2016-2017 Graduate Academic Catalog

Page 58 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)