This course introduces the practice of mindfulness, the ability to fully attend to the present with curiosity, openness, and interest. Research shows that practicing mindfulness reduces unproductive worry about the future and rumination about the past. It helps students build skills for managing stress, clarifying their own values and goals, and acting in accordance with them, which often improves academic productivity, the quality of relationships with others, and general happiness and well- being.

This course introduces the practice of mindfulness, the ability to fully attend to the present with curiosity, openness, and interest. Research shows that practicing mindfulness reduces unproductive worry about the future and rumination about the past. It helps students build skills for managing stress, clarifying their own values and goals, and acting in accordance with them, which often improves academic productivity, the quality of relationships with others, and general happiness and well- being.

This course provides the knowledge and skills essential for using research to support clinical and organizational decision making. The strengths and limitations of various research designs and methods are reviewed for their utility in answering clinical questions, evaluating care delivery and patient outcomes, and making clinical decisions.

This course focuses on information systems technology as applied to nursing and health care. Knowledge and skills necessary for utilizing information systems and technology for the advancement of practice and health services research are emphasized. The use of computer systems and technology will be explored.

This course provides the opportunity for the student to apply theories, principles, and processes learned during the Master's program of study and to reflect on the competencies acquired during this educational experience. Under the guidance of the student's faculty advisor and practicum preceptor, the student will develop a proposal for a Capstone paper, which includes an outline of the key components of the projected work. The Capstone paper should be focused on a practice problem, evidence-based innovation, or practice program, with the outcome being a paper that describes the work.

The course is designed to increase the student's understanding of organizational change theory and leadership strategies and techniques needed to initiate, implement, evaluate, and sustain changes. Leaders in contemporary and complex adaptive health care organizations and systems are constantly faced with the challenges of uncertainty and of change at micro, meso, and macrosystem levels. The management of change is a dynamic process and must be consistent with the mission, vision, values, goals, structure, processes, technology, people, and culture of the organization.

This practicum course is designed to increase the student's understanding about how organizational change theory and leadership strategies/techniques are applied in the practice environment to guide the initiation, implementation, evaluation, and sustainment of changes. Students will understand why change initiatives should be consistent with the mission, vision, values, goals, structure, processes, technology, people, and culture of the organization and why change is a dynamic process.

The focus of this course is exploration of qualitative approaches to developing clinical nursing research, and application of quantitative research designs and methods, as well as mixed methods for testing hypotheses in clinical nursing research. Applications of qualitative and mixed methods to research questions relevant to nursing science are explored. Students develop skills in critical evaluation of both intervention and nonintervention studies. Emphasis is placed on the identification and control of competing hypotheses in quantitative research.

The focus of this course is exploration of qualitative approaches to developing clinical nursing research, and application of quantitative research designs and methods, as well as mixed methods for testing hypotheses in clinical nursing research. Applications of qualitative and mixed methods to research questions relevant to nursing science are explored. Students develop skills in critical evaluation of both intervention and nonintervention studies. Emphasis is placed on the identification and control of competing hypotheses in quantitative research.

A one credit hour seminar focusing on issues relative to the responsible conduct of human subject research. Included are topics on scientific integrity, the ethical conduct of research, and federal guidelines for inclusion of research subjects.