Courses

Seminar in Primary Care II is designed to provide the ANP/GNP student an academic environment in which students share their practicum experience and present case studies for discussion with their peers. In this scholarly forum, students are expected to present selected cases from their practicum in an organized format. The students are expected to facilitate a class dialogue and offer appropriate references.

This course will present an overview of theory and research as essential components of scholarly practice.  The research process will be used, from posing of the research problem to communication of the results, with emphasis on designs, methods and evaluation of applied clinical theory and research.  The course is designed to prepare expert, critical users of theory and research in practice.  It is a required course for MS students.

Clinical Seminar in GPC III is designed to provide the ANP/GNP student an academic environment in which the students share their practicum experience and present case studies and journal articles for discussion with their peers. In this scholarly forum, the students are expected to present selected cases from their practicum in an organized format. The students are expected to facilitate a class dialogue and offer appropriate references. 

This graduate level core research course is designed to help advanced practice nurses learn specific approaches to evaluating the quality and applicability of relevant research.  The evidence-based practice (EBP) process will be used to help students learn to transform critical appraisal skills into direct clinical actions.  Throughout the course, students will learn how to conceptualize clinical practice problems into research questions and assess these questions using basic epidemiology, biostatistics, and scientific principles.

This seminar provides the learner the opportunity to examine frequently occurring pathophysiologic problems found within the geriatric population.  This didactic content complements the management course in the GNP/Adult Nurse Practitioner track.  Topics selected for study include  normal and abnormal system changes in the older adult.  Specific assessment and intervention strategies will be covered.

This course provides advanced content in nutritional assessment methods and intervention strategies for primary care clients throughout the lifespan with a focus on promotion of optimum nutrition at various points in the life cycle.

Utilizing a systems approach, the diagnosis and management health problems encountered in the care of the geriatric patient will be discussed.  Management of acute and chronic illnesses encountered in the geriatric population are emphasized throughout the continuum of care.  Upon completion of the course, the student will be able to apply a systematic problem-solving process to selected health problems in both the physical and psychosocial realm in a given geriatric population.

Informed by an underlying theoretical framework acknowledging that women’s health is inextricably linked to the nature of their lives, this course focuses on wellness, health promotion and advanced clinical diagnosis and treatment of women’s physical health problems.  Provides knowledge to the beginning women’s health care provider to meet selected primary care needs affecting the skin, HEENT, respiratory, gastrointestinal and musculoskeletal systems of adolescents to the very elderly

Theory and concurrent nursing practice of the geriatric nurse practitioner is focused on the primary health care of the essentially older adult.  Emphasis is placed on health maintenance and prevention of illness within the framework of the normal aging process.

This course introduces the advanced practice nursing student or health professional to the range of natural and human-caused conditions that require emergency response and for which emergency preparedness competencies are required.  It provides the conceptual basis for the didactic and practicum courses that follow.

This course builds upon the introduction to emergency preparedness (M6790) with an overview of the range of competencies needed by clinicians for emergency preparedness, and the application of clinical skills in emergency situations.

This course allows the student an opportunity to practice some of the competencies essential to effective response to emergencies and to test at least one emergency- or disaster-related role.  The student will identify one of the following as the primary focus of the practicum: physical injury, mental health needs in emergency situations, or community-level emergency preparedness and response.

Despite numerous control measures and programmatic efforts in healthcare and community settings, antimicrobial resistance presents an increasing threat to the prevention and treatment of infections diseases. This course addresses the global problem of antimicrobial resistance from an interdisciplinary perspective. The problem will be examined by a variety of experts, discussing biologic, sociologic, epidemiologic, statistical, economic, clinical, pharmacologic, health care systems and policy, and bio-behavioral perspectives.

This course is designed for advanced practice nurses to identify relevant evidence, evaluate the quality of the research on which the evidence is based, and make decisions regarding application of the evidence to clinical practice. The concepts and skills acquired from this course will help advanced practice nurses articulate relevant practice-based questions, rigorously search the literature, and evaluate the quality of research that provides the evidence base.

Nurses must remain knowledgeable in their fields. To do this they must read research journals, attend research conferences and use a variety of information resources to stay current. This graduate level core research course is designed to help advanced practice nurses learn specific approaches to identifying and evaluating the quality and applicability of relevant research.  The evidence-based practice (EBP) process is used to explicate methods to transform critical appraisal skills into clinical actions. During the course, students will learn how to conceptualize clinical practice problems, how to transform these problems into answerable research questions, how to search for the best clinical evidence, how to assess these research questions using basic epidemiological, biostatistical and scientific principals and how to integrate the research results with patient's values and preferences. 

This course is designed for students to become familiar with the assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and evaluation of common critical illnesses of the cardiac, pulmonary, acid/base/electrolyte, and renal systems, and will also include an introduction to trauma and orthopedics.

This course is an introductory course for regional anesthesia. It includes discussion and demonstration of neuraxial anesthesia, simple peripheral nerve blocks and pain management techniques. Pharmacology regarding local anesthetics will be reviewed.

This is the first of four courses that discuss techniques for anesthetic administration and related technologies in the context of various surgical and diagnostic interventions in diverse anesthetizing locations. Focus is monitoring modalities and pre-, intra-, and post-anesthesia (perioperative) management for less complex surgical and diagnostic interventions.

This is the second course of four that discusses the various methods and basic techniques of anesthesia administration, with an emphasis on physiological basis for practice. This course will emphasize the function and maintenance of technologies employed during perianesthetic period. The development of perianesthetic plans for specific surgical procedures as well as the psychomotor skills specific to practice will be evaluated.

This is the third course of four that discusses the various methods and techniques of anesthesia administration, with an emphasis on physiological basis for practice. Alterations in homeostatic mechanisms and advanced anesthetic management of obstetric and pediatric populations, and patients undergoing cardiac surgery are emphasized.

This is the last of four courses that discusses various methods and techniques of anesthesia administration, with an emphasis on physiological basis for practice. Advanced surgical procedures and the anesthetic implications in the perianesthetic period will be explored.

Introductory course for regional anesthesia. Includes discussion and demonstration of neuraxial anesthesia and simple peripheral blocks.

The various methods and techniques of anesthesia administration, with emphasis on physiological basis for practice are the focus of the course.  Function and maintenance of various kinds of technologies, as well as the psychomotor skills specific to the practice, are stressed.

This course is a continuation of Basic Principles I.  The various methods and techniques of anesthesia administration, with emphasis on physiological basis for practice are the focus of the course.  Function and maintenance of various kinds of technologies, as well as the psychomotor skills specific to the practice, are stressed.  Technical skills learned in Basic Principles I are utilized and built upon in this course.  These skills are honed and correlated with specific anesthetic management of cases in a lab setting.  At the completing of this course, the novice Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist [SRNA] should be prepared to enter the clinical setting.

This advanced approach to anesthesia principles is applied to specific surgical procedures both elective and emergent.  The physiological sequela of surgical procedures and their impact on homeostatic mechanisms of the patient are stressed.  Ambulatory, pediatric, obstetric and cardiac anesthesia are emphasized.  Seminar format facilitates integration of knowledge.

This course is a continuation of Advanced Principles I.  A systems approach will be employed to discuss the various types of surgical patients and problems that the anesthetist will encounter when caring for them.  We will look at the various surgical procedures from the anesthetic standpoint in detail, including pre-operative assessment, planning for intraoperative events, and caring for the patient in the post-operative period.  We will also address the population likely to present for each procedure, and the unique problems that these patients present with throughout the perioperative course.

Discussion regarding pre-operative, intra-operative and post-operative management of patients with specific co-existing disease conditions. History and physical examination techniques and specific management methods will be discussed. Students will evaluate information obtained during physical and psychological assessment and synthesize knowledge to formulate individualized perioperative anesthesia management plans.

This course presents a systematic overview of advanced level oncology nursing utilizing various theoretical approaches. It presents the medical and nursing management of symptoms and specific cancers and provides a framework of advanced practice for the oncology nurse practitioner. This framework assists the OCNS/NP in diagnosing, assessing, intervening in, and evaluating potential and actual client/family problems related to cancer treatment, rehabilitation, and terminal care.

This core course examines contextual contributors to health status and relevant current U.S. social and health policies. Issues are explored with a particular emphasis on the impact they have on the current and future delivery of health care and on advanced practice nursing.  

This course focuses on advanced practice issues not usually familiar to the average nurse. It explores the dimensions of independent advanced practice nursing (APN) in our challenging and constantly changing health care environment. Legal issues, regulation, reimbursement, practice management concerns, and development of a comprehensive view of the APN’s role in the current health care environment are stressed.

Part two of two. In this course we will examine the normal physiological function of organ systems, the mechanisms for the maintenance of health, and the pathophysiological alterations in body function that lead to disease. Each class will focus on a specific physiologic process or organ system. We will pay particular focus to diseases that commonly occur across the lifespan, examining common etiologies, pathogenic mechanisms, clinical manifestations, and common treatments of each.

This course will prepare the student in nursing science in the community from the individual, family and the population perspective. Focus will be on the assessment and evidence-based care of individuals, families, communities, and populations with an emphasis on social determinants and their impact on health equity and social justice. This course will cover the spectrum of community nursing including specialty practices such as community mental health, school health, home care, and palliative care.