This course provides the opportunity for students to acquire knowledge and skills necessary to practice effectively in their advanced practice specialty. Students will focus on specialty and population focused clinical problems encountered in advanced nursing practice and will develop competencies required to practice effectively in their specific specialty. Application of the scope and standards of advanced specialty practice, application of evidence-based practices, and development of advanced knowledge, skills, and competencies are emphasized.

This introductory course provides an overview of advanced practice nursing and the adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner role- evolution. Professional issues and trends at the state and national levels will be analyzed. This course will focus on the adult-gerontology acute care nurse practitioner's contributions to health, wellness, and health promotion among populations commonly served. Scope, standards and competencies will be addressed as well as licensure, accreditation and certification.

This Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner didactic course focuses on the assessment, differential diagnosis and management of complex critically ill adults who are physiologically unstable, technologically dependent, and/or are highly vulnerable to complications. Particular attention is given to providing evidence based, comprehensive, individualized, and collaborative care that takes into consideration health quality, costs, and outcomes for the acute and critically ill adult/geriatric patient and their family.

This course provides content for advanced practice nursing care of adults and geriatrics with chronic disease and illnesses in a variety of settings in complex health care systems. The patient population includes young adults (including late adolescents and emancipated minors), adults and older adults (including young-old, old, and old-old adults). Emphasis is on developing clinical expertise to interpret and manage chronically ill patients and their clinical problems. Planning, directing, delivering, and evaluating care is based on theory and research.

This course provides the foundation for the practice-doctorate, pediatric nursing students to integrate the role of the pediatric nurse practitioner (PNP), utilizing relevant concepts and theories, with aspects of pediatric client (well-child) assessment and management. Family and child development theories will be incorporated to maximize the health and wellness of the pediatric client from birth through adolescence (birth to 21 years of age).

This course allows the graduate pediatric nursing student to collaborate with other health care disciplines and incorporate clinical decision- making into the care and management of the child with complex, acute/critical illnesses seen in the acute care setting. Current evidence and practice guidelines will be integrated into the management of acute illnesses commonly seen in children (birth to 21 years). The role of the AC-PNP will be integrated into health restoration strategies in various acute clinical settings.

This course provides an overview of the primary care nurse practitioner's role in the health care system. The nurse practitioner's contributions to health promotion, clinical prevention and population health will be explored. Selected physical, pathophysiologic, social, mental health, behavioral, cultural, and ethical concepts will be discussed as a basis for clinical decision-making. Professional issues and trends in health and nursing at national and state levels will be analyzed.

This course focuses on the primary care nurse practitioner's assessment, diagnosis and management of common chronic health problems of adult and geriatric individuals. Emphasis will be on differentiating a variety of signs and symptoms and interpreting data to formulate differential diagnoses. The use of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines to assist in the development, implementation, and evaluation of the plan of care will be emphasized. The impact of chronic health problems on the family as a whole will be analyzed.

This course continues upon the content covered in NUR 966 and NUR 968. This course focuses on the study of conceptual frameworks, theories, and research related to common psychiatric disorders across the lifespan. Concepts related to diagnostic criteria, assessment, treatment, evaluation, and recovery from psychiatric illness in patients across the lifespan will be emphasized. The course will also focus on biological and pharmacologic theories, developmental issues, psychotherapeutic modalities, and primary prevention of psychiatric illnesses in this population.

This course will provide Advanced Practice Public Health Nurses and Nurse Executives with knowledge and skills needed to improve health outcomes of populations and micro, meso, and macro systems. Further, this course will prepare the student to be proficient in the knowledge, skills, and abilities to effectively work with complex organizational and community systems in crisis and disaster situations. Students will learn how to integrate evidence-based decision-making competencies to maximize attention to organizational and community resource challenges.