Courses

Provides Adult-Gerontological Acute Care Nurse Practitioner students the opportunity to complete implementation of the scholarly doctoral project, demonstrating all DNP competencies. The student, guided by the faculty facilitator, will complete implementation of the scholarly doctoral system's change project and begin preparation for dissemination.

Final course in residency series as Adult-Gerontological Acute Care Nurse Practitioner student finalizes implementation and evaluation of the DNP scholarly project. Provides Adult-Gerontological Acute Care Nurse Practitioner students the opportunity to fully express all DNP competencies.

Theories of leadership, motivation, power, and change are used to influence change in health care organizations. This course will provide for the beginning implementation of evidence-based clinical models to promote positive clinical outcomes. The Adult-Gerontological Acute Care Nurse Practitioner student will synthesize, critique, and apply evidence to support quality clinical or organizational practices.

Provides Adult-Gerontological Acute Care Nurse Practitioner students the opportunity to complete implementation of the scholarly doctoral project, demonstrating all DNP competencies. The student, guided by the faculty facilitator, will complete implementation of the scholarly doctoral system's change project and begin preparation for dissemination.

Final course in residency series as Adult-Gerontological Acute Care Nurse Practitioner student finalizes implementation and evaluation of the DNP scholarly project. Provides Adult-Gerontological Acute Care Nurse Practitioner students the opportunity to fully express all DNP competencies.

The purpose of this progression practicum course is to facilitate student independence in the Adult-Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist role. The focus is on the application and synthesis of knowledge and skills acquired in all previous courses and to develop the necessary skills to progress to the next level of competency in the Adult-Gerontological Clinical Nurse Specialist role.

This is a clinical practice course in adult health nursing. The focus is on the application of theories, concepts, research, and issues and trends in adult health nursing. The emphasis is on the role of the professional nurse in adult health nursing and on the use of the nursing process with adult/gerontological patients experiencing health concerns in the acute care setting.

Computational Economics introduces students to complex dynamic economic systems. Agent-based computational economics builds systems piece by piece - individual economic agents are constructed and placed in a virtual environment. This creates a virtual laboratory for economic experimentation.

This course provides the scientific basis for the study of public health. It will examine how various agents (viruses, bacteria, toxins, carcinogens) affect the biology of human hosts. Particular emphasis will be placed on the role of environmental factors in shaping the interaction between agents and hosts, leading to human disease. Offered each semester.

Survey of political and religious controversies that shaped affairs in Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries, emphasizing the cataclysmic developments in scientific, political, humanitarian, and economic thought that prepared the way for the rise of democracy in both the old and the new world.