MISSION STATEMENTS: The Objectives and Learning Outcomes of this course directly support the Mission of the University, College, and Division, and may be found at: www.kysu.edu/about; www.kysu.edu/academics/collegesAndSchools/default.htm; www.kysu.edu/academics/collegesAndSchools/collegeofarts/socialsciences and interdisciplinary studies/default.htm.

NOTICE TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: Any student who requires an accommodation due to a documented disability may contact the Disability Resource Center (DRC) at (502) 597-5076, or visit Hill Student Center, Suite 220C, to arrange for reasonable accommodations. The student is required to obtain verification from the DRC and deliver the signed DRC document to the instructor specifying the accommodations. The student is encouraged to complete this process at the beginning of the semester since an approval for accommodations is not retroactive. The accommodations become effective upon receipt of the DRC approval by the faculty member from the student. Additional information concerning the DRC and accommodations can be found at http://www.kysu.edu/about/divisions/studentAffairsAndEnrollment/disabilityRecourceCenter.htm.

COURSE DESCRIPTION – COURSE RATIONALE: This course will focus particular attention on the organizational and structural opportunities and barriers inherent in obtaining access to healthcare for cultures and subcultures. This includes applying systems thinking to develop financial and cost effective strategies, legal and ethical dimensions of the business of healthcare delivery. This course provides the advanced practice nurse with the skills to work with all organizational designs to eliminate health disparities. The advanced practice nurse will need to collaborate with other healthcare professionals from a variety of subcultures to analyze complex clinical situations as well as delivery systems to ensure safe and timely, effective, efficient, equitable and patient centered care that meets or exceeds the standards of practice. This course will emphasize the delivery of health care to underserved populations as well as examining strategies to recruit, retain and recognize the accomplishments of a diverse nursing workforce. Leadership skills and human relations, organizational culture, effective patterns of communication and synergistic decision-making will accept this course.

Integrate advanced knowledge and theories from nursing and related disciplines as a basis for health promotion and disease prevention in advanced nursing practice in adults and the elderly population.

Use information and communication technologies to enhance patient education, expand accessibility of care, analyze practice patterns and improve nurse sensitive outcomes.

Evaluate research findings that support health promotion, disease prevention, access to care, and the delivery of healthcare to underserved populations.

Integrate diagnostic reasoning, clinical judgment, evidence-based findings and theory while implementing healthcare policies that improve access, equity and efficiency in primary care settings.

Explore effective program planning and evaluation skills used in health promotion and disease prevention in advanced nursing practice with various populations at risk.

Provide ethical, culturally sensitive, patient centered care based on holistic assessment findings to improve health status of patients and families independently and collaboratively with the interprofessional healthcare team.

Employ appropriate teaching/learning principles for patient/families and/or interprofessional team members.