Nursing (NURS)

254 Introduction to Professional Nursing (3:3:0). Enrollment restricted to second degree students only. Prerequisite: NURS 262; corequisites: NURS 318, 319, and 320. Introduces nursing as an emerging discipline, profession, and occupation. Emphasis is placed on nursing process, critical thinking, principles of teaching/learning, and life span growth and development. Health maintenance practices and the foundation of basic and age-related nutrition are also discussed. f

262 Technologies in Nursing (4:2:6). Enrollment restricted to second degree students only. Presents basic fundamentals of nursing care and includes foundational technologies. Consists of three hours of lecture. The clinical meets two mornings per week in acute care settings and the campus lab meets once a week. sum

318 Concepts of Health, Groups and Family (3:3:0). Enrollment restricted to second degree students only. Prerequisite: NURS 262; corequisites: NURS 254, 319, and 320. Focuses on small groups and families as participants in health care. Cultural and religious differences and family crises are discussed. Legal and ethical dimensions of nursing practice are also introduced. ^f

319 Pathophysiological Basis of Nursing Care for Individuals and Small Groups I (4:4:0). Enrollment restricted to second degree students only. Prerequisite: NURS 262; corequisites: NURS 254, 318, and 320. Focuses on pathophysiological, psychological, sociocultural, and risk-reduction factors related to nursing care for clients with acute medical-surgical and psychopathological conditions. ^f

320 Application of Nursing Care for Individuals and Small Groups I (6:0:18). Enrollment restricted to second degree students only. Prerequisite: NURS 262; corequisites: NURS 254, 318, and 319. Includes seven weeks of acute care nursing for medical/surgical clients and seven weeks of psychiatric nursing with a focus on small groups. Students may also have the opportunity to follow selected clients into the clinic and/or home care situations. The clinical consists of two full days at agencies. Before the onset of clinical experience, selected technologies are presented in the campus laboratory. ^f

325 Application of Nursing Care for Individuals and Small Groups II (5:0:15). Enrollment restricted to second degree students only. Prerequisites: NURS 254, 262, 318, 319, 320, and 450; corequisites: 419, 426, 430, and 455. Includes seven weeks of clinical with a focus on obstetric/family nursing and seven weeks of pediatric nursing. Students may also have the opportunity to follow selected clients in clinics and/or home situations. The clinical consists of two full days at acute care clinical agencies. ^s

330 Nursing as a Process for Health (4:4:0). Prerequisite: Junior standing; corequisite: NURS 331. Introduces the student to the nursing process and to communication skills as the foundation for beginning health assessment and fundamental nursing care for culturally diverse individuals throughout the life span. ^f

331 Nursing as a Process for Health Practicum (4:0:12). Prerequisite: Junior standing; corequisite: NURS 330. Gives the student the opportunity to practice health assessment and fundamental nursing technologies while using communication skills with culturally diverse and vulnerable populations in a variety of settings. ^f

332/HSCI 332 Concepts of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Throughout the Life Span (3:3:0). Introduces the student to the concepts of epidemiology, health promotion, disease prevention, and their impact upon the health status of culturally diverse and vulnerable individuals, families, small groups, and communities. Focus is on health problems and potential interventions throughout the life span and incorporates the principles of teaching/learning and the process of critical thinking as they apply to the health professional. ^f

333 Nursing as a Health Profession (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Junior standing. Introduces the student to nursing as a dynamic and caring health profession. Includes historical perspectives on current ethical, legal, political, social, and cultural issues including health care policy, and introduces the student to nursing as a collaborative process. ^f

334 Nursing as a Health Profession and Discipline (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Open only to RNs and LPNs. Introduces the student to nursing as a dynamic and caring health profession, the impact of epidemiology, health promotion, and disease prevention on the health status of culturally diverse and vulnerable individuals, families, small groups, and communities throughout the life span. Incorporates the nursing process and the critical thinking process as they apply to the art and science of nursing. Historical perspectives on current ethical, legal, political, and social issues are included. ^f,s

340 Nursing as a Health Science I (4:4:0). Prerequisite: Successful completion of NURS 330, 331, 332, or 333, or permission of associate dean. Introduces students to the changing health needs of culturally diverse and vulnerable populations throughout the life span. Focus is on nursing care, pathophysiological, psychological, sociocultural, and risk-reduction implications of frequently experienced health problems. ^s

341 Nursing as a Health Service I (4:0:12). Prerequisites: Successful completion of NURS 330, 331, 332, and 333; corequisites: NURS 342, NURS 344. Gives the student an opportunity to provide collaborative nursing care to culturally diverse and vulnerable populations experiencing frequently occurring physiological, psychological, and social health problems in a variety of settings throughout the life span. ^s

342 Nursing as a Health Service I Seminar (1:1:0). Prerequisites: Successful completion of NURS 330, 331, 332, and 333; corequisite: NURS 341. Meets every other week for two hours. Provides an opportunity for students to integrate nursing care with the health care needs of culturally diverse and vulnerable populations throughout the life span.s

343/HSCI 343 Pharmacology (3:3:0). This course provides the student the opportunity to study the principles of pharmacokinetics, the pharmadynamics of selected drug classifications, and nursing responsibilities related to drug administration to individuals throughout the life span.

344 Intermediate Technologies in Nursing (1:0:2). Prerequisites: Successful completion of NURS 330, 331, 332, and 333; corequisite: NURS 341. Laboratory course designed to assist students in acquiring therapeutic nursing interventions. Technologies presented are asepsis and wound care, administration of medications including dosage calculations, and management of intravenous therapy. ^s

345 Nursing as a Health Service II (5:0:15). Prerequisite: Successful completion of fall and spring junior nursing courses; corequisite: NURS 346. Concentrated clinical course in an acute care setting giving the student the opportunity to provide culturally diverse adults experiencing acute or chronic health problems with collaborative nursing care. ^sum

346 Nursing as a Health Service II Seminar (1:1:0). Corequisite: NURS 345. Meets every week for two hours. Explores in-depth nursing care related to culturally diverse adults experiencing acute and chronic health problems. Case presentations dealing with adult family members with health problems are used. sum

380/NCLC 410 Contemporary Health (6:6:0). Course must be taken as NURS 380 (3 credits) and BIOL 226 (3 credits) or WMST 300 (3 credits). Looks at a variety of health and health care issues. Explores the biology and medical implications of diseases and examines who is making the decisions on the allocation of research funds and prevention of diseases.

400 Clinical Nursing Elective (3:0:9). Prerequisite: NURS 301, 302, 314, 315, 324, 325, or equivalent. Allows students to synthesize previously learned knowledge and skills, acquire additional clinical experience, and observe and participate in nursing practice.

410 Nursing as a Health Science II (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Junior year; corequisite: completion of computer NCLEX review is required to fulfill course requirements. Encompasses complex health problems of culturally diverse and vulnerable populations throughout the life span. Focuses on nursing care needs and pathophysiological, psychological, and sociocultural implications of complicated health problems. ^f

411 Research Dimensions in Nursing (3:3:0). Enrollment restricted to second degree students only. Prerequisites: NURS 254, 262, 318, 319, 320, 426, 419, 430, 450, and 455; corequisite: NURS 471. Presents basic concepts and methods of nursing research. The research process is examined as a foundation for scholarship. ^sum

419 Pathophysiological Basis for Nursing Care of Individuals and Small Groups II (3:3:0). Enrollment restricted to second degree students only. Prerequisites: NURS 254, 262, 318, 319, 320, and 450; corequisites: NURS 325, 426, 430, and 455. Focuses on pathophysiological, psychological, sociocultural, and risk-reduction factors related to nursing care of childbearing women, infants, children, and adolescents experiencing acute health care problems. ^s

420 Implementing Complex Nursing Care for Individuals (intensive medical-surgical nursing experience) (6:0:18). Enrollment restricted to second degree students only. Prerequisites: NURS 254, 262, 318, 319, 320, 450, 426, 419, 430, and 455; corequisite: NURS 475. Applies in an acute care setting the management of health care delivery systems for clients experiencing complex health care problems. Opportunities for students to follow selected clients into clinics and home care situations may be arranged. Clinical course provides for continual daily experience in an acute care medical-surgical setting for six weeks, and includes a review of complex clinical nursing. ^sum

425 Comprehensive Health Assessment (3:2:2). Prerequisite: Open only to RNs and LPNs. Introduces the student to systematic health assessment across the life span and expands that knowledge base to include knowledge and skills necessary to perform comprehensive health assessments with culturally diverse and vulnerable populations. ^f,s

426 Nursing Leadership and Management (3:3:0). Enrollment restricted to Saudi-U.S. University Project students only. Prerequisites: NURS 254, 262, 318, 319, 320, and 450; corequisites: NURS 325, 419, 430, and 455. Introduces the managerial principles and processes of health care delivery systems, including concepts of interdisciplinary team management, collaboration, and team management. Leadership concepts are also addressed. ^s

430 Community Health Theory (3:3:0). Enrollment restricted to second degree students only. Prerequisites: NURS 254, 262, 318, 319, 320, and 450; corequisites: NURS 325, 419, 426, and 455. Addresses community- and population-focused health care. Emphasis is on large group concepts. Principles of epidemiology, at-risk populations, and primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention are discussed. Strategies for working with individuals, families, and small and large groups in community settings also are presented. ^s

436/HSCI 436 Leadership and Management of Health Care (3:3:0). Introductory course in the leadership and management of health-related organizations. Reviews administrative issues in health-related services with particular emphasis on developing organizational strategies for effective interfacing of medical, nursing, allied health, and administrative staff. ^f,s,sum

440/HSCI 440 Community Health and Epidemiology (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Completion of the junior year. Addresses population-focused health care. Emphasis is on primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of health problems. Concepts of community, public health, and health policy affecting culturally diverse and vulnerable populations are examined. ^f,s

441 Nursing as a Health Service III (5:0:15). Prerequisites or corequisites: NURS 410, 436, and 440; corequisite: NURS 442. Provides clinical experience with a focus on collaborative nursing care with individuals, families, and large groups in the community. Emphasis is on health promotion and disease prevention for well populations and community-based care for individuals and families with acute and chronic illnesses. ^f,s

442 Nursing as a Health Service III Seminar (1:1:0). The seminar examines nursing care related to populations with emphasis on health promotion and disease prevention. Ethical, policy, and legal implications are examined.

450 Health Assessment (3:2:2). Enrollment restricted to second degree students only. Prerequisites: NURS 254, 262, 318, 319, and 320. Introduces the student to systematic health assessment across the lifespan and expands that knowledge base to include skills necessary to perform comprehensive health assessments.

451 Nursing as a Health Service IV (5:0:15). Prerequisites or corequisites: NURS 410 and 436; corequisite: NURS 452, 455. Gives the student an opportunity to provide complex, collaborative nursing care to culturally diverse and vulnerable populations. Concentrated clinicals are available in selected institutional settings. ^f,s

453/HSCI 453 Research in Nursing and Health Science (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Statistics. Introductory research course designed to present basic concepts and methods of research. The research process is examined as a foundation for scholarship. Emphasis is placed on critique and use of current nursing and health science research in clinical practice.

455 Advanced Technologies in Nursing (2:0:4). Corequisites: NURS 451, 452. Provides an opportunity for students to acquire advanced skills in nursing practice. Refinement of assessment skills associated with selected advanced technologies are integrated into this laboratory course.

465/HSCI 465 Professional Transition and Role Integration (3:3:0). Course to be taken in final semester of enrollment for traditional and LPN nursing students. For all other students, senior standing is required. Completion of the NCLEX review course for LPN and traditional students. Completion of individual study plan if scores on the NLN CAT Practice Exam warrant it. Assists students in synthesizing the varied dimensions of their role as a health professional. Special emphasis is placed on collegiality, professional role transition, and responsible membership within the health professions and society. (Writing-intensive course)

471 Professional Issues in Nursing Practice (3:3:0). Enrollment restricted to second degree students only. Prerequisites: NURS 254, 262, 318, 319, 320, 419, 426, 430, 450, and 455; corequisite: NURS 411. Explores in group discussion the influence of professional issues on the nurse's role in clinical practice. sum

475 Grand Rounds Complex Case Presentations (3:3:0). Enrollment restricted to second degree students only. Prerequisites: NURS 254, 262, 318, 319, 320, 419, 426, 430, 450, and 455. Examines nursing implications of selected major health problems that significantly affect individuals throughout the life span. Focus is on complex health problems. Class meets once a week in the format of group presentations in the clinical setting. ^sum

480/HSCI 480 Health Aspects of Aging (3:3:0). Studies physiological and psychological factors that influence health and have implications for preventive measures in disease and health disorders in the aging. Nutrition, the nature of health problems, and methods of assessing physical and psychological needs are examined.

481/NCLC 380/BIOL 226 Alternative Therapies in Health and Illness: New Age Meets Hippocrates (6:5:1). Explores philosophical underpinnings and bio/psycho/social/spiritual rationale for the use of alternative therapies in health and illness in various cultures. A variety of alternative health therapies are explored, with opportunities for experiential/service learning with an alternative health care practitioner.

487 Principles, Concepts and Techniques of Operating Room Nursing (3:3:0). Prerequisites: RN licensure, one year clinical experience, and letter of acceptance into a six month operating room clinical preceptorship. Prepares the registered nurse in the basic principles and skills of operating room nursing. A learning environment is provided for the registered nurse with no previous operating room experience to apply fundamental skills and knowledge of operating room nursing in clinical practice. Based on the Association of Operating Room Nurses Standards and Recommended Practices and Guidelines.

495 Directed Reading in Nursing (1-2:0:0). Prerequisites: 90 credits and permission of college. Examines literature on specialized topic in nursing practice, education, or scholarship. Readings are conducted in consultation with faculty.

496/HSCI 496 Violence in Society (3:3:0). The interdisciplinary seminar course examines the magnitude of the problem of violence globally and more specifically within the United States. Discussion and reflective activities engage students in the learning process.

499 Independent Study in Nursing (1-3:0:0). Prerequisite: Permission of college. Provides individual study of a particular problem area in nursing research, theory development, or education under the direction of faculty. Clinical practice may be arranged.

505/HSCI 402/HSCI 505 Case Management (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Bachelor's degree or permission of instructor. Open to seniors. Survey course on the state of case management programs and practice for health and human service professionals. Special emphasis is placed on comparing the nature, process, and outcomes for baccalaureate and graduate students guided by the objectives.

508/HSCI 508 Psychopharmacology (3:3:0). Surveys therapeutic effects and side effect profiles of psychopharmacological drugs including psychotropic and recreational drugs. Emphasis on understanding mechanisms of actions, drug interactions, and subject variables that influence drug effects.

509 Introduction to Emergency Nursing (3:3:0). Introduces emergency care nursing, focusing on relevant pathophysiological disease processes, diagnostics, medical therapeutics and relevant technology as applied to emergency nursing. Focus will be on the care of multicultural clients across the life span, as well as the patient-family unit of care. The concepts of collaboration and triage, as well as legal, ethical, and psychosocial issues will be addressed. This course is based on the core curriculum of the Emergency Nursing Association (ENA).

520/HSCI 520 Rehabilitation Theory and Practice (3:3:0). Explores rehabilitation theory and research and their application to the practice of today's healthcare professional and to the care of specific client populations. Rehabilitation theory will be evaluated as a new paradigm for healthcare delivery.

530 Nurses as Writers (3:3:0). Focuses on the theories and practices related to writing in nursing. Researching, composing, revising, and editing are practiced in a variety of writing styles.

534/HSCI 530 A Global Perspective (3:0:0). Directed at students from a variety of disciplines, this course examines what malnutrition is and how it occurs by looking at several situations from around the world. It looks at the impact of how nutrition can affect a society and community and examines the benefits of a well-nourished population.

542/HSCI 542 Health Policy (3:2:1). Explores issues surrounding the development of public health policy and the influence of policy of health care delivery, nursing, and other health professions. Classroom and field experience.

543/HSCI 543 Global Health: Trends and Policy (3:3:0). Surveys health challenges in the world today; their social, economic, and epidemiological causes; and the role and likely success of high-tech medicine, primary preventive health care, social manipulation, and aid in alleviating the problems. ^s

544/HSCI 544 The Washington Internship in Health Policy (1:0:2). Prerequisite: Annual Health Policy Institute. Undergraduate requires permission of instructor. This course provides a one-week (40 hours) exposure to an organization with a public policy agenda in health. Placements may be in a Capitol Hill office, a federal health agency, a national association, or other policy organization. Interns will engage in a variety of field experiences related to the legislative process, including network development of policy-interested contacts and skill development to expand a student's ability to impact the health policymaking process.

546/HSCI 546 Leadership Strategies in Health Policy (3:3:0). This course examines the leadership process from a policy, personal, and organizational perspective to expand the student's ability to impact the health policy-making process.

550 Pathophysiologic Bases for Major Health Deviations of Individuals (3:3:0). Examines health deviations occurring in people in the United States that require long-term and/or terminal health care interventions. Deviations are presented within a developmental framework as they influence physiologic integrity at the cellular level. Focus is on man as a whole, open system. Complex health programs from the perspective of maintaining homeodynamics are examined.

552/HCS 205 Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology (5:4:1). System-focused advanced physiology and pathophysiology analyzing health deviations across life span. Knowledge is applied to interpret changes in normal function that results in symptoms indicative of illness. This systematic assessment is foundational to clinical decision-making and management of health deviations. Lecture, clinical laboratory, and practicum are presented.

554/HCS 207 Practicum in Advanced Health Assessment (1:0:3). Applies advanced health assessment skills and clinical decision making with adults of all ages in primary care settings. Skills and techniques needed to collect data for comprehensive health assessment are emphasized in this supervised practicum by nurse practitioner faculty preceptors.

570 Cultural Dimension of Aging (3:3:0). Examines the impact of cultural definitions of aging, research methodologies, and findings of cross-cultural studies. Implications for health care and nursing are explored.

571/HSCI 571 HIV/AIDS: Concepts, Principles, and Interventions (3:3:0). Provides an overview of all aspects of HIV disease to include retrospective and current concepts and analyses of the epidemic, global, and societal impact, and cutting-edge research. Examines the development of therapeutic tools and skills to educate, reduce risks, control infection, and affect the care and healing of client, family, and community, as well as issues of increasing dilemma for health care professionals.

577/HSCI 577 Comparative Health Care Systems in the World (3:3:0). A comprehensive review of selected national health care systems within the World Health Organization's designated regions. Health care systems are analyzed, compared, and contrasted. Issues are discussed in relationship to national governments and global health.

578/HSCI 578 Cultural Competence and Diversity in Health Care (3:3:0). Cultural competence and diversity in health care are examined. A number of models are explored, including but not limited to organizational culture competence, cultural competence training models, and anthropological and sociological models. Students develop skills in cultural competence. This course is open to health care providers and all related fields. Lecture, seminar, guest lecture.

580 Operating Room RN First Assistant (3:3:0). Prepares the experienced operating room nurse to become a Registered Nurse First Assistant. Modeled after the official AORN RNFA Core Curriculum. Student receives hands-on practice in knot tying and suturing, as well as experience with microscope and endoscopy labs.

581 Operating RoomRN First Assistant Clinical Practicum (3:1:2). Prerequisite: NURS 580 and operating room nursing experience. Practicum course that prepares the Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) to practice in an expanded clinical nursing role in the operating room. Based on the Core Curriculum of the American Association of Operating Room nurses (AORN) for the RN First Assistant. This individually designed practicum is taken after completion of NURS 580 to give the experienced operating room nurse 120 hours of practicum experience as a surgical first assistant working under the supervision of a surgeon preceptor.

582 Nursing Care of Infants and Children (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Junior nursing courses. Corequisite: NURS 451, NURS 455. This senior elective nursing course has been designed for students with specific interests in the field of pediatric nursing. It focuses on the impact of illness and hospitalization on infants, children, and adolescents with emphasis on the family unit. Course content builds on previous knowledge of pathophysiological, sociocultural, and risk reduction factors related to the nursing care of infants, children and adolescents.

583/HSCI 583 Food and Culture: Biocultural Perspectives on Food and Nutrition (3:3:0). This course examines food and eating behaviors, diet, and nutrition from a cross-cultural perspective. It focuses on how and why people choose what to eat, the range and significance of cross-cultural variability in diet, how diets have changed in the evolutionary and recent past, and the health and social implications of those changes. Teaching strategies include lecture/discussion, guest lecturers, video presentations, audio/visual aids, student presentations, case study analyses.

585/HSCI 550 Entrepreneurship in Health Care (3:3:0). Presents an overview of models of entrepreneurship in health care. Opportunities for collaborative problem solving to support business development, entrepreneurial behavior, and leadership are provided. Innovative approaches to and alternatives for nursing practice and health care delivery are explored.

586 Parish Nursing I (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Students must be registered nurses. Introduces parish nursing as a developing specialty practice for professional nurses. Identifies basic skills for ministry in a faith community. Emphasizes the scope of practice, various theological concepts for health ministry, and application of assessment skills to the faith community. Examines the processes of case consultation and spiritual formation.

587 Parish Nursing II (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Students must be registered nurses. Focuses on skill development in spiritual assessment, ethical decision making, and effective use of prayer. Emphasizes health promotion, working with volunteers, and utilizing community resources. Self-care and professional identity for the parish nurse are addressed. Students continue the processes of case consultation and spiritual formation.

594 Special Topics in Nursing (3:3:0). Presents selected topics analyzing specialized areas in nursing. Content varies. Lecture, seminar, laboratory/workshop.

597 Approaches to Data Analysis in Nursing Research (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate nursing program. Examines uni- and bivariate procedures appropriate for analyzing nursing research data. Emphasis is on selecting, applying, and computerizing procedures in relation to the level of data and type and size of the sample in nursing research. Lecture, computer lab. ^f,s,sum

610 Curriculum Development and Evaluation (3:3:0). Uses seminar/discussion forums to analyze and apply theory and principles for planning, developing, and evaluating curriculum. The course examines curriculum as a creative, planning, and social process.

611 Anthropology of Health (3:3:0). Explores crosscultural issues of health and illness from the standpoint of medical anthropology theory. Cultural dimensions of the developmental cycle and health care systems are discussed.

620 Advanced Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing (3:3:0). Designed to build upon basic psychiatric/mental health nursing knowledge and skills in assessment, diagnosis, therapeutic intervention, and management. Focus is on enhancing the fundamental roles of the Psychiatric/Mental Health Advanced Practice Nurse, including practice, teaching, consultation, supervision, and research in relation to clients and their families.

623 Clinical Concepts in Community-Oriented Primary Care (3:2:1). Theoretical and clinical application of community-oriented primary care concepts with a focus on health promotion, and clinical preventive and screening strategies common to the roles of the Advanced Practice Nurse (APN). Students learn to work in and appreciate the contributions of interdisciplinary groups to improve health indicators for targeted undeserved populations through comprehensive community assessment, implementation, and evaluation of health promotion and disease prevention programs. Students learn how to influence health policy, community development, and empowerment with a sensitivity for cultural diversity (lecture, seminar, group work, clinical).

630 Acute Care Nursing for Advanced Practice (3:3:0). Focuses on acute care nursing for advanced practice with individuals and their families diagnosed with potentially life-threatening alterations in health. Emphasis is on risk factors, physical symptoms, evidence-based interventions, and functional capacity. Emphasis also is on patient and family dynamics, psychosocial, economic, and cultural factors, and their impact on care.

640/HSCI 640 Dimensions of Communication in a Technologically Enhanced Health System (3:3:0). Examines the effects of technological innovation on the communication and interdisciplinary collaboration of stakeholders in health care systems of the new millennium.

645 Gerontological Nursing 1 (3:3:0). Prerequisites: NURS 660, NURS 755, NURS 794. This course provides content related to nursing care of older adults with emphasis on advanced practice and issues relevant to improved health care of the elderly. The focus is on biological, psychological, and sociocultural elements that influence the aging process and the onset of age-related illnesses.

646 Gerontological Nursing 2 (3:3:0). Prerequisite: NURS 645. This course builds upon content in NURS 645 and focuses on health care deviations and nursing interventions in advanced gerontological nursing practice. Age-related illnesses and common disorders are discussed within the context of health behaviors, healthy adaptation, cultural sensitivity, developing appropriate coping strategies, and family, community and nursing supports.

654 Nursing Administration Financial Management (3:3:0). Investigates managerial technologies related to the financial planning and control functions of mid-level nurse administrators. Content develops knowledge and skills necessary for effective participation in financial management as related to business plan development, program budget planning, and control. ^s

657 Perspectives in Nursing Education (3:3:0). Uses seminar approach to provide an overview of nursing education. Topics include the U.S. university, hallmarks of nursing education, educational philosophies, learning theory and principles, issues and trends in nursing education, and current research.

658 Practicum and Seminar in Nursing Education (3:6:2:7). Prerequisites: Admission to the graduate nursing program or post-master's status; NURS 657, NURS 610, or EDCI 701. Uses a seminar/discussion approach and practicum experience to analyze the role and functions of the nurse educator. Emphasis is on the application of teaching strategies, and legal and ethical issues in nursing education.

660/PHIL 510 Seminar in the Ethics of Health Care (3:3:0). Examines the moral dilemmas within the health care profession, with special emphasis on patients' rights, professionals' obligations to other professionals, and issues of social justice in health care. Methods of moral deliberation based on ethical knowledge and justification are applied to ethical dilemmas in health care.

662 Oncology Nursing: Clinical Concepts in Advanced Practice (3:3:0). Focuses on advanced nursing practice for persons diagnosed with cancer and their families. Emphasizes physical symptoms, functional capacities, psychosocial disruptions, and knowledge deficits. Lecture.

680 Theoretical Foundations Related to Nursing (2:2:0). Prerequisite or corequisite: NURS 685. An examination and evaluation of how selected nursing and related discipline theories impact on nursing practice.

685 Advanced Nursing Research Methods (3:3:0). Prerequisites: Admission to the graduate nursing program, pre- or corequisite: NURS 755, and a graduate-level bivariate statistics course. In this course, the student examines principles and methods of research in problem identification, theoretical framework, design, data collection, and analysis. Students develop a nursing research proposal.

686 Projects in Nursing Research (2:2:0). Prerequisite: NURS 790. In this course, students apply the knowledge gained in NURS 790 and implement the research proposal designed in NURS 790.

688 Organization of Nursing and Health Care Delivery Systems (3:3:0). Admission to graduate nursing program. Provides a foundational overview of U.S. nursing and health care delivery systems. Surveys the key concepts, frameworks, processes, and structures related to health care delivery organizations. Lecture/discussion.

690 Independent Study in Nursing (1-3:0:0). Prerequisites: Admission to graduate nursing program and permission of associate dean for academic programs. Studies in depth a selected area of nursing theory, research, or practice under the direction of faculty. May be repeated, total credit hours earned may not exceed six.

720 Practicum in Family Primary Care Nursing I (4:2:2). Prerequisites: NURS 552, 554, HCS 206, and PHARM 207. Performance of beginning-level nurse practitioner clinical decision-making skills in assessment and the management of families and individuals across the life span, with emphasis on health maintenance and health promotion.

721 Practicum in Assessment and Management of the Developing Family (6-8:3:5, Becomes 8 credits in Fall 2000). Prerequisites: NURS 552, 554, HCS 206, PHARM 207, NURS 720, and NURS 623 (or as corequisite). Students must be admitted to the family nurse practitioner track. Consists of the theoretical and clinical application of health assessment, health maintenance/promotion, anticipatory guidance, diagnosis, and management of common primary health care concerns through clinical decision-making skills focused on childrearing and childbearing families.

722 Practicum in Family Primary Care Nursing II (8:3:5). Prerequisites: NURS 720 and 721. Perform advanced clinical decision making in the role of the family nurse practitioner. Family primary care problems throughout the life span are assessed and managed, particularly families with elderly and medically underserved members.

746 Practicum in Adult Primary Care Nursing I (3:2: 6-8). Becomes 6 credits in Fall 2000). Pre- or corequisite: NURS 623. Demonstration of the ability to function at a beginning level in the role of the nurse practitioner. Performance of advanced skills in assessment and the development of plans for health maintenance and promotion for adults.

748 Practicum in Adult Primary Care Nursing II (8:3:5). Prerequisite: NURS 746. Enables the nurse practitioner student to assume increased responsibility in the delivery of primary care to adults. Special emphasis is given to the primary care needs of elderly and medically underserved groups.

750/HSCI 750 Legal Issues Relevant to Health Care Administration (3:3:0). Provides students with a general understanding of the United States legal system and sources of law, with a particular emphasis on laws that govern or are applicable to the health care industry and general administration. Students examine the changing health care models and delivery systems and the laws affecting such systems.

762 Managed Care Concepts for Primary Care Practice (1-4:1-4:3-12). Prerequisite: Acceptance into the nurse practitioner track. By permission of instructor only. Presents managed care concepts specific to primary care practice through self-paced learning modules, seminars, and selected nondirect care internship experiences in managed care settings.

763 Administrative Theory in Nursing (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate nursing program. Prerequisites or corequisites: NURS 755 and Management/Organizational Theory. Uses administrative theory and management principles and processes as related to roles and functions of the nurse in management in health-related agencies. ^f

765 Practicum in Nursing Administration I (3:1:8). Prerequisites: Admission to the graduate nursing program and NURS 755. Prerequisite or corequisite: NURS 763. Applies administrative theory and management principles and processes in a selected health-related agency. Roles and functions of the nurse in management are explored. Lab arranged.f

766 Administrative Strategies in Nursing (3:3:0). Prerequisite: NURS 763. Explores roles and functions of the nurse in management as the nurse manager develops patterns of nursing care, articulating nursing education, and nursing service. ^s

768 Practicum in Nursing Administration II (3:1:8). Prerequisites: NURS 763 and 765. Prerequisite or corequisite: NURS 766. Implements and integrates the roles and functions of the nurse in management. Emphasis is on using appropriate management principles and processes in a selected health-related agency. Lab arranged. s

773 Advanced Clinical Nursing I (3:3:0). Foundational theory relevant to the emerging roles in advanced clinical nursing, focusing on therapeutic nursing interventions in a variety of clinical specialties, with attention to health care needs of individuals, families, and communities.

775 Advanced Specialty Practice I (3:2:7). Pre or corequisite: NURS 550, NURS 755, NURS 773. This course focuses on advanced specialty practice in three specialty areas: oncology, chronic illness, and gerontology. Content in NURS 773 is applied in the specialty area through case clinical practice and studies.

776 Advanced Clinical Nursing II (3:3:0). Expansion of selected content included in NURS 773 for the delivery of advanced nursing care in a variety of settings. Emphasis is on the development and evaluation of the advanced practice nursing role in complex health care systems.

778 Advanced Specialty Practice II (3:2:7). This course focuses on advanced specialty practice in one of three specialty areas: chronic illness, gerontology, or oncology. Content in NURS 776 is applied in specialty areas through clinical practice and case studies.

780 Practicum in Gerontological Primary Care Nursing I (3:0:3). Prerequisite or corequisite: NURS 746. Demonstrates the ability to function at a beginning level in the role of the gerontological nurse practitioner. Performance of advanced skill in geriatric assessment with a special emphasis on the delivery of health promotion and disease prevention services (practicum of at least 100 clinical hours and case analysis conferences).

781 Practicum in Gerontological Primary Care Nursing II (3:0:3). Prerequisites or corequisites: NURS 748, NURS 780. Demonstrates the ability to function at an advanced level in the role of the gerontological nurse practitioner in varied settings, including primary care, long term care, and sub-acute care (practicum of at least 100 clinical hours and case analysis conferences).

800 Qualitative Research Methods in Nursing and Health Care (3:3:0). Examines qualitative methods used in nursing and health care research including ethnography, grounded theory, historical and phenomenological methods. Data collection and analysis issues are explored. Computer analysis is required.

866 Public Health Policy (3:2:1). Considers structure and process of public health policy formulation, policy analysis, and research methods within the scholarship framework of discovery, integration, and application. Contextual factors influencing policy development are examined with particular emphasis on political dynamics, application of ethical principles, and health services research. Selected state and federal policy issues are analyzed and implications for health professionals, health organizations, and the public are delineated. (Lecture/field experience)

870 Nursing and Health Care Administration I (3:3:0). Prerequisites: Organization behavior course (MGMT 600, PUAD 620, LRNG 700, or equivalent) and NURS 955. Examines the theoretical basis of scholarship and practice in the leadership and management of health systems and nursing organizations. Includes the discovery of concepts and forces influencing the organization and performance of health care systems.

871 Nursing and Health Care Administration II (3:3:0). Prerequisite: NURS 870. Analyzes and applies selected concepts related to nursing and health system leaders and managers as well as factors influencing the performance of health systems and organizations.

874 Internship in Health Care Administration/Policy/Ethics (5:1:4). Prerequisite: At the end of course work and before NURS 994; written advanced application and permission of instructor by due dates (March/November 1) in advance of semester. Student participates in an internship experience of at least 150 hours with a leader in the field of nursing, health care administration, policy, and/or ethics. Participatory activities require integration and application of principles, frameworks, and state of the art technologies in science to the executive preceptor role.

875 Research Internship (1:0:1). Provides a guided research experience of 45 hours during which a student participates as a member of a research team engaged in scientific inquiry. Designed to enhance the students' professional socialization in research scholarship at the doctoral level.

920/HSCI 920 Qualitative Research in Nursing and Health Care (3:3:0). Corequisites or prerequisites: NURS 955/HSCI 960; familiarity with e-mail and computers. Philosophical foundations and approaches to qualitative research in nursing and health care administration, health care policy, and health care ethics analyzed within the scholarship of discovery, integration, application, and teaching. Computer analysis is required. Lecture/discussion.

925/HSCI 925 Methodological Issues in Nursing and Health Care Qualitative Research (3:3:0). Prerequisite: NURS 920/HSCI 920 or an equivalent course and permission of the instructor. Explores, analyzes, and synthesizes conceptual, methodological, and ethical issues in qualitative research within the scholarship of discovery, integration, application, and teaching. Seminar.

930/HSCI 930 Quantitative Methods in Nursing and Health Care (3:3:0). Prerequisite: NURS 955/HSCI 960, and a multivariate statistics course (HSCI 800 or equivalent). Examines advanced principles and special problems in quantitative research methodology. Emphasis is on measurement as it relates to nursing and health care administration, health care ethics, and health policy research. Computer analysis is required.

955/HSCI 960 Philosophical Bases of Inquiry (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Admission to nursing doctoral program or permission of the instructor. Philosophical bases of the discipline and practice of health-related disciplines are examined within the scholarship of discovery, integration, application, and teaching. Comparison of nursing and health science philosophy with relevant related discipline philosophies also are examined.

994 Nursing Research Seminar (3:3:0). Prerequisite: Completion of all course work except NURS 999. Seminar for doctoral students to accompany the development of a research proposal. Development of the research problem with analysis and critique of methodology is discussed. ^s

998 Doctoral Dissertation Proposal (1:1:0). Prerequisite: Completion of all course work except NURS 999. Provides faculty assistance on an individual basis to complete research proposal planned in NURS 999. The final research proposal forms the basis for the doctoral dissertation. May be repeated up to four credits.

999 Doctoral Dissertation (9:0:0). Prerequisite: NURS 994. Provides continued faculty assistance on an individual basis toward the completion of the approved dissertation.

George Washington University Courses:

PHARM 207 Pharmacology (4:4:0). Discusses drugs and their actions. Principles of pharmacology and drugs, including their therapeutic and toxic action and their fate in the body are studied. Admission is by permission of the instructor.

552/NURS 552 Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology (5:4:1). System-focused advanced physiology and pathophysiology analyzing health deviations across life span. Knowledge is applied to interpret changes in normal function that results in symptoms indicative of illness. This systematic assessment is foundational to clinical decision-making and management of health deviations. Lecture, clinical laboratory, and practicum are presented.

HCS 206 Clinical Decision Making (2:2:0). Corequisite: NURS 552. Analyzes varied cases using student participation in decision-making formulation. Students learn to correlate pathophysiology with symptom manifestation. Emphasis is on interpreting historical and physical examination data, laboratory data, and radiographic studies relevant to the health problems discussed. Appropriate pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic therapies are discussed in conjunction with the theoretical basis for selecting specific therapies.