NUR 809: Diversity and Ethical Issues in Advanced Practice. The course focuses on the exploration of cultural diversity on client populations and nursing practice and provides opportunities for the exploration of the influence of culture on client health-related behaviors. Emphasis is placed on the exploration of the contributions of the evolution of advanced nursing practice to the health of families, especially minority families. Students will explore the development of nursing theory by means of culturally appropriate nursing research methods. Researchable questions a merging from advanced nursing practice will be identified. The principle of ethical care will also be introduced in terms of social justice. Prerequisite: NUR 700; NUR 703; NUR 704; NUR 706; NUR 800; NUR 801; NUR 804; NUR 805. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.

NUR 900 Advanced Practice Leadership and Management. This course will focus particular attention on the organizational and structural opportunities and barriers inherent in obtaining access to health care for cultures and subcultures. This includes applying systems thinking to develop financial and cost effective strategies, legal and ethical dimensions of the business of health care delivery. This course provides the advance 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 health care 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 in human relations, organizational culture, effective patterns of communication and synergistic decision-making will accent this course. Prerequisite: NUR 700; NUR 703; NUR 706; NUR 800; NUR 801; NUR 804; NUR 805; NUR 806; NUR 807; NUR 808. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.

NUR 901 Advanced Practice Leadership and Management Practicum (180 Clinical Hours). This course is the clinical component of the leadership and management course. Leadership skills in human relations, organizational culture, effective patterns of communication and synergistic decision-making will accent this course. Prerequisite: NUR 700; NUR 703; NUR 706; NUR 800; NUR 801; NUR 804; NUR 805; NUR 806; NUR 807; NUR 808. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.

NUR 902 Clinical Residency I (180 Clinical Hours). This is the first of a two-course series that provides the DNP student with mentored opportunities to identify, develop, implement, evaluate and disseminate an independent, analytic scholarly project focusing on problems of practice within specific populations. Each course builds on the knowledge and practice expertise of the DNP student, culminating in the completion of the scholarly project. The range of projects will be varied as they relate to the unique clinical practices of the DNP student, e.g., quality improvement, analyzing policy designing and using databases, designing and evaluating new models of care, collaboration with researchers to answer clinical questions, program development, implementation, and evaluation. To complete the objectives of this course successfully,