NUR-516 |
Intro Path Pharm Concepts Adv Pract Role |
This integrated pathophysiology and pharmacology course provides a foundation for understanding disease process in conjunction with pharmacological therapy to treat and manage disease. General pathophysiological and pharmacological principles will be presented as they apply to all of the macro concepts identified by the Gwynedd Mercy University Frances Maguire School of Nursing and Health Professions. Students will discuss cultural sensitivity, clinical reasoning, therapeutic nursing interventions and communication skills as they apply to |
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clinical practice. |
4.00 |
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NUR-518 |
Cli Prac Role Dev I: Mental Health Bev |
This course addresses behavioral health disorders and the nurse ' s role in assisting patients to achieve and maintain optimum behavioral health. Content encompasses neurobiological, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual perspectives. Effective therapeutic communication skills, the nurse-patient relationship, and the nursing process are applied to the care of patients across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed on the role of the nurse in promoting person-centered care and maintaining a culture of safety on the behavioral health unit. The role of the clinical |
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nurse leader in behavioral health will be explored. |
4.00 |
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NUR-520 |
Cli Pra Ro Dev II: Nsg Adu Com Hea Pro |
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This course focuses on the physical, psychological, social, spiritual and cultural forces that influence the health of | |||
the adult population. It combines clinical and theory and introduces nursing basic concepts and frameworks | |||
( communication, safety, organization, critical thinking, clinical judgement, and the nursing process). Additionally, | |||
this course will also introduce common conditions found in healthcare. Students practice competencies in | |||
communication, assessment, nursing interventions, and documentation in a variety of basic acute care clinical | |||
settings. Simulation is incorporated as an adjunct to the clinical experience. |
6.00 |
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NUR-530 |
Theoretical Foundations of Nursing |
This course examines knowledge development in nursing. The relationships among nursing knowledge, borrowed knowledge, research education, and current practice are emphasized. Students develop a personal philosophy |
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and theoretical foundation for their practice. |
3.00 |
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NUR-535 |
Leadership & Health Policy |
This course focuses on the knowledge and skills necessary to provide exemplary leadership of groups and interprofessional teams with an emphasis on relationship and team building. Emphasis is to further enhance leadership skill development in order to resolve complex clinical situations, improve practice environments, and lead integrated health care delivery teams. In addition, the role of the nurse advancing nursing practice through developing health policy and advocacy systems will be examined. Approaches to health issues for shaping policy on a local, state and federal level are analyzed in accordance with policy making processes, politics in health care |
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and government, healthcare economics, and ethical frameworks. |
3.00 |
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NUR-544 |
Cli Prac & Role IV: Comp Health Prob |
This course focuses on key concepts in care of the adult patient with selected complex acute diagnoses across the health-illness continuum by the Clinical Nurse Leader prepared nurse. There is specific focus on the physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and cultural forces impacting the complex and acute health status of the adult population. This course is a combination of theory and clinical. There is emphasis on graduate nursing concepts and frameworks in care of adult patient experiencing selected complex acute diagnoses including communication, safety, organization, critical thinking, clinical judgement and the nursing process. Additionally, this course introduces students to common complex acute diagnoses impacting body systems of the adult patient with selected complex acute diagnoses across the health-illness continuum. Students have learning opportunities to apply knowledge, skills, and competencies in complex acute care of adult patients with selected complex acute |
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care diagnoses requiring complex nursing care. |
5.00 |
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