Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing—Ph.D. Program 563 NSG 5360—Nurse Educator Capstone This course addresses two distinct foci for the nurse educator: role preparation in both academic and healthcare settings and development of in-depth knowledge and expertise in a particular area of nursing. For the educator-role focus, students will analyze, synthesize, and utilize concepts of education. For the clinical-expertise focus, students will apply advanced conceptual knowledge in graduate-level clinical practice experiences. Students work directly with preceptors to fulfill clinical and educational objectives. (3 semester hours) NSG 5370—Introduction to Educational Concepts This course examines the conceptual basis and evidence based educational research for teaching and learning. The relationships between learning outcomes, learning styles, instructional strategies, assignments, and activities in educational environments are identified. Strategies for promoting student success and classroom management are examined. Various educational environments are explored. Legal and ethical considerations of instruction are included. (3 semester hours) NSG 5380—Educational Concepts I: Principles of Evaluation This course focuses on methods to assess and evaluate learning outcomes in various educational environments. Evidencebased educational research that supports evaluation is explored. Legal and ethical aspects impacting evaluations are discussed. (3 semester hours) NSG 5440—Quality Management in Complex Health Systems This course focuses on the structure and design of nursing governance models and prepares the master’s-prepared nurse to participate in the design and implementation of new models of care delivery and coordination. Governance models drive the operational, educational, and research process for nursing practice in in a healthcare system. Managing complex health systems includes the use of technology to assess performance, as well as human resource practices to document and address variations. Through application of evidence-based research, the master’sprepared nurse leader evaluates and applies best practices to the delivery of healthcare that will include patient safety, quality, and risk management data over time. This course will utilize performance improvement tools that provide analysis and assist in managing healthcare organization. (3 semester hours) NSG 5471—Business and Economics of Healthcare This course introduces the student to basic economic concepts, principles, and theories used to analyze and evaluate a variety of healthcare issues. Students will utilize knowledge and skills to evaluate U.S. and other international healthcare systems. (3 semester hours) NSG 5492—Executive Nurse Leadership Nurse Capstone Students analyze, synthesize, and utilize all prior courses in a practice environment. The course provides an opportunity to combine beginning research skills, theoretical knowledge, and professional nursing experience to engage in graduate-level nursing activities in a specialty area. In this learning experience, the student implements a project that reflects their mastery of all program outcomes. (3 semester hours) NSG 5502—Advanced Health Assessment This course is required core content for students in the nurse practitioner and nurse educator advanced practice specialization tracts. This course builds upon baccalaureate knowledge and clinical mastery of health and physical assessment. Comprehensive physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and cultural assessments of individuals across the life span are emphasized. Clinical disease prevention and population health promotion are incorporated into the assessment process. Assessment criteria are appreciated as underpinnings of differential diagnoses and plans of care. (3 semester hours) NSG 5510—Advanced Pharmacology Students develop an advanced understanding of pharmacologic principles, which includes the cellular response level. This area of core content includes pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacogenomics of broad categories of pharmacotherapeutics agents. The purpose of this content is to provide the knowledge and skills to assess, diagnose, manage, and prescribe the appropriate pharmacologic agents in common health problems with a safe, exceptional quality, and in a cost-effective manner. (3 semester hours) NSG 5531—Advanced Pathophysiology This course presents an in-depth, systems-based approach to pathophysiological concepts including principles of cellular function, genetic principles, diseases of major organ systems which affect homeostasis across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed on the foundational learning requirements for advanced nursing practice including patient assessment, clinical decision-making, patient education, use of information technology, and systems management skills. The structure and function of pathophysiological processes and diseases are investigated with use of current evidence-based resources in relation to epidemiology, disease states, and changes associated with diverse populations and cultural influences. (3 semester hours) NSG 5532—Neurobiology Psychopharmacology This course lays the groundwork for advanced practice nurses caring for individuals with mental disorders and/or substance use disorders. Coursework builds on fundamental knowledge of anatomy and pathophysiology, reflecting current scientific knowledge of the neurobiology of serious mental illness. The course will focus on the application of psychopharmacology
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