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This course facilitates synthesis of knowledge and competencies essential to the professional nurse's leadership and management responsibilities and roles. Information from previous classes is integrated with leadership theories, principles of change, resource utilization, personnel development, consumer satisfaction and client-centered care, continuous quality improvement, communication skills and conflict management, and team building skills. This course provides the theoretical basis for the student to move into an expanded role in nursing leadership and management.

The focus of this course is the family-centered care of adults and older adults experiencing acute and chronic medical conditions involving multiple body systems. Integration of theoretical concepts and best evidence is used to promote sound clinical reasoning and clinical judgment to inform nursing practice. Clinical experiences take place in acute care settings with the goal of providing safe, quality, and multi-dimensional care for diverse adult and older adult populations.

This course applies evidence-based concepts essential to the leadership development of the professional nurse. The focus is on the application of these concepts to the core health care professional competencies: providing patient-centered care, working in interdisciplinary teams, employing evidence-based practice, applying quality improvement, and utilizing informatics.

This course focuses on the application of psychiatric mental health nursing concepts to care for clients age 18 through older adulthood. Theoretical content includes biopsychosocial theories, interpersonal relationship theory, psychoanalytic and psychodynamic theories, as well as, cognitive, behavioral, and biologic theories. Legal, ethical, and critical thinking concepts specific to psychiatric mental health nursing are covered in depth. Clinical experiences are designed to facilitate the students’ synthesis of classroom material, individualized application of psychiatric concepts, and establishment of therapeutic relationships in a variety of settings.

This course focuses on clinical prevention and promotion of population health through the application of current research evidence for community health nursing practice. It examines the impact of healthcare policy, finance and regulatory environments on community based care.

The focus of this course is the care of high acuity patients and families in crisis situations.  Students will integrate contemporary concepts with the best nursing evidence to foster growth in knowledge, clinical competencies, and the roles of the professional nurse. Students will integrate critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and ethical principles to provide safe-quality care for high acuity patients and families in crisis situations.

Synthesizing knowledge from all prerequisite RN/BSN courses, students design, implement, and evaluate a professional nursing project. Projects are need-based with the purpose of facilitating change to enhance safety and quality in the healthcare arena and improve nursing practice and client outcomes. In conjunction with course faculty, students select a nursing preceptor to support and guide their work. The process of journaling is used throughout the Practicum to facilitate reflective learning.

This course focuses on clinical prevention and health promotion of population health through the application of best evidence for community health nursing practice. The impact of global healthcare trends, political decisions, and financial and regulatory systems on health outcomes is examined. Clinical experiences take place in a variety of community settings.

This practicum provides the opportunity for students to demonstrate competency in the role of provider and manager of care. Students provide safe-quality care for patients across the lifespan in acute care settings. Students collaborate with a preceptor and faculty member to achieve course objectives and individualized learning goals.

This workshop is designed for registered nurses responsible for planning and/or participating in the process of precepting new nursing staff members. The Preceptor Workshop content focuses on building knowledge related to the preceptor role, preceptor qualifications, process of precepting, and characteristics of the adult learner, adult learning principles, teaching strategies, and assessment and evaluation of learning outcomes. Case studies and student’s experiential knowledge will be used to develop the content in an applicable framework for participants.

Program for Academic Success (PASS) workshops are to facilitate the successful progression, graduation, and NCLEX-RN completion for BSN students identified at academic risk.  Each level workshop focuses on critical thinking skills related to specific level content.  Sophomore 2 level PASS workshop focuses on Fundamentals/Health Assessment content.  Junior 1 level PASS workshop focuses on Medical/Surgical Nursing/Pharmacology content.  Junior 2 level PASS workshop focuses on Pediatrics/Obstetrics content.  Senior 1 level PASS workshop focuses on Advance Medical/Surgical content.

This course explores the legal and reimbursement aspects of nursing documentation. The focus is on developing documentation skills that meet reimbursement requirements, promote quality patient care and are defensible in a court of law.

This workshop is designed to allow the health care professional to explore theories and concepts of health promotion and wellness in relation to the provision of holistic care to individuals, families, and communities.

This seminar covers the following topics: the most common myths about domestic abuse and the truth behind those myths; the elements of the victim’s triangle and how that affects the healthcare provider; how to screen patients for domestic violence; the barriers that prevent the nurse from doing universal screening and prevent the patient from disclosing the violence in their life; interventions for the nurse to be able to assist the victim; how to develop a safety plan for the victim; resources that are available for the healthcare provider.

This workshop deals with synthesis of theories, principles, concepts, and processes relating to nurses’ values, attitudes, and beliefs about death and dying as related to culturally diverse individuals, families, groups, and communities.

This workshop is designed for nurses interacting with patients experiencing pain throughout the lifespan. The importance of providing patients excellent pain relief in various environments (i.e., inpatient, outpatient, hospice, long tern care, etc.) is now a directive monitored by regulatory agencies across the country. Content of this workshop focuses on the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic pain management modalities currently available to diverse patient populations.

This workshop focuses on quality improvement as a strategy to manage costs, boost productivity, and enhance quality outcomes in various healthcare settings. Core content includes an analysis of a conceptual framework for quality improvement, tools and methods in select health care situations, and examination of team concepts in healthcare organizations.