2010-2011 Graduate Catalog 
    
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2010-2011 Graduate Catalog [Archived Catalog]

Course Descriptions

 

NFS (Nutrition and Food Science)
  

  • NFS 660 - Maternal and Child Nutrition

    Fundamental principles of nutrition during pregnancy, lactation, infancy, and childhood. Topics include: the physiologic and genetic events that occur during the process of conception, pregnancy and growth; nutritionally critical periods during pregnancy, lactation and growth; implications of nutrition on health, growth and mental/emotional development; development of food habits in children; and the current educational and support programs available to the mother and child.Credits: 3


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  • NFS 662 - Sociocultural Aspect of Nutrition

    The study of diverse dietary patterns and their impact on nutritional health including food attitudes, socioeconomic structures, cultural patterns of food intake and their effect on nutrient composition of the diet.Credits: 2


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  • NFS 702 - Macronutrients in Human Nutrition

    The course is an overview of macronutrients, including carbohydrates, lipids and proteins. It will cover recent findings on their functions in human nutrition and health.Credits: 3


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  • NFS 704 - Phytochemicals

    The course is an overview of phytochemicals (non-nutritive biologically active compounds) from fruits, vegetables, cereals, and oilseeds. It will cover recent findings on chemistry, physiological functions, potential health implications of phytochemicals. It has been developed as an Internet-based course.Credits: 2


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  • NFS 705 - Functional Foods: Disease Prevention

    Integrate and evaluate the regulatory principles, food science, nutrient science, and nutritional metabolism for the development of functional foods, mutraceuticals, and dietary supplements for chronic disease preventionCredits: 3


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  • NFS 706 - Nutrition and Immunology

    Principles and issues related to nutrition and immunology.  Impact of nutrients and nutritional status on immune responses.  Impact of disease states on nutritional status.Credits: 3


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  • NFS 722 - Nutrition Counseling/ Ed Methods

    Nutrition education for groups and individuals in clinical and community settings.  Includes discussion and experience in applying learning theory, assessing educational needs, stating goals and objectives, selecting learning activities, implementing and evaluating instruction, and documenting care provided.Credits: 3


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  • NFS 723 - Nutrition Focus on Life Stages

    The influence of normal physiological stresses on nutritional needs throughout the life span will be explored.  Evaluating dietary intake and identifying appropriate community nutrition services will be included in the on-line discussions.  Specific considerations, such as the influence of age and cultural heritage, will be incorporated.  An opportunity will be given to each student to plan, present, and evaluate a mini nutrition education lesson.Credits: 3


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  • NFS 725 - Nutrition and Human Performance

    This course is designed to develop an understanding of nutrition, based upon knowledge of the biochemical and physiological process and functions of specific nutrients in meeting nutritional requirements. Emphasis will be placed upon the relationship of optimal nutrition and physical efficiency and performance.Credits: 3


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  • NFS 727 - Obesity Across the Lifespan

    Exploration of the effects that obesity has on public health, the healthcare system, and society in general.  Overview of strategies to prevent obesity across the lifespan.Credits: 3


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  • NFS 728 - Pediatric Clinical Nutrition

    This course examines the physiological, biochemical, and nutritional aspects of disease processes relevant to infants and children up to 18 years of age.  Medical nutrition therapy for a variety of medical conditions found in this population will be discussed including inborn errors of metabolism, food hypersensitivity, obesity, and diseases of all major organ systems.Credits: 3


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  • NFS 729 - International Nutr/World Hunger

    Advanced study of the magnitude, cause, and nature of hunger and undernutition in low income countries; emphasis on programs, policies, and planning directed toward alleviating hunger.Credits: 3


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  • NFS 734 - Research Methods in Dietetics

    Dietetics, including the use of various research designs for answering research questions, methods for conducting research, evaluation of research articles, development of research proposals, communication of research findings, and demonstration of understanding of ethical issues in research.  Basic components of the research process and the application of various research methods in dietetics.Credits: 3


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  • NFS 741 - Grant Writing in Dietetics

    Grant writing, identifying external funding, managing grants, preparing manuscripts for peer reviewed publications, and preparing papers and posters for presentation at professional meetings.Credits: 3


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  • NFS 742 - Entrepreneurship in Dietetics

    Development and management of small businesses or private practice within the dietetics industry.  Business plan development, marketing, cost considerations.  Overview of consulting to healthcare and hospitality operations and examination of skills required for success.Credits: 3


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  • NFS 760 - Vitamins and Minerals in Human Nutrition

    The study of the functional rolls of vitamins and minerals in human nutrition. Course content will include: identification of essential functions for the vitamins and minerals; health implications of varying amounts vitamins and minerals in the diet; interactions between vitamins; interactions between minerals; vitamin and mineral interactions and the process of establishing nutrient requirements.Credits: 3


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  • NFS 761 - Nutrition of the Aged

    Physiological and behavioral changes associated with aging and their impact on nutrition. Effect of nutrition on aging and lifespan. Common health problems of the aged and their implications.Credits: 3


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  • NFS 765 - Dietetic Accounting Concepts

    An emphasis on financial statement analysis is the main objective of the course.  A review of all major accounts in the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows is made in determining a firm’s performance and financial condition in relation to what matters most to shareholders and investors.Credits: 3


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  • NFS 890 - Seminar

    A highly focused and topical course.  The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research.  Seminars may be conducted over electronic media, such as internet , and are at the upper division or graduate levels.  Enrollment is generally limited to 20 or fewer students.Credits: 1


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  • NFS 898D - Dissertation

    A formal treatis presenting the results of study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the applicable degree.  The process requires extensive and intensive one-on-one interaction between the candidate and professor with more limited interaction between and among the candidate and other members of the committee.Credits: (1-12)


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NURS (Nursing)
  

  • HSC 631 - Biostatistics I

    Basic principles of statistics applied to health science.  Emphasis is on the role of statistics in evaluation of human health data and the use of a statistical computing package to input and manipulate datasets; explore, analyze, and interpret data; and present results.  Topics include probability distributions, point and interval estimations, hypothesis tests, linear regression, correlation tests of association for categorical data, and analysis of variance.Credits: 3


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  • HSC 731 - Biostatistics II

    Continuation of Biostatistics I.  Intermediate principles and methods of statistics applied to health science.  Emphasis is on the role of statistics in evaluation of human health data and the use of a statistical computing package to input and manipulate datasets; explore, analyze, and interpret data; and present results.  Topics include introductions to multiple linear regression, logistic regression, survival analysis, selected ANOVA designs, and selected multivariate.Pre-requisite: Take HSC-631Credits: 3


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  • HSC 782 - Epidemiology

    The course introduces concepts and methodologies for the study of health and disease in human populations. Different study designs and their methods of analysis will be discussed, as well as sources, handling, and interpretation of epidemiologic data.Credits: 3


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  • NURS 615 - Advanced Nursing Practice – Introduction to Roles and Issues

    Includes analysis of differentiated advanced practice nursing roles, critique and application of various theories from nursing and other disciplines including change theory, leadership and collaboration skills, culturally sensitive care, rural health care delivery, evidence based practice and teaching/learning process.Credits: 3


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  • NURS 623 - Pathophysiology Applied to Advanced Practice Nursing

    Normal physiologic and pathophysiologic concepts will be examined with emphasis on problems of the major body systems. Changes in normal function that result in symptoms indicative of illness and assessment of an individual’s response to illness will be interpreted. Pathophysiologic changes will be examined in relation to expected growth and development throughout the lifespan. Pre-requisite: Or concurrent NURS 615.Credits: 4


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  • NURS 625 - Human Sexuality in Health Care

    Provides the opportunity to identify, study and discuss those areas in human sexuality which concern human interaction and in particular the work with clients and their families in health care.Pre-requisite: graduate student in nursing; graduate student in other disciplines with instructor consent.Credits: 3


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  • NURS 626 - Research Methods for Advanced Practice Nursing

    Advanced nursing concepts, knowledge, and skills to analyze, utilize, and design research, including the evaluation of research, problem identification within an area of specialization, awareness of practice outcomes, and the application of research findings to clinical practices or specialty area.Pre-requisite: or concurrent NURS 615, Statistics.Credits: 3


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  • NURS 631 - Advanced Assessment Across the Lifespan

    This course builds on basic skills of individual health assessment. It includes assessment of physiological and psychosocial processes relevant to the health of all age groups, and the assessment of selected human pathologies. Advanced assessment skills and tools necessary to identify health care needs and apply health maintenance protocols are included.  Co-requisite:  NURS 631L.Pre-requisite:  NURS 615 or concurrent.Credits: (3-4)


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  • NURS 635 - Dying, Death and Bereavement

    Provides an overview of dying death, and bereavement. Self-examination of these issues will be encouraged. An understanding of the specific needs of both dying and bereaved children and adults and appropriate interventions will be covered. This course will also provide students with an overview of some of the most current research and literature in the areas of dying, death, and bereavement.Pre-requisite:  graduate students in nursing, other graduate students with instructor consent.Credits: (2-3)


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  • NURS 640 - Legal and Ethical Accountability in Health Care

    Study of the ethical positions and legal factors influencing behavior and decision making in health care. Emphasis on developing a justifiable ethical framework with consequent rights, responsibilities and conflicts.Pre-requisite:  graduate students in nursing and other health professionals with instructor consent.Credits: 2


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  • NURS 641 - Application of Leadership Principles in Clinical Settings

    Leadership concepts of change and program planning will be studied. This is a practicum course for the Clinical Nurse Leader. Nursing, leadership, and change theories will be applied to program planning in an advanced population-focused nursing practicum. Leadership experiences will be arranged in an appropriate clinical setting.  Co-requisites:  NURS 615, NURS 626; NURS 670; and NURS 760.Pre-requisites: NURS 615, NURS 626; NURS 670; and NURS 760.Credits: 3


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  • NURS 642 - Application of Advanced Concepts

    Demographic data and health statistics will be used as tools to respond to current and changing health care priorities. Advanced concepts of epidemiology, environmental variances, and cultural influence will be applied to aggregate client populations. Interrelationships of health, culture, environment, social systems, and values of client populations will be analyzed. This clinical practicum will be arranged in an appropriate setting for the Clinical Nurse Leader student.  Co-requisites:  NURS 615; NURS 626; NURS 670; and NURS 760.Pre-requisites:  NURS 615; NURS 626; NURS 670; and NURS 760Credits: 3


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  • NURS 643 - Clinical Nurse Leader I

    The Clinical Nurse Leader student will focus on nursing practice within the complex health care system. Disparities in health care access will be studied for clients who experience marginalization, economic impoverishment, care management, resource limits, and global interconnectedness. Analysis of population-focused policy and programs will be discussed.Pre-requisites:  NURS 615, NURS 641, and NURS 642.Credits: 3


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  • NURS 644 - Clinical Nurse Leader II

    The Clinical Nurse Leader student will focus on the business of health care. The student will experience various aspects of the cost, quality, and access issues to health care. This is a preceptored practicum where the student is matched with one or more perceptor managers involved in health policy development, fiscal management, cost-benefit analysis, and program and model evaluation. The student will complete a final project under NURS 788 along with this practicum.  Co-requisites:  NURS 788.  Pre-requisites: NURS 634.Credits: 3


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  • NURS 650 - Management of Acute and Chronic Pain

    Provides opportunity to identify and discuss management principles of acute and chronic pain with pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic measures.Credits: 3


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  • NURS 655 - Health and the Older Adult

    Based on a multidisciplinary perspective, issues and topics affecting the health care of the older adult will be analyzed.Pre-requisite: senior or graduate nursing student, graduate or senior student of other health disciplines or instructor consent. Required for Gerontology Emphasis.Credits: 2


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  • NURS 670 - Health Policy, Legislation, Economics and Ethics

    Legal, political, economic, and ethical issues related to health policy will be examined from the perspective of advanced practice nursing roles. Pre-requisite:  NURS 615.Credits: 3


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  • NURS 675 - Cultural Competence in Health Care

    This course will increase the student’s awareness regarding the dimensions and complexities involved in caring for people from diverse cultural backgrounds. The issues of health care delivery will be explored and contrasted with the choices that people must make when attempting to deal with health care issues.Pre-requisite:  Admission to a graduate program in nursing or instructor consent.Credits: 3


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  • NURS 690 - Seminar

    A highly focused, and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. Seminars may be conducted over electronic media such as internet and are at the upper division graduate levels. Enrollment is generally limited to few than 20 students.Credits: (1-4)


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  • NURS 691 - Independent Study

    Includes directed study, problems, readings, directed readings, special problems and special projects. Students complete individualized plans of study which include significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement. The faculty member and students negotiate the details of the study plans. Enrollments are usually 10 or fewer students. Meetings depending upon the requirements of the topic.Credits: (1-3)


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  • NURS 692 - Topics

    Includes Current Topics, Advanced Topics, and Special Topics. A course devoted to a particular issue in a specified field. Course content is not wholly included in the regular curriculum. Guest artists or experts may serve as instructors. Enrollments are usually of 10 or fewer students with significant one-on-one student-teacher involvement.Credits: (1-3)


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  • NURS 710 - Curriculum Development in Nursing

    This course introduces the student to traditional and contemporary considerations for curriculum planning, design, instruction, and evaluation as applied to nursing education.Credits: 3


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  • NURS 720 - Technology-Based Instruction for Nurse Educators

    This course will explore the educational and psychological underpinnings of technology-based instruction and challenge the participants to apply those theories in the development of working products.  Notes:  Students will produce media-rich interactive programs for use in nursing education programs or continuing education courses.Credits: 3


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  • NURS 750 - Transformational Leadership in Nursing

    Analysis of effective and efficient methods of providing leadership in the nursing profession. Discussion of a variety of situations that the nursing leader negotiates with regard to strategic planning, program and facility development, budget preparation, fund raising, program evaluation, and the accreditation process. (Elective Course)Credits: 3


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  • NURS 755 - Rural Health Care

    Study of the theoretical and philosophical basis for rural health, providing an overview of rural health issues, healthcare priorities for rural dwellers, and strategies for dealing with challenges facing rural healthcare providers. Areas of emphasis will include: analysis of key rural concepts, rural healthcare policy, impact of technology on rural healthcare, workforce issues in rural health, and challenges facing rural healthcare providers. (Elective Course)Credits: 3


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  • NURS 760 - Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Across the Lifespan

    Critical analysis and applications of community preventive service guidelines, health promotion and disease prevention theories and models, and implementation strategies. Foundations of social, cultural, behavioral, political, and environmental factors impacting health. Exploration of provider roles in assessing the health of individuals and aggregates in planning health promotion, disease prevention, and health maintenance programs with a focus on chronic conditions and vulnerable, rural, and undeserved populations. Co-requisite:  NURS 760L-required, NURS-615-not requiredPre-requisite:  NURS 615Credits: 3


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  • NURS 765 - Family Nurse Practitioner Practicum I

    The emphasis of the course is on the application of evidence-based knowledge to clinical practice in primary care settings. Students will strengthen their health history and physical examination skills in the formulation of differential diagnoses and clinical decision-making relative to common primary care conditions and developmental variations such as pregnancy. Development of initial primary care procedural skills along with ordering and interpreting diagnostic testing will be included. This course provides the basis for integrating clinical data with knowledge of pathophysiology to formulate diagnostic hypotheses for clients across the lifespan. Pre-requisite:  or concurrent NURS 623, NURS 626, ACLS NURS 615, NURS 631, NURS 760.Credits: 6 (2.4)


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  • NURS 770 - Clinical Nurse Specialist – Practicum

    Extension and refinement of advanced nursing practice core competencies and the development of expertise in a clinical specialist role are the foci of this course. Researcher, consultant, leadership, educator, and clinical subrole functions will be used to influence the health care environment and advance the nursing profession. Student goals specific to selected specialty area(s) will be the basis for clinical experiences. Students will plan, implement, and evaluate theoretically and research-based interventions to directly and indirectly manage the health of clients and systems in selected specific specialty area(s) through the actualization of synthesized role components.  Co-requisite:  NURS 770L. Pre-requisite:  completion of core requirements.Credits: (4-6)


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  • NURS 771 - Family Nurse Practitioner Practicum II

    Emphasizes the integration of pathophysiology and specific disease and symptom complexes in the formulation of differential diagnoses and clinical management of acute and chronic health problems. Pre-requisite:  NURS 765, PHA 645.Credits: 7


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  • NURS 774 - Nurse Administrator – Practicum

    Provides the opportunity to integrate principles and theories from support courses in health service administration and nursing courses to the administration of a nursing department or agency. Emphasis is placed on advanced nursing practice needed to administer the work of nursing. This is a supervised administrative practicum focused on broad participation in the administrative process in a health care organization.  Co-requisite:  NURS 774L.Pre-requisite:  instructor consent.Credits: 6


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  • NURS 776 - Family Nurse Practitioner III - Small Group Instruction

    Emphasis is placed on the concept synthesis and outcome evaluation of the differential diagnoses and referral to multidisciplinary healthcare team members are emphasized in the development of appropriate interventions for the achievement and maintenance of optimal health. Transition from the student nurse practitioner role to professional practice is facilitated.  Co-requisite:  NURS 777.Pre-requisite:  NURS 771.Credits: 3


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  • NURS 777 - Family Nurse Practitioner III – Internship

    The clinical internship offers the advanced practice nursing student the opportunity to synthesize and apply theoretical concepts derived from nursing and other health-related disciplines to the clinical practice settings for the provision of primary care to clients across the lifespan. Independent and interdependent clinical decision making is expected and interdisciplinary collaboration and referral are emphasized.  Co-requisite:  NURS 776. Pre-requisite: NURS 771.Credits: (3-9)


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  • NURS 778 - Nurse Education – Practicum

    This course is designed to provide teaching experiences in the classroom and clinical settings under the supervision of a faculty preceptor/ mentor. Students will design, implement, and evaluate classroom and clinical education under the direction of a selected nurse faculty mentor.  Pre-requisite:  instructor consent.Credits: 6


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  • NURS 785 - Self Care: the Older Adult

    Analysis from a nursing perspective of various factors which alter the self-care of the older adult.Pre-requisite:  instructor consent. Credits: 3


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  • NURS 788 - Problems in Nursing Research

    Application of the nursing research process with particular emphasis on problems of inquiry in the health care system (project or non-thesis option).Pre-requisite:  requires five additional credits of electives.Credits: (1-2)


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  • NURS 790 - Seminar

    A highly focused, and topical course. The format includes student presentations and discussions of reports based on literature, practices, problems, and research. Seminars may be conducted over electronic media such as internet and are at the upper division graduate levels. Enrollment is generally limited to few than 20 students.Credits: (1-3)


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  • NURS 810 - Doctoral Seminar

    A one credit doctoral seminar that is taken over two semesters except during summers. This seminar provides a forum for pre-candidates and dissertators to integrate and apply skills and content from coursework, life experience, and independent study to doctoral student academic situations while addressing relevant questions related to faculty, doctoral student, and researcher roles toward completion of degree requirements. The goal is to facilitate learning and socialization needed for successful student progression through pre-candidacy, candidacy, and completion of dissertation.Credits: 1


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  • NURS 815 - Philosophical Basis for Nursing Inquiry

    Analysis of philosophy of science traditions and their relationship to knowledge development in nursing.Credits: 3


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  • NURS 820 - Theory Development in Nursing

    Critical analysis of theory development and theory construction in nursing science. Evaluation of the relationship between theory construction and research methods to generate and test theories is explored Emphasis is placed on continued analysis of theories and their relationships with research and practice. The focus is on the fit between theoretical and operational foundations of research. Students conduct an extensive review of the literature on phenomena of concern to nursing in order to generate theory and empirical referents. Strategies for synthesis of concepts, statements, and theories are practiced.Credits: 3


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  • NURS 825 - Qualitative Research Methods in Nursing

    Analysis of qualitative research methods in nursing, paradigmatic, theoretical, and conceptual issues related to these approaches, and the nature of the nursing knowledge generated.Credits: 3


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  • NURS 830 - Quantitative Methods in Nursing Research

    Analysis of research designs, problems of measurement, methods of data collection, and analysis and interpretation of data in quantitative research. An integral part of the course is the development and analysis of a pilot research proposal investigating a current nursing problem.Credits: 3


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  • NURS 835 - Ethical Issues Influencing Practice and Research in Health

    An in-depth critical analysis of ethical dimensions encompassing health care, politics, policy, medicine, research, and clinical practice. Interdisciplinary perspectives are utilized to synthesize ethical positions and viewpoints on health-related issues for individuals, groups, and populations in contemporary society.Credits: 3


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  • NURS 840 - Health Promotion Theory and Research in Underserved Populations

    Study of the theoretical foundations of health behavior and health promotion as a basis for nursing research. The theory and principles of how health behavior patterns of individuals, families, and communities are acquired, maintained and changed are emphasized. The influence of social and psychological factors such as ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender and social support is included. Research application of theories and models of health promotion are analyzed and relevant research methodologies are applied to under-served populations.Credits: 3


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  • NURS 845 - Instrument Construction and Evaluation With Underserved Populations

    Analysis of classical measurement theory and related measurement concepts. Induction and deductive processes of constructing and evaluating instruments to measure behavioral, biological, social, cultural and clinical phenomena are examined. Content includes instrument scaling techniques and psychometric evaluation procedures. Measurement issues with underserved populations are examined. Students will propose instrument development and psychometric evaluation of instrument items and item scales with a selected underserved population. Basic knowledge of concepts analysis and inferential statistics is expected prior to enrollment.Pre-requisite:  NURS 830Credits: 3


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  • NURS 850 - Foundation for Evidence-Based Care

    This course will prepare the student to analyze significant practice issues with the theoretical and scientific underpinnings of knowledge-based practice. The student will employ advanced clinical judgement to assess the evidence from nursing theories and models, interdisciplinary theories, research findings, and value systems of clients.Credits: 3


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  • NURS 855 - Research in Health Care

    DNP students will critique the quality of evidence derived from quantitative and qualitative research. Students will determine how evidence derived from research will guide advanced practice and inform quality care for diverse populations, including the rural or underserved. Implications for new advanced nursing practice models based on research and culturally congruent policies and practices to improve care will be explored.Pre-requisite:  NURS 850Credits: 3


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  • NURS 860 - Health Operations and Financial Management for Nurse Managers

    Focuses on business skills needed by the nurse executive or advance practice nurse to lead, influence, and develop healthcare delivery systems. Principles of financial management, healthcare economics, human resource and productivity management, strategic management, marketing, and information management and their application to healthcare delivery systems will be examined. Students will apply these business skills to selected specialty areas.Credits: 3


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  • NURS 865 - DNP Capstone

    This capstone experience provides the DNP student with opportunity to apply theoretical concepts and research evidence to advanced nursing practice focused on quality health care with rural or underserved populations. Within the seminar, students will compare and contrast models of care delivery and organizational systems. This course has one hour of classroom instruction per week and fifteen hours of clinical experience per week for a total of 225 clinical hours.  Co-requisites:  NURS 870.Pre-requisites:  NURS 675, NURS 750, NURS 835, NURS 850 and NURS 855.Credits: 6


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  • NURS 870 - DNP Practice Innovation Project

    Literature and evidence will be synthesized to influence the development of an innovation for a rural or under-served population, health system, or community. The advanced practice nursing student will develop a transformative Advanced Practice Nursing model or intervention that improves health care practice and quality of care. This course has a total of 180 clinical hours- 12 hours of clinical/week.  Co-requisite:  NURS 865.Pre-requisites:  NURS 675, NURS 750, NURS 835, NURS 850, and NURS 855.Credits: 4


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  • NURS 890 - Research Practicum

    Nursing research applications for nurse scientist students. Individualized research intensive immersion experience for integration and synthesis of philosophical, theoretical, methodological, and practical dimensions of planning, conducting, and evaluating research in nursing and healthcare.P, three credits minimum required for graduation.Credits: (1-6)


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  • NURS 898 - Dissertation - PhD

    A formal treatise presenting the results of study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the applicable degree. The process requires extensive and intensive one-on-one interaction between the candidate and the professor with more limited interaction between and amoung the candidate and other members of the committee.Credits: (18-24)


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PE (Physical Education)
  

  • PE 550 - Clinical Exercise Physiology

    This course is designed to provide the clinical exercise physiology student with assessment and prescription techniques appropriate to special populations.  Pre-requisite: instructor consent.Credits: 3


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  • PE 555 - ECG and Clinical Stress Testing

    This course is designed to fill the needs of students who desire the ability to interpret the normal and abnormal, resting and exercise ECG, as well as provide opportunities to learn and practice the basic components of maximal stress testing during a variety of exercise conditions. Since clinical stress testing and ECG interpretation is a vital component of the laboratory skills needed by today’s exercise physiologist, emphasis in this course will be focused on understanding and interpreting ECG tracings and related pathophysiology, preparation of the exercise 12-lead ECG, and interpretation of maximal stress test results regarding exercise tolerance for various clinical populations and comparing them to normal individuals. In addition, an overview of other diagnostic procedures that involve the use of exercise will be given.  Pre-requisites: PE 350 and 400.Credits: 3


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  • PE 585 - Travel Studies

    This travel study course is designed to provide extra-mural educational experiences, as approved by, and under the direction of a faculty member, and may be in cooperation with faculty and administrators of other institutions. Students will participate in hand-on activities, and design educational activities for presentation at selected locations.Credits: (1-5)


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  • PE 593 - Workshop

    Special, intense sessions in specific topic areas. Approximately 45 hours of work is required for each hour of credit. Workshops may vary in time range but typically use a compressed time period for delivery. They may include lectures, conferences, committee work, and group activity.Credits: (1-3)


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  • PE 730 - Physical Education Teacher Education

    Readings, lectures, and discussions designed to analyze the process of preparing physical educators for the teaching profession. Includes discussion of external influences, problems and possible solutions, socialization and effective teaching in the field.   Pre-requisite:  Instructor consent.Credits: 3


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  • PE 732 - Analyses and Strategies of Teaching and Supervision of PE and Sports

    Study and application of theoretical and practical knowledge of effective teaching/coaching, designed to improve teaching and coaching in physical education, including techniques of analysis and supervision.   Pre-requisite:  Instructor consent.Credits: 3


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  • PE 750 - Advanced Exercise Physiology

    Physiological basis of factors which influence physical fitness and physical performance; application of physiological measures to fitness programs, critical analysis of current literature; emphasis on bioenergetics, neuromuscular and circulorespiratory function, body composition and physical training.  Pre-requisite: undergraduate Exercise Physiology.Credits: 3


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  • PE 755 - Applied Exercise Physiology

    Focuses on the applied aspect of exercise physiology. Includes areas of environmental influences on performance, optimizing performance by developing and implementing training programs appropriate to the individual. In addition, training and performance characteristics of adolescent athletes and older adults as well as gender differences will be discussed.  Pre-requisites:  PE 350 and PE 750.Credits: 3


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  • PE 770 - Advanced Administration of Interschool Athletics

    Budgets, public relations problems, subsidization, objectives of athletics, staff organization, control of athletics, both interscholastic and intercollegiate, and general policies of athletics.   Pre-requisite:  Instructor consent.Credits: 2


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  • PE 771 - Current Trends in HPER and Athletics

    The study of trends in athletics that affect the performance, safety, and attitude of athletes; administrative practices; and public perception and support of athletics.Credits: 3


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  • PE 772 - Financial Aspects of Sport Management

    A course that gives the student interested in sports administration an opportunity to take an in-depth look into various areas of financial management. Examples of some of these areas but not a complete list, are: fund raising, guarantees, budgeting, scholarship programs, TV and Radio, receipts, and marketing.Credits: 3


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  • RECR 515 - Recreation and Sport Facility Management

    Advanced study of recreation and sport operations and facility management including planning and design, fiscal and personnel management (including fundraising), legal considerations, safety and control, maintenance, and equipment, as these relate to indoor and outdoor recreation/sport facilities.Credits: 3


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PHA (Pharmacy)
  

  • PHA 645 - Pharmacotherapeutics: Application to Advanced Practice

    To provide the student with the knowledge and skills to assess, diagnose and manage (including the prescription of pharmacologic agents) a client’s common health problems in a safe, high quality and cost effective manner.Pre-requisite: FNP program enrollment.Credits: (2-4)


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  • PHA 646 - Neonatal Pharmacotherapeutics

    Principles of pharmacology in relation to unique neonatal physiologic and behavioral responses. Emphasis will be placed on drug administration, reasoned prescribing practices, and therapeutic drug monitoring. Drug categories and specific preparations which are commonly used in the neonate will be reviewed in tandem with disease specific content.Credits: 2


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