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NSG 502 - Psychopharmacology
This course provides knowledge of psychotropic medications for treating mental health clients, including children, adolescents, adults and older adults. Selection, monitoring, and assessment of psychotropic medications based on current research will be addressed. An additional focus will be to develop an understanding regarding neurobiological processes and the relationship to psychopathology and pharmacological intervention.
Prerequisites & Notes
NSG 516 , NSG 517 , NSG 518 , BIO 504 .
Credits: 1
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NSG 510 - Advanced Family Nursing Theory I
This course focuses on the health and health-related behaviors of adults and their families. The course provides theoretical and experiential learning relevant to the promotion and maintenance of health as well as the diagnosis and management of health problems common to adults in diverse healthcare settings. Nursing management of healthcare needs through diagnostic health teaching, risk factor modification, and the use of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions is emphasized. Students are led to an understanding of the nature of the family and the influence of culture and values on health through lecture, discussion, and case presentations.
Prerequisites & Notes
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Credits: 3
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NSG 511 - Family Nurse Practitioner Practicum I and Seminar
This course focuses on the application of theory and research findings to the health and health-related problems of adults and their families. The diagnostic process of comprehensive assessment, problem identification and critical thinking, the selection of appropriate therapeutics including pharmacologic intervention, and the evaluation of outcomes are emphasized through supervised practice in a primary care role. Common health problems of the adult client are encountered in a learning environment which fosters the development of sound clinical judgment. The practicum comprises 120 clinical hours for two credits. The seminar is a one credit course that meets for 28 hours class time.
Prerequisites & Notes
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Credits: 3
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NSG 512 - Advanced Family Nursing Theory II
This course builds on Advanced Family Nursing Theory I and focuses on healthcare of infants, children and the childbearing family in diverse settings. Students will continue to develop their role by assessment and management of client healthcare needs. The role and function of advanced practice nurses in applying theory and using clinical judgment is evaluated.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: and ; Co-requisite:
Credits: 3
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NSG 513 - Family Nurse Practitioner Practicum II and Seminar
This course focuses on the application of theory and research findings to the primary healthcare of childbearing families. The course provides opportunities for students to assess, diagnose, and manage common health problems of infants, children, adolescents, and childbearing women in supervised practice. Preventive healthcare is emphasized. Selection and interpretation of diagnostic examinations common to ambulatory care, and the utilization of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions are addressed. The practicum comprises 240 clinical hours for four credits. The seminar is a one credit course that meets for 28 hours class time.
Prerequisites & Notes
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Credits: 5
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NSG 515 - Family Nurse Practitioner Practicum III and Seminar
This course focuses on the application of theory and research findings to the primary care of families within the context of communities and the larger society which forms the social environment for healthcare. The course provides opportunities for students to assess the health of a client population, as well as individual and family health in a community-based setting. Students are expected to demonstrate progress toward autonomous practice in clinical decision making, selection of diagnostic and therapeutic strategies, and evaluation of outcomes. Transition to the role of the Family Nurse Practitioner is fostered under the guidance of preceptors in the practice setting. The practicum comprises 240 clinical hours for four credits. The seminar is a one credit course that meets for 28 hours class time.
Prerequisites & Notes
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Credits: 5
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NSG 516 - Advanced Health Assessment
This course focuses on the development of advanced nursing practice skills through comprehensive health history interviewing, physical assessment, and the identification and interpretation of selected diagnostic tests. The comprehensive client database is gathered and interpreted through application and synthesis of knowledge of the biological and social sciences. Theoretical content related to primary care, health behavior, and the role of the nurse in advanced practice settings is presented. This course should be taken immediately prior to the student’s first practicum semester.
Prerequisites & Notes
Assessment instruments are required for this course.
Credits: 3
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NSG 517 - Advanced Role of the Nurse
Theoretical content related to primary care, health behavior, and the role of the nurse in advanced practice settings is presented. This course material will help to describe an integrated understanding of Advanced Practice Nursing which will provide clarity and structure for students regarding the Advanced Practice Role of the Nurse Practitioner. This course defines and strengthens the understanding of advanced practice nursing, its definitions, competencies, roles, and the issues facing advanced practice nursing. It will also address the potential opportunities and strategies to assist advanced practice nurses to take advantage of the uncertainty and complexity of the health care environment and to set the stage for the exploration of new roles for advanced practice nursing.
Credits: 1
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NSG 518 - Advanced Pharmacology
This course focuses on developing the tools (knowledge, skills, attitudes, and competencies) needed by the advanced practice nurse to ensure that management of pharmacologic agents is based on sound therapeutic judgments and decision-making processes founded by knowledge of pharmacology. This course will cover pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of drugs in persons both well and ill, as well as the relationship between the pathophysiology of disease particularly as it relates to pharmacotherapeutics.
Credits: 3
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NSG 520 - Advanced Psychiatric Nursing Theory I
This course is designed to provide an introduction to advanced mental-health psychiatric nursing of patient populations across the life span through the synthesis of theories and clinical research from nursing, psychiatry, psychology and sociology. Major theoretical perspectives of personality development and psychotherapy will be presented and discussed with the integration of relevant nursing interventions, DSM IV TR diagnostic codes, and relevant nursing diagnoses. Major psychiatric diagnoses will be reviewed with the aim of: 1) understanding their origin, 2) understanding their presentation and impact upon personal and interpersonal functioning, 3) identifying appropriate models of clinical intervention, 4) identifying appropriate psychopharmacological agents and their safe and efficacious utilization, and 5) identifying the educational needs of patients, their families, and healthcare professionals with regard to mental health issues. The role of the nurse as a psychotherapist and psychopharmacologist will be examined with an emphasis on the integration of the art and the science of “caring”.
Prerequisites & Notes
BIO 504 , NSG 502 , NSG 516 , NSG 517 , NSG 518 ; Co-requisite: NSG 521 .
Credits: 3
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NSG 522 - Advanced Psychiatric Nursing Theory II
This course will provide students with cognitive and experiential learning for patient populations across the life span in the areas of group dynamics, group psychotherapy, family systems theory and family therapy. General Systems theory will be presented for understanding the forces which operate within groups and families, with special application to therapeutic groups and family therapy. Group dynamics in educational settings will also be discussed with emphasis upon facilitating optimal learning experiences. Significant tasks and responsibilities of the group and family therapist will be identified. Major models of group and family therapy will be introduced with emphasis on the use of interactional brief approaches appropriate to a variety of nursing settings. Ethical issues confronting group members and therapists will be discussed.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: and ; Co-requisites: .
Credits: 3
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NSG 523 - Advanced Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Practicum/Seminar II
This course includes a practicum combined with a seminar and is designed to help the student integrate advanced clinical and theoretical material for patient populations across the life span related to: 1) developing psychotherapeutic relationships and skills in the modalities of milieu, group, family and couple’s therapy; 2) assessing, diagnosing, treatment planning, and evaluation of outcomes with emphasis on individuals referred to milieu, group, family and/or couple’s therapy; and 3) application of knowledge of psychopharmacology to patients across the life span.
Prerequisites & Notes
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Credits: 4
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NSG 525 - Advanced Psychiatric Nurse Practicum/Seminar III
This course includes a practicum combined with a seminar and is designed to help the student integrate advanced clinical and theoretical material for patients across the life span related to various types of complex issues in assessment and therapies in the advanced psychiatric nursing practice role. The practicum and seminar content will be determined by the faculty and student in relation to the course objectives combined with the student’s experience, achievements and career goals. Using experience from the students and faculty, the seminar will focus on case material interwoven with theory with a major focus on complex assessment, diagnostic and treatment issues to include medication. The combined clinical experience and seminar will cover issues essential in preparation for the advanced practice role.
Prerequisites & Notes
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Credits: 5
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NSG 550 - Curriculum Development in Nursing
This course will focus on the seven essential components of a nursing program: structure and governance, material resources, students, faculty, curriculum, and evaluation. Using nursing case studies, lecture, and discussion methodologies, students will be guided through a process of faculty role development, as they investigate concepts, discover relationships, plan educational units, and evaluate outcomes.
Prerequisites & Notes
NSG 616 .
Credits: 3
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NSG 552 - Technology in Nursing Education
This course, appropriate for nurse educators and nurse leaders, examines the role of technology in the curriculum and its impact on nursing education. Student will apply the modern technologies and principles of curriculum development in producing programs of instruction. This course focuses on how to integrate technologies into teaching and to use them to facilitate student learning. This course is organized around best practices such as promoting active learning, respecting students’ diverse ways of learning, fostering collaboration among the students, and providing rich and rapid feedback. Nurse educators will find resources for attaining curriculum goals of integrating health information technology, informatics, and information literacy into the curriculum; harmonizing generational differences among students with varying abilities to use technology; developing self-directed learners, and assuring that all students learn how to acquire and use information necessary for clinical practice. Of particular interest is the emphasis on the use of health information technologies for enhancing patient care, clinical decision making, and promoting patient safety.
Prerequisites & Notes
NSG 550 .
Credits: 3
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NSG 553 - Introductory Nursing Education Practicum/Seminar
This course provides the opportunity for students to apply theories of caring, teaching-learning, and nursing as they are socialized to the role of the nurse educator. With the supervision of a preceptor in selected agencies, students acquire beginning skills in developing teaching plans, identifying appropriate teaching strategies, and communicating information in formal teaching-learning situations. Students are placed in agencies that offer the opportunity for teaching adult learners in academic nursing programs, continuing education, and clinical teaching with practicing nurses in various educational settings. Using academic resources, the student composes bibliographic support for instructional topics, and uses contemporary classroom technologies as instructional materials. A two-hour seminar provides opportunities for students to share their practicum experiences, improve communication skills in presentations and discuss theoretical and practical issues relevant to nursing education. The practicum comprises 240 clinical hours for four credits. The seminar is a one credit course that meets 28 hours class time.
Prerequisites & Notes
NSG 552 .
Credits: 3
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NSG 555 - Advanced Nursing Education Practicum/Seminar
This course prepares the student for practice as a nurse educator through planning, implementing and evaluating instructional units in selected settings with the guidance of a nurse educator preceptor. The course focuses on real-world teaching experiences which provide opportunities for students to refine skills in designing learning experiences for learners with a variety of learning needs and abilities. With supervision by preceptor and faculty, students develop evaluative criteria useful in assessing educational effectiveness, perform as instructors in didactic and laboratory settings and participate in self and peer evaluation. Feedback from learners, preceptor, peers and faculty is used to adapt and improve teaching strategies. The practicum comprises 240 clinical hours for four credits. The seminar is a one credit course that meets 28 hours class time.
Prerequisites & Notes
Credits: 4
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NSG 561 - Advanced Nursing Leadership I
The focus of this course is the analysis of leadership and management within complex health care systems. Principles and application of management processes will be explored, including planning, organizing, leadership and decision-making. Emphasis is placed on the evaluation and integration of research findings from business and nursing service perspectives. Importance is placed on systematic investigation of nursing situations to discriminate between clinical problems, leadership and management issues. Students focus on complexity science, refinement of the functional roles, planning ethical and legal issues, problem analysis and program development.
Prerequisites & Notes
Co-requisite:
Credits: 3
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NSG 562 - Advanced Nursing Leadership I Practicum
The focus of this course is on promoting the coordination and integration of organizational components through the development of organizational assessment and judgment skills, the analysis of management problems and the use of management plans in a variety of health systems. The application of advanced knowledge, theory and relevant research is emphasized. The Scope and Standards for Nurse Administrators provides a conceptual framework for educating and developing nurses in the professional practice of administrative nursing and health care.
Prerequisites & Notes
Co-requisite:
Credits: 2
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NSG 563 - Advanced Nursing Leadership II
This course focuses on promoting adaptation of optimal delivery of nursing services through human systems interactions. Theories of decision-making, change, conflict management, risk management, and relevant research findings provide the framework for exploring the process of change. Budget, quality assurance, performance appraisal, strategic planning, staffing and scheduling, managing a culturally diverse workforce, and ethical/legal issues are also addressed. The application of nursing and health care informatics is emphasized.
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisites: and ; Co-requisite: .
Credits: 3
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NSG 564 - Advanced Nursing Leadership II Practicum
Students will experience the role of the leader in a health care setting where nursing leadership and management are practiced in health systems. Student placements are based on individual interest, goals and learning needs. The development and application of conceptual models in the practice setting is explored as advanced knowledge is synthesized.
Prerequisites & Notes
Co-requisite:
Credits: 2
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NSG 601 - Quality Healthcare Improvement
This course focuses on the knowledge and skills required to assure high quality, safe, and efficient family health care outcomes in a variety of practice settings. The PDCA (plan, do, check, and act) cycle for identifying need and planning change will be integral to course work. Current health policy including the impact of the PPACA as they relate to safe, high quality, effective, equitable, patient‐centered and efficient care will be addressed. Interdisciplinary team work, collaboration, and positive practice environments will be studied and assessed. Strategies for assuring accountability and reliability in care processes will also be studied, as well as considering healthcare access and cost. The work of key national and international regulatory, discipline‐specific and quality/safety oriented professional associations will be reviewed.
Credits: 3
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NSG 602 - Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing & Healthcare
This course will focus on the comprehensive framework of criteria for the evaluation of reports of nursing research. The framework will incorporate the components of conceptual, theoretical and empirical structures for nursing research. The course focus will be on evaluation and synthesis of research rather than the conduct of original research.
Credits: 3
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NSG 606 - Research Capstone Advisement
This course provides the opportunity for graduate nursing students to develop a project with faculty guidance. The completion of a project is a requirement of the graduate nursing program for all students who do not select the thesis option. Projects may include such activities as completion of a scholarly paper, i.e., integrative review of the literature; a proposal for an innovative program of health service delivery; a pilot study for an original research proposal; or other scholarly projects which demonstrate the student’s critical thinking, creativity, and scholarship. Projects are developed with direction from faculty, and are completed by students working independently.
Prerequisites & Notes
NSG 602 .
Credits: 2
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NSG 610 - Advanced Health Policy
This course is designed to empower the advanced nursing student with the tools to influence health policy as a nurse leader and patient advocate. The course will analyze the legal, ethical, cultural and social issues inherent in policy development. Students will consider the many dimensions of the present health care crisis, such as cost, access, equity, quality, globalization and provision of care to diverse populations across the lifespan and select a health policy issue of interest. The student will complete an immersion experience to further their understanding of the issue and will analyze the policy in written, graphic and oral forms.
Credits: 3
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NSG 615 - Advanced Health Assessment for Nurse Educators
This course focuses on the advanced health assessment skills of the master’s prepared nurse. Emphasis is on comprehensive data collection, health risk appraisal, developmental and family/systems assessments, and advanced physical assessment relative to the Nurse Educator or Nurse Leader roles. Course topics include acute and chronic illness, genetics, cultural and spiritual needs, documentation standards, health literacy, and principles of teaching and learning. Additional focus on the decision-making process related to normal and abnormal health stauts of individuals and diverse populations is included.
Prerequisites & Notes
Assessment instruments are required for this course.
Credits: 3
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NSG 616 - Assessment and Evaluation in Nursing Education
This course helps future educators measure and evaluate the level of learning their students have achieved and presents fundamental concepts of what constitutes reliable tools and rubrics for measuring students’ classroom and clinical performance. It explains how to develop a test blueprint, assemble, administer, write and score all types of tests and test questions, and analyze tests and test performance for both classroom and clinical evaluation. Concerns such as academic honesty, cheating and maintaining test security throughout the testing process are discussed as well as guidelines for deterring cheating on both paper and pencil and online exams are included. This course offers strategies for evaluating higher cognitive levels of learning (Blooms Taxonomy) and for evaluating written assignments with scoring rubrics. In addition, it explores important social, ethical and legal issues associated with testing and evaluation. Evaluation strategies used by nurse educators are discussed as well as how they balance the aspects of admission, progression, and retention to ensure good program outcomes.
Credits: 3
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NSG 620 - Biostatistics for the Health Sciences
This graduate level course will provide students with a broad overview of biostatistical methods and concepts used in the health sciences. The emphasis is on interpretation and concepts rather than calculations or mathematical details. Statistical formulas will be kept to a minimum. An objective is to provide students with an ability to read the scientific literature in order to critically evaluate study designs and methods of data analysis. Basic concepts of statistical inference including hypothesis testing will be reviewed. Specific topics will include levels of measurement, frequency distributions, power analysis, reliability and validity and correlations. Additional topics will include linear regressions, t-tests, ANOVA, and Chi-Squared analysis. Examples of the use and abuse of statistical methods will be drawn from the current biomedical literature.
Credits: 3
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NSG 700 - Directed Study
The Directed Study in Nursing provides students with the opportunity to explore a unique project not otherwise available in the curriculum.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of Graduate Nursing Education Program Director required.
Credits: (variable)
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NSG 800 - Scientific Foundations for Practice
This course will take a practical approach to the application of nursing theories and discuss the philosophy of science, foundations of knowledge and development, and how to integrate and disseminate knowledge in advanced practice nursing. Interdisciplinary theories will also be discussed, with an emphasis on the advance practice nurse’s role on interdisciplinary patient care team.
Credits: 3
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NSG 802 - Interpretation of Quantitative Research for Healthcare
The foundational concepts of this course are designed to assist the advanced practice nurse become proficient in the reading and interpretation of quantitative health sciences research. Statistical concepts related to the health sciences will be included, to promote synthesis of the data and direct application to improved patient outcomes or practice change. Students are expected to demonstrate understanding of quantitative concepts by interpreting both individual and group quantitative research studies. Students learn to identify the particular analysis required and how to interpret the results of an array of commonly used quantitative methods. A graduate course in fundamentals of research, methods and design, or statistics within the last three years is recommended prior to this course.
Credits: 3
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NSG 805 - Health Research Methods
This course builds on student’s understanding of scholarly inquiry, knowledge generation, research design methods and research utilization as best practices in health care. Specifically the course objective will focus on critically evaluating a research study design, the data collection process, the analysis and the presented interpretation of the results as it related to the potential improvement of patient outcomes.
Credits: 3
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NSG 810 - Epidemiology in Advanced Practice Nursing
This course introduces students to the study of diseases and ill health through patterns of occurrence in human populations. The approaches of epidemiology in estimating the burden of disease, and in evaluating primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention strategies are analyzed. Statistical concepts related to epidemiological research is explored.
Credits: 3
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NSG 815 - Evidence Based Leadership Practices
This course will focus on translating research evidence into quality practices that improve patient outcomes. A unique integrative, collaborative approach will be used to apply critical appraisal of the research process. Three sections of scholarship are included: critical appraisal of research to support scholarship, scholarship of administrative practice, and scholarship of clinical practice.
Credits: 3
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NSG 850 - Doctoral Practicum/Seminar I
This is the first in a series of four seminar and practicum courses required for completion of the Doctorate in Nursing (DNP). Students should identify a faculty guide to help provide guidance during the development of their scholarly project. Under the guidance of the faculty member, the student will identify an external committee member that may serve as an expert to the student during the development of their scholarly project. This mentor should be approved by the faculty chairperson prior to progressing on the students scholarly project work. Students will present their scholarly project to the DNP Scholarly Committee at a predetermined date and time, so committee feedback may help guide the scholarly project. A total of 125 practicum hours will be completed during this semester. Students must maintain continuous enrollment in this course until they have met the course learning objectives, progressing towards their scholarly project.
Credits: 1-3
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NSG 860 - Doctoral Practicum/Seminar II
This is the second in a series of four seminar and practicum courses required for completion of the Doctorate in Nursing (DNP). Students should work under the guidance of their assigned chairperson to implement their approved scholarly project, or seek IRB approval as needed. A total of 125 practicum hours will be completed during this semester. Students must maintain continuous enrollment in this course until they have met the course learning objectives, progressing towards their scholarly project.
Credits: 1-3
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NSG 870 - Doctoral Practicum/Seminar III
This is the third in a series of four seminar and practicum courses required for completion of the Doctorate in Nursing (DNP). Students should work under the guidance of their assigned chairperson to continue progress and near completion of their approved scholarly project. A total of 125 practicum hours will be completed during this semester. Students must maintain continuous enrollment in this course until they have met the course learning objectives, progressing towards their scholarly project.
Credits: 1-3
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NSG 880 - Doctoral Practicum/Seminar IV
This is the last in a series of four seminar and practicum courses required for completion of the Doctorate in Nursing (DNP). Students should work under the guidance of their assigned chairperson to finalize their scholarly project. Plans for dissemination and sharing of this information will be discussed. Students will present their scholarly project to the DNP Scholarly Committee at a predetermined date and time. A total of 125 practicum hours will be completed during this semester. Students must maintain continuous enrollment in this course until they have successfully completed their scholarly project.
Credits: 1-3
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NSG 900 - APRN Re-Entry Clinical Practicum
This course focuses on the application of theory and research findings to the primary care of families within the context of communities and the larger society, which forms the social environment for health care. The course provides opportunities for students to assess the health of a client population, as well as individual and family health in a community-based setting. Students are expected to demonstrate progress toward autonomous practice in clinical decision-making, selection of diagnostic and therapeutic strategies, and evaluation of outcomes. Re-introduction to the role of the Family Nurse Practitioner is fostered under the guidance of preceptors in the practice setting.
Prerequisites & Notes
Permission of Graduate Nursing Education Program Director required.
Credits: (variable)
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PH 501 - Public Health: a Population-based Approach
This course explores the paradigm shift of traditional public health practice approaches to the incorporation of a population-based framework. Students will explore the concept of the social determinants of health, principles of health equity and the importance of using an equity framework in program design. Students will have the opportunity to have a hands on approach through various immersion experiences in designated community-based agencies. 2.5 theory credits and .5 immersion credits (30 hours).
Credits: 3
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PH 504 - Communicable & Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology
This course provides students with a global perspective of the epidemiology of communicable diseases, covering methods of infectious disease epidemiology and the “new” public health environment of chronic diseases. Students will apply epidemiologic principles to examine the molecular mechanisms for disease pathogenesis and relevant epidemiologic issues of prevention and control of communicable and non-communicable diseases. Students will have the opportunity to have a hands on approach through various immersion experiences in designated public health agencies. 2.5 theory credits and .5 immersion credits (30 hours).
Credits: 3
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PH 510 - Behavioral Health & Health Promotion
This course examines how theory informs health promotion and public health practice, and health behaviors in the context of 21st century public health. Students will gain a theoretical and conceptual perspective of the public health research and practice that informs models of health promotion. Using an applied learning approach, students will evaluate theory-based public health programs and link principles to practice. Students will have the opportunity to have a hands on approach through various immersion experiences in designated agencies. 2.5 theory credits and .5 immersion credit (30 hours).
Credits: 3
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PH 520 - Public Health Genomics & Informatics
This course focuses on the emerging field of public health genomics and the role genomics plays in trending the leading causes of death in the United States. Students will investigate the interaction of diseases, the environment, and behavioral risk factors in relation to public health genomics as a means of improving public health outcomes. Students will also explore the dynamics of integrating informatics data.
Credits: 3
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PH 530 - Environmental Health
This course frames the impact of environmental influences on health and well-being. Addressing public health aspects of environmental issues, students will be exposed to the fundamental science and methods of environmental health; regulatory domains of environmental health law; environmental hazards, such as toxins, chemicals and natural biohazards; occupational health; and the hazards of living in the natural world. Students will have the opportunity to have a hands on approach through various immersion experiences in designated communities. 2.5 theory credits and .5 immersion credits (30 hours).
Credits: 3
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PH 550 - Global Health
This course will allow students to apply principles of population-based public health approaches to understand and develop sustainable solutions to complex global health challenges. Using case-based and problem-based learning approaches students will apply system-level thinking, critical thinking and problem-solving skills during interactive lectures that utilize multimedia resources.
Credits: 3
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PH 575 - Practicum & Seminar
Practicum experiences expose students to the complexity of population-based public health practice in the “real world”. Students will be able to integrate, apply and synthesize knowledge though experiential activities in the public health work environment. Sites may include local and state public health agencies, local non-profits, community-based organizations, state associations, hospitals and community clinics. All students are expected to complete 180 hours of practicum work experience in a structured setting with agency leadership support. Students will have defined project oriented work assigned to them as agreed upon by the student and the agency. Students will need to produce a tangible deliverable to satisfactorily complete the practicum experience. This may include a draft proposal; literature review; analysis/evaluation of agency program; report on significant participation of or development of an event; creation of a public service announcement, brochure, flyer and/or media release. Students will also be required to participate in weekly online seminars to share lessons learned. A final oral presentation of the experience and product as well as an evaluation of the experience is required.
Credits: 4
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SST 516 - Economic Analysis
The course focuses on managerial applications of key macroeconomic and microeconomic principles that impact the national economy and the implications for global markets. Fundamental economic principles are applied to resolve market issues that impact the sustainability of national and global markets. The focus is on managment principles applied to economic fundamentals. This course is cross-listed with BUS 529.
Credits: 3
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SST 530 - Global and Cultural Geography
Global and Cultural Geography is a survey course that provides a conceptual framework for understanding modern geography. World cultures are emphasized. Coverage also includes historical, political, economic, physical, social, and regional geography.
Credits: 3
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SST 532 - Polis and Empire: Ancient Rome and Greece
Polis and Empire focuses on Greek and Roman antiquity from Minoan Age to the Rise of the Byzantine Empire and the late antiquity of the west. Cultural and intellectual history will be particularly emphasized by significant readings in classic texts.
Credits: 3
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SST 535 - Democratic Transitions
This course examines the interaction between domestic and international factors in bringing about democratic transitions. By considering numerous examples in a variety of countries and continents, this course will also focus on how authoritarian regimes breakdown and when democratic consolidation occurs.
Credits: 3
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SST 542 - U.S. Federal, State and Local Government
This course provides an introduction to the government of the United States at the national, state, and local level with an emphasis on the structures and institutions of government as well as the background of federal-democratic processes, public opinion, voting behavior, pressure groups and political parties.
Credits: 3
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SST 550 - International Relations and Politics
This course is a study of the behavior of states in their relation with each other in view of providing an understanding of causes of war and the conditions of peace. Through organizing concepts of security and political economy, students will examine a variety of phenomena including the state and nation, international organizations, political change, and international political economy.
Credits: 3
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SST 552 - Graduate Colloquium in History and Political Science
This course serves as a rigorous introduction to the pace and level of graduate education. Students immerse themselves in classic and current literature of the disciplines. In this case, students in the class together will create a bibliography of important works and resources to use in their scholarly and professional career.
Credits: 3
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SST 554 - Comparative Politics
The course examines similarities and differences among selected countries representing different levels of development. This examination focuses on the following themes: a world of states, governing the economy, the democratic idea, and the politics of collective identities.
Credits: 3
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SST 556 - Contemporary Ideologies
This course offers a comprehensive study of the political and theoretical foundations of the major political ideologies-liberalism, democracy, socialism, communism, fascism-and their variants.
Credits: 3
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SST 558 - International Organizations
The course examines the theory and practice of international organizations while recognizing that such organizations are part of a complex web of relations that have national, international, and transnational ties. A list of organizations examined includes the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, World Trade Organization, European Union, Mercosur, etc.
Credits: 3
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SST 560 - Rise of Modern China
A history of China from the Opium Wars to the present; explores the political, economic, social, and intellectual upheavals that constitute recurrent elements in Chinese history.
Credits: 3
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SST 562 - Rise of Russia
A survey of the history of Russia and the U.S.S.R. Emphasis on the political, economic, and social developments of the nineteenth century, the revolution of 1917, and the evolution of the Communist and post-communist state.
Credits: 3
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SST 568 - Rise of Modern Greek Democracy
This course examines the history of modern Greece since independence from the Ottomans in the early nineteenth century. The course emphasizes the factors that contributed to the political instability from independence to 1967, it considers military dictatorship of 1967-1974 as a period that paved the way for the transition toward democracy, and it investigates the evolution of democratic institutions since 1974, and devotes much attention to the current financial crisis.
Credits: 3
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SST 570 - America on the World Stage
This course examines recent American foreign policy as well as the linkage between foreign and domestic policy. Coverage also includes economic and military affairs.
Credits: 3
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SST 575 - Studies in National Socialist Germany
Students will analyze the development of Germany from the end of the First World War to Germany’s collapse in 1945. While work will focus on the nature and the development of the national socialist regime and on the Shoah, the course includes the history of anti-Semitism and the struggle between modernity and conservatism in Weimar Germany.
Credits: 3
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SST 580 - Germany: Culture and Contradictions
Students will explore some of the highpoints of German culture, such as the medieval castle at Nurnberg, the workshop of renaissance artist Albrecht Durer, the baroque churches of Munchen, the art galleries of Munchen, Weimar, and Berlin, as well as the warm and friendly culinary culture of Germany. They will contrast this with the barbarism of concentration camps at Dachau, Buchenwald, and Sachsenhausen, as well as the Reichsparteitagsgelande in Nurnberg and various Nazi-related sites in Berlin. Finally, students will explore Germany’s attempt to regain its identity and come to terms with its past at places such as the International Military Tribunal museum in Nurnberg and the Museum Deutscher Widerstand in Berlin.
Credits: 3
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SST 603 - The Constitution in Context
This course addresses the evolution of the US Constitution in its historical context. Begins with the drafting and ratification of the Constitution and the doctrine of judicial review; chronicles the development of major constitutional principles in the nineteen and early twentieth centuries. Constitutional decisions dealing with civil rights and the First Amendment guarantees are discussed in depth.
Credits: 3
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SST 636 - America’s Beginnings
This course will explore the colonial and revolutionary eras in American history. It will focus on the development of the disparate colonies and on the American character, the causes of the American Revolution, and the problems that arose in the establishment of the new republic. It will also incorporate multiple cultural perspectives, including various immigrant groups, women, Africans, and Native Americans.
Credits: 3
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SST 637 - The Atlantic World
This course will explore the interaction of Europe, Africa, and the Americas from the Age of Exploration until 1825. It will focus on the English and French North American colonies, with some discussion of the Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch colonies. It will also incorporate geography, economics, and politics in the history of triangular trade in the Atlantic World. Finally, students in the course will investigate the African slave trade and its importance to Europe and America.
Credits: 3
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SST 638 - The Civil War and Reconstruction
This course will examine the complex factors that led to America’s most devastating war including background and causes, strategies and theaters of the war, as well as experiences on the homefront and international relations. Military, political, diplomatic, economic, social and racial aspects of the war will be covered. This course will also focus on the challenges of reconstructing the union with a defeated Confederacy and without slavery.
Credits: 3
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SST 645 - Conflict Resolution and Management
Processes for conflict management and resolution in the international arena are examined. Through the examination of classic and contemporary scholarship, the course provides an interdisciplinary approach focusing on diverse facets of peace and conflict studies. Selected case studies will be considered to illuminate the theoretical components of the course.
Credits: 3
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SST 660 - The Politics and Economics of Globalization
This course will focus on the political, economic, technological, and cultural environments of industrialized countries, less developed countries, and least developed countries. Important questions addressed include the novelty of globalization as a new phenomenon, its potential threat to the Westphalian order, globalization’s effects on democracy, and other consequences and responses result from technological, economic, cultural and political transformation.
Credits: 3
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SST 700 - Directed Study
The Directed Study provides students with the opportunity to explore a unique project not otherwise available in the curriculum. A Directed Study is available to students who have not completed a minimum of 24 hours of study. Students are limited to one directed study of any kind.
Credits: 3
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SST 800 - Local U.S. History
In this course students will learn to integrate local history into the larger themes of middle and high school social studies. Through an examination of the history of the Merrimack Valley students will come to better understand national events. Students will use the mills to teach lessons in economics, history, geography, and civics from the colonial settlement to the cold war. In addition, students will read the landscape of a cemetery to study changing demographics across time and be expected to find local architecture representative of America’s historical development. The use of local resources will help students make new connections across the social studies curriculum.
Credits: 3
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