NUR 800 Advanced Adult/Gerontology Primary Care Nursing I. This course focuses on synthesis and application of theory and research to effectively address the complexities of aging. Comprehensive evidenced-based management across settings, evaluation of care, role implementation, and influences of contextual factors on health care services for the elderly including palliative and end of life care are presented. This course provides the knowledge base for clinical gerontological management. Prerequisite: NUR 706, 707. Credit: 3 semester hours.

NUR 801 Advanced Adult/Gerontology Primary Care Nursing I Practicum (180 Clinical Hours). This is the first clinical course of this advance nursing practice specialty. The objectives of this practicum are based on the content of the didactic component of the course. Prerequisite: NUR 706, 707. Credit: 3 semester hours.

NUR 802 Health Systems Assessment. The purpose of this course is to prepare students to actively participate in the evaluation of health care and healthcare organizations. Specific emphasis will be on organizational assessments, quality improvement projects, outcomes research, technology evaluation, and performance appraisals. The course will provide the students with opportunities to learn to assess and diagnose organizations, facilitate organizational change in clinical care delivery, and foster quality improvement while addressing cost-constraints. During this course, the students will conduct their own administrative project at the site where they are participating in the clinical residency. The projects will focus on topics such as total quality improvement, protocol development, practice efficiency, practice effectiveness, or clinical outcomes. They will work with other personnel at the site in a collaborative arrangement. Each week, the students will meet as a group in order to address problems encountered with their administrative project and offer suggestions and support. The course will consist of didactic sessions, presentations by the students, and problem solving sessions. Prerequisite: NUR 706, 707. Credit: 3 semester hours.

NUR 804 Advanced Adult/Gerontology Nursing II. This course continues to focus on synthesis and application of more complex theory and research to effectively address the complexities of aging. Comprehensive evidence based management across settings, evaluation of care, role implementation, and influences of contextual factors on health care services for the elderly including palliative and end of life care are presented. This course provides the knowledge base for clinical gerontological management. Prerequisite: NUR 800, 801, 802. Credit: 3 semester hours.

NUR 805 Advanced Adult/Gerontology Nursing II Practicum (180 Clinical Hours). This is the second clinical course of this advance nursing practice specialty. The objectives of this practicum are based on the content of the didactic component of the course. Prerequisite: NUR 800, 801, 802. Credit: 3 semester hours.

Prerequisite: NUR 800, 801, 802. Credit: 3 semester hours.

NUR 806 Research Design and Methodologies. This course is designed to provide the student with knowledge, skills, and practice in collecting, analyzing, and interpreting quantitative data within the context of application to research design and methodology. The following advanced statistical techniques will be examined: analysis of variance

(ANOVA/MANOVA), analysis of co-variance (ANCOVA/MANCOVA), use of psychometric techniques

(for instruments used in patient care, nursing education and nursing research), linear regression, multiple regression, logistic regression, and structural equation modeling (SEM). Credit: 3 semester hours.

NUR 807 Advanced Adult/Gerontology Nursing III (180 Clinical Hours). This is the third in the series. This course continues to focus on synthesis and application of more complex theory and research to effectively address the complexities of aging. Comprehensive evidence based management across settings, evaluation of care, role implementation, and influences of contextual factors on health care service for the elderly including palliative and end of life care are presented. This course provides the knowledge base for clinical gerontological managements. Prerequisite: NUR 803, 804, 805. Credit: 3 semester hours.

NUR 808: Advanced Adult/Gerontology Primary Care Nursing III Practicum (180 Clinical Hours). This is the third clinical course of this advanced nursing practice specialty. The objectives of this practicum are paces on the content of the didactic component of the course. Prerequisite: NUR 804, 805.

NUR 809: Diversity and Ethical Issues in Advanced Practice (3 credit hours). 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 are merging from advanced nursing practice to an identified主题. The principle of the ethical care will also be introduced in terms of social justice.

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.