This course is designed to provide an overview of (1) how health care is financed, organized, and delivered in the U.S., as well as (2) the major policy challenges created by the system's organization, or lack thereof. In drawing from a variety of perspectives-including political science, economics and history-the course surveys the key stakeholders: those who pay for, provide and receive care.

The Neuroscience, Medical Yoga, and Psychology course will provide students with a foundational understanding of the history and theory of yoga (and mindfulness) as it relates to an integrative healthcare modality. Students will explore a bio-neuro-psycho-spiritual model of care and health from both a historic perspective and from theoretical conceptualizations of neuro-yoga as it is has evolved into contemporary biomedicine and psychology.

This seminar introduces students to the ethical and legal issues undergirding today's major healthcare issues. Students will engage US case law, ethical theories and public policy to grapple with the impact these issues have on current and future provision of health care.

Building on the CNL leadership courses, the course focuses on managing the care environment. Students are introduced to the health care system as a laterally integrated environment, with an organizational theory framework. Emphasis is placed on quality improvement, patient centered care, and evidence based practice to facilitate a culture of quality and safety. Students apply informatics in assessing the environment and improving outcomes.

Individually planned study in nursing specialty, administration, education, or research. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

This course will cover pathophysiologic processes across the lifespan and explore complex patient cases that are commonly encountered in a variety of practice settings. Healthy body physiology is explored to better understand disease processes. This course serves as the foundation to develop differential diagnoses and comprehensive treatment plans for patients, families and populations. Prereq: graduate standing or instructor permission.

This course is designed to review, expand, and update the advanced practice nurse student's knowledge of general pharmacology and therapeutics. The action and interaction of the most commonly used drugs in advanced clinical nursing practice settings will be covered. Prerequisites: GNUR 6010, one year of relevant clinical experience, and admission to NP or CNS program.

This seminar is designed to build the knowledge and skills of the APRN student in the use of appropriate pharmacotherapy for the treatment of conditions and diseases relevant to their specialty practice using a systems-based approach. Using a case-based format, students will apply advanced pharmacologic principles and published guidelines to inform clinical therapeutic decision making and to avoid medication related adverse effects.

This course examines the role, competencies, and scope of practice of advanced practice nurses in the context of the statutory, regulatory, and economic milieu of US healthcare. Students examine quality performance measures that clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners are accountable for meeting and advancing. Students prepare for transition to advanced practice as a clinical nurse specialist and/or a nurse practitioner.

This course focuses on the specialized knowledge in nursing including nursing theory, ethical principles, historical perspectives, and aesthetics. Emphasis is placed on relating these dimensions to the student's professional nursing practice. The role of praxis, empirics, ethics, and aesthetics in theory development is studied. The course goal is to prepare practitioners of nursing to interpret current literature of nursing and its application. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.

Focuses on the distribution and determinants of health-related states or conditions in specified populations at local through global levels, and on the application of this study to control health problems. Students are presented with epidemiologic models and methods in order to assess the health of individuals and populations and to prevent or control health conditions, diseases, and injuries. Content emphasizes a local to global perspective and application of methods to improve health care delivery, health policy, human rights, and ultimately, health.

This course provides an introduction to nursing and health care-related research and bio-statistical analysis. This course provides the basic skills and knowledge to critique research, develop a research plan, and to develop an evidence-based practice. Prerequisite: Undergraduate or graduate applied statistics course within the past five years.

This course prepares nurses to lead policy changes to advance population health. All levels of policy making processes are examined, with emphasis placed on how nurses can effect policies to ensure alignment with the Code of Ethics. Students learn practical strategies for engaging in productive discussions about health policy and politics while integrating and synthesizing knowledge about health promotion and disease prevention.

This learner-centered course offers opportunities to use clinical reasoning skills and evidence-based practice to determine culturally appropriate health promotion & disease prevention services for diverse families across the lifespan. Using case- and team-based learning & reflective writing, concepts of patient & family-centered care, social determinants of health, health literacy, and stages of change theory are incorporated in FNP practice.

Paradigms and models examined include: psychotherapeutic, biopsychosocial, behavioral, stress and coping, health promotion, rehabilitation, self-help theories, and psychiatric mental health nursing theoretical frameworks. Course also includes exploration of selected diagnoses with respect to theoretical perspectives, Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.

This course examines guideline-supported evidence for introductory disease management of the acute/critically/chronically ill adolescent and adults including the frail elderly. The course utilizes a case based learning approach for commonly encountered problems. The course examines health promotion and disease prevention management strategies, and approaches to evaluate the outcomes of the planned interventions.

Course provides clinical experiences with women & children that build on basic concepts & skills used by nurse practitioners in the delivery of primary health care including health promotion, risk reduction & management of common acute health problems. Direct guidance & supervision are provided by physicians & NPs at the clinical sites under the direction of the faculty. FNP complete GNUR 6640 & 6070; PNP-PC complete GNUR 6620 & GNUR 6651 coreq.

This course builds on foundational knowledge from previous courses to foster synthesis and application by addressing the diagnosis and management of illness in children. Developing differential diagnoses, diagnostic reasoning, and treatment plan formulation is emphasized. Unique aspects of managing acute and chronic disease across the spectrum of childhood development and in the context of the family is discussed. Prerequisite: GNUR 6632.

This is the culminating experience in which NP students refine the knowledge & expertise to provide care for children and families with acute, and/or chronic illness. Students will increase their level of responsibility in preparation for independent management of children and families at the level of an entry-level APRN.

This course addresses the foundational diagnosis & management of common illnesses included but not limited to dermatologic, GI & MSK diseases in the primary care setting. Focus is on appropriate differential diagnoses, clinical reasoning, & treatment plan formulation. Varying presentations across the lifespan will be addressed in a patient-centered approach within the context of family, health beliefs, and social determinants of health.

This course provides clinical opportunities for FNP students to synthesize and apply didactic content covered in all pre- and co-requisite courses. Students refine their development of differential diagnoses and determine appropriate management plans as guided by current evidence and standards of care. Direct supervision is provided by NPs, physicians, and PAs in collaboration with clinical faculty.

The management of chronic illnesses across the lifespan. Health maintenance and rehabilitation issues are addressed. Prerequisite: GNUR 6651 or GNUR 5671.

This course provides clinical experiences for PNP students to synthesize and apply didactic content covered in all pre- and co-requisite courses. Role integration continues. Students refine their development of differential diagnoses & determine appropriate management plans as guided by current evidence & standards of care. Direct supervision is provided by NPs, physicians, & PAs in collaboration with clinical faculty. Prerequisite: GNUR 6653.

Students will further develop and refine clinical skills of the advanced psychiatric nurse and represents the final clinical experience area of psychiatric mental health nursing in the Master's of Nursing graduate program. The purpose is to focus on specific populations such as the elderly, chronically mentally ill, rural populations, and substance abusers, and to explore nursing strategies and methods of practice specific to the population.

This synthesis practicum validates the expert knowledge, clinical skills and practice of the CNS student. The focus is to integrate the key CNS role components of direct care, consultation, systems leadership, collaboration, coaching, ethical decision making, and research. It is in this final practicum that the student's practice will be evaluated according to the CNS core competencies. Prerequisites: GNUR 7311

A culminating clinical experience in the role of the  ACNP, emphasizing clinical decision making in an interprofessional environment specific to the student's career goals and specialty interest. 280 clinical hours. Prerequisite: GNUR 7312.

This course offers advanced understanding of methods of testing effectiveness of nursing interventions. Research ethics are integrated in the course. Students examine research designs in terms of validity for assessing effectiveness of nursing interventions. The concept of statistical power is introduced, as students learn how to estimate and increase it via research design, sampling and sample size, measurement, and construct validity. Prereq:GNUR 8139 & coreq GNUR 8140, or instructor permission.

Intro to the principles & methods of qualitative research. The philosophical underpinnings that underlie qualitative approaches from naturalistic, interpretive & critical paradigms will be presented, as well as strategies for sampling, data collection, data analysis, & ensuring rigor and ethics in the process of qualitative research. Students will explore qualitative research questions of interest & appropriate study designs to answer them. Prereq: GNUR 8220 or instructor permission.

Applies statistical analysis models and procedures to nursing and health research. Focuses on simple and multiple regression, statistical power analysis, analysis of variance models, and quantitative research synthesis, stressing the application and choice of particular statistical models and procedures. Emphasizes statistical problems and issues relevant to nursing research. Prerequisite: GNUR 8130 or instructor permission.

Broadens, and then refines through historical analysis, the student's view and understanding of the current health care system. Explores the role that historical inquiry and analysis play in understanding the evolution and status of the health care system; the development of health professions (nursing and medicine) and institutions (hospitals and public health services); and the interplay of intellectual, social, economic, and political events that shaped the current health system. Prerequisite: Doctoral standing or instructor permission.

Second course in a three-seminar sequence that builds upon master's level advanced and interprofessional nursing practice by using design thinking and implementation science as a foundation for scholarly project proposal planning and approval. Advanced nursing practice socialization continues with focus on interprofessional relationships.

This course develops organizational leadership capabilities for quality improvement in healthcare systems. Students examine conceptual approaches to ensuring and enhancing quality and safety, articulate evidence-based strategies for system-wide improvements, and describe potential evaluation methods and frameworks. This course incorporates knowledge regarding social, economic, ethical, and political issues that influence health policy decisions.

This course develops leaders in ethical decision making. Ethical theories, frameworks, and leadership skills address ethical dilemmas, interprofessional conflict, resilience, and team-family conflict. The moral community model is used to evaluate policies/practices and to critically analyze diverse perspectives, social justice, and structural racism in health care. Students cultivate quality team dynamics within complex interprofessional venues.

This doctoral-level course will introduce students to principles and processes of evidence-based practice. The course will review processes for identifying current best evidence, including formulation of a clinical question, systematic review of the literature, critical evaluation of relevant literature, and formulating a draft DNP project proposal based on the evidence.

In this course students analyze, synthesize and evaluate best practices in optimizing population health. Scientific evidence is analyzed through health disparities, cultural sensitivities and vulnerable populations, using epidemiology. Advances are explored through clinical prevention, health promotion and disease management, as well as behavior change theories. Factors that influence improved health and foster inclusive care are examined.

This elective course provides students with the opportunity to obtain practical experience in classroom and clinical teaching settings under the guidance of an experienced nurse educator. Students will apply selected teaching strategies and methods and become involved in all aspects of course planning, organization and delivery. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.

Independent Study in Nursing

This course prepares APRNs to lead health policy changes and address financial implications. Advocacy for population health is examined.  Implications of health policy on finances within a classic supply & demand model are explored in an imperfect competitive market. Understanding the interplay among practice changes, health policy and economics, APRNs are prepared to advocate for quality care with attention to equity and overcoming disparities.

DNP practicum supports the DNP students' transition to expert doctoral nursing practice and students' achievement of AACN level 2 Essentials. Students are expected to advance to a higher level of practice expertise and demonstrate leadership competency in practice and scholarship. Prerequisites: DNP program standing and permission of DNP Faculty Advisor

The purpose of this course is to provide support to ensure adequate progress and professional development for PhD students who have successfully completed their comprehensive exams.

Students register for GNUR 9998 concurrently with course work until the dissertation proposal is successfully defended. Credits from non-topical research are not counted in the total program hours of credit. Prerequisite: Permission of faculty advisor.

A culminating experience that requires the student to plan and implement a research study of significance. Prerequisite: Permission of dissertation chair.