This course focuses on the fundamentals used in evidence-based practice for nutrition research in multiple settings. Students explore research opportunities while developing critical thinking skills through readings, writings, and discussions. Course topics include research ethics, study design, problem statement development, qualitative/quantitative methods, patient/population, intervention(s), comparison, and outcomes proposal for subsequent evidence-based practice project courses (DHN 581 and 680).

Students will participate in evidence-based practice project activities including completion of a mock Institutional Review Board (IRB) application and finalizing the evidence-based practice project problem statement, patient/population, intervention, comparison, and outcome. As well, students will review and apply quantitative and qualitative research design methods. This course will utilize content covered in DHN 580 and will prepare a student for success in their final evidence-based practice project in DHN 680.

Using the project that students started in DHN 581, student will finalize a capstone evidence-based practice project paper that includes introduction, literature review, methods, results, discussion, and conclusion sections. This course will emphasize development of scientific writing skills to translate research at a level appropriate for comprehension by registered dietitian nutritionists and other healthcare professionals. Students will present the finalized version of their evidence-based practice project through oral, virtual, and poster presentations.

This course provides an overview of major models of school wide prevention and intervention and how to implement these interventions to promote social justice. The course also covers school level crisis intervention. Further, students will learn how to evaluate these prevention and intervention efforts using methods of program evaluation. Lastly, ways to critically engage families and communities in culturally responsive ways will be discussed.

This course provides an overview of major models of school wide prevention and intervention and how to implement these interventions to promote social justice. The course also covers school level crisis intervention. Further, students will learn how to evaluate these prevention and intervention efforts using methods of program evaluation. Lastly, ways to critically engage families and communities in culturally responsive ways will be discussed.

A study of arthropod identification using digital tools instead of physical curation methods. Phylogenetic relationships and key characteristics are emphasized, along with the translation of Family- level identification to practical interpretation, including pest management and natural-resource education related to North American arthropods.

In-depth exploration on a given topic, coupled with on-site experiential education in an international context, to examine how cultural, historical, environmental, geographical, and/or political factors shape relational, developmental, or financial experiences and outcomes. Course requirements include travel abroad on an established itinerary, offered in conjunction with UK Education Abroad. This course may be repeated three times, provided the destination or topic is different each time.

This concepts course was developed for the instruction of nursing students in the BSN program. This course explores current issues in United States health care, including affordability, access, policy, reform, quality, and safety. The course provides an opportunity for students to assess the state of the United States health care system, determine changes needed in the U.S. health care system, including improving of the safety and quality care, and to explore how these changes can be best achieved. Students will apply knowledge of the U.S.

This course is designed to provide classroom and clinical experiences to enable the student to provide continuity of nursing care for children and their families when children and adolescents experience a variety of health problems. Students will learn about a variety of pediatric acute and chronic health problems in the classroom and then execute caring for sick children in the clinical setting.

This course is designed to provide students an overview of pertinent pediatric nursing topics and specifically help them prepare to successfully pass the certified pediatric nursing exam offered by PNCB or the ANCC. This course will challenge students to apply clinical judgment skills to pediatric health promotion, disease prevention, and illness management of acute and chronic diseases in a variety of settings, including in and outpatient.