aging, nutrition needs of the elderly and nutrition-related diseases associated with aging.

The purpose of this course is to introduce graduate students to useful topics in their quest to attain and retain a tenure track researcher position (or equivalent) at some point in their scientific future. These subjects are not always taught by mentors or through a traditional curriculum, but they are of utmost importance in a successful career. A breadth of issues will be presented that many principal investigators would say they wished they learned in graduate school and should give students the resources to become competitive scientific professionals.

Study of nutrition surveys and of bases for judging community nutrition. Emphasis is placed upon economic, geographic, social and educational causes of malnutrition. Experience is given in development of nutrition programs. May be repeated to a maximum of six credits.

This course is designed to introduce students to the use of self as a healing force and to a variety of biofield energy healing techniques from the modalities of Therapeutic Touch, Reiki, Pranic Healing, Healing Touch, Bowen Therapy, Polarity Therapy, and from the work of Rosalyn Bruyere. The format of this course will be a controlled, laboratory setting for the demonstration and practice of these techniques; students will practice the techniques on each other and on volunteers from the community.

Students use theories of leadership, motivation, power, influence, organizational behavior, diversity, culture, and relationships to evaluate current practices and initiate future practices within clinical, educational, and research health care organizations. Students participate in activities that promote self-reflection, accountability, and collaboration that support the acquisition and demonstration of ethical leadership expertise reflecting professional nursing's characteristics and values.

This course focuses on the application of economic and financial principles and practices to health care. Within this framework, content related to finance and economics, health care reimbursement models, incentive structures, market dynamics, economic evaluations, and quantification of outcomes are examined . The emphasis will be on critically analyzing the actual and potential impact of these dynamics on the structure and functioning of the health care system.

This course focuses on critical evaluation and synthesis of the comprehensive evidence base including interventional and non- interventional research and non-research sources of evidence to elucidate the best available evidence and state of the science in a particular focused area to provide a foundation for the development of practice change based on best evidence, and to illuminate significant gaps in current knowledge to support the development of research studies.

Students will examine the processes underlying the development of models, theories and conceptual framework. Selected models, theories, and conceptual frameworks from nursing and other disciplines will be evaluated for their utility in advanced nursing practice. All are discussed within the context of the nature of nursing knowledge and the expanding scientific basis for advanced practice nursing.

This course consists of 180 hours of practicum experience focused on clinical teaching and supervision in undergraduate and graduate courses. A preceptor-mentorship model will be used in which nurse educators in health care organizations or educational institutions will facilitate student learning experiences in this practicum course. Under the guidance of a nurse faculty preceptor, the student will apply principles learned in the Best Practices in Nursing Education/Instruction didactic courses in the classroom, clinical and online educational setting.

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.