Provides an overview of advanced roles of graduate nursing practice, with a focus on specialty roles in nursing. Issues involving ethics, scope of practice and credentialing will be addressed as students transition into their selected specialty roles.
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The focus of this course is professional role development related to leadership in advanced nursing practice. Emphasis will be placed on interprofessional collaboration, methods of effective communication, strategies to promote change in healthcare systems, and leadership strategies to deliver high quality and culturally competent healthcare which positively impacts patient outcomes. Special focus will address population health.
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Provides students with the knowledge to translate ethical evidence into practice and identify gaps where evidence is lacking. Students will focus on methodology, statistical analysis, and problem identification.
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Provides an in-depth study of information technology as it is utilized in healthcare organizations. Students will compare and contrast the tools, processes, and strategies available to manage information, data, and software and hardware in healthcare organizations. Practical applications will be emphasized and students will analyze the impact of information systems and technology to work more efficiently, allocate resources and improve patient care.
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Requires students to be able to articulate the methods, tools, performance measures, and safety standards as they relate to quality. Students will analyze their role as effective leaders and change agents based on quality principles. Focus is on measures to assure optimal patient outcomes in multiple environments, with emphasis on patient and staff safety.
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Focuses on health care organizations and delivery of care. Students will understand public policies on issues affecting nursing and healthcare. Content includes economic and organization theory, current issues in nursing, trends in health care delivery, political, social, ethical and fiscal accountability from a global perspective. Additionally, students will explore political and social forces which shape healthcare delivery and examine the role of advanced practice nurses in political advocacy.
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Students will begin initiation of their capstone project by developing project objectives, identifying an MSN prepared preceptor, and practice site by which to conduct the project. Additionally, students will complete 45 practice hours in the clinical facility. 30 hours of lecture and 45 hours for practicum are required.
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Program Dean/Director approval, liability insurance.
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Requires students to work directly with a preceptor to examine and deepen knowledge in the chosen specialty. The major focus of the practicum experience is to synthesis knowledge and demonstrate skills to assure program outcomes. Note: Students are responsible for identifying preceptors and clinical practicum site in consultation with course faculty. This should be an extension of work begun in NUR 6220, Clinical Practicum Preparation. 15 hours of didactic and 90 clinical hours are required.
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Program Dean/Director approval, liability insurance.
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Building on basic assessment skills, this course focuses on mastery of advanced health assessment skills, including history taking, interviewing, collection of data, and documentation of findings. Content provides a foundation for decision making and the management of care. This will be coupled with an understanding of the principles of pharmacodynamics and the pharmacodynamics management of common acute and chronic illnesses. Note: Students are responsible for identifying preceptors in consultation with course faculty. 30 hours of lecture and 45 hours of clinical are required (2 hours didactic + 1-hour practicum = 45 clinical hour).
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Liability Insurance
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Focuses on the study of cell structure as a foundation for understanding physiological and pathological processes. Normal human physiology will serve as the foundation to examine and understand the pathophysiology of common diseases, including incidence, etiology, manifestations, and prognosis.
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This course will provide students the opportunity to learn concepts related to course outcomes development, curriculum development, including pedagogy and andragogy, classroom teaching, and assessment methods both in the classroom and clinical environment. Students will examine current legal and ethical frameworks for nursing education, accreditation standards and processes specific to the academic environment.
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This course will provide students the opportunity to learn concepts related to clinical outcome development, with a focus on instructional delivery, including simulation and advanced technology. A focus on teacher behavior which promotes student centered learning for the newly practicing nurse is explored. Students will examine current legal and ethical frameworks for nursing education, accreditation standards and processes specific to the clinical environment.
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