2011-2012 Graduate Academic Catalog

Page 29 2011–12 Graduate Catalog Introduction Experience Admissions Academic Info. Financial Info. Campus Services M.Ed. M.S.N. Course Descriptions Appendix NSG-6100 Foundations of Nursing Education 3 hours This course is designed to provide an overview of the various activities inherent in the role of the nurse educator within academic and practice settings. There is a focus on concepts and theories basic to curriculum development, philosophies of education, learning theories, and research in nursing education. Standards and regulations influencing nursing education programs and curriculum development are also analyzed. Prerequisite: NSG- 5045 Professional Role Development for the Nurse Educator . NSG-6110 Teaching Methods and Strategies 3 hours This course is designed to provide an analysis of teaching and learning strategies for effective functioning as a nurse educator. Use of evidence-based educational strategies, assessment of learners, and implementation of various instructional techniques for classroom and clinical instruction are emphasized. Strategies for promoting critical judgment and clinical decision-making, including the use of technology and simulation are included. Prerequisite: NSG-6100 Foundations of Nursing Education. NSG-6120 Evaluation in Nursing Education 3 hours The foci of this course are an overview of evaluation techniques that enable nurse educators to plan and implement a variety of education-related evaluation approaches including test construction, item analysis, teaching effectiveness, and clinical performance appraisals. Use of other methods of evaluation, such as case scenarios, papers, projects, and presentations are analyzed. Program-level evaluation, including standards for program accreditation, is introduced. Prerequisite: NSG-6110 Teaching Methods and Strategies. NSG-6130 Teaching Practicum I 1 hour This course is designed to provide supervised practical experiences to apply principles of curriculum design and teaching/ learning theories and principles to the classroom and laboratory settings. Students utilize technology and simulation for designing and implementing learning experiences. The practicum includes 150 hours of laboratory and precepted opportunities for students to analyze and apply teaching strategies and includes seminar discussion focusing on solutions to contemporary issues related to nursing education and the role of the nurse educator. Prerequisite: NSG-6110 Teaching Methods and Strategies or permission of instructor . (Fee: $100) NSG-6140 Teaching Practicum II 1 hour In this course, the students are afforded the opportunity to partner with a professional educator to apply acquired knowledge and skills in an educational setting. The practicum includes 150 hours with a nurse educator preceptor focusing on integrating the knowledge, skills, and resources necessary for evidence-based nursing education. Students collaborate with the nurse educator in implementing teaching/learning strategies and performance evaluation in the classroom, laboratory, and clinical settings. Co-requisities: NSG-6120 Evaluation in Nursing Education (or permission of instructor). (Fee: $100) NSG-6200 Philosophy and Theology of Health, Healing, and Illness 3 hours 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. Prerequisites: BEGS-6250 Bible Survey and BEGS-7250 Foundations of Biblical Theology or an undergraduate minor in Bible. 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. Prerequisite: NSG-5070 Policies and Strategies for Health Care Delivery , Co-requisite: NSG-6220 Epidemiology (or permission of instructor) . NSG-6220 Epidemiology 3 hours The focus of this course is on the acquisition and utilization of selected principles, concepts, and methods of epidemiology. Emphasis is placed on the problem identification, design, analysis, and interpretation of epidemiological studies. Prerequisite: NSG- 5050 Research for Evidence-based Nursing Practice. NSG-6230 Population-Based Health Care Management 3 hours 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 health care including health promotion and disease prevention strategies. Prerequisites: NSG-6210 Global Health and Vulnerable Populations and NSG-6220 Epidemiology . NSG-6240 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 in seminar and precepted experiences in which students will assess, analyze, and evaluate health ministry strategies to promote health and prevent disease in vulnerable populations. Prerequisite: NSG-5070 Policies and Strategies for Health Care Delivery , Co-requisites: NSG-6210 Global Health and Vulnerable Populations (or permission of instructor), NSG-6220 Epidemiology . (Fee: $100) NSG-6250 Practicum II 1 hour In this course, students partner with a domestic, global, or health ministry agency to apply the acquired knowledge and skills in global health ministry. The practicum includes 200 hours of collaboration with a nurse missionary, parish nurse working in a setting that serves 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 population-based health care management principles. Prerequisites: NSG-6200 Philosophy and Theology of Health, Healing, and Illness; NSG-6210 Global Health and Vulnerable Populations; NSG-6220 Epidemiology . Co-requisite: NSG-6230 Population-Based Health Care Management (or permission of instructor). (Fee: $100) NSG-6300 Master’s Project I 2 hours The students will develop an evidence-based practice project with an identified area of interest: practice or education. In Master’s Project I, the students will identify a topic of current concern within the specialty, review and synthesize the relevant literature, examine and address a specific issue. The scholarly activity is supervised and guided by a faculty advisor and committee. Prerequisites: NSG-5000 Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice and NSG-5050 Research for Evidence-based Nursing Practice. NSG-6100 – NSG-6300