Teaching

NURSE 484                      Effectiveness in Complex Health Systems: Civic and Urban Engagement                                          Credits: 6

This is the final course in a the four-course sequence. Students will build upon the knowledge and skills acquired in the prior three courses in order to examine the essentials of structure and designs, behavior and culture, synergy, workplace diversity, health care finance, and power and politics within complex health systems. Organizational theories, leadership, management and nursing's social responsibility in an emerging global health care environment will also be explored. 

Prerequisites: NURSE 484 Block III: Effectiveness in Human Health Outcomes

NURSE 417/HSLC 417                      Information Systems and Technology for Improved Health Care                                             Credits: 3

This course provides a basic introduction to health information technology across health care settings. Students will acquire an understanding of key concepts associated with health informatics and network models, systems and management strategies, health information strategic planning, clinical and public health application, data retrieval and analytics, public policy, research, and one's professional responsibility to protect electronic health care records.

NURSE 5631                      State of the Science                                              Credits: 3

This course is a guided in-depth exploration of literature on a selected focus area. Appropriate contextual system literature will be reviewed as appropriate. Scholarly writing for a variety of contexts will be presented.

Prerequisites: Admission into a doctoral program and completion of a doctoral level theory course or permission of instructor

NURSE 5665                     Social Justice in Nursing and Health Research                    Credits: 3

A guided, in-depth exploration of the history, role, and application of social justice in nursing and other health research. Students will be introduced to concepts and theories related to social justice in research and will explore methodologies that are commonly used in research with a social justice orientation. As a class, students will examine the application of a social justice approach to a problem area or population. Individually, students will examine their own positionality related to social justice and will conduct a critical assessment of work in their own topic of research from a social justice standpoint.

Prerequisites: NURSE 5610.

NURSE 476                      Research Methods in Health Sciences                               Credits: 3

This course focuses upon the development of inquiry skills necessary to identify relevant research-based literature and apply findings from research to practice. Students will develop an understanding of basic research concepts and evidence based practice in addition to skills in finding, appraising, and using health related literature.

Prerequisites: NURSE 345, HLSC 345, or STAT 235.

NURSE 483 Block III            Effectiveness in Human Health Outcomes                          Credits: 6

This is the third in a four-course sequence. It builds upon the personal and interpersonal skills acquired in the first two block courses and focuses on effectiveness in human health outcomes. The student will discover that effectiveness in human health outcomes is a primary goal in the delivery of an optimum continuum of health care that encompasses health promotion, disease prevention and illness care across the lifespan. Achieving effectiveness in human health outcomes across the wellness-illness continuum and the individual-to-community continuum is contingent on acquiring an understanding of epidemiology, levels of care, communicable disease control, case management, theories applicable to aggregate populations, cultural competence, evidence-based care, and information technology.

Prerequisites: NURSE 482 (or co-requisite).