Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (PNP) Curriculum

3 Credits

The focus of this course is on role development of the nurse as an educator. 重点放在培养学生作为信息交流者的有效表现，这将使客户能够在他/她自己的医疗保健中充当负责任的伙伴. Recognizing teaching as an important clinical skill, this course engages students in formal inquiry into key components of patient education. Students have the opportunity to participate in the processes of needs assessment, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of education programs. Students conduct critical analysis of educational materials, apply research findings to patient education, and conduct a cost analysis of educational programs. The impact of legal issues, ethical dilemmas, and changes in the health care delivery system on patient education is discussed.

Pre/corequisites: None.

3 Credits

这是临床高级实践护士(APN)系列的第一门课程，重点是高级身体评估, enhanced communication skills, and the reinforcement of health promotion and disease prevention across the life span. The course work and clinical lab activities enhance the student’s history taking proficiency, physical assessment skills, critical thinking, and decision-making competency essential for planning, delivering, and evaluating health care in the population.

Pre/corequisites: NURS 621.

3 Credits

This course focuses on the development of nursing science through the use of nursing theoretical frameworks. 学生在概念化发展的检查和概念的批评指导, theories, and boundaries for nursing study, as well as the implications for using theories of nursing and theories in nursing. Emphasis is on critical thinking, via description, analysis, and evaluation of nursing theory for application to practice. 研究作为一种建立护理独特知识基础的方法，对护理理论持续发展的重要性贯穿整个课程.

Pre/corequisite: Admission to Graduate Study or permission of course faculty.

3 Credits

This course examines the contemporary family’s structure, function and process. 探索各种理论框架和模型，并将其应用于各种临床环境中健康和高风险家庭系统的护理评估和干预. 学生利用健康的方法来优化健康的发展框架内，促进家庭的弹性和适应整个生命周期. Psychosocial, cultural, economic, gender, and spiritual variables and their impact on family life are analyzed.

Pre/corequisites: None.

3 Credits

This course focuses on the skills and knowledge needed to manage information, promote quality and maintain safety across healthcare settings. Collaborative and diverse opportunities to bring about improvement in healthcare are included. The course combines evidence-based concepts from technology, information science, communication studies, organizational quality, 和卫生保健科学，以准备临床医生在转变医疗保健和临床实践中发挥积极作用. Emphasis is placed on the nurse’s active role in retrieving, interpreting, and sharing information to support an evidence-based clinical practice.

3 Credits

This graduate level course examines quantitative and qualitative nursing research methods, principles, and methods of measurement, as well as skills for critical evaluation of nursing research. Identification and analysis of research related to clinical practice and health care outcomes are included. 学生发展审查和识别证据的力量所需的技能和知识，并在必要时建议实践变化. This course builds upon previous knowledge of the research process, critiquing of research, and understanding of the application of statistical findings.

Pre/corequisites: None.

3 Credits

This course focuses on the causality of alterations in human physiologic function across the lifespan. 在整个生命周期的健康状态改变产生的正常生理和病理现象进行对比. The human physiologic responses to these altered states are related to pertinent diagnostic values, tests, and methods. 本课程为后续处理临床诊断和健康问题管理的课程奠定基础.

Pre/corequisite: Matriculated graduate status.

3 Credits

本课程侧重于高级实践护士(APN)在医疗保健领导者的角色中发挥作用所需的技能和知识. 重点放在个别apn的发展，使其成为卫生保健系统内知情和协作的领导者，他们在其角色中使用当前基于研究的证据. Utilizing the nursing process, and leadership theory and organizational theory, 学生分析卫生保健组织的有效性，并制定干预措施，以提高组织的有效性. 探讨了与APN作为保健政策立法的积极参与者的作用有关的问题.

Pre/corequisites: None.

3 Credits

An integrative approach to pharmacology is emphasized. The principles of pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and toxicology are presented. 主要药物分类的特点和临床实践的影响，以及药物管理的法律和监管的影响和处方写作的要点. The opportunity to explore related topics alone or in a group is provided, e.g., substance abuse, self-medication with over-the-counter drugs, drug therapy for pain management, drug therapy in a specialty area (maternal, pediatric, gerontologic health care), and alternatives to drug therapy.

Pre/corequisite: Matriculated graduate status; NURS 621.

6 Credits

这是一门入门级的临床课程，学生将在此课程中整合人体解剖学和生理学的基础知识，并以先进的健康评估知识为基础. 培养学生对常见急性疾病的病理变化和临床表现的理解. Students apply new understanding of pathophysiology,evolving clinical decision making skills to the interpretation of assessment data, the diagnosis of illness and the treatment of primary care in infants, children, adolescents and young adults populations. Students perform complete health assessments and provide client care with supervision. 协作策略指导学生实施和评估公认的医疗和护理干预措施，并整合研究, teaching and consultation skills as a beginning basis for clinical practice.

Pre/corequisites: NURS 607, NURS 616.

6 Credits

This course reflects a building of knowledge and skills from the previous clinical course. 学生继续在护士执业角色和提供保健婴儿方面取得进展, children, adolescents, and young adults with acute and chronic health care needs. 协作指导学生实施和评估用于照顾儿童健康人口的已接受的医疗和护理干预措施. Effective use of skills required for clinical management, education, consultation, referral, and follow-up are emphasized. 基于循证研究的治疗干预措施与适合儿童健康人群的补充和替代治疗方法相结合. Course work, classroom activities, and clinical assignments enhance the student’s critical thinking and decision-making skills, specifically for complex health care problem evaluation.

Pre/corequisites: NURS 686, NURS 640.

6 Credits

This is a culminating clinical course in which students are managing client care with increasing independence. 协作指导学生实施和评估在婴儿护理中使用的公认的医疗和护理干预措施, children, adolescents and young adults. Students further develop leadership, research, teaching, and consultation skills as a basis for clinical practice. 实践问题被确定和讨论，包括伦理概念和有效利用资源开始自主实践. 组织系统和卫生保健政治和政策的理论概念应用于高级实践设置，以识别和解决复杂的问题.

Pre/corequisites: NURS 687.

3 Credits

This course continues the development of the knowledge and skills of the nurse as an educator. While the major emphasis is on the development of faculty for an academic role, the principles of course and program development are applicable for in-service, continuing education, and staff development educators as well. The role, competencies, and responsibilities of the educator in a variety of settings are explored. The process of program and curriculum development is examined in light of the ethical, legal, political, and economic forces and issues that have an impact on the educational process. 评估过程包括制定结果标准，以衡量项目和课程的成功. Using seminar and other adult learning formats, students have the opportunity to develop educational course content and, at the same time, design, apply, and critique creative learning strategies that foster critical thinking and active participation.

Pre/corequisites: NURS 565, matriculated graduate status

3 Credits

This course is one in a series of three courses leading to a minor in education. Students focus on assessing, advising, 评估学习者从入学到完成学术课程或其他类型的教育努力. A major emphasis is on exploring creative evaluation strategies, using various methodologies to determine learner performance in classroom, laboratory and clinical settings. The evaluation process focuses on test development, including the techniques for writing examinations, analyzing test items, administering and grading examinations, and ensuring interrater reliability as well as the reliability and validity of tests. As a culminating aspect of this course, 学生们考察了护士教育者的企业家角色，以及如何通过使用市场营销和面试技巧来谈判工作. 学生有机会通过积极参与研讨会来发展他们作为教育者的知识和技能, other adult learning approaches, and practicum experiences. 单独设计的实习经历使学生对教育者的角色有了更广泛的认识，并练习了教育者的一些技能.

Pre/corequisites: NURS 565, matriculated graduate status