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This course prepares students for re-entry into clinical nursing courses.  Students will practice and demonstrate competency in fundamental knowledge, skills and attitudes required for successful progression. Graded on a P/NP basis. Fee: $145

Students in this course will manage care for diverse patients with chronic illnesses across the lifespan. Emphasis is on care transitions, care coordination, case management, prioritization, and delegation of care, as well as chronic illness management. Students will work with community partners to identify and utilize community assets to meet population needs.

Students in this seminar course will have the opportunity to synthesize didactic and clinical learning. Students further incorporate into developing nursing practice the concepts of clinical reasoning based on nursing research, evidence based practice, quality improvement, and informatics. Concepts are explored regarding influence in clinical decision making in chronic illness management, care transitions, and care coordination across the lifespan.

Students in this course will 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.

Students in this seminar course will have the opportunity to synthesize didactic and clinical learning. Students fully implement the concepts of clinical reasoning based on nursing research, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and informatics into nursing practice. These concepts are explored for the influence they have on clinical decision making in nursing practice in care settings across the healthcare continuum.

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 learn management of patients with chronic illnesses across the lifespan with a focus on the principles of complex case management, care coordination, and care transitions. Emphasis is on assessment, analysis, education, client health trajectory, and levels of prevention.

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: $180.

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 hours of clinical experience. Fee: $10

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. Fee: $30

This course focuses on nursing leadership in the delivery of healthcare 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 examines the role of inquiry in evidence‐based practice and quality improvement is explored. Evaluation and synthesis of qualitative and quantitative evidence to improve provider practice and quality of care is emphasized. Measurement and evaluation methods for improving healthcare are examined. The planning process for the quality improvement project proposal is a primary emphasis on the course.

This course focuses on nursing leadership in the delivery of healthcare 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 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.

This course prepares students to analyze regional, national, and global threats to population health, including disasters and outbreaks. Epidemiological principles and statistical methods are used to recognize, respond, and analyze large-scale and global population health problems and potential treats, and to evaluate population health projects. Fee: $50

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.

This course integrates knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to promote community-based patient and family-centered healthcare coordination through effective use of appropriate information technologies, interdisciplinary communication, teamwork and collaboration.

This course focuses on complex adaptive systems, systems thinking and various styles of leadership. Students examine concepts of systems and leadership to foster inter-professional collaboration, improve practice environments, facilitate change and promote patient safety and quality care. The practice improvement project is implemented in this course.

Students in this course will be prepared to provide nursing care to populations through the lens of social justice. Framed in the ecological model, students will apply the nursing process to the care of vulnerable populations and design evidence based interventions for equitable health outcomes.

Students in this course will realize the full scope of baccalaureate nursing practice. Students will expand their understanding nursing in promoting a culture of health. Students will explore collaborative structures in communication, technology, and data to lead sustainable change.

Students will create a road map for advancement of the individual nurse, populations served and profession of nursing. Students will be exposed to multiple pathways for professional growth and practice and will develop methods to maintain resilience and balance, and establish a pattern of reflection and life-long learning.

Credit arranged.

Credit arranged.

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

This course focuses on holistic health and frameworks/strategies for leadership in health promotion and education.  Interdisciplinary experts will facilitate learning about physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being.  Through critical reflection and applied educational strategies, students will gain proficiency in wellness promotion. Course is graded P/NP.

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.