Page 118 2024–25 Graduate Academic Catalog Graduate-Level Course Descriptions NSG-6060 – NSG-6250 NSG-6060 Healthcare Economics and Policy 3 hours The focus of this course is the United States healthcare system. The content of this course includes the healthcare policy development process, advocacy strategies to influence health and healthcare, healthcare regulation and payment issues, and healthcare delivery models. (Fee: $50) NSG-6070 3 hours Principles of Evidence-Based Nursing Practice This course will focus on the development of foundational knowledge in research and evidence-based practice. Students will learn the research process, and principles of evidencebased practice for the purpose of improving health outcomes of individuals, families, communities, and aggregate/clinical populations. Prerequisites: Undergraduate nursing research course and statistics course. (Fee: $50) NSG-6080 3 hours Biblical Basis for Advanced Nursing Practice This course focuses on the integration of biblical truth with ethical theories, leadership principles, and spiritual care research. Students will articulate the biblical basis for advanced nursing practice. (Fee: $50) NSG-6150 3 hours Advanced Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Genomics for Advanced Nursing Practice This course focuses on normal physiologic, pathophysiologic and genomic mechanisms of disease states across the life-span. This course assumes knowledge of basic pathophysiology, and builds upon it to provide an advanced nursing foundation for clinical assessment, decision-making, clinical prevention, and population health. (Fee: $50) NSG-6160 3 hours Advanced Pharmacology for Advanced Nursing Practice This course focuses on evidenced-based pharmacotherapeutic management of acute and chronic conditions across the life span through examining principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Students will critically analyze and evaluate the cultural, health literacy, legal, ethical, fiscal, and safety implications of commonly used drugs for individuals, families, communities, and aggregate/clinical populations. Prescriptive authority advanced pharmacology education required for APRN licensure is also addressed. Prerequisite: NSG-6150 Advanced Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Genomics for Advanced Nursing Practice. (Fee: $50) 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. Prerequisites: NSG-6150 Advanced Physiology, Pathophysiology, and Genomics for Advanced Nursing Practice; NSG-6160 Advanced Pharmacology 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. Prerequisites: NSG-6220 Epidemiology or NSG-8060 Population Health and Epidemiology; NSG-6240 Foundation of Global Public Health. (Fee: $50)
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