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NCLIN 302 Practicum: Health Assessment (1-5, max. 5)
Lecture and lab emphasize nursing skills in communication, interviewing, functional and physical health assessment. Includes: basic communication skills, beginning physical and psychosocial assessment of the individual across the lifespan, and family assessment. Credit/no credit only. Offered: AS.
NCLIN 306 Practicum: Basic Skills of Nursing Practice (4)
Practicum in communication, interviewing, health assessment, identification of threats to health in clinical settings. Explores risk, vulnerability identification, communication, physical/psychosocial assessment of individuals across lifespan, nursing care planning, documentation, psychomotor skills development. Credit/no credit only. .Prerequisite: NCLIN 302, which may be taken concurrently.
NCLIN 402 Practicum: Care in Illness I (4)
Provides supervised nursing care to individuals/families with acute/ chronic illness across the lifespan. Emphasizes beginning skills in systematic assessment, including person/environment fit, developing competency in selected nursing therapies, and developing role as care agent for persons of all ages. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: NCLIN 401, which may be taken concurrently.
NCLIN 406 Practicum: Care in Illness II (1-10, max. 10)
Provides supervised nursing care to individuals and families with acute and chronic illness. Emphasis on increasing skill in systematic assessment, developing competency in selected nursing therapies, and developing role as caring agent for persons of all ages. Credit/no credit only.
NCLIN 409 Partnerships in Community Health (6)
Analysis, application, and evaluation of community partnership process for health. Analysis of nursing role in community/public health, including community building, collaboration, policy. Development and formulation of community interventions to maintain/promote biopsychosocial health/promotion of health/prevention of injury and disease.
NCLIN 411 Transition to Professional Practice (8-12)
Emphasis on mastering theoretical concepts, applying theory and research findings, improving skill competency, and developing leadership capabilities. Recommended: completion of first five quarters in the BSN program.
NCLIN 416 Practicum: Nursing of Families: Childbearing and Childrearing (4)
Provides the opportunity for supervised nursing of childbearing and childrearing families and individuals. Emphasizes expanding nursing process skills, especially health promotion, with individuals and families during childbearing and childrearing. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: NURS 415, which may be taken concurrently. Offered: AW.
Instructor Course Description:
Pamella R Talley
NCLIN 418 Practicum: Psychosocial Nursing (4)
Provides supervised psychosocial nursing care to individuals/families/groups/communities with threats to or alterations in psychosocial health. Emphasizes increasing skill in systematic assessment, developing competency in selected psychosocial nursing interventions, and evaluation of treatment outcomes. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: NURS 417, which may be taken concurrently. Offered: AW.
NCLIN 490 Special Laboratory Elective (1-4, max. 4) Altman
Provides supervised laboratory experience to enhance and document clinical skills and decision making. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
Instructor Course Description:
Juvann M. Wolff
NCLIN 500 Comprehensive Health Assessment (3)
Provides framework for systematic collection, interpretation, and communication of data to determine health status of individuals. Develops beginning advanced practice competence in history-taking and screening physical examination of adolescents and adults. Analysis of multiple health indicators to determine health status. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
NCLIN 501 Diagnostic Health Assessment (1-5, max. 5)
Provides framework for learning symptom analysis, selection/performance of examination techniques, and selection/interpretation of common diagnostic procedures. Develops beginning competence in focused history-taking and directed physical exam to evaluate common health problems in adolescents and adults. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: NCLIN 500, which may be taken concurrently.
NCLIN 502 Pediatric Health Assessment and Promotion (1-5, max. 5)
Gives experience in obtaining a health history and performing a physical assessment of infants, children, and adolescents. Interviewing techniques, problem-oriented charting, and a systems approach to the physical examination. Emphasis on screening principles, health promotion, and wellness care for children/families. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
NCLIN 503 Advanced Fieldwork Community Health Nursing (2-6, max. 12)
Guided experience in delineating nursing roles in community settings. Development of a philosophy of community health nursing. Application of core concepts pertaining to health, ethics, care, and community. A minimum of four hours of guided experience weekly. Prerequisite: graduate standing and permission of instructor.
NCLIN 505 Diagnostic Testing and Monitoring in Serious Illness (2)
Lecture, discussion, and laboratory sessions to develop students’ assessment, diagnostic, and monitoring expertise in the care of acutely ill individuals. Students refine clinical decision-making skills, apply specialized assessments, gain insight into clinical experts’ critical thinking, and refine assessment knowledge for a specific patient population. Prerequisite: NCLIN 501 or equivalent.
Instructor Course Description:
Juvann M. Wolff
NCLIN 508 Seminar in Group Treatment (1)
Seminar on the theoretical basis for working with various treatment groups. Analysis of selected approaches to group treatment. Analysis of leader responsibilities and functions in the development of therapeutic group experiences.
NCLIN 509 Teaching Methods and Practicum in Nursing Education (2-10, max. 10)
Guided experience in selected teaching-learning situations in nursing, in both classroom and clinical situations. Identification, analysis, and solution of teaching-learning problems in clinical nursing. Minimum of seven hours of guided experience weekly.
NCLIN 510 Group Work with High-Risk Youth (3-6, max. 6)
Theory and application course in group counseling for high-risk youth. Central theme is group leader effectiveness in helping young people increase school performance, decrease drug involvement, and increase emotional well-being. Open to graduate students in nursing, education, and related human services professions.
NCLIN 512 Advanced Practicum in Parent and Child Nursing I (2-12, max. 25)
Clinical seminar and practicum provide opportunities to develop advanced nursing practice competencies in the care of women, parents, children, and/or adolescents. Application of theory and principles to direct care, consultation, education and/or care coordinator roles with individuals and/or groups.
NCLIN 514 Seminar in Home Care for Chronic Illness (3)
Home-care services as component of community health nursing. Understanding effects of direct nursing functions on care of chronically ill persons and their families. Selected field study experiences in community health settings. Prerequisite: NURS 563, graduate standing, and permission of instructor.
NCLIN 515 Health Assessment for Advanced Practice Neonatal Nursing (1 or 3)
Develops knowledge and skills to obtain and evaluate health histories and perform systematic physical assessment on newborns and young infants using a diagnosis reasoning process and evidence-based approach. Analyses data to develop differential diagnoses and management plans. Prerequisites: Required for NNP, NCNS, NM students; others with permission of instructor. Credit/no credit only.
NCLIN 526 Managing Organizational Effectiveness Within Care Systems (1)
Analysis of management strategies for attaining effective and efficient organizational structures and processes within health care systems. Prerequisite: NURS 524 or permission of instructor.
NCLIN 531 Nursing Process in Parent-Child Nursing (4)
Includes lecture, seminar, and laboratory instruction designed to assist the student with knowledge and skill acquisition related to nursing care of individuals and families with regard to childbearing and childrearing. Prerequisite: NURS 530.
NCLIN 540 Infant Mental Health Practice: Parent Child Relationships and Intervention (3-6, max. 15)
Through interaction with young children and their families in treatment settings, examines children’s development in relationships with primary caregivers and relationship-based interventions for relationship problems in the early years. Includes written observations, seminar presentations, and an individuals professional development plan. Credit/no credit only. Offered: AWSpS.
NCLIN 541 Advanced Practice Specialist Clinical Practicum (1-10, max. 10)
Apply, synthesize, evaluate, and communicate knowledge about a specific domain of advanced medical/surgical or forensics nursing practice. Emphasis is on specialization and role development. Prerequisite: Related sciences (CNS, NE, APGN, ID-CNS, IC-APN), or NURS 509 and NURS 585; or permission of instructor.
NCLIN 542 Advanced Practice Specialist Clinical Practicum II (1-10, max. 10)
Apply, synthesize, evaluate, and communicate knowledge about a specific domain of advanced medical/surgical or forensics nursing practice. Fieldwork emphasizes greater depth/complexity/independence in specialization and role development. Seminars emphasize critical analysis of role-related issues. Capstone experience for clinical practicum. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: NCLIN 541.
NCLIN 543 Advanced Practice Specialist Clinical Practicum III (1-10, max. 10)
Apply, synthesize, evaluate, and communicate knowledge about a specific domain of advanced medical/surgical or forensics nursing practice. Role development within specialty context. Emphasis is on critical analysis of leadership-related issues. For students in final clinical, serves as capstone. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: NCLIN 542.
NCLIN 544 Advanced Practice Specialist Clinical Practicum IV (1-10, max. 20)
Apply, synthesize, evaluate, and communicate knowledge about a specific domain of advanced medical/surgical or forensics nursing practice. Fieldwork serves as capstone experience. Seminar emphasis is on consultation and collaboration. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: NCLIN 543.
NCLIN 546 Management of Acute and Chronic Wounds (2-3)
Evaluation and treatment of acute and chronic wounds. Includes wound healing physiology, pathophysiology, patient evaluation, evaluation of environmental and systemic factors related to risk of impaired healing, methods for assessing wound progress, and evidenced based treatment options. Optional one credit clinical and lab experience. Prerequisite: graduate standing or permission of instructor.
NCLIN 549 Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum I: Adults/Older Adults (1-10, max. 10)
Clinical fieldwork and seminar in advanced nursing practice with individual/groups. Students practice under clinical preceptor supervision. Focuses on data collection/critical thinking related to health status and threats to health, incorporating knowledge from the biological, behavioral, and social sciences. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: permission of instructor, or NCLIN 501 or equivalent.
NCLIN 550 Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum II: Adults/Older Adults (1-10, max. 10)
Clinical fieldwork and seminar in advanced practice nursing. Builds on NCLIN 549, emphasizing critical thinking related to the differential diagnosis/management of health problems and human responses. Students practice under clinical preceptor supervision. Addresses selected role issues in advanced practice nursing. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: NCLIN 549 or permission of instructor.
NCLIN 551 Advanced Practice Nursing Clinical Practicum III: Adults/Older Adults (1-10, max. 10)
Clinical fieldwork and seminar in advanced practice nursing. Builds on NCLIN 550, emphasizing the integration and application of previous learning in the care of people with multiple health problems. Students practice under preceptor supervision. Addresses selected role issues in advanced practice nursing. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: NCLIN 550 or permission of instructor.
NCLIN 552 Nurse Practitioner Clinical Practicum IV: Adults/Older Adults (1-10, max. 10)
Intensive clinical experience in which students integrate previous learning to assume responsibility for care of older adults and/or adults with multiple health problems. Students practice as an advanced practice nurse supervised by a preceptor, assuming increasing responsibility for planning/implementing therapies and for documenting/evaluating outcomes. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: NCLIN 551.
NCLIN 553 Seminar in Primary Care I: Health Promotion (2/3, max. 3)
Clinical application of major theories of health promotion, risk assessment, health behavior change, and disease prevention across the age span. Emphasizes an evidence-based approach, with consideration of cultural, socio-economic, and diversity factors. Includes clinical practicum.
NCLIN 554 Occupational Health Nursing: Practice Issues (2-6, max. 6)
In-depth overview of occupational health and safety. Includes discussion of American workforce, work environments, regulations, and political issues; identifies trends which affect practice; introduces prevalent health disorders which result from occupational exposure; examines and applies nursing theory to the prevention and control of occupational injuries and illnesses.
NCLIN 556 Seminar in Primary Care II: Evidence Based Management of Common Health Concerns (3)
Examines clinical application of theories of illness management across the age span. Emphasizes an evidence-based approach to assessment, differential diagnosis, and management with consideration of cultural, socio-economic and diversity factors. Utilizes technology to support clinical decision-making. Includes clinical practicum. Taught in conjunction with NURS 510 and NURS 518. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: graduate standing and permission of instructor.
NCLIN 557 Seminar in Primary Care III: Evidence Based Management of Common Health Concerns (3)
Examines clinical application of theories of illness management across the age span. Emphasizes an evidence-based approach to assessment, differential diagnosis, and management with consideration of cultural, socio-economic and diversity factors. Utilizes technology to support clinical decision-making. Identifies opportunities for leadership and inquiry in clinical practice. Taught in conjunction with NURS 510. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: graduate standing and permission of instructor.
NCLIN 558 Occupational Health Nursing: Program Development (2-6, max. 6)
In-depth examination of occupational health and safety programs including organizational analyses, budgeting, marketing, case management, and workers’ compensation; also political, economic, legal, and ethical issues. Focuses on development, implementation, and evaluation of programs including health promotion, EAP, and health surveillance. Applies public health and nursing sciences to selected work-related problems.
Instructor Course Description:
Arnold De Castro
NCLIN 559 Seminar in Primary Care IV: Management of Common Health Concerns (3-5)
Focus on research questions, patient presentations, and group discussions drawn from field study. Supervised clinical field study within selected primary care settings and weekly seminar discussions related to theory presented in NURS 510. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: permission of instructor; nurse practitioner students register for NURS 510 concurrently.
NCLIN 560 Seminar in Primary Care V: Complex Clinical Decision Making ([1-11]-, max. 11)
Seminar with associated field study. Synthesis of advanced knowledge base and clinical family nurse practitioner skills with effective management of complex clinical problems. No grade given until 11 total credits completed. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: graduate standing and permission of instructor.
NCLIN 566 Advanced Clinical Practicum in Psychosocial Nursing (1-9, max. 20)
Seminar and practicum focus on development of advanced clinical and role-function skills. Practicum in settings with select populations under supervision of expert clinicians. Seminars use evidenced-based practice criteria to integrate cases into discussion. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: NURS 570, NURS 564, one theory course, or permission of instructor.
NCLIN 570 Practicum in Adult Psychosocial Assessment (2)
Under supervision of faculty/preceptors from clinical agencies, students use evidence-based practice criteria to assess individuals, groups, and families. Students gain skills in psychosocial interviewing, mental status examinations, and assessing psychosocial variables by standardized instruments and clinical interview. Credit/no credit only. Prerequisite: NURS 549 or permission of instructor.
NCLIN 572 Practicum in Physical Assessment (2)
Physical health assessment in practicum with the opportunity to refine skills in taking a complete health history and in performing physical examinations in a clinical setting. Credit/no credit only Prerequisite: either NURS 510 modules ABC , or NURS 510 modules HI; NCLIN 500; 501, or permission of instructor.
NCLIN 573 Advanced Field Study in Family Nursing (2-9, max. 9)
Advanced practice development in direct care, consultation, and/or care coordination with individual families or groups of families across the life span. Opportunities provided to strengthen interpersonal therapeutic process skills, family nursing approaches relevant to family health promotion, problematic family health patterns. Prerequisite: concurrent registration in NURS 572, NCLIN 574; recommended: NURS 571.
NCLIN 599 Independent Study Clinical Practicum (1-12, max. 25)
Clinical practicum to develop advanced-practice nursing skills in care of individuals, groups, communities, or care systems. Individually arranged with faculty member for application of theory and principles to direct care, consultation, education or care coordinator roles. Prerequisite: matriculated MN student or post-masters student, and permission of academic adviser and instructor. Offered: AWSpS.
