| NUR 500 | Theoretical Constructs in Nursing | 3 |
| | This course examines nursing theories from both theoretical and practice points of view. Content includes the historical significance or theory development, the relative scientific position of current nursing theories, and contemporary applications of theory in nursing research and practice. Major focuses include analysis of concepts, systematic examination of theories and conceptual frameworks, and the initial development of a personal philosophical view of nursing as it relates to advanced nursing practice.
Website: https://courses.pnhs.purdue.edu/nur500/ |
| NUR 502 | Pharmacotherapeutics in Primary Care | 3 |
| | Prepares advanced practice nurses to manage drug therapy for persons of all ages experiencing common acute and chronic conditions. Pharmacotherapeutic concepts and principles, current research, and implications for advanced nursing practice will serve as the major foci of the course. |
| NUR 503 | Advanced Health Assessment | 3 |
| | Advanced assessment techniques are developed, modified and utilized to examine individuals across the lifespan as well as families and communities. Normal and abnormal physical alterations are differentiated. Recognition of pathological alterations requiring consultation with or referral to other healthcare providers or community health services is emphasized. |
| NUR 505 | Sociocultural Influences on Health | 3 |
| | Analyzes various social, cultural, and economic factors that impact the health and illness perceptions and behaviors of various ethnic and minority groups. Content includes: an examination of social, psychological, and cultural theories, a review of current research about health and illness beliefs and behaviors and the development of strategies that will improve the care provided by the advanced practice nurse.
Website: https://courses.pnhs.purdue.edu/nur505/ |
| NUR 507 | Physiologic Concepts for Advanced Practice Nursing | 4 |
| | NUR 506 will satisfy this requirement. NUR 506 has been taught 3 times in the past 3 years. Physiological processes that determine human function along the health-illness continuum are examined at all levels of organization from cells to organ systems. Homeostatic mechanisms that account for regulatory and compensatory functions in health are discussed. Clinical case studies are used to illustrate pathophysiologic mechanisms of illness. |
| NUR 510 | Nursing Research | 3 |
| | The course provides an in-depth examination of the research process as it applies to nursing and health-related disciplines. Students develop a systematic approach to developing a proposal for a clinical research project and to evaluating the scientific and clinical merit of published reports of research. The role of advanced practice nurses as collaborative members of research teams and users of research is stressed. |
| NUR 511 | Health Promotion for Advanced Nursing Practice | 3 |
| | Health promotion/disease prevention and health education frameworks and research are analyzed as a basis for strategies employed by advanced practice nurses. The National Health Agenda is used to address risk assessment, screening, and education/counseling interventions used for improving the health status of client populations. Students apply these concepts and strategies to diverse populations in the clinical setting. |
| NUR 512 | Clinical Application of Pharmacotherapeutics | 1 |
| | This course applies information from Nursing 502: Pharmacotherapeutics in Primary Care to the care of clients through the use of case studies. Emphasis is placed on incorporating information from pharmacology, physiology, and physical assessment. |
| NUR 513 | Health Promotion for Special Populations | 3 (4:1hrs)* |
| | This course examines wellness and health promotion issues unique to three special populations: clients in rural areas, women, and adolescents. Legal and ethical issues related to practice with special populations is addressed. Evidenced-based standards will be utilized. |
| NUR 514 | Clinical Application of Pharmacotherapeutics for PNPs | 1 |
| | This course applies information from Nursing 502: Pharmacotherapeutics in Primary Care to the care of infants, children, and adolescents through the use of case studies. Emphasis is placed on incorporating information from pharmacology, physiology, and physical assessment. |
| NUR 515 | Health Promotion in Pediatric Populations | 3 |
| | This course examines wellness and health promotion issues unique to children from birth through adolescence. Concepts of growth and development are integrated into health promotion activities. Legal and ethical issues related to practice with children and adolescents are addressed. Evidence-based practice standards and national initiatives for health promotion targeted to pediatric populations will be utilized. |
| NUR 528 | Acute Illness: Pediatric Health Practice | 3 |
| | This course is developmentally organized to provide knowledge and experience to care for acute episodic illnesses of children and adolescents in primary health care settings. The course examines pathophysiological alterations and clinical management. Students will synthesize knowledge of developmental, physiological, psychological, and sociocultural factors in the assessment and management of acute illness. The focus is on differential diagnosis, clinical management, and child and family education within the context of primary care. Health promotion models, and biopsychosocial, developmental, and cultural theories are integrated throughout the course. Individual, family and group intervention strategies are addressed. |
| NUR 529 | Acute Illness: Pediatric Health Preceptorship | 3 |
| | This course assists students to develop and broaden clinical judgment and skills. Content includes the study of primary health care of children and adolescents with acute conditions and the impact of those conditions on family members. The focus is on growth and development, assessment, differential diagnosis, clinical decision-making, management, and patient and family education within the context of primary care. Professional issues, collaboration and scope of practice, and advocacy are emphasized. |
| NUR 532 | Acute Illness: Adult Health Practice | 3 |
| | This course examines pathophysiological alterations and clinical management of acute conditions in adolescents and adults. Students will synthesize knowledge of physiological, psychological, and sociocultural factors in the assessment and management of acute illness. Focus is on the differential diagnosis, clinical management, patient and family education within the context of primary care. Health promotion models, as well as biopsychosocial and cultural theories are integrated throughout the course. The Adult Nurse Practitioner role is analyzed in the context of caring for persons with acute conditions. |
| NUR 533 | Acute Illness: Adult Health Preceptorship | 3 |
| | This course assists students to develop and broaden clinical judgment and skills. Content includes the study of primary care of adolescents and adults with acute conditions and the impact of those conditions on family members. Focus is on assessment, differential diagnosis, clinical decision-making and management, as well as patient and family education within the context of primary care. The Adult Nurse Practitioner role is analyzed in the context of caring for persons with acute conditions. Professional issues, collaboration and scope of practice, and advocacy are emphasized. |
| NUR 542 | Chronic Illness and Commonly Recurring Conditions: Adult Health Practice | 3 |
| | This course examines pathophysiological alterations and clinical management of chronic conditions and illnesses in adolescents and adults. Students will synthesize knowledge of physiological, psychological, and sociocultural factors in the assessment and management of chronic conditions. Focus is on the differential diagnosis, clinical management, and patient and family education within the context of primary care. Chronic illness and health promotion models, as well as biopsychosocial and cultural theories are integrated throughout the course. Individual, family and group interventions strategies are addressed. The Adult Nurse Practitioner role is analyzed in the context of caring for persons with chronic conditions. |
| NUR 543 | Chronic Illness and Commonly Recurring Conditions: Adult Health Preceptorship | 3 |
| | This course assists students to develop and broaden clinical judgment and skills. Content includes the study of chronic illness and recurring conditions in adolescents and adults and the impact of those conditions on family members. Focus is on the differential diagnosis, clinical decision making and management, as well as patient and family education within the context of primary care. The Adult Nurse Practitioner role is analyzed in the context of caring for persons with chronic conditions. Professional issues, collaboration, scope of practice and advocacy are emphasized. |
| NUR 552 | Chronic Illness and Commonly Recurring Conditions: Pediatric Health Practice | 3 |
| | This course examines pathophysiological alterations and clinical management of chronic conditions and illnesses in children and adolescents. Students will synthesize knowledge of developmental, physiological, psychological, and sociocultural factors in the assessment and management of chronic conditions. The focus is on the differential diagnosis, clinical management, and child and family education within the context of primary health care. Chronic illness and health promotion models, as well as biopsychosocial, developmental, and cultural theories are integrated throughout the course. Individual, family and group intervention strategies are addressed. |
| NUR 553 | Chronic Illness and Commonly Recurring Conditions: Pediatric Health Preceptorship | 3 |
| | This course assists students to develop and broaden clinical judgment and skills. Content includes the study of chronic illness and recurring conditions in children and adolescents and the impact of those conditions on family members. The focus is on growth and development, differential diagnosis, clinical decision-making and management, and child and family education within the context of primary care. The Pediatric Nurse Practitioner role is analyzed in the context of caring for children with chronic conditions. Professional issues, collaboration, scope of practice, and advocacy are emphasized. |
| NUR 625 | History, Ethics, and Innovations of Healthcare Delivery Systems | 3 |
| | This course examines the historic and philosophic foundations to the development of the current health care delivery system. It broadens and refines the student's view of the current health care delivery system by providing an analysis, from an historical perspective, of the forces that have shaped the system, including scientific discoveries, technological advances, social justice issues, and the development of health professions and institutions. Nursing knowledge is influenced by these multiple factors; thus, the course provides students with tools to lead others in meeting the many challenges the health care system brings. The course uses a chronological and topical format that investigates policy and societal trends affecting health care, the nursing and medical professions, and professional practice. Changes in the roles of health care providers and consumers are assessed from economic, social, organizational, political, ethical, legal, and technological perspectives. |
| NUR 632 | Health Policy: Local to Global | 3 |
| | This course provides an overview of policy decisions related to the organization, financing, and delivery of healthcare in the global community. Social, ethical, cultural, economic, and political issues that affect the delivery of healthcare and nursing services are critically analyzed. International models for development of health policies will be examined. Roles of healthcare providers and consumers of healthcare services, as well as government and entrepreneurial interests are examined. |
| NUR 675 | Role Transition and Synthesis | 2 |
| | This course provides an integration of core, cognate, and specialty knowledge with an emphasis on role transition and synthesis. It focuses on internal and external health care organizational factors at the local, state, national, and international levels. Seminars will explore role issues, licensure, credentialing, finances, legislation, health care policy, legal issues, ethics, cultural diversity, evidence based practice, emerging trends in the management of acute and chronic conditions of adults, and independent and collaborative practice. |
| NUR 598 | MS Research Project | 3 |
| | Students apply research principles through problem identification, proposal development, implementation, and evaluation of a clinical problem. Students synthesize principles of health assessment and advanced practice nursing through a clinical research project. The project may be an evaluation study or part of an ongoing faculty research project.
(also see the Master's Research and Thesis manual) |
| NUR 673 | Health Policy Residency (128 clinical hours) | 2 |
| | Theories of leadership, motivation, power, and influence are used to evaluate interpersonal relationships within healthcare organizations. Theories of communication and justice, coaching, and oversight in healthcare organizations are also utilized. Students do program evaluation for improvements in clinical outcomes, efficiency, resource allocation, and cost reduction. |
| NUR 698 | Research MS Thesis | 6 |
| | (also see the Master's Research and Thesis manual) |
| NUR 699 | DNP Research Project | 6 |
| | (also see the DNP Evidence-Based Practice Project Information) |
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| NUR 599B | Biostatistics | 3 |
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Website: https://courses.pnhs.purdue.edu/nur599B/ |
| NUR 599E | Evidenced Based Practice | 3 |
| | This course focuses on evidenced-based care to produce the best outcomes for patients; EBP steps; implementation of EBP and practical strategies; and analysis of components of EBP. |
| NUR XX2 | Epidemiology | 3 |
| | This course explores the use of epidemiological methods to study the effects of environmental exposures in human health and disease outbreaks. The course emphasizes analytical studies, quantitative measures of association and critical readings of current literature. |
| NUR XX3 | Information Technology | 3 |
| | This course emphasizes use of computerized systems in nursing administration, education, teaching strategies, research, and clinical practice. It also emphasizes information technology and an understanding of computer technology; and social, ethical, and legal issues associated with information technology in a healthcare environment. |
| NUR XX6 | Population-based Healthcare Delivery Systems | 3 |
| | This course integrates theory and evidence to support clinical decision-making in nursing practice. Logic and science are applied to practice guidelines, clinical monitoring systems, and evidence-based clinical practice models to address health problems. |
| NUR XX8 | Residency: Direct Practice/Management (192 clinical hours) | 3 |
| | This course implements evidence-based clinical practice models and evaluates their effectiveness in nursing health outcomes. Theories of leadership, motivation, power, and influence are used to evaluate interpersonal relationships in healthcare organizations. |
| NUR XX9 | Public Health Systems Risk Management | 3 |
| | This course focuses on public health and other organizations that support the responsibilities of public health at the local, national, and international levels. It includes policy paradigms, political ideology, and dynamics as well as federal-state relationships. |
| NUR X10 | Residency: Public Health/Homeland Security Practice (192 clinical hours) | 3 |
| | This course focuses on the assessment of health needs of specific communities, with a use of risk assessment analysis. Students analyze influences on effectiveness of health promotion/disease prevention programs targeted to aggregates, families, and populations. |
| NUR X11 | DNP Clinical Project: Evidence-Based Practice (384 clinical hours) | 3 |
| | This course emphasizes the synthesis, critique, and application of evidence to support quality clinical or organizational practices. Students do an evidence-based clinical study on a clinical topic of interest. A scholarly paper from study is encouraged. |
