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: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.
NUR 803 Diversity & 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 advance 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 emerging from advance nursing practice will be identified. The principle of ethical care will be introduced in terms of social justice. Prerequisite: NUR 800, 801, 802.
CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.
NUR 804 Advanced Adult/Geriatric 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: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.
NUR 805 Advanced Adult/Geriatric 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: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.
NUR 806 Advanced Adult/Geriatric Nursing III. This is the third course 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 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 803, 804, 805. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.
NUR 807 Advanced Adult/Geriatric Nursing III Practicum (180 Clinical Hours). This is the third clinical course of this advanced nursing practice specialty. The objectives of this practicum are based on the content of the didactic component of the course. Prerequisite: NUR 803, 804, 805. CREDIT: THREE SEMESTER HOURS.
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