2021–2022 CATALOG AND STUDENT HANDBOOK COURSE DESCRIPTIONS NGR6700 Leading the Future of Healthcare 80 hours, 4 credits This course prepares students to expand the knowledge and skills required to be nurse leader. It places focus on the integration and appraisal of leadership strategies within a community of practice. Additionally, students are provided the opportunity to demonstrate synthesis of learning and to integrate their knowledge of research, leadership skills, and nursing theories to complete a scholarly project. The required 45 hours of practicum experience offers the students the opportunity to utilize newly developed leadership knowledge and skills at an advanced nursing practice level. Pre- or co-requisite: The Art of Leadership NGR6701 The Role of the Nurse Educator 40 hours, 4 credits In this course, students learn the foundations of the nurse educator role. Attributes that foster positive learning environments and factors influencing nursing education are discussed. Evidence-based strategies based on educational theory, scholarship, and service are emphasized. Prerequisite: Completion of all 5000-level courses NGR6703 Advanced Nursing Practice 60 hours, 4 credits This course provides an opportunity for students to engage in a graduate-level, direct-care practicum integrating newly acquired advanced nursing knowledge into practice. The experience is designed to allow graduate nursing students to integrate cognitive learning with the effective and psychomotor domains of advanced nursing practice. There is an emphasis on developing a deeper understanding of the nursing profession based on reflective practices as students continue to develop their own plans for lifelong learning and professional identity development. Prerequisite: NGR5056 Advanced Health Assessment; NGR5149 Advanced Pathophysiology Across the Lifespan; NGR5172 Advanced Pharmacology across the Lifespan NGR6716 Simulation in Healthcare 40 hours, 4 credits This course focuses on best practices for simulation-based education (SBE). Ethical and legal issues related to simulation-based education are examined to promote safe, quality simulation experiences. Students have the opportunity to evaluate and design components of simulation experiences, systems, and operations. Prerequisites: Completion of all 5000-level courses; NGR6820 Healthcare Technology NGR6800 Administration Immersion 80 hours, 4 credits This course builds on the strong foundation acquired in The Science of Nursing Administration course. Students apply administrative knowledge and skills needed to perform effectively and assume leadership/ management positions in complex healthcare systems. The practicum experience provides a catalyst for new insights, collaboration, and integration of innovative leadership. The required 45 hours of practicum experience provides a catalyst for new insights, collaboration, and integration of innovative leadership and the opportunity to apply knowledge and skills at an advanced nursing practice level. Pre- or co-requisite: The Science of Nursing Administration NGR6801 Advanced Nursing Leadership 40 hours, 4 credits This course focuses on the knowledge, skills, and abilities that guide advanced nursing leadership. Topics include systems thinking and effective project management to guide quality improvement and policy development. Incorporating evidence-based strategies to inform decision-making, building effective teams, and promoting professional development are also emphasized. Prerequisite: Completion of all 5000-level courses NGR6820 Healthcare Technology 40 hours, 4 credits In this course, students examine the use of current health technology along with future healthcare innovations. Topics include the components of connected healthcare and current and future ethical and legal dilemmas arising from the use of healthcare technology, feasibility, and usability. Prerequisite: Completion of all 5000-level courses NGR6840 Integrating Technology 80 hours, 4 credits This course provides the opportunity for students to apply newly acquired knowledge during an indirect-care practicum experience. Utilizing technology, students engage in the quality improvement process to address an identified challenge within a system, program, or process. Through review and analysis of external and internal evidence, students propose an innovative solution to the identified problem. Prerequisites: Completion of all 5000-level courses; NGR6716 Simulation in Healthcare; NGR6820 Healthcare Technology; NGR6870 Informatics in Advanced Nursing Practice NGR6870 Informatics in Advanced Nursing Practice 40 hours, 4 credits This course introduces students to the foundations of nursing informatics, including standards of professional practice and use of evidence and theories specific to informatics. Students examine interoperability for sharing information among healthcare team members as part of continuous quality improvement. Designs of information systems, feasibility, functionality, usability, and sustainability are also discussed. Prerequisite: Completion of all 5000-level courses NGR6900 MSN Capstone 40 hours, 4 credits The MSN Capstone course provides a culminating experience with an opportunity for students to synthesize new knowledge and behaviors necessary to lead change and address contemporary issues in advanced nursing practice. Students demonstrate cultural responsiveness, interprofessional collaboration, and meaningful communication while using scholarly evidence to guide policy and practice. Prerequisite: Student must be in final quarter NGR7730 Organizational and Systems Leadership 40 hours, 4 credits This course focuses on collaborative leadership as an integral aspect of advanced nursing practice to eliminate health disparities and promote patient safety and excellence in practice. Students learn how a unique and personalized blend of leadership styles can be utilized to address the impact of practice policies and procedures on meeting healthcare needs. Topics covered include patient safety principles, quality healthcare standards, eliminating health disparities, and expanding global impact. Prerequisite: None NGR7840 Applied Research and Statistics 40 hours, 4 credits This course prepares students to function in the role of the DNP prepared nurse when translating evidence and engaging in evidence- based nursing practice. Topics include research design and methodology, data collection and analysis methods, interpretation and reporting of statistical results, and skills required to critically read and evaluate nursing and healthcare literature. The emphasis is on understanding the relevance and use of appropriate statistical methods in nursing research. Prerequisite: None NGR7853 Nursing Inquiry and Translation of Evidence 40 hours, 4 credits In this course, students compare and contrast research-focused versus practice-focused scholarship. The process for valid, clinical inquiry is explored and includes the location, appraisal, and synthesis of external and internal evidence. Students learn strategies to integrate methods of translation necessary for implementing, sustaining, and disseminating evidence-based practice change. Prerequisite or Co-requisite: NGR7840 Applied Research and Statistics NGR7892 Essentials of Healthcare Policy 40 hours, 4 credits In this course, students examine the importance and interdependence of policy and healthcare. Topics include the analysis of healthcare issues and policy making, the policy process, and impacts of globalization. Students enhance their ability to serve as advocates in the nursing profession’s influence on healthcare policies. Prerequisite: None NGR7894 Population and Global Health 40 hours, 4 credits This course focuses on the principles of population health while examining the role of nursing in improving health and reducing health disparities. Students critique the systems and environments that influence the health of individuals, aggregates, and populations. Through the investigation and use of epidemiological concepts, health promotion and disease prevention strategies, and determinants of health, students design evidence-based programs and services to improve health outcomes. Prerequisite: None NGR7910 Leadership Practicum 30–150 hours, 1–5 credits Select hours/credits needed: This clinical course provides students the opportunity to complete up to 150 hours of additional practice experience focused on applying leadership knowledge and skills to the clinical setting. Students may select one to five credits based on the number of clinical hours needed to accumulate the required 1,000 hours of post-baccalaureate practice. Prerequisite: None NGR7920 Healthcare Information Systems and Technology Practicum 30–150 hours, 1–5 credits Select hours/credits needed: This clinical course provides students the opportunity to complete up to 150 hours of additional practice experience focused on applying knowledge of healthcare information systems and technology to the practice setting. Students may select one to five credits based on the number of clinical hours needed to accumulate the required 1,000 hours of post- baccalaureate practice. Prerequisite: None NGR7930 Population and Global Health Practicum 30–150 hours, 1–5 credits Select hours/credits needed: This clinical course provides students the opportunity to complete up to 150 hours of additional practice experience focused on applying knowledge and skills related to population and global health to the practice setting. Students may select one to five credits based on the number of clinical hours needed to accumulate the required 1,000 hours of post- baccalaureate practice. 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