2009-2010 Graduate Catalog 
    
    Apr 27, 2024  
2009-2010 Graduate Catalog [Archived]

Courses


 
  
  
  • NURS 624 - Health Assessment and Health Promotion for Advanced Nursing Practice

    4 credits
    This course provides a framework for systematic data collection, organization, documentation, and communication of health care data with a focus on differentiating between normal and pathological findings in clients throughout the life span. An emphasis on the holistic approach facilitates an analysis of developmental, familial, historical, cultural, environmental, occupational, and nutritional factors which are integral to the health and illness of the individual/family. Clinical experiences are utilized for the application of knowledge to practice.

    Prerequisites
    Prerequisites or concurrent: enrollment in 601, 605, 635 or consent of instructor.
    Note
    Two classroom hours and an average of six clinical hours per week.


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  • NURS 625 - Family Focused Health Assessment and Health Promotion for Advanced Nursing Practice

    2-3 credits
    This course provides a framework for systematic data collection, organization, documentation, and communication of health care data, with a focus on differentiating between normal and pathological findings in clients throughout the life span. An emphasis on the holistic approach facilitates an analysis of developmental, familial, historical, cultural, environmental, occupational, and nutritional factors which are integral to the health and illness of the individual/family. Clinical experiences are utilized for the application of knowledge to practice. The course provides mechanisms to individualize the content and clinical experiences for master’s prepared nurse practitioners desiring family nurse practitioner education.

    Note
    Permission of the instructor is required.


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  • NURS 642 - Family Focused Health Care for Nurse Practitioners I

    3-5 credits
    The focus is on the family nurse practitioner’s role in the recognition and management of selected common chronic and acute health problems of clients across the life span encountered in primary health care settings. The course integrates assessment, current research findings, and theory into the diagnostic reasoning and management of health care. Concepts of health promotion and maintenance, anticipatory guidance, health education, behavioral management strategies, and family focused care are emphasized. Clinical experiences are utilized for the application of knowledge to practice. The course provides mechanisms to individualize the content and clinical experiences for master’s prepared nurse practitioners desiring family nurse practitioner education.

    Note
    Permission of the instructor is required.


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  • NURS 644 - Theoretical Foundations of Family Health Care: Management of Common Chronic and Acute Health Problems I

    7 credits
    Focus is on the family nurse practitioner’s role in the recognition and management of selected common chronic and acute health problems of clients across the life span which are encountered in primary health care settings. The course integrates assessment, current research findings, and theory into the diagnostic reasoning and management of health care. Concepts of health promotion and maintenance, anticipatory guidance, health education, behavioral management strategies, and family-focused health care are emphasized. Clinical experiences are utilized for the application of knowledge to practice.

    Prerequisites
    624. Prerequisites or concurrent: enrollment in 633 and BIO 633.
    Note
    Three classroom hours and an average of 12 clinical hours per week.


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  • NURS 664 - Theoretical Foundations of Family Health Care: Management of Common Chronic and Acute Health Problems II

    8 credits
    This course is a continuation of 644. The focus continues on the family nurse practitioner’s role in the recognition and management of selected common chronic and acute health problems of clients across the life span which are encountered in primary health care settings. The course integrates assessment, current research findings, and theory into the diagnostic reasoning and management of health care. Concepts of health promotion and maintenance, anticipatory guidance, health education, behavioral management strategies, and family-focused health care are emphasized. Clinical experiences are utilized for the application of knowledge to practice.

    Prerequisites
    644
    Note
    Three classroom hours and an average of 15 clinical hours per week.


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  • NURS 665 - Family Focused Health Care for Nurse Practitioners II

    4-6 credits
    This course is a continuation of Nursing 642. The focus continues on the family nurse practitioner’s role in the recognition and management of selected common chronic and acute health problems of clients across the life span encountered in primary health care settings. The course integrates assessment, current research findings, and theory into the diagnostic reasoning and management of health care. Concepts of health promotion and maintenance, anticipatory guidance, health education, behavioral management strategies, and family focused health care are emphasized. Clinical experiences are utilized for the application of knowledge to practice. The course provides mechanisms to individualize the content and clinical experiences for master’s prepared nurse practitioners desiring family nurse practitioner education.

    Note
    Permission of the instructor is required.


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