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Nursing Licensure Lab IV will utilize self-guided learning and remediation in preparation for student success on the NCLEX-RN exam. Students will continue work in an online environment utilizing increasingly sophisticated levels of quizzing and testing techniques designed to strengthen testing skills. The student will focus on remediation of identified areas of weakness in content mastery. Course is graded P/NP. Fee: $90

This course prepares students for re-entry into professional practice courses.  Students will practice and demonstrate competency in fundamental knowledge, skills and attitudes required for successful progression. Course is graded P/NP. Fee: $115

Evidence-based research foundations, scholarly inquiry, data collection methods, and ethical issues are explored to guide students' active role in a research project based on their area of interest for a select client population. Faculty supervise student groups' evidence search and synthesis, project proposal, IRB project approval, and project launch. This course is restricted to nursing majors participating in the university honors program.

Students will sustain their role in active scholarly inquiry and project engagement through the completion of the project data analysis and dissemination process. A project report and professional presentation are required; manuscript preparation is optional. This course is restricted to nursing majors participating in the university honors program.

Students 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. This course includes 180 hours of combined on-campus and off-campus clinical experiences. Fee: $110

Students in this seminar course will have the opportunity to synthesize didactic and clinical learning. Students apply the concepts of cognition, mood and affect, professional engagement, chronic illness trajectory, palliation and care coordination in developing clinical reasoning skills for nursing practice. Students engage in the application of evidence-based practice with an emphasis on quality improvement in professional practice settings.

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. This course includes 180 hours of combined on-campus and off-campus clinical experiences. Fee: $60

Students in this course have the opportunity to synthesize didactic and clinical learning. Students engage in the application of healthy work environment, health care policy, and health care law concepts into clinical reasoning for nursing practice. Evidence-based practice, advocacy at the state/federal level, and clinical decision making in nursing practice in care settings across the health care continuum are explored.

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. Fee: $360

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 of nursing in promoting a culture of health. Students will explore interprofessional practice to lead sustainable change for improving health outcomes.

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 health care 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.