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2016–17 Graduate Academic Catalog
Graduate-Level Course Descriptions
NSG-6325 – NSG-6495
NSG-6325
6 hours
Advanced Concepts and Practice in the Care of Children
To prepare advanced practice students with theoretical,
scientific and technical foundations required in caring for children
in a family nurse practitioner role. Student learn and apply health
promotion, disease prevention, assessment, diagnosis, and
management of common primary health problems in children in
a variety of settings. Evidence-based management strategies,
ethical decision-making, spiritually and culturally sensitive care
are addressed.
Prerequisites: NSG-6050 Professional Role
Development and Health Care Leadership; NSG-6060 Healthcare
Economics and Policy; NSG-6070 Principles of Evidence
Based Nursing Practice; NSG-6080 Biblical Foundations for
Advanced Nursing Practice; NSG-6150 Advanced Physiology,
Pathophysiology, and Genomics for APRN; NSG-6160 Advanced
Pharmacology for APRN; NSG-6170 Advanced Health/Physical
Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning for APRN.
(Fee: $700)
NSG-6380 M.S.N. Capstone I
2 hours
The focus of this course is to provide students a culminating
capstone experience for the application and integration of
expertise gained in the program. This capstone activity is
supervised and guided by nursing faculty. Students are required to
complete both NSG-6380 and NSG-6390 to satisfy the capstone
requirement for the M.S.N. program.
Prerequisities: NSG-5000
Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice; NSG-5050 Research
for Evidence-based Nursing Practice.
NSG-6390 M.S.N. Capstone II
2 hours
The focus of this course is to provide students a culminating
capstone experience for the application and integration of
expertise gained in the program. This capstone activity is
supervised and guided by nursing faculty. In this course, students
will bring the capstone experience developed in NSG-6380 to
completion for the M.S.N. program.
Prerequisties: NSG-6380 MSN
Capstone I.
(Fee: $150)
NSG-6395 Applied Scholarship in Practice for FNP 2 hours
Students will receive supervised clinical experience in a
primary care of speciality setting. In addition, students write and
answer a nurse practitioner-related research question through
a comprehensive review of literature and developing evidence-
based recommendations for their practice setting.
Prerequisites:
NSG-6050 Professional Role Development and Health Care
Leadership; NSG-6060 Healthcare Economics and Policy; NSG-
6070 Principles of Evidence Based Nursing Practice; NSG-6080
Biblical Foundations for Advanced Nursing Practice; NSG-
6150 Advanced Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Genomics for
APRN; NSG-6160 Advanced Pharmacology for APRN; NSG-
6170 Advanced Health/Physical Assessment and Diagnostic
Reasoning for APRN.
(Fee: $100)
NSG-6400 Foundations of Nursing Education
3 hours
This course prepares nurse educators to articulate the various
activities and competencies inherent in the role of the nurse
educator within academic and health care settings. Legal and
ethical standards and regulations influencing nursing eduction
programs, curriculums, and educational philosophies are analyzed
through a biblical worldview. A major focus of this course is the
recent research in the neuroscience of learning and its impact on
nursing education.
Prerequisites: NSG-6050 Professional Role
Development and Health Care Leadership; NSG-6060 Healthcare
Economics and Policy; NSG-6070 Principles of Evidence
Based Nursing Practice; NSG-6080 Biblical Foundations for
Advanced Nursing Practice; NSG-6155 Advanced Physiology,
Pathophysiology, and Genomics; NSG-6165 Advanced
Pharmacology; NSG-6175 Advanced Health Assessment and
Diagnostic Reasoning.
(Fee: $50)
NSG-6410
3 hours
Teaching and Learning Strategies for Nurse Educators
The course prepares nurse educators to develop effective
teaching and learning strategies. Use of theoretical and evidence-
based educational techniques, assessment of learners, and
implementation of various instructional techniques for classroom,
clinical, simulation/lab, and online instruction are emphasized.
Strategies for promoting critical judgment and clinical decision-
making, including the use of technology and simulation are
included.
Prerequisite: NSG-6400 Foundations of Nursing
Education.
(Fee: $50)
NSG-6420
3 hours
Curriculum Design and Development for Nurse Educators
The course prepares nurse educators to examine and develop
nursing education curriculum from a theoretical approach and
biblical worldview. The course focuses on the design, planning,
and revision of both curriculums and individual courses. Recent
trends and research in nursing education are emphasized.
Prerequisite: NSG-6400 Foundations of Nursing Education.
(Fee:
$50)
NSG-6430
3 hours
Assessment and Evaluation for Nurse Educators
This course prepares nurse educators to assess learning within
a variety of settings including classroom, clinical, simulation, lab,
and online. Trends, processes, and challenges related to learning
assessment are explored. Theories and practices of assessment
and evaluation are examined and applied to learner and curricular
outcomes.
Prerequisite: NSG-6400 Foundations of Nursing
Education; NSG-6420 Curriculum Design and Development for
Nurse Educators.
(Fee: $50)
NSG-6480 Nursing Education Practicum
3 hours
This course prepares nurse educators to develop entry-
level competencies in the role of nurse educator. The course
is designed to provide supervised practical experiences in an
educational setting applying the educational principles and
theories learned in their specialty courses. In addition, students
will write a nursing education specific research question that can
be answered through a review of literature.
Prerequisite: NSG-
6400 Foundations of Nursing Education; NSG-6410 Teaching and
Learning Strategies for Nurse Educators; NSG-6420 Curriculum
Design and Development for Nurse Educators; NSG-6430
Assessment and Evaluation for Nurse Educators.
(Fee: $50)
NSG-6495
2 hours
Applied Scholarship in Practice for Nurse Educator
Students will receive supervised practical experience in an
educational setting and apply principles and theories learned in
their specialty courses. In addition, students answer a nursing
education-related research question through a comprehensive
review of literature and developing evidence-based
recommendations for their practice setting.
Prerequisite: NSG-
6400 Foundations of Nursing Education; NSG-6410 Teaching and
Learning Strategies for Nurse Educators; NSG-6420 Curriculum
Design and Development for Nurse Educators; NSG-6430
Assessment and Evaluation for Nurse Educators; NSG-6480
Nursing Education Practicum.
(Fee: $50)