Introduction to health and wellness in populations. With respect to Jesuit principles this course focuses on health disparities in vulnerable populations.

Exploration of the professional nursing role and select practice concepts including Jesuit principles, caring, communication, quality, safety and informatics.

Various topics in nursing and health care as identified in the Schedule of Classes.

Knowledge and skills needed for comprehensive and focused patient-centered assessments and select nursing interventions to be applied in simulated patient care environments. Emphasis on the development of clinical reasoning skills in the provision of culturally appropriate, ethical and safe evidence-based care.

Further development of knowledge and skills needed for comprehensive and focused patient-centered assessments and select nursing interventions to be applied in simulated and actual patient care environments. Emphasis on the development of clinical reasoning skills and the role of the professional nurse in the provision of culturally appropriate, ethical and safe evidence-based care.

Study of physiologic and pathophysiologic mechanisms of health disorders and responses across the lifespan as a basis for nursing practice. Focuses on etiology, risk factors, manifestations, and pathogenesis.

Basic principles of pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics as applied to patients across the life span. Includes nursing implications for administration, patient teaching, and evaluation of safety and effectiveness.

Continued study of physiologic and pathophysiologic mechanisms of health disorders and responses across the lifespan as a basis for nursing practice. Focuses on etiology, risk factors, manifestations, and pathogenesis.

Individual study and practice with a client or a selected group of clients. Arrangements for guidance of a preceptor must be made prior to registration. May be taken twice.

Focuses on understanding the biological, environmental, cultural, intrapersonal and interpersonal factors influencing mental health; development of skills for assessment of mental status and emotional state and intervention modalities responding to common psychiatric problems.

Focuses on how scientific evidence is developed and applied to nursing practice. Includes the research process.

Integration of community health nursing theory and public health sciences to provide a theoretical basis for aggregate level care in partnership with communities.

Focuses on holistic nursing care and clinical reasoning in prevention, assessment and management of select health issues including end of life care. Includes concepts and evidence based practice across the care continuum related to problems with select cardiac, respiratory, digestive and endocrine conditions.

Focuses on sexual, reproductive, perinatal health promotion and nursing care of individuals and families through the childbearing cycle including the immediate newborn period. Considers nursing care of common sexual, reproductive and perinatal related health conditions, with an emphasis on inclusion and equity.

Exploration of research focusing on experiential learning and science communication.

Focuses on the application of theoretical concepts from public health and community health nursing to provide population-based nursing care to individuals, families and communities.

Focuses on the application of theoretical concepts from maternity and women's health nursing to care for women and families from preconception through the postpartum period.

Comprehensive patient-centered, nursing care of adults or children with chronic conditions across the care continuum. Emphasis is on health promotion, health maintenance and palliation.

Emphasis on the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to deliver quality and safe patient care. Course components include quality improvement, informatics, safety, patient-centered care, teamwork / collaboration and evidence-based practice.

An introduction to perioperative clinical nursing practice encompassing preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative nursing. Provides an understanding of perioperative nursing care concepts and various theoretical models which apply and direct perioperative nursing practice. Encourages the development of a perioperative nurse who is able to provide patient-centered care in a collaborative manner during anesthesia, surgery and recovery.

Integration of pathophysiologic concepts and psychosocial variables unique to caring for critically ill adults.

Focuses on holistic nursing care and clinical reasoning in prevention, assessment and management of adults and older adults with select health issues including end of life care. Includes concepts and evidence based practice across the care continuum related to problems with select endocrine, fluid and electrolytes, neurological, renal, oncologic, and orthopedic conditions as well as operative and trauma care.

Analysis of organizational, management and leadership theories as applied to nursing. Focus on development of leadership roles in complex health care environments.

Family centered nursing of children and adolescents in diverse populations. Focus on health promotion, maintenance, acute and chronic problems including end of life care.

Selected topics in Nursing. The topics will be designated in the Schedule of Classes.

Exploration of advanced research concepts focusing on experiential learning.

Preparation for RN Licensing Examination NCLEX through practice of applying clinical judgement and clinical decision making.

Comprehensive patient centered nursing care of adults or children with acute conditions. Emphasis is on health promotion, health maintenance, restoration, palliation and end of life.

Comprehensive patient centered nursing care of adults or children with application of leadership and management principles. Emphasis is on the transition to a leader of care as a beginning baccalaureate nurse.

Intensive library search or a research project relative to a specific area of interest. Arrangements for faculty direction must be made prior to registration. May be taken twice.

Exploration of advanced research concepts focusing on experiential learning.

In consultation with the Office of the Registrar, may be offered as an experimental course to students, in order to evaluate and determine if a course should be incorporated into the regular curriculum of a program, or can also be used for courses that are in the curriculum approval process pipeline; however, are not yet officially approved; therefore cannot appear in the Bulletin. Once the same course has been offered twice as a Special Topic, it cannot be offered again until it moves through the curriculum approval process and is approved with a regular curriculum course number or one of the standard numbers below. This course number may not be used for a single student studying a particular subject matter.

Selected topics in Nursing. The topics will be designated in the Schedule of Classes.

Exploration of the theoretical basis of nursing practice. Includes nursing, learning, cultural, leadership, developmental and communication theories.

Exploration of the nursing profession focusing on communication, the impact of the nurse, fostering an appreciation for human diversity and social justice.

Focuses on understanding the biological, environmental, cultural, intrapersonal and interpersonal factors influencing mental health; development of skills for assessment of mental status and emotional state and intervention modalities; simulated practice responding to common psychiatric problems and immediate interventions for psychiatric emergencies.

Impact of ethics and policy on nursing practice, advocacy and social justice in healthcare.

Study of organizations and systems to impact patient outcomes. Examines concepts of nursing leadership, quality and safety, and health care technology.

Develop knowledge of research and evidence-based practice processes. Analyze and translate evidence for practice to improve individual, family and community health outcomes.

Develops knowledge and skills needed to complete comprehensive and focused assessments and apply foundational skills for select nursing interventions across the lifespan. Emphasizes the development of clinical reasoning and communication skills in the provision of culturally appropriate, ethical and safe evidence-based care.

Perform appropriate comprehensive clinical assessments using therapeutic communication techniques. Differentiate between normal and abnormal assessments findings. Develop a collaborative plan of care and perform appropriate nursing interventions.

Basic principles of pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics as applied to patients across the life span. Includes nursing implications for administration, patient teaching, and evaluation of safety and effectiveness.

Investigation of normal physiologic and pathologic mechanisms of disease as a foundation for clinical assessment, decision-making and management. Establishment of knowledge base necessary for the provision of health care in an advanced nursing specialty.

Preparation of the advanced practice nurse in the area of pharmacology across the lifespan. Topics include pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, major drug categories, and prescribing responsibilities.

Develop advanced assessment skills to systematically collect, analyze, and interpret data to make sound clinical judgments related to a client's health status across the lifespan. Includes appropriate diagnostics and their interpretation (2 credits didactic, 1 lab credit).

Assessment, differential diagnoses, interventions and evaluation of adults and older adults with acute, episodic, self-limiting conditions.

Integration of community health nursing theory and public health sciences to provide a theoretical basis for aggregate-level care in partnership with communities.

Focuses on holistic nursing care and clinical reasoning in prevention, assessment and management of select health issues including end-of-life care. Includes concepts and evidence-based practice across the care continuum related to problems with select cardiac, respiratory, digestive and endocrine conditions.

Focuses on holistic nursing care and clinical reasoning in prevention, assessment and management of adults and older adults with select health issues including end-of-life care. Includes concepts and evidence-based practice across the care continuum related to problems with select endocrine, fluid and electrolytes, neurological, renal, oncologic and orthopedic conditions, as well as operative and trauma care.

Analysis of patterns of common health problems and select treatment modalities common to adults and older adults.

Theories, models, and management of health related problems across the life-span. Evaluation of therapeutic nursing interventions.

Theories and models of health promotion, wellness, and risk reduction. Designing therapeutic interventions to promote the health of individuals and aggregates across the life-span.

Application of the clinical judgment process to advanced nursing of adults-older adults. Emphasis on systematic data gathering, documentation, health promotion and risk assessment of adults-older adults across the life cycle.

Illness management in adults-older adults in the context of the family and environment. Emphasis on diagnosis and therapeutic interventions.

Care of select populations of adults-older adults with emphasis on management of complex illness processes. Focuses on care coordination and aggregate interventions.

Development of the clinical nurse specialist role through integration of nursing science to improve health care outcomes of adults and older adults. Focuses on the direct care competencies of the role such as advanced assessment of individuals, families and groups and application of evidence based interventions, as well as consultation and education roles.

Development of the clinical nurse specialist role competencies of systems leadership, coaching, participation in research and evaluation of clinical practice. Continued development of direct care competency skills.

Advanced nursing knowledge and skills for assessment of acutely ill adults using technology. Differential diagnoses, selection and interpretation of appropriate diagnostic tests. Includes 40 hours of clinical practice.

Analysis of complex pathophysiological conditions commonly encountered among acutely ill adults with selection of appropriate treatment modalities. Emphasis on recognizing patterns of acute illness and on developing clinical reasoning.

Critical analysis of complex pathophysiological conditions commonly encountered among acutely ill adults with selection of appropriate treatment modalities. Emphasis on recognizing patterns of acute illness and on developing clinical reasoning for the adult and geriatric population.

Development of the clinical judgment process and advanced skills for collaborative care of adult-older adults experiencing acute illness in the hospital-based/tertiary care environment. Emphasis on systematic data gathering, documentation, health promotion, and primary, secondary and tertiary risk reduction strategies.

Application of clinical judgment to advanced nursing care of complex adult-older adults and families experiencing acute illness in the hospital-based/tertiary care environment. Focuses on diagnosis and treatment of complex health problems.

Implementation of the acute care advanced practice role in providing nursing care to complex acutely ill adults-older adults. Emphasis on case management and coordination within and between systems.

Family-centered nursing of children and adolescents in diverse populations. Focuses on health promotion, maintenance, acute and chronic problems including end-of-life care.

Study of the theoretical and empirical bases for management of children and adolescents with complex and chronic health conditions across the health care continuum.

Exploration of advanced concepts related to the physical, psychosocial and developmental dimensions of child and adolescent health. Analysis of family theories and models relevant to advanced practice nursing of children.

Study of the theoretical basis for the diagnosis and case management of children and adolescents with common age-related acute or episodic illness. Focuses on differential diagnosis and nursing therapeutics.

Assessment and intervention for children and families regarding common health concerns, with an emphasis on well child care.

Assessment and intervention for children and families with common to complex health concerns. Beginning development of indirect care skills.

Assessment and intervention for children and families with common to complex health concerns. Refinement of direct and indirect care skills.

Focuses on differential diagnosis, clinical management and nursing therapeutics for hospitalized children and adolescents with acute or critical illness.

Assessment and intervention for children and families regarding common acute health concerns. Includes clinical hours that focus on the health care needs of the well child/child with illness not requiring hospitalization, as well as clinical practice with acutely ill hospitalized children.

Assessment, intervention and clinical management of acute/chronic illness in children. Collaboration with physicians and other health care providers and agencies to provide and coordinate services.

Assessment, intervention and clinical management of critical illness in children. Clinical experience in developing APN competencies with selected patient populations of children with complex, critical health needs and their families.

Focuses on sexual, reproductive, and perinatal health promotion, nursing care of individuals and families through the childbearing cycle including the immediate newborn period. Considers nursing care of common sexual, reproductive, and perinatal related health conditions, with an emphasis on inclusion and equity.

Strategies to promote health and wellness across the life span in the provision of primary and gynecologic care, emphasizing nurse-midwifery management. Sociocultural implications are examined in the environment impacting upon clients and providers.

Study and application of nurse-midwifery process strategies to promote biopsychosocial and spiritual health in pregnant individuals and their families.

Postpartum nurse-midwifery management of birth givers, neonates, and families.

Overview of history, trends and dynamic social forces affecting education, regulation, growth and development of APN/DNP professional practice. Examination of legislation, policy, practice issues and leadership in providing quality care for diverse populations.

Study of the science of labor support. Special attention to non-pharmacologic approaches and contemporary childbirth education options.

Nurse-midwifery management of individuals during the intrapartal period. Assessment of the status of the laboring individual and fetus, with appropriate interventions, in the context of family-centered care. Includes theory and practicum.

Development of nurse-midwifery practice role through intensive clinical experience. Strengthening clinical practice and leadership for professional challenges in nurse-midwifery. Practicum hours to be determined by individual student's progression through program experience requirements.

Integration and application of leadership knowledge and skills in role development and transition. Opportunity to demonstrate synthesis of leadership concepts to enhance role effectiveness in real world setting.

In-depth study of current trends in nursing. Subject to be announced each term.

Individual study and development of in-depth knowledge and skill in a selected area of nursing. Experience and activities planned in an area for specialization, based on aptitude and interests of the student. May be repeated for credit.

Comprehensive patient-centered nursing care of adults or children with chronic conditions across the care continuum. Emphasizes health promotion, health maintenance and palliation. Includes simulations.

Comprehensive patient-centered nursing care of adults or children with acute conditions. Emphasizes health promotion, health maintenance, restoration, palliation and end of life. Includes simulation.

A clinical immersion experience emphasizing patient-centered nursing care with a focus on clinical outcomes and the care management environment.

Assessment and intervention in primary care for clients across the lifespan with emphasis on management of common and complex health concerns. Refinement of direct and indirect care skills.

Advanced clinical immersion experience to coordinate and implement care of a caseload of clients, in coordination with an interprofessional team. Emphasizes the transition to a leader in care delivery as a beginning master's prepared nurse.

Faculty-supervised, independent study/research of a specific area or topic in Nursing.

S/U grade assessment.

Application of basic principles of chemistry, mathematics and physics in nurse anesthesia practice. Includes analysis of anesthesia equipment and monitoring devices.

Application of advanced cell biology and systems physiology applied to nurse anesthesia practice.

Study of the structure and function of the human nervous system applied to normal and abnormal functions across the lifespan. Focus on advanced anatomy, histology, neurobiology and neurology as related to anesthesia.

Comprehensive foundational content for nurse anesthesia practice. Focus on general clinical skills in the practice of anesthesia.

Anesthesia management principles for surgical specialty areas including pertinent foundations in anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology.

Issues germane to nurse anesthesia practice: history, role, ethics and legal/professional issues.

Comprehensive study of anesthetic agents and adjuvants along with drugs frequently encountered in the perioperative setting. Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, potential drug interactions, the impact of aging and various disease processes on dosing and administration of these drugs.

Anesthetic management principles for obstetric and pediatric patients including pertinent foundations in anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology.

Selected topics in Nursing. Specific topics and prerequisites will be designated in the Schedule of Classes.

Integration and application of management and leadership concepts and skills in health care settings, working with nurses and other disciplines. Students participate in real world analyses and management of process change.

Identification and development of an evidence-based capstone project that focuses on the scholarship of practice. Integration of knowledge obtained in prior DNP course work with clinical immersion in specialty area emphasizing DNP role development and development of expertise in area of student choice.

DNP students implement an evidence-based capstone project that focuses on the scholarship of practice with continuing in-depth clinical experience, emphasizing further DNP role development and expansion of expertise.

Evaluation and dissemination of an evidence-based DNP project that focuses on the scholarship of practice. Continuing clinical immersion experience for emphasizing professional career issues and continued expansion of expertise.

Clinical practica focused on development of nurse anesthesia practice within surgical specialty areas.

Clinical practica focused on development of nurse anesthesia practice within surgical specialty areas.

Introductory mentored nurse anesthesia clinical.

Intermediate mentored nurse anesthesia clinical.

Advanced mentored nurse anesthesia clinical.

Clinical immersion in the care of adults. Emphasis on advanced, evidence-based care management in the context of family, community and culture.

Clinical immersion in a specialty practice/service with complex acutely ill adults. Emphasis on advanced, evidence-based care management within and between systems.

Clinical immersion in primary care/specialty practice with children and/or adolescents. Emphasis on advanced, evidence-based care management in the context of family, community and culture.

Clinical immersion in practice with children and/or adolescents with acute/chronic illness. Emphasis on advanced, evidence-based care management in the context of family, community and culture.

Clinical immersion in nurse-midwifery practice. Emphasis on advanced evidence-based nurse-midwifery care.

Clinical immersion in health care systems leadership. Emphasis on advanced, evidence-based care management in the context of organizations, community and culture.

Selected advanced specialty immersion in nurse anesthesia.

Selected continued advanced specialty immersion in nurse anesthesia.

Identification and development of an evidence-based capstone project that focuses on the scholarship of practice. Integration of knowledge obtained in prior D.N.P. course work.

Implementation, evaluation and dissemination of an evidence-based capstone project that focuses on the scholarship of practice.

Examination of paradigmatic, theoretical, and conceptual dimensions of the nursing discipline with an emphasis on strategies for knowledge generation.

Engages in three areas of foundational scholarship for doctorate-prepared nurses. Develops the mechanics of scholarly writing including grantsmanship, manuscripts and formal research reports. Applies principles of the Ignatian pedagogical paradigm to the tripartite academic roles of teaching, scholarship and service. Integrates practices of responsible conduct of research into a program of inquiry.

Philosophical foundations, theories, nursing education research and policy. Strategies to improve nursing education for the care of vulnerable populations.

Provides students with an understanding of the career realities of their discipline and to offer them the opportunity to discern their career values and how to obtain the skills and experiences that will match that valued career direction.

Provides students with the ability to effectively communicate and lead discussions across various academic and non-academic audiences within various contexts, formats and media.

Provides students with foundational understandings of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) along with practical tools to engage across difference. Discusses how, in today’s interconnected world, understanding DEI is essential for professional growth, effective communication, fostering inclusive communities and reimagining our physical and social realities for greater accessibility. Designed to equip students with knowledge, skills and perspectives necessary to examine how they might engage in more equitable and inclusive practices in their future careers.

Guided individual research experience. Develops skills related to grant writing, dissertation, and the conduct of research projects.

Application of knowledge, theories, and skills to academic teaching in nursing.

Advanced work in guided individual research experience. Students develop advanced skills related to grant writing, dissertation and conduct of research projects.

Faculty-supervised, independent study/research of a specific area or topic in Nursing.

S/U grade assessment.

Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Designated as less than half-time status only, cannot be used in conjunction with other courses, and does not qualify students for financial aid or loan deferment.

Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Designated as full-time status. If a student is already registered in other courses full time, this continuation course is not needed.

Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Designated as full-time status. If a student is already registered in other courses full time, this continuation course is not needed.

Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Designated as full-time status. If a student is already registered in other courses full time, this continuation course is not needed.

Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of less than half-time status. Requires that the student is working less than 12 hours per week at their field placement.

Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of half-time status. Requires that the student is working more than 12 to less than 20 hours per week at their field placement.

Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of full-time status. Requires that the student is working 20 hours or more per week at their field placement.

Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of less than half-time status. Requires that the student is working less than 12 hours per week toward their doctoral qualifying exam.

Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of half-time status. Requires that the student is working more than 12 to less than 20 hours per week toward their doctoral qualifying exam. May be taken in conjunction with credit-bearing or other non-credit courses to result in the status indicated, as deemed appropriate by the department.

Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of full-time status. Requires that the student is working 20 hours or more per week toward their doctoral qualifying exam. May be taken in conjunction with credit-bearing or other non-credit courses to result in the status indicated, as deemed appropriate by the department.

Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of less than half-time status. Requires that the student is working less than 12 hours per week on their master's thesis. All six thesis credits required for the degree should be completed before registering for non-credit Master's Thesis Continuation.

Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of half-time status. Requires that the student is working more than 12 to less than 20 hours per week on their master's thesis. All six thesis credits required for the degree should be completed before registering for non-credit Master's Thesis Continuation.

Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of full-time status. Requires that the student is working 20 hours or more per week on their master's thesis. All six thesis credits required for the degree should be completed before registering for non-credit Master's Thesis Continuation.

Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of less than half-time status. Requires that the student is working less than 12 hours per week on their doctoral dissertation. All 12 dissertation credits required for the degree should be completed before registering for non-credit Doctoral Dissertation Continuation.

Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of half-time status. Requires that the student is working more than 12 to less than 20 hours per week on their doctoral dissertation. All 12 dissertation credits required for the degree should be completed before registering for non-credit Doctoral Dissertation Continuation.

Fee. SNC/UNC grade assessment. Allows a student to be considered the equivalent of full-time status. Requires that the student is working 20 hours or more per week on their doctoral dissertation. All 12 dissertation credits required for the degree should be completed before registering for non-credit Doctoral Dissertation Continuation.