Nursing (NURS) · are used to characterize the nature of nursing practice. Course usually offered in fall term Activity: Lecture 0.5 Course Units NURS 102 Situating the Practice of

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NURSING (NURS)NURS 061 Biologically-Based ChemistryA contextual approach will be used in studying the concepts inGeneral, Organic and Biological Chemistry that are foundational to anunderstanding of normal cellular processes. Topics that will be coveredinclude measurements, atomic structure, bonding, chemical reactions,properties of gases and liquids, solutions, equilibrium, acids and bases,pH, buffers, nuclear chemistry, nomenclature and properties of themain organic functional groups, and the structures and function ofcarbohydrates, proteins and lipids.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisite: One year of high school general chemistry or its equivalentActivity: Lecture0.5 Course Units

NURS 065 Fundamentals of NutritionEssentials of normal nutrition and their relationships to the healthof individuals and families. These concepts serve as a basis for thedevelopment of an understanding of the therapeutic application of dietaryprinciples and the nurse's role and responsibility in this facet of patientcare.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisites: NURS 061, NURS 062 (or equivalent Science SequenceCourses)Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 068 Integrated Cell Biology and MicrobiologyThis course will include the major topics of cell biology and microbiologythat are foundational for an understanding of normal and pathologicalcellular processes. Topics will include the brief study of prokaryotic andeukaryotic cell structures and functions; the main biological molecules;membrane transport; cellular communications; the flow of geneticinformation; cell division; and cellular metabolism. The course will alsoexamine the role of cells and microbes in human health and infectiousdiseases. It will include a description of the main types of microbes,how they are identified, their growth requirements, and the role of theimmune system in controlling infections, the control of microbes, host-microbe interactions. The context for this course will be the applicationof cell biology and microbiology for understanding the cellular basis ofcancer and infectious human infection disease processes. This coursewill include special sessions from a clinical perspective in the variousfields of medicine, microbiology, and immunology.Course usually offered in fall termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 101 The Nature of Nursing PracticeThis course facilitates students' ability to conceptualize the experiencesof individuals, families, communities, and populations living with healthand illness. It emphasizes the integration of knowledge from otherdisciplines and of nursing science as the basis for practice. The courseintroduces the four core themes of the undergraduate nursing program:engagement, inquiry, judgment, and voice and examines how the themesare used to characterize the nature of nursing practice.Course usually offered in fall termActivity: Lecture0.5 Course Units

NURS 102 Situating the Practice of NursingThis course emphasizes not only how nursing is practiced, butalso where it is practiced. The course further explores the four corethemes of engagement, inquiry, judgment, and voice as it providesguided observational experiences in a wide variety of settings. Theseexperiences help the student to discover what is not known and whatis subsequently necessary to know. These experiences also explore theplace of the natural and social sciences and the arts and humanities innursing practice. This course also will highlight the relationships betweenand among members of the interprofessional team and families andpatients. NURS 102 fosters development of the professional role and setsthe stage for life-long learning.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisite: NURS 101Activity: Lecture0.5 Course Units

NURS 103 Psychological and Social Diversity in Health and WellnessThis course explores and integrates the intersection of psychological,cognitive, and social development with the lived experiences ofindividuals, families, and communities across the lifespan in orderto conduct socially contextualized health assessments and healthteaching. Extant theories will be critically analyzed and examined withrespect to issues of health care access, health history, health promotion,and issues of equity and diversity from a life-course perspective. Thisknowledge will be synthesized and integrated with the developmentof the student's communication skills and interviewing processesnecessary to develop socially attuned health history and teaching thatpromote psychological well being and healthy lifestyles. Simulated andobservational experiences provide students with opportunities to acquireand apply knowledge necessary for conducting a comprehensive healthhistory of an individual situated within a diverse community. They alsoprovide opportunities to develop prioritized health teaching plans inpartnership with that individual.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisite: NURS 101Activity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: Offered in Summer for Accelerated BSN Program

NURS 112 Nutrition: Science & ApplicationsAn overview of the scientific foundations of nutrition. The focus is onthe functions, food sources and metabolism of carbohydrate,fat, protein,vitamins and minerals. Effects of deficiency and excess are discussedand dietary recommendations for disease prevention are emphasized.Current issues and controversies are highlighted. Students will analyzetheir own dietary intakes and develop plans for future actions.Taught by: DeJonghe; HayesOne-term course offered either termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: For Non-Nursing Majors

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NURS 131 Human Anatomy and Physiology - Part AThe structural and functional organization of the human organism ispresented, along with the fundamentals of developmental anatomy andembryology. Histologic and gross anatomical features of selected organsystems are related to the physiologic and biochemical mechanismswhich enable the human body to maintain homeostasis in an ever-changing environment.Taught by: ScangaCourse usually offered in spring termPrerequisites: NURS 061 and NURS 062 (or equivalent College LevelChemistry and Biology)Activity: Lecture1.5 Course UnitNotes: 4 h. lec. 2 h. lab.

NURS 132 Human Anatomy and Physiology - Part BThe structural and functional organization of the human organism ispresented, along with the fundementals of developmental anatomy andembtyology. Histologic and gross anatomical features of each organsystem are related to the physiologic and biochemical mechanismswhich enable the human body to maintain homeostasis in an ever-changing environment. Basic concepts of pathophysiology are introducedand applied to certain clinical disorders.Taught by: ScangaCourse usually offered in fall termPrerequisite: NURS 131Activity: Lecture1.5 Course UnitNotes: 4 h. lec. 2 h. lab.

NURS 159 Pathways to PracticeThis course builds on the accelerated student's background andexperience and uses them as building blocks to garner the intellectualcapital needed to integrate his/her identity as a professional nurse.The course links the Penn Compact 2020 to the four core themes ofPenn's BSN nursing program: engagement, inquiry, judgment, andvoice. It introduces phenomena of concern to nursing, contextualizessocietal meanings of nursing practice and health care delivery acrosstime and place, and stresses the importance of nursing science as thebasis for practice. Emphasis is placed on debate, critical analysis, andconstructing a logical and lucid verbal and written argument regardingissues related to professional nursing practice and health care delivery.Activity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: For students in the Accelerated BSN program

NURS 160 Physical AssessmentThis is a laboratory course designed to help beginning nursing studentsto develop competence in the process of physical assessment. Studentsengage in actual practice of physical assessment with fellow studentsas their 'patient' subject. A blending of instructor demonstration andsupervision of physical examination practice sessions is used in thelearning laboratory setting. Students prepare via self-learning activitieswith a variety of supplied resources (readings, videotapes, computerprograms) and have the opportunity to refine their skill though faculty-supervised practice sessions. Procedural skills that correlate with thepresentations of physiologic system assessment are included.Course usually offered summer term onlyActivity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: For Students in Accelerated BSN Nursing Program Only

NURS 163 Integrated Anatomy, Physiology, and Physical Assessment IThis is the first part of a two-semester course designed to providea comprehensive study of the structure and function of the humanbody along with essential embryology and maturational physiology.Histological and gross anatomical features of selected organ systems arerelated to the physiologic and biochemical mechanisms that enable thehuman body to maintain homeostasis. Within each system, deviationsfrom normal are considered to situate the student's understanding ofhealth problems and to foster an appreciation for the complexity of thehuman organism. Integrated into each topic are the correlated physicalassessment parameters and related procedural skills. Laboratoriesexercises and case study analysis provide a contextual base to acquireand use domain-specific knowledge of concern to the practice of nursing.Taught by: Scanga; QuigleyCourse usually offered in spring termPrerequisites: NURS 061, NURS 062, NURS 063 (or equivalent ScienceSequence Courses)Activity: Lecture2.0 Course Units

NURS 164 Integrated Human Anatomy, Physiology & PhysicalAssessment IIThis is the second part of a two semester course designed to providea comprehensive study of the structure and function of the humanbody along with essential embryology and maturational physiology.Histological and gross anatomical features of selected organ systems arerelated to the physiologic and biochemical mechanisms that enable thehuman body to maintain homeostasis. Within each system, deviationsfrom normal are considered to situate the student's understanding ofhealth problems and to foster an appreciation for the complexity of thehuman organism. Integrated laboratories and case studies provide acontextual base to acquire and use domain-specific knowledge thatincludes physical assessment, and procedural.Taught by: Scanga; QuigleyCourse usually offered in fall termPrerequisite: NURS 163Activity: Lecture2.0 Course Units

NURS 165 Integrated Pathophysiology, Pharmacology, and TherapeuticsPathophysiologic concepts and processes are introduced with majoremphasis on commonly occurring acute and chronic illnesses andtheir therapeutic interventions. Major classes of drugs that areused to support organ function are explored. The physiological andpathophysiological rationale for each drug indication, mechanisms ofdrug action, individualized dosing implications, and adverse drug eventswill be explored for prototypical agents used in the selected cases.The course will enhance the student's comprehension of the scientificcomplexity of therapeutic interventions in various conditions and willbuild upon the foundational sciences. Additionally the course will providethe student with sufficient scientific knowledge and skills to prepareadminister and monitor drugs and therapies in a safe and effectivemanner.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisite: NURS 164 (or Equivalent)Activity: Lecture2.0 Course Units


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NURS 215 Nursing of Women and InfantsThis course emphasizes the child-bearing cycle, and the related issuesof maternal and infant mortality and morbidity. It also explores womenand infant's health care and health promotion needs across the lifespan.It provides a global perspective, and uses the United Nations' Pillarsof Safe Motherhood and World Health Organization's MillenniumDevelopment Goals as the vehicles to enable students to understandthe interrelationships among issues of health and health promotion;social, economic, political and environmental contexts; and the care ofwomen across the lifespan. Clinical experiences provide opportunities forstudents to understand the connections between the local and the global;to use their developing knowledge base to affect the health of womenand their infants. Students will have opportunities for hospital-based careof child-bearing women and their infants. In addition, community-basedexperiences with individual women and with groups of women across thelife cycle will be provided in order to enhance teaching, interviewing andassessment skills.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisite: NURS 101; NURS 102; NURS 103; NURS 164 (Traditional) orNURS 160 (Accelerated)Activity: Lecture1.5 Course Unit

NURS 225 Pediatric NursingThis course considers how nursing influences the health and healingcapacities of infants, children, adolescents and their families. It focuseson the knowledge and skill acquisition needed to care for these patientsat particular moments, across the continuum of care, and throughtransitions in an illness experience. It addresses pediatric nursingphenomena of concern and major final common pathways of pediatricillness from infancy through adolescence using a using a developmentaland systems approach. Emphasis is placed on family-centered carethrough transitions in the illness and recovery phases. The courseemphasizes clinical reasoning; family centered strategies for optimizinghealth and maintaining individuality; promoting optimal developmental,physiological, and psychological functioning; and enhancing strengthswithin the context of family. Clinical experiences at various children'shospitals and simulation experiences provide sufficient opportunities forclinical reasoning, clinical care and knowledge integration.One-term course offered either termPrerequisite: NURS 215Corequisite: NURS 235Activity: Lecture1.5 Course UnitNotes: Clinical 12 hours weekly and 2 hours Simulated Laboratory Weekly

NURS 230 Statistics for Research and MeasurementThis course examines statistical methods used by scientists in theanalysis of research data. The fundamental theorem for this course isthe "square root law" (central limit theorem). Students become literate instatistical terminology and symbols and knowledgeable of assumptionsfor statistical tests. Fundamental statistics include basic theorems andprinciples, sample, population and data distributions, measures of centraltendency, correlational techniques, and commonly used parametricand nonparametric statistical tests. Parameters for inferential anddescriptive statistics are examined as the basis for explaining the resultsfrom research studies. Students apply chance models in estimatingconfidence intervals of percentages and means, and in hypothesistesting. This content is taught in the context of nursing researchand measurement of nursing phenomena. Examination of researchpublications enable students to apply their knowledge to reading andunderstanding data analyses used in studies. Students evaluate tablesand graphs as ways to summarize research findings. Course contentprepares students to examine statistical and clinical significance ofresearch findings.Course usually offered in fall termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 235 Psychiatric NursingThis course examines how nursing influences the health and healingcapacities of individuals and families experiencing severe psychiatricdistress. It focuses on the knowledge and skill acquisition needed tocare for these patients at particular moments, across the continuumof care, and through transitions in an illness experience. The courseaddresses nursing phenomena of concern related the meanings of anillness experience, the development of healing relationships with or withinindividuals, families, and groups, and on the advanced communicationstrategies needed to engage individual and families in mental healthpromotion strategies. It also provides the tools to enable students toconstruct effective treatment groups with patients; work groups withdisciplinary and inter-professional colleagues; and to understand thehealing dimensions of environments. Clinical and simulation experiencesprovide sufficient opportunities for clinical reasoning, clinical care andclinically situated knowledge integration.One-term course offered either termPrerequisite: NURS 215Corequisite: NURS 225Activity: Lecture1.5 Course UnitNotes: Clinical 12 hours weekly and 2 hours Simulated Laboratory Weekly


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NURS 245 Nursing of Young and Middle Aged AdultsThis course considers how nursing influences the health and healingcapacities of young and middle aged adults who experience functionalstatus impairments as a result of serious illness or injury. It focuses onthe knowledge and skill acquisition needed to care for these patientsat particular moments, across the continuum of care, and throughtransitions in an illness experience. It addresses nursing phenomena ofconcern, including risk factors for illness or injury, strategies to overcomebarriers and support personal health resources, alleviate suffering andreduce the impact of illness or injury on the functioning of the person.Content and clinical experiences integrate developmental and role issues;policy, cultural and ethical considerations. Clinical experiences in acutecare hospital units and simulation experiences provide opportunities forclinical reasoning, clinical care, and knowledge integration.One-term course offered either termPrerequisite: NURS 215Corequisite: NURS 255Activity: Lecture1.5 Course UnitNotes: Clinical 12 hours weekly and 2 hours Simulated Laboratory Weekly

NURS 255 Nursing of Older AdultsThis course considers how nursing influences the health and healingcapacities of older adults. It focuses on the knowledge and skillacquisition needed to care for these patients at particular moments,across the continuum of care, and through transitions in an illnessexperience. It addresses nursing phenomena of concern including theunique set of principles and body of knowledge and skills necessary tothe practice of nursing with older adults. Students are provided with thetheoretical background necessary to understand health system issuesaffecting older adults. Students will attain the knowledge necessary tocomplete a comprehensive assessment of the older adult's physical,functional, psychosocial, and cognitive capacities. Common problemsassociated with cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological, musculoskeletal,sensory, and genitourinary systems that affect older adults will bediscussed. In addition, principles of continuity of care, rehabilitation,nutritional and pharmacodynamic changes, cultural diversity andethics will be integrated throughout the course. Clinical experiencesin acute care hospitals and simulation experiences provide sufficientopportunities for clinical reasoning, clinical care, and knowledgeintegration. Special emphasis is placed on transitional care for olderadults across the health care continuum.One-term course offered either termPrerequisite: NURS 215Corequisite: NURS 245Activity: Lecture1.5 Course UnitNotes: Clinical 12 hours weekly and 2 hours Simulated Laboratory Weekly

NURS 299 Independent Study in NursingAn opportunity to develop and implement an individual plan of studyunder faculty guidance.One-term course offered either termPrerequisite: Permission of instructorActivity: Independent Study1.0 Course Unit

NURS 303 Contemporary Issues in Human Sexuality and HealthCourse content emphasizes theories of sexual development and factorsinfluencing sexual behavior within the continuum of health and illness.Common sexual practices of people are studied within the context oflifestyle and situational life crises. Concepts of normal sexual functionand dysfunction are examined. Contemporary sexual issues are explored.Course usually offered in spring termAlso Offered As: NURS 503Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 305 Narrative Matters in Health and Illness ExperiencesThis course emphasizes the uses of narrative and memoir to considermajor themes and events related to the experience of health and illness inthe United States as well as the carative role, as either family member orhealth professional and crafting policy.Course usually offered in spring termActivity: Seminar1.0 Course UnitNotes: Foundational Course for History, Health, and Humanities Minor

NURS 306 Opioids: From Receptors to EpidemicsThis survey course reviews the neuropharmacology of opioidsincluding central and peripheral sites of opioid actions. Opioid receptorpharmacology as well as cellular and molecular neuroadaptations toopioids are discussed in relation to addiction, physical dependence,tolerance, hyperalgesia and withdrawal. Genetic and pharmacogenomiceffects on variation of opioid response are also presented. Opioidaddiction and the actions of opioids on pain systems are reviewed withan emphasis on their pre-clinical and clinical expression. The effects ofregulatory, pharmaceutical and criminal justice justice forces on opioidprescription in the US are considered vis-�-vis pain management andopioid addiction. Finally, the causes and consequences of the of thecurrent "opioid epidemic" are reviewed, as well as federal, healthcare andcommunity efforts to address it.Taught by: Compton; SchmidtPrerequisites: BIOL 101 or BIOL 121 or with permission of instructors.For BSNs: NURS 165 Integrated Pathophysiology, Pharmacology andTherapeuticsActivity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: This survey course reviews the neuropharmacology of opioidsincluding central and peripheral sites of opioid actions. Opioid receptorpharmacology as well as cellular and molecular neuroadaptations toopioids are discussed in relation to addiction, physical dependence,tolerance, hyperalgesia and withdrawal. Genetic and pharmacogenomiceffects on variation of opioid response are also presented. Opioidaddiction and the actions of opioids on pain systems are reviewed withan emphasis on their pre-clinical and clinical expression. The effects ofregulatory, pharmaceutical and criminal justice justice forces on opioidprescription in the US are considered vis-�-vis pain management andopioid addiction. Finally, the causes and consequences of the of thecurrent "opioid epidemic" are reviewed, as well as federal, healthcare andcommunity efforts to address it.


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NURS 312 Nutritional Aspects of DiseaseThis course provides an advanced understanding of the role ofnutrition in integrated biological systems. Students will develop arigorous comprehension of major clinical disorders, including theunderlying pathophysiology and conditions that are affected bynutrition and how optimization of nutritional variables may modulatethese processes. A critical overview of the role of nutrition in diseaseprevention, management and treatment, and in health maintenance willbe emphasized throughout the course.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisite: NURS 112Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 313 Obesity and SocietyThis course will examine obesity from scientific, cultural, psychological,and economic perspectives. The complex matrix of factors thatcontribute to obesity and established treatment options will be explored.This course satisfies the Society & Social Structures Sector for NursingClass of 2012 and Beyond.Taught by: CompherCourse usually offered in fall termAlso Offered As: NURS 513Activity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: This course satisfies the Society Social Structures Sector forNursing Class of 2012 and Beyond.

NURS 315 Sociocultural Influences on HealthThis course is intended for students interested in U.S/Global Healthcare.It includes lectures, discussions, readings, and written assignmentsfocused on various social, cultural, and economic factors that impactthe health and illness perceptions and behaviors of various ethnic andminority groups. In particular, it focuses on how culture affects healthand disease, and how health and disease affect culture. This coursetakes a critical approach to knowledge development by scrutinizingvalues, theories, assumptions, and practices cross culturally. It reliesupon a range of interdisciplinary approaches to analyze how diseaseis diagnosed, treated, and experienced differently in various culturalcontexts. At the same time, students will have the opportunity to examineand critique cultural assumptions and theories, the shifting nature ofcultures, the situational use of cultural traditions, and the ethnocentrismof contemporary Western health care. Special attention is given to theinfluence of race, class, gender, religious, and spiritual ideas about healthand illness.Course usually offered in spring termAlso Offered As: NURS 515Activity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: Foundational Course for Minor in Multicultural/Global Health Care

NURS 316 International Nutrition: Political Economy of World HungerA detailed consideration of the nature, consequences, and causes ofhunger and undernutrition internationally. Approaches are explored tobringing about change, and to formulating and implementing policies andprograms at international, national, and local levels, designed to alleviatehunger and under-nutrition.Course usually offered in spring termAlso Offered As: NURS 516Prerequisites: Junior-year or higher; at least one background course innutrition, anthropology, sociology or economicsActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 324 Children's Health in the United States, 1800-2000This course explores the impact of historical ideas, events, and actorspertaining to the history of children's health care in the United States.Emphasis is placed on tracing the origins and evolution of issues thathave salience for twenty-first century children's health care policy and thedelivery of care. This course satisfies the History & Traditions Sector forNursing Class of 2012 and Beyond.Course usually offered in fall termAlso Offered As: GSWS 324Activity: Seminar1.0 Course UnitNotes: For Benjamin Franklin Scholars Nursing Honors Students. Thiscourse satisfies the History Traditions Sector for Nursing Class of 2012and beyond.

NURS 330 Theoretical Foundations of Health Care EthicsThe theoretical foundations of health care ethics including definitionsof ethics, history of bioethics and nursing ethics, and the influenceof religion,psychology of moral development and philosophy in thedevelopment of ethical theory. Nursing code of ethics, changing ideasin ethics, and discussion of the developing profession of nursing areincluded.Taught by: Perlman; UlrichOne-term course offered either termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 331 Forensic Mental HealthForensic mental health is the interface between the law and mentalhealth. This course examines the components of human behaviorthat bring people into a judicial setting. Content will cover: criminalpersonalities, forensic interview, and the role of forensic psychiatry.Domestic violence offenders, sex offenders, stalkers, gang members,and offenders who commit homicide will be discussed. Definitions anddynamics of criminal motherhood and the psychodynamics of violentjuvenile offenders will be presented. Use of the internet by offenders willalso be discussed. This course also offers a field experience in whichstudent's interview incarcerated individuals. As of Spring 2016, studentsin the College of Arts and Sciences are not permitted to enroll in thiscourse.Course usually offered in fall termAlso Offered As: NURS 531Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit


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NURS 334 Public Policy and the Nation's HealthThis course examines health care and social policy from domestic andinternational perspectives. It is designed to engage undergraduatestudents in critical thinking about health policy issues as they affectour health care, employment, taxes, and social investments. The currentnational debate on health care reform is used as a frame of referencefor examining the strengths and weaknesses of health care services inthe U.S. from the perspectives of patients/families, health professionals,health services providers, insurers, employers, and public policymakers, and the pros and cons of a range of prescriptions for systemimprovement from across the political spectrum. About a third of thecourse focuses more specifically on global public health challenges andthe policy strategies for reducing health disparities worldwide. Pleasenote, the online version of this course has a synchronous component (liveonline class sessions). The day/time will be listed in the course register.Course usually offered in spring termAlso Offered As: NURS 540Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 343 Global Engagement SeminarGlobal course topics vary by section. Please contact the program foradditional details.Also Offered As: AFRC 343, NURS 543Activity: Seminar1.0 Course UnitNotes: For section 401 - Chile, students must apply through the PennGlobal Seminar Webiste between March 18 and April 1 at https://global.upenn.edu/pennabroad/pgs for permission to register for thiscourse. Those who are accepted will receive a permit to register. Forsection 402 - Chinese Medicine - please contact the course director, Dr.Jianghong Liu - [email protected]

NURS 351 Case Study: Sleep through the Life SpanSleep is a fundamental behavior related to the pathophysiology of variousdiseases and to responses/outcomes of diseases and treatments.This case study introduces foundational theories on sleep, diagnosis,measurements, and treatments of various sleep disorders, and theimpacts of sleep/sleep disorders in health promotion and the care ofillness across the life span. This course aims to prepare nursing studentsto play a vital role in comprehensive patient care and education in sleepin the community and in various clinical settings. This course alsoincludes 14-hour field work/shadowing at sleep clinics to provide anopportunity to observe and work with individuals who suffer from sleepproblems.Prerequisite: NURS 215Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 353 Health Communication in the Digital AgeHealth communication spans activites from in-person communicationto technology based interventions and mass media campaigns. Healthcommunication interventions are applied across a variety of healthpromotion and disease prevention activities. In this course, we wll explorea variety of approaches to using communication strategies to improveindividual and population health. The course will provide an introductionto the theory, design, and evaluation of health communication programs.We will review and critique several health communication interventions.The course will also include a special emphasis on new media andtechnology, as well as developing practical skills for developing healthcommunication programs.Also Offered As: NURS 565, PUBH 565Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 354 Case Study - Addressing the Social Determinants of Health:Community Engagement ImmersionPrerequisite: NURS 215Activity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: This case study offers students experiential learning to developan in depth understanding of social determinants of health in vulnerable,underserved populations and to collaboratively design and refine existinghealth promotion programs based on the needs of the community site.Grounded on an approach thatbuilds upon the strengths of communities,this course emphasizes the development of techniques to lead effective,collaborative, health-focused interventions for underserved populations.Students are required to draw on skills and knowledge obtained fromprevious classes related to social determinants of health and communityengagement and will engage in specific creative, innovative communitybased programs developed for populations across the life span. Theseculturally relevant programs, which have been shown to positively impactcommunities, create opportunities for students to address thethe socialdeterminants of health, build engagement and leadership skills andincrease program success and sustainability.

NURS 355 Case Study: Self-Care of Chronic IllnessSelf-care is done by lay people to prevent or manage chronic illness. Inthis case study, we will discuss the history, definitions, predictors, andoutcomes of self-care in various chronically ill populations. A focus ofdiscussion will be an in depth exploration of the factors that influenceself-care. Understanding these factors will prepare nurses for their rolein promoting self-care. Fieldwork experiences are designed to providepractical experience in engaging well individuals in preventing illness andhelping chronically ill perform self-care.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisite: NURS 215Activity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: 2 hour seminar; 1 hour fieldwork / week

NURS 356 Case Study: Culture of BirthThis course will explore the cultural context of birth and the activitiesof women and professionals and/or attendants in meeting the healthcare needs of pregnant women. The history of caring for women at birth,international health care, cultural mores/societal values, place of birth,psychosocial factors, ethical decision-making and the role of technologyare content areas that will be discussed.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisites: NURS 215, 225 or Permission of InstructorActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit


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NURS 357 Case Study: Innovation in Health: Foundations of DesignThinkingInnovation, defined as a hypothesis-driven, testable, and disciplinedstrategy, is important to improve health & healthcare. Employingnew ways of thinking, such as with design thinking, will help open uppossibilities of ways to improve health & the process of healthcare.Incorporating current & emerging social & digital technologies suchas mobile apps, wearables, remote sensing, and 3D printing, affordsnew opportunities for innovation. This course provides foundationalcontent & a disciplined approach to innovation as it applies to health &healthcare. A flipped classroom approach has the in-class componentfocusing on group learning through design thinking activities. The courseis open to undergraduate nursing students as a case study & upper-levelundergraduates and graduate students from across the Penn campus.The course provides a theoretical foundation in design thinking & mayprovide an overview of innovation technology & digital strategies aswell as social & process change strategies. To enhance the didacticcomponent, students will actively participate in a design case study.Students will be matched by interest and skill level with teams & willwork with community-based organizations, healthcare providers and/orinnovation partners. Student teams will meet their partners to identify& refine a health or healthcare problem to tackle. Students will workthroughout the semester to create an innovative solution that will bepitched to their community-based organization, healthcare provider, and/or innovation partner at the end of the semester.Taught by: LearyCourse usually offered in fall termAlso Offered As: NURS 573Prerequisite: NUS 215Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 358 Case Study: Nurses and the Child Welfare SystemBuilding on knowledge and skill acquired through undergraduatenursing courses, this case study offers nursing majors an in depth andinterprofessional opportunity to study research, policy, and practice-based issues in children and families involved with the child welfaresystem. Special emphasis is placed on the role of the nurse in the childwelfare system. Fieldwork experiences will enable students to gainpractical experience regarding the needs of children and families with anemphasis on a consideration of how to achieve partnership and createalliances with parents and youngsters.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisite: NURS 215Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 359 Case Study: Healthcare Quality and Patient SafetyThe 1999 Institute of Medicine Report "To Err is Human: Building a SaferHealth System" called national attention to the shocking crisis of patientinjury and death in the United States health care systems. This casestudy examines errors in health care and how nurses, working interand intra-professionally, contribute to and/or lead quality improvementefforts in health care settings to make care safer. Through classroomdiscussion, clinical observations and special quality improvementproject experience, the student will become familiar with the Scienceof Improvement grounded in W. Edwards Deming's body of knowledgecalled a "System of Profound Knowledge." The student will also learnpatient safety strategies, behaviors and practices that reduce or eliminatethe risk of patient harm and develop an appreciation for attributes of anorganization that contribute to a strong patient safety culture.Taught by: Pinola; SparrowCourse usually offered in spring termPrerequisite: NURS 215Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 360 Case Study: Nursing Practice with HIV+ PatientsThis course is directed at the need to increase nursing majors knowledgeand clinical expertice in the care of persons with HIV/AIDS. Hands onclinical practice with nurses who are AIDS experts will be combinedwith seminars that provide epidemiologic, clinical assessment, infectioncontrol, symptom management, patient teaching, psychosocial, ethical,cultural, political, and policy information.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisite: NURS 215Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 361 Case Study: Breast Feeding & Human LactationHuman milk is recognized universally as the optimal diet for newborninfants. The health benefits of breastfeeding are so significant that aNational Health Objective set forth by the Surgeon General of the UnitedStates for the year 2010 is to increase the proportion of mothers whobreastfeed their babies in the postpartum period. Through classroomand clinical experiences, this course will provide an in depth examinationof the anatomy and physiology of lactation, essential aspects ofestablishing and maintaining lactation, and the nurses' role in counselingthe breastfeeding family. Emphasis will be placed on current researchfindings in the content area.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisite: NURS 215Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit


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NURS 363 Case Study: Aggressive Behavior in Healthcare: AssessmentPrevention and TreatmentThe escalating incidence and prevalence of aggression in the healthcare setting requires that providers acquire a new set of pragmaticcompetencies for managing its complex sequelae. This course presentstheoretical frameworks for understanding, predicting, preventing andresponding to aggressive behaviors across the life span. Historical,bio-behavioral, social, and cultural explanations for aggression willbe synthesized and analyzed within the context of multiple points ofentry into the health care system across clinical settings. Personal self-awareness, debriefing, and stress management techniques exemplifytechniques to prevent untoward consequences in providers. This coursealso uses exemplars and a range of experiential learning strategies,including skill development, situation analysis, concept mapping,unfolding case studies and cooperative learning, to examine theassessment, prevention, treatment, and response to aggressive behaviorin patients and management of its consequences in self and others.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisite: NURS 215Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 364 Case Study: CancerThis elective case study offers students the opportunity to learn aboutthe etiology, diagnosis, and management of cancer across the lifespan.Building on existing clinical knowledge and skills, students will explorecancer care from the perspectives of prevention, early detection,treatment, survivorship, and death. Observational clinical experiences andselected case studies will enhance students' understanding of patients'and families' cancer experience.Taught by: HollisCourse usually offered in spring termPrerequisite: NURS 215Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 365 Case Study: Case Analysis in Clinical NutritionThis course is designed for present and future nurse professionalswho wish to increase their knowledge of nutrition and expertise andapplication of knowledge to achieve optimal health of clients andthemselves. Principles of medical nutrition therapy in health caredelivery are emphasized in periods of physiologic stress and metabolicalterations. Individual nutrient requirements are considered frompathophysiologic and iatrogenic influences on nutritional status.Nutritional considerations for disease states will be explored throughepidemiological, prevalence, incidence, treatment and research data.Understanding application of medical nutrition therapy are includedthrough case analysis and field experiencesTaught by: DolanCourse usually offered in spring termPrerequisite: NURS 065 or NURS 112Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 367 Case Study: Principles of Palliative CareThis course prepares students to collaborate effectively with aninterdisciplinary team in assessing patients and families, and planningand evaluating palliative and end of life care for diverse populationswith progressive illness in multiple health care settings. Course contentand assignments focus on the nurse's role in addressing the complexassessment and responses to the psychosocial and spiritual concerns ofpatients and caregivers across the trajectory of advanced illness.Course usually offered in fall termAlso Offered As: NURS 557Prerequisite: NURS 215Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 368 Case Study: Home Health CareThis course examines the major aspects of home-based care acrosspatients' life spans from acute to long term care. New trends, advances,and issues in home management of complex conditions, innovativedelivery systems and legal, ethical and policy consideration will beexplored.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisite: NURS 215Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 375 Nutrition Throughout The Life CycleUnderstanding and meeting nutritional needs from conception throughadulthood will be addressed. Nutrition-related concerns at each stage ofthe lifecycle, including impact of lifestyle, education, economics and foodbehavior will be explored.Taught by: Berman-LevineCourse offered fall; odd-numbered yearsPrerequisites: NURS 112, comparable nutrition course, or approvedintroductory courseActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 376 Issues in Nutrition, Exercise, and FitnessAn examination of the scientific basis for the relationship betweennutrition, exercise and fitness. The principles of exercise science andtheir interaction with nutrition are explored in depth. The physiologicaland biochemical effects of training are examined in relation to sportsperformance and prevention of the chronic diseases prevalent indeveloped countries.Taught by: Compher; DoughertyCourse usually offered in spring termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 377 Weight Management: Principles and Practices of ObesityTreatmentThis course focuses on the principles and theories guiding the clinicalcare and treatment of people with obesity across the lifespan. Wewill discuss the effectiveness and evidence-base supporting a varietyof obesity treatments diet, physical activity, behavioral therapy,pharmacological, surgical, and combined approaches. Emphasis willbe placed on the practical aspects of providing obesity education andcounseling to assist individuals and families in attaining and maintaininga healthy weight.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisite: NURS 065 or NURS 112Activity: Seminar1.0 Course Unit


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NURS 380 Nursing in the CommunityThis course considers how nursing influences the health and healingcapacities of both communities as a whole (populations) and of groups,families, and individuals living within particular communities locallyand globally. It addresses the complexity of nursing practice using apublic health paradigm. It requires students to draw from prior class andclinical knowledge and skills and apply this practice base to communitiesacross care settings, ages, and cultures with different experiences ofequity and access to care. It provides the tools needed to engage incollaborative community work and to give voice to the community'sstrengths, needs, and goals. It also moves students from an individualand family focus to a population focus for health assessment andintervention. Students consider the science, policies, and resources thatsupport public health, and community based and community-orientedcare. Clinical and simulated experiences in community settings providesufficient opportunities for clinical reasoning, clinical care and knowledgeintegration in community settings. Students will have opportunities tocare for patients and populations within selected communities.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisite: NURS 225; NURS 235; NURS 245; NURS 255Activity: Lecture2.0 Course UnitsNotes: Clinical 16 hours Weekly and 2 hours Simulated Laboratory WeeklyAlso Offered Summer Session (12 Weeks)

NURS 386 Nursing Honors Research ProjectThis course is an advanced seminar for research and scholarship tobe taken by honors students in nursing. Enrollment is concurrent withimplementation of the individual student's honors project. Practicalconsiderations in carrying out such a project, including scholarlyapproach and scientific integrity as well as scholarly writing anddissemination will be discussed and illustrated, using exemplars andstudent projects. The various phases of students' projects will be used aslaunching points for discussions and to complement students' work withtheir faculty supervisors. Paths and planning for careers in nursing andrelated disciplines and the idea of scholarship and research trajectorieswill be developed throughout the course.Taught by: KaganCourse not offered every yearPrerequisite: NURS 637Activity: Seminar0.5 Course UnitsNotes: Enrollment in Nursing Undergraduate Honors Program Required

NURS 389 Research/Inquiry-Based Service ResidencyThis course is designed to facilitate students' intellectual curiosity andindependence in exploring the research process relevant to an area ofinterest. Students expand their research knowledge base provided inNURS 230 and NURS 547 through a structured individualized facultymentored experience based on specific learning objectives. Studentsidentify a faculty advisor and, in collaboration with the advisor, definelearning objectives to guide a plan of study. All research or inquiryresidencies are under the guidance of a faculty member in the School ofNursing, but students may also interact with affiliated investigators andclinicians who contribute to and enrich the course. The residency offersstudents opportunities to experience at any level systematic methodsfor research, or service-based clinical inquiry or quality improvement.This mentored residency can be fulfilled by one of the following options:* Research-based practicum in basic science, clinical research, nursinghistory, healthcare policy, ethics, or informatics. * Inquiry-based Servicepracticum such as conducting quality improvement procedures orprogram evaluations in an affiliated healthcare institution. Students mustregister for both the lecture and recitation sections. For the recitationsection students are expected, with the assistance of their advisor, toallocate 2 hours of work outside of class each week towards their project.Students can schedule this work based on their own schedule but mustbe prepared to complete the work each week.One-term course offered either termPrerequisite: NURS 547Activity: Lecture0.5 Course UnitsNotes: Recitation/practicum hours individually scheduled with projectmentors


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NURS 390 Leadership in the Complex Healthcare SystemThis two-part course provides the didactic and clinical experiences inincreasingly complex nursing care situations and environments whichfacilitate the students' transition to independent practice. In the lecturecomponent, the focus is on the integration of knowledge and skill fornursing practice and develops the ability of students to see nursingpractice as part of a complex system. It examines systems thinking andcomplexity, development of a leadership role and skills, inter-professionalcommunication and teamwork, and leading change in healthcareorganizations. This course also examines the nurse's role in improvementscience and patient care delivery, focusing on quality improvementprocesses, patient safety, nurse sensitive process and outcome metricswith micro-systems. This course also allows students to develop thecapacity for clinical expertise, leadership, and for translating the scienceof the profession into practice. Students also are assigned to a seminarcomponent that is correlated with their selected site for the specialtyclinical practicum. This aspect of the course allows the student todevelop additional expertise in a specialty area of practice and to developcompetences specific to that population of patients. These seminarcomponents are adult health and illness; adult critical care, obstetrics/labor & delivery, psychiatric/mental health, and pediatrics. Advancedsimulation experiences and extensive clinical practice in an area ofthe students' choice provide multiple opportunities to synthesize themultidimensional aspects of nursing, and provide the environment whichfacilitates transition to professional nursing practice. Students selectfrom a variety of settings in which to refine their practice skills. Principlesof leadership, accountability and change will be applied to clinicalpractice as the student begins to operationalize the professional nursingrole. Emphasis is placed on the nurse as a knowledgeable provider ofhealth care who is both a change agent and advocate.One-term course offered either termPrerequisite: NURS 380Activity: Lecture3.0 Course UnitsNotes: Clinical 16 hours Weekly and 2 hours Simulated Laboratory Weekly

NURS 400 Advances In Health Systems Research And AnalysisCapstone Course for NURS/WH Joint Degree Students.Taught by: McHugh, MCourse offered spring; odd-numbered yearsActivity: Seminar1.0 Course UnitNotes: by Permission Only

NURS 500 Introduction to Principles and Methods of EpidemiologyThis course provides an introduction to epidemiologic methods andoverview of the role of epidemiology in studies of disease etiology and inthe planning, delivery and evaluation of health services. The population-based approach to the collection and analysis of health data will beemphasized throughout the course. Through textbook reading, problemssets, class discussion and review ofthe recent literature, students willbecome acquainted with the basic designs of epidemiologic studies intheory and in practice. Students will develop the basic skills necessaryto use epidemiologic knowledge and methods as the basis for scientificpublic health practice. Please note, the online version of this course has asynchronous component (live online class sessions). The day/time will belisted in the course register.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisite: Elementary statisticsActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 503 Contemporary Issues in Human Sexuality and HealthEmphasizes the theories of sexual development and sexual behaviorwithin the continuum of health and disease. Common sexual practicesof people are studied in relation to life-style and/or situational life crisis.Contemporary issues in sexuality and health will be examined. Thiscourse satisfies the Society & Social Structures Sector for Nursing Classof 2012 and Beyond.Course usually offered in spring termAlso Offered As: NURS 303Activity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: Junior and Senior undergraduates. Open to all graduate students.This course satisfies the Society Social Structures Sector for NursingClass of 2012 and beyond.

NURS 509 The Child with Special Healthcare NeedsThis course is designed to assist prospective practitioners developadvanced skills in identifying the needs and interventions for medicallyfragile neonataes, children and their families.Course usually offered summer term onlyActivity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: Summer Session II

NURS 511 Loss, Grief and BereavementLoss, grief and bereavement are pervasive aspects of the humanexperience. The content of this course provides a basis both for personaldevelopment and professional growth. Through a series of seminars,key issues surrounding loss, death, dying, grief and bereavement will beexamined.Course usually offered summer term onlyActivity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: Summer Session II

NURS 513 Obesity and SocietyThis course will examine obesity from scientific, cultural, psychological,and economic perspectives. The complex matrix of factors thatcontribute to obesity and established treatment options will be explored.This course satisfies the Society & Social Structures Sector for NursingClass of 2012 and Beyond.Taught by: CompherCourse usually offered in fall termAlso Offered As: NURS 313Prerequisite: Undegraduates by permission of instructorActivity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: This course satisfies the Society Social Structures Sector forNursing Class of 2012 and Beyond. Undegraduates by permission ofinstructor


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NURS 515 Sociocultural Influences on HealthThis course is intended for students interested in U.S/Global Healthcare.It includes lectures, discussions, readings, and written assignmentsfocused on various social, cultural, and economic factors that impactthe health and illness perceptions and behaviors of various ethnic andminority groups. In particular, it focuses on how culture affects healthand disease, and how health and disease affect culture. This coursetakes a critical approach to knowledge development by scrutinizingvalues, theories, assumptions, and practices cross culturally. It reliesupon a range of interdisciplinary approaches to analyze how diseaseis diagnosed, treated, and experienced differently in various culturalcontexts. At the same time, students will have the opportunity to examineand critique cultural assumptions and theories, the shifting nature ofcultures, the situational use of cultural traditions, and the ethnocentrismof contemporary Western health care. Special attention is given to theinfluence of race, class, gender, religious, and spiritual ideas about healthand illness.Course usually offered in spring termAlso Offered As: NURS 315Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 516 International Nutrition: Political Economy of World HungerA detailed consideration of the nature, consequences, and causes ofhunger and undernutrition internationally. Approaches are explored tobringing about change, and to formulating and implementing policies andprograms at international, national, and local levels, designed to alleviatehunger and under-nutrition. This course satisfies the Society & SocialStructures Sector for Nursing Class of 2012 and Beyond.Course usually offered in spring termAlso Offered As: NURS 316Activity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: Graduate Students Only

NURS 518 Nursing and the Gendering of Health Care in the United Statesand Internationally, 1860-2000This course examines changing ideas about the nature of health andillness; changing forms of health care delivery; changing experiencesof women as providers and patients; changing role expectationsand realities for nurses; changing midwifery practice; and changingsegmentation of the health care labor market by gender, class and race.It takes a gender perspective on all topics considered in the course. Acomparative approach is used as national and international literatureis considered. This focus is presented as one way of understanding thecomplex interrelationships among gender, class, and race in health caresystems of the United States and countries abroad.Course usually offered in spring termAlso Offered As: GSWS 518Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 521 Current Topics in NutritionThe objective of the course is to integrate the nutrition knowledgeobtained from previous course work in nutrition and provide the studentthe opportunity to explore, analyze and formulate implications of theresearch and related literature on a self-selected topic under the guidanceof the faculty coordinator. Current topics and controversies in nutritionwill be discussed weekly. Readings will be assigned in coordination witheach discussion topic and students will be required to seek out othersources of information to add to the class discussion. Topics will changefrom year to year to reflect the most recent interests and issues.Course not offered every yearActivity: Seminar0.5 Course Units

NURS 523 Advanced Nutrition: Molecular Basis of NutritionEssentials of nutritional biochemistry of macronutrient (protein,carbohydrate,lipid) metabolism from the molecular level to the level of thewhole human organism. Linkages between energy and nitrogen balanceand states of health anddisease are examined. Topics include energymetabolic pathways, nutrient transportation, nutrient catabolism, nutrientanabolism, body composition, and biomarkers.Prerequisite: NURS 065 or 112Activity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: Essentials of nutritional biochemistry of macronutrient (protein,carbohydrate,lipid) metabolism from the molecular level to the level of thewhole human organism. Linkages between energy and nitrogen balanceand states of health anddisease are examined. Topics include energymetabolic pathways, nutrient transportation, nutrient catabolism, nutrientanabolism, body composition, and biomarkers.

NURS 524 Advanced Human Nutrition and Micronutrient MetabolismEssentials of vitamin and mineral digestion, absorption, metabolism, andfunction in humans during states of health and disease are examined.Linkages between key vitamins and their function in biological systems,such as bone health, energy metabolism, hematopoetic function,and immune function, are explored in depth. Topics include pertinentresearch methodologies, biomarkers,deficiency and toxicity states, andrequirements across the life cycle.Prerequisite: NURS 605 or NURS 112 or Special PermissionActivity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: Essentials of vitamin and mineral digestion, absorption,metabolism, and function in humans during states of health anddisease are examined. Linkages between key vitamins and theirfunction in biological systems, such as bone health, energy metabolism,hematopoetic function, and immune function, are explored in depth.Topics include pertinent research methodologies, biomarkers,deficiencyand toxicity states, and requirements across the life cycle.


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NURS 525 Ethical Aspects of Health and TechnologyInterdisciplinary approach to the study of the interface between ethicsand law in the provision of health and illness care. This course drawsupon the disciplines of philosophy, law, biomedical engineering andnursing in examining such concepts as the use/nonuse of biomedicaltechnology, who and how one decides what shall be done for a given"patient," and the "rights" and responsibilities (accountability) of allpersons involved in health/illness care decisions. The interplay of ethicaltheory, personal value systems, law and technology will be stressedthroughout. Lectures, seminars and case studies will be used. Thiscourse satisfies the Society & Social Structures Sector for Nursing Classof 2012 and Beyond.Taught by: UlrichCourse usually offered in spring termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: This course satisfies the Society Social Structures Sector forNursing Class of 2012 and Beyond.

NURS 526 Child and Adolescent Mental HealthThis course is designed to prepare advanced practice registered nursesto address mental health concerns of children, adolescents and theirfamilies from a bio-psycho-socio-cultural perspective. Prevention,assessment, and treatment of psychiatric disorders affecting childrenand adolescents in a variety of settings will be presented in the context ofmental health, school and primary health care delivery systems. Studentswill explore both pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic treatmentstrategies, as well as methods to identify and implement evidence-basedpractice in child and adolescent populations. Mental health policy, aswell as the unique needs of special populations (e.g., youth in the juvenilejustice system) will also be discussed.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisite: Matriculation in a MSN Program or permission of instructorsActivity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: Priority will be given to Psychiatric Mental Health NP students

NURS 531 Forensic Mental HealthForensic mental health is the interface between the law and mentalhealth. This course examines the components of human behaviorthat bring people into a judicial setting. Content will cover: criminalpersonalities, forensic interview, and the role of forensic psychiatry.Domestic violence offenders, sex offenders, stalkers, gang members,and offenders who commit homicide will be discussed. Definitions anddynamics of criminal motherhood and the psychodynamics of violentjuvenile offenders will be presented. Use of the internet by offenders willalso be discussed. This course also offers a field experience in whichstudent's interview incarcerated individuals. As of Spring 2016, studentsin the College of Arts and Sciences are not permitted to enroll in thiscourse.Course usually offered in fall termAlso Offered As: NURS 331Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 532 Cognitive Behavior Strategies in Health CareCognitive therapy will be studied as it has been adapted to treat abroad spectrum of clinical disorders including depression, anxiety,phobias, substance, obesity, marital problems, sexual dysfunction, andpsychosomatic disorders. Students will have an opportunity to study andobserve the crucial link between thoughts and emotions and the senseof competency patients can develop through self-help techniques. Thecourse utilizes didactic, experiential and observational techniques.Course usually offered in spring termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 535 Comparing Health Care Systems in an Intercultural Context:Study AbroadThis course offers students an opportunity to: 1) expand their knowledgebase in health care systems; 2) develop intercultural competency skillsand 3) shape a conceptual framework for improving the quality of healthcare for the individual, the family, the community and society at large.Emphasizes the relational, contextual nature of health care and theinseparability of the notions of the health of individuals and the health offamily, society, and culture. Includes field experience.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisite: Permission of instructorActivity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: Seminar held in Spring, study abroad field experience held intra-session Permission of instructor

NURS 540 Current Issues In Health and Social PolicyAnalysis of key contemporary issues in health and social policy that willprovide students with a deeper understanding of the design and structureof the U.S. health care system, the policy initiatives that have shaped it,and the roles of the government, the private sector, and consumers andadvocacy groups in setting the policy agenda. Seminars will examine theorigins of each issue, the policies enacted and their effects, both intendedand unintended, and will propose and debate the merits of alternativepolicy solutions. The role of health services and policy research ininforming the policy debate and directions will be highlighted. Pleasenote, the online version of this course has a synchronous component (liveonline class sessions). The day/time will be listed in the course register.This course satisfies the Society & Social Structures Sector for NursingClass of 2012 and Beyond.Course offered summer, fall and spring termsAlso Offered As: NURS 334Activity: Online Course1.0 Course UnitNotes: This course satisfies the Society Social Structures Sector forNursing Class of 2012 and beyond.

NURS 543 Global Health SeminarGlobal course topics vary by section. Please contact the program foradditional details.Also Offered As: AFRC 343, NURS 343Activity: Seminar1.0 Course UnitNotes: For section 401 - Chile, students must apply through the PennGlobal Seminar Webiste between March 18 and April 1 at https://global.upenn.edu/pennabroad/pgs for permission to register for thiscourse. Those who are accepted will receive a permit to register. Forsection 402 - Chinese Medicine - please contact the course director, Dr.Jianghong Liu - [email protected]


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NURS 545 Maternal and Infant Care in the AmericasThis clinical elective will provide an intensive historical, sociopolitical, andcultural perspective of health and health care delivery in the Americaswith a special emphasis on Latin America and the Caribbean. Classroom,direct clinical care and field experiences are designed to provide studentswith a broad view of the history and culture system of the country offocus. The delivery of health care to women and children will be exploredfrom a sociopolitical, cultural and historical context. Service learningexperiences are an integral component of this course. The courseincludes 5 seminars on campus and 10-14 days on site in the country offocus. The country of focus may vary each semester.Course usually offered in spring termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: Registration By Permission of Instructor

NURS 547 Scientific Inquiry for Evidence-based PracticeThis course is designed to advance students' understanding of theresearch process, methods of scientific inquiry, and analytical techniques.Students acquire knowledge of systematic approaches used by scientiststo design and conduct studies. Course content prepares studentsto appraise quantitative and qualitative research, and evaluate thescientific merit and clinical significance of research for translation intopractice. Evidence-based guidelines are examined and rated for strengthof evidence and expert consensus using evidence grading systemsand defined criteria. Students engage in variety of creative learningexperiences to facilitate appreciative inquiry, clinical reasoning, andevidence-based practice. Quality improvement, comparative effectivenessanalyses, information science, and electronic health systems technologydemonstrate the capacity for measurement and surveillance of nursing-sensitive and other outcomes used to evaluate quality nursing careand test interventions. Ethical, legal and health policy implications forresearch are explored. This course serves as the basis for scientificinquiry about human experiences to address important problems thatrequire solutions and to expand the research and the evidence base forprofessional nursing practice.One-term course offered either termPrerequisite: NURS 230Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 548 Negotiations in HealthcareThis course examines the process that leads to change in healthcare settings and situations. Students will develop skills that lead toeffective negotiations in interpersonal and organizational settings.Included in the discussion are: concepts of organizational structureand power, negotiating in difficult situations, and the role of the healthcare professional in negotiation and change. The course also examinestechniques leading to successful implementation of negotiated change inthe practice setting. This course satisfies the Society & Social StructuresSector for Nursing Class of 2012 and Beyond.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisite: Undergraduates must have permission of instructorActivity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: This course satisfies the Society Social Structures Sector forNursing Class of 2012 and beyond.

NURS 549 Human Resources Management in HealthcareToday's healthcare industry continues to be highly turbulent in naturepresenting many challenges for leaders in the workplace. Competencyin workforce planning and recruitment, selection and retention of toptalent for organizational innovation and growth are essential for nursingleaders. Utilizing the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE)Competencies (2006) as a curricular guide, this course emphasizeshuman resources management skills essential for any nurse leader toaddress employee relations challenges and provide for an enriching workenvironment.Course usually offered summer term onlyActivity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: Summer Course

NURS 552 Health Care and Social PolicyThis course is an area study or survey of social policy issues incontemporary health care. Topics include social contexts of health careand health policy; the organization and financing of health services;the health professions; health and illness over the life cycle; achievingequitable access to health services; the interface between healthand social services. Health problems of national significance will beaddressed including infant mortality, teenage pregnancy, AIDS, thechronically mentally ill and homeless, health impaired elderly.Course usually offered in fall termActivity: Lecture0.5 Course Units

NURS 553 Innovation & Applied Technology in Health CareThis course is offered to undergraduate and graduate students fromacross the Penn campus who want to join interdisciplinary teams thattackle health care challenges using technology in the form of games,apps, websites, or other technology. Students from nursing, engineering,computer science, design, marketing, or communication, or other schoolsor departments will be matched by interest and skill to multidisciplinaryteams. Types of technology, theory of gaming, motivation, and incentivesto change health behaviors are a few of the topics that may be identifiedas a project. The course provides a forum for germinating and developingconceptual models, programming, using game theory for therapeuticinterventions, and entrepreneurship. Examples of such applications aremedication management tools, health risk detectors, games that teachhealth skills and behaviors, e-prescribing applications, recruitment toolsfor greater diversity in nursing, applications that improve the workflow inhealth care settings, and applications that promote patient-centered care.Course usually offered in spring termActivity: Lecture0.5 Course Units

NURS 555 Health Education for Incarcerated WomenThis elective course will afford students the opportunity to develop andimplement health education workshops for incarcerated women in thePhiladelphia jail system. Students will explore the social and historicalframework and trends in the incarceration of women, as well as theneeds of this population, and will identify specific areas that need to beaddressed by particular disciplines or professions. Students will havedirect contact with the jail system, its staff, and female inmates.Taught by: Brown, K.Course usually offered in fall termAlso Offered As: GSWS 555Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit


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NURS 556 Men and IncarcerationStudents in this course will develop and implement health and wellbeingeducation programming for incarcerated men in the PhiladelphiaDepartment of Prisons. Most of the classroom time is in the PhiladelphiaPrison interacting with male inmates. Evidence suggests improved self-regulation may enhance other therapeutic methodologies consequentlyreducing the frequency of reoffending. Students will explore the socialand legal trends driving the incarceration of urban men and the resultinghealth and wellbeing needs of this population. Students will have directcontact with the jail system, its staff, and male inmates.Course usually offered in fall termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 557 Principles of Palliative CareThis course examines national and global perspectives and clinicalissues in the delivery of palliative care with diverse populations inmultiple health care settings. Students focus on the care of personswith life-threatening, progressive illness, emphasizing respect forpatients' and families' beliefs, values, and choices. Students also explorepsychosocial and spiritual dimensions of palliative care. Historical,sociocultural, economic, legal, and ethical trends in palliative care arediscussed. Factors affecting health care systems and societal attitudesare considered in evaluating the delivery of care during advanced illnessand at the end of life. Students engage in the critical analysis of literature,research, and observational experiences concerning biopsychosocialneeds of patients and families. Students acquire competencies inpatient/family assessment, communication, decision-making, andinterdisciplinary collaboration in palliative care. This course satisfies theSociety & Social Structures Sector for Nursing Class of 2012 and Beyond.Course usually offered in fall termAlso Offered As: NURS 367Activity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: Undergraduate Nursing students need faculty permission

NURS 565 Health Communication in the Digital AgeHealth communication spans activites from in-person communicationto technology based interventions and mass media campaigns. Healthcommunication interventions are applied across a variety of healthpromotion and disease prevention activities. In this course, we wll explorea variety of approaches to using communication strategies to improveindividual and population health. The course will provide an introductionto the theory, design, and evaluation of health communication programs.We will review and critique several health communication interventions.The course will also include a special emphasis on new media andtechnology, as well as developing practical skills for developing healthcommunication programs.Also Offered As: NURS 353, PUBH 565Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 567 An Evidence-based Approach to Managing Symptoms inAdvanced IllnessThis course uses an evidence-based approach towards systematicassessment and management of common symptoms and symptomclusters accompanying progressive, life-limiting illnesses within aframework of nationally recognized standards and guidelines forpalliative and end-of-life care. Students are prepared to apply principlesof palliative management to diverse patient populations across clinicalsettings including acute, primary, long-term, and community care. Refer tocourse syllabus or email course faculty for respective requirements.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisites: Junior and Senior undergraduate students may beadmitted with course faculty permissionActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 570 Foundations of Public HealthThis course will provide a foundational overview of the field of publichealth and grounding in the public health paradigm. Content willinclude the history of public health, an introduction to the basic publichealth sciences including behavioral and social sciences, biostatistics,epidemiology, environmental public health, policy and managementand prevention of chronic and infectious diseases and injuries, futuredirections for public health and aan introduction to issues in internationalhealth, ethics, context analysis (specifically the notion of urban health),health promotion and disease prevention paradigms.Course usually offered in fall termAlso Offered As: PUBH 500Prerequisite: Undergraduates need permission of instructorActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 573 Innovation in Health: Foundations of Design ThinkingInnovation, defined as a hypothesis-driven, testable, and disciplinedstrategy, is important to improve health & healthcare. Employingnew ways of thinking, such as with design thinking, will help open uppossibilities of ways to improve health & the process of healthcare.Incorporating current & emerging social & digital technologies suchas mobile apps, wearables, remote sensing, and 3D printing, affordsnew opportunities for innovation. This course provides foundationalcontent & a disciplined approach to innovation as it applies to health &healthcare. A flipped classroom approach with the in-class componentfocusing on group learning through design thinking activities. The courseis open to undergraduate nursing students as a case study & upper-levelundergraduates and graduate students from across the Penn campus.The course provides a theoretical foundation in design thinking & mayprovide an overview of innovation technology & digital strategies aswell as social & process change strategies. To enhance the didacticcomponent, students will actively participate in a design case study.Students will be matched by interest and skill level with teams & willwork with community-based organizations, healthcare providers and/orinnovation partners. Student teams will meet their partners to identify& refine a health or healthcare problem to tackle. Students will workthroughout the semester to create an innovative solution that will bepitched to their community-based organization, healthcare provider, and/or innovation partner at the end of the semester.Taught by: LearyCourse usually offered in fall termAlso Offered As: NURS 357Prerequisites: Completed freshman & sophomore level courses orgraduate student status.Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit


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NURS 575 Health, Sustainability, Built Environment DesignPlacemaking is a powerful tool for healthy communities. This course isopen to students in nursing, public health, medicine, environmental policy,planning and design for intersectoral professional work. Through thedesign of place, including housing, schools, healthcare facilities, and theworkplace, the class will investigate the impact of Social Determinantsof Health and build a Culture of Health. Course work covers design andplanning theory that intersects with diseases, sustainability, climateaction and interconnectivity. Case studies, seminars, and tours will helpstudents synthesize how to promote health through the design anddevelopment process and to make effective communication to enhancehealth equity.Taught by: Joyce LeeCourse not offered every yearActivity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: Spring 2020 class dates: January 2,3,6,7,8,9, 13 - 9am-12pm.

NURS 580 Pharmacology of Anesthesia and Accessory Drugs IThis course explores the various routes of anesthetic administrationaddressing the potential benefits and risk of each. Special emphasisis placed on specific anesthetic agents and their appropriate use. Theresponses and common complications associated with these agents arediscussed.Course usually offered in fall termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 587 Advanced Leadership Skills in Community HealthGrounded in a social justice perspective, this course aims to provide thestudent with a foundational overview of the field of community healthand leadership skills in public health advocacy. The course encouragescritical thinking about health outcomes framed by the broad context ofthe political and social environment. This course analyzes the range ofroles and functions carried out by leaders in healthcare advocacy formarginalized communities; integrates knowledge of health policy and thekey influence of government and financing on health outcomes; explorescommunity-based participatory research and interventions as toolsfor change; and discuss ways to develop respectful partnerships withcommunity organizations. An assets-based approach that draws uponthe strengths of communities and their leaders provides a foundationfor community-engagement skill building. The course emphasizes thedevelopment of skills and techniques to lead effective, collaborative,health-focused interventions for disenfranchised groups, includingresidents of urban neighborhoods.Course usually offered in spring termAlso Offered As: HPR 588, PUBH 588Activity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: Undergraduates need permission of the instructor

NURS 588 The Politics of Women's Health CareThis course will utilize a multidisciplinary approach to address the fieldof women's health care. The constructs of women's health care willbe examined from a clinical, as well as sociological, anthropologicaland political point of view. Topics will reflect the historical movementof women's health care from an an obstetrical/gynecological view toone that encompasses the entire life span and life needs of women.The emphasis of the course will be to undertake a critical explorationof the diversity diversity of women's health care needs and the pastand current approaches to this care. Issues will be addressed fromboth a national and global perspective, with a particular focus on therelationship between women's equality/inequality status and state ofhealth. This course satisfies the Society & Social Structures Sector forNursing Class of 2012 and Beyond.Taught by: McCool; Durain; Lewis, L.Course usually offered in spring termAlso Offered As: GSWS 588Activity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: This course satisfies the Society Social Structures Sector forNursing Class of 2012 and beyond.

NURS 600 Principles and Practice of Transformative Nursing EducationThis course is designed to provide expert nurses with a theoreticalfoundation to promote excellence in teaching in both faculty andprofessional development roles. Principles of adult learning theory,learning styles and preferences are explored with a focus on impact foreducational design. Students will review various learning domains andapproaches for curriculum development including writing measureablelearning objectives. Content also includes an examination of numerousdidactic teaching strategies, general tactics for the the use of simulation,approaches for inter-professional collaboration, and methods forevaluating learner competence.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisites: Baccalaureate in Nursing plus a Master's Degree in Nursingor in a Health Related Area. Current Master or Doctoral Students withpermission of the Program Director and the Course Director.Activity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: Hybrid format - online content; on-campus fall 2019 meetings areOctober 17-18, and December 5-6, 9am-4pm 1d4

NURS 601 Teaching Nursing in an Academic EnvironmentThis course provides students with the fundamental knowledge andskills in preparation for teaching in a faculty role in an academicenvironment. Specific focus will be placed on program design,development of teaching skills in the didactic, simulation, clinical, andonline learning environments, management of didactic and clinical courseofferings including effective use of learning management systems,and methods for evaluation of student performance including varioustest constructions and paper grading rubrics. This course also reviewsapproaches and resources for working with students who have learningchallenges or performance issues.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisite: NURS 600Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit


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NURS 602 Teaching Professional Nurses in the Practice EnvironmentThis blended online/in-class graduate level course prepares expert nurseswho are considering work in nursing professional development in avariety of practice settings. This course is taken after completing the pre-requisite NURS 600 Principles and Practice of Transformative NursingEducation offering, and will utilize the most current American NursesAssociation Nursing Professional Development Scope & Standards ofPractice as a foundation for for examining roles and responsibilitiesof nursing professional development (NPD) practitioners. Content willaddress the when, who, where, how, what and why of nursing professionaldevelopment including but not limited to principles related to onboarding/orientation, education and role development, competency management,developing collaborative partnerships, translating evidence-to- practice,facilitating quality improvement, and measuring the value of NPD. Highlyrecommended for BSN-PhD students and MSN students exploring thepossibility.of returning for a research doctorate. A version of this seminarwill be offered to students in the honors BSN program.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisites: Basic course in research design, statistics and/or researchutilization or by permission of the instructorActivity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: Most sessions online; contact program for in-class meeting datesand times

NURS 603 Basic Principles of Nurse Anesthesia Practice IIThis course provides students the opportunity to integrate theory andprinciples into practice within the clinical setting. Scope of practice,role development, ethical and cultural considerations and anestheticinterventions will be introduced and explored in the classroom andsimulation suite. The student will transition to the surgical suite to beginclinical fieldwork, where they will progress from the care of healthypatients undergoing minimally invasive surgical procedures to the morecomplex patients with multiple health issues.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisites: NURS 500, NURS 540, NURS 580, NURS 607, NURS 608,NURS 614, NURS 657, NURS 681Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 604 Adv. Principles of Nurse Anesthesia Practice: Obstetrics,Pediatrics, & Women of Childbearing AgeThis course focuses on theory and research from the behavioral andnursing sciences on the psychological and social consequences of on-going illness. In addition, the health policy issues engendered by theseproblems will be addressed.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisite: Primary Care Majors or instructor permissionActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 605 Advanced Principles of Nurse Anesthesia Practice: Cardiac,Vascular, and Thoracic SurgeryThe basic principles of anesthesia practice will be expanded upon,focusing on specific populations, including the incidence andprevalence of various disease states. This course explores thespecial considerations required for the care of cardiac, vascular andthoracic patients undergoing anesthesia. An in-depth analysis of thepre-anesthesia assessment, perioperative considerations and postanesthesia monitoring necessary to facilitate optimal patient outcomesare summarized. Further, evidence-based case studies will be discussedhighlighting the epidemiologic considerations for various disease states.Course usually offered in fall termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 606 Adv Principles of Nurse Anesthesia Practice: Neurosurgery,Orthopedics, Pain Management & TraumaThe basic principles of anesthesia practice will be expanded upon,focusing on specific populations, including the incidence andprevalence of various disease states. This course explores the specialconsiderations required for the care of the neurosurgical, orthopedic andtraumatically injured patients undergoing anesthesia. An additional focuswill be directed towards pain management in the surgical population.An in-depth analysis of the pre-anesthesia assessment, perioperativeconsiderations and post-anesthesia monitoring necessary to faciliatateoptimal patient outcomes are summarized. Further, evidence based casestudies will be discussed, highlighting the epidemiologic considerationsfor various disease states.Course usually offered in fall termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 607 Advanced Physiology and PathophysiologyThis course will integrate advanced physiology with pathophysiology andclinical implications across the lifespan for advanced nursing practice.Organ systems function and dysfunction from the level of the cell throughintegrated organ levels will be presented, and the genetic basis of diseasewill be discussed. Recent scientific advances will be discussed withapplication to new approaches to disease and symptom management.The interrelationships between basic physiology, clinical pathophysiology,and genetics are emphasized through lecture and case studies.Taught by: LibonatiCourse usually offered in fall termPrerequisites: Completion of undergraduate courses that includeBiochemistry, Nutrition, Anatomy and Physiology or permission of theinstructor.Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit


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NURS 608 Advanced Pharmacology and Therapeutics for NursingPracticeAdvanced principles of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics areapplied to the nursing care of individuals across the life-stage spectrum.It focuses on the content and knowledge employed by the advancedpractice registered nurse in the management of various conditions anddisease states. The course builds on the pharmacology knowledgebase acquired in the baccalaureate nursing program. The advancedpharmacology and therapeutics of several common diseases orconditions found in the acute care and primary care setting is presented.This is supplemented with pharmacotherapy modules to meet programspecific needs.One-term course offered either termPrerequisite: NURS 607 or NURS 685Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 609 Advanced Principles of Nurse Anesthesia Practice: SpecialSurgeryThis course explores the perioperative evaluation and advancedanesthetic principles related to patient populations undergoing a broadrange of surgical procedures. Emphasis is placed on selection andadministration of anesthesia to these populations to ensure optimalpatient care, safety, monitoring and implementing interventions toprevent and treat common perioperative emergencies.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisite: enrollment in NANS program - year 2Corequisites: NURS 636, NURS 757, NURS 789, NURS 745Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 610 Concepts in Healthcare EconomicsThis course examines health care from an economic perspective tailoredfor the nurse manager and executive. Emphasis is on the allocation ofhealth care resource policies in the United States with examination ofdifferent health care programs. Within the health care industry, focusis on public and private health care funding in addition to the role ofmanaged care systems with relation to financing and delivery of healthservices. This course satisfies the Society & Social Structures Sector forNursing Class of 2012 and Beyond.Course usually offered summer term onlyActivity: Lecture0.5 Course Units

NURS 611 Advanced Principles of Nurse Anesthesia Practice: Problem-Based LearningExploration of the conceptual-theoretical basis of nursing. Analysis andevaluation of conceptual models of nursing and nursing theories withemphasis on implications for nursing practice.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisite: enrollment in CRNA program; year 3Corequisites: NURS 748, NURS 759, NURS 790Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 612 Principles and Practice of Healthcare Quality ImprovementHealthcare delivery is complex and constantly changing. A primarymission of leading healthcare organizations is to advance the qualityof patient care by striving to deliver care that is safe, effective, efficient,timely, cost-effective, and patient-centered (Institute of Medicine).The goal of this interprofessional course is to provide students with abroad overview of the principles and tools of quality improvement andpatient safety in healthcare as well address the knowledge, skills andattitudes as defined by the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses(QSEN) guidelines. It will provide a foundation for students or practicingclinicians who are interested in quality improvement and patient safetyresearch, administration, or clinical applications. Content will addressthe history of the quality improvement process in healthcare, qualitydatabases and improvement process tools and programs. Through theuse of case studies and exercises students will be become familiarwith the use of several quality improvement programs and tools. Forexample, the Plan-Do-Study- Act (PDSA) cycle, Six Sigma and theToyota Production System known as Lean Production processes will beaddressed. Students can use this course to identify the tools and designthe methods that they plan to employ in a quality improvement or patientsafety project in their area of interest.Taught by: Myers, J.; Burke, K.Course usually offered in fall termAlso Offered As: HPR 504Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 613 Behavioral Economics and HealthAn introduction to the application of behavioral economics to health& health care. Behavioral economics, a field at the intersection ofpsychology & economics, help us understand how bounded rationality,common cognitive biases, and inconsistent time preferences lead usto act against our best interest (& sometimes against the interests ofthe patients, family members, or communities that we care for). Thecourse provides a pragmatic, hands-on orientation to using behavioraleconomics in the diagnosis of behavioral bottlenecks & the design &testing of behaviorally-informed interventions.Taught by: ButtenheimCourse usually offered in fall termAlso Offered As: PUBH 608Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 614 Advanced Principles of Nurse Anesthesia PracticePopulation specific topics of concern to nurse anesthetists arereviewed and discussed. Seminal works in the field of anesthesiaare reviewed and discussed to facilitate a comprehensive review ofcontemporary anesthesia practice. The gaps between research and itsimplementation in practice will be considered. Students will focus oncompleting a comprehensive review of 1) Basic sciences; 2) Equipment,Instrumentation and Technology; 3) Basic Principles of AnesthesiaPractice; and 4) Advanced Principles of Anesthesia Practice as describedby National Council on Certification and Recertification of NurseAnesthetists.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisite: Must be enrolled in the Nurse Anesthesia programActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit


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NURS 616 Synthesis and Translation of Epidemiologic LiteratureThis course is designed for students interested in further explorationof epidemiologic methods and the challenge of establishing a causalrelationship between exposure and outcome using an observationalscience. We will utilize case studies to address the application ofepidemiologic data to specific issues of relevance to public health. Thenature of observational data will be explored through these case studiesand specific methodological challenges will be highlighted and examined.Course usually offered in spring termAlso Offered As: PUBH 606Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 624 Pathogenesis of Mental Disorderrs and PsychopharmacologyAcross the LifespanThe conceptual and practice application of brain-behavior relationshipsfor individuals with psychiatric conditions is developed in this course.Specific biological theories of diagnostic classifications found in theDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Fifth Edition(DSM-5). This provides the basis for the development of a fund ofpsychopharmacology knowledge, critical thinking, and clinical judgmentin the application of psychopharmacology agents in the treatment ofpsychiatric conditions for advanced practice psychiatric mental healthnursing practice. Using case study methods to encourage the applicationof knowledge to clinical practice, the course pragmatically addressesculturally diverse client populations across the lifespan who present witha range of symptom manifestations, at all levels of severity. The courseemphasizes evidence-based practice, resarch based clinical decisionmaking and a holistic approach to integrating the science and biology ofthe mind with social and behavioral interventions.Course usually offered in fall termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 625 Clinical Modalities Across the Life Cycle in Advanced PracticePsychiatric Mental Health NursingCrisis intervention, brief psycho-therapy, group processes and practices,milieu therapy, and intervention with families are examined as they relateto nursing practice in mental health.Course usually offered summer term onlyActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 626 Family and Organizational Systems Across the Life SpanThis course presents Bowen Family Systems Theory as it applies tofamilies over the life and organizations over time. This is a theoreticalcourse whose purpose is to provide the student with a broad, systemicperspective on human functioning. The course begins with a detailedpresentation of Systems Theory, from both a family and organizationalperspective. As presented there is a continual compare and contrastto other dominant theories of human functioning. It then applies theconcepts of Systems Theory to the understanding and assessmentof the stages of the normal family life cycle from a multi-generational,multi-cultural perspective. This is followed by discussions of the theory'sapplication to the emotional problems of children, adolescents, adultsand their families. Likewise, application to organizational behavioris made, including health care organizations. Relevant research isdiscussed throughout.Taught by: Pollack, F.Course usually offered summer term onlyActivity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: Summer Session I

NURS 628 Mental Health and AgingAn examination of the psycho-socio-cultural processes which influencethe behavior patterns, coping, and adaptation of older adults. The courseemphasizes strategies to promote mental health as well as assessment,presentation, and intervention in the major acute and chronic psychiatricdisorders affecting the older adult.Course usually offered in spring termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 629 Basic Principles of Nurse Anesthesia PracticeThe fundamental concepts learned in Advanced Physical Assessmentand Clinical Decision Making will be used as a foundation to inform thebasics of anesthesia practice. Assessment of the patient is reviewed witha specific focus on the anatomic and physiologic issues involved in theadministration, maintenance and recovery from anesthesia. In addition,the course will encompass an overview of anesthesia history, nurseanesthesia practice and the perioperative environment. The studentwill transition to the surgical suite to begin clinical fieldwork at theconclusion of the course.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisites: enrollment in NANS program, year 1Corequisites: NURS 681, NURS 607, NURS 657, NURS 580Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 636 Pain Science and PracticeThis interprofessional course focuses on the biopsychosocial aspectsof pain and pain management from the perspectives of individualizedpain care, scientific discoveries, evidence-based practice and cross-disciplinary learning. Content includes an integrated overview of theneurobiology of pain, psychosocial aspects of the pain experience,pain assessment and outcomes measurement, pharmacological andnonpharmacological approaches to the treatment of acute and chronicpain syndromes, national health policies for pain, evidence-basedguidelines and best practices, and interprofessional care delivery models.Peripheral and central modulation of pain, neuroanatomical pathways,neurochemical mediators, and genetics are examined as the basis forexplaining pain perception, behaviors and responses to treatments. Painassessment and management for vulnerable populations are addressedalong with strategies to reduce pain treatment disparities. Several acuteand chronic (persistent) pain syndromes are discussed across theconinuum of care (e.g., primary care, hospital, outpatient pain centers,and home care). Current research findings and evidence-based guidelinesare applied to interprofessional collaboration and clinical decision-making to promote optimal care and outcomes for persons experiencingpain. Through case-based and directed learning, classroom simulation,and interactive discussions with national leaders spanning multipledisciplines, students acquire a strong scientific and practice foundationin the clinical care of persons with acute and chronic pain.Course usually offered in spring termAlso Offered As: MED 536Activity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: See department for class meeting dates and times


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NURS 637 Introduction to Research Methods and DesignThe relationships among nursing theory, research and practice will beexamined. An emphasis will be placed on research competencies foradvanced practice nurses (APNs), including understanding nursingresearch methods and strategies in order to evaluate research results forapplicability to practice and to design projects for evaluating outcomesof practice. An understanding of statistical techniques will be integratedinto the course and build on the required undergraduate statistics course.Published nursing research studies will be evaluated for scientific meritand clinical feasibility, with a focus on evidence-based practice. Pleasenote, the online version of this course has a synchronous component (liveonline class sessions). See department for meeting days/times.Course offered summer, fall and spring termsPrerequisites: Undegraduate Statistics Class. Must hold an RN license.Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 640 Global Health and Health PolicyThis participatory interdisciplinary seminar course examinescontemporary issues in public health policy and global health. Theorganizing framework is social determinants of health. We considerevidence that inequalities in education, income, and occupation influencehealth status, and the policy dilemma that broad interventions to improvepopulation health may increase health disparities. We critically examinewhether prevention is always better than cure, and what modern medicinehas to offer in terms of health. We explore the public policy process inhealth using the "tobacco wars" as a case example, of how politics, policy,law, commercial interests, and research intersect to affect the public'shealth. We examine whether global health is in a state of decline, and theextent to which failures in public health, public policy, and foreign policyhave contributed to increasing threats to world health. Likewise we willexamine the potential for greater integration of health into foreign policyto create global infrastructure upon which to advance health. We willexamine the global health workforce and the impact of widespread globalmigration of health professionals on receiving and sending countries.There are no prerequisites. The course is designed for graduate studentsin the social and behavioral sciences, health professions, public health,business and law. Advanced undergraduate students will be admittedwith permission.Course not offered every yearAlso Offered As: PUBH 551, SWRK 793Activity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: There are no prerequisites. The course is designed for graduatestudents in the social and behavioral sciences, health professions, publichealth, business and law. Advanced undergraduate students will beadmitted with permission.

NURS 641 Autism Spectrum Disorder: Prevalence, Etiology, Screeningand AssessmentThrough classroom and clinical experiences, this course provides anoverview of the public health problem of autism spectrum disorder (ASD).Content addresses the natural history, etiology, rising prevalence, riskfactors, and core features. Changes in prevalence statistics and possiblecauses are outlineThese subjects are described in general terms foran overall picture of the disorder. Taking a developmental approach,students begin case management and follow a family through screening,diagnosis and treatment planning. Key information is elaborated throughcase studies. The course highlights the important and evolving roleof nurses in the care of people with ASD. Content is supported by thescientific literature. Students' clinical experiences startthe identificationof and collaborative work with a family that has a young chiwith ASD. Thestudent follows that family and the child through diagnosis, treatmentsand long term planning. This case approach allows the student to workwith the same family over the entire post-masters program to learn thevalue of interdisciplinary, contiguous care.Taught by: Pinto-Martin; SoudersCourse usually offered in fall termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: Junior and senior undergraduate students may be admitted withcourse faculty permission.

NURS 642 Health and Behavioral Care Planning and Intervention forAutism Spectrum DisorderThrough classroom and clinical experiences, this course focuses onthe application of various treatment approaches to the management ofacute and chronic problems of autism spectrum disorder. Approachesto behavioral, psychological and medical co-morbidities are explored,practiced and evaluated. Students' clinical experiences build on theprevious semester and continue with the application of class instructionto patient and family care. The student works closely with behaviorists,psychologists and occupational therapists to integrate nursing careplanning with other services. This case approach continues, andexposure to a second family is added to expand learning opportunitiesand develop nursing services.Taught by: Pinto-Martin; SoudersCourse usually offered in spring termPrerequisite: NURS 641Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit


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NURS 643 Leadership, Advocacy, and the Practice of Integrated NursingCare of ASDEmphasis is on the synthesis of course content practice. Throughclassroom and clinical experiences, students critically examine the roleof nursing in the life-long care of people with ASD, and identify waysto expand the scope of nursing care for this vulnerable population.Students explore the availability of services in the community anddiscuss approaches to patient advocacy. Students have opportunitiesto select an area of specialization to develop specific practice expertise.Such areas are Diagnosis and Referral Practices (e.g. ADOS Training),Behavioral Therapy Training (e.g. Applied Behavioral Analysis), andclinical research. Practical issues of collaboration and reimbursementfor services are explored. Students' clinical experiences are designedto facilitate scholarship, independence and advanced specializationin a chosen component of ASD care, for example, behavioral analysis,screening and/or diagnosis, or an agenda for research. Students identifyand implement an independent project.Taught by: Pinto-Martin; SoudersCourse usually offered summer term onlyPrerequisite: NURS 642Activity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: Spring and/or Summer Offering

NURS 644 Health Care in an Aging SocietyIndividual and societal influences on the care of older adults areexamined in detail within the context of an emerging health care system.Normal changes in physical and psychological health are explored indepth. Significant issues affecting care of older adults and their familiesat the global and national level are discussed.Course usually offered in spring termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 646 Primary Care: Diagnosis and Management of Adults Acrossthe LifespanThis course focuses on development of critical thinking skills to addresshealth care problems of adults across the lifespan, with an emphasis onmiddle-aged and older adults, develop differential problem solving skillsand determine appropriate management interventions. The managementof common acute and chronic health conditions will include evidencebased primary preventions, drug and treatment therapeutics, and referralto other health care providers. Students have the opportunity to buildon previously acquired skills and to apply concepts of primary care tomanage the health problems of adults across the lifespan.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisite: NURS 657Corequisite: NURS 647Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 647 Primary Care Clinical Practicum: Diagnosis and Managementof Adults across the LifespanManagement and evaluation of primary care problems of middle-aged and older adults in a variety of ambulatory and occupationalsettings. Opportunity to implement the role of the nurse practitionerwith middle-aged and older adults and their families in the community.Interdisciplinary experiences will be pursued & collaborative practiceemphasized. Students are expected to assess and begin to managecommon chronic health problems in consultation with the appropriateprovider of care. The initiation of health promotion & health maintenanceactivities with individuals and groups is stressed. Includes 16 hours aweek of clinical experience with a preceptor.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisite: NURS 657Corequisite: NURS 646Activity: Clinic1.0 Course Unit

NURS 648 Primary Care: Complex Diagnosis and Management of Adultsacross the LifespanThis course will build on concepts presented in the Diagnosis andManagement of Adults across the Lifespan (NURS 646) course. Thefocus is on refining health assessment skills, interpreting findings,developing and implementing appropriate plans of care to meet commonhealth maintenance needs of adults and to promote the health of adultswith more complex health problems with an emphasis on the frail adult.The student will gain increased expertise in communication skills, healthassessment skills, interpreting findings, epidemiological concepts anddeveloping and implementing plans of care. The emphasis will be placedupon managing an aging population with complex, chronic healthcareneeds and promoting healthy behaviors across the lifespan.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisites: NURS 646, 647Corequisite: NURS 649Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 649 Primary Care Clinical Practicum: Complex Diagnosis andManagement of Adults across the LifespanThe focus of this course is the application of concepts presented in theComplex Diagnosis and Management of Adults Across the Lifespan(NURS 648) including initial workups of new patients, and the evaluationand management of patients with self-limiting acute problems, orstable chronic illnesses. Students will gain increased clinical expertisein a variety of community-based clinical settings including but notlimited to health maintenance organizations, community clinics, longterm care, assisted living, continuing care retirement communities,occupational health settings, and private practice. The student will gainincreased expertise in communication skills, health assessment skills,interpreting findings, applying epidemiological concepts and developingand implementing plans of care for adults across the lifespan with healthmaintenance needs, and/or common acute and chronic health problems.Taught by: Cotter; TaylorCourse usually offered in spring termPrerequisites: NURS 646, 647Corequisite: NURS 648Activity: Clinic1.0 Course Unit


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NURS 650 Systems Thinking in Patient SafetyThis blended online/in-classroom graduate level course integratesprinciples of systems thinking with foundational concepts in patientsafety. Utilizing complexity theories, students assess healthcarepractices and identify factors that contribute to medical errors andimpact patient safety. Using a clinical microsystem framework, learnersassess a potential patient safety issue and create preventive systems.Lessons learned from the science of safety are utilized in developingstrategies to enhance safe system redesign. Core competencies for allhealthcare professionals are emphasized, content is applicable for allhealthcare providers including, but not limited to, nurses, pharmacists,physicians, social workers and healthcare administrators, and may betaken as an elective by non-majors.Course usually offered in spring termAlso Offered As: HPR 650Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 651 Healthcare InformaticsHealthcare systems and consumers today are becoming increasinglyreliant on information technology. The objective of this course is toprovide a foundation for knowledge about health information technologyand to expose students, clinicians, and administrators to the breadth oftools and systems currently used in practice. We will explore topics suchas mobile health applications/telehealth and their implications for clinicalpractice and impact on patient outcomes; electronic health records, dataanalytics, and visualization tools and how these can effectively be usedto support decision making and patient care.Course usually offered summer term onlyPrerequisite: Basic Computer SkillsActivity: Online Course1.0 Course Unit

NURS 652 Applied Healthcare Accounting and Business PlanningThis course focuses on the management of financial resources inthe healthcare industry particularly in inpatient and ambulatory caresettings. Specific emphasis is on applied accounting, budgeting, capitalplanning, nursing staffing/scheduling and variance analysis. Additionally,students will apply concepts in developing a business/program planincluding completion of an environmental scan, cost-benefit analysis andmarketing plan. Students will engage in strategic planning, stakeholderanalysis and benchmarking efforts.Course usually offered in spring termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 655 Nursing Administration PracticumThis administrative practicum will be individually tailored to meet eachstudent's career goals. Students will be placed with an expert role modelwho in most instances will be a practicing nurse executive. The settingmay vary according to the student's interests and objectives. Examplesinclude acute care, home care, long term care, occupational health,community based clinics, consulting groups and political/legislativeexperiences.One-term course offered either termPrerequisite: NURS 699Activity: Clinic1.0 Course Unit

NURS 656 Professional Role Issues for Nurse PractitionersThis course is intended for students planning a career that involvesprimary health care delivery. It includes lectures, discussions, readings,and projects focused on health, social, economic and professional factorsinfluencing health care delivery in the community.Course usually offered in fall termCorequisite: NURS 657Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 657 Advanced Physical Assessment and Clinical Decision MakingThis is a laboratory/clinical course designed to help prospective nursepractitioners develop advanced clinical assessment skills. Provider-patient interaction, data collection, and hypothesis formulation areemphasized. All participants engage in actual practice with fellowstudents, and/or models, and consenting patients.Taught by: Reger; SherryCourse usually offered in fall termCorequisite: NURS 656Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 658 Clinical Management of Primary Care with Young FamiliesAssessment and treatment of the young child in ambulatory care settingsis the focus of this developmentally organized course. This courseprovides the nurse practitioner student with the necessary knowledgeand experience to assist individuals with the most common healthproblems, including acute episodic illness as well as stable chronicdisease. The concepts of health promotion and health maintenance areintegrated throughout the curriculum. Using a developmental framework,the maturational tasks and problems of children and their families inrelation to illness and health are explored.One-term course offered either termPrerequisites: NURS 656, 657Corequisite: NURS 659Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 659 Clinical Practicum: Primary Care with Young FamiliesManagement and evaluation of primary care problems of children in avariety of ambulatory settings. Opportunity to implement the role of nursepractitioner with children and their families in the community occursunder the guidance of faculty and experienced preceptors. The initiationof health promotion and health maintenance activities with individualsand groups is stressed. Collaborative, interdisciplinary practice isemphasized as students assess and manage common problems inconsultation with an appropriate provider of care. 20 hours a week ofclinical experience with a preceptor is arranged.One-term course offered either termPrerequisites: NURS 656, 657Corequisite: NURS 658Activity: Clinic1.0 Course Unit


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NURS 660 Clinical Practice with Select Populations: AdolescentsFocus on assessment and treatment of adolescents in a variety ofsettings. Didactic emphasis is on the special needs encountered amongadolescents. This course adds to the student's previous knowledge andskill in the delivery of primary care. Working with this specific populationthe student gains necessary knowledge and experience in assistingindividuals with most common health problems, including acute episodicillness and stable chronic disease, as well as health promotion needs.Course usually offered summer term onlyPrerequisites: NURS 656, 657, 658, 659Activity: Clinic1.0 Course UnitNotes: Summer Session I

NURS 661 Clinical Management of Primary Care with AdultsAssessment and treatment of younger adults in ambulatory caresettings is the focus of this clinical course.The course provides thenurse practitioner student with the necessary knowledge and experienceto assist individuals with most common health problems, includingacute episodic illness. The concepts of health promotion and healthmaintenance are integrated throughout the curriculum. Using adevelopmental framework, maturational tasks and problems of the adultand family in relation to illness and health are explored.Course usually offered summer term onlyPrerequisites: NURS 646, 647 or NURS 658, 659Activity: Clinic1.0 Course UnitNotes: Summer Session I

NURS 663 Advanced Concepts in Primary CareIn conjunction with the development of advanced clinical skills, studentsfocus on advanced practice role development and the study of issuesin health service delivery related to the practice of primary health care.Economics, case management and cultural/ethical aspects of care arediscussed.Course usually offered summer term onlyPrerequisite: NURS 660 or NURS 661Activity: Clinic1.0 Course UnitNotes: Summer Session II

NURS 664 Advanced Practice Nursing for Oncology CareStudents are introduced to cancer epidemiology and pathophysiology,cancer genetics, prevention, risk assessment and reduction for specificcancers, screening techniques, diagnostic procedures and criteria,and local and systemic therapies used to treat cancer. The influenceof individual characteristics on health promotion, health behaviors,population cancer risk, and cancer detection are explored in the contextof biological, psychological, socioeconomic and sociocultural factorsacross age groups from adolescents to older adults. Evidence-basedpractice guidelines and research are applied to promote healthy lifestyles,monitor cancer risk, address psychosocial issues, facilitate accessto care, and reduce health care disparities for populations at risk anddiagnosed with cancer, and cancer survivors.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisite: NURS 607; NURS 637Activity: Online Course1.0 Course UnitNotes: Permission to take this course as an elective must be approved bythe course faculty.

NURS 666 Effects of Cancer and Cancer TherapyPrinciples of cancer treatment, associated responses and symptommanagement are presented. Emphasis is on the development ofadvanced clinical decision making skills in identifying multiple alterationsresulting from cancer and cancer therapy.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisites: NURS 646, 664Corequisite: NURS 667Activity: Online Course1.0 Course Unit

NURS 667 Oncology Nursing: Assessment, Diagnosis, & CancerManagementEmphasis is on the application of critical thinking and diagnosticreasoning skills in advanced clinical decision making. Students access,diagnose, and manage the care of oncology patients with a variety ofcancers. The delivery of care and evaluation of role effectiveness withinthe health care system are examined.Course usually offered summer term onlyPrerequisites: NURS 664, NURS 666Corequisite: NURS 666Activity: Online Course1.0 Course Unit

NURS 670 Principles of Adult Gerontology Acute Care IThis didactic course examines the epidemiologic, assessment,diagnostic, management and evaluation of acutely or critically illadults across the adult-older adult age spectrum. Students explore thedynamic interplay between the pathophysiologic basis of disease andthe psychosocial and socio-cultural responses to acute and criticalillness and injury as they develop clinical decision-making skills. Anevidence-based approach to nursing and medical management includingpharmacologic and non-pharmacologic modalities is emphasized.Cardiovascular and pulmonary systems, infectious and prevention issuescommonly encountered by adults are covered. Particular focus is placedon specific issues related to the older adult such as frailty, dehydration,loss of functional mobility, falls, and other geriatric syndromes.Course usually offered in fall termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 671 Principles of Adult Gerontology Acute Care IIIn this didactic course, students learn to integrate their advancedpharmacology and pathophysiology background with their understandingof acute illness and injury. The focus is on the evidence-basedmanagement of patients with neurologic, gastrointestinal, renal,oncologic, and metabolic health problems. Students develop skills tocreate a differential diagnosis when an adult/older-adult presents witha constellation of symptoms. Common and atypical presentationsof illness and disease are explored. Focus is placed on holistic careincluding the psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual aspects of patients'response to their illness or injury. Epidemiology, assessment, diagnosis,management, and advanced clinical decision making based on currentclinical research are emphasized.Course usually offered in spring termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit


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NURS 672 Principles of Adult Gerontology Acute Care IIIThis didactic course examines issues related to the epidemiology,assessment, diagnosis, management and evaluation of acute, critical andcomplex chronically ill adults across the adult-older adult age continuum.Students explore the dynamic interplay between the pathophysiologicbasis of disease and the psychosocial and socio-cultural responses toillness and injury across the adult age continuum as they develop clinicaldecision-making skills. An evidence-based approach to nursing andmedical management including pharmacologic and non-pharmacologicmodalities is emphasized. Content focuses on special adult and olderadult patient populations with commonly encountered health problems.Course usually offered summer term onlyActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 673 Advanced Clinical Decisions in Adult Gerontology Acute CareThis didactic and fieldwork course focuses on development of asystematic approach to advanced physical assessment, the use andinterpretation of diagnostic technologies and development of diagnosticreasoning as it applies to patient management of the adult-older adultacutely ill or injured patient. Emphasis is placed on developmentof competence to perform a comprehensive history and physicalexamination, incorporating the analysis of biotechnological data trends.Building fundamental skills in developing differential diagnoses andclinical decision making for acutely ill patients across the adult agecontinuum is a focus of this course.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisites: NURS 607, 657Corequisite: NURS 670Activity: Seminar1.0 Course Unit

NURS 674 Adult Gerontology Acute Care NP: Professional Role andClinical Practicum IThis didactic and clinical fieldwork course explores issues relevant tothe role of the Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner withinthe complex U.S. health care system. Role development, reimbursementissues, provision of quality and ethical care and evidence-basednursing and medical interventions are introduced and discussed inthe classroom. Clinical fieldwork focuses on assessment of complexacute, critical and chronically-ill patients for urgent and emergentconditions, using both physiologically and technologically derived data,to evaluate for physiologic instability and potential life-threateningconditions, development of differential diagnoses, application ofdiagnostic reasoning and formulation, implementation, evaluation andmodification of individualized plans of care including pharmacologicaland non-pharmacological modalities. Development of advanced clinicalcompetencies and clinical decision making abilities about adults acrossthe age continuum is emphasized. .Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisite: NURS 673Activity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: Clinical field component requires two 10-hour clinical days, to bescheduled with the student's individual preceptor.

NURS 675 Adult Gerontology Acute Care NP: Professional Role andClinical Practicum IIThis didactic and fieldwork course focuses on the role of the AdultGerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and the expansion ofadvanced clinical competencies and clinical decision making abilities.Clinical experiences in acute care settings provide the student withopportunities to refine history and physical examination techniques,diagnostic reasoning, formulation, implementation, evaluation andmodification of individualized management plans. Specific attentionis given to the unique presentation of syndromes and constellationof symptoms that may be typical or atypical presentation of complexacute, critical and chronic illness in adults and older adults. Facilitatingtransition of patients at varying life stages through the complex healthcare system is encouraged exploring the multiple governmental,social and personal resources available to acutely ill adults acrossthe age continuum. The application of advanced nursing, medical andbiopsychosocial knowledge in the management of patients and thecollaboration between the nurse practitioner and the patient, family andinterprofessional healthcare team are emphasized.Course usually offered summer term onlyPrerequisites: NURS 670, 671, 672, 673, 674Activity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: Summer - 12 Week Course

NURS 677 Environmental Toxicology: Risk Assessment and HealthEffectsThis course presents general principals of toxicology and the dispositionof toxins in the body. Case studies of the effects of environmental andoccupational toxins on individuals will be analyzed. This course isdesigned for students who desire a strong foundation in toxicologicalconcepts and principals and provides an overview of major toxins in ourenvironment and their association with human health.Taught by: LiuCourse not offered every yearAlso Offered As: PUBH 530Activity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: Undergraduates Need Permission

NURS 681 Applied Physiology for Nurse Anesthesia IThis course provides an in-depth analysis of the anatomy, physiologyand patho-physiology of the respiratory and cardiovascular systemsand related anesthesia implications. The concepts of ventilationand perfusion as they relate to oxygen and anesthetic delivery andmetabolism are examined. The effects of compromised cardiac andpulmonary function and their implications for the patient and anesthesiaplan are reviewed. The impact of anesthesia on the structure andfunction of the heart as a pump as well as the characteristics of systemiccirculation will be explored. The effect of surgery and anesthesia on therespiratory and cardiovascular systems will be emphasized.Course usually offered summer term onlyActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit


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NURS 682 Applied Physiology for Nurse Anesthesia IIThis course provides an in-depth analysis of the anatomy, physiology andpathophysiology of the hepatic, renal, nervous, hormonal, immunologicand hematological systems and related anesthesia implications.The focus of discussion will be on the special considerations whendelivering anesthetic agents to patients. Emphasis will be placed on theassessment of the patient with common disorders of these systems.Nurse anesthesia care related to patients undergoing surgeries involvingeach system will be discussed.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisite: NURS 681Corequisite: NURS 607Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 683 Applied Physiology for Nurse Anesthesia IIIThis course is an in-depth analysis of the chemical and physicalprinciples as they apply to nurse anesthesia practice. Aspects of organicand biochemistry including the chemical structures of compounds and itssignificance in pharmacology will be explored. Applications of the laws ofphysics as they pertain to nurse anesthesia practice will be reviewed withspecific examples. Emphasis on the dynamics of the anesthesia deliverysystem and related equipment will be presented.Taught by: Magro; Lynn; ScangaCourse usually offered in spring termPrerequisites: NURS 607, 681, 682Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 685 Advanced Developmental Physiology and PathophysiologyThis course will address advanced human embryology, physiologyand pathophysiology. Biochemical genetics and the genetic basis ofdisease will be discussed. Normal fetal development and physiologyof organ systems will be used as the foundation for understanding thepathophysiology of disease across the lifespan.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisite: Undergraduate course in Anatomy & PhysiologyActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 686 Well Woman Health CareThis course focuses on the management and evaluation of physical,emotional, socio-cultural and educational needs of gynecologic primaryhealth care of women from adolescence through post-menopausal years.The content is directed at expanding the expertise of the student in inmeeting the primary women's health care needs in contemporary society.Social influences that have an impact on women's lives are also explored.Course usually offered in fall termAlso Offered As: NURS 781Prerequisite: NURS 657Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 688 Complementary/Alternative Therapies in Women's HealthThe dramatic rise in the use of complementary and alternative medicine(CAM) by the American public requires that the contemporary healthcare practitioner have an awareness of CAM therapies and modalitiescurrently available. The end result of this is course will not be proficiencyin the practice of any of these modalities in particular, but rather abasic understanding of each approach to common conditions and theirpotential contribution to health and well-being. The focus of the CAMmodalities discussed in this course will center on their use in women'shealth care provision.Course usually offered in fall termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 690 Family Focused Primary Care of the Middle-Aged and OlderAdultThis course focuses on primary care problems encountered by middle-aged and older adults and their families. Students have the opportunity tobuild on previously acquired skills and to apply concepts of primary careto manage the complex health problems of middle-aged and older adults.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisites: NURS 656, 657Corequisite: NURS 691Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 691 Clinical Practicum: Family Focused Primary Care of the MiddleAged and Older AdultThe focus of this course is the evaluation and management of primarycare problems in middle-aged and older adults. Students will have anopportunity to implement the role of the nurse practitioner in the clinicalsetting. Interdisciplinary collaborative experiences will be essential tothe clinical practicum. The initiation of health promotion and healthmaintenance activities with individuals, groups and families is stressed.Students are expected to assess and manage common chronic healthproblems in the clinical setting.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisites: NURS 656, 657Corequisite: NURS 690Activity: Clinic1.0 Course Unit

NURS 693 Professional Issues in MidwiferyIn-depth discussion of current issues facing the profession of nurse-midwifery which impact on professional education, certification, andpractice. Includes ethical, legal, and political aspects of nurse-midwiferypractice.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisites: NURS 787, 788Corequisite: NURS 786Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit


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NURS 697 Leadership in Advanced Oncology Nursing PracticeStudents explore the diagnosis and treatment of common cancersin a multidisciplinary approach. The broad array of bio-medical andpsychosocial issues that result from the disease itself across the illnesscontinuum are studied. Quality of life, rehabilitation and palliative careissues related to cancer care are addressed. Additionally, studentscomplete an administrative practicum with a nursing leader in anoncology specialty area within a healthcare organization.Course usually offered summer term onlyPrerequisites: NURS 666 and all requisite nursing courses in the Nursing& Healthcare Administration (NADM) program. May be taken concurrentlywith NURS 699 or at the discretion of the NADM Program Director.Activity: Field Work1.0 Course Unit

NURS 698 Practicum: Quality Improvement in HealthcareBuilding on coursework that provided a broad overview of the principlesand tools of quality improvement and patient safety in healthcare,students will apply this knowledge through completion of a mentoredquality improvement project in a healthcare organization. In collaborationwith faculty and health organization preceptors, students will identifya quality improvement opportunity and develop specific projectobjectives including, but not limited to, the use of appropriate tools,identification of measureable aims and evaluation methods, sustainablerecommendations for process improvement and a comprehensive reportof findings and recommendations. This course is part of the QualityImprovement and Safety Processes in Healthcare Minor and should becompleted by the student as the capstone course in that minor; studentsengage in 192 hours of on-site project work.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisites: NURS 650, NURS 537, NURS 612Activity: Field Work1.0 Course UnitNotes: Summer and Fall Placement

NURS 699 Advanced Roles in Administrative Nursing PracticeOffered at the end of the Nursing and Health Care Administration orHealth Care Leadership programs, this course prepares the graduate forentry into a myriad of administrative or leadership roles. Students willexplore role responsibilities for various levels of management positions;health care consultants; health policy advocates; global health leaders;staff development directors; and administrators in non-traditionalsettings i.e., journal editors, professional associations etc.Course usually offered summer term onlyPrerequisites: For Students of the Nursing Administration and HealthcareLeadership OnlyActivity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: For Students of the Nursing Administration and HealthcareLeadership Only; see department for class dates

NURS 705 Advanced Practice Nursing Practice: Psychiatric MentalHealth NP ISupervised advanced psychiatric mental health nursing practice withchildren, adolescents and their families, or adults and/or older adultsand their families in a variety of settings, depending on the subspecialtyoption selected. Focus is on clinical assessment/diagnosis and decision-making. A minimum of 16 hours of practice and 3 hours of small groupsupervision is required.Course usually offered in fall termActivity: Clinic1.0 Course Unit

NURS 706 Advanced Practice Nursing Practice: Psychiatric MentalHealth NP IISupervised advanced psychiatric mental health nursing practice withchildren, adolescents and their families, or adults and/or older adultsand their families in a variety of settings, depending on the subspecialityoption selected. Refinement and development of clinical intervention withan increasingly diverse caseload. A minimum of 16 hours of practice and3 hours of small group supervision is required.Course usually offered in spring termActivity: Clinic1.0 Course Unit

NURS 707 Advanced Practice Nursing Practice: Psychiatric MentalHealth NP IIISupervised advanced psychiatric mental health nursing practice withchildren, adolescents and their families, or adults and/or older adultsand their families in a variety of settings, depending on the subspecialtyoption selected. Outcome evaluation, termination and professional roledevelopment. A minimum of 16 hours of practice and 3 hours of smallgroup supervision is required.Course usually offered summer term onlyActivity: Clinic1.0 Course UnitNotes: Summer Session I

NURS 708 Public Policy Leadership in the American Public/PrivateSystem of Health CareThis course will explore the philosophy and growth of public policy thathas directed the American Health Care System in its ever expandingmovement toward universal health care for all citizens. Analysis ofhealth policy and systems content will assist the students to identify theknowledge and skills needed for the health or human service provider toassume leadership roles in the formulation of public policy for change;this includes system restructuring, service delivery and funding of healthcare. Emphasis will be on the effect of policy on the individual/family userof health care services rather than the effect on professional health careproviders or health care delivery systems. Special attention will be givento the effect of policy on populations, both urban and rural, living near andbelow the poverty level.Course usually offered in spring termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 714 Management of Critically Ill Children with Acute and ChronicConditions: Advanced Nursing ClinicalThis clinical course is designed with emphasis on continued developmentof advanced clinical decision-making skills in the care of critically illchildren. Emphasis is placed on knowledge and skills that allow theadvanced practitioner to efficiently and effectively manage children whoare dependent upon or assisted by technological devices to carry out lifeprocesses.Course usually offered summer term onlyPrerequisites: NURS 712, 713Activity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: Summer Session II


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NURS 715 Common Management Issues of Children with Acute andChronic Conditions: Pediatric OncologyThis course examines the unique contribution made by nurses withadvanced clinical skills inthe care of children with oncologic andhematologic disorders, and their families, from the time of diagnosisthroughout the treatment period and beyond. The course provides thestudent with the most recent advances in knowledge about cancer inchildhood. While the focus is on oncology, hematologic disorders as wellas AIDS will be discussed. Recent methods of treatment and the nursingmanagement of children and their families will be addressed.Course usually offered in fall termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 720 Nursing of Children Theory I: Child and Family DevelopmentThis course focuses on developmental theories and concepts that formthe basis for nursing assessment and intervention with children andfamilies. Emphasis is given to current research and issues in child andfamily development and functioning.Course usually offered in fall termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 721 Advanced Physical Assessment and Clinical Decision Making:Nursing of Children Clinical IThis clinical course is designed to help prospective advanced practicenurses develop advanced skills in physical and developmentalassessment of children in a variety of well-child, clinic and hospitalsettings. Data collection, data interpretation, and hypothesis formulationsare emphasized for the purpose of clinical decision making. The roleof the advanced practice nurse in assessment of primary health careissues and health promotion is incorporated throughout the course.Collaboration as an integral part of assessment will be an ongoing focus.Course usually offered in fall termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 731 High-Risk Neonate, TheoryThis course focuses on the care of high-risk neonates within the contextof the family unit. The biological and psychosocial aspects are studiedas a basis for nursing practice. Emphasis is placed on the role of theAdvanced Practice nurse in improving services to high-risk neonates withthe purpose of decreasing mortality and morbidity rates and improvingthe quality of life of high-risk newborns and infants.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisites: NURS 720, 721Corequisite: NURS 733Activity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: Summer Session I

NURS 733 Clinical Practicum for the High Risk NeonateThis clinical course focuses on the care of the high risk infant within thecontext of the family unit. Clinical experiences provide students withopportunities to expand their skills in managing the care of infants, bothacutely ill and growing neonates. Students continue their experienceswith neonatal nurse practitioners to examine role issues of theseindividuals.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisites: NURS 720, 721Corequisite: NURS 731Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 734 Intermediate Principles of Pediatric Acute CareThis course focuses on evidenced based care for infants, children, andadolescents with complex acute and chronic health conditions. Emphasisis placed on developing a framework for practice based on a synthesisof knowledge from biological, behavioral, and nursing sciences throughthe process of advanced clinical decision making. The student gainsthe necessary clinical management skills to provide specialized patientcentered care across the entire pediatric age spectrum from complexchronic illness to physiologic deterioration and life threatening instabilitywith emphasis on the patient and family as a full partner in decisionmaking.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisite: NURS 720; NURS 721; NURS 685 or NURS 607Corequisite: NURS 735Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 735 Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: Professional Role andIntermediate Clinical PracticeThis course focuses on the implementation of the professional role of thePediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (PNP-AC). Particular emphasisis placed on the role components of the nurse practitioner in pediatricacute care. Applications of nursing, biological and behavioral scienceare emphasized in the advanced clinical assessment, clinical decisionmaking and management skills needed to care for complex, unstableacutely and chronically ill children and their families. The role of theadvanced practice nurse in promoting optimal child/family outcomes isemphasized.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisite: NURS 720; NURS 721; NURS 685 or NURS 607Corequisite: NURS 734Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 736 Advanced Principles of Pediatric Acute CareThis course expands the student's understanding evidenced based carefor infants, children, and adolescents with complex acute and chronichealth conditions. Emphasis is placed on advancing a framework forpractice based on a synthesis of knowledge from biological, behavioral,and nursing sciences through clinical decision making. The studentcontinues to gain the necessary clinical management skills to providespecialized patient centered care across the entire pediatric agespectrum from complex chronic illness to physiologic deterioration andlife threatening instability with emphasis on the patient and family as afull partner in decision making.Course usually offered summer term onlyPrerequisite: NURS 734; NURS 735Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit


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NURS 737 Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner: Professional Role andAdvanced Clinical PracticeThis course focuses on the implementation of the professional role ofthe Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (PNP-AC). This course addsto the students' previous knowledge and skills and prepares them todeliver care to children of any age who require frequent monitoring andintervention. Applications of nursing, biological and behavioral scienceare emphasized in the advanced clinical assessment, clinical decisionmaking and management skills needed to care for complex, unstableacutely and chronically ill children and their families.Course usually offered summer term onlyPrerequisite: NURS 734; NURS 735Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 740 Advanced Practice Concepts for the Childbearing FamilyThe seminar will provide students with the skills necessary to provideprimary health care to high risk infants in ambulatory settings. Coursematerial will include detailed physical assessment skills of the infantthrough the first year of life. The clinical component will include homevisits and experience in the ambulatory and long term care settings.Course usually offered in fall termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 741 Mgmnt of Chldrn with Acute and Chronic Conditions: Nursingof Children in the Community Adv ClinicalThis clinical course focuses on the implementation of the role of theadvanced practice nurse with particular emphasis on providing continuityof care for children with specialized health needs across their transitionsin sites of care delivery and throughout phases in the cycle of theirillnesses. Application of nursing, biological and behavioral scienceis emphasized in the community aspects of clinical assessment andmanagement of children with health care needs and their families.Course usually offered summer term onlyPrerequisites: NURS 685, 720, 721, 734, 735Activity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: Summer Session II

NURS 743 Fetal EvaluationThis course focuses on identifying at risk and high risk maternal fetaldyads, developing knowledge relating to assessment of fetal well being,and understanding the implications of obstetric, non obstertric, andfetal complications on the management of the high risk pregnancy.Additionally the course provides an understanding of the scientific basisfor new technologies used to evaluate at risk and high risk populations.Information about the physics of ultrasound, pulse echo imaging, anddoppler techniques will be provided. Students must be able to practiceultrasound skills while in this course.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisite: NURS 607Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 745 Data AnalyticsThis course approaches statistics from both applied and theoreticalperspectives in order to develop an understanding of the ways that dataare analyzed and reported. Focus is given to learning the appropriateapplication and interpretation of statistical analyses. The courseaddresses data transformation, effect size and power analysis fordetermining sample sizes, confidence intervals, and parametric and non-parametric statistical tests including t-tests, analysis of variance, chisquare, correlation, multiple and logistic regression and other methodsof analyses for continuous and categorical data. Emphasis is placed onunderstanding why statistical methods are chosen and review statisticalanalyses using existing software programs.Course usually offered in spring termActivity: Online Course1.0 Course UnitNotes: Doctor of Nursing Practice students only; synchornous andasynchronous sessions.

NURS 748 Leadership Development in HealthcareThis course will provide the conceptual and theoretical frameworkfor examining the concept of leadership within the contexts of healthsystems, health professionals and health policy. It will focus oncharacteristics of personal and professional leadership, changetheory, and the application of critical thinking to the analysis of workenvironments, systems and the politics of health.Course usually offered in fall termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 749 History, Health and Social PolicyThis course explores the impact of historical ideas, events, and actors oncurrent issues in health and illness care. Topics include the movementfrom hospitals to health care systems; the changing definitions ofprofessionalism and professional practice patterns; and the wayshistorical context shapes definitions of leadership roles and theoreticalknowledge.Course usually offered in spring termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 750 Inquiry and NursingThis course introduces students to the process of intellectual inquiry.It explores the intellectual foundations of scholarly disciplines ingeneral and the discipline of nursing in particular. Emphasis is placedon the process of knowledge development, with particular emphasis onhistorical, philosophical, positivist, and gendered and phenomenologicalways of knowing. Emphasis is also placed on having students developtheir particular intellectual approach to disciplinary inquiry and onformulating ideas for publications and presentations.Course usually offered in fall termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: For doctoral students in Nursing


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NURS 751 Clinical Fieldwork for Nurse Anesthesia Practice IThis course provides students the opportunity to integrate theory intopractice within the clinical setting. The focus is on the developmentof diagnostic, therapeutic, ethical, and cultural judments with theperioperative patient. Students' progress from the care of healthypatients undergoing minimally invasive surgical procedures to the morecomplex patient with multiple health issues. Clinical preceptors areexperienced CRNAs or anesthesiologists who act as mentors to facilitatethe learning process. Students' progress along the learning coninuum asthey integrate theory into practice and assume the role of the advancedpractice nurse. The student begins to develop an advanced practicenursing role that integrates role theory, nursing theory, and researchknowledge through clinical practice.Course usually offered in fall termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 752 Clinical Fieldwork for Nurse Anesthesia Practice IIThis course provides the opportunity for students to integrate theoreticalknowledge and research findings into practice within the clinical setting.The clinical progression allows students to provide anesthesia care topatient with complex, multisystem problems. Selected surgical specialtyrotations begin, introducing the student to the particular requirementsfor these special situations. Techniques for managing the acute painof clients are also emphasized. The student grows in the ability toindividualize a plan of care specific to the patients' needs and surgicalrequirements. The student also now possesses the ability to combinetheories and skills in selected clinical situations. The guidance of CRNAfaculty preceptors contributes to the development of the students criticalthinking.Course usually offered in spring termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 753 Evolving Nursing ScienceA consideration of contemporary nursing research as it pertains to thecurrent state of the art and directions for future study. Advanced analysisof methodology, assumptions, and theoretical structures that underpinthe work.Taught by: Sommers; RiegelCourse usually offered in spring termPrerequisite: NURS 750Activity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: For Nursing Doctoral students

NURS 754 Quantitative Research Design and MethodsThis one semester survey course provides an overview of quantitativeclinical research design and methods. Ethical and legal considerationsin human subjects research, access to patient populations, samplingdesigns and power analysis, experimental and non-experimentaldesigns, measurement of variables, data collection techniques, and datamanagement are included. This course is intended for doctoral studentsin the health sciences.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisites: Students must have completed at least one doctoral-level statistics course. The current doctoral recommendations include:SOCI 535; SOCI 536; STAT 500; STAT 501; PUBH 501. Please contactcourse faculty for permission for courses taken outside of the aboverecommendationsActivity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: For doctoral students in Nursing

NURS 755 Clinical Fieldwork for Nurse Anesthesia Practice IIIIntegration of non-experimental quantitative research designs andmethodologies, including common statistical techniques for analyzingresulting data. Statistical techniques examined include: factor analysis,multiple regression, canonical correlation, causal modeling, and logisticregression. Power analysis of statistical tests to estimate sample sizediscussed. Data analysis practice using computer software integratedthroughout course.Course usually offered summer term onlyActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 756 Nurse Anesthesia Residency IThis course is the first and second of four residencies that provide thenurse anesthetist student the opportunity to attain competencies withinthe Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesia (CRNA) scope of practice.Throughout the residency, the nurse anesthesia resident will utilizeappropriate clinical judgment to manage the complex medical, physicaland psychosocial needs of clients in the perioperative phases. Furtherrefinement of the patient assessment, anesthesia administration, andcritical thinking skills will be emphasized. Students' progress by providinganesthesia care for patients throughout the continuum of health careservices. The guidance of CRNA facultypreceptors contributes to thedevelopment of the independence of the CRNA student. Collaborativepractice within a care team model is emphasized and the studentassumes more overall responsibility for the quality of care for thepatients throughout the perioperative experience, with clinical support asrequired.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisites: enrollment in NANS program, year 2Corequisites: NURS 609, 636, 789, 745Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 757 Nurse Anesthesia Residence IIThis course is the second of four residencies that provide the nurseanesthetist student the opportunity to attain competencies withinthe Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesia (CRNA) scope of practice.Throughout the residency, the nurse anesthesia resident will utilizeappropriate clinical judgment to manage the complex medical, physicaland psychosocial needs of clients in the perioperative phases. Furtherrefinement of the patient assessment, anesthesia administration, andcritical thinking skills is emphasized. Students progress by providinganesthesia care for patients throughout the continuum of health careservices. The guidance of CRNA faculty preceptors contributes to thedevelopment of the independence of the CRNA student. Collaborativepractice within a care team model is emphasized and the studentassumes more overall responsibility for the quality of care for thepatients throughout the perioperative experience, with clinical support asrequired.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisites: enrollment in NANS program, year 2Corequisites: NURS 540, 609, 757, 748Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit


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NURS 758 Nurse Anesthesia Residency IIIThis course is the third of four residencies that provide the nurseanesthetist student the opportunity to attain competencies withinthe Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesia (CRNA) scope of practice.Throughout the residency, the nurse anesthesia resident will utilizeappropriate clinical judgment to manage the complex medical, physicaland psychosocial needs of clients in the perioperative phases. Furtherrefinement of the patient assessment, anesthesia administration, andcritical thinking skills will be emphasized. Students' progress by providinganesthesia care for patients throughout the continuum of health careservices. The guidance of CRNA faculty preceptors contributes to thedevelopment of the independence of the CRNA student. Collaborativepractice within a care team model is emphasized and the studentassumes more overall responsibility for the quality of care for thepatients throughout the perioperative experience, with clinical support asrequired.Course usually offered summer term onlyPrerequisite: NURS 757Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 759 Nurse Anesthesia Residency IVThis course is the fourth of four residencies that provide the nurseanesthetist student the opportunity to attain competencies withinthe Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesia (CRNA) scope of practice.Throughout the residency, the nurse anesthesia resident will utilizeappropriate clinical judgment to manage the complex medical, physicaland psychosocial needs of clients in the perioperative phases. Furtherrefinement of the patient assessment, anesthesia administration, andcritical thinking skills is emphasized. Students progress by providinganesthesia care for patients throughout the continuum of health careservices. The guidance of CRNA faculty preceptors contributes to thedevelopment of the independence of the CRNA student. Collaborativepractice within a care team model is emphasized and the studentassumes more overall responsibility for the quality of care for thepatients throughout the perioperative experience, with clinical support asrequired.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisites: enrollment in NANS program, year 3Corequisites: NURS 611, NURS 790, NURS 854Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 760 Nurse Anesthesia Residency VThis course is the fourth and final residency that will provide the nurseanesthetist student the opportunity to attain competencies withinthe Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesia (CRNA) scope of practice.Throughout the residency, the nurse anesthesia resident will utilizeappropriate clinical judgment to manage the complex medical, physicaland psychosocial needs of clients in the perioperative phases. Furtherrefinement of the patient assessment, anesthesia administration, andcritical thinking skills is emphasized. Students' progress by providinganesthesia care for patients throughout the coninuum of health careservices. The guidance of CRNA faculty preceptors contributes to thedevelopment of the independence of the CRNA student. Collaborativepractice within a care team model is emphasized and the studentassumes more overall responsibility for the quality of care for thepatients throughout the perioperative experience, with clinical support asrequired.Activity: Lecture2.0 Course Units

NURS 764 Advanced Technologies & Clinical Decisions in Acute CareThis fieldwork course focuses on development of a systematic approachto advanced physical assessment, the use of diagnostic technologiesand the development of a diagnostic reasoning as it applies to patientmanagement of the acutely ill and injured. Emphasis is placed ondevelopment of competence to perform a comprehensive history anddecision making for the management of acutely ill patients.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisites: NURS 607, 657Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 768 Role of the Clinical Nurse SpecialistThis clinical course provides students the opportunity to apply CNStheory to practice and enables students to develop strategies toovercome barriers to safe, quality healthcare delivery. Students acquireknowledge and skills characteristic of CNS practice particularly as itrelates to clinical judgment, facilitation of learning, advocacy and moralagency, caring practice and response to diversity.Course usually offered in fall termActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 769 Clinical Nurse Specialist Clinical IThis clinical course provides students the opportunity to apply CNStheory to practice and enables students to develop strategies toovercome barriers to safe, quality healthcare delivery. Students acquireknowledge and skills characteristic of CNS practice particularly as itrelates to clinical judgment, facilitation of learning, advocacy and moralagency, caring practice and response to diversity.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisite: NURS 657Corequisite: NURS 768Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 770 Clinical Nurse Specialist Clinical IIThis clinical course focuses on the application of CNS theory to practice.Students focus on furthering the development of the knowledge andskills related to the core competencies of the CNS. Strategies to improveprovider and system issues related to the provision of care to thepopulation of interest are developed, implemented and evaluated.Developing leadership in the development of system-wide or healthcarepolicy is promoted. Advocating for the individual, family, caregiver andpopulation of interest needs within the context of clinical practice andpolicy making is encouraged.Taught by: Becker; Dubendorf; MullerCourse usually offered summer term onlyPrerequisites: NURS 657, NURS 768, NURS 769Activity: Lecture1.0 Course UnitNotes: Offered in Summer 12 Week Session


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NURS 776 High Risk Neonate Theory IIThis course examines specific pathophysiological mechanisms whichmay result in body system failure. Strategies for clinical managementare examined based on a synthesis of biological, behavioral, medical,pharmacological, and nursing knowledge. Theoretical analysis ofthe roles of the advanced practitioner with critically ill patients isemphasized.Course usually offered summer term onlyPrerequisites: NURS 731, 733Corequisite: NURS 777Activity: Hybrid Course1.0 Course Unit

NURS 777 High Risk Neonatal Clinical IIThis clinical course is designed with emphasis on continued developmentof advanced clinical skills in the care of critically ill children. Emphasisis placed on integration of the roles of the advanced practitioner. Thiscourse adds to the student's previous knowledge and skills in advancedpractice and prepares them to manage care of critically ill children.Course usually offered summer term onlyPrerequisites: NURS 731, 733Corequisite: NURS 776Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 778 High Risk Neonatal Clinical IIIThis clinical course is designed with emphasis on continued developmentof advanced clinical decision-making skills in the care of critically illchildren. Emphasis is placed on knowledge and skills that allow theadvanced practitioner to efficiently and effectively manage children whoare dependent upon or assisted by technological devices to carry out lifeprocesses.Course usually offered summer term onlyPrerequisites: NURS 776, 777Activity: Hybrid Course1.0 Course Unit

NURS 780 Health Care of Women and Primary CareThe focus of this course is a clinical approach to primary care problemscommonly encountered by women in an ambulatory setting. This courseprovides the women's health care nurse practitioner and midwiferystudent student with the knowledge and problem solving approach toassist individuals with the most common health problems, includingacute episodic illness as well as stable chronic disease. The concepts ofhealth promotion and health maintenance are integrated throughout thecurriculum.Course usually offered summer term onlyCorequisite: NURS 657Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 781 Well Women Health Care, TheoryThis course focuses on the management and evaluation of physical,emotional, socio-cultural and educational needs of gynecologic primaryhealth care of women from adolescence through post-menopausal years.The content is directed at expanding the expertise of the student in inmeeting the primary women's health care needs in contemporary society.Social influences that have an impact on women's lives are also explored.Course usually offered in fall termAlso Offered As: NURS 686Prerequisites: NURS 607, 657, 780Corequisite: NURS 782Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 782 Well Women Health Care, ClinicalThis clinical course further prepares students in understanding anddeveloping the Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioner and Nurse-Midwifery roles. This clinical course focuses on the management andevaluation of physical, emotional, socio-cultural and educational needsof gynecologic primary health care needs of women from adolescencethrough post-menopausal years. Emphasis is placed on promotingand maintaining wellness, clinical decision making, systematic healthinterview, physical assessment, interpretation of laboratory findings, anddiagnosis and treatment of gynecological problems.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisites: NURS 607, 657, 780Corequisite: NURS 781Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 783 Health Care of Childbearing Women, TheoryThe antepartum course builds upon the well-woman health care course.The focus is management of prenatal care for the childbearing family.Conceptual threads of public policy and ethics are integrated within thecontent to help students to identify broader implications for prenatalcare. Content includes theory and practice related to nurse-midwifery/nurse practitioner management of the normal pregnant woman, andnurse-midwifery/ nurse practitioner management and strategies toreduce selected obstetric complications.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisites: NURS 781, 782Corequisite: NURS 784Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 784 Health Care of Childbearing Women, ClinicalThis course focuses on the management and evaluation of thechildbearing women and their families in primary care settings. Thecourse presents the opportunity to implement the role of the NursePractitioner with the childbearing woman and her family. The focus is oncomprehensive physical, psychosocial and educational management ofwomen and their families during pregnancy and postpartum.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisites: NURS 781, 782Corequisite: NURS 783Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 785 Integration IIntensive integration of theory and clinical practice in women's healthcare with emphasis on ambulatory care. Clinical practice in all areas ofambulatory women's health care, teaching rounds, case presentations,and seminars with professional colleagues.Course usually offered summer term onlyPrerequisites: NURS 783, NURS 784Activity: Clinic1.0 Course Unit

NURS 786 Integration II: Midwifery IntegrationIntensive integration of theory and clinical practice in women's healthcare with emphasis on intrapartum, postpartum, and newborn care.Clinical practice during the intrapartum and postpartum, teaching rounds,case presentations, and seminars with professional colleagues.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisites: NURS 783, 784Corequisite: NURS 693Activity: Clinic1.0 Course Unit


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NURS 787 Intrapartum / Postpartum / Newborn Care, TheoryAnatomy and physiology relevant to the care of the women and theirfamilies during the intrapartum, postpartum and newborn periods.Includes management of selected obstetrical emergencies and medicalcomplications.Course usually offered summer term onlyPrerequisites: NURS 783, 784Corequisite: NURS 788Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 788 Intrapartum / Postpartum / Newborn Care, ClinicalClinical care and management of women, newborns and their familiesduring the intrapartum, postpartum and newborn periods. Includesmanagement of selected obstetrical emergencies and medicalcomplications. Clinical assignments related to module objectives.Course usually offered summer term onlyActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 789 Principles of Patient Safety & Quality Improvement inHealthcareThe course integrates the principles and methodologies of both qualityand patient safety, which transforms and sustains high reliabilityorganizations. Knowledge of the elements to complete a framework forsafe and reliable healthcare will be described, as well as used by thestudents to apply the framework to a patient safety clinical situation. Inaddition, critical components of the current status of health care qualitywill be discussed, with emphasis on the role of patients, leadership,microsystems, and policy leaders. Organizational excellence will beexamined in case reviews and discussions on strategies to developand sustain quality and safety in the delivery of safe, effective, patientcentered, timely, efficient, and equitable care.Course usually offered in fall termActivity: Online Course1.0 Course UnitNotes: Asynchronous, online course

NURS 790 Health Care Economics and Business PlanningThis course integrates principles of health care economics andbusiness planning. The course will be designed to facilitate the studentknowledge and application of financial principles. Content to include:overview of health care landscape, health insurers, introduction tostatistical modeling, ratios and forecasting, prediction models, earningsmanagement, financial planning cycle, business case development andmanagement of Big Data.Course usually offered in fall termActivity: Online Course1.0 Course UnitNotes: Asynchronous, online course

NURS 795 Nurse Anesthesia Residency IIThis course is the second of two residencies that provide the nurseanesthetist student the opportunity to attain competencies withinthe Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesia (CRNA) scope of practice.Throughout the residency, the nurse anesthesia resident will utilizeappropriate clinical judgment to manage the complex medical, physicaland psychosocial needs of clients in the perioperative phases. Furtherrefinement of the patient assessment, anesthesia administration, andcritical thinking skills is emphasized. Students progress by providinganesthesia care for patients throughout the continuum of health careservices. The guidance of CRNA faculty preceptors contributes to thedevelopment of the independence of the CRNA student. Collaborativepractice within a care team model is emphasized and the studentassumes more overall responsibility for the quality of care for thepatients throughout the perioperative experience, with clinical support asrequired.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisite: NURS 794Activity: Seminar2.0 Course Units

NURS 796 Diagnosis and Management of Adult Gerontology Acute CarePatients IThis on-line, didactic course is designed for the practicing nursepractitioner or clinical nurse specialist who seeks to gain additionalknowledge and skills related to the care of adult gerontology acutelyill patients with a specific focus on cardiovascular and pulmonarysystems, thoracic issues, infectious processes, wound healing anddiabetes. Particular focus is placed on specific issues related to theolder adult such as frailty, dehydration, loss of functional mobility,falls, and other geriatric syndromes.The basics of ECG, CXR and PFTinterpretation, ABG analysis and ventilator modes are highlighted.This course examines the epidemiologic, assessment, diagnostic,management and evaluation of acutely or critically ill adults acrossthe adult-older adult age spectrum. An evidence-based approach tonursing and medical management including pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic modalities is emphasized.Course offered summer, fall and spring termsActivity: Online Course1.0 Course UnitNotes: For Streamlined Adult Gero Program Students Only

NURS 797 Diagnosis and Management of Adult Gerontology Acute CarePatients IIThis online didactic course, designed for the practicing nursepractitioners or clinical nurse specialists seeking to gain knowledgeand skills relative to care of adult gerontology acute care patients,focuses on the medical and surgical issues of the neurological, renal,gastrointestinal, hematological, oncologic and orthopedic systems. Thiscourse examines the epidemiology, assessment, diagnosis, managementand evaluation of acutely or critically ill adults across the adult-olderadult age spectrum. An evidence-based, interprofessional team approachto the nursing and medical management of patients is emphasized.Course offered summer, fall and spring termsActivity: Online Course1.0 Course UnitNotes: For Streamlined Adult Gero Program Students Only


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NURS 798 Adult Gero Acute Care NP: Prof Role & Clinical Practicum forPrimary Care Prepared ProvidersThis online didactic course and accompanying clinical fieldwork focuseson issues essential to the implementation of the role of the AdultGerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner. Clinical fieldwork focuseson the unique assessment, diagnosis, management and evaluation ofacutely, critically and complex chronically-ill adults, across the adultage continuum, experiencing acute, urgent and emergent conditions,using both physiologically and technologically derived data. Evaluatingfor physiologic instability and potential life-threatening conditions isemphasized. Attention is given to the typical and atypical presentation ofsyndromes and constellation of symptoms exhibited by adults and olderadults experiencing complex acute, critical and complex chronic illness.Issues related to the transition of patients through the health care systemare explored. Collaboration between the nurse practitioner, patient, familyand interprofessional healthcare team are encouraged.Course offered summer, fall and spring termsPrerequisite: NURS 796 completionActivity: Online Course1.0 Course UnitNotes: For Streamlined Adult Gero Program Students Only

NURS 799 MSN Clinical RemediationStudents whose clinical performance would benefit from additionalclinical exposure in order to demonstrate the expected competenciesare, with course faculty and faculty advisor approval, eligible to registerfor NURS 799. This experience will be allotted no more than one creditunit and must be completed in a time frame not to exceed one academicsemester. A course may be remediated only one time.Course not offered every yearActivity: Clinic1.0 Course Unit

NURS 800 Dissertation Seminar IAdvanced study and research in nursing leading to the completion of thedissertation proposal.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisites: NURS 750, 753, 754, 813, 2 semesters of Statistics, plus sixconcentration coursesActivity: Seminar1.0 Course UnitNotes: For doctoral students in Nursing

NURS 803 Clinical Scholars in the Discipline of NursingThis 2-semester course is designed to enhance the understanding ofthe practice of nursing as an intellectual discipline for doctoral studentswho have limited clinical practice experience prior to pursuing the PhD. Itconsists of individualized clinical experiences that are integrally relatedto the student's area of research interest and which are facilitated byclinician guides in a variety of settings. Students actively participate inseminars that focus on examining the health needs of individuals andvulnerable patients, the praxis of nursing and its place within the complexhealth care delivery system, health policy and society at large. Researchinforming practice and practice informing research are highlightedusing the clinical practice experiences as case exemplars. NURS 803is a course designed specifically for two groups of PhD students: theHillman Scholars in Nursing Innovation and post-baccalaureate studentscompleting an MS in passing who have limited clinical experience asa professional nurse. This course is designed to expose students tocarefully selected clinical experiences that provide opportunities tobuild a clinical appreciation of the practice of nursing as an intellectualdiscipline, to gain an enhanced understanding of the health care deliverysystem, and to examine the intersection of research, policy, and practiceat the frontlines of nursing practice. To this end, this course combinesthe clinical experiences with a weekly seminar facilitated to dissectcommon issues experienced by vulnerable patients and families acrosscare settings and specialties, to critically examine the contributions ofnursing science to that care, and to examine how the health care systemcontributes or detracts from optimal care.Taught by: Clinican Educators from the Standing FacultyTwo terms. student must enter first term.Prerequisite: Selection as a Hillman Scholar in Nursing Innovation or atthe recommendation of the student's PhD academic advisorActivity: Seminar2.0 Course UnitsNotes: First Fall-Spring post-BSN semesters in the PhD program forHillman Scholars

NURS 813 Qualitative Paradigm Empirical Nursing ResearchStudy of selected qualitative paradigm empirical research approaches,including design and methodology. Critique of selected qualitativeresearch reports from the literature of nursing and related disciplines.Fieldwork exercise and research proposal required.Taught by: Bradway, KaganCourse usually offered in fall termPrerequisite: NURS 750Activity: Seminar1.0 Course UnitNotes: For doctoral students in Nursing

NURS 814 Doctoral Seminar: Ethics and NursingA critical review of the theoretical and empirical literature dealing withbioethics, nursing ethics, moral development, women's ethics andspecific ethical concerns in health and illness care. Students will studytopics related to their own interests/needs, guided by the instructor inrelation to the discipline of ethics.Course offered spring; odd-numbered yearsActivity: Seminar1.0 Course UnitNotes: For doctoral students in Nursing


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NURS 818 Families and ResearchThis seminar will explore issues related to research of families. Includedin the ongoing discussion will be an analysis of nursing and othertheories in relationship to research of families. Methodological issuesrelated to research of families will be discussed, as will the analysis offamily data and measurement issues common to research of families.The seminar will conclude with an agenda for future directions toresearch of families.Course offered spring; even-numbered yearsActivity: Seminar1.0 Course UnitNotes: For doctoral students in nursing

NURS 819 Seminar on the Social History of NursingThis course will involve a guided review of the pertinent literature relatingto the history of technology in 20th century America. The focus willinclude a critical examination and review of the social origins andimplications of technological development and diffusion in healthcare.Various theoretical frameworks in the history of technology will be closelyexamined in attempt to assist the student in the development of theirown framework.Activity: Seminar1.0 Course UnitNotes: For doctoral students in Nursing

NURS 823 Designing Interventions to Promote Health and Reduce HealthDisparitiesAdvanced analysis, design and evaluation of interventions to promotehealth and reduce health disparities with a focus on underservedulnerable minority or ethnic populations, through culturally competentresearch, education and clinical practice. Areas to be evaluated include:-- Health disparities as it relates to health promotion and diseaseprevention behavioral intervention research in vulnerable communities-- Concepts of marginalization, race, ethnicity, class, gender and cultureas it relates to health disparities -- Social-psychological theoretical andresearch approaches related to developing culturally congruent healthpromotion interventions to reduce health disparities for vulnerablepopulations -- The use of elicitation, focus groups and ethnographictechniques to tailor health behavior theory to meet the needs of thepopulation -- Culturally competent research methodologies, involvingeducation and/or clinical practice, e.g. culturally competent measures,recruitment, retention, and informed consent in hard to reach populations-- Community participatory research as a strategy for working with thecommunity to build research partnership and build capacity for sustainedhealth promotion initiatives -- Health promotion intervention strategiesfor reducing health disparities in vulnerable communities -- Strategies toevaluate the effectiveness of interventions using randomized controlledtrials (RCTs) in community and clinical settings -- Strategies for tailoringsuccessful evidenced-based health promotion interventions to a varietyof different populations for use in clinical trials and community settings-- Examine approaches for the translating and disseminating evidenced-based intervention researchCourse offered spring; odd-numbered yearsAlso Offered As: PUBH 539Activity: Seminar1.0 Course UnitNotes: Doctoral Students Only

NURS 824 Health Equity: Conceptual, Linguistic, Methodological, andEthical IssuesThe course focuses on advanced analysis and evaluation of theories,concepts, and methods related to health equity. Topic areas includemodels and frameworks of health equity; linguistic choices related toequity, disparity, and vulnerability; role of economics, class, gender, sex,sexuality, race, and ethnicity; health equity in special populations; andissues in health policy, research ethics, and research methods. Emphasisis on advanced discourse and analysis of health equity theory andresearch.Course offered fall; odd-numbered yearsActivity: Seminar1.0 Course UnitNotes: For Doctoral Students Only

NURS 825 Seminar on Integrative Science in AgingThis fall semester interprofessional seminar will prepare students andfellows fellows to identify appropriate measurement tools for use in agingresearch. We will specifically focus on analysis of selected concepts,models and measures central to the integrative science in aging. Topicsinclude measurement of geriatric syndromes, models commonly used inintegrative scienceof aging, outcomes of evidence-based care in olderadults, regulatory and ethical issues specific to the conduct of researchwith older adults.Course usually offered in spring termActivity: Seminar1.0 Course UnitNotes: For Doctoral Students Only

NURS 826 Advanced Qualitative Research MethodsThe course extends beginning qualitative research methods skills to amore advanced level. Students planning a dissertation or career focus inqualitative or mixed methods may use the course to refine interest andskill. The focus of the course centers on interactionist perspectives andcollective analysis though methods tangential to these perspectives.Standpoint and participatory methods and analysis may be consideredgiven sufficient student interest. Students are actively involved inselection and critique of seminal and critical readings. Studentsmust have at their disposal a suitable dataset with commensuratepermissions or have plans to collect qualitative data amenable toanalysis during the course term. This data base can be from previousresearch proposals and fieldwork can be used as the building blocksfor the course assignment(s). The course will focus on data collection,analyses, interpretation, and presentation of results. Skill buildingwill center on collection and management of data; analytic techniqueincluding comparative, narrative, and text analysis; development andmanagement of coding schemas; abstraction and development ofsituation specific theory; and dissemination and diffusion of findings,theories, and relevance to similar phenomena and use in practice.Course usually offered in spring termActivity: Seminar1.0 Course UnitNotes: For Doctoral Students Only


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NURS 828 Response to Chronic Illness: Theory and ResearchMillions of people of all ages live with chronic illness(es). A diagnosisof a chronic illness is a life-changing event, causing disruption and asense of loss for many. Common early responses are stress, anxiety,depression, fear, and anger. Over time, with support and experience withthe illness, many adjust. But, others report persistent feelings of lossdue to physical, emotional, spiritual/existential, social, occupational,and/or financial influences of chronic illness. Those who adjust the besttypically find a way to return a sense of normalcy to their lives. Lovedones and caregivers are equally affected by chronic illness and muchhas been written in recent years about caregiver burden. However, someindividuals (caregivers and patients) report positive responses to illness,including a deepened purpose for living and a reordering of life priorities.The focus of this course is on individual responses to chronic illness-the person diagnosed and his/her loved ones. This course is intendedto complement N818, which focuses on families and dyads dealingwith chronic illness. In this course we will explore the major theoreticalperspectives that underlie this field. The literature describing commonresponses of both those diagnosed and their loved ones as well as thesocial and cultural context that helps explain the responses of individualsfacing chronic illness will be examined. Methods used to study chronicillness will be explored in depth.Course usually offered in fall termActivity: Seminar1.0 Course Unit

NURS 829 Measurement of Physiologic Variables Related to HealthOutcome DisparityThis graduate course is an advanced exploration of biometric methods(branch of science that includes the measurement of physiologicalvariables and parameters) and their use in quantitative research. Aparticular focus will be on biological measures that can be used asoutcome variables to evaluate interventions to promote health andhealth equity, and reduce health outcome disparities in vulnerableor marginalized populations. Areas to be evaluated include: *Measurement theory and instrument science as they relate to biologicalsignals; role of biometrics in health outcome disparities research *Ethical considerations and how they relate to biometrics; mitigatingperceived threats (profiling, stereotyping); the role of human subjectsconsiderations; the responsible conduct of research * Derivationand types of biologic signals; time-based characteristics * Accuracyand precision of biologic measures; random and non-random error;application and exemplars of strategies to determine accuracy andprecision * Role of biological rhythms in biometric measurement;analysis of multiple data points and repeated measures of biologicalvariables * Methods relative to vulnerable women, children, and families:genetics; environmental contaminants; digital image analysis; hormones,metabolites; drugs and alcoholCourse offered fall; even-numbered yearsActivity: Seminar1.0 Course UnitNotes: For Pre-Doctoral and Post-Doctoral students interested indescribing health disparities and developing and testing interventions invulnerable women, children, and families.

NURS 830 Conducting Research in Global Women's HealthAn introduction to theoretical and methodological issues as they relateto conducting research in global women's health. Advanced analysisof historical, social, cultural, economic, political, technological andgeographical contexts as they influence the health of girls and womenacross the lifespan and thier relation to health care systems as bothclients and providers. This includes contextual issues that constrain theprovisiond & receipt of adequate healthcare. A critical examination oftheoretical and methodological issues pertaining to research on womenand girls condcuted around the world across disciplines. A focused andintenstive exploration of place as it pertains to women and girls formaland informal structors of health care delivery as those needing and/or seeking health care, and as those providing health care to others.Students will examine the multiple dimensions and qualities of theseendeavors (e.g. activity, power, control, visibility, value, and remuneration)and the intersection of gender and health - locally, globally and acrossborders. Students will focus thier examination on the implicaitons ofseeking and providing health care for women's and girls' health andwell-being. By examining issues in local and global contexts and acrossgeographical boundaries, students will have the opportunity to challengegendered, class, political, and cultural assumptions related to women'shealth.Course usually offered in fall termAlso Offered As: GSWS 830Prerequisites: Completion of course in global health (this may includea reputable online course eg: Coursera), or equivalent background (eg.global health field experience). Permission of Instructor.Activity: Seminar1.0 Course UnitNotes: For graduate and professional students from any field with aninterest in global women's health; Masters students by permission ofinstructor.

NURS 833 Measurement of Health-Related Behavior and DeterminantsActivity: Seminar1.0 Course UnitNotes: This one semester seminar will provide a detailed overview ofmeasurement of health-related behaviors and determinants of behavior.The course will cover ccharacteristics of measures, data collection, andhow to apply the science of measurement to specific health researchquestions. The course will emphasize This one semester seminar willprovide a detailed overview of measurement of hethe intersection of self-report measures with biological and physical measures,and the use ofnewer technologies to collect data and improve data quality. Studentswill integrate concepts and topics covered in the course as they work ona measurement project in their specific area(s) of interest and engagein problem-solving with their peers. This course is intended for doctoralstudentand advanced masters-level students in the health sciences.


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NURS 837 Web-based Research MethodologyThis doctoral elective course will provide an introduction to Web-basedresearch methods in health-related disciplines. This course will examineresearch methods that have been adapted to the study of humansubjects through the Web. This course will have particular emphasison quantitative and qualitative empirical methods using the Web as adata collection medium. Another important feature of this course willbe intensive analysis of ethical and methodological issues conductingresearch through the Web. Areas to be analyzed include: types ofWeb-based research; advantages and disadvantages of Web-basedresearch; vehicles (e.g. funding, mentoring) that have supported Web-based research; human subject protection issues; issues/concerns inrecruitment and data collection in Web-based research; and professionalvehicles (e.g. scholarly publication, lay publications, speaking forums)that have helped disseminate the knowledge derived from Web-basedresearch.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisite: Enrollment in a Doctoral ProgramActivity: Seminar1.0 Course Unit

NURS 839 Mixed Methods ResearchThis course will focus on mixed methods research techniques includingmixed methods designs, developing mixed methods research questions,data collection, analyses focusing on data integration of qualitativeand quantitative data, interpretation, and presentation of results. Skillbuilding will center on sampling, collection, and management of data;data integration techniques; data visualization, methodological rigorand reporting data including dissemination of findings. Students willcomplete a mixed methods "mini" proposal.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisites: Qaulitative Research Methods; Availability of qualitative &quantitative data sets.Activity: Seminar1.0 Course Unit

NURS 849 Exploring Data Science Methods with Health Care DataThe growth and development of electronic health records, geneticinformation, sensor technologies and computing power propelledhealth care into the big data era. This course will emphasize datascience strategies and techniques for extracting knowledge fromstructured and unstructured data sources. The course will follow thedata science process from obtaining raw data, processing and cleaning,conducting exploratory data analysis, building models and algorithms,communication and visualization, to producing data products. Studentswill participate in hands-on exercises whenever possible using a clinicaldataset.Course usually offered in spring termPrerequisites: Students must have completed at least two, sequentialgraduate level statistics courses.Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 851 Translating Evidence into Practice (DNP Project #1)This course focuses on the translation of research into practice toachieve sustainable improvements in clinical, patient and systemsoutcomes. Course content builds on the foundational principles ofevidence-based practice and the critical scientific appraisal of evidenceto guide advanced evidence-based reasoning and decision-making fortranslation and application to practice.Prerequisite: Research Course: NURS 547 or NURS 637Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 852 DNP Project Planning II (DNP Project #2)This course provides an overview of the concepts, procedures,and fundamental processes of project management for Doctor ofNursing Practice students. Principles, tools and techniques of projectmanagement within an integrative framework are reviewed and appliedto the chosen project. Students develop a proposal for an evidence-based project that addresses a health promotion and community healthconcern, clinical problem, integration of technology/informatics in care ora policy-related issue. Students will finalize a project management plan.Students will continue to meet with key stakeholders and members withina healthcare agency and/or communities of interest where the project isbeing implemented.Prerequisite: NURS 851 (or co-requisite)Activity: Lecture0.5 Course UnitsNotes: .5 credit unit; fall 2019 schedule: Fridays 9/13, 10/4, 11/15 -9am-5pm

NURS 853 DNP Project Implementation (DNP Project #3)This course requires DNP students to implement their project anddetermine how the results can be used to improve processes andprocedures within the healthcare agency or community of interest.Students are expected to integrate evidence-based practice paradigmsand process principles into the development of a final report andpresent the findings to each other for peer critique. Barriers frompeople, places and policies will be addressed and strategies developedto negotiate solutions. Principles of sustainable evidence-basedpractice change across disciplines and within various healthcaresettings will be discussed. Students will assume the role of leader in theinterprofessional collaboration, consultation, and partnership with thehealthcare organization or communities of interest.Prerequisite: NURS 852Activity: Lecture0.5 Course UnitsNotes: .5 cu

NURS 854 DNP Project Evaluation and Dissemination (DNP Project #4)The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project is the terminal project forfulfillment of the DNP Degree requirements. The DNP Project preparesstudents to lead and conduct a scientific clinical inquiry project thatintegrates and applies learning from coursework and clinical practicums.The DNP project is a logical extension of the practice emersionexperience, and uses evidence and the literature-related information toguide improvements in either practice or patient outcomes. The DNPProject will culminate in the development of an evidence-based, practicemanuscript.Course usually offered in fall termPrerequisites: NURS 612, NURS 851, NURS 852, NURS 853Activity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit


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NURS 858 Professional Aspects & Leadership for Nurse AnesthesiaPracticeThis course will provide students with an opportunity to exploreprofessional issues which affect the practice of nurse anesthesia andthe healthcare delivery system. Discussion of professional issues whichimpact nurse anesthetist practice will include professionalism, scopeof practice, patient safety from a systems perspective, medical legalconcerns, ethical decision making, reimbursement and other financialissues which impact healthcare delivery. Students will be affordedthe opportunity to develop their own sense of professionalism as theyexplore these issues and develop a professional presentation.Course usually offered summer term onlyActivity: Lecture1.0 Course Unit

NURS 890 Nursing Doctoral Teaching ResidencyThe purpose of this required one semester teaching residency is toenhance the expertise of students in the role of educator. The residencywill be tailored to the student's individual learning needs. At the minimum,students with no or minimal prior teaching experience will gain abeginning level of expertise in course planning, course evaluation, dealingwith difficult student situations, test construction, paper assignmentconstruction and grading, content delivery methods, as well as otheraspects of the faculty teaching role. Students with more extensiveteaching experience will tailor their residences with their residencysupervisor to enhance their expertise in these various areas.Taught by: Designated Member of the School of Nursing Grad GroupCourse usually offered in fall termActivity: Independent Study1.0 Course UnitNotes: For Nursing Doctoral Students Only

NURS 897 Nursing Doctoral Research ResidencyThe purpose of this required one semester research residency is toenhance student research training early in the doctoral program byproviding a mentored research experience. The residency is designedto be a tailored hands-on experience to provide students with exposureand the opportunity to participate in one or more aspects of an on-going research project. Research residencies are experiential activitiesdesigned to meet the student's individual learning needs. At theminimum, students with no or minimal prior research experience will gaina beginning level of experience on a variety of components of an ongoingresearch project. Students with more extensive research experience willtailor their residences with their residency supervisor to enhance theirexpertise in these various areas.Taught by: Designated Member of the School of Nursing Grad GroupCourse usually offered in fall termActivity: Independent Study1.0 Course UnitNotes: For Nursing Doctoral Students Only

NURS 900 Directed StudyMust be arranged with the written permission of the sponsoring facultymember prior to registration.One-term course offered either termActivity: Independent Study1.0 Course Unit

NURS 995 DissertationDissertation General TuitionOne-term course offered either termActivity: Dissertation1.0 Course Unit


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