Academic Programs
Course Descriptions: Full Course List

Nursing N0000
Elective Course
3 credit(s)

Consult your Program Director.

Nursing N0001
Elective Course
2 credit(s)

Consult with Program Director

Nursing N4030
Introduction to Alcohol and Substance Abuse: Theories of Causation
3 credit(s) Prerequisite and Corequisite: N8560
This course will provide a foundation for the understanding of substance abuse utilizing a variety of theories of causation. Evaluation and assessment skills will be taught. Theoretical models upon which to base clinical practice will be discussed. Students will analyze one theory of causation, the multigenerational process. By constructing a genogram in the context of a family meeting, the student will have an opportunity to see the influence of the multigenerational process and the role that the family plays in maintaining the addiction. Physiological, behavioral, emotional and societal responses to alcohol and substance abuse are investigated. Implications for nursing research are considered.

This course is no longer offered. Please see N6680.

Nursing N4032
Contemporary Issues and Trends in Alcohol and Substance Abuse
3 credit(s) Prerequisite: N4030
This seminar will provide a forum for students to explore issues of prevention in alcohol and substance abuse. Protective factors, social costs, stigma, legalization of drugs and pain management are among the issues which will be discussed and the role that institutions play in identifying and referring. The role of the advanced practice nurse in primary prevention will be explored. Students will be expected to develop a primary prevention program.

This course is no longer offered. Please see N6681.

Nursing N4034
Clinical Management of the Patient with Chemical Dependency: Intervention and Evaluation
3 credit(s) Prerequisites: N4030 and N4032
This clinical practice course is designed for students to develop skills in working with chemically dependent patients and families. It consists of clinical practice and supervision totaling 12 hours per week. Students will work with chemically dependent clients and families in their advanced practice settings. The course is for students in both clinical specialist and nurse practitioner settings.

This course is no longer offered. Please see N6682.

Nursing N4050
Physical Assessment
3 credit(s)
This course is designed to introduce the knowledge and skills required to perform a systematic examination of a healthy adult, and to record findings appropriately. Since skills are easily lost without continued practice and validation of observations, class lecture/discussions, supervised laboratory, and individual use of readings and audiovisual materials will be required for successful learning.

Nursing N4051
Physical Assessment Laboratory
2 credit(s) Corequisite: M4050
Guided laboratory study for development of skills necessary to perform systematic physical examination.

Nursing N4099, N6099, N6229, N8490
Individualized Study in Nursing
1-8 credit(s)
Individualized, guided learning experiences at the graduate level in a selected area of concentration. The area of concentration selected should reflect both the role of the clinical specialist / nurse practitioner and the student's specific interests. Proposed work must be outlined prior to registration and agreed upon by both faculty and student.

A project report is required.

Nursing N4100
Pharmacology
3 credit(s)
The course is a basic one, requiring no Prerequisites except a basic working knowledge of the elementary sciences (biology, chemistry, anatomy and physiology). Basic physiology and pathophysiology will be discussed and then the various drugs that are involved in the modification or therapeutics of those systems will be explained.

Nursing N4225
The Science of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
3 credit(s)
Promoting an optimum level of wellness and decreasing disease/injury are significant contributions professional nursing can make to individuals and society. In addition, this is a collaborative effort between the consumer and the health care provider. Recognizing that wellness and health can be achieved even in the presence of certain conditions (birth defects, chronic conditions) is an important philosophical starting point for the advanced practice nurse. It is the goal of nursing to promote health and optimal functioning. This course identifies and explores the influence of biologic, environmental and social factors on health and wellness of individuals. Strategies of health promotion and disease prevention for individuals, families, communities, and systems are explored.

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Nursing N4882
HIV/AIDS Community-based Care
3 credit(s) Prerequisite and Corequisite: N4890 and N4885
This course focuses on maintaining wellness in the community setting. There will also be emphasis on the diverse resources that patients can access in the community. Issues relevant to community health nursing are discussed. This course is no longer offered.

Please see N6695.

Nursing N4885
HIV/AIDS Acute Care
3 credit(s) Prerequisite and Corequisite: N4890
This course will focus on individuals who are experiencing acute HIV-related diseases requiring hospitalization. Pathophysiology of HIV infection, opportunistic infections, HIV-related malignancies, CNS manifestations, and other HIV related diseases requiring acute nursing care. One seminar and clinical day per week are required.

This course is no longer offered. Please see N6693.

Nursing N4890
AIDS: Contemporary Issues and Challenges
3 credit(s)
Contemporary issues and challenges of providing care to individuals with HIV infection and AIDS are the foci of this course. Physiological, behavioral, emotional, and societal responses to AIDS are investigated. Implications for nursing research are considered.

This course is no longer offered. Please see N6690.

Nursing N5102
The Science of Nursing Practice
3 credit(s) Corequisite: N5104
This course presents the fundamental-philosophical, scientific and technical frameworks of nursing practice. The nursing taxonomy development, components of caring, the role of basic assessment and critical inquiry, and elements of patient/client response are presented as ongoing themes in this course

Nursing N5104
Practicum: Science of Nursing Practice
2 credit(s) Corequisite: N5102
This course is designed to provide the student the experience to apply and integrate concepts along the health/illness continuum, including psychosocial, developmental and physical health promotion, risk reduction and illness care. Key elements of culture, spirituality, poverty, heredity, ethics and health beliefs will be integrated into the nursing care.

Nursing N5110
Issues of Nursing Practice
3 credit(s) Corequisite: First semester courses of BS/MS program
This course is designed for the baccalaureate student in a combined degree program to develop an understanding of issues confronting professional nurses at the basic level. Emphasis is on history, trends, policy issues and the inter-relatedness of these factors with socio-cultural forces affecting the quality, nature and delivery of basic nursing care.

Nursing N5115
Case Management
2 credit(s)
Changes in the practice and delivery of health care as a result of scientific and technological advances, government regulations, and increasing costs have prompted nursing to adopt a case management model of nursing care. It is with this model that quality of care of the patient's biopsychosocial needs is encouraged through a cost-effective coordination of health care resources. The focus of this course is the planning, implementation and evaluation of the coordination of care components in a case management model.

Nursing N5200
The Science of Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practice
3 credit(s) Prerequisite: successful completion of first semester BS/MS program Corequisite: M5202
This course focuses on the psychopathology and nursing interventions relative to primary mental health diseases/disorders across the life span.

Nursing N5202
Practice in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing
2 credit(s) Prerequisite: successful completion of first semester BS/MS courses Corequisite: M5200
This clinical course focuses on the application of evidence-based knowledge and critical thinking skills in providing Psychiatric-Mental Health nursing care. Experience will be provided that focuses on psychopathology and nursing interventions of major mental health problems across all age groups. The role of the Psychiatric Nurse in various clinical treatment settings will be demonstrated.

Nursing N5270
The Science of Nursing Practice with Childbearing Families
3 credit(s) Prerequisite: successful completion of first semester BS/MS courses. Corequisite: M5272
This course focuses on the care of families during the childbearing years. The processes of normal pregnancy, high-risk pregnancy, and the care of healthy newborns are presented. Using evidence-based knowledge and critical thinking skills, concepts of individual, environment and health as they pertain to the care of the childbearing family are emphasized.

Nursing N5275
Nursing Practice with Childbearing Families
2 credit(s) Prerequisite: successful completion of first semester BS/MS courses Corequisite: M5270
This clinical course focuses on the application of evidence-based knowledge and critical thinking skills in providing care for families during the childbearing years. Experience caring for families during normal pregnancy, high-risk pregnancy, and during the health newborn period is provided. Concepts of family integrity are used as a basis for the provision of care.

Nursing N5280
The Science of Nursing Practice with Children
3 credit(s) Prerequisite: successful completion of first semester of the BS/MS program Corequisite: N5282
The focus of this course is care of the child, on the health/illness continuum. Nursing care based on a developmental perspective will be outlined. Content includes psychosocial, developmental and physical health promotion. Nursing care of the child with acute, chronic and/or life-threatening conditions will be discussed. The central role of the family in child health will be highlighted throughout the course. Content on family theory, models on family, family structure and functions and parenting behaviors will be included. Risk factors for child mortality and morbidity will be delineated. Stressors on children with acute and chronic illness will be identified an discussed. Nursing strategies, which minimize the psychological and physiologic distress experienced by children and their families, will be presented. Key elements of culture, spirituality, poverty, heredity, ethics and health beliefs on child health practices will be examined.

Nursing N5282
Nursing Practice with Children
2 credit(s) Prerequisite: successful completion of first semester BS/MS courses Corequisite: N5280
This course is designed to develop skills in providing nursing care to the child along the health/illness continuum, including psychosocial, developmental and physical health promotion, risk reduction and illness care. Clinical experiences will include an emphasis on nursing care of the well child and the child with acute, chronic and/or life-threatening conditions. Students will have the opportunity to incorporate family theory, models of family, family structure and function and parenting behaviors into their nursing care. Risk factors for child mortality and morbidity will be assessed. Stressors on children with acute and chronic illness will be evaluated. Nursing interventions will be implemented which minimize the psychological and physiologic distress experienced by children and their families. Key elements of culture, spirituality, poverty, heredity, ethics and health beliefs on child health practices will be integrated into the nursing care.

Nursing N5284
The Science of Nursing Practice with Adults
3 credit(s) Prerequisite: successful completion of first semester BS/MS courses Corequisite: N5286
This course offers an intensive overview of the major biophysical health problems affecting the adult population. The didactic component is designed to provide the student with a sound foundation in the nursing care of the adult. It is taken concurrently with a clinical practicum in adult health.

Nursing N5286
Nursing Practice with Adults
2 credit(s) Prerequisite: successful completion of first semester BS/MS courses. Corequisite: N5284.
This course is designed to provide the student the experience to apply and integrate concepts for the adult along the health/illness continuum, including psychosocial, developmental, and physical health promotion, risk reduction and illness care. Clinical experiences will include and have emphasis on nursing care of the adult with acute, chronic and/or life threatening conditions. Key elements of culture, spirituality, poverty, heredity, ethics and health beliefs on adult health practices will be integrated into the nursing care.

Nursing N5290
TheScience of Nursing Practice in the Community
3 credit(s) Prerequisite: successful completion of the first semester BS Corequisite: N5295
This course focuses on the role of the nurse in community health: caring for aggregate populations at risk and the community as a whole. Nursing science and epidemiology provide the base for examining the spectrum of community health. Tools for community assessment and diagnosis as well as concepts of health promotion, disease prevention, risk reduction and rehabilitation and evidence-based practice for the health of groups are presented.

Nursing N5292
Nursing Practice in the Community
2 credit(s) Prerequisite: successful completion of the first semester BS/MS courses Corequisite: N5290
This course provides students with the opportunity for clinical application of content learned in the classroom about community health. Focus is on using assessment and evidence-based care planning skills to develop culturally sensitive and risk appropriate interventions for identified community groups. There is also emphasis on interdisciplinary collaborative care, not only with other health professionals, but also with extant community groups.

Nursing N5490
Integration of Nursing Practice
5 credit(s) Prerequisite: successful completion of first, second and third semester courses of BS/MS program Corequisite: Evidence-Based Practice, Case Management, N8120 and N5115
Nursing integration is the capstone clinical course which builds on previously acquired knowledge and provides the student the opportunity to synthesize the skills and knowledge necessary to function as a beginning professional nurse. It offers the student the opportunity to apply evidence-based knowledge of preventive, therapeutic and rehabilitative nursing interventions to individuals, families and population groups. The student will be able to apply concepts from nursing science in planning, delivering and evaluating nursing practice.

Nursing N5710
Decision Support for Advanced Practice Nursing
1 credit(s)
This course provides an overview of clinical decision support systems and provides the student with a "hands-on"� experience in three approaches: diagnostic decision support tools, alerts and reminders, and decision trees. In addition, methods for critiquing decision support tools for validity and utility for nursing practice are examined.

Nursing N5712
Web-Based Health Information for Consumer Education
1 credit(s)
The purpose of this intensive course is to provide a framework for professional evaluation and delivery of web-based health information for consumer education and support. Clinical experience and judgement are applied to the review, assessment, and selection of appropriate web-based resources. The course includes “hands-on� development of a topical web page.

This course is no longer offered.

Nursing N5800
Topics in Nursing
1 credit(s)
This course provides students with the opportunity for open forum discussions with appropriate faculty of topics and issues current in healthcare practice.

0 Credit in the summer and fall.

Nursing N5900
Residency in Clinical Nursing
3 credit(s)
This clinical nursing residency is designed for post-baccalaureate nursing students. It consists of clinical experiences in health care facilities that focus on strengthening and broadening the baccalaureate clinical attributes inpatient care decision making and psychomotor skills. It is a Prerequisite to graduate level clinical specialty programs for students with no work experience. The student engages in an intensive clinical experience ranging from 28-40 hours per week. Specific outcome objectives are identified by the program director of the clinical specialty master’s program track that the student wishes to enter. The student meets regularly with the specialty master's program director or designee to discuss the clinical experience and identify progress in meeting the competencies. Clinical logs, seminars and reaction papers are requirements for completion.

This course is no longer offered.

Nursing N6100
Advanced Physiology
3 credit(s)
The purpose of this course is to aid the student in their understanding of human adult physiology at multiple scales; from the molecular and cellular to the systems level. We will begin with and continually revisit the basic physiological concepts of homeostasis and control. As we move from system to system, we will first discuss fundamental function and mechanics. Then we will examine the system in detail, paying close attention to its dynamics and anatomical context. Finally, we'll consider the mechanisms by which the system is controlled.

Nursing N6110
Pharmacology of Anesthetics
3 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites N6124, N6100, N6121.
A comprehensive study of the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drugs commonly used in anesthesia practice. In case studies and discussions, the complexity of their application is emphasized.

Nursing N6121
Pathophysiology Across the Lifespan
3 credit(s) Prerequisite: N6100
Pathophysiology examines alterations in the biologic processes that maintain homeostasis. Each class will focus on a specific physiologic process or organ system. Diseases that commonly occur through the lifespan will be discussed to illustrate the pathophysiologic processes.

Formerly Pathophysiology of the Adult

Nursing N6122
Pathophysiology of Child
3 credit(s) Prerequisite: N6100
This course is required for students in Pediatric Primary Care and the Pediatric Specialty Care programs. The pathogenesis of common conditions affecting children is presented and serves a basis for clinical management. Relevant pharmacology is presented for each of the disease entities.

Nursing N6124
Homeostatic Mechanisms During Anesthesia
3 credit(s) Prerequisite and Corequisite: N6100, N6110
A system approach to the homeostatic alterations occurring during anesthesia. Emphasis will be placed on cardiovascular, respiratory and neuroendocrine response to both surgical stress and the anesthetic agents.

Nursing N6140
Advanced Assessment of the Neonate
3 credit(s) Corequisite: N6141
This course provides an opportunity for inquiry into infant health care management, maintenance, and promotion. Course content provides the base for infant health assessment and the effects of imposition of high-risk factors on infant health. Emphasis is placed on the development of plans of health care management, evaluation.

Nursing N6141
Practicum: Advanced Assessment and Management of High Risk Neonates
3 credit(s) Corequisite: N6140
This course provides the opportunity for supervised practice in the acquisition of skills in infant health assessment, problem identification, and health care management and wellness promotion, including performance of selected invasive diagnostic/therapeutic procedures. Emphasis is placed on understanding the physiologic rationale and aims of plans of health care management.

Nursing N6150
Maternal-Fetal-Newborn Physiology
2 credit(s) Prerequisite and Corequisite: N6100
This course provides an overview of the physiology of reproduction, from gametogenesis through birth and the neonatal period.

Nursing N6228
Community Collaboration Practicum
1 credit(s)
This course will allow each student to work one on one with a health care/social service agency or community organization. The experience will run over the first three semesters of the program.

This course is no longer offered.

Nursing N6340
Advanced Practicum as an NNP
6 credit(s) N6140, N6141, N8661, N8663, N8666
Supervised clinical experience in which students integrate theory within the clinical setting. Emphasis is placed on refinement and perfection of decision-making skills in patient care management and development of the role of the neonatal nurse practitioner in education and collaboration.

This course is no longer offered.

Nursing N6458
Pelvic Assessment of the Adult Woman
1 credit(s)
A concentrated review of physical assessment and history taking for women, with special emphasis on the theory and skill of pelvic assessment.

Nursing N6460
Health Assessment and Primary Care of Women
2 credit(s) N6458
This course offers the theoretical knowledge necessary to meet the primary care needs of the adult woman throughout her lifetime.

This course is no longer offered.

Nursing N6466
Medical & Obstetrical Complications of Childbearing
2 credit(s) N8472 & N8473
This course explores potential complications requiring physician referral among childbearing women.

This course is no longer offered. Please see N6665.

Nursing N6480
Professional Issues in Nurse-Midwifery
1 credit(s)
Professional Issues in Nurse-Midwifery is designed to concentrate on the transition from student to beginning nurse-midwife practitioner. It examines the history of the profession and the role of its leadership organizations. It examines the essential documents of the ACNM and its functions. It also looks at current critical issues that impact on the profession and discusses organizational and legislative means of effecting change.

Nursing N6510
The Development of Human Behavior Across the Life Span
3 credit(s)
This seminar course examines the development of human behavior across the life span. Within a developmental context, students will explore the dynamics of human behavior as they are determined by intrapersonal systems, interpersonal connections, societal patterns, and cultural influences and as they are altered by significant life events.

Nursing N6535
Behavioral Health in Primary Care Advanced Nursing Practice
1 credit(s)
This course explores the diagnosis and management of psychiatric and mental health issues commonly seen in community based primary care practices.

This course is no longer offered.

Nursing N6591
Pathophysiology of the Adult for the Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
2 credit(s)
Pathophysiology examines alterations in the biologic processes that maintain homeostasis. Each class will focus on a specific physiologic process or organ system. Diseases that commonly occur in adults will be discussed to illustrate the pathophysiologic processes. This course is designed specifically for Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner students.

Nursing N6594
Psychopathology
2 credit(s)
Through weekly reading assignments and discussions, the student is introduced to the concepts central to major psychopathology.

Nursing N6610
Physical and Psychological Assessment of the Child
3 credit(s) Instructor's permission.
Physical and Psychological Assessment of the Child is designed to prepare the student to take a complete health and developmental history of a normal child, perform a systematic physical examination, recognize physical and psychological health and developmental problems, and record findings using the problem-oriented method.

Nursing N6620
Pediatric Primary Care Nursing I
3 credit(s) M6610.
Pediatric Primary Care Nursing I is designed to prepare the student to provide primary care to infants, toddlers and preschoolers. It focuses upon the promotion of health and the prevention of illness and the treatment of episodic problems in order that each child may meet his optimal physical, intellectual and emotional growth and development.

Nursing N6622
Pediatric Primary Care Nursing I: Clinical
2 credit(s) N6610, N6620, N6624
Pediatric Primary Care Nursing I is designed to prepare the student to provide primary care to infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. It focuses upon the promotion of health and the prevention of illness in order that each child may meet his optimal physical, intellectual and emotional growth and development. The clinical experience involves well childcare in a pediatric clinic, and a weekly clinical conference.

Nursing N6624
Clinical Seminar in Pediatric Primary Care I
1 credit(s)
These seminar courses are designed to discuss and interpret clinical experiences at sequential levels of the program.

Nursing N6625
Clinical Seminar in Pediatric Primary Care II
1 credit(s)
These seminar courses are designed to discuss and interpret clinical experiences at sequential levels of the program.

Nursing N6626
Clinical Seminar in Pediatric Primary Care III
1 credit(s)
These seminar courses are designed to discuss and interpret clinical experiences at sequential levels of the program.

Nursing N6630
Pediatric Primary Care Nursing II
2 credit(s) N6122, N6610, N6620, N6632.
Pediatric Primary Care Nursing II focuses on the delivery of primary health care to school-age children and adolescents. This includes health promotion, the prevention of illness, and the management of common episodic problems. Using the schools for clinical experience, students will assess health status, teach individuals and groups of children, and will work with teachers and parents. Students will utilize knowledge of growth and development to develop age appropriate teaching plans, and assist children and families to assume active roles as health consumers.

Nursing N6632
Clinical Practicum: Pediatric Primary Care Nursing II
4 credit(s) N6122, N6610, N6620, N6625, N6630, M6632.
Students assess the health status of children in a variety of settings which must include continuity clinic and adolescent clinics and a school setting or inpatient setting.

Nursing N6638
Emergency Pediatric Nursing
1-3 credit(s) Prerequisite: BLS & PALS.
This course focuses on the assessment and management of urgent and emergent care for the pediatric client. Assessment, pathophysiology, differential diagnosis, and management of the pediatric client will be discussed. Strategies for management of these clients will require a synthesis of knowledge from the bio-pyscho-social, behavioral, and nursing sciences. Emphasis will be placed on integrating and educating the family regarding the acute care needs of the child. The student will understand the need to maintain continuity of care with the primary care provider.

Nursing N6638 (Peds)
Emergency Pediatric Nursing
1 credit(s) Prerequisite: BLS & PALS.
This course focuses on the assessment and management of urgent and emergent care for the pediatric client. Assessment, pathophysiology, differential diagnosis, and management of the pediatric client will be discussed. Strategies for management of these clients will require a synthesis of knowledge from the bio-pyscho-social, behavioral, and nursing sciences. Emphasis will be placed on integrating and educating the family regarding the acute care needs of the child. The student will understand the need to maintain continuity of care with the primary care provider.

Nursing N6646
Seminar in the Care of the High Risk Neonate I
1 credit(s)
The seminar in the care of the high-risk neonate is designed to provide the NNP student the opportunity to discuss clinical case presentations in an academic environment. The student will utilize knowledge and skills in discussion of case studies with their peers. In this scholarly forum, the students are expected to present selected cases and review the management. The students are expected to facilitate a class dialogue and to promote management of patients using evidence based practice.

Nursing N6647
Seminar in the Care of the High Risk Neonate II
1 credit(s)
During the final seminar, the students will be encouraged to integrate knowledge of pathophysiology evidence based practice, and ethical decision making to develop a differential diagnoses, interventions coordinated patient management. The discussion will promote a rationale for clinical decision making.

Nursing N6650
Advanced Assessment and Management of High Risk Neonates Clinical II
3 credit(s)
During this supervised clinical experience, the students will integrate theory within the clinical setting. Emphasis is placed on refinement and perfection of decision-making and technical skills in patient care management, including performance of selected invasive diagnostic/therapeutic procedures. The student will continue to develop her role as neonatal nurse practitioner.

Nursing N6655
Advanced Assessment and Management of High Risk Neonates Clinical III
2 credit(s)
Supervised clinical experience in which students integrate theory within the clinical setting. Emphasis is placed on refinement and perfection of decision-making and technical skills in patient care management, including performance of selected invasive diagnostic/therapeutic procedures. The student will continue to develop her role of the neonatal nurse practitioner in education and collaboration.

Nursing N6660
Pathophysiology and Management of the High Risk Neonate I
2 credit(s)
This didactic course will be complete the approach to critical care. Throughout the course, there will be an emphasis is placed on understanding the pathophysiology of various neonatal conditions, including neurological, respiratory, endocrine, cardiovascular, and metabolic and its impact on the plan of care. Discussion will focus on the use of evidenced based research in the use of clinical monitoring of vital signs, developing differential diagnoses, and designing plans of care for the high risk neonate. The advanced practice nurse will be involved in the discharge planning, educational needs of the care providers, and follow-up for the high risk neonate.

Nursing N6665
High Risk Antepartum/Intrapartum
2 credit(s)
This didactic course focus on the advances within antepartum and intrapartum care of the maternal child unit. During the course, there will be a focus on optimizing maternal-fetal health. This course will give an in-depth understanding of intrauterine surveillance. The course will focus on growth, development and teratogenic agents and the fetus. Genetic screening; ultrasound evaluation; and fetal well-being studies will be examined as they relate to the role of the NNP. Discussion will focus on how disorders of pregnancy can affect the fetus and the latest diagnostic modalities for monitoring and treated the fetus. There will be an emphasis on the identification of the high risk fetus and variations in embryonal and fetal growth and development.

Nursing N6680
Introduction to Addictive Behaviors: Theories of Causation
3 credit(s)
This foundation course provides an understanding of addictive behaviors. Current theories regarding the development of addiction will be identified. Evaluation and assessment skills will be taught based on these theoretical models. Physiological, behavioral, emotional, and societal responses to addiction will be explored. Implications for nursing research are considered.

Previously known as N4030.

Nursing N6681
Contemporary Issues and Trends in Addiction
3 credit(s) Prerequisite: N6680
This course provides a seminar in which students explore issues of prevention and treatment of addictive behaviors. The role of the advanced practice nurse in primary care or private practice will be addressed. Problems specific to selective populations will be discussed as well as issues for the impaired professional. Social costs, the medicalization and/or decriminalization of drug usage, stigma, and pain management will be explored.

Previously known as N4032.

Nursing N6682
Clinical Management of the Patient with Addiction: Evaluation and Treatment
1-3 credit(s) Prerequisites: N6680 and N6681
This clinical practice course is designed for students who have completed the first two subspecialty courses (N6680 and N6681). It consists of clinical practice and faculty supervision. Students will work with addicted patients in a variety of advanced practice clinical settings.

Previously known as N4034.

Nursing N6690
HIV/AIDS: Overview of the Epidemic
3 credit(s)
This course presents an overview of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Content includes; the epidemiology of the epidemic at the state, national, and international level, the Center for Disease Control's definition of AIDS, HIV counseling and testing, primary and secondary prevention of HIV/AIDS, social and cultural issues, and the problems related to antiretroviral therapy adherence and resistance.

Nursing N6693
HIV/AIDS Management
3 credit(s) N6690
This course will focus on: pathophysiology of HIV infection, diagnosis and management of opportunistic infections and HIV-related malignancies, management of HIV infection through the use of HAART, and symptom management.

Nursing N6695
Practicum in HIV/AIDS Care
3 credit(s) N6690 N6693
The practicum is a clinical field experience designed to strengthen and broaden the student's clinical experiences in assessment, decision-making, and management of care for individual's with HIV infection. Specific program objectives and clinical experiences are individually identified. The seminar is designed to provide the student an academic environment in which the students share their practicum experience and present case studies for discussion with their peers. In this scholarly forum, the students are expected to present selected cases from their practicum in an organized format. The students are expected to facilitate a class dialogue and offer appropriate references.

Nursing N6700
The Science of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
3 credit(s)
Promoting an optimum level of wellness and decreasing disease/injury are significant contributions professional nursing can make to individuals and society. In addition, this is a collaborative effort between the consumer and the health care provider. Recognizing that wellness and health can be achieved even in the presence of certain conditions (birth defects, chronic conditions) is an important philosophical starting point for the advanced practice nurse. It is the goal of nursing to promote health and optimal functioning. This course identifies and explores the influence of biologic, environmental and social factors on health and wellness of individuals. Strategies of health promotion and disease prevention for individuals, families, communities, and systems are explored.

Previously known as N4225. No longer offered.

Nursing N6703
The Science of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in the Community
3 credit(s)
Promoting an optimum level of wellness and decreasing disease/injury are significant contributions professional nursing can make to individuals and society. In addition, this is a collaborative effort between the consumer and the health care provider. Recognizing that wellness and health can be achieved even in the presence of certain conditions (birth defects, chronic conditions) is an important philosophical starting point for the advanced practice nurse. It is the goal of nursing to promote health and optimal functioning. This course identifies and explores the influence of biologic, environmental and social factors on health and wellness of individuals. Strategies of health promotion and disease prevention for individuals, families, communities, and systems are explored.

Previously Nursing N6700.

Nursing N6720
Introduction to Primary Care
3 credit(s)
This course provides a systematic approach to understanding the delivery of primary health care to the well adult. In addition, various principles of illness prevention and health maintenance are introduced.

Nursing N6721
Clinical Seminar in Adult Primary Care I
1 credit(s) N8770, N8772
This course is designed to provide the ANP student an academic environment in which the students share their practicum experience and present case studies for discussion with their peers. In this scholarly forum, the students are expected to present selected cases from their practicum in an organized format. The students are expected to facilitate a class dialogue and offer appropriate references. Incorporated into the seminar is ongoing discussion, review, and assessment of the final project.

Nursing N6722
Clinical Seminar in Adult Primary Care II
1 credit(s) N8773
Seminar in Adult Primary Care II is designed to provide the ANP student an academic environment in which the students share their practicum experience and present case studies for discussion with their peers. In this scholarly forum, the students are expected to present selected cases from their practicum in an organized format. The students are expected to facilitate a class dialogue and offer appropriate references.

Nursing N6723
Clinical Seminar in Adult Primary Care III
1 credit(s) N8776.
This course is designed to provide the ANP student an academic environment in which the students share their practicum experience and present cases studies for discussion with their peers. In this scholarly forum, the students are expected to present selected cases from their practicum in an organized format. The students are expected to facilitate a class dialogue and offer appropriate references. Incorporated into the seminar is ongoing discussion, review, and assessment of the final project.

Nursing N6726
Clinical Seminar in Geriatric Primary Care
1 credit(s)
Seminar in Geriatric Primary Care is designed to provide the GNP student an academic environment in which the students share their practicum experience and present case studies for discussion with their peers. In this scholarly forum, the students are expected to present selected cases from their practicum in an organized format. The students are expected to facilitate a class dialogue and offer appropriate references. Integrated into the seminar is ongoing discussion, review, and assessment of the final project.

Nursing N6727
Clinical Seminar in Geriatric Primary Care
1 credit(s)
Seminar in Geriatric Primary Care is designed to provide the GNP student an academic environment in which the students share their practicum experience and present case studies for discussion with their peers. In this scholarly forum, the students are expected to present selected cases from their practicum in an organized format. The students are expected to facilitate a class dialogue and offer appropriate references. Integrated into the seminar is ongoing discussion, review, and assessment of the final project.

Nursing N6728
Theory and Research in Applied Science and Nursing
4 credit(s)
This course will present an overview of theory and research as essential components of scholarly practice. The research process will be used, from posing of the research problem to communication of the results, with emphasis on designs, methods and evaluation of applied clinical theory and research. The course is designed to prepare expert, critical users of theory and research in practice. It is a required core course for MS students.

This course is no longer offered. Please see N6735.

Nursing N6729
Clinical Seminar in Geriatric Primary Care
1 credit(s)
Seminar in Geriatric Primary Care is designed to provide the GNP student an academic environment in which the students share their practicum experience and present case studies for discussion with their peers. In this scholarly forum, the students are expected to present selected cases from their practicum in an organized format. The students are expected to facilitate a class dialogue and offer appropriate references. Integrated into the seminar is ongoing discussion, review, and assessment of the final project.

Nursing N6735
Assessing Clinical Evidence
4 credit(s)
This graduate level core research course is designed to help advanced practice nurse learn specific approached to evaluation the quality and applicability of relevant research. The evidence-based practice (EBP) process will be used to help students learn to transform critical appraisal skills into direct clinical actions. Throughout the course, students will learn how to conceptualize clinical practice problems into research questions and asses these question using basic epidemiology, biostatistics, and scientific principals.

This course is no longer offered. Please see N6835.

Nursing N6740
Oncology Nursing Theory I - Fundamentals of Oncology Nursing
2 credit(s)
This course presents a systematic overview of basic level oncology nursing utilizing various theoretical approaches. It incorporates the pathophysiology of cancer, prevention and detection, cancer treatment modalities, nursing diagnoses, and socioeconomic, ethical and legal issues related to cancer care. The course provides the framework for the synthesis, integration, and application of oncology nursing theory in clinical practice.

Nursing N6745
Oncology Nursing Practice I - Fundamentals of Oncology Nursing
3 credit(s) N6740
In this clinical course, the information learned in Theory I - Fundamentals of Oncology Nursing will be applied to a specifically designated oncology population receiving care in an oncology unit or division of a major hospital or medical center. The practice component offers the opportunity for the role of the oncology clinical nurse specialist to begin to be implemented.

Nursing N6750
Nursing Seminar in Gerontology I
1 credit(s)
This seminar provides the learner the opportunity to examine frequently occurring pathophysiologic problems found within the geriatric population. This didactic content complements the management course in the GNP/Adult Nurse Practitioner track. Topics selected for study include normal and abnormal system changes in the older adult. Specific assessment and intervention strategies will be covered.

Nursing N6751
Nursing Seminar in Gerontology II
1 credit(s)
This seminar will focus on the factors impacting on the care and management of the geriatric patient. Topics will include political, government, legal and ethical issues and syndromes that impact on the geriatric client and the health care team. The GNP student will assess the multifactorial influences in the management of the elderly client.

Nursing N6758
Nutrition through the Lifespan
1 credit(s)
This course provides advanced content in nutritional assessment methods and intervention strategies for primary care clients throughout the lifespan with a focus on promotion of optimum nutrition at various points in the life cycle.

This course is no longer offered.

Nursing N6759
Illness and Aging
3 credit(s) N6720, N8786, N8787, N8867, N8770
Utilizing a systems approach, the diagnosis and management of health problems encountered in the care of the geriatric patient. Management of acute and chronic illnesses encountered in the geriatric population are emphasized whether institutionally or community-based.

Nursing N6760
Primary Care of Women Across the Lifespan I
3 credit(s)
Utilizing a systems approach, the diagnosis and management of health problems encountered in primary care of adolescents and adults, male and female, are studied in depth. Systems selected for study include cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, endocrine, respiratory, gynecologic, and genitourinary. The course and management of clinical problems are emphasized, as well as the care provided by nurse practitioners.

Same as N8770

Nursing N6790
Introduction to Emergency Preparedness
3 credit(s)
This course introduces the advanced practice nursing student or health professional to the range of natural and human-caused conditions that require emergency response and for which emergency preparedness competencies are required. It provides the conceptual basis for the didactic and practicum courses that follow

This course is no longer offered.

Nursing N6795
Clinical Roles in Emergencies, Disaster and Humanitarian Crises
3 credit(s) N6790
This course builds upon the introduction to emergency preparedness (M6790) with an overview of the range of competencies needed by clinicians for emergency preparedness, and the application of clinical skills in emergency situations.

This course is no longer offered.

Nursing N6798
Practicum in Emergency Preparedness
3 credit(s) N6790
This course allows the student an opportunity to practice some of the competencies essential to effective response to emergencies and to test at least one emergency- or disaster-related role. The student will identify one of the following as the primary focus of the practicum: physical injury; mental health needs in emergency situations, or community-level emergency preparedness and response.

This course is no longer offered.

Nursing N6835
Assessing Clinical Evidence
4 credit(s)
This graduate level core research course is designed to help advanced practice nurse learn specific approached to evaluation the quality and applicability of relevant research. The evidence-based practice (EBP) process will be used to help students learn to transform critical appraisal skills into direct clinical actions. Throughout the course, students will learn how to conceptualize clinical practice problems into research questions and asses these question using basic epidemiology, biostatistics, and scientific principals.

Nursing N6838
Diagnosis and Management of the Critically/Acutely Ill Adult I
3 credit(s) N6100, N8102, N8787, N8815
A systematic exploration of advanced diagnosis and management techniques in caring for acutely and critically ill adults. This course is offered with a companion clinical course.

Nursing N6839
Diagnosis and Management of the Critically/Acutely Ill Adult II
3 credit(s) N6100, N8102, N8787, N8815
A systematic exploration of advanced diagnosis and management techniques in caring for acutely and critically ill adults. This course is offered with a companion clinical course.

Nursing N6868
Regional Anesthesia, Theories and Technique
2 credit(s) N6100, N6110, N6870
This is a basic course in the pharmacology of local anesthetics and their application in clinical practice. The theory and techniques of infiltration, peripheral nerve block, central neural blockade, and topical anesthesia are discussed in relation to their clinical application, both intraoperatively and postoperatively for long-term pain management. Through case studies and analysis of current research, complications and alternate methods are emphasized.

Nursing N6869
Basic Principles of Nurse Anesthesia Practice I
3 credit(s) N6100, N6110, N6124, N6125, N6862
The various methods and techniques of anesthesia administration, with emphasis on physiological basis for practice are the focus of the course. Function and maintenance of various kinds of technologies, as well as the psychomotor skills specific to the practice are stressed.

Nursing N6870
Basic Principles of Nurse Anesthesia Practice II
3 credit(s)
This course is a continuation of Basic Principles I. The various methods and techniques of anesthesia administration, with emphasis on physiological basis of practice are the focus of this course. Function and maintenance of various kinds of technologies as well as psychomotor skills are stressed. Technical skills learned in Basic Principles I are utilized and built upon in this course. These skills are honed and correlated with specific anesthetic management of cases in a lab setting. At the completion of this course, the novice Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist [SRNA] should be prepared to enter the clinical setting.

Nursing N6871
Advanced Principles of Anesthesia Practice I
2 credit(s) All first level didactic and clinical anesthesia courses
This advanced approach to anesthesia principles is applied to specific surgical procedures both elective and emergent. The physiological sequel of surgical procedures and their impact on homeostatic mechanisms of the patient are stressed. Neurological, cardiothoracic, and obstetrical procedures, as well as pediatric and geriatric considerations are included. Seminar format facilitates integration of knowledge.

Nursing N6872
Advanced Principles of Anesthesia Practice II
2 credit(s) M6871
This course is essentially a continuation of Advanced Principles I. A system approach will be employed to discuss the various types of surgical patients and problems that the student will be challenged with when caring for them. We will look at the various different surgical procedures in some detail, including pre-op assessment, planning for the intra-operative events, and caring for the patient in the post-op period. Also to be discussed will be the types of patients likely to present for each particular procedure, and the unique problems that types of patients will challenge us within caring for them throughout their operative course.

Nursing N6879
Anesthesia and Co-Existing Disease
2 credit(s) N6100, N6120, N6124, N6110
History and physical examination techniques aimed at identifying pathology and its effect on the anesthetic process will be stressed. Students will evaluate the information obtained in their physical and psychological assessment and synthesize that knowledge to formulate individualized perioperative anesthesia management plans. Emphasis will be placed on management of patients with altered cardiovascular, pulmonary and neural renal status.

Previously known as M686.

Nursing N6880
Oncology Nursing Theory II: Advanced Oncology Nursing
2 credit(s) N6740, or Advanced Standing
This course presents a systematic overview of advanced oncology nursing utilizing various theoretical approaches. It presents the medical and nursing management of symptoms and specific cancers, and provides a framework of advanced practice for the oncology clinical course specialist (OCNS) or nurse practitioner (NP). This framework assists the OCNS/NP in diagnosing, assessing, intervening in, and evaluating potential and actual client/family problems related to cancer treatment, rehabilitation and terminal care.

Nursing N6885
Oncology Nursing Practice II: Advanced Oncology Nursing
3 credit(s) N6740, or Advanced Standing; N6880
In this clinical course, for clinical nurse specialist students, the information learned in oncology Nursing Theory II - Advanced Oncology Nursing will be applied to a specifically designated oncology population receiving care in an oncology unit or division of a major hospital, medical center, community or institutional setting. The practice component offers the opportunity for the educator, consultant and/or coordinator role of the oncology clinical nurse specialist to begin to be implemented.

This course is no longer offered.

Nursing N6905
Clinical Research Study Coordination
2 credit(s)
This course addresses the conduct of clinical trials from the perspective of the clinical research coordinator. Content will include the nature and conduct of clinical trials, Federal guidelines and regulations, basic statistics, research design, sampling and subject recruitment, elements of good clinical practice, and the role of the clinical research coordinator during planning, start-up, implementation and termination phases of the project.

This course is no longer offered.

Nursing N6907
Clinical Research Practicum
3 credit(s)
An individualized practicum experience in which the student participates as a member of one or more teams carrying out or evaluating randomized clinical trials. The practicum is designed to provide the student with “hands-on" experience working as a member of the research team and/or monitoring clinical drug or device trials being carried out in in-patient, ambulatory or community settings.

Nursing N6920
Health and Social Policy: The Context for Practice and Research
4 credit(s)
This core course examines contextual contributors to health status and relevant current U.S. social and health policies. Issues are explored with a particular emphasis on the impact they have on the current and future delivery of health care and on advanced practice nursing. This course is required for all MS students.

Nursing N6930
Interpersonal Violence and Abuse: Prevention, Assessment and Intervention for Health Care Professionals
1 credit(s)
This course increases awareness of the prevalence of interpersonal violence and abuse in individuals and families, providing content needed for prevention, early identification, assessment and intervention/referral.

Nursing N6940
Management and Advanced Practice Nursing
1 credit(s)
This course explores the dimensions of independent advanced practice nursing in a challenging and constantly changing health care environment. Legal, regulatory, billing, reimbursement and practice configurations are discussed.

Nursing N8020
Practicum in Clinical Teaching
1-6 credit(s)
This course provides a practical opportunity to students to explore in greater depth the process of clinical teaching. Course work may involve development of a special teaching project for nursing students, for a particular group of patients/clients; it may involve working with clinical faculty in supervising students or groups of patients/clients.

Nursing N8102
Advanced Pharmacology
3 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N6100, N4100
This is an advanced course in the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of drugs used in the therapeutic management of common pathophysiological states. It also includes the principles and regulations surrounding prescription writing, pursuant to NYS and federal requirements for advanced nurse/practitioner practice. A similar course, M8661, is offered in advanced pediatric pharmacology.

Nursing N8110
Pharmacology of Accessory Drugs
2 credit(s)
A comprehensive study of the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of concurrent drug therapy and their anesthetic implications.

Nursing N8113
Psychopharmacology in Psychiatric and Mental Health Advanced
1 credit(s)
This course provides an in depth understanding of psychopharmacology, building on the knowledge of general advanced pharmacology, neuroanatomy and neuropharmacological concepts. The effects and side effects of psychotropic medications used in the treatment of common psychiatric and mental illnesses across the life span will be discussed. Issues of prescribing and coordinating multiple medications and potential interactions will also be considered.

Nursing N8115
Comparative Health Systems
1-3 credit(s)
This course presents analyses of health service delivery and management issues form an international perspective. It presents a systematic comparative analysis of the evolution, administrative structure, finance, and provision of health and health care services in underdeveloped countries, developing countries, other developed countries, and the U.S. equity/inequity and the influence of globalization will be explored. Health and illness will be dealt with as statistical, historic, economics, and socio-cultural phenomena. Important differences rooted in culture, ethnicity, social, economic and political factors will be examined. Such analysis should assist one to understand the nature of a health system in one country and to identify limitations and opportunities to change it.

Nursing N8116
Herbs, Nutraceuticals and Supplements for Advance Practice Nursing I
3 credit(s)
The didactic course will introduce students to the scientific, regulatory and practice issues related to herbs, nutraceuticals and supplements (HNS). The use of HNS is typically a self-initiated process rather than practitioner initiated, presenting unique challenges in terms of safety and regulatory issues to both consumers and practitioners. This course will provide students with the foundation to communicate and to advise patients in a culturally sensitive manner, on the appropriate use of HNS.

This course is no longer offered.

Nursing N8117
Herbs, Nutraceuticals and Supplements for Advanced Practice Nursing II
3 credit(s)
This didactic course will focus on commonly used herbs, nutraceuticals and supplements (HNS). There are hundreds of HNS products widely available in various pharmacies, health food stores, grocery stores and the internet. This course will introduce students to HNS supported by the German Commission E. The German Commission E is a governmental regulatory agency established in 1978, composed of scientist, toxicologists, physicians and pharmacists who evaluate current clinical trails and herbs indigenous to cultural origins and native lands will also be discussed, as this field is continually evolving. Each lecture will discuss the scientific evidence, indications, dosage and safety considerations for each HNS presented.

This course is no longer offered.

Nursing N8118
Herbs, Nutraceuticals and Supplements for Advanced Practice Nursing III
3 credit(s)
This course incorporates both a weekly seminar and a one day/per week clinical observation with a practitioner who utilizes HNS in their practice (i.e. naturopath, herbalist, conventional practitioner). Seminars will be led by Dr. Anastasi. Western diagnoses such as cancer, arthritis, AIDS etc. will be presented in case study formats. Currently, many healthcare providers do not inquire whether their patients are using HNS products nor do they document the use in medical records. Therefore, documentation on the use of HNS products will be emphasized. During each seminar, students will be required to analyze and formulate appropriate therapeutic plans incorporating, when appropriate, HNS products. For clinical observations, students must be prepared to obtain and analyze appropriate historical data, as well as, to formulate and evaluate relevant therapeutic plans with their respective preceptors. During the clinical rotations, students are not expected to perform functions associated with their respective preceptor. That is, students will not administer herbs, acupuncture, osteopathic manipulations etc. because they are not trained or credentialed to perform such duties. However, students are expected to demonstrate an understanding and knowledge of the specific regimen being prescribed and/or integrated into their clinical rotations. Cultural groups likely to use HNS will also be discussed.

This course is no longer offered.

Nursing N8120
Informatics for Evidence-Based Practice
3 credit(s)
Overview of informatics topics of most relevance to evidence-based practice. Topics include standardized clinical terminology; health care standard's, electronic health records; retrieval and critical analysis of digital data, information, and knowledge; clinical decision making and decision support including decision analysis.

Nursing N8121
Nursing Informatics Seminar
2 credit(s)
This course provides ongoing small group seminar discussions and presentations facilitated by faculty to explore topics and issues of relevance to the use of informatics to support evidence-based practice in underserved populations. Current events, technology, and research in the rapidly evolving field of nursing informatics will be discussed.

Nursing N8122
Interactive Health Communication
3 credit(s)
Introduction to use of informatics-based approaches to create and deliver educational and behavioral interventions. Topics include: theories related to client-health care provider communication using electronic media; privacy, confidentiality, and security issues related to Internet communication; design of targeted and tailored health messages for underserved populations; evaluating health care content on the World Wide Web.

Nursing N8123
Introduction to Databases and Mining
3 credit(s) Prerequisites: Core and Introductory Informatics Core Courses; basic knowledge of storage and file management capabilities of modern computers and features of at least one high level programming language (Java, Pascal, PL/I, C++, etc.).
This advanced course in informatics provides a comprehensive grounding in the foundations of database technologies and their application in nursing and health care. Content includes basic concepts of database systems and structured query language (SQL), the theoretical construct of the relational model underlying relational systems, database design and some components of transaction management. A combination of lecture, seminar and laboratory experience is provided.

Nursing N8124
Nursing Informatics Residency
4 credit(s) Prerequisites: Master's Nursing Informatics courses.
Guided experience in a clinical setting focused on applying knowledge and skills related to the development, implementation, and use of informatics-based processes and technologies to support evidence-based practice in underserved populations.

Nursing N8160
Genetic Concentration
2 credit(s) Prerequisite: N8290.
This course is designed for the student who is interested in increasing knowledge in a specific area of genetic theory relevant to practice. The student will choose an appropriate faculty mentor to be a guide in this concentration.

Nursing N8165
Practicum: Genetic Concentration
2 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N8290, N8150.
This clinical practicum is designed for the student who is interested in increasing practice skills in providing care to clients with (or at risk) for (a) specific genetic disorder(s). The student will choose an appropriate faculty mentor to be a guide in this practicum. Details of the practicum will be negotiated by the student, faculty mentor, and appropriate agency mentor.

Nursing N8290
Incorporating Genetics into Advanced Nursing Practice
3 credit(s)
This course will introduce students to clinical genetic theory incorporating new information from the human genome project, the history and evolution of genetic counseling, including the ethical, moral and legal issues which arise daily in this rapidly developing field. This course is intended to add to the knowledge base of advanced practice nurses so that they will increase their sensitivity to the issues confronting families at risk for or with genetic disorders.

This course is a required supporting science for all MS students.

Nursing N8460
Comprehensive Women's Health
3 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N8476, N6458, N8786.
This course addresses health issues throughout a woman's life span. It includes an overview of disorders that occur mainly in women and the role of the nurse practitioner in managing care of the adult female. Concurrent supervised clinical experiences are required.

Nursing N8462
Practicum in Comprehensive Women's Health
2 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N6100, N8460, N8789.
Supervised clinical experiences focus on application of history taking and physical examination skills, collaborative diagnosis, and management of women's health throughout the life span. Emphasis is placed on the nurse practitioner role in care of the adult non-pregnant female in ambulatory settings.

Nursing N8465
Primary Care of Women Across the Life Span II
3 credit(s) Prerequisite: N8770/6760
Utilizing a systems approach, the diagnosis and management of health problems encountered in primary care of adolescents and adults, male and female, are studied in depth. Systems selected for study include genitourinary, respiratory, immune systems, central nervous and musculoskeletal. The course and management of clinical problems are emphasized, as well as the care provided by nurse practitioners.

Same as N8771

Nursing N8466
Capstone Seminar
1 credit(s)

Nursing N8467
Labour Support Training Program
0 credit(s)
This course provides the first phase of nurse midwifery students with theoretical and practical knowledge in preparation for provision of support to women in labor. The course includes a year-long practicum during which the student provides supervised labor support

Course Level: 2nd semester BS/MS nurse midwifery students; others with permission

Nursing N8468
Advanced Practicum in Women's Health
4-6 credit(s) Prerequisites: All women's health specialty and supporting core courses.
This course is designed to facilitate implementation of the advanced nursing practice role in the care of parents and infants, and oriented toward meeting the expressed learning needs of individual students. Students will have opportunity to acquire skills under direction and supervision of a clinical mentor. Students will be expected to practice with increasing independence in an advanced nursing practice role.

Nursing N8469
Newborn Assessment & Care
1 credit(s) Prerequisites: N8471, N8479
This course provides the graduate nurse-midwifery student with a theoretical and practical knowledge of the immediate care of the neonate including newborn resuscitation, with an emphasis on the first six weeks of newborn life. Normal physiology and family centered management skills are emphasized. The students are encouraged to provide care that recognized and respects the cultural dynamics of the family. Pathphysiology is also covered to familiarize the nurse-midwife with various interventions when deviations from the normal are encountered. This course will include a clinical component that will conclude with a clinical check out on newborn physical assessment.

Nursing N8470
Antepartum: Clinical
2 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N6458, N8471, N8477, N8458, N8786.
This course covers the broad scope of prenatal care and includes: The history and physical examination techniques aimed at understanding the normal parameters of pregnancy, and recognizing any deviations from normal in the pregnant woman/family or the fetus; The physiological, social, emotional, and educational components of antepartum care; Clinical practice includes nurse-midwifery management of the care of the normal antepartum woman/family, screening for high-risk pregnancies, and co-management or referral of high-risk pregnancies.

Nursing N8471
Antepartum: Didactic
2 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N6150, N6458, N8470.
An overview of the principles and practice of clinical care during the antepartum and theoretical topics include the public health, physiological, psychological and emotional basis for prenatal care. The practical applications cover clinical midwifery management in the antepartum period, assessment of fetal growth and development, nutritional assessment and management, evaluation of the family unit, and teaching/counseling considerations.

Nursing N8472
PRACTICUM ANTEPARTUM NORMAL
2 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N8786, N6458, N8476, N8477, N8471.
This module covers the broad scope of prenatal care and includes: the history and physical examination techniques aimed at understanding the normal parameters of pregnancy, and recognizing any deviations from normal in the pregnant woman/family or the fetus; the physiological, social, emotional and educational components of antepartum care. Clinical practice includes nurse-midwifery management of the care of the normal antepartum woman/family, screening for high-risk pregnancies, and co-management or referral of high-risk pregnancies.

Nursing N8475
Clinical Practicum in Nurse-Midwifery
3 credit(s) Prerequisite: N8476 & N8477, N8471 & N8472, N8479 & N8481, N8478, N6466.
Nurse-Midwifery services provide intensive clinical experience in all areas of nurse-midwifery practice. Direct student teaching is provided by nurse-midwifery preceptors affiliated with the program.

Nursing N8476
Well Woman Gynecology: Didactic
3 credit(s)
Well Woman Gynecology is designed to concentrate on the physical, emotional, and educational needs of the essentially healthy woman. It covers a variety of topics including: health maintenance, gynecologic screening, family planning, sexuality and sexual dysfunction, and the late (4-6 week) postpartum period.

Nursing N8477
Well Woman Gynecology: Clinical
2 credit(s)
Well Woman Gynecology Clinical is designed to concentrate on the physical, emotional, and educational needs of the essentially healthy woman. It provides clinical experience in health maintenance, gynecologic screening, family planning, sexuality and sexual dysfunction, and the late (4-6 week) postpartum period.

Nursing N8478
Breastfeeding and Postpartum Care
1 credit(s)
This course provides theoretical and practical knowledge for care in the immediate postpartum period and to initiate successful breast feedings. Normal physiology and family centered management skills are emphasized. Pathophysiology is also covered with various interventions when deviations from the normal are encountered.

Nursing N8479
Intrapartum: Didactic
2 credit(s) Prerequisite: N8476, N8477, N8470, N8471, N6150, N6458.
This course provides the biophysical and practical knowledge for management of the parturient woman during labor and delivery.

Nursing N8481
Intrapartum: Clinical
2 credit(s) Prerequisite: N8476 & N8477, N8479, N8478, N6100, N6150,N8786, N6458.
Clinical experience includes 16-20 hours per week in nurse midwifery management of labor and delivery of childbearing women.

Nursing N8482
Primary Care of Childbearing Women
3 credit(s)
An overview of the principles and practice of primary care during the prenatal and postpartum period. The focus is on normal antepartum and postpartum. The physiological, psychological, emotional and social basis for prenatal care will be examined in the theoretical context of public health. Topics include the management in the woman throughout the antepartum period, assessment of fetal growth and development, evaluation of the family unit, and teaching/counseling considerations.

Nursing N8485
Practicum: Childbearing Woman
3 credit(s) Prerequisites: M8786, M8789, M8460, M8462, M6150.
This course focuses on health promotion, prevention, advanced clinical assessment and management of pregnancy and breastfeeding in the antepartum and postpartum ambulatory care settings.

Nursing N8490
Independent Study in Nurse Midwifery
1 credit(s)

Consult with Program Director

Nursing N8497
Complex Management of Women’s Health Conditions throughout the Lifespan
2 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N8476, N8477, N8479, N8481, N8471, N8472.
This course explores complex issues when a woman’s health is potentially challenged. It teaches appropriate screening and assessment for a range of health issues that will be encountered in health settings. The course will enable nurse-midwives and nurse-practitioners to identify when consultation, collaborative management, or referral to specialists is needed. It reviews scope of practice issues and how to maintain continuity of care, in culturally appropriate forms, when specialized management is needed.

Nursing N8545
Diagnosis and Management of Illness in Families I
4 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N8557, N6100, N8785; N6121, N8102, N8558, N8693, or N8625.
Utilizing a systems approach, the diagnosis and management of problems encountered in Primary Care are studied. Topics selected for study include cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, endocrine, respiratory, and hematology. The identification and management of clinical problems are emphasized. The role of the nurse practitioner in a collaborative model is discussed.

Nursing N8546
Diagnosis and Management of Illness in Families II
3 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N8557, N8558, N6100, N8785, N6121, N8625, N8693 or N8625; N8559, N8567 or N8850
Utilizing a systems approach, the diagnosis and management of problems encountered in Primary Care are studied. Among the selected systems for study are neurological, dermatological, musculoskeletal, opthamological, psychological, and immunological.

Nursing N8548
Normal Antepartum for Family Primary Care
1 credit(s)
This course provides family nurse practitioner students with a theoretical and practical knowledge base with which to provide safe, evidence-based antepartum care. Normal physiology, psychosocial changes and management skills are emphasized. Patho-physiology is reviewed to identify deviations from normal.

Nursing N8557
Family Primary Care I
2 credit(s) Corequisite: N8785.
This course is designed to introduce the student to the role of the nurse practitioner as a provider of community centered family primary care. The focus will be on health maintenance and illness prevention.

Nursing N8558
Family Primary Care II
1 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N8557, N8785, N6100; N8625 or N8693, N8770.
This required course is designed to prepare the advanced practice student to provide primary care to individuals through the life span. Utilizing lectures and case presentation the role of the FNP in the diagnosis and management of commonly encountered illnesses are studied.

Nursing N8559
Family Primary Care III
1 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N8557, N8558; N8771, N8850, or N8566, N8567.
This required course is designed to further develop the role of advanced practice student, in the provision of primary care to individuals and families, through the life span in a variety of clinical settings. Utilizing lectures and case presentations, the role of the FNP in the diagnosis and management of commonly encountered illnesses are studied. A formal clinical presentation is required.

Nursing N8560
Family Theory in Context
2 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N6020 or N8180.
This course is an introduction to family theory. It introduces the student to a new epistemology, one in which the central concepts stress a picture of causality that is circular, rather than the linear view of causality. Concepts of the family as a system and theoretical models upon which to base clinical practice will be discussed. The course will apply family systems concepts and methods to problems related to health and illness faced by families. Basic skills of genogram construction, assessment of family life cycle events and transition periods will be demonstrated. Readings, videotapes, case presentations and discussions will be used to explore theoretical and practical issues related to a family systems approach to working with physically and mentally ill patients and their families.

Psych/MH students are required to register for 2 credits. FNP students are required to register for 3 credits.

Nursing N8560 (Family)
Family Theory in Context
3 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N6020 or N8180.
his course is an introduction to family theory. It introduces the student to a new epistemology, one in which the central concepts stress a picture of causality that is circular, rather than the linear view of causality. Concepts of the family as a system and theoretical models upon which to base clinical practice will be discussed. The course will apply family systems concepts and methods to problems related to health and illness faced by families. Basic skills of genogram construction, assessment of family life cycle events and transition periods will be demonstrated. Readings, videotapes, case presentations and discussions will be used to explore theoretical and practical issues related to a family systems approach to working with physically and mentally ill patients and their families.

FNP students are required to register for 3 credits. Psych/MH students are required to register for 2 credits.

Nursing N8562
Practice of Family Therapy
2 credit(s) Prerequisites: N8560, N8590, N8591
This clinical practice course is designed for students to develop clinical skills in family therapy based on a structural family therapy model. It consists of clinical practice and supervision.

Nursing N8566
Family Primary Care: Practicum IIIA
2 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N8625; N8670.
Students assess the health status of individuals of all ages in selected settings and recognize and manage common health problems in the pediatric and adult population.

Nursing N8567
Family Primary Care: Practicum IIIB
2 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N8625, N8670.
Students assess the health status of individuals of all ages in selected settings and recognize and manage common health problems in the pediatric and adult population.

Nursing N8568
Practicum in Advanced Clinical Assessment for Family Nurse Practitioners
2 credit(s) Prerequisite and Corequisites: Physical Assessment, N8557, N8786.
Utilizing a background in basic physical assessment, advanced practice nursing students apply the didactic content introduced in M8786 to this clinical practicum. Advanced physical assessment skills and the identification of abnormalities in the physical exam and appropriate documentation are emphasized with a focus on the ability to integrate systems appropriately. The complete pelvic exam is included.

Nursing N8571
Seminar on Family Therapy and Technique
2 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N8590, N8591, N8560.
This course focuses on an integrated systems approach, including structural, Bowenian, and the multicontextual framework and is designed to assist the student in integrating the theoretical and practical aspects of the systems approach to treating families. The course will review the basic issues involved in psychiatric diagnosis and abnormal psychopathology from a systems perspective. Videotape review, didactic materials, class presentation, and discussion will provide a comprehensive theoretical basis for the understanding and development of more advanced clinical skills.

Nursing N8588
Theory of Group Psychotherapy
2 credit(s)
This course is designed to increase the student's understanding of the key concepts, the dynamics, and development of psychotherapy groups. Students are encouraged to explore the theoretical issues inherent in group practice and their relationship to psychiatric nursing theory and practice. Students will address the developmental needs of clients as they relate to the group experience.

Nursing N8590
Theory and Practice of Individual Psychotherapy I
2 credit(s) Prerequisites: N6597, N6528.
Each student is given an opportunity to work with 1-2 individuals assigned according to the student's needs for a learning experience. Students arrange for clinical contact with the assigned clients. Clinical contact must be at least weekly and more often if required. The student is responsible for assessing the biophysical, psychosocial, cultural, cognitive and spiritual dimensions of the clients. Based upon this assessment the student plans appropriate interventions.

Nursing N8591
Theory and Practice of Individual Psychotherapy II
2 credit(s) Prerequisites: N6597, N6528, N8590.
Each student is given an opportunity to work with 1-2 individuals assigned according to the student's need for a learning experience. Students arrange for clinical contact with assigned clients. Clinical contact must be at least weekly and more often if required. The student is responsible for evaluating the interrelatedness of the biophysical, psychosocial, cognitive, cultural, and spiritual dimensions of the clients. Based upon evaluation, the student utilizes appropriate therapeutic intervention which s/he evaluates in terms of the client's responses. The student is responsible to work on termination issues with the client.

Nursing N8592
Clinical Practice and Supervision with Groups
2 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N8590, N6528; N6588.
The student participates as a leader or co-leader in a psychotherapeutic group of 10-12 sessions. Clinical supervision is focused on group dynamics and development.

Nursing N8594
Advanced Practice in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing I
4 credit(s) Prerequisites: N6530, N6594, N6597, N8590, N8591, N8592. or Corequisite: N8562.
This course is designed to integrate foundation skills and strengthen the student's clinical practice in a variety of psychiatric mental health settings. The practicum is the first of two consecutive courses. Expectations of the clinical experience are direct client contact and therapeutic interaction with staff, families, and systems. The student will develop a knowledge base and skills germane to the role of the advanced practice psychiatric nurse. Details of the practicum will be coordinated with the agency and faculty, with consideration of course objectives, agency objectives and student career goals.

Nursing N8594 (Certificate)
Advanced Practice in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing I
3-4 credit(s) Prerequisites: N6530, N6594, N6597, N8590, N8591, N8592. Corequisite: N8562.
This course is designed to integrate foundation skills and strengthen the student's clinical practice in a variety of psychiatric mental health settings. The practicum is the first of two consecutive courses. Expectations of the clinical experience are direct client contact and therapeutic interaction with staff, families, and systems. The student will develop a knowledge base and skills germane to the role of the advanced practice psychiatric nurse. Details of the practicum will be coordinated with the agency and faculty, with consideration of course objectives, agency objectives and student career goals.

Nursing N8595
Advanced Practice in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing II
4 credit(s) Prerequisite: Advanced Practice in Psychiatric Mental Nursing I.
This course is designed to advance the student's clinical practice with clients in a variety of psychiatric mental health settings. The practicum is the second of two consecutive courses. Expectations of the clinical experience are direct client contact and therapeutic interaction with staff, families, and systems. The student will evaluate the roles of the advanced practice psychiatric nurse. Details of the practicum will be coordinated with the student, agency and faculty based upon course objectives, clinical objectives and student career goals.

Nursing N8595 (Certificate)
Advanced Practice in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing II
3-4 credit(s) Prerequisite: Advanced Practice in Psychiatric Mental Nursing I.
This course is designed to advance the student's clinical practice with clients in a variety of psychiatric mental health settings. The practicum is the second of two consecutive courses. Expectations of the clinical experience are direct client contact and therapeutic interaction with staff, families, and systems. The student will evaluate the roles of the advanced practice psychiatric nurse. Details of the practicum will be coordinated with the student, agency and faculty based upon course objectives, clinical objectives and student career goals.

Nursing N8625
Family Primary Care: Practicum II
4 credit(s) Prerequisites: N6840, N6100, N8557 Corequisites: N8770, N8558, N6121
The clinical practicum is designed to prepare the students to provide primary health care in a variety of settings. Initially, the student will obtain complete histories; perform physical examinations, and developmental assessments. Subsequently, the student will focus on the recognition and management of common problems. The clinical experience will familiarize the student with age appropriate physical, cognitive and emotional development as well as routine episodic care. The goal of the practicum is to prepare the students for the delivery of family focused primary care.

Nursing N8661
Advanced Pediatric and Neonatal Pharmacology
3 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N6100, N4100.
This course provides an opportunity for the scientific inquiry into the use of pharmacologic agents in the advanced nursing care of infants, including fetal, neonatal life and early childhood and adolescence. Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, drug use in pregnancy and lactation, pharmacologic agents used in disease prevention and treatment, drug monitoring and drug safety in the home are explored. Proper prescribing and record keeping in accordance with New York and Federal laws are addressed.

Nursing N8663
Pathophysiology and Management of the High Risk Neonate
3 credit(s) Prerequisites: N6140, N6141, N6650, N6655, N6660. Corequisites: N6647 and N8667.
This didactic course will further increase the knowledge of the advanced practice nurse to care for the critically ill neonate. Throughout the course, there will be an emphasis placed on understanding the pathophysiology of various neonatal conditions, including gastrointestinal, renal, post-operative surgical conditions, respiratory, and inborn errors of metabolism. Clinical relevance and the role of the NNP will be reviewed. Discussion will focus on the use of evidence based research in the use of clinical monitoring of vital signs, developing differential diagnoses, and designing plans of care for the high risk neonate. The advanced practice nurse will be involved in the discharge planning , educational needs of the care provider, and follow-up for the high risk neonate.

Nursing N8667
Practicum: Case Management of the High Risk Neonate
3 credit(s) Prerequisites: N6140, N6141, N6650, N6655, N6660. Corequisites: N6647 and N8663.
This course is an in-depth practicum which allows the NNP student to utilize all previous learning in his/her management of infants at risk. The practicum in neonatal care is designed to provide the student with practice experience to develop skills of assessment, diagnosis, and management of the high risk neonate. The student has the opportunity to integrate and synthesize theory, clinical research, advanced therapeutics and decision making in this closely supervised precepted experience. It will be an intensive experience in which the student will analyze all available data utilizing evidence-based research, synthesize his/her thinking, implement a plan of care, and evaluate the results The role of the nurse practitioner is applied in clinical care areas. The student will begin to develop a database of her patients to evaluate her own clinical practice and refine her collaborative skills working with the interdisciplinary team throughout the course.

Nursing N8670
Pediatric Primary Care Nursing III
2 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N6610, N6620, N6630, N6632, N6122; N8674.
This required course in the PNP major introduces the advanced student to the provision of health care to children with common episodic illnesses. Lectures and seminars provide the student with the knowledge base to recognize and manage common health problems in the pediatric population.

Nursing N8673
Pediatric Primary Care Nursing III: Clinical
2 credit(s)
This practicum focuses on the delivery of episodic illness care to children and adolescents in the ambulatory settings; and on planning and managing the care of hospitalized children. The Pediatric Clinic is the main clinical setting. Here the student will learn how to assess children with common episodic illnesses, to develop and discuss differential diagnosis, to manage the care of children with minor illnesses and to work with other health professionals collaboratively. When the illness requires hospitalization, they will design and implement a plan of care, including discharge plans and teaching. Students utilize their knowledge of common child and adolescent illnesses and the information presented in N6630 and N8670 to assess and develop plans of care for all children and adolescents.

Nursing N8674
Pediatric Primary Care Nursing III
3 credit(s)
This practicum focuses on the delivery of episodic illness care to children and adolescents in the ambulatory settings; and on planning and managing the care of hospitalized children. The Pediatric Clinic is the main clinical setting. Here the student will learn how to assess children with common episodic illnesses, to develop and discuss differential diagnosis, to manage the care of children with minor illnesses and to work with other health professionals collaboratively. When the illness requires hospitalization, they will design and implement a plan of care, including discharge plans and teaching. Students utilize their knowledge of common child and adolescent illnesses and the information presented in N6630 and N8670 to assess and develop plans of care for all children and adolescents.

Nursing N8680
Behavioral Pediatrics for Advanced Practice Nursing: Didactic
3 credit(s)
This course provides the foundation for understanding issues and concepts of behavioral pediatrics, which are encountered in the community setting. The potential impact of the child's environment, risk and protective factors and stressors will be included in the content. Behavioral manifestations fall on a continuum from normal to pathological, including developmental appropriate behaviors, developmental variations, problems and disorders. Lectures provide the student with the knowledge base to recognize, assess, treat and refer children with behavioral problems. This is one of three required courses for the subspecialty.

Nursing N8682
Behavioral Pediatrics for Advanced Practice Nursing: Clinical Seminar
2 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N8680, N8684.
This seminar is designed to provide the graduate student an academic environment in which to share practicum experience and present case studies for discussion with their peers and faculty. In this scholarly forum, the students are expected to present selected cases from their practicum in an organized format. The students are expected to facilitate a class dialogue and offer appropriate references. This is one of three required courses for the subspecialty.

Nursing N8684
Behavioral Pediatrics for Advanced Practice Nursing: Clinical Practicum
2 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N8680, N8682
This practicum focuses on the assessment and management of behavioral disorders in children and adolescents in a variety of community settings. Here the student will develop skills to assess children with behavioral disorders, to formulate a working diagnosis, to design management plans of care and to collaborate with other health professionals. Students utilize their knowledge of development, environmental factors, family dynamics and behavioral disorders in the child and adolescent. The student will demonstrate the ability to recognize, assess, treat and refer children with behavioral problems. This is one of three required course for the subspecialty.

Nursing N8693
Family Primary Care: Practicum IIA
2 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N6840, N6100, N8557, N8558, N6121.
The clinical practicum is designed to prepare the students to provide primary health care in a variety of settings. Initially, the student will obtain complete histories; perform physical examinations, and developmental assessments. Subsequently, the student will focus on the recognition and management of common problems. The clinical experience will familiarize the student with age appropriate physical, cognitive and emotional development as well as routine episodic care. The goal of the practicum is to prepare the students for the delivery of family focused primary care.

Nursing N8701
Critical Care Nursing of Children
3 credit(s)
Critical care nursing of children focuses on the delivery of acute critical care to the pediatric patient through age 21 years. This includes pathophysiological mechanism resulting in organ system failure. Strategies for the management of these patients will require a synthesis of knowledge from biological, pharmacology, behavioral, and nursing. Emphasis will be placed on the needs of the family in dealing with a critically ill child. The caregiver role of the advanced practice nurse in the critical care setting will be integrated within the course.

Nursing N8703
Seminar in Critical Care Nursing of Children
1 credit(s) Corequisite: N8701.
Seminar in critical care nursing is designed to provide the PNP in an academic environment the opportunity to discuss case presentations and utilize knowledge and skills in discussion of case studies with their peers. In this scholarly forum, the students are expected to present selected cases and review the management. The students are expected to facilitate a class dialogue and to promote management of patients using evidence based practice.

Nursing N8747
Clinical Specialization in Oncology Nursing II
2-3 credit(s) Prerequisites: N6740, N6745 (or advanced standing); N6880, N6885, N8882, N8883. Corequisite: N8746.
This course provides the opportunity for clinical specialization in an area of oncology nursing selected by student. Learning is facilitated by a preceptor with recognized expertise in the particular clinical area. In this course, a research-based clinical project may be implemented.

This course is no longer offered.

Nursing N8750
Symptom Management and Palliative Care for Oncology Nurse Practitioner Students
2 credit(s) Prerequisites: N6740, N6880.
This course is designed to present an integrative approach to identifying and managing the symptoms of cancer and cancer treatment through the disease continuum. The palliative care component would concentrate on those aspects related to physical, psychosocial and spiritual issues that impact the lives of the person/family with cancer.

Nursing N8751
Practicum for Symptom Management and Palliative Care for Oncology Nurse Practitioner Students
3 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N8750, N6740
This course provides the opportunity to manage the symptoms of cancer and it's treatments with expert supervision and collaboration in the clinical setting. Learning is facilitated by expert clinicians in the oncology/hospice/home/long term care areas. Nursing research will be promoted in issues related to quality of life, identification, and prevention of complications of treatment and patient and caregiver stress.

Nursing N8755
Introduction to Palliative and End of Life Care Throughout the Lifespan
3 credit(s)
This introductory course is designed to prepare graduate nursing students, fourth yearmedical students and residents to offer informed and compassionate palliative and end of life care to patients and families across the lifespan and in a variety of settings.

Nursing N8756
Seminar In Palliative and End of Life Care
3 credit(s) Prerequisite: N8755
This advanced level seminar continues to build an evidence based discipline by incorporating content of N8755 into discussion of current research findings on palliative and end of life care. The seminar provides students with a context in which to learn techniques of communication, assessment and management of pain and symptoms at end of life and palliative care emergencies.

Nursing N8757
Clinical Practice in Palliative and End of Life Care
1-3 credit(s) Prerequisites: N8755, N8756 and Permission of Course Director.
This advanced level clinical experience provides students with the opportunity to integrate clinical knowledge, theory and research findings into the assessment and treatment of patients and families in need of palliative and end of life care.

Nursing N8757 (Certificate)
Clinical Practice in Palliative and End of Life Care
3 credit(s) Prerequisites: N8755, N8756 and Permission of Course Director.
This advanced level clinical experience provides students with the opportunity to integrate clinical knowledge, theory and research findings into the assessment and treatment of patients and families in need of palliative and end of life care.

Nursing N8760
Integrative Therapies I
3 credit(s)
This course introduces various health care systems within their field of Integrative Medicine. Presents historical and theoretical foundations of several major integrative medicine traditions such as Traditional Chinese Medicine, Ayurveda, Kampo to name a few.

Nursing N8761
Integrative Therapies II
3 credit(s)
This course focuses on various therapies commonly practiced and encountered within the context of the health care system. Basic principles of each therapy as well as safety considerations, training and credentialing of integrative practitioners will also be discussed.

Nursing N8762
Integrative Therapies III
3 credit(s)
This is a combined seminar and clinical experience with a nurse practitioner and an integrative medicine practitioner. Analyze and formulate appropriate therapeutic plans by incorporating both Western and Integrative therapies diagnosis and management.

Nursing N8770
Diagnosis and Management of Illness in Adults I
3 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N6700, N6100, N8786; N6121.
Utilizing a systems approach, the diagnosis and management of health problems encountered in primary care of adolescents and adults, male and female, are studied in depth. Systems selected for study include cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, endocrine, respiratory, gynecologic, and genitourinary. The course and management of clinical problems are emphasized, as well as the care provided by nurse practitioners.

Same as N6760

Nursing N8771
Diagnosis and Management of Illness in Adults II
3 credit(s) Prerequisite: N8770/6760
Utilizing a systems approach, the diagnosis and management of health problems encountered in primary care of adolescents and adults, male and female, are studied in depth. Systems selected for study include genitourinary, respiratory, immune systems, central nervous and musculoskeletal. The course and management of clinical problems are emphasized, as well as the care provided by nurse practitioners.

Same as N8465

Nursing N8772
Practicum in Adult Primary Care I
2 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N6700, N6100, N8786, N8770, N6121.
The practicum is a clinical field experience designed to provide opportunity for students to acquire skills in assessment, decision-making and management of care for adults with a variety of episodic and long-term health problems. The roles of the adult/geriatric nurse practitioner are applied in clinical settings that include ambulatory care facilities, community health centers, diagnostic and screening centers.

Nursing N8773
Practicum in Adult Primary Care II
2-4 credit(s) Prerequisite: N8772.
The practicum is a clinical field experience designed to provide opportunity for students to strengthen skills in assessment, decision-making, and management of care for adults with a variety of episodic and long-term health problems. Students in the clinical settings function more independently under preceptor supervision.

Previously 2 credits.

Nursing N8773 (Certificate)
Practicum in Adult Primary Care II
2 credit(s) Prerequisite: N8772.
The practicum is a clinical field experience designed to provide opportunity for students to strengthen skills in assessment, decision-making, and management of care for adults with a variety of episodic and long-term health problems. Students in the clinical settings function more independently under preceptor supervision.

Nursing N8776
Advanced Practicum in Primary Care
4-6 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisite: N8770, N8771, N8772, N8773.
The practicum is a clinical field experience designed to provide opportunity for students to refine skills in assessment, decision-making, and management of care for adults with a variety of episodic and long-term health problems. Students in the clinical setting are to function more independently under preceptor supervision.

Nursing N8776 (Certificate)
Advanced Practicum in Primary Care
4 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisite: N8770, N8771, N8772, N8773.
The practicum is a clinical field experience designed to provide opportunity for students to refine skills in assessment, decision-making, and management of care for adults with a variety of episodic and long-term health problems. Students in the clinical setting are to function more independently under preceptor supervision.

Nursing N8779
Advanced Practicum in Adult/Geriatric Health
4 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisite: N8770, N8771, N8772, N8773.
The practicum is a clinical field experience designed to provide opportunity for students to refine skills in assessment, decision-making, and management of care for adults with a variety of episodic and long-term health problems. Students in the clinical setting are to function more independently under preceptor supervision.

Nursing N8780
Independent Study in Geriatric Health
1-8 credit(s)
Individualized, guided learning experiences at the graduate level in a selected area of concentration. The area of concentration selected should reflect both the role of the clinical specialist / nurse practitioner and the student’s specific interests. Proposed work must be outlined prior to registration and agreed upon by both faculty and student. A project reort is required.

A project report is required.

Nursing N8786
Advanced Clinical Assessment in Adults
3 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N4050, N6100, N6121, N6700.
This course explores the theoretical dimensions of advanced clinical assessment of adults and incorporates advanced techniques of history taking and physical examination.

Nursing N8787
Practicum in Advanced Clinical Assessment for Adults
1 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N4050, N6100.
Guided study with clinical application of advanced physical assessment techniques in adults.

Nursing N8788
Advanced Clinical Assessment: Acute Care
1 credit(s) Corequisites: N8786.
This course focuses on the essential technology and procedures utilized in the management of the critically ill that is inherent to the role of this nurse practitioner. During laboratory/clinical experiences psychomotor skills and the use of advanced technologies for the nurse practitioner will be developed along with the skill of oral/written presentation of select patients.

Nursing N8789
Advanced Clinical Assessment: Women's Health
1 credit(s)
This course focuses on essential assessment skills for Women Health Nurse Practitioners inherent in providing comprehensive care for women across the life cycle.

Nursing N8792
Advanced Health Assessment in Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing I
2 credit(s) Corequisite: N8793
The student is introduced to the symptoms, behavioral manifestations and classification of psychopathology as compared to normative behavior over the life span. Special emphasis is placed upon the ability of the student to interview, classify and evaluate observations. The student will use various assessment tools and guides appropriate for individuals of different ages.

Nursing N8793
Advanced Health Assessment in Psychiatric-Mental Health in Nursing II: Clinical Practicum
1 credit(s) Corequisite: N8792.
This practicum using a case study format is designed to provide an opportunity for students to demonstrate ability to assess and diagnose psychiatric patients.

Nursing N8795
Family Primary Care: Practicum IIB
2 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N6840, N6100, N8557, N6121, N8558.
The clinical practicum is designed to prepare the students to provide primary health care in a variety of settings. Initially, the student will obtain complete histories, perform physical examinations, and developmental assessments. Subsequently, the student will focus on the recognition and management of common problems. The clinical experience will familiarize the student with age appropriate physical, cognitive and emotional development as well as routine episodic care. The goal of the practicum is to prepare the students for the delivery of family focused primary care.

Nursing N8816
Practicum in Critical/Acute Care for the Nurse Practitioner
2 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N6700, N8786, N8788.
The practicum in critical/acute care for the nurse practitioner is designed to provide the student with practice experiences to develop skills of assessment, diagnosis and management of the emergency and critically ill adult. The student has the opportunity to integrate and synthesize theory, clinical research, advanced therapeutics and decision making in this closely supervised precepted experience. The role of the nurse practitioner is applied in the clinical setting.

Nursing N8820
Advanced Practicum in Critical Care for the Nurse Practitioner
2 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N6838, N6839, N8816, N6100, N6121, N8102.
The practicum in critical care for the nurse practitioner is designed to provide the student with practice experiences to develop skills of assessment, diagnosis and management of the emergency patient. The student has the opportunity to integrate and synthesize theory, clinical research, advanced therapeutics and decision making in this closely supervised precepted experience.

Nursing N8823
Advanced Practicum in Acute Care
3 credit(s) Prerequisites Master’s Level Core Courses, N6720, N8786, N8788, N6838, N8816, N6839,
This course will provide an opportunity to synthesize and integrate the advanced practice knowledge and skills acquired through all previous didactic and clinical coursework. Students will be expected to do clinical case presentations, manage a group of patients of varying diagnoses and variability of acuity, and practice with increasing independence in the acute care advanced practice role.

Nursing N8825
Integration Practicum in Critical Care for the Nurse Practitioner
5 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N6838, N8816, N8820, N6839.
The practicum in critical acute care for the nurse practitioner is designed to provide the student with practice experiences to develop skills of assessment, diagnosis and management of the emergency and critically ill patient. The student has the opportunity to integrate and synthesize theory, clinical research, advanced therapeutics and decision making in this closely supervised precepted experience.

Nursing N8835
Critical Decision Making in Nurse Anesthesia Practice I
1 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: Successful completion of all Semester II courses and M8870.
Critical analysis of selected topics in nurse anesthesia practice. Seminar formats will facilitate and engender discussion and critical analysis.

Nursing N8836
Critical Decision Making in Nurse Anesthesia II
2 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: All Semester III courses and M8871.
Critical analysis of selected topics in nurse anesthesia practice. Seminar formats will facilitate discussion and critical analysis.

Nursing N8837
Critical Decision Making in Nurse Anesthesia Practice III
2 credit(s) Prerequisite or Corequisite: Successful completion of all previous course work in Anesthesia.
Critical analysis of selected topics in nurse anesthesia practice related to Residency III objectives. Seminar formats will facilitate and engender discussion and critical analysis.

Nursing N8838
Critical Decision Making in Nurse Anesthesia Practice IV
2 credit(s) Prerequisite or Corequisite: Successful completion of all previous anesthesia course work
Critical analysis of selected topics in nurse anesthesia practices related to Residency IV objectives. Seminar formats will facilitate and engender discussion for critical analysis.

Nursing N8839
Advanced Principles of Nurse Anesthesia III
1 credit(s)
This course represents the ‘capstone’ of the nurse anesthesia master’s program, providing an opportunity for the student to integrate and synthesize didactic and clinical core content with the experiences of the residencies. Student and faculty will work collaboratively to catalogue major content areas essential to the beginning practice of a master’s prepared nurse anesthetist.

Nursing N8843
Acute Care Independent Study
2 credit(s) Prerequisites:Master’s Core Courses, N6720, N8786, N8788, N6838,
This course will provide an opportunity to synthesize and integrate the advanced practice knowledge and skills acquired through previous didactic and clinical coursework. The focus is on modeling the processes of knowledge acquisition and evaluation, clinical inference, and clinical decision-making that the ACNP will employ once in independent practice. The role of the ACNP will be explored with regard to ethical issues, legal implications of practice, professionalism, board certification, and licensure. This course should be taken concurrently with the integration practicum course (N8823).

Nursing N8845
Cancer in Childhood
2 credit(s)
This course presents an in-depth examination of childhood cancers. Content includes etiology, epidemiology, diagnostic and treatment modalities, side effects of therapy, emergencies, clinical management, long-term survival and terminal illness. The course provides a framework of advanced practice for the pediatric oncology clinical nurse specialist and pediatric nurse practitioner in oncology.

Nursing N8850
Family Primary Care: Practicum III
4 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: All previous family primary care specialty courses.
Students assess the health status of individuals of all ages in selected settings and recognize and manage common health problems in the pediatric and adult population.

Nursing N8864
Practicum in Geriatric Primary Care I
2 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N6700, N6100, N8785, N6750; N6121.
The practicum is a clinical field experience designed to provide opportunity for students to acquire initial skills in assessment, decision-making and case management of care of the geriatric client with a variety of episodic and long-term health problems. The roles of the adult/geriatric nurse practitioner are applied in clinical settings that include ambulatory care facilities, community health centers, diagnostic and screening centers.

Nursing N8865
Practicum in Geriatric Primary Care II
2 credit(s) Prerequisite: N6700, N6100, N4010, N6750, N8860, N8864.
The practicum is a clinical field experience designed to provide opportunity for students to strengthen skills in assessment, decision-making and case management of geriatric clients with a variety of episodic and long-term health problems. Students in the clinical settings function more independently under preceptor supervision.

Nursing N8867
Interdisciplinary Approach to Geriatric Assessment and Long Term Care
2 credit(s)
This course provides a systematic overview of a comprehensive interdisciplinary geriatric assessment. In addition, the course reviews the wide range of health and supportive services provided for older individuals at one point or another in the continuum of long term care.

Nursing N8869
Residency in Adult/Geriatric Health
1 credit(s)
The practicum is a clinical field experience designed to strengthen and broaden the student's clinical experiences in assessment, decision-making, and management of care for adults with a variety of episodic and long-term health problems. Specific program objectives and clinical experiences are individually identified. Students in the clinical setting are to function more independently under preceptor supervision.

Nursing N8870
Nurse Anesthesia Residency I
2 credit(s) Prerequisite: All previous course work in Anesthesia.
Clinical experiences provide the opportunity for students to integrate theory within the clinical setting. Students move along continuum from healthy adults to patients with multi-system failures. The focus is on perioperative theory transfer, development of assessment skills, and the developmental implementation and evaluation of an individualized plan of care. Patient interviews and teaching are integral to the process. Basic principles of decision-making are emphasized throughout. Mastery to the specific level of competency is required within a specific time framework. Practice settings include operating rooms, emergency rooms, and diagnostic suites. CRNA/MD preceptors act as facilitators of learning. Clinical conferences and professional meetings help to reinforce and enhance learning.

Nursing N8871
Nurse Anesthesia Residency II
2 credit(s) Prerequisites and Corequisites: N6862, N6870 and N8870; N8836.
Clinical experiences provide the opportunity for students to integrate theoretical basis of practice within the clinical setting. Students move along a continuum from healthy adults and children to patients with multi-system failures. The focus is on perioperative theory transfer, development of assessment skills, and the implementation and evaluation of a plan of care. Patient interviews and teaching are integral to the process. Basic principles of decision making are emphasized throughout. Mastery to the specific level of competency is required within a specific time framework. Practice settings include operating rooms, emergency rooms, and diagnostic suites. CRNA faculty members act as facilitators of learning. Clinical conferences and professional meetings help to reinforce and evaluate learning. This is the second of four required residencies.

Nursing N8872
Anesthesia Residency III
2 credit(s) Prerequisite or Corequisite: All previous course work in Anesthesia.
Clinical focus is on the delivery of anesthesia care in a broad range of clinical settings to patients with multi-system problems. Emphasis is placed on refinement and perfection of decision-making skills in patient care management and rapid assessment of health status of patients. Collaborative practice within a team structure is emphasized. In addition to direct patient care, participation in journal club, clinical case reports, and in-service presentations to a multidisciplinary audience provide the environment for the student to enact his or her role as a clinical nurse specialist. Experience in surgery and anesthesia includes obstetrics, neurosurgery, and pediatrics. CRNA and MD faculty members and preceptors act as guides.

Nursing N8873
Anesthesia Residency IV
2 credit(s) Prerequisite: N8870, N8871, N8872 and all previous class work.
Clinical focus is on the delivery of anesthesia care in a broad range of clinical settings to patients with multi-system problems. Emphasis is placed on refinement and perfection of decision-making skills in patient care management and rapid assessment of health status patients. Collaborative practice within a team structure is emphasized. In addition to direct patient care, participation in journal club, clinical case reports, and in-service presentations to a multidisciplinary audience provide the environment for the student to enact his or her role as a clinical nurse specialist. Experience includes obstetrics, neurosurgery, cardio-thoracic surgery, pediatrics, post anesthesia care and critical care units. CRNA faculty members and preceptors act as guides.

Nursing N8882
Oncology Nursing Theory III: Cancer Prevention and Detection
2 credit(s) Prerequisites: N6470, N6745, (or Advanced Standing), and N6880, N6885; concurrent with Oncology Nursing Practice III.
This course presents an in-depth examination of primary and secondary cancer prevention and the expanded role of the nurse in preventive health care. Topics include: health education/behaviors carcinogenesis, epidemiology, etiology, risk factors, screening and detection and chemoprevention.

This course is no longer offered.

Nursing N8883
Oncology Nursing Practice III: Cancer Prevention and Detection
3 credit(s) Prerequisites: N6740, N6745 (or Advanced Standing), and N6880, N6885; concurrent with Oncology Nursing Practice III.
This course involves the practice of primary and/or secondary cancer prevention with designated client populations in community or occupational health settings, or in other facilities carrying out cancer prevention activities. In the clinical setting, the student will have the opportunity to assess, plan, implement and/or evaluate primary or secondary prevention activities.

This course is no longer offered.

Nursing N8890
Individualized Study in Nurse Anesthesia
1-8 credit(s)

Nursing N8950
Advanced Practice Primary Care Nursing Post Masters Residency
3-6 credit(s) Prerequisite: Completion of NP program, Certification (eligible).
This residency focuses on the delivery of full scope health care to clients. The post graduate student will learn to integrate assessment, therapeutic planning and evaluation of care for clients. Post-graduate students will synthesize their knowledge of primary care concepts, health and illness. This residency is designed to expand clinical knowledge and skills for the graduate Nurse Practitioner.

Nursing N9001
Social and Intellectual Foundations of Nursing
3 credit(s) Prerequisites: Masters of Science in Nursing or by permission of the instructor.
Examination of the structure and growth of contemporary nursing knowledge as it developed within a social context. Ideas, events, people, and writings are examined for their influence, inter-relationships and significance to nursing. Philosophy of science is applied to the development of nursing science.

Nursing N9205
Analysis and Evaluation of Health Policy
4 credit(s) Prerequisites: Introductory course in health policy or consent of instructor.
This course introduces students to the contributions of research to the development of health policy. It offers a critical review of methods and results of policy research, examines the relationship among science, policy and politics, explores ways to use policy to extend innovations, and identifies critical questions shaping the future policy research agenda.

Nursing N9210
Health Systems Colloquium
2 credit(s) Prerequisite: N9205.
This course endeavors to link clinical practice in nursing with policy issues, by exploring a series of topical clinical issues that have significant health systems and health policy implications. Each seminar topic will address policy questions at four levels: the delivery system (across settings); cultural and ethnic groups; state and regional levels; and national level policies.

This course is no longer offered.

Nursing N9245
Statistical Methods & Data
3 credit(s) Prerequisite: course in basic statistics.
The course is designed to introduce the advanced statistical methods commonly used in health care research. The focus of the course is on application of a variety of statistical methods in research, execution of statistical analyses using statistical software, and interpretation of results from computer outputs.

Nursing N9260
Building Interdisciplinary Research Models
3 credit(s)
Interdisciplinary research is an approach to advancing scientific knowledge requiring mastery of specific competencies. This seminar will introduce the students to competencies in interdisciplinary research through a combination of readings and lectures in each necessary aspect, chosen from fields essential to successful interdisciplinary research.

Nursing N9265
Research Seminar
1 credit(s)
To be taken at any time during the course of PhD study. Students are required to take at least one semester of Seminar, but are strongly encouraged to participate throughout the program. The purpose of this Seminar Series is to provide a venue for presentation, positive critique and scholarly interchange regarding ongoing cross-disciplinary research and related methodologies. The course is designed for and required by students in the PhD program in Nursing. It is open to pre- and post-doctoral fellows, other students, faculty, and visiting scholars on a non-credit basis. Scholarly, interdisciplinary interaction is an essential component to the PhD research training; this series will expose participants to scholars with whom they might not otherwise interact.

Nursing N9300
Comparative Quantitative Research Design and Methodology
3 credit(s) Prerequisites: Master's level course in research and statistics.
This course examines the research designs common to nursing and health policy research. This course will address aspects of nursing research from the perspective of preparing researchers to design and carry out studies using quantitative methods: formulation of researchable questions and hypotheses; types of research variables; sampling designs and power analysis; and the uses, strengths and weaknesses of experimental and quasi-experimental designs and designs.

Nursing N9301
Comparative Qualitative Research Design and Methodology
3 credit(s) Prerequisite: N9300.
This course examines the qualitative research designs commonly used by nurse scholars. The course will address: the uses, strengths and weaknesses of multiple qualitative designs used nursing research.

Nursing N9350
Concept Development from Clinical Phenomena in Nursing
3 credit(s)
The course examines the empirical foundation of advanced nursing practice, analyzing nursing theories, their concepts, and their applicability to observed clinical nursing. Focus will be placed on development of critical thinking skills in analyzing extant practice for theory implications. Students will examine various frameworks for the development, definition, analysis, and synthesis of theories and concepts, as well as assessing theory applications through direct clinical observation. Focus will be placed on development and analysis of selected concepts.

Nursing N9354
Measurement of Clinical and Other Phenomena
3 credit(s) Prerequisite: Permission of instructor.
The course will explore the methods used to study clinical and other phenomena. Included will be discussion of issues related to instrumentation, both qualitative and quantitative, access to patient populations including clinical trials, validity, reliability and ethical aspects of research.

Nursing N9400
Practice Management
3 credit(s)
This course is designed to provide the student with sophisticated knowledge, tools, and techniques to manage the clinical and administrative components of practice. Students will have a guided experience to develop the following aspects of practice: sound business plan (including contracting/negotiating with third party payers), risk management, billing compliance, quality improvement and financial analysis of practice.

Nursing N9410
Informatics and Evidenced-Based Practice
3 credit(s)
This course is designed to provide the student with the knowledge to apply the best available evidence to resolve clinical practice problems and to use information technology to support evidence-based practice. Course content includes critical appraisal skills to determine the quality of the research for usability in practice, to determine if the findings have applicability in a specific practice and what the findings mean for the patient. Overview of informatics topics of most relevance to evidence-based practice will be presented. Topics include: standardized clinical terminology; health care standards; electronic health records; retrieval and critical analysis of digital data, information, and knowledge; clinical decision making and decision support including decision analysis.

This course is no longer offered.

Nursing N9412
Informatics for Advanced Practice
3 credit(s)
This course is designed to provide the student with the knowledge to apply the best available evidence to resolve clinical practice problems and to use information technology to support evidence-based practice. Course content includes critical appraisal skills to determine the quality of the research for usability in practice, to determine if the findings have applicability in a specific practice and what the findings mean for the patient. Overview of informatics topics of most relevance to evidence-based practice will be presented. Topics include: standardized clinical terminology; health care standards; electronic health records; retrieval and critical analysis of digital data, information, and knowledge; clinical decision making and decision support including decision analysis.

Nursing N9480
Chronic Illness Management
2 credit(s)
An in-depth understanding of the complexity of chronic illness management will be emphasized. Content will include discussion of current and innovative models of care delivery, issues impacting patients, caregivers and nurse practitioners, care systems that enhance outcomes, and use of an interdisciplinary approach to chronic illness management for persons across the lifespan.

Nursing N9501
Health Care of Vulnerable Populations
2 credit(s)
Seminar aimed at the continued refinement of critical thinking associated with a focused area of clinical nursing. The framework of the seminar will be the health care of vulnerable populations.

Nursing N9502
Guided Study in Research I
3 credit(s)
The student will decide, with the research advisor or selected others, on an individually determined study of statistics and research methods based upon the selected focus of dissertation study. Selected courses throughout the University may be used to satisfy this requirement.

Nursing N9505
Research Practicum
2 credit(s)
The student works with a faculty member who is conducting a research project. The specific nature of the experience depends on the nature and stage of the research, but might include search and review of relevant literature, data collection, data analysis and / or grant preparation.

Nursing N9506
Research Synthesis
3 credit(s)
This seminar is designed to strengthen the student's ability to synthesize information gained in doctoral coursework and to apply this integreated knowlege to common challenges in the evaluation of a body of work relevant to nursing scholarship. The content is designed to assist in codifying the student's area of dissertation interest, and serve as the basis for the early chapters of the dissertation that provide a critical review and rationale for aims, and hypotheses of the proposed work

Nursing N9510
Guided Study in Nursing Science
1-3 credit(s)
The student works under the guidance of a faculty member to study in depth a topic related to the development of nursing science. Specific objectives and requirements are negotiated individually. The course may be repeated more than once provided different faculty members supervise the learning experience.

Nursing N9520
Clinical Leadership Colloquium
2 credit(s)
This colloquium is designed for the doctoral student in the clinical nursing research specialty. Seminars will include an examination of current theory, research findings and issues regarding an area of clinical practice identified by the student. Each student will pursue in-depth study of a clinical phenomenon in the context of clinical research. Conceptual and empirical issues and the applicable theoretical underpinnings will be explored fully. The primary outcome of the colloguium is to prepare effective leaders in clinical practice, using principles of change, leadership, and the scientific literature as the foundations.

This course is no longer offered.

Nursing N9521
Practicum in Clinical Leadership
3 credit(s)
This course is designed for the doctoral student in the clinical leadership and research track. The purpose of the course is to provide an opportunity for participation in the development, analysis, and evaluation of innovations and/or research in clinical practice settings that are relevant to the student's sub-specialty emphasis. This Practicum is required of all doctoral students in the clinical leadership and research track, and is open as an elective to doctoral students in the health policy track. The course experience should be planned with the student's advisor and the practicum coordinator. There must be an identified preceptor at each selected site, available for regular consultation and guidance as needed.

This course is no longer offered.

Nursing N9530
Leadership Colloquium
2 credit(s) Prerequisite: Doctoral Standing or consent of instructor. Completion of M9205 preferred.
Seminars on current issues in leadership, health policy and health care delivery, examining their implications for future system changes and for research. Policy and clinical questions will be discussed as they impact cost, access and quality of care, especially for vulnerable populations and as they present challenges to leadership at all levels of decision-making, including state and national government.

This course is no longer offered.

Nursing N9535
Leadership Practice
3 credit(s) Prerequisites: M9520, or M9210, or M9530 or permission of Faculty.
This course provides the doctoral student with an opportunity for the practical application of leadership andhealth policy skills at a high level within a health or health-related organization. This experience should be planned with the advisor and course director in advance of the semester in which the student registers in order to be of maximum benefit.

This course is no longer offered.

Nursing N9538
Advanced Seminar in Clinical Genomics
2 credit(s)
This seminar provides a mentored, independent study opportunity for the student to develop in-depth knowledge in an area of genetics of particular interest and relevance to his/her clinical practice. Students will focus on the essentials of advanced practice care and genetic diagnostics, therapeutics and counseling, relative to patients in their area of interest. Case study discussion and analysis will augment didactic knowledge.

Nursing N9540
Translating Evidence to Practice/Policy
2 credit(s)
Seminars on current issues in translating research findings in health policy and health care delivery into practice or policy. The course includes both seminar and field components. It is usually taken during work on the dissertation.

Nursing N9600
Legal and Ethical Issues
3 credit(s) Prerequisites: Doctoral standing or permission of the instructor.
This course will explore the broadly defined principles of ethics and the legal and ethical implications for practice and research. Case studies will be used to illustrate how the principles of ethics can guide the decision making process when clinical, research, and practice management dilemmas arise. Emphasis is placed on ethical and legal issues in practice, scholarly work and research. Content will include the following: professional interactions, research experience, gender issues, conflict of interest, genetic screening and diagnostic testing, reproductive technology, emerging infectious disease, pain management and end-of-life issues.

Nursing N9608
Practicum in Health Policy
3 credit(s)
This course provides students with specialization in Health Policy, a Practicum experience developing and analyzing health policy in an organization relevant to the student's clinical practice specialty.

This course is no longer offered.

Nursing N9672
Principles of Epidemiology and Environmental Health
3 credit(s)
This course addresses the application of public health methods and research results to inform the clinical practice of health care. An understanding of sciences based on groups of people, including environmental health, occupational health, and some aspects of genetics, can orient the practitioner with any individual patient. These external influences are modified through social, cultural, and behavioral factors. Addressing these factors should help to anticipate and improve patient outcomes.

Nursing N9700
Residency for Doctor of Nursing Practice
5 credit(s)
The residency focuses on the delivery of health care services across the continuum of sites and patient needs. This residency requires students apply the knowledge of diagnosis and management of patients with complex diagnoses and comorbid conditions across settings and over time. Sites of care include hospital based clinics, ambulatory centers, private offices, emergency rooms, walk-in clinics, acute/critical care units, labor and delivery, hospice care, supportive care, home care, nursing home care, rehabilitative care, technologically dependent care and assisted living services.

Nursing N9710
Doctor of Nursing Practice I
3 credit(s)
This course will examine clinical reasoning and utilization of evidence for best clinical practice in the provision of integrated accessible health care services across clinical settings to patients who present with ambiguous symptoms, multiple diagnoses and or comorbid conditions in the context of family, community and culture. Discussion will focus on sophisticated evaluation techniques, appropriate clinical monitoring, and therapeutic interventions including alternative therapies. Transitioning patients to the appropriate level of care following resolution of acute illness will be discussed. Cultural diversity, epidemiology, differing health belief models, accountability, shared decision making, and ethical dilemmas that arise in the facilitation and coordination of comprehensive care for a population of ambulatory and acutely ill patients will be emphasized.

Nursing N9711
Doctor of Nursing Practice II
3 credit(s)
This course will examine clinical reasoning and utilization of evidence for best clinical practice in the provision of integrated accessible health care services across clinical settings to patients who present with ambiguous symptoms, multiple diagnoses and or comorbid conditions in the context of family, community and culture. Discussion will focus on sophisticated evaluation techniques, appropriate clinical monitoring, and therapeutic interventions including alternative therapies. Transitioning patients to the appropriate level of care following resolution of acute illness will be discussed. Cultural diversity, epidemiology, differing health belief models, accountability, shared decision making, and ethical dilemmas that arise in the facilitation and coordination of comprehensive care for a population of ambulatory and acutely ill patients will be emphasized.

Nursing N9714
Field Experience: Doctor of Nursing Practice I
1 credit(s)
This practicum is a clinical field experience designed to provide the opportunity for students to apply knowledge of the diagnosis and management of patients with complex diagnoses and/or comorbid conditions who present in the ambulatory setting and patients with acute changes in health status requiring interventions available only in an acute care setting. The clinical experience will emphasize principles of comprehensive care including integration, accessibility, accountability, and ethical decision making. Clinical sites include hospital based clinics, ambulatory centers, private offices, the emergency room, acute/critical care units in the hospital and sites that provide hospice care, home care, nursing home care, rehabilitative care and assisted living services.

Nursing N9715
Field Experience: Doctor of Nursing Practice II
1 credit(s)
This practicum is a clinical field experience designed to provide the opportunity for students to apply knowledge of the diagnosis and management of patients with complex diagnoses and/or comorbid conditions who present in the ambulatory setting and patients with acute changes in health status requiring interventions available only in an acute care setting. The clinical experience will emphasize principles of comprehensive care including integration, accessibility, accountability, and ethical decision making. Clinical sites include hospital based clinics, ambulatory centers, private offices, the emergency room, acute/critical care units in the hospital and sites that provide hospice care, home care, nursing home care, rehabilitative care and assisted living services.

Nursing N9718
Seminar: Doctor of Nursing Practice I
0 credit(s)
Using case studies the seminar format will encourage students to integrate knowledge of pathophysiology, principles of practice management, evidence based practice, and ethical decision making to determine differential diagnoses, therapeutic interventions and coordinated patient management. The discussion will promote the synthesis of all factors that have some bearing on and provide a rationale for clinical decision making. Students will formally present and discuss case studies from DrNP Field Experiences in a seminar format.

Nursing N9719
Seminar: Doctor of Nursing Practice II
0 credit(s)
Using case studies the seminar format will encourage students to integrate knowledge of pathophysiology, principles of practice management, evidence based practice, and ethical decision making to determine differential diagnoses, therapeutic interventions and coordinated patient management. The discussion will promote the synthesis of all factors that have some bearing on and provide a rationale for clinical decision making. Students will formally present and discuss case studies from DrNP Field Experiences in a seminar format.

Nursing N9802
Dissertation Advisement
0 credit(s)
This is one option for the student who has completed all requirements for the doctorate but the dissertation and must maintain continuous enrollment. The student is eligible to register for this status if he or she is conducting dissertation research and has completed the required number of dissertation credits and needs to maintain continuous enrollment until graduation. It is an alternative to enrolling in M9820. A fee is charged, and the student has access to University resources.

Nursing N9808
DRNP Portfolio Advisement
2 credit(s)
After the student registers for Residency 10 credits, students are required to enroll in Portfolio Advisement until the Portfolio is completed, successfully defended and submitted.

This course is no longer offered.

Nursing N9820
Dissertation Credits
2 credit(s)
All doctoral students must complete a minimum of 2 dissertation credits, and must register for at least 2 dissertation credits each Fall and Spring semester until the dissertation is complete. Enrollment in elective courses selected with the advisor can also satisfy the continuous enrollment requirement.

Nursing N9900
Dissertation Seminar
2 credit(s)
This seminar will focus on skills needed to complete the dissertation process including site access, IRV regulations, research integrity, proposal development, and writing of dissertation. Students begin to develop and refine their research ideas within an atmosphere of collegial/peer review and support.

Nursing N9910
Translation and Synthesis of Evidence for Optimal Outcomes
3 credit(s) Prerequisite: Statistics.
This doctoral level course is designed to provide the tools for the doctoral level advanced practice nurse to evaluate, translate and integrate published research results into clinical practice. During the course, students will learn how to conceptualize clinical practice problems, how to transform these problems into answerable clinical research questions, how to search for the best clinical evidence, how to assess clinical evidence using basic epidemiological, biostatistical and scientific principals and how to integrate the research results with patient's values and preferences across clinical sites. The course will culminate in a systematic review of a body of research relevant to advanced practice nursing.