying assessment of the health status of individuals from culturally diverse backgrounds with emphasis placed on interviewing skills, health histories, and the physical and psychosocial findings in the well person across the lifespan. Students will focus on completing a holistic health and physical assessment by obtaining health histories, performing physical and psychosocial assessments, and formulating initial nursing plans using the nursing process with virtual patients.
NSG 432Health Information, Technology, and Quality Improvement3
This course is designed to introduce the nursing student to informatics tools that are currently being utilized in healthcare to ensure safe and quality care. Electronic Health Records (EHR), telehealth, personal reference management software, Evidence-Based Practice (EBP), and HIPAA will be emphasized.
NSG 434Nursing Leadership & Management in Today's Healthcare Environment3
Credits. This course prepares the BSN nurse for the challenges of nursing leadership and management with a concentration on issues that currently impact the healthcare environment. BSN students are prepared to apply management theories, organizational behavior theories, and leadership styles that are relevant to the practice of nursing management. BSN students complete the course with leadership skills in maintaining best practices and standards of care as well as the ability to appropriately interact with the healthcare team in future work settings. NSG 434 Prerequisite: Admission to the RN-to-BSN program. Corequesite: NSG 435. Gen Ed Attribute: Speaking Emphasis Distance education offering may be available.
This practicum course has an emphasis on decision-making and advocacy for the Bachelor's degree in nursing. Under the guidance of the instructor, students will demonstrate their mastery of leadership theories and styles, approaches, and frameworks. Distance education offering may be available.
Credits NTD 277 Sustainable Food Systems 3 3 NTD 456 Interprofessional Simulation 3 3 PAX 200 Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies 3 3 PAX 315 Peace and Conflict Studies Travel Seminar 3 3 PHI 174 Principles of the Arts 3 3 PHI 330 Introduction to Meaning 3 3 PHI 371 Medical Ethics 3 3 PHY 205 Cellular and Molecular Biophysics 3 3 PSC 304 Urban Politics 3 3 PSC 318 International Political Economy 3 3 PSY 230 Introduction to Primatology 3 3 PSY 280 Health Psychology 3 3 SCB 102 Humans and the Environment 3 3 SCB 210 The Origin of Life and the Universe 3 3 SLP 456 Interprofessional Simulation 3 3 SMD 210 Psychosocial Perspectives of Sports/Recreational 3 3 Injuries 3 SOC 349 Perspectives on Mental Illness 3 3 SOC 368 Violence, Systems, and Resistance 3 3 SUS 100 Introduction to Sustainability and Resilience 3 3 SWO 225 Race Relations 3 3 WOS 200 Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies 3 3 WOS 225 Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies 3 ) 3 WOS 250 Women's Self Representation 3 3 WOS 276 Sexual Identity 3 3 WOS 329 Gender and Peace 3 3 WOS 335 Gender, Race and Science 3 3 WOS 350 Lesbian Studies 3 3 WOS 368 Violence, Systems, and Resistance (VSR) 3 3 WOS 399 Women of Color and Material Culture 3 3 LANGUAGE AND CULTURE 3 REQUIREMENT Language and Culture Requirements for Bachelor 3 of Arts and Bachelor of Music Degree and Certain
In this class students will role play a variety of roles during advanced patient care scenarios using SIM-MAN technology. During scenarios students will assess patient condition, critically think through patient care problems, implement nursing interventions, and evaluate patient outcomes in crisis situations. Students will evaluate performance of self and peers during debriefing sessions for continued improvement in problem solving complex patient care situations and evaluate outcomes.
This course examines the structure of the educational organization issues that specifically affect the certified school nurse and impact the student in the learning environment. Emphasis will be placed on the school nurse's responsibility to enhance the student's ability to learn in relation to promotion, restoration, and maintenance of health. NSG 502 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 533, with a minimum grade of C-. Distance education offering may be available.
This course examines the structure of the educational organization and legal issues that specifically affect the certified school nurse and impact the student in the learning environment. Emphasis will be placed on the school nurse's responsibility to enhance the student's ability to learn in relation to promotion, restoration and maintenance of health. Distance education offering may be available.
An in-depth study of selected, current topics relevant to the development of nursing majors. This course will emphasize the critical analysis of current topics that impact on professional nursing. Each student will develop a commitment to reading and critiquing nursing research in professional journals as part of the teaching-learning process. Repeatable for credit.
Exploration of a variety of theories and current issues that affect nursing practice, education, and administration. Distance education offering may be available.
This course will introduce students to the concepts of health policy, leadership foundations and skills, quality and safety in healthcare and healthcare informatics. The course will prepare the nurse for nursing roles outside of direct patient care. Distance education offering may be available.
NSG 532Pathophysiology for Advanced Practice Nursing3
This course is designed to explore pathophysiologic concepts beginning at the cellular level and proceeding through major body systems. Emphasis will be placed on pathophysiologic changes across the lifespan. This course analyzes the signs and symptoms of various diseases enabling the student and advanced practice nurse to identify the mechanisms of disease and the clinical manifestations of those diseases so that rational therapies and interventions can be designed and implemented based on the pathophysiologic changes. Appropriate screening and diagnostic laboratory evaluative methods will also be included. Distance education offering may be available.
This course combines comprehensive theoretical and laboratory experience to enable the nurse in advanced practice to complete a holistic health assessment of the client. Opportunity is provided to enhance the participant's ability to collect relevant data via use of appropriate interviewing methods, developmental and physical assessment techniques, critical thinking, and psychomotor skills. Distance education offering may be available.
This course will build upon the pharmacologic knowledge acquired at the baccalaureate level. This course will introduce the advanced practice nurse to pharmacologic concepts utilized in advanced practice roles. Clinical decision making is applied as students explore pharmacologic aspects of disease management. Communication is encouraged and required through in-class discussion and written assignments.. Distance education offering may be available.
An overview of the epidemiological model of disease causation. Various epidemiological study designs and their applications will be presented. Distance education offering may be available. 2026-2027 CATALOG - GRADUATE
This course is designed to support nurse leaders in implementing and sustaining evidence- based practice within their organizations. Beginning with an introduction to formulating clinical questions, course participants will systematically review and synthesize scientific evidence; perform appraisals of evidence-based practice guidelines; design comprehensive plans for integrating evidence-based clinical practice changes specific to their practice setting; produce drafts of potentially publishable articles related to evidence-based practice; become familiar with grant proposals; and become more knowledgeable about the ethical implications related to evidence-based practice. Distance education offering may be available.
This is a core course in the Master of Science Nursing Program. Students will examine ethical principles, theories and concepts affecting clinical practice. Using these principles, students will focus on the identification, articulation and planned action for ethical concerns of the patient, family, healthcare provider, system, community and public policy levels. Distance education offering may be available.
NSG 541History & Philosophy of Higher Education & Nsg Education3
This course is designed as an introduction to nursing education. The course examines historical and current philosophies of education which impact nursing education. The history of nursing education is examined and discussed in relation to current and future trends in nursing education. Philosophical similarities and differences between higher education and nursing education models are examined from a historical perspective with emphasis on the present and future state of nursing education. External and internal factors and issues influencing nursing education are discussed. Distance education offering may be available.
NSG 542Curriculum Development & Design in Nursing Education3
This course is designed to examine the theory and practice of curriculum development as a group process, synthesizing basic principles of curriculum in nursing education. Distance education offering may be available.
NSG 543Measurement & Evaluation in Nursing Education3
This course will focus on the application of principles of measurement and evaluation within nursing education. Practical experiences will include the construction and evaluation of classroom tests and clinical assessment instruments, as well as interpretation of standardized tests used within nursing education. Current trends and issues related to evaluation will be discussed. Distance education offering may be available.
NSG 544Teaching Strategies for Classroom & Clinical Settings3
The course explores the various teaching strategies used in nursing classroom and clinical settings for students with diverse needs. The course is designed to prepare students to facilitate learning in these settings. It will provide the student with the opportunity to synthesize and integrate educational theories, research and curriculum planning and evaluation into the role of nurse educator. The course will facilitate the student's examination of the teaching-learning process and skills in professional nursing. The use of information technologies to support the teaching-learning process will also be explored. NSG 544 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 530, NSG 531, NSG 532, NSG 533, NSG 534, NSG 535, NSG 536, NSG 537, and NSG 541, with minimum grades of C-. Distance education offering may be available.
Examination of the teaching-learning process and skills in professional nursing, with emphasis on baccalaureate or in-service education. Includes both classroom and clinical practicum teaching experience, as well as seminars with other students enrolled. Focus is community health nursing throughout. NSG 545 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 530, NSG 531, NSG 532, NSG 533, NSG 534, NSG 535, NSG 536, NSG 537, NSG 541, NSG 542, and NSG 543, all with minimum grades of C-. Distance education offering may be available. 235
This course is the practicum component for NSG 554. Students use theories to plan, manage, and evaluate direct care services provided to adults and families in acute care and long- term care institutional settings. Clinical experience focuses on case management, including advanced assessment, diagnosis, planning, and evaluation for managing this population's acute and complex chronic comorbidities. Opportunities for multidisciplinary and collaborative practice are provided. Students are placed with a CNS or APRN preceptor in a clinical agency. (Clinical practicum 168 hours) NSG 551 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 530, NSG 531, NSG 532, NSG 533, NSG 534, NSG 535, NSG 536, and NSG 537, with minimum grades of C-. Corequisite: NSG 554. Distance education offering may be available.
This course is the practicum component for NSG 555. Students use theories to plan, manage, and evaluate direct care services provided to adults and families in acute care and long- term care institutional settings. Clinical experience focuses on case management, including advanced assessment, diagnosis, planning, and evaluation for managing this population's acute and complex chronic comorbidities. Opportunities for multidisciplinary and collaborative practice are provided. Students are placed with a CNS or APRN preceptor in a clinical agency. (Clinical practicum 168 hours) NSG 552 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 530, NSG 531, NSG 532, NSG 533, NSG 534, NSG 535, NSG 536, NSG 537, NSG 551, and NSG 554, with minimum grades of C-. Corequisite: NSG 555. Distance education offering may be available.
This course is the practicum component for NSG 556. Students use theories to plan, manage, and evaluate direct care services provided to adults and families in acute care and long- term care institutional settings. Clinical experience focuses on case management, including advanced assessment, diagnosis, planning, and evaluation for managing this population's acute and complex chronic comorbidities. Opportunities for multidisciplinary and collaborative practice are provided. Students are placed with a CNS or APRN preceptor in a clinical agency. (Clinical practicum 168 hours) NSG 553 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 530, NSG 531, NSG 532, NSG 533, NSG 534, NSG 535, NSG 536, NSG 537, NSG 551, NSG 552, NSG 554, and NSG 555, with minimum grades of C-. Corequisite: NSG 556. Distance education offering may be available.
NSG 554Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Scientific Foundations of Care I3
Credits. This course will explore scientific foundations of health promotion, disease prevention, and disease management in populations of adults and older adults. The APRN role and competencies will be addressed with focus on transitions of care and the impact of health and illness on individuals and groups of young adults to older adults, families and communities. Clinical practice guidelines will be applied and evaluated using principles of evidence-based practice. Interprofessional collaboration and selected models of care will be applied to APRN treatment plans. NSG 554 Prerequisite: If in the APRN track, successful completion of NSG 530, NSG 531, NSG 532, NSG 533, NSG 534, NSG 535, and NSG 536, with minimum grades of C-. Corequisite: If in the APRN track, NSG 551. Distance education offering may be available.
This course provides didactic content to prepare the CNS to provide primary and/or acute care to older adults. From a case study approach students will examine advanced nursing management of health, illness, and disease states in older adults as compared to younger adults. Content addresses differential diagnosis and management of common health problems, including appropriate physical assessment, diagnostic procedures, laboratory tests, and follow-up care for patients with both acute and chronic conditions. Students use evidence- based care and clinical guidelines to provide safe, holistic and cost effective care to the adult and geriatric patient in variety of healthcare settings. Distance education offering may be available.
NSG 556APN Adult Health/Gero Health Illness Transitions3
This course introduces Transitions Theory as the underpinning for the constantly shifting healthcare needs of individuals across the age continuum (from late adolescence to older age) and in a variety of settings. After a brief introduction, learning will occur through application this theory to a variety of developmental, situational and health-illness transitions. Distance education offering may be available. 236
In today's rapidly changing healthcare landscape, this course is focused on preparing advanced clinical nurses to assume a leadership role is critical to improving the quality of patient care. This course is the first of a series of three courses which provides instruction on how CNLs utilize the competencies necessary to lead improvement teams, analyze data, and ensure delivery of quality, safety, and value-based care in any healthcare setting. NSG 561 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 530, NSG 531, NSG 532, NSG 533, NSG 534, NSG 535, NSG 536, and NSG 537 with minimum grades of C-; conferred bachelor of science degree. Distance education offering may be available.
This course is focused on preparing advanced clinical nurses to assume a leadership role is critical to improving the quality of patient care. This course is the second of a series of three courses which provides instruction on how CNLs utilize the competencies necessary to lead improvement teams, analyze data, and ensure delivery of quality, safety, and value-based care in any healthcare setting. In this course, students in combination with weekly class will begin their CNL Immersion on a specialty unit with an assigned preceptor. Students in conjunction with the preceptor under the supervision of their faculty member will identify an appropriate CNL project. Students will develop a proposal for their CNL project to faculty/peers/preceptor. NSG 562 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 530, NSG 531, NSG 532, NSG 533, NSG 534, NSG 535, NSG 536, NSG 537, and NSG 561, with minimum grades of B; conferred bachelor of science degree. Distance education offering may be available.
This course is the third of a series of three courses which provides instruction on how CNLs utilize the competencies necessary to lead improvement teams, analyze data, and ensure delivery of quality, safety, and value-based care in any healthcare setting. This course emphasizes that the CNL is a provider and manager of care at the point of care to individuals and cohorts of patients anywhere healthcare is delivered. Key concepts include clinical leadership; care outcomes; synthesis of data/evidence to provide improved outcomes; risk anticipation for individuals or cohorts of patients; design of EBPs; team leadership with interprofessional teams; integration and use of information systems and technologies to improve outcomes; stewardship of human/environmental/materials and advocacy for patients, communities and the health professional team. Students will immerse in their role as a CNL and execute a CNL project in their assigned area. Students will document their work in a CNL project paper and present their findings at the end of this course. CNL students will prepare for the CNL certification examination by completion of CNL modules. NSG 563 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 530, NSG 531, NSG 532, NSG 533, NSG 534, NSG 535, NSG 536, NSG 537, NSG 561, and NSG 562, with minimum grades of B; conferred bachelor of science degree. Distance education offering may be available.
In today’s rapidly changing healthcare landscape, this course is focused on preparing advanced clinical nurses to assume a leadership role which is critical to improving the quality of patient care. This course is the first of a series of two courses which provides instruction on how student nurses utilize the competencies necessary to lead improvement teams, analyze data, and ensure delivery of quality, safety, and value-based care in any healthcare setting. NSG 564 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 385, NSL 385, NSG 530, NSG 532, NSG 533, NSG 534, NSG 535, NSG 536, NSG 537, with minimum grades of B. Distance education offering may be available.
This course is focused on preparing student nurses to assume a leadership role which is critical to improving the quality of patient care. This course is the second of a series of two courses which provides instruction and clinical immersion on how nursing students utilize competencies necessary to lead teams, analyze data, and ensure delivery of quality, safety, and value-based care in a healthcare setting. NSG 565 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 385, NSL 385, NSG 530, NSG 531, NSG 532, NSG 533, NSG 534, NSG 535, NSG 536, NSG 537, and NSG 564, with minimum grades of B. Distance education offering may be available. of 2026-2027 CATALOG - GRADUATE
NSG 571Theoretical Foundations for the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner3
This course provides an in-depth exploration of the theoretical foundations that guide advanced psychiatric-mental health nursing practice. Students critically examine nursing, psychotherapeutic, neurobiological, and integrative models that inform the assessment and treatment of mental health conditions across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed on synthesizing theory with evidence-based practice to support holistic, person-centered, and ethically grounded psychiatric care. Cultural humility, health equity, and ethical reasoning are woven throughout, preparing PMHNP students to apply theoretical perspectives that integrate psychotherapy, psychopharmacology, and complementary approaches in diverse clinical settings.
NSG 572Role Development & Psychotherapeutic Modalities for the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner3
This course prepares Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) students to integrate the professional role of the advanced practice psychiatric nurse with evidence-based psychotherapeutic modalities across the lifespan. Students examine theoretical, ethical, and professional foundations of psychotherapy while developing competence in individual, group, and family modalities. The course emphasizes therapeutic communication, the nurse-patient relationship, trauma-informed and culturally responsive care, and ethical decision-making integral to the PMHNP’s psychotherapeutic practice.
NSG 573Psychopharmacology for the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner2
This course provides the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) student with a comprehensive understanding of psychopharmacology across the lifespan. Content focuses on the mechanisms of action, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and therapeutic applications of psychotropic medications. Emphasis is placed on evidence-based prescribing, safety, cultural and developmental considerations, and ethical clinical decision-making in psychiatric mental health practice. NSG 573 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 531, NSG 532, NSG 533, NSG 534, NSG 535, and NSG 536. Distance education offering may be available.
NSG 574Neurobiology for the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner2
Credits. This course examines the neurobiological foundations of psychiatric disorders relevant to advanced practice nursing. Students explore brain anatomy, neurochemistry, neurotransmission, and genetic and epigenetic influences underlying mental health conditions. Content emphasizes integration of neuroscience with psychiatric assessment and evidence-based clinical decision-making in the PMHNP role. NSG 574 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 531, NSG 532, NSG 533, NSG 534, NSG 535, and NSG 536. Distance education offering may be available.
NSG 575Differential Diagnosis for the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner3
This course focuses on developing advanced diagnostic reasoning and clinical judgment skills necessary for Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) practice across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed on formulating differential diagnoses through comprehensive assessment; application of DSM-5-TR criteria; and integration of biological, psychological, sociocultural, and developmental data. Students utilize evidence-based screening tools and structured interviews to support clinical decision-making and case formulation. The course also integrates ethical, cultural, pharmacologic, and psychotherapeutic considerations essential to differential diagnosis and interprofessional collaboration in mental health care.
NSG 576Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum I3
Credits. This 189-hour precepted clinical practicum is the first of four practicum courses and provides students with opportunities to apply theoretical knowledge and develop advanced clinical skills in comprehensive psychiatric-mental healthcare across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed on assessment, diagnosis, psychotherapeutic intervention, and psychopharmacologic management within diverse populations and settings. Students will engage in interprofessional collaboration, ethical decision-making, and reflective practice to promote recovery-oriented, person-centered care. Clinical experiences may focus on any age group across the lifespan, depending on the student’s clinical placement and learning needs. NSG 576 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 531, NSG 532, NSG 533, NSG 534, NSG 535, and NSG 536. Distance education offering may be available.
NSG 577Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum II3
Credits. This 189-hour precepted clinical practicum builds upon foundational skills developed in NSG 576, providing students with opportunities to manage increasingly complex psychiatric- mental health cases across the lifespan. Students apply theoretical knowledge, diagnostic reasoning, and psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacologic interventions with greater autonomy and clinical judgment. Emphasis is placed on integrative treatment approaches, ethical decision-making, interprofessional collaboration, and leadership in patient-centered mental health care. Clinical experiences may focus on any age group across the lifespan depending on the student’s clinical placement and learning needs. Students are expected to demonstrate increasing independence and clinical judgment consistent with an advanced level PMHNP student. NSG 577 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 576. Distance education offering may be available.
NSG 578Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum III3
Credits. This third 189-hour precepted clinical practicum supports the transition from the advanced beginner to the competent clinician. Students integrate evidence-based psychotherapy, psychopharmacology, and interprofessional collaboration in diverse clinical settings across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed on clinical reasoning, diagnostic accuracy, treatment planning, ethical prescribing, and leadership in mental health care delivery. NSG 578 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 576 and NSG 577. Distance education offering may be available.
NSG 579Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum IV3
Credits. This final 189-hour precepted clinical practicum supports the transition from the competent clinician to the entry-level professional PMHNP. Students demonstrate integration of advanced clinical skills in psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, psychotherapy, and psychopharmacologic management across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed on leadership, interprofessional collaboration, ethical decision-making, and readiness for independent practice. NSG 579 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 578. Distance education offering may be available.
This course is designed for pre-DNP students who did not complete 500 practice hours in their Master's degree and need to complete practice hours prior to their DNP program. The student will complete 250 practice hours under the supervision of a preceptor during this 3 credit course. This is a 250 clinical hour practicum course.
This course is designed for those either in clinical practice or in areas that support those in practice environments, including administration, informatics, organizational leadership/ management, and policy. This course exposes the student to the leadership roles expected of DNP practitioners. The importance of evidence-based practice, clinical inquiry, scholarship, and ethics within nursing and related disciplines will be explored. The importance of interprofessional collaboration to promote quality improvement and safe patient outcomes will be investigated. This initial course provides an overview of the DNP program and the university resources available to students. An introductory dialogue about the DNP Quality Improvement Project will be presented. Distance education offering may be available. 237
Students examine the role of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) nurse as it relates to leadership. Theoretical leadership concepts and models are reviewed in relation to personal and professional values. Emphasis is on working with multiple disciplines and on leading multiple and diverse constituencies. Topics include innovation, communication, conflict resolution, resource management, change leadership, strategic planning, and healthcare transformation. Distance education offering may be available.
Students explore the roles and accountability of healthcare providers in responding to the health and social needs of the public and shaping health policy. The course introduces students to the concepts and tools of health policy development and the skills necessary to be an effective health policy analyst and advocate. Distance education offering may be available.
NSG 704Analytical Methods for Evidence Based Practice in Healthcare I3
This course will help the learner to examine a defined clinical practice question, apply foundational tools for searching and appraising related evidence, and subsequently design an Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Implementation Project. Distance education offering may be available.
NSG 705Analytical Methods of Evidence Based Practice II3
This course will help the learner synthesize the literature, and evaluate and analyze data. Emphasis will be placed on applying relevant findings to practice, improving quality in practice and subsequently designing and Evidence-Based Practice Implementation Project. NSG 705 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 704, with a minimum grade of C-. Distance education offering may be available.
NSG 706Nursing Ethics in Clinical Practice & Leadership3
Students examine ethical principles and legal precedents affecting clinical practice and health care policy. Strategies to assist in the resolution of current ethical issues within a student's particular practice or research area are developed through the application of select theories and concepts. Ethical issues are addressed through a case-based approach. Distance education offering may be available.
NSG 707Healthcare Economics for the Advanced Practitioner3
Students describe the scope of healthcare economics and key information sources as they affect the advanced practitioner. Highlights of the characteristics of healthcare financing and the quality of health economics financing are explored. Distance education offering may be available.
Students review evaluation methods best suited for professionals in leadership roles. Standards of evaluation, planning designs and approaches are examined. Students examine methodologies for classifying interventions and outcomes and for evaluating the quality of healthcare delivered to individual clients and aggregates. Issue related to the implementation of outcome and quality management programs are explored. Distance education offering may be available.
This course will focus on information systems technology, its application in healthcare settings, and the value of technology and nursing informatics. Current and emerging technologies are introduced, as well as the role of the DNP/ Nurse Scientist in healthcare information systems, patient care technology, usage of data for quality improvement, ethical, legal, and policy issues, the value of health information, and leading the advancement of informatics practice and research. Distance education offering may be available.
This course will provide the learner with the opportunity to conceptualize the concepts of scholarship, leadership and advocacy into their advanced nursing practice. The learner will identify the focus of their DNP project. This project should be appropriate with the domain of scholarship of the learner. This course will culminate with recognition of a need and problem statement, a needs assessment and development of goals and objectives. NSG 810 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 701, NSG 702, NSG 703, NSG 704, NSG 705, NSG 706, NSG 707, NSG 708, and NSG 709, with minimum grades of C-. Distance education offering may be available. 238
Students in this course synthesize and integrate newly acquired knowledge and skills and begin the implementation of their DNP project. Prior to data collection or intervention DNP students complete the protection of human subjects/Institutional Review Board (IRB) process. Students continue to prepare and refine the DNP Project paper for submission, measure project outcomes and evaluate the sustainability of their DNP Project. Students must present their work in a scholarly manner to colleagues and faculty. NSG 811 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 810, with a minimum grade of C-. Distance education offering may be available.
This course will provide the learner with guidance and support in project implementation, evaluation and analysis. Students will prepare the DNP Project paper for submission, measure outcomes, ensure sustainability of the project and disseminate results. Students must present their work in a scholarly manner to colleagues and faculty. The completed DNP Project, presentation and paper are required for completion of this course and graduation. NSG 812 Prerequisite: Successful completion of NSG 810 and NSG 811 with minimum grades of C-. Distance education offering may be available.
