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Courses
Nursing 580:
Scholarly and Scientific Writing
3 Credits
This course reviews and extends the study of the
scholarly writing process for nursing and the healthcare
disciplines. The course will review the formal writing
process as outlined in the APA Manual. Students will
express their ideas clearly and orderly based on the general
principals of expository writing, using correct grammar and
development of ideas to facilitate written communication.
Students will explore the elements found in three
manuscripts of scholarly writing used in healthcare
professions: Critique Papers (policy, analysis,
research article critiques); Literature reviews; abstracts;
and Formal Classroom papers.
Nursing 600:
Theoretical Foundations of Nursing Practice
3 Credits
This course will incorporate
theories from nursing and a wide range of fields. Course
work will include critiquing and evaluating a variety of
theories. Students will learn how to apply appropriate
theories from nursing and related fields to provide high
quality health care.
Nursing 610:
Information Systems in Nursing and Health
Care 3 Credits
This course will center on
management of today’s healthcare organization, through the
intelligent use of information and information systems.
Emphasis will be placed on the managerial role and
integration of informational systems within an integrated
health care delivery network from a nursing perspective.
Nursing 615: Human
Diversity and Social Issues in Health Care
3 Credits
This course will aid in developing an understanding of
cultural differences as it relates to the health status of
client populations. Students will be expected to use
principles of epidemiology to gather information as it
relates to population based care. Students will understand
how to perform an in depth community assessment that fosters
a multidisciplinary approach to empowering client
populations to attain and maintain maximal functional
wellness. A variety of topics will be discussed including
cultural competency, basic epidemiology principles,
genderism, sexism, and racism.
Nursing 620: Legal
and Ethical Issues in Nursing and Health Care
3 Credits
This course is designed to
emphasize the manager’s moral and legal responsibility to
society to develop systems that allow the most cost
effective health care to be provided to the entire
population. Issues examined include the exclusion of
segments of society from health care due to cost,
duplication of health services in a community, and
management of higher costs associated with chronic illnesses
and increased longevity without reduction in the quality of
care. Acquaints the student with the internal and external
legal environment faced by health care providers. This
course will look at malpractice, risk management, tort law
and tort reform, OSHA regulations, construction,
organizational charters, bylaws, rules and regulations,
legal constraints on organizational management, laws
affecting subsidiary corporations, tax law.
Subjects that often
create controversial situations are reviewed such as living
wills, organ donation, medical experimentation, harming and
wronging patients, abortion, informed consent, etc.
Nursing 630: Health
Promotion and Disease Prevention
3 Credits
This course will provide nurses
will a strong theoretical foundation in health promotion and
illness prevention, and the maintenance of function across
the health-illness continuum with clients: the individual,
family, or community.
Nursing 640: Nursing
Administration Practicum I
3 Credits
Follows and builds upon theories learned in MBA 621.
Examines the functions and responsibilities of a nurse
administrator. Emphasis will be placed upon the role
of the nurse administrator and advanced practice nurses in
regard to how healthcare systems are organized including
community and population based systems. Core content
related to health promotion and disease prevention will be
introduced here. In addition, it will actualize the
role of a nurse administrator/manager of systems; this will
be accomplished by requiring a portion of the course to
include a preceptorship with an existing nurse leader in
either an acute care of community setting.
Nursing 650: Research
Utilization
3 Credits
This course is designed to focus
on research design and analysis to examine, apply, and
utilize nursing science. It is an overview of current issues
in nursing knowledge development, which includes the process
of research utilization. Students are prepared to conduct
analytical critiques of research literature for scientific
merit and to synthesize these critiques for application into
practice. This includes understanding statistics, how data
is stored and retrieved, the use of databases, and the
ability to effectively write and communicate. Prerequisite
graduate level statistics within 5 years of starting program
Nursing 660: Selected
Issues in Nursing and Health Care Policy
3 Credits
Incorporating the principles of
primary care, students will examine how health care policy
is formulated, which, will include analyzing the policy
research relevant to health care delivery, the legislative
and regulatory processes and how these apply to the
interaction of regulation and quality control. Trends and
issues concerning health care public policy at levels will
be exam
Nursing 680: Nursing
Administration Practicum II
1 Credits
This is a synthesis course for the MSN students in
Nursing Administration. Taken at the end of the
program, this course provides the student with the
opportunity to engage in independent work under the
direction of a mentor. The course is designed to
provide students the opportunity to integrate and apply
previously learned knowledge and skills in a healthcare
delivery system.
Nursing 700: Capstone
Project
3 Credits
This is a synthesis course for the MSN students in Nursing
Administration. Taken at the end of the program, this
course provides the student with the opportunity to engage
in independent work under the direction of a faculty mentor.
The course is designed to provide students the opportunity
to integrate and apply previously learned knowledge and
skills to the development of a research utilization project
and a scholarly paper designed to influence nursing practice
and healthcare delivery for which a nurse manager is
accountable.
MBA 621:
Organizational Theory, Behavior and Communication
3 Credits
Study of the organization
(for-profit and non-profit) as a complex system: line and
staff functions, administration - leadership styles,
motivation and group dynamics–impact of each on the
achievement of organizational goals.
MBA 605: Integrative
Organizational Theory and Business Systems
3 Credits
A comprehensive view of business near the beginning of
the MBA program.
The main thrust of this course is to survey different
theories ad concepts of business that students will be
exposed to in the MBA program, and demonstrate how the
concepts can be used to solve real-world business problems.
This course previews the other courses in the program.
MBA 606: Accounting for Managers
3 Credits
Contemporary managerial accounting theory and
applications necessary for a manager to be successful in
business or government. The course includes topics
such as overhead analysis, activity-based costing, capital
investment, models, contribution analysis and developing
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