This course provides a foundation for conducting scholarly activities, and developing writing skills essential for advanced nursing roles. The course serves as a springboard for the integration of essential graduate level nursing concepts by assisting students to be professional and lifelong learners.

Students utilize skills lab to demonstrate the ability to perform fundamental nursing skills while integrating the components of the nursing process. Students practice person-centered assessments that form the foundation for holistic nursing practice. Must be taken concurrently with 522.

This course focuses on the examination of population health indicators and outcomes and their relationship with health care delivery systems and health care inequities. Students analyze and evaluate environmental health, epidemiology, behavioral health, health care regulations, emergency preparedness, infectious disease, public health policy, and health economics. Students utilize systems-thinking and create holistic nursing interventions that focus on population health. Prerequisites: 538, 539. Must be taken concurrently with 528.

This clinical course advances the student's ability to complete holistic, population-focused assessments and implement interventions that mitigate health risks in vulnerable populations, communities and groups. Students prioritize interventions that enhance the health of their community and strengthen partnerships, both inside and outside the conventional healthcare system.

This course introduces health promotion and disease prevention while incorporating client-centered care that promotes health for diverse populations across the lifespan. The course introduces local, regional, national and global healthcare delivery models and examines their association with various health indicators, diverse populations, and health equity.

This course addresses the concepts and mechanisms underlying common pathophysiological problems applicable across the lifespan. Normal physiologic changes and those related to disease/pathology are contrasted. The clinical manifestations and consequences of altered health states are examined in the context of current research-based practice. Knowledge of pathophysiology as a basis for assessment, decision-making, and management is stressed.

This course introduces the student to the profession of nursing in society. Emphasis will be on the role and function of the professional nurse, self-care practices, the scope of practice, the nursing process, and nursing history with a focus on the holistic nature of nursing stemming from Florence Nightingale and other nurse theorists. The course will also include examination of professional organizations, ethical and legal rights and responsibilities, and the discipline of holistic nursing practice in all health care settings.

This course evaluates the interoperability of healthcare systems and those who work in them. Students assess system capabilities and existing healthcare technologies to interpret prevalent health inequities that disproportionately effect marginalized groups. System efficiencies and innovations are emphasized to create person-centered communication strategies that influence optimal health outcomes for all persons. Prerequisites: 642.

Concepts of disease/illness in the person's biological system are introduced. Focuses on the disease process, associated physiologic responses and manifestations, and diagnostic testing of selected health alterations.

This course examines wellness in the context of global health, social justice and climate change. Epidemiological principles are applied to data trends and complex systems to prevent, mitigate and eliminate the negative effects of climate change and racial injustices. Students assess and analyze systems and geopolitical policies in order to identify climate-related health concerns and correlate interventions to achieve health equity for all. Prerequisites: 512, 560.