2024–25 Graduate Academic Catalog Page 119 Graduate-Level Course Descriptions NSG-6280 – NSG-6320 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. Prerequisites: NSG-6220 Epidemiology or NSG-8060 Population Health and Epidemiology; NSG-6240 Foundation of Global Public Health; NSG-6250 Global Public Health Strategies. (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 hour 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; NSG-6190 Transition to Clinical for Advanced Practice Nursing. (Fee: $1000) NSG-6315 3 hours Advanced Concepts and Practice in the Care of Older Adults The focus of this course is to prepare advanced practice students with biblical, theoretical, scientific, and technical foundations required in caring for older 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 older 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 100 hours of direct clinical care. Prerequisites: NSG-6050 Professional Role Development and Health Care Leadership; NSG-6060 Healthcare Economics and Policy; NSG6070 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; NSG-6190 Transition to Clinical for Advanced Practice Nursing. (Fee: $500) NSG-6320 3 hours Advanced Concepts and Practice in the Care of Women The focus of this course is to prepare advanced practice students with biblical, theoretical, scientific, and technical foundations required in caring for women 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 women. 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 100 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; NSG-6190 Transition to Clinical for Advanced Practice Nursing. (Fee: $500)
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