Page 128 2025–26 Graduate Academic Catalog Graduate-Level Course Descriptions NSG-6410 – NSG-6700 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 evidencebased 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 decisionmaking, 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, practices, and standards of assessment and evaluation are examined and applied to curricular and student learning outcomes. Prerequisite: NSG-6400 Foundations of Nursing Education. (Fee: $50) NSG-6480 Nursing Education Practicum 2 hours This course prepares nurse educators to develop entrylevel competencies in the role of nurse educator. The course is designed to provide 200 hours of supervised practicum experiences in an educational setting applying the educational principles and theories learned in their specialty courses. 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: $250) NSG-6500 2 hours Applied Scholarship in Advanced Nursing Practice This course will focus on the application of research into practice. Students will identify a practice question, search evidence sources for potential solutions, evaluate current clinical prevention and health promotion interventions and make evidence-based recommendations to improve health outcomes of individuals, families, communities, and aggregate/clinical populations. Students will learn skills needed to make a change in the clinical practice setting. Corequisites: (AGACNP track) NSG-6600 Acute Care Concepts and Practice I, NSG-610 Acute Care Concepts and Practice II, NSG-6620 Acute Care Concepts and Practice III; (FNP track) NSG-6310 Advanced Concepts and Practice in the Care of Adults, or NSG-6315 Advanced Concepts and Practice in the Care of Older Adults, or NSG-6320 Advanced Concepts and Practice in the Care of Women; NSG-6325 Advanced Concepts and Practice in the Care of Children; (NE track) NSG-6180 Advanced Clinical Applications or NSG-6480 Nursing Education Practicum; (NLHI track) NSG-6780 Nursing Leadership Practicum I or NSG-6790 Nursing Leadership Practicum II; (PNP track) NSG-6800 Advanced Concepts and Practice in Pediatric Primary Care or NSG-6810 Advanced Concepts and Practice in Pediatric Development and Behavioral Health or NSG-6820 Advanced Concepts and Practice in Pediatric Health Promotion or NSG-6830 Advanced Concepts and Practice in Pediatric Disease Management. (Fee: $50) NSG-6600 Acute Care Concepts and Practice I 6 hours This course is the first of three sequential courses that prepare advanced practice nursing students with biblical, theoretical, scientific, and technical foundations in the care of adultgerontology patients in an acute care nurse practitioner role. Students will learn and apply health promotion, assessment, diagnosis, and evidence-based management of acutely ill adult- gerontology patients with episodic illness, exacerbation of chronic illness or terminal illness. Students will develop knowledge and skills in complex monitoring, pharmacological therapies, and interventions within interdisciplinary acute care settings. 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-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 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-6610 Acute Care Concepts and Practice II 6 hours This course is the second of three sequential courses that prepare advanced practice nursing students with biblical, theoretical, scientific, and technical foundations required in the care of adult-gerontology patients in an acute care nurse practitioner role. Students will continue to learn and apply knowledge of diagnosis and management of patients with acute and complex health pathologies within an interdisciplinary environment. Students are required to complete 200 hours of direct clinical care under the supervision of qualified clinical preceptors and School of Nursing faculty. Prerequisite: NSG-6600 Acute Care Concepts and Practice I. (Fee: $1000) NSG-6620 Acute Care Concepts and Practice III 6 hours This course is the third of three sequential courses that prepare advanced practice nursing students with biblical, theoretical, scientific, and technical foundations required in the care of adult-gerontology patients in an acute care nurse practitioner role. Students continue to build on skills and knowledge in the provider role, with an emphasis on an inter-disciplinary approach to address ethical and legal standards related to triage, health care decision-making, and quality of life. 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-6600 Acute Care Concepts and Practice I; NSG-6610 Acute Care Concepts and Practice II. (Fee: $1000) NSG-6700 Managing Organizational Behavior 3 hours The focus of this course is to engage nurse leaders in an exploration of organizational theories and models that advance healthcare systems toward high-performance. Students will learn about the theories of interpersonal and intrapersonal traits, power, motivation, and change. 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: $50)
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