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Designed to facilitate the RN's success in professional nursing practice. This course is writing intensive and provides opportunities for self-appraisal of abilities, socialization into the University and practice in professional communication. The personal dynamics of career transitions are explored. Teaching strategies include guided, self-paced learning activities. Limited to RN learners.

This course explores the process of evidence-based nursing practice. Principles of measurement and statistics are examined. Multiple ways of knowing serve as a framework to explore theory-guided, evidence-based findings utilized in nursing practice.

Students explore how families experience and manage life and health transitions, promote the health of their family and its members and what resources families use and need to maintain balance and function. The family nurse role is explored and practiced through assessments of families, written reflections, and discussions that facilitate the application of theory.

Students learn the nursing management of adult and elderly clients experiencing multi-system syndromes and healthcare problems.  Emphasis is on clinical reasoning in the planning, implementation and evaluation of the nursing care for multiple complex adult clients. Includes 135 hours of clinical experience. Fee: $200.

Previous knowledge is integrated into a specialized knowledge base of maternal-child nursing. Normal physiological and disease processes are examined within the family as context with an emphasis on health promotion and maintenance. Family focused care nursing to childbearing and childrearing families will be delivered in acute care and community based clinical settings. Includes 90 clinical hours.

This course prepares students to apply the concepts and processes of population health nursing in a multicultural setting, with an emphasis on vulnerable populations. In the clinical component of this course, students will work with community partners to identify and utilize community assets to meet population needs. Includes 90 hours of clinical experience.

This course focuses on nursing leadership in the delivery of health care and development of the nursing profession. Theoretical principles are applied to effectively coordinate, delegate, communicate, utilize resources, and promote quality and safety as a professional nurse.

This course focuses on the learner's refinement of self-appraisal skills and creation of a personal learning plan for successful transition to professional nursing practice and life-long learning. Students will demonstrate knowledge and application of UP SON program outcomes.

Credit arranged.

Credit arranged.

These courses involve a variety of health care topics. Some courses may be open to non-nursing students at the discretion of the instructor.

Students demonstrate successful completion of all School of Nursing Program Outcomes while working with multiple clients or a population typical of those that would be assigned to a beginning professional nurse. The course includes a 180 hour clinical immersion.