Courses

This course provides the nurse educator with theoretical and evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for conducting a comprehensive and systematic assessment to inform decision-making in caring for clients across the lifespan.

This clinical course introduces the roles of the advanced practice nurse in direct and indirect health services for assessment, health promotion, illness prevention, and health management of patients across the lifespan.

This course emphasizes advanced health assessment techniques and skills common to patient evaluation and development of differential diagnoses. Advanced physical assessment skills and identification of common signs and symptoms related to physical examination will be developed. Clinical practicum hours are aligned with current nurse practitioner education standards and located in the course syllabus. Corequisites: NURS 5209 and NURS 5301 both with grades of "B" or better.

This course serves as the companion course to NURS 5209. Emphasis is placed on the development of advanced health assessment techniques and skills common to patient evaluation and development of differential diagnoses for patients across the lifespan. Advanced interview skills, physical assessment skills, and identifying common signs and symptoms related to physical examination will be developed through lab, simulation, and clinical practicum experiences.

This course focuses on the presentation and critical analysis of the role of theory in health behavior, the description of different theories being utilized in health research and interventions, and the application of these theories to interventions and research.

Students investigate health communication topics that relate to and influence theories in public health, adolescent alcohol and drug abuse, parent-child-physician

Completion of first and second semester of upper division courses. Enables students to integrate concepts in pathophysiology, health deviations, nursing interventions, laboratory tests, and pharmacology as these topics relate to populations at risk.

This course is designed to familiarize students with core concepts in communicating information through effective data visualization. Provides analytics meaning patterns in the data and data visualization communicates the information clearly through graphical means. This course introduces students to data visualization elements and best practices in data visualization using software best suited for this purpose.

This course is designed as a continuation of OAD 215 Health Information Management. It is designed to promote an advanced understanding of the structure, analysis, and management of medical and insurance records. Emphasis is on managing medical and insurance records, coding of diseases, operations and procedures, and the legal aspects of medical records. Upon completion, the student should be able to maintain medical records efficiently.

This course is designed as a continuation of OAD 215 Health Information Management. It is designed to promote an advanced understanding of the structure, analysis, and management of medical and insurance records. Emphasis is on managing medical and insurance records, coding of diseases, operations and procedures, and the legal aspects of medical records. Upon completion, the student should be able to maintain medical records efficiently.