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500 Roles, Issues, Ethics, and Theories (3)
Introduces the concepts of roles, issues, ethics, and nursing theories. Focuses on current issues and trends guiding advanced health care. Discussion of ethical theories that may influence advanced practice. The theory component addresses the theoretical basis for health care and nursing practice and the analysis and development of nursing and health care theory. Uses a problem-based learning approach. Su.
501 Health and Illness Appraisal (2)
Prereq: undergraduate course in health assessment. Covers advanced clinical assessment. Brief review of basic screening examination techniques; theoretical knowledge needed to perform extended examinations. With a problem-focused format, students learn to take comprehensive
histories, analyze diagnostic data, and perform accurate and efficient physical examinations. Also incorporates risk factor identification and strategies to promote healthy behaviors. Su; F when demand is sufficient.
501L Health and Illness Appraisal Lab (1)
Prereq: undergraduate course in health assessment. Application of skills presented in 501. On-campus laboratory experiences use models, simulations, and other modalities to provide hands-on practice in the following diagnostic and examination procedures: prostate and pelvic exam, including preparation of vaginal smear; microscopial analysis of vaginal smear and skin scraping; eye, ear, nose, and throat exam; and musculoskeletal exam. Clinical lab experiences allow practice of communication strategies, exam techniques, and procedures in a rural health setting under faculty supervision. Su; F when demand is sufficient.
502 Common Health Problems of Children and Adolescents (3)
Prereq: 501, 501L, GPHS 508, GPMC 510, or perm. First part of a three-course series, continuing with 603 and 604L, that applies the nursing process through communication and assessment skills; interpretation of findings; application of diagnostic methods; developing plans of care; and implementing nursing strategies to promote personal, cognitive, and physical health. Lecture and discussion cover the primary care management of children and adolescents across the health-illness continuum. Emphasizes health maintenance and illness prevention; also covers major causes of morbidity. A family-centered developmental perspective is used in the assessment and management of common acute and chronic conditions, with a focus on rural and underserved areas. Sp.
502L Clinical Nursing Practice of Children and Adolescents (3)
Prereq: 501, 501L, GPHS 508, GPMC 510, or perm. A supervised clinical experience in the primary care management of the child and adolescent. Includes the assessment and management of common acute and chronic conditions. A family-centered developmental perspective is used to provide health services from infancy through young adulthood, with examination of nursing care, family services, and rehabilitative services in practice. Focus on strategies for rural and underserved areas. Sp.
511 Research and Statistical Methods (3)
Prereq: undergraduate research and statistics course. First course in research series that continues with 512 and 606. Analysis of current literature with emphasis on critique of the literature and application of research to clinical practice. Qualitative, quantitative, and triangulation methodology are discussed with a focus on the components of the research process, including theory, framework, purpose, sampling, data collection, methodology, and analysis. Includes ethical issues associated with conducting research. A research topic must be approved and a committee selected at the end of the class. F.
512 Research and Statistical Application (3)
Prereq: 511. Second course in research series that begins with 511 and continues with 606. Students’ health science topic and purpose are placed into research proposal form with an interdisciplinary approach and a focus on components of the research process, including sampling, data collection, methodology, and analysis. Each student selects a theory, frame-work, sampling, data collection method, methodology, and a type of analysis. Covers analysis of variance and basic regression analysis, as well as how to interpret statistically based research. Includes repeated examination of different strategies for analyzing data to improve understanding of correct interpretation of statistical findings as well as insight into the factors that researchers use when selecting one particular data analytic strategy over another. The committee guides and provides direction for the introduction, purpose, literature review, and proposal chapters 1, 2, and 3.
520 Health Administration/Education: Management/Education Theories (3)
Focuses on social science theories of management and education with concentration on planning, organizing, leading, and evaluating management and education theories and their application to health care administration and higher education. Concepts of health care administration and their similarities to those of education are addressed. A portion of this class is instructed in two groups: one with a concentration in education and the other in administration.
521A Management of Health Care
Systems (3)
Prereq: 520. Provides health care professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to excel in medical industry management processes. Emphasizes the use of Continuous Quality Improvement methodologies; significant use of case studies. Sp.
521B Management of Education Systems (3)
Prereq: 520. Focuses on the application of selected educational theory to health-related educational program development, including mission, philosophy, assessment, outcomes, curriculum, strategies, testing, and evaluation. Sp.
603 Common Health Problems of Adults (3)
Prereq: 501, 501L, 502, 502L; GPHS 508; GPMC 510; must be taken concurrently with 603L. Second part of three-course series that begins with 502 and concludes with 604L. Lecture and discussion cover the primary care management of healthy adults through the life span with a focus on health maintenance and disease prevention. Evaluation and management of common acute and chronic adult health care problems. Concentrates on middle and older adults in rural or underserved areas. F.
603L Clinical Nursing Practice of Adults (3)
Prereq: 501, 501L, 502, 502L; GPHS 508; GPMC 510; must be taken concurrently with 603. Supervised clinical experience in the primary care management of young, middle, and older adults. Includes the assessment and management of common acute and chronic conditions in these age groups. A family-centered development perspective is used to provide health services from young to older adulthood. Nursing care, family services, and rehabilitative services are examined in practice. Focus is on strategies for this population in rural and underserved areas. F.
604L Clinical Nursing Practice in All Age Groups (6)
Prereq: 501, 501L, 502, 502L, 603, 603L; GPMC 510; GPHS 508. Combines final course in three-part series beginning with 502 and 603 and final corresponding clinical experience. Students function as family nurse practitioner in a rural or underserved area. Experiences vary from maintenance health care to complex health care problems. Students apply the nursing process in a more independent manner: using assessment skills, making a diagnosis (using differential diagnoses), prescribing appropriate laboratory data, and prescribing treatment plans to treat the patient as a whole. Sp.
606 Thesis or Project (3)
Prereq: 511, 512. Final course in research series that begins with 511 and 512. May serve as the final course for a nonthesis project. Promotes the final planning stages, development, and evaluation of the research process. The committee continues to guide the student in the research process. Course is repeated until the thesis or project is completed. If repeated for more than 6 hours, concurrent enrollment of at least 1 hour in 661 required. F, Sp, Su.
614A Administration Theory and Practicum I (3)
Prereq: 521A or 521B. Promotes the development and implementation of administrative objectives. Clinicals are conducted in an administrative setting. F.
615 Health Maintenance and Promotion of Aggregates/ Health Policy (3)
Use of theoretical foundations and nursing process to assess and analyze the health of aggregates across their life span in a variety of settings using primary and secondary data sources. Students use findings to develop group health maintenance and promotion plans that include projected implementation time frames and budgets, potential resources and funding sources, evaluation strategies, and data management. Social, ethical, legal, and cultural issues, including complementary healing modalities, are analyzed. Health policy component involves an internship course focusing on policy formation, implementation, and analysis at the local, regional, and state level, and is conducted with a delegate or senator to explore the process of policymaking, including the dynamics of special interest groups. Students find grant funding and participate in grant writing. Sp.
616A Education Theory and Practicum I (3)
Prereq: 521A or 521B. Promotes the development and implementation of educational objectives. F.
621 Health Care Financial Management (3)
Prereq: 521A, 521B; may be waived if taken as elective. Explores budget development and control, business plan development, skill mix, cost of services and education faculty, informatic uses, classification of systems, and acuity determination of staff and skill mix. Also explores health care service strategies in relation to fiscal responsibilities of the health care educator, chief financial officer in academia, health care executive, and administrator; different health care plans. F.
624A Education Theory and Practicum II (3)
Prereq: 521A, 521B, 616A. Students plan, develop, implement, and evaluate goals and objectives negotiated with a preceptor and a faculty member. Goals deal with a specific problem; an empirical study may be conducted. Experience in clinical and classroom settings provides for use of learned skills and development in the teaching and learning process. Clinicals conducted in associate, bachelor’s, or in-service programs. Sp.
625A Administration Theory and Practicum II (3)
Prereq: 521A, 521B, 614A. Students plan, develop, implement, and evaluate goals and objectives negotiated with a preceptor and a faculty member. Goals deal with a specific problem; an empirical study may be conducted. Experience in the health care arena will provide for the use of learned skills and opportunity for development in the administrative process. Clinicals conducted in a hospital, clinical, or administrative setting. Sp.
661 Special Topics (1)
Maintains enrollment if additional hours are required for thesis or project completion.
699 Seminar (2)
Prereq: clinical coursework complete; final semester of study. Students from both nursing concentrations present thesis or project data and participate in interdisciplinary presentation of case studies. Sp.
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