Courses

The purpose of this course is to synthesize in-depth knowledge and theoretical concepts as related to advanced practice nursing. The focus of this course in on the utilization of complex models and systems of practice to deliver high quality evidence-based care as a Doctor of Nursing Practice prepared Advanced Practice Nurse to the psychiatric population across the life-span. The emphasis of the course in on the critical analysis of the evidence for applications that optimize health outcomes.

The purpose of this course is to introduce essential concepts in the safe and effective provision of advanced practice psychiatric nursing. The focus of this course is to prepare the student to implement the role of the Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nurse. The emphasis of this course is on the acquisition of the knowledge and skills necessary to deliver safe and effective care to a psychiatric population across the lifespan.

A study of the historical roots and contemporary principles and theories of human learning and their applications to educational practices. Emphasis of this course is on contemporary perspectives and developments; field and cultural influences on learning; and the relation of individual and group adjustment to school learning.

Equips students with practical experience in preparation of public relations messages for a client. This course is limited to juniors and seniors.

Advanced exploration of principles and models of contemporary public address. PW: Innovation and Creativity

A graduate-level Statistical Analysis course in which experienced business professionals are exposed to fundamental qualitative methods for discovering, observing, and analyzing a variety of organizational phenomenon that are best studied in a qualitative fashion. Students learn and use a variety of analyses including case methods, grounded theory, action research, phenomenology, ethnography, and comparative-historical inquiry. 2026-2027 UNA Graduate Catalog - DRAFT COPY 115

This course examines current issues in quality improvement and patient safety activities. The course includes a review of past and current efforts, tools, and theories of quality assessment, assurance, utilization management, and measuring and improving outcome. In addition, the course looks at new initiatives to improve quality and safety through regulation, reporting and financial incentives.

This capstone course uses advanced statistical quality tools such as autocorrelated data, multi-variate quality controls charts, response surface methodology, ridge analysis, and evolutionary operations (EVOP). Advanced Six Sigma concepts will be taught and students will have the opportunity to earn a Black Belt in Six Sigma upon successful completion of the certification exam and an acceptable project.

This course mainly covers regression, a powerful and widely used data analysis technique. This course is designed for advanced graduate students who intend to use regression and related methods to address research questions. Student will learn the regression model's underlying statistical ideas and use regression to analyze various complicated real- word problems. Heavy emphasis will be placed on the analysis of actual datasets.

LAB. 1. Pr. STAT 7000. Study of the application of linear regression analysis to business research. First advanced course in applied linear statistics models. STAT 7000 or approved equivalent.