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NR.110.562.    Advanced Practice in Acute Care I.    4 Credits.    This course fosters clinical competency and emphasizes evidence-based practice in adult acute/critical and chronic healthcare settings. It emphasizes the integration of theory, assessment and advanced therapeutics for adults and frail elders in high acuity patient settings. Students will perform comprehensive clinical assessment including appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic testing. Management of acute and chronic health problems will be accomplished with the direction of clinical preceptors. Clinical placements are arranged by faculty and will include placement in one of a variety of acute/critical care areas including, but not limited to: CCU, MICU, SICU, ED, intermediate care, and specialty services such as transplant and oncology. Gerontology experiences in complex long term care, rehabilitation and/or inpatient units specializing in the acute care of elders will also be provided. At weekly seminars, currently recommended diagnostic and treatment regimens will be discussed in a lecture and case study format. Information presented will focus on pathophysiology, subjective and objective clinical data including physical examination, laboratory and diagnostic test results, differential diagnosis and development of a management plan within the scope of Adult-Gerontology ACNP practice. 250 clinical hours.Pre/corequisites: NR.110.508, 110.547, 110.549, 110.572 Prerequisite(s): NR.110.549 is a prerequisite for this course. NR.110.572.    Advanced Diagnostics and Therapeutics.    2 Credits.    This clinical course introduces students to the role and scope of practice for Adult Gerontology – Acute Care Nurse Practitioners. Methods of advanced assessment and treatment modalities utilized with acutely and critically ill adults and elders are discussed. Content includes nutritional support, fluid and electrolyte replacement, transfusion medicine, hemodynamic monitoring, and mechanical ventilation. Analysis of relevant laboratory and advanced cardiopulmonary assessment data is included. Laboratory practice is provided for procedures such as suturing, intubation and line insertion, as well as application of other invasive therapeutic and diagnostic devices.Corequisites: NR.110.547 and 110.549 NR.110.663.    Advanced Practice Nursing: Case Studies in Acute Care Nursing.    3 - 5 Credits.    See NR110.562 for description. Course available to Accelerated Postmasters ACNP students only. 125-270 clinical hours. NR.110.540.    Teaching Strategies in Nursing.    3 Credits.    Selected formative and summative instructional strategies to promote engagement and interactive learning in the academic and clinical setting will be explored. Topics include how to facilitate learning using innovative teaching strategies and methods to promote learner development and socialization, Brain Targeted Teaching (BTT), and the use of media and technology. Students will be prepared to integrate and apply the concepts of the teaching learning process to create a positive and impactful learning environment. NR.110.543.    Teaching Practicum.    1 - 3 Credits.    This course will give students an opportunity to apply concepts of teaching strategies, curriculum theory and design and evaluation in the educator role that is within their area of interest. The student can choose from a variety of opportunities.Pre/corequisites: NR.110.638 , 110.540, 110.730, or permission of faculty/advisor Prerequisite(s): NR.110.540 [C] OR NR.110.638 [C] OR NR.110.730 [C] NR.110.560.    Program Development and Evaluation in Health Care.    2 Credits.    This online course is an introduction to the development and application of key skills for reflective program design and evaluation. Students will engage in iterative and cumulative skills-based learning related to the different components and steps of the program development and evaluation process. Consideration of context is a critical element of program development and evaluation. For this reason students are strongly encouraged to select a program focus of relevance to their area of professional interest. All the skills taught are essential for success as a program grant writer.Prerequisite: NR.210.606Corequisite: NR.210.608 NR.110.573.    Neurobiology of Mental Disorders.    1 Credit.    Building on fundamental knowledge of anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology, this course focuses on major mental disorders across the lifespan. Various factors underlying causality of these disorders including developmental, genetic, injury, trauma, infection, and degeneration are explored. Complex networks necessary for maintaining homeostasis within the brain and between the brain and body will be examined in relation to these disorders. This course lays the groundwork for advanced practice nurses caring for individuals with mental disorders including substance use disorders.Corequisites: NR.110.574 , 110.575, 110.576 (for PMHNP students only) Corequisite(s): NR.110.574 [C] AND NR.110.575 [C] AND NR.110.576 [C] NR.110.574.    Clinical Psychopharmacology.    2 Credits.    This course provides an overview of psychopharmacology principles and uses evidence-based best practice guidelines for the treatment of psychiatric disorders encountered across the lifespan. A case-based approach is used to understand neuropharmacological mechanisms, risks, benefits and outcomes of commonly used psychotropic medications while considering the DSM diagnostic and symptom descriptions.Corequisites: NR.110.573 , NR.110.575 , and NR.110.576 Corequisite(s): NR.110.573 [C] AND NR.110.575 [C] AND NR.110.576 [C] NR.110.575.    Differential Diagnosis of Mental Disorders.    2 Credits.    This course uses a case-based approach to learning differential psychiatric diagnosis. Students develop advanced skills for the differential diagnosis of mental disorders, including observational and interviewing skills, and the use and interpretation of screening tools, laboratory tests, and behavioral assessments. Case studies will utilize the most current edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders (DSM 5) and other appropriate nosological methodologies for diagnosis.Corequisites: NR.110.573 , NR.110.574 , and NR.110.576 Corequisite(s): NR.110.573 [C] AND NR.110.574 [C] AND NR.110.576 [C] NR.110.576.    Psychotherapeutic Frameworks and Modalities.    2 Credits.    This course provides an overview of major concepts, theories, and research related to psychotherapeutic treatments for mental disorders across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed on the integration of two content areas: psychotherapeutic case formulation and treatment planning; and the application of evidence-based brief psychotherapies for the treatment of particular disorders, symptoms and issues. Brief applications of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing will be examined in detail through a case-based learning approach.Corequisites: NR.110.573 , NR.110.574 , and NR.110.575 Corequisite(s): NR.110.573 [C] AND NR.110.574 [C] AND NR.110.575 [C] NR.110.577.    Clinical Reasoning I: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Practicum: Adult/Gero.    1 Credit.    This course provides comprehensive instruction in the diagnosis and management of a patient with psychiatric comorbidities in the role of a psychiatric nurse practitioner. The course stresses the role of a PMHNP and the complex knowledge and skill that is required in order to address the specific needs of adults and older adults. Prerequisites: NR.110.573 , NR.110.574 , NR.110.575 , and NR.110.576Corequisite: NR.110.579 ; NR.110.581 (if needed) Prerequisite(s): NR.110.573 [C] AND NR.110.574 [C] AND NR.110.575 [C] AND NR.110.576 [C] Corequisite(s): NR.110.579 [C] NR.110.578.    Clinical Reasoning II: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Practicum: Peds/Family.    1 Credit.    This course provides clinical training in the full role of the psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. Emphasis is placed on the integration of two content areas: the knowledge and skills for PMHNP practice; and the specific mental health needs of children and families. Clinical experiences, lectures, case discussions, and projects allow students the opportunity to develop competencies in the ethical, safe, collaborative, and evidence-based provision of mental health care to children, adolescents and families in the context of a changing health care system. 250 clinical hours.Prerequisites: NR.110.573 , NR.110.574 , NR.110.575 , and NR.110.576Corequisite: NR.110.580 Prerequisite(s): NR.110.573 [C] AND NR.110.574 [C] AND NR.110.575 [C] AND NR.110.576 [C] AND NR.110.577 [C] Corequisite(s): NR.110.580 [C] NR.110.579.    Integrated Care I.    1 Credit.    This is the first of two integrated care courses. The focus is on applying the PMHNP and integrated care competencies of systems-oriented practice that include collaboration, teamwork, care coordination and community practice partnerships. Prerequisites: NR.110.572 -110.576Corequisite: NR.110.577 Prerequisite(s): NR.110.573 [C] AND NR.110.574 [C] AND NR.110.575 [C] AND NR.110.576 [C] Corequisite(s): NR.110.577 [C] NR.110.580.    Integrated Care II.    1 Credit.    This is the second of two integrated care courses and builds off of the first course. The focus of the course is on applying culturally sensitive PMHNP and integrated care competencies to plan and implement population-based screening, care planning, mental health literacy interventions and continuous quality improvement. Prerequisites: NR.110.572 -110.576 and 110.579Corequisite: NR.110.578 Prerequisite(s): NR.110.573 [C] AND NR.110.574 [C] AND NR.110.575 [C] AND NR.110.576 [C] AND NR.110.579 [C] Corequisite(s): NR.110.578 [C] NR.110.585.    Clinical Reasoning III : Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.    1 Credit.    This is the third of four sequential theory courses designed to equip the PMHNP student with the knowledge and competency necessary for delivering exemplary holistic primary care across the lifespan. It emphasizes wellness promotion, gender/reproductive health, and the management of associated health conditions. By the conclusion of this course, students will have developed a foundational understanding and skill set for providing respectful, effective, inclusive, and equitable care to patients, setting the stage for advanced practice in the healthcare setting.?Co-requisites : Clinical Practicum III Pre-requisites : Clinical Reasoning I, II NR.110.586.    Clinical Reasoning IV: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.    1 Credit.    This course is the fourth in a series of four sequential theory-based courses, for Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) students. It is specifically designed to build upon and enhance students' knowledge, understanding, and clinical competencies in managing complex, chronic, multi-system, and special conditions across the lifespan. Upon completion of this course, students will be equipped with advanced nursing practice skills and the necessary competencies to deliver high-quality, empathetic, equitable, inclusive, and comprehensive care to patients in the healthcare care setting.?Co-requisites: Clinical Practicum IV Pre-requisites: Clinical Reasoning I, II, III NR.110.591.    Dying & Death: Personal & Professional Perspectives.    1 - 3 Credits.    This elective course will present an overview of concepts and issues related to dying and death. Through presentations, small group discussions and personal reflection, students will be encouraged to explore the personal and professional meanings of loss, grief and bereavement, the dying process, individual behavioral, psychosocial and spiritual responses, family concerns, and religious and cultural influences. Ethical issues, such as dying with dignity and quality of life will also be addressed. Limited enrollment. NR.110.593.    Family Violence.    1 - 2 Credits.    An elective focusing on the causes and extent of violence in the family, the human responses to violence, the influence of culture and community on violence in the family and nursing interventions for the problem on the primary, secondary and tertiary prevention levels. Areas of violence in the family to be examined will include child abuse, intimate partner abuse, sexual abuse, violence involving adolescent family members, abuse of elderly family members and homicide. Students will also have an opportunity to experience a field placement in a community agency providing services to violent or potentially violent families. Limited enrollment. NR.110.599.    Independent Study.    1 - 3 Credits.    Scholarly activity under guidance of faculty serves to help students achieve professional goals. This course may be taken as elective credit. NR.110.605.    Leadership and Management in Health Care.    3 Credits.    This online course is focused on the analysis, integration and application of principles of leadership and management to health care organizations and to population-based efforts across the public health care delivery system. Special emphasis is placed on the practical skills needed for nurses to succeed as leaders and managers in today's local, state, national and international health care and/or public health environment. Although this course is not clinical, students will have several opportunities to practice leadership-related skills through group case-based learning that will focus on leadership, organizational assessment, financial resource decision making and allocation, diversity in the workforce and quality improvement.Prerequisite: NR.210.609 Recommended corequisite: NR.110.609 NR.110.607.    Health Systems Management I.    3 Credits.    Based on the student’s past nursing or health care management experience, this individualized planned practicum will provide the student with an opportunity to explore the role of nurse manager or nurse administrator (multiple settings) within the context of a leadership domain and an administrative issue. This clinical practicum course will be an individualized experience in exploring the role of the nurse manager or administrator that will include identification of an issue relevant to their specialty practice. The student will perform a comprehensive analysis of the issue to include a scholarly review and appraisal of the literature, consult with at least three managers/administrators to discuss their role and involvement in the issue of interest, and complete a negotiated leadership role management project. NR.110.608.    Business Plan.    1 Credit.    This course is designed to integrate previous learning involving the important tools for business planning, strategic management techniques and decision making as it relates to a specific case study.Prerequisites: NR.110.609 , 110.605, & Financial Management Theory requirement NR.110.609.    Health Systems Management II - Specialty Practice.    3 Credits.    This practicum and the associated content focus on evidence based practice of leadership and management in diverse clinical settings. Students will explore, analyze, and apply specific strategies of management and leadership to the administrative roles of nurses across the contemporary health care environment. Managerial functions of planning, organizing, leading and evaluating will be applied and analyzed by each student during the practicum experience providing opportunities to develop management and leadership skills. Special emphasis will be placed on the theory and practical approach to decision-making within organizations, use of data in day-to-day management activities, quality management, innovation, and management of human capitol, time and resources. Seminar discussions will focus on leadership and management tools, team building, organizational assessments, organizational power and politics, organizational ethics, resource allocation, human resources and labor relations, business communication, performance management and career development. 168 clinical hours.Prerequisite: NR.210.609 Recommended corequisite: NR.110.605 NR.110.611.    Health Systems Management III - Outcomes Management.    3 Credits.    This capstone course focuses on the application of case management methods in a selected population. Biopsychosocial and ethical concepts, advanced health assessment skills, and systems theory presented in previous course work will be integrated and applied to the advanced specialty health care needs of patients. Proficiency in the entry, validation, analysis and presentation of patient outcomes data will be developed in the computer lab and applied in the clinical setting. 168 clinical hours.Prerequisites: NR.210.606 and NR.110.609 NR.110.612.    Diagnosis, Care and Management of Persons with HIV/AIDS (Local to Global).    3 Credits.    This course provides the student with evidence-based clinical management strategies for HIV and HIV/AIDS focusing initially on management of persons locally, then shifting focus at the end of the course to global HIV/AIDS issues. The course will examine diagnostic testing and clinical management strategies for opportunistic infections, common co-morbid conditions in persons with HIV/AIDS, as well as chronic health conditions resulting from HIV therapy. Prevention techniques including vaccination schedules, antimicrobial prophylaxis, and risk-reduction interventions will be discussed. Case studies from inpatient, outpatient, community-based organizations and correctional populations will be used to integrate clinical decision making skills to real world HIV/AIDS case examples. During the last two days of the course, the focus will turn from HIV management in the U.S. to care and management in underserved populations and under resourced settings both in the U.S. and abroad. This section of the course will allow students to identify a focus country to explore HIV/AIDS programmatic issues, care and treatment responses and to develop a focused plan to address a specific need.Prerequisites: NR.210.602 and NR.110.615 for HIV Certificate students; NR.120.507 for Masters Entry studentsCorequisite: NR.110.613 NR.110.613.    Health Assessment: HIV and Associated Comorbidities.    1 Credit.    This clinical course provides the student with an experiential clinical evaluation opportunity for persons with HIV and HIV/AIDS including associated comorbidity. The course will apply didactic instruction from NR.110.612 in the diagnosis, assessment and initial clinical management strategies for opportunistic infections, common co-morbid conditions in persons with HIV/AIDS, as well as chronic health conditions resulting from HIV therapy. Clinical case studies and exemplar patients will be utilized from inpatient and outpatient clinics to integrate clinical decision making skills to real world HIV/AIDS case examples. 56 clinical hours.Prerequisites: NR.210.600 , NR.210.602 , and NR.110.615Corequisite: 110.612 NR.110.614.    Primary Care for Patients in Limited Resource Settings.    2 - 3 Credits.    This course synthesizes clinical, social, and policy topics for practice involving underserved rural or urban populations. Students will critically evaluate the intersectionality of health issues, disparities, and their underlying policies affecting low resource settings. Students will examine ways to reduce health disparities through resource utilization with consideration of both physical and social environments, diversity, equity, and access along the healthcare continuum. These topics will span from patient interventions with utilize an effective interdisciplinary team to critically evaluating health policy that affects the well-being of their patient population. Clinical Component: HIV Primary Care Certificate Students will complete a clinical rotation in co-morbidity management through specialty clinic rotations. 56 hoursPre/Corequisites: Clinical Practicum I, Clinical Reasoning II, or Permission of Instructor NR.110.618.    Leadership for Complex Learning Organizations.    2 Credits.    This advanced leadership course focuses on the theories and practical application of leadership and management for organizational behavioral within the complex healthcare environment. Students will explore leadership concepts at the personal, organizational, and staff levels and perform self-assessments. Throughout the course, students will explore contemporary hot topics that influence and are influenced by organization behavior. The students will identify emerging issues and the use of innovation and interprofessional relationships to meet ongoing challenges in the healthcare organizational environment.Pre/corequisite: NR.110.605 Prerequisite(s): NR.110.605 [C] Corequisite(s): NR.110.605 [C] NR.110.619.    Health Care Economics for Management and Practice.    2 Credits.    This course introduces students to economic concepts and applications in health and health care. Fundamental concepts in health economics are presented and then examined using applications drawn from diverse health care delivery settings and from public health practice. Core topics discussed include the economics of health care delivery organizations, workload measurement using relative value units, using cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analysis to assess value, the incentive effects of health care payment systems, the economics of prevention services, and the economics of novel health care delivery technologies. Using data and information drawn from contemporary topics in public health and health reform, students will learn key terminology and analytical skills necessary for quantifying health care delivery cost and value. Corequisite: NR.210.606 NR.110.622.    Breastfeeding: Practice and Research.    2 - 3 Credits.    The focus of this course will be on the practice of breastfeeding in relation to culture, the evidence base for practice, the clinical techniques used to support successful breastfeeding, and the role of the nurse in the breastfeeding process. Strategies to encourage the initiation and duration of breastfeeding will be presented. Limited enrollment.Prerequisite: NR.120.520 Prerequisite(s): NR.120.520 [C] NR.110.629.    Intermediate Spanish for Health Professionals.    2 Credits.    This course is designed to provide students with the specific medical vocabulary and terminology necessary to communicate with and help treat Latino patients with limited English proficiency. The course will include specific vocabulary groups relating to assessment and care of patients, vocabulary to establish rapport, and discussions leading to cultural competencies. The course will use pre-designed dialogues to review and learn vocabulary and grammar structures, as well as a workshop settings designed to put students into scenarios where they can use both their speaking and listening skills. Most of the course will be taught in Spanish and because this is an Intermediate course, students will be expected to have taken Spanish and retained basic conversational abilities. This course will also include a substantial online component. There will be a placement examination on the first night of class. Pre-Requisites:Functional fluency in the target language.ACTFL Proficiency = Intermediate Mid: Speakers at the Intermediate-Mid level are able to handle successfully a variety of uncomplicated communicative tasks in straightforward social situations. Conversation is generally limited to those predictable and concrete exchanges necessary for survival in the target culture; these include personal information covering self, family, home, daily activities, interests and personal preferences, as well as physical and social needs, such as food, shopping, travel and lodging. Intermediate-Mid speakers tend to function reactively, for example, by responding to direct questions or requests for information. However, they are capable of asking a variety of questions when necessary to obtain simple information to satisfy basic needs, such as directions, prices and services. When called on to perform functions or handle topics at the Advanced level, they provide some information but have difficulty linking ideas, manipulating time and aspect, and using communicative strategies, such as circumlocution. Limited enrollment. NR.110.630.    Beginning Spanish for Health Professionals.    2 Credits.    Students enrolled in this class will begin by learning basic Spanish language structure and vocabulary and building appropriate phrasing and vocabulary to facilitate intake of basic information. Focus will be placed on broad vocabulary acquisition as well as specific medical terminology. As a result, extensive memorization will be required for successful participation. Cultural competency concerns will also be discussed. Select students may be able to continue to Advanced Beginning, assuming appropriate focus and effort are dedicated to this course. There will be a placement examination on the first night of class. Pre-Requisites:Very little to NO prior study or experience with the target language. ACTFL Proficiency = Novice Low: Speakers at the Novice-Low level have no real functional ability and, because of their pronunciation, they may be unintelligible. Given adequate time and familiar cues, they may be able to exchange greetings, give their identity, and name a number of familiar objects from their immediate environment. Limited enrollment. NR.110.631.    Health Emergencies in Large Populations.    3 Credits.    This intensive course will create an understanding of the public health needs of populations caught up in disaster and conflict. This includes the background, underlying causes, and the dynamics which cause populations to be vulnerable in emergencies. Conceptually, students will understand the link between disaster and development, and how development programs reduce risks for vulnerable populations. Students will be equipped with basic skills to allow them to respond to the public health needs of populations in emergency situations. These include areas of planning, epidemiological assessment, control of communicable disease, information and surveillance systems, environmental sanitation methods, and meeting nutrition requirements in refugee situations. The course will provide an understanding of some other major refugee issues including protection of populations at risk, building human security and meeting mental health needs of affected populations. Through course work and course materials the important link between human rights, human security, and the more technical aspects of responses will be emphasized. NR.110.634.    Nursing in Disasters, Mass Casualty Events & Public Health Emergencies.    3 Credits.    This course will provide students with the knowledge, skills and a heightened awareness preparedness and response strategies for disasters, mass casualty events (MCEs) and large scale public health emergencies . Course content and activities focus on understanding the core concepts in critical event mass casualty and disaster management. Course content is designed to assist students in developing initial competence in disaster and mass casualty nursing based upon the International Council of Nurses (ICN) competencies for Disaster Nursing and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) competencies for Public Health Emergency Preparedness. NR.110.638.    Curriculum Theory & Design.    3 Credits.    Theories, concepts, and the science of curriculum development to inform academic curriculum design and practice will be the focus of this course. The examination of curriculum models in nursing education, along with the standards and accreditation process will provide the framework for the analysis and evaluation of approaches used to create an innovative curriculum which reflects professional priorities, societal trends, and institutional philosophies. Students will be prepared to apply the curriculum development process to create and evaluate programs for academic and practice settings, as well as address issues related to curriculum maintenance and enhancement. NR.110.639.    Advanced Beginner Spanish for Health Professionals.    2 Credits.    This course is designed to re-awaken previous language study and provide a forum for development of both additional basic language skills and specific medical terminology. The course will include acquisition of frequently used vocabulary, basic grammar concepts, elementary conversational vocabulary, and colloquialisms. It will include specific vocabulary groups relating to the basic assessment and care of patients. Students will be provided with opportunities to experience the five major areas of language learning: Speaking, Listening, Reading, Writing and Culture. The major focus will be on Speaking and Listening with Reading and Writing providing concrete practice outside of the classroom. There will be a placement examination on the first night of class. Pre-Requisites:Some study or experience with the target language.ACTFL Proficiency = Novice Mid to Novice High: They are able to manage successfully a number of uncomplicated communicative tasks in straightforward social situations. Conversation is restricted to a few of the predictable topics necessary for survival in the target language culture, such as basic personal information, basic objects and a limited number of activities, preferences and immediate needs. Respond to simple, direct questions or requests for information; they are able to ask only a very few formulaic questions when asked to do so. Limited enrollment. NR.110.640.    Advanced Spanish Topics for Health Personnel.    1 Credit.    This class will give students already fluent in Spanish the opportunity to practice their general as well as medical Spanish abilities in an atmosphere of Socratic discussion and active exchange of ideas based on weekly reading assignments. Topics discussed include but are not limited to: linguistic, cultural and ethical concerns of interpreters in a medical setting, legal and social responsibilities of interpreters in a medical setting, and review of current standards for interpreting (California and Massachusetts). Limited enrollment.Prerequisite: NR.110.429 Intermediate Spanish (B or better) or permission of instructor. Prerequisite(s): NR.110.629 [C] NR.110.641.    Online Teaching and Learning: Development and Instruction.    3 Credits.    Knowledge, skills and tools needed to develop and teach in an online learning environment will be the focus of this course. Using best practices supported by evidence, the topics of pedagogy, technology, infrastructure, and design necessary in an online teaching and learning environment will be addressed. Students will be prepared to reconceptualize courses from traditional classroom to online environments, design, teach, and manage online and hybrid learning environments, along with how to interact and engage with learners online. NR.110.645.    Advanced Pediatric Acute Care Topics and Procedures.    3 Credits.    This course provides advanced knowledge of common complex acute, critical and chronic conditions to prepare the student to provide restorative care for the pediatric patient. Content addresses comprehensive diagnosis, evaluation and management of complex acute, critical and chronic health problems along with principles of diagnostic and treatment modalities. Corequisite(s): NR.110.646 [C] NR.110.646.    Advanced Pediatric Acute Care Topics.    3 Credits.    This course emphasizes competence and integration of assessment, critical thinking and evidence based practice to develop differential diagnoses and management plans for complex pediatric acute, critical and chronic care conditions. Prerequisite: NR.110.645 Prerequisite(s): NR.110.645 is a prerequisite for this course. NR.110.647.    Advanced Pediatric Acute Care Topics and Roles.    1 Credit.    This course emphasizes the integration of assessment, critical thinking and evidence based practice to develop differential diagnoses and management plans for complex pediatric acute, critical, and chronic conditions. It integrates the scientific, quality and independent practice competencies of the pediatric acute care nurse practitioner with an emphasis on leadership competencies. Prerequisite: NR.110.646 Prerequisite(s): NR.110.646 is a prerequisite for this course. NR.110.648.    Pediatric Primary/Acute Care Practicum.    1 - 4 Credits.    This course fosters clinical competence and emphasizes the integration of assessment, critical thinking and evidence based practice to develop differential diagnoses and management plans for common, complex acute, critical and chronic care conditions. Management of these conditions will be accomplished through clinical experiences under the direction of faculty and clinical preceptors. Clinical placements may include a variety of acute and chronic care settings including, but not limited to intensive care units, inpatient units, emergency departments, intermediate care settings, specialty care settings, etc. This course is repeatable and the credit allocation will be determined individually by the semester of study. The student will have the opportunity to demonstrate beginning competency in simulation and in precepted clinical experience. (56 to 224 clinical hours)Corequisite: NR.110.645 , 110.646 or 110.647 Prerequisite(s): NR.110.646 [C] NR.110.649.    Advanced Pediatric Acute Care Topics and Roles.    1 Credit.    This course emphasizes the integration of assessment, critical thinking and evidence based practice to develop differential diagnoses and management plans for complex pediatric acute, critical, and chronic conditions. It integrates the scientific, quality and independent practice competencies of the pediatric acute care nurse practitioner with an emphasis on leadership competencies. NR.110.650.    Sexual Health Disparities.    2 Credits.    This course introduces students to sexual health disparities in the United States. Topics include social, epidemiologic, and behavioral determinants of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), along with disparities related to various forms of violence and trauma. This course explores disparities in healthcare access and utilization among racial/ethnic and sexual minority populations, low-income persons, and immigrants. Through the exploration of health theories, research, and clinical outcomes, students will apply course concepts to nursing practice and science. NR.110.651.    Leadership Role Identity and Career Development.    2 Credits.    This course examines selected principles of personal and professional growth and development necessary for envisioning and constructing an impactful leadership career trajectory. Emphasis is on values formation, particularly leading and managing oneself as core behavioral skills for a successful nursing leadership career in various healthcare organizations and contexts. NR.110.652.    Leadership and Organizational Culture: Theories & Practice in Contemporary Healthcare.    3 Credits.    Students in this course will acquire essential knowledge and skills that typify nursing leadership effectiveness in various levels of healthcare organizations (e.g., micro, meso, and macrosystem levels). Appraisals of contemporary leadership, management, and organizational culture theories, and how these shape and influence students’ leadership behaviors are emphasized. Further emphasis is on the application of theory-based and empirically supported leadership practices as a grounding framework for a successful and impactful leadership career. Managerial concepts and activities are integrated into this course. NR.110.653.    Leadership: Organizational Dynamics, Complexities, and Change.    3 Credits.    Students in this course will examine organizational culture and dynamics within the context of healthcare delivery systems. Students are provided with the essential knowledge and skills for leading, managing change, and uncertainties in the evolving and complex healthcare environment. Real-world applications of organizations and systems theories, models, research, and best practices are embedded in this course.Pre and Corequisites: NR 110.652 and NR 110.656 Prerequisite(s): NR.110.652 [C] AND NR.110.656 [C] NR.110.654.    Foundations of Healthcare Quality and Safety.    2 Credits.    This course provides students with essential content on quality and safety to enable the development of competencies applied to their healthcare leadership roles. Topics reflect the healthcare delivery systems shift to business models (e.g., value-based care) designed to reward safe and quality care outcomes as well as cost-effective care; nurse leaders are increasingly expected to play a central role in supporting this shift. Topics also include translation of the best evidence to the development and implementation of interventions for enhanced quality and safety in practice. Performance improvement strategies and methods will be embedded throughout the course, given their essential role in the healthcare environment of quality and safety. Pre and Corequisite: NR 210.606 Prerequisite(s): NR.210.606 [C] NR.110.655.    Healthcare Organizational Leadership Practicum I.    2 Credits.    This is the first of the three sequential leadership practicum courses in the Healthcare Organizational Leadership (HOL) Track. The focus of this practicum is to socialize the students into leadership roles within the microsystem level of an organization such as patient care units, primary care clinics, urgent care centers, insurance companies, and healthcare agencies. Practicum sites include direct or indirect care settings supporting the essential role competencies of leaders in a microsystem level of various healthcare organizations.Pre and Corequisites: NR 110.651, NR 110.652 and NR 210.607 Prerequisite(s): NR.110.652 [C] NR.110.656.    Healthcare Organizational Leadership Practicum II.    3 Credits.    This is the second of the three sequential leadership practicum courses in the Healthcare Organizational Leadership (HOL) Track. Building on the competencies acquired in HOL practicum I, students are socialized into nursing leadership roles at the mesosystem level of an organization such as departments of a hospital, long-term care facilities, and community healthcare facilities. Students will acquire essential role competencies of a director at a mesosystem level such as directors of critical-care, cardiovascular service line, emergency department, quality patient safety, and nursing education standards. The development of a financial acumen for leadership and completion of healthcare safety and/or quality project are critical practice components of this course.Pre and Corequisite: NR 110.654, NR 110.655 and NR 210.806 Prerequisite(s): NR.110.655 [C] AND NR.210.806 [C] Corequisite(s): NR.110.654 [C] NR.110.657.    Healthcare Organizational Leadership Practicum III.    4 Credits.    This final leadership practicum in the Healthcare Organizational Leadership (HOL) Track facilitates the synthesis of the students' knowledge, skills, and values developed in the previous theoretical and practical leadership and management courses. This practicum emphasizes the application of leadership role competencies at the macrosystem level of a healthcare organization. Aligned with their leadership career goals, students will design the practicum experience and select a meaningful project that has a potential impact on the organizational practice site where they are based or one which they endeavor to lead.Pre and Corequisites: NR 110.619, NR 110.656 and NR 110.653 Prerequisite(s): NR.110.656 [C] Corequisite(s): NR.110.619 [C] AND NR.110.653 [C] NR.110.658.    From Local to Global: International-Service Learning for the Healthcare Professional.    3 Credits.    This course is designed to extend the nursing skills of graduate students into the global health arena through an immersive international service-learning experience. It offers a customized global health immersion experience depending on the collaboration with local partners. Students will complete relevant pre-departure training modules, case studies, and lectures asynchronously as well as synchrous pre-departure briefing prior to their field placements. This course integrates key competencies from the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) toolkit, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Competency and Outcomes Framework for Universal Health Coverage, and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials: Competencies for Professional Nursing Education.By the end of this course, students will have honed their critical thinking and competency skills through collaborative activities with local community agencies. They will engage with healthcare issues via experiential learning opportunities that explore the biosocial frameworks influencing health and healthcare. Additionally, students will critically reflect on opportunities for health prevention and enhance their cultural competency, deepening their understanding of diverse health environments. Pre or co-requisites: Students have to apply and be selected to be enrolled into this course. To apply, MEN students must have completed at least 2 semesters in the MEN program, no pre-application requirements for DNP or PhD students. NR.110.659.    Essentials of Global Health Leadership, Policy, and Practice for the Healthcare Professional.    2 Credits.    This comprehensive 1-week synchronous (plus asynchronous activities) course is designed to equip healthcare professionals with the essential knowledge and skills needed to lead, influence policy, and practice effectively in the field of global health. Through a combination of lectures, interactive workshops, case studies, and group discussions, participants will explore key concepts and current trends in global health, understand the social, economic, and environmental determinants of health, and examine the structures and functions of global health systems. The course will cover strategic program planning, implementation, and evaluation of health interventions, with a focus on building resilient health systems and engaging communities. Additionally, students will delve into disaster preparedness, environmental triage, and psychological first aid. The final day will highlight innovations, funding mechanisms, and sustainability in global health, preparing students to secure and manage resources for impactful global health projects. This course integrates key competencies from the Consortium of Universities for Global Health (CUGH) toolkit, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Global Competency and Outcomes Framework for Universal Health Coverage, and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials: Competencies for Professional Nursing Education By the end of the course, healthcare professionals will have a deeper understanding of global health leadership, policy development, and practice, empowering them to drive positive health outcomes in diverse settings. NR.110.730.    Evaluation: From Individual to Program.    3 Credits.    The principles guiding evaluation in nursing academia will be examined. Emphasis will be placed on the role of administrators, faculty, students and communities of interest in the evaluation process. Methods, techniques, and strategies used to conduct assessment of individual student performance in a variety of settings and evaluation of overall program effectiveness will be analyzed. Aspects of faculty evaluation will also be explored, as they relate to appointment, promotion, and tenure. Accreditation standards from the Commission on Collegiate Education in Nursing, the National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission, and selected nursing specialty organizations will be discussed. NR.110.740.    Scholarship Development.    9 - 12 Credits.    This course supports the visiting international student’s participation in the academic contexts of research, writing, and conference presentation. Students will set individualized goals and design their own assignments to further their development as a scholar, often working with School of Nursing faculty on designing research protocols and analyses, attending guest lectures, writing their own journal articles and conference papers, and supporting growth in general presentation skills including raising awareness of cultural expectations for scholarly publication and presentation in U.S. professional environments. NR.110.800.    Philosophical Perspectives in Health.    3 Credits.    This course draws from and integrates the literatures of nursing theory and science studies (specifically philosophy of science, sociology of science and history of nursing science) to provide a comprehensive understanding of the nature of nursing science and the knowledge it provides. It examines the history of interaction between nursing theory and philosophy of science, with particular emphasis on the place both have played in the process of legitimating nursing science as an academic research discipline. It provides a basic exposure to the social structure of scientific disciplines and how that structure affects the nature of nursing knowledge and results in methodological plurality. NR.110.805.    Advanced Seminar in Health Equity Research.    1 Credit.    This seminar provides the student with a study of health equity across the life course. Students will have the opportunity to critically analyze how structural inequities, social determinants of health, and health equity connect, while examining theories, concepts and methods related to health equity research. Emphasis is on the current state of the science and research approaches including community and other partner engagement, biological and social measurement, data science, and implementation research to promote health equity. Implications for research, health system, public health, and policy will be examined. Students will engage in scholarly discourse and develop their research interests in this field culminating a conference ready scientific presentation of their findings based on research synthesis.. NR.110.809.    Quantitative Research Design and Methods.    3 Credits.    This course will provide an in-depth exploration of the design and conduct of research in the health sciences. Students will evaluate common quantitative research designs, sources of bias and how to minimize bias in all steps of the research process across designs, and assess major concepts and principles relevant to research design and analytical approaches. Students will learn the strengths and weaknesses as well as when and how to use these designs and methods by studying and critiquing relevant examples from the literature and ongoing research by faculty. Special issues in the analysis and interpretation of data from various research designs and the critical evaluation of measurement techniques will be addressed. Discussions will also cover the ways in which the nursing perspective shapes the conduct and results of research. Prerequisite(s): NR.110.800 [C] NR.110.810.    Theory & Concepts of Health Behavior and Health Promotion.    3 Credits.    This course focuses on 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. Selected research applications of theories and models of health promotion are analyzed and relevant research methodologies discussed. NR.110.814.    Scientific Perspectives in Nursing.    3 Credits.    This seminar is a synthesis of concepts of philosophy, theory, and research used in the development and testing of nursing knowledge. Concept analysis and construction, theory development and the relationships among conceptual frameworks, theories, and empirical referents are critically analyzed. The course considers nursing and related sciences with regard to the theories and research and teaches critical evaluation from the perspective of the contemporary philosophy of science and research methodology. Students are guided to consider the philosophic assumptions upon which specific theories are based and how the nature of the research problem and theory guides the choice of research method. They are also guided in the process of a critical review and synthesis of nursing and other knowledge in their own area of concentration and in the identification of key concepts and relationships for their own planned research.Prerequisite: NR 110.800 Prerequisite(s): NR.110.800 [C] NR.110.815.    Qualitative Research Designs and Methods.    2 Credits.    This course will provide an in depth exploration of qualitative designs to address research questions relevant to the health sciences. Focus will be on the assumptions underlying qualitative approaches, appropriate uses of qualitative designs, strategies for managing and analyzing qualitative data, and critically analyzing the quality and rigor of qualitative studies. Prerequisite: NR.110.800 Prerequisite(s): NR.110.800 [C] NR.110.816.    Mixed Methods Research Designs.    2 Credits.    This course will provide an in depth exploration of mixed method designs that combine qualitative and quantitative data to address complex research questions relevant to the health sciences. Focus will be on the assumptions underlying mixed methods approaches, appropriate uses of mixed methods designs, strategies for integrating qualitative data with quantitative data in meaningful ways, and critically analyzing the quality and rigor of mixed methods studies. Pre/corequisites: NR.110.800 , 110.809; 110.815, PH.140.621 and 622 or equivalents Prerequisite(s): NR.110.800 [C] AND NR.110.809 [C] AND NR.110.815 [C] NR.110.817.    Special Topics: Qualitative Design and Implementation.    2 Credits.    NR.110.818.    Special Topics in Violence Research.    1 Credit.    This seminar examines current topics and issues on violence prevention, intervention and policy research using an interdisciplinary perspective. It will include faculty from the Schools of Nursing, Medicine and Public Health at Johns Hopkins and other leading experts on violence research. Topics will include the physical and psychosocial factors in the perpetration of violence, physical and mental health effects of family and stranger violence, complex interrelationships of substance abuse and violence and the efficacy of health care individual and system interventions. Community level violence policy, prevention, interventions, and health care access for violence related health effects will also be examined. Research design, cultural factors, interdisciplinary collaboration and bioethical issues specific to violence research will be examined. Topics will span two years and the course may be taken up to four times.Pre/corequisite: Doctoral or Post-Doctoral student, or permission of instructor, or any JHU graduate student interested in violence research NR.110.824.    Stress and Stress Response.    2 Credits.    This seminar is a synthesis of concepts of philosophy, theory, and design used in the development and testing of knowledge regarding the phenomenon of stress, responses to stress, and interventions to ameliorate stress. Multiple dimensions of these phenomena are to be considered, including spiritual, psychological, biological, behavioral, social and environmental. Factors and units of analysis encompass the individual, family and community. NR.110.827.    Grant Writing.    1 Credit.    This seminar course provides a foundation upon which to build skills for writing grant applications from seeking appropriate mechanisms for accomplishing the dissertation through the completion of the application. Included in this continuum is the articulation of the background and significance, methods, plans for analysis, and discussion regarding human subjects or vertebrate animals. In applicable cases, the National Research Service Award (NSRA) mechanism is to be the focus.Prerequisites: NR.110.809 and NR.110.815 NR.110.828.    Measurement in Health Care Research.    2 Credits.    This course presents both qualitative and quantitative approaches to analyze reliability, validity, and sensitivity of measurements in the health research field. Selected measurement theories and models of health research will be discussed. Classic measurement theories and principles of psychometrics, including reliability and validity, and latent variable-based measurement models, including exploratory factor analysis will be discussed and employed in evaluating data for instrument reliability, validity and sensitivity. This course is designed for doctoral students in nursing, public health and medicine. Prerequisite(s): NR.110.809 [C] NR.110.832.    Writing for Publication.    1 Credit.    This course is designed to introduce students to issues relevant to scholarly scientific writing and the publication process. Seminar topics will include factors to be considered in selecting a journal, authorship guidelines, challenges to successful writing (writer's block, procrastination, time management), scientific impact factor, reference managing software, literature searches and scientific documentation, steps in critiquing one's own and others' writing. This course provides opportunities to students to revise and prepare a paper to the point of submitting it for publication to an appropriate professional journal.Permission of the instructor is required for students not enrolled in a doctoral program at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. NR.110.835.    Current Issues and Trends in Cardiovascular Health Promotion Research.    1 Credit.    In this seminar, students examine current issues and trends in cardiovascular health promotion research. Topics reflect the current state of the science and include utilization of Big Data science approaches to address research questions.. Research concepts regarding risk factors, screening approaches, and risk reduction, with impact on specific health parameters, are explored. Implications for primordial, primary and secondary prevention strategies for cardiovascular risk management delivered at the public health, community, and provider level are examined. Selected research applications of cardiovascular health promotion interventions are analyzed and research methodologies are critiqued. NR.110.840.    Clinical Research Residency I.    1 Credit.    This seminar and clinical course is required for students in the DNP/PhD and DNP to PhD program and is available for elective credit for any PhD student considering a clinically focused dissertation topic and design methods associated with optimized control conditions.Corequisite: NR.110.827 Corequisite(s): NR.110.827 [C] NR.110.841.    Clinical Research Residency II.    1 Credit.    The course is also available for elective credit for any PhD student and/or DNP student considering a clinically focused dissertation or project topic (i.e., the work has a patient-level outcome) and/or quasi-experimental study design methods associated with an optimized standard of care control condition. NR.110.845.    Policy Honors Seminar Program.    1 Credit.    The course will explore current topics in U.S. and global health policy. It will focus major attention on the policymaking process and the role and opportunities for advocacy. Class readings and discussions will cover major topics in the study of health policy, including: the roles of the local, state and federal government in U.S. health systems and policy, global health policy and international health institutions, the relative power of stakeholders in the policymaking process and the challenges that occur when those interests conflict, advocacy strategies, population health, the social determinants of health, health disparities, and opportunities for policymakers to work with clinical leaders to promote health. NR.110.870.    Scholarly Research Portfolio for PhD Students.    2 Credits.    This course will prepare leaders in nursing science development. Students will receive training for careers conducting research that advances the discipline of nursing, health, and health care quality. Under the mentorship of their advisors, students will develop an individualized program in selected areas of research congruent with their area of interest, training goals, and the expertise of their research advisor/committee. Within each semester of mentored research experience with an active investigator who has an established program of funded research, students will receive support in building a well-rounded scholarly portfolio. NR.110.887.    Nurse Faculty for the Future Education & Leadership I.    3 Credits.    This is the first of three courses designed to prepare doctoral students for an academic faculty role that focuses on the leadership and educator knowledge and skills required for transition to a new nurse faculty of the future role. This course will focus on teaching philosophies, curriculum development and evaluation, effective and innovative teaching methods and technologies, interprofessional education/practice, and nurse faculty roles. This course uses a hybrid learning approach of online and immersive seminar learning. Prerequisite: Enrolled in the Nurse Faculty for the Future program or per instructor permission NR.110.888.    Nurse Faculty for the Future Teaching Practicum I.    2 Credits.    This practicum experience will be individualized to provide the student with opportunities to develop within the role of a nurse educator. Essential skills include leadership, collaboration, and mentoring. Students are expected to integrate knowledge of teaching and learning theory and methods, advanced communication and situational assessment skills, evidence based practice, and principles of classroom instruction as components of teaching in a didactic course to facilitate the learning of pre-licensure or post-graduate nursing students.Prerequisite: NR.110.887 NR.110.889.    Nurse Faculty for the Future Education & Leadership II.    3 Credits.    This is the second of three courses designed to prepare doctoral students for an academic faculty role that focuses on the leadership and educator knowledge and skills required for transition to a new nurse faculty of the future role. This course will focus on effective and innovative online teaching methods and technologies, interprofessional education/practice, and nurse faculty roles. This course uses a hybrid learning approach of online and immersive seminar learning.Prerequisite: NR.110.887 NR.110.890.    Dissertation Seminar.    1 Credit.    This seminar provides a means by which progressing PhD students can gather to present and critique each other regarding progress through their dissertation, have a forum for problem-solving and solution-sharing, and to remain up to date regarding regulations in health care and research, and career development. NR.110.891.    Responsibilities & Activities of the Nurse Scientist.    2 Credits.    This seminar addresses the responsibilities and activities of a scientist in the health professions, including ethical issues; the responsible conduct of research; scientific freedom and social responsibility; collaboration and negotiation; interdisciplinary research; peer review; development of a program of research and research career; research funding; and dissemination of research findings through presentations and publications.Prerequisite: NR 110.800, NR.110.814 , and NR.110.827 or permission of instructor Prerequisite(s): NR.110.800 [C] AND NR.110.814 [C] AND NR.110.827 [C] NR.110.892.    Nurse Faculty for the Future Teaching Practicum II.    2 Credits.    This practicum experience will be individualized to provide the student with opportunities to develop within the role of a nurse educator. Essential skills include leadership, collaboration, and mentoring. Students are expected to integrate knowledge of online teaching and learning theory and methods, advanced communication and situational assessment skills, evidence based practice, and principles of online instruction as components of teaching in an online course and facilitate interprofessional education to promote the learning of pre-licensure or post-graduate nursing students.Prerequisites: NR.110.887 and 110.889 NR.110.893.    Nurse Faculty for the Future Leadership Practicum.    2 Credits.    This practicum experience will be individualized to provide the student with opportunities to develop leadership skills within the role of nursing faculty. Essential skills include self-reflection, collaboration, and management. Students are expected to integrate knowledge of leadership theory and methods, advanced communication and situational assessment skills, evidence based practice, and cultural competence to promote transition to a new nurse faculty of the future role. This course uses a hybrid learning approach of online and immersive seminar learning. Prerequisites: NR.110.887 , 110.888, 110.889, and 110.892 NR.110.898.    Independent Study.    1 - 3 Credits.    Scholarly activity under guidance of faculty serves to help students achieve professional goals. This course may be taken as elective credit.