568 Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing—Ph.D. Program dissertation. The course focus is on carrying out the process of organizing, integrating, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating the most relevant information. (1 semester hour) NSG 7290—Comprehensive Examination: Seminar III In this course, the student’s mastery of doctoral study is assessed. Through the comprehensive examination process, the student will exhibit knowledge of relevant current and historical literature in the focused area of study, knowledge of current issues, and the ability to apply and design a research study using methods of the discipline. The student’s ability to think critically, form sound responses to questions, and communicate effectively in writing is evaluated. The completion of this course is indicative of the student’s readiness to commence dissertation work. Successful completion of the course is required before dissertation work can begin. (1 semester hour) NSG 7299—Transition to the Doctor of Nursing Practice Program This course is designed to assist the B.S.N.-prepared registered nurse with a non-nursing master’s degree to develop the M.S.N. competencies required to transition into the Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) program. The student will build upon current nursing experience and previous graduate education in order to demonstrate achievement of the essentials of master’s nursing education prior to beginning D.N.P. coursework. Clinical immersion hours are required. (6 semester hours) NSG 7300—D.N.P. Roles, Leadership, and Collaboration This course focuses on key concepts related to the role of the Doctor of Nursing Practice in clinical, educational, and healthcare settings. The essential competencies that D.N.P. nurses utilize to bring about change will be explored. These changes include effective communication skills, collaboration within interprofessional teams, the knowledge to use technology, and translating and implementing research into evidence-based practice through continuous quality improvement. (3 semester hours) NSG 7340—Dissertation This course provides opportunity for direct engagement between the student and the dissertation committee. The course focuses on design, implementation, and completion of the scholarly research study. (minimum 9 semester hours) NSG 7350—Leading in Complex Healthcare Systems This course focuses on principles of business, finance, economics, and leadership in United States and Global healthcare systems. Solutions for complex ethical, political, economic, and cultural healthcare systems issues will be explored. Students will use collaborative and inter-professional skills to examine proposed system solutions. This course challenges students to create new ideas, adopt new behaviors, and identify new opportunities to view and solve healthcare dilemmas. As transformational leaders, students will analyze strategies to support organizational and systems change that leads to improved healthcare outcomes. (3 semester hours) NSG 7400—Nursing Science for Clinical Practice This course explores the scientific principles and philosophical underpinnings of nursing practice relevant to the role of the D.N.P. Concepts, models, frameworks, quality improvement science, and theories from nursing and other disciplines are applied to clinical practice problems. Students analyze various approaches used in research and evaluate the quality of published research. Students develop search strategies to answer questions related to a selected topic of interest for an evidence-based practice change or quality improvement project. (3 semester hours) NSG 7403—Advancing Nursing Science This course engages students in a critical synthesis appraisal of the state of the science overall as well as their area of research interest. Emphasis will include empirical literature across disciplines, with attention to variation in concept definitions. Students gain skills in searching, critiquing, analyzing, synthesizing, and re-presenting or re-conceptualizing a focused body of empirical literature to form a current state of substantive knowledge. Students engage in peer review by presenting and critiquing a current body of knowledge in their area of research interest. This knowledge base will include exploration into integrative and systematic reviews, metaanalysis, and meta-synthesis. (3 semester hours) NSG 7431—Project I: Mentored Scholarship This cornerstone course allows students to apply methods, tools and strategies required to conduct a scholarly literature review and to develop a clear statement of the problem for final project implementation. Clinical immersion hours are required. Clinical immersion objectives and activities are mutually developed by the student and the faculty members and based on the proposed clinical project. (3–5 semester hours) NSG 7443—D.N.P. Independent Study This independent study course is individualized according to each student’s educational needs. Course content is different for each student. A written contract between the course faculty and the student is developed at the beginning of the semester that establishes student identified course goals and objectives, learning activities, D.N.P. competencies to be met, and evaluation methods. (3 semester hours) NSG 7444—Project II: Project Plan This course provides students with the support and direction needed to develop and defend a comprehensive, site specific D.N.P. project proposal plan in collaboration with faculty member and mentor. Approved proposal is submitted to
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