Individually planned study in nursing specialty, administration, education, or research. Prerequisite: Instructor permission.

This course will cover pathophysiologic processes across the lifespan and explore complex patient cases that are commonly encountered in a variety of practice settings. Healthy body physiology is explored to better understand disease processes. This course serves as the foundation to develop differential diagnoses and comprehensive treatment plans for patients, families and populations. Prereq: graduate standing or instructor permission.

This course reviews, expands, and updates the advanced practice nurse student's knowledge of general pharmacology and therapeutics. This course aims to build on the APRN student's knowledge of pathophysiology and to expand the student's knowledge of drug-based treatments of illness, injury, and disease. The actions and interactions of common pharmaceuticals in advanced clinical nursing practice settings will be covered.

This course provides an intensive and comprehensive introduction to the skills of advanced history-taking and physical assessment. Focus is on acquiring, analyzing, and synthesizing health assessment data as a basis for the development of an accurate problem list. Common normal variations & abnormalities of various developmental, cultural & ethnic groups are considered throughout the course. Prereq: FNP, AGACNP/CNS-fall; PNP PC/AC or NNP-spring.

This seminar is designed to build the knowledge and skills of the APRN student in the use of appropriate pharmacotherapy for the treatment of conditions and diseases relevant to their specialty practice using a systems-based approach. Using a case-based format, students will apply advanced pharmacologic principles and published guidelines to inform clinical therapeutic decision making and to avoid medication related adverse effects.

This course examines the role, advanced competencies, and scope of advanced practice nurses in the context of the statutory, regulatory, and economic milieu of US healthcare. Students evaluate reimbursement structures through the application of evaluation and management coding. Students explore advocacy opportunities to promote optimal outcomes and foster nursing's professional growth and role identity.

This course focuses on the specialized knowledge in nursing including nursing theory, ethical principles, historical perspectives, and aesthetics. Emphasis is placed on relating these dimensions to the student's professional nursing practice. The role of praxis, empirics, ethics, and aesthetics in theory development is studied. The course goal is to prepare practitioners of nursing to interpret current literature of nursing and its application. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission.

Focuses on the distribution and determinants of health-related states or conditions in specified populations at local through global levels, and on the application of this study to control health problems. Students are presented with epidemiologic models and methods in order to assess the health of individuals and populations and to prevent or control health conditions, diseases, and injuries. Content emphasizes a local to global perspective and application of methods to improve health care delivery, health policy, human rights, and ultimately, health.

This course is designed to help nurses, particularly those pursing advanced practice, procure, understand and evaluate health-care related research. Particular emphasis is given to helping nurses think critically about the strength, relevance and use of research in every day advanced practice.

This course prepares nurses to lead policy changes to advance population health. All levels of policy making processes are examined, with emphasis placed on how nurses can effect policies to ensure alignment with the Code of Ethics. Students learn practical strategies for engaging in productive discussions about health policy and politics while integrating and synthesizing knowledge about health promotion and disease prevention.