2023–24 Graduate Academic Catalog Page 117 Graduate-Level Course Descriptions NSG-6170 – NSG-6310 NSG-6170 3 hours Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning for Advanced Nursing Practice The focus of this course is on utilization of diagnostic reasoning in analyzing data from comprehensive health assessments of clients across the lifespan in order to determine appropriate and effective healthcare, including health promotion strategies. Risk reduction, health promotion and prevention, early detection of physical and common mental illnesses, and clinical decisionmaking are addressed. Prerequisite: NSG-6150 Advanced Physiology, Pathophysiology and Genomics for Advanced Nursing Practice. (Fee: $200) NSG-6180 Advanced Clinical Applications 1 hour The focus of this course is graduate level clinical practice experience. Students will complete 100 hours of precepted and faculty supervised clinical learning opportunities in direct patient care settings. Additionally, students will develop in-depth knowledge and expertise in the delivery of advanced nursing care. Prerequisites: NSG-6150 Advanced Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Genomics for Advanced Nursing Practice; NSG-6160 Advanced Pharmacology for Advanced Nursing Practice; NSG6170 Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning for Advanced Nursing Practice. (Fee: $250) NSG-6190 3 hours Transition to Clinical for Advanced Practice Nursing The focus of this course is graduate level clinical practice experience. Students will develop in-depth knowledge and expertise in the delivery of advanced nursing care with a biblical foundation. Students are required to complete 200 hours of direct clinical care under the supervision of qualified clinical preceptors and School of Nursing faculty. Prerequisites: NSG-6150 Advanced Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Genomics for Advanced Nursing Practice; NSG-6160 Advanced Pharmacology for Advanced Nursing Practice; NSG-6170 Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning for Advanced Nursing Practice. (Fee: $1000) NSG-6200 3 hours Philosophy and Theology of Health, Healing, and Illness In this course, the focus is on the analysis and critique of the philosophy and theology of health ministry for their application to nursing care. The leadership aspects of the health ministry role in health, healing, wholeness, and illness are emphasized in relation to advanced nursing practice. (Fee: $50) NSG-6210 Global Health and Vulnerable Populations 3 hours The focus of this course is on contemporary global health issues which are examined through an analysis of social, political, cultural, and ethical policies. Issues examined include the principles, measurements, and the health-development link, global health themes, and the burden of disease and their relation to vulnerability. (Fee: $50) NSG-6220 Epidemiology 3 hours The focus of this course is on understanding and applying the epidemiological principles of disease causation and prevention in the community setting. The course will include practical applications of epidemiology, sources of data used in epidemiology, various epidemiological study designs, epidemiology of infectious disease as well aspects of the environment and social epidemiology. (Fee: $50) NSG-6230 3 hours Population-Based Health Care Management This course is designed to prepare the student with the theoretical, scientific, and technical foundations in caring for vulnerable populations domestically and globally through health ministry. Emphasis is placed on the application of epidemiological methods and primary healthcare including health promotion and disease prevention strategies. (Fee: $50) NSG-6240 Foundation of Global Public Health 3 hours This course is designed to provide a theoretical, scientific, historical, and biblical foundation for examining global public health issues. Students will learn pertinent frameworks and models, analyze the interrelationships of social, political, economic, cultural, linguistic, and ethical factors in global health issues, and explore the critical health challenges facing the global society today. (Fee: $50) NSG-6250 Global Public Health Strategies 3 hours This course is designed to provide students with frameworks for developing collaborative approaches and strategies for global public health issues as a member of an interdisciplinary team. (Fee: $50) NSG-6260 3 hours Contemporary Issues in Global Public Health This course is designed to prepare students to critically evaluate and analyze contemporary issues in global public health. Students will analyze case studies from global public health organizations based on epidemiologic and scientific evidence, theoretical models, and a biblical framework. (Fee: $50) NSG-6280 GPHN Practicum I 2 hours In this course, the student is afforded the opportunity to apply the theoretical concepts of global health and vulnerable populations by working in a supervised health ministry setting that serves global, immigrant, refugee, or vulnerable populations. The practicum includes 200 hours of precepted experiences in which students will assess, analyze, and evaluate health ministry strategies to promote health and prevent disease in vulnerable populations. Prerequisites: NSG-6200 Philosophy and Theology of Health, Healing, and Illness; NSG-6210 Global Health and Vulnerable Populations; NSG-6220 Epidemiology; NSG-6230 Population-Based Health Care Management. (Fee: $250) NSG-6290 GPHN Practicum II 1 hours In this course, students partner with a domestic, global, or health ministry agency to apply acquired knowledge and skills in global health ministry. The practicum includes 100 hours of collaboration with a nurse missionary, parish nurse in a setting serving vulnerable populations, a community development project in a developing nation, or a nurse serving with a global voluntary agency. The focus of this experience is implementing populationbased healthcare management principles. Prerequisite: NSG-6280 GPHN Practicum I. (Fee: $125) NSG-6310 6 hours Advanced Concepts and Practice in the Care of Adults The focus of this course is to prepare advanced practice students with biblical, theoretical, scientific, and technical foundations required in caring for adults in a family nurse practitioner role. Students will learn and apply health promotion, disease prevention, assessment, diagnosis, and evidencebased management of common primary health problems in adults. Students will develop skills in patient advocacy, cultural competence, clinical decision-making and judgment. The student will work under the supervision of qualified clinical preceptors and the School of Nursing faculty to achieve entry level clinical competency in the nurse practitioner role. This course requires 200 hours of direct clinical care. Prerequisites: NSG-6050 Professional Role Development and Health Care Leadership; NSG-6060 Healthcare Economics and Policy; NSG-6070 Principles of Evidence-Based Practice; NSG-6080 Biblical Basis for Advanced Nursing Practice; NSG-6150 Advanced Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Genomics for Advanced Nursing Practice; NSG-6160 Advanced Pharmacology for Advanced Nursing Practice; NSG-6170 Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostic Reasoning for Advanced Nursing Practice. (Fee: $1000)
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