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Graduate-Level Course Descriptions NSG-6040 – NSG-6170
NSG-6040 3 hours
Advanced Concepts in the Care of Children
The focus of this course is to prepare the advanced practice
students with the biblical, theoretical, scientific and technical
foundations required in caring for children (infancy through
adolescence). Emphasis is placed on health promotion, disease
prevention, assessment, diagnosis, and management of common
primary health problems of children (infancy through adolescence)
in a variety of settings. Growth and development of the healthy
newborns, infants, children and adolescents are examined along
with stage-appropriate anticipatory health-management strategies.
Evidence-based management strategies, ethical decision-
making, and culturally sensitive care are addressed. Prerequisites:
NSG-5010 Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology, NSG-
5020 Advanced Health/physical Assessment and Diagnostic
Reasoning, and NSG-5030 Advanced Pharmacology, NSG-5040
Professional Role Development for Advanced Practice. Co-
requisites: NSG-6045 Advanced Practice in the Care of Children
for FNP.(Fee: $100)
NSG-6045 1 hour
Advanced Practice in the Care of Children for FNP
In this course, the students are afforded the opportunity
to master knowledge of health care problems in children and
adolescents, and to develop the advanced clinical and decision-
making skills required. The students apply knowledge and
skills of health promotion, disease prevention, assessment,
diagnosis, and management of common primary health problems
of children and adolescents in a clinical practice setting. The
students work under the supervision of qualified preceptors
and School of Nursing faculty to ensure that students achieve
entry-level clinical competency in the nurse practitioner role. The
practicum includes a 150-hour precepted experience with qualified
preceptors. Prerequisites: NSG-5010 Advanced Physiology
and Pathophysiology, NSG-5020 Advanced Health/physical
Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning, NSG-5030 Advanced
Pharmacology, NSG-5040 Professional Role Development for
Advanced Practice. Co-requisite:
(or permission of instructor). (Fee: $400)
NSG-6050 3 hours
Professional Role Development and Health Care Leadership
The focus of this course is to introduce advanced nursing roles
and responsibilities within the context of the health care delivery
system. Specific emphasis will be placed on the advanced nursing
role in health care leadership, scholarship, informatics, and
population health. (Fee $50)
NSG-6060 Healthcare Economics and Policy 3 hours
The focus of this course is the United States health care
system. The content of this course includes the health care policy
development process, advocacy strategies to influence health
and health care, health care regulation and payment issues, and
health care delivery models. (Fee: $50)
NSG-6070 3 hours
Principles of Evidence Based Nursing Practice
The focus of this course is on teaching the graduate nurse
how to translate and integrate scholarship into practice in order
to apply research outcomes within their practice setting, resolve
practice problems, and disseminate information to the appropriate
audience. The purpose is to teach graduate nurses to examine
policies and seek evidence for every aspect of advanced nursing
practice. (Fee: $50)
NSG-6080 3 hours
Biblical Foundations for Advanced Nursing Practice
For the Christian nurse, professional practice is grounded in
biblical truth. This course focuses on the integration of biblical
truth with ethical theories, leadership principles, and spiritual
care research. This course builds on the biblical competencies
gained in previous courses, and is intended to give graduate
nurses a deeper understanding of how graduate-level nursing
competencies can be integrated with biblical truth. Prerequisite:
BTGS-6100 Biblical and Theological Foundations for Graduate
Study. (Fee: $50)
NSG-6150 4 hours
Advanced Physiology, Pathophysiology, and
Genomics for APRN
This course is designed to provide a well-grounded
understanding of normal physiologic and pathophysiologic, and
genetic mechanisms of disease across the lifespan that serves as
one primary component of the foundation for clinical assessment,
decision-making, and management. This course assumes
knowledge of basic pathophysiology, and builds upon it to examine
changes in normal cellular and tissue function that result in
symptoms indicative of illness. (Fee: $50)
NSG-6155 2 hours
Advanced Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Genomics
This course is designed to provide system-focused content
that addresses the normal physiologic, pathophysiologic, and
genomic mechanisms of disease that serve as the foundation
for advanced clinical assessment, decision-making, and
management. Physiologic changes are compared and contrasted
over the life span and developmental physiology, normal etiology,
pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of commonly found/
observed altered health states and responses to illness and
treatment modalities are examined. (Fee $50)
NSG-6160 3 hours
Advanced Pharmacology for APRN
This course focuses on evidenced-based practice of
pharmacotherapeutic management by examining pharmacokinetic
and pharmacodynamic principles. Students will develop a
practical advanced practice approach in applying pharmacological
principles across the life span. Students will critically analyze,
apply, and evaluate commonly used drugs for the treatment of
self-limiting acute conditions and chronic diseases to determine
best evidence for prescriptive intervention. Prerequisite: NSG-6150
Advanced Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Genomics for Nurse
Practitioner.(Fee: $50)
NSG-6165 Advanced Pharmacology 2 hours
This course focuses on evidenced-based practice of
pharmacotherapeutic management by examing pharmacokinetic
and pharmacodynamic principles. Students will develop a
practical advanced practice approach in applying pharmacological
principles across the life span. Prerequisite: NSG-6155 Advanced
Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Genomics.(Fee: $50)
NSG-6170 3 hours
Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic
Reasoning for APRN
The focus of this course is on utilization of diagnostic reasoning
in analyzing data from comprehensive health assessments of
clients across the life span in order to determine appropriate and
effective health care, including health promotion strategies. Risk
reduction, health promotion and prevention, early detection of
physical and common emotional illnesses, and clinical decision-
making are addressed. On-site laboratory practice of 50 hours is
required for the Family Nurse Practitioner students. Prerequisite:
NSG-5010 Advanced Physiology and Pathophysiology and
evidence of undergraduate instruction in health assessment. (Fee:
$200)