This clinical course provides students with the opportunity to integrate clinical judgement and theoretical learning from previous nursing courses into clinical decision-making that facilitates interprofessional communication in the pursuit of quality health outcomes. Students incorporate the professional nursing role into their holistic nursing practice and adapt their care according to person-centered goals, evidence-based practice, diverse life experiences, while maintaining an awareness of social determinants of health.
Person-centered and holistic care for individuals, families, groups, and communities across the healthcare delivery continuum from prevention to disease management is studied for ways to collaborate and provide the highest quality care which is grounded in social justice, recognizing oppression, prejudice, and discrimination, with a commitment to serving and advocating for diversity, equity and inclusion. In addition, considering the social determinants of health such as personal, social, economic, and environmental factors to advocate for healthy environments that impact our world.
Traditional and non-traditional partnerships are explored with a commitment to provide compassionate, respectful, dignified and evidence-based care to serve underrepresented and diverse populations. Attention will be placed on promoting community engagement and population-focused health education to improve equitable population health outcomes and to provide safe, quality, and evidence-informed care across the lifespan.
The interrelationship among public health theory, health promotion, disease and injury prevention, and evidence-based practices are studies and applied to public health nursing practice for individuals, families, communities, and populations across the life span. Environmental health, epidemiology, health care systems, and regulations, policy development, economics, and emergency preparedness are examined. Grounded in social justice, students will explore the role of advocacy with a commitment to health and safety of vulnerable populations locally, nationally, and worldwide.
Explore nursing topics and the synthesis of scientific knowledge through the critical appraisal of research studies. Examine nurses role to support bioethical research principles to advocate and support participants. And, analyze the nurses role in contributing to improving health and transforming health care using evidence-based practice, which is foundational for nurses as a problem-solving approach to the deliver the best healthcare outcomes.
Nursing leadership and management competencies and their relationship with high-quality clinical outcomes are explored. Leadership roles and responsibilities are analyzed for diverse patient populations within systems and across settings of care. Prerequisites: 326, 328, 336, 337, 360.
Designed to examine womens health issues from a feminist perspective, this course explores the relationship of women to the health care system, discusses the historical role of women as providers and consumers of health care, and uses a holistic model to examine womens issues and concerns across the lifespan. The third credit is earned through an independent action project. (Equivalent to WMST 351.)
Distinguish professional nursing practice to expand clinical judgement based on evidence from nursing history stemming from Florence Nightingales holistic practice, nursing theory, and other disciplines to further nursing perspective of accountability and collaboration that reflects nursings professional identity, characteristics, and values. The nurses role in advocating for health policy that impacts patient care and the profession is explored to include the exploration of professional organizations to support patient and professional practice.
This course focuses on developing the students ability to be inquisitive scholars, engaged citizens, and ethical leaders through the synthesis, integration, and evaluation of evidence to determine best practice that informs holistic nursing care. Students engage in meaningful and creative inquiry, critique health-related research, and explore the ethical principles involved in conducting research. Students examine team dynamics and change theories in order to analyze quality improvement initiatives at the individual and community levels.
Nursing students will examine a variety of quantitative, qualitative as well as evidence-based research methodologies useful in their role as care provider and member of the nursing profession. Each step of the quantitative research process will be reviewed/critiqued and then presented by students. Students will read and analyze qualitative data. Additionally, ethical principles and values important to the conduct of research will be explored. Prerequisites: 221, 230, 240, 290, 342, 349; MATH 130 or 230, WCII course.