Curriculum
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| NURS 5036 |
Pathophysiology for Nursing
This course is for the DE-MSN student. The student will develop an understanding of altered health states and their variance from wellness in the human body. Focus will be given to pathophysiological changes, core body functions, and systemic manifestations affecting health at various ages. | 3 |
| NURS 5042 |
Pharmacology for Nursing
This course is for the DE-MSN student. Students will develop a fundamental understanding and application of pharmacological principles for various disease processes. The focus will be on the principles of pharmacologic and therapeutic classifications, physiologic effects, mechanisms of action and adverse reactions/interaction. | 3 |
| NURS 5010 |
Essential Foundations for Professional Nursing
This course is for the DE-MSN student. Students are introduced to foundational concepts of professional nursing, role expectations, and psychomotor skill competencies. Building upon these foundational concepts, students develop beginning skill sets including clinical reasoning and clinical judgment, principles of safety, and communication, which are critical in providing safe, person-centered nursing care. | 3 |
| NURS 5038 |
Health Assessment for Professional Nursing
This course is for the DE-MSN student. Students develop the knowledge and techniques needed to perform comprehensive and focused physical and psychosocial health assessments at various ages. Students demonstrate professional communication and documentation skills while distinguishing normal from abnormal findings during a health assessment. | 3 |
| NURS 5620 |
Chronic Health Care Conditions Theory
This course is for the DE-MSN student. Students focus on the nursing care of diverse patients experiencing chronic health conditions. Emphasis is placed on the use of patient data and evidence-based standards in the development and application of beginning clinical reasoning skills. | 3 |
| NURS 5040 |
Evidence Based Nursing Practice
In this course the student will gain increased understanding of the research process and beginning competence in: identifying researchable nursing education or clinical practice problems, searching databases for research evidence, analyzing the significance of quantitative and qualitative data, critiquing research studies, translating evidence into practice, and synthesizing research findings related to a nursing problem. | 3 |
| NURS 6036 |
Advanced Pathophysiology Across the Lifespan
The student will gain increased understanding of various physiological systems and the pathophysiology of frequently encountered primary care conditions across the lifespan and in special populations. In-depth case analysis of risk factors, pathophysiological changes, and associated clusters of signs and symptoms are investigated. Pathophysiological theories and evidence-based research as a basis for advanced nursing practice are studied. | 3 |
| NURS 6630 |
Population & Community Health Nursing Theory
This course is for the DE-MSN student. Students will examine concepts and theories related to public health and community nursing. The nurse's role in developing and implementing evidence-based interventions aimed at sustaining and promoting health within diverse communities will be explored. This course integrates principles of epidemiology, public health, population-focused practice, and community assessment. | 2 |
| NURS 6610 |
Mental Health Nursing
This course is for the DE-MSN student. Students will focus on caring for patients with mental health or behavioral health conditions in diverse settings. Topics relating to specific populations and patients with acute and chronic mental or behavioral health care needs, as well as pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies will be explored. | 2 |
| NURS 6640 |
Acute Health Care Conditions Theory
This course is for the DE-MSN student. Students focus on nursing and interprofessional management of diverse patients experiencing acute conditions. Emphasis is placed on the use of patient data and evidence-based standards in the advancement of clinical reasoning skills for the development and evaluation of a plan of care. | 3 |
| NURS 5060 |
Fundamentals of Health Care Informatics
This course provides an overview of health informatics with emphasis on the factors that helped create and sustain this field, the key players involved, and the impact health information technology is having on the delivery of care in a rapidly changing healthcare marketplace. | 3 |
| NURS 7610 |
Complex & Transitional Care Theory
This course is for the DE-MSN student. Students will concentrate on the nursing and interprofessional care of diverse patients who are managing complex, chronic health conditions. Added emphasis is on the application of evidence-based guidelines and the development of clinical reasoning skills tailored to meet the transitional care needs of this unique patient population. | 3 |
| NURS 7620 |
Nursing Care of the Childbearing Woman, Infant & Child Theory
This course is for the DE-MSN student. Students will concentrate on family-centered, evidence-based nursing care of children and childbearing women with diverse health needs. Students will engage in the application of knowledge and skills that impact health promotion and restoration within the pediatric population and among childbearing women. | 3 |
| NURS 6038 |
Advanced Health Assessment Across the Lifespan
This course is designed to provide the nurse practitioner student with knowledge and skills in advanced health assessment techniques and diagnostic reasoning. The focus of this course is on advanced clinical history, taking and physical and psychosocial assessment of individuals/families across the lifespan. Differentiation of normal variations and pathophysiologic changes are emphasized integrating advanced clinical reasoning within the scope of advanced practice nursing. | 3 |
| NURS 5030 |
Healthcare Policy & Issues in Advanced Nursing
Students will explore a variety of healthcare issues facing advanced nursing practice by becoming involved at a personal and collaborative level in healthcare policy. Students will analyze national and local nursing organizations and advocacy initiatives, evaluate the pros and cons of public and private reimbursement policies, and explore healthcare quality and the influence of emerging technologies, economic, political, sociocultural, and ethical factors on healthcare outcomes. | 3 |
| NURS 6042 |
Pharmacotherapeutics
This course covers clinical application of pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics for common disease conditions encountered in primary care settings. Principles of altered pharmacodynamics relative to age, race, and ethnic groups are explored. | 3 |
| NURS 5034 |
Theoretical Foundations for Advanced Nursing Roles & Interprofessional Collaboration
In this course, students explore and evaluate leadership theory, models of care delivery and interprofessional collaboration. Theoretical foundations are analyzed within a Christian framework related to conflict management, leadership, and education to improve health outcomes. The role of interprofessional collaboration in delivering safe patient care is examined. | 3 |
| NURS 7640 |
Integrating Professional Nursing Care & Leadership Theory
This course is for the DE-MSN student. Students will explore principles of effective leadership and management for the professional nurse. This course will focus on leadership concepts, theories, skills and legal and ethical principles that apply to professional, intraprofessional and interprofessional teams in caring for the needs of individuals, groups and organizations. | 2 |
| NURS 7680 |
Preparation for Professional Nursing Licensure
This course is for the DE-MSN student. Through the use of diagnostic tools and resources, students assess their knowledge of foundational nursing concepts required for entry into professional nursing. Through remediation, students strengthen clinical judgement skills and develop study plans in preparation for the NCLEX-RN exam and licensure. | 1 |
| Experiential Courses | ||
| NURS 5622 |
Chronic Health Care Conditions Clinical
This course is for the DE-MSN student. Incorporating theoretical principles, patient data, and evidence-based standards, students participate in guided clinical experiences providing comprehensive assessments and care for patients with chronic conditions. | 2 |
| NURS 6632 |
Population & Community Health Nursing Clinical
This course is for the DE-MSN student. Students will have guided clinical experiences with individuals and families of all ages in diverse settings. Students will focus on implementing evidence-based interventions aimed at sustaining and promoting health within diverse communities. | 1 |
| NURS 6642 |
Acute Health Care Conditions Clinical
This course is for the DE-MSN student. Incorporating theoretical principles, patient data, and evidence-based standards, students participate in guided clinical experiences using clinical reasoning skills to develop, implement, evaluate, and revise the plan of care for patients with acute conditions. | 2 |
| NURS 7612 |
Complex & Transitional Care Clinical
This course is for the DE-MSN student. Students participate in guided clinical experiences providing comprehensive care for patients with complex conditions, focusing on meeting transitional care needs. | 2 |
| NURS 7622 |
Nursing Care of the Childbearing Woman, Infant, & Child Clinical
This course is for the DE-MSN student. Students participate in guided clinical experiences focused on evidence-based nursing care of children and childbearing women with diverse health needs. Students apply new theoretical knowledge and skills when planning and providing wellness and restorative care of the pediatric population and of women of child-bearing age. | 2 |
| NURS 7642 |
Integrating Professional Nursing Care & Leadership Clinical
This course is for the DE-MSN Student. Students participate in a culminating clinical, caring for patients with complex disease processes. Working as part of the healthcare team, students apply professional leadership and management principles in caring for a team of patients. Students use evidence-based resources and participate in interdisciplinary transitional care team planning as they move into the professional nursing practice role. | 3 |
| Total Hours | 64 | |