B HLTH 397 Current Health Topics (3-5, max. 15)
Survey
of current issues in human health with analysis of selected topics. The
personal, social, political, and economic aspects of health are
explored through professional health writing and interdisciplinary
literature.
B HLTH 451 Family Caregiving Across the Life Span (5) I&S Kovalesky
Focuses
on family caregiving across the lifespan. Examines issues, problems,
and challenges family caregivers face while taking on this role across
communities and illnesses. Supports health and social service providers
in defining their roles within the context of family caregiving.
Offered: A.
B HLTH 455 Women, Culture, and Healing (5) I&S
Interdisciplinary
course explores the inter-connectedness of identity, culture, healing.
Addresses how women make meaning in their lives; how they are both
shaped by and influence history, culture, and the world. Integrates
humanities, social and health sciences to study cultural influences on
women's health and healing.
B HLTH 462 Global and Local Health Inequalities and Interventions (5) I&S Abrums
Examines
the conditions (political, economic, cultural, historical) that create
and sustain disparities in health globally and locally. Critically
examines health issues from multiple perspectives, exploring theories
and movements of people creating social justice in health within
frameworks that are both globally and locally situated. Offered: AWSp.
B HLTH 497 Selected Topics in Health (3-5, max. 15) I&S/NW
Instructor Course Description:
Mark V Calogero
Elizabeth A. Madison
Jerelyn A. Resnick
B HLTH 555 Women, Culture, and Healing (5)
Interdisciplinary
course explores the inter-connectedness of identity, culture, healing.
Addresses how women make meaning in their lives; how they are both
shaped by and influence history, culture, and the world. Integrates
humanities, social and health sciences to study cultural influences on
women's health and healing.
B HLTH 597 Special Topics in Health (3-5, max. 10)
B NURS 340 Clinical Nursing Phenomena (3)
Selected
clinical phenomena examined from the perspective of physiologic,
pathophysiologic, experiential and behavioral responses to life events,
and alterations in states of health and illness. Relationship of
nursing therapies to each perspective and influence of life span and
sociocultural factors are identified.
B NURS 350 Critical Thinking in Nursing (4) Leppa
Focuses
on critical thinking and effective writing in nursing. Students explore
nursing and health care issues, evaluate varied perspectives, and
develop a reasoned analysis of current topics.
B NURS 403 Introduction to Research in Nursing (3) NW/QSR
Introduction
to concepts and processes of research used in investigating nursing
problems. Problem formulation, research designs, human subject
protection, and dissemination of findings are addressed.
B NURS 407 Cultural and Social Issues in Health Care (5) I&S
Analyzes
the impact of cultural, social, and global factors on the health of
diverse populations. Examines how discrimination, oppression, and
privilege relate to health, illness, and healing. Applies
self-awareness, knowledge, and skills in planning for and providing
non-discriminatory and culturally competent health care.
B NURS 408 Community Health Nursing: Care of Populations in the Community (3)
Examination
of community health nursing theories and concepts related to the
nurse's functions in providing care to populations, families, and
individuals within community settings. Explores socio-cultural,
political, epidemiological, mental health and economic issues
influencing local, national, and international community health
problems and health care delivery.
B NURS 409 Practicum with Populations in Community Health Settings (6) I&S
Apply
community health nursing concepts and theories in the care of
multi-cultural and high risk individuals, families, and populations
across the life span. Emphasizes practicing interdisciplinary health
care, advocacy, and collaboration in partnership with the community in
order to promote health and prevent illness, disability, and disease.
B NURS 410 Legal and Ethical Issues in Clinical Practice (3) Leppa
Introduction
to the major ethical theories and principles through the use of models
for the analysis of representative cases. Analyzes the recurring
ethical problems in clinical practice, such as withholding and
withdrawing life support, promoting client autonomy, and
interprofessional conflicts. Offered: WSp.
B NURS 412 Nursing Care Systems (3)
Introduction
to analyzing current health-care systems and their effectiveness in
achieving desired health outcomes for selected client populations from
a system perspective. Emphasizes key features of interface between
clients and health-care professionals, and environmental factors and
organizational structures that influence the transaction.
B NURS 430 Relational Leadership in Nursing (5)
Introduces
knowledge and practices that support the implementation of relational
leadership in health care contexts. Content emphasizes strategies that:
1) enhance personal vision and voice; 2) create commitment; 3) include
diverse perspectives; 4) solve problems; 5) resolve conflicts; and 6)
accomplish goals.
B NURS 450 Connected Learning (1, max. 7) I&S
Nursing
students participate in a learning community in small groups with a
faculty member. Focus is on dialogue, understanding others'
perspectives, building community, and integration of concurrent
learning in other courses.
B NURS 495 Senior Portfolio (1) I&S
Creation
of a portfolio demonstrating the progress made toward individual and
program goals. Portfolio contains examples of papers, videotapes,
evaluations from faculty, peers and self, and a reflective summary on
the learning that has occurred.
B NURS 497 Selected Topics in Nursing (1-12, max. 12)
B NURS 498 Special Project in Nursing (1-12, max. 12)
Further
development, critical examination, and synthesis of nursing care in a
specialized setting. Increasing depth of clinical practice, including
care to groups and communities as clients, applying leadership skills,
assessing problems affecting quality health care delivery, and applying
research findings.
B NURS 499 Undergraduate Research (1-5, max. 12)
Provides
an opportunity to investigate a selected problem and to do an analysis
and interpretation of the findings resulting from the investigation
under supervision of a faculty member.
B NURS 501 Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations of Advanced practice Nursing (3)
Explores
the multiple philosophical and theoretical perspectives that guide
nursing practice. Analyzes historical and emerging theories of nursing
in relationship to a variety of practice settings and health care
concerns.
B NURS 502 Dynamics of Community Health Practice (3/5, max. 5)
B NURS 503 Advanced Fieldwork in Community Health Nursing (1-6, max. 12)
Projects
involve scholarly inquiry with in-depth focused analysis, culminating
in a written product/report for dissemination. Provides substantive
fieldwork experience in student's setting of interest. Assists students
in the delineation of advanced nursing roles and application of
theoretical concepts into the real-world context. Prerequisites: B NURS
501, B NURS 527, B NURS 504, B NURS 526, B NURS 520, B NURS 580; B NURS
502 and B NURS 521, which may be taken concurrently.
B NURS 504 Disparity and Social Justice in Health Care (3)
Analyzes
how social, cultural, economic and political factors relate to the
nature, distribution, and meaning of health and illness. Critically
examines the concepts of oppression, privilege, and social justice as
they relate to health disparities, discrimination in the health care
interaction, and inequities in the health care labor force. Offered: W.
B NURS 507 Advanced Nursing Roles (2)
Examines
the wide variety of roles available to the graduate-level nurse,
including various roles in clinical practice and education. Offered: A.
B NURS 508 Ethics, Aesthetics (3)
Examines,
critiques, and applies theories, models, and methods associated with
the fields of ethics and aesthetics in advanced nursing roles.
B NURS 511 Curriculum Development in Nursing Education (3)
B NURS 520 Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice I (3)
Analyzes
conceptual, theoretical, and empirical knowledge as a basis for
evidence-based practice. Examines methodological approaches to
scholarly inquiry and research applied to nursing practice. Evaluates
the role of advanced practice nurses in research. Prerequisite: a
course in statistics.
B NURS 521 Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice II (3)
Builds
on scholarly inquiry and research knowledge gained in B NURS 520.
Specific foci include measurement, study design, and data collection
issues as well as enhancing data analysis and interpretation abilities.
Emphasizes application of scholarly inquiry methods in nursing
practice. Prerequisite: B NURS 520.
B NURS 525 Leadership for Advanced Nursing Roles (3)
Focuses
on leadership development in advanced nursing roles in health care
delivery, research, and education. Emphasizes the application of
critical thinking, systems theory, leadership and change theory with a
goal to improve the design and operation of health care and related
systems.
B NURS 526 Program Planning and Program Evaluation in Health Service Delivery (3)
Analyzes
selected theories and methods of program planning and program
evaluation in the design, organization, and development of health
services for defined populations in the community. Reviews selected
theoretical and research models for their use in the conceptualization
and development of health programs and services for defined
populations.
B NURS 527 Managing Effective Access and Utilization Within Care Systems (3/4, max. 4)
In-depth
inquiry into health care access and resource utilization patterns among
diverse populations, with emphasis on nursing management strategies for
establishing effective population-system fit.
B NURS 578 Health Care and Community (3)
B NURS 580 Populations at Risk in the Community (3)
Focuses
on health needs and risks of selected populations in the community and
theoretical and analytical perspectives on assessment and intervention
strategies in community health nursing practice with groups and
populations whose health is at risk.
B NURS 597 Selected Topics in Nursing (1-5, max. 15)
Course content and credits vary depending upon topic. Offered: AWSpS.
B NURS 598 Special Projects (1-6, max. 12)
Scholarly inquiry with in-depth, focused analysis, culminating in a written product/report for dissemination.
B NURS 600 Independent Graduate Project/Research (1-5, max. 15)
Provides
graduate nursing students an opportunity to investigate and report on
selected nursing problems under the supervision of a graduate faculty
member. Credit/no credit only.
