The following guidelines are intended to guide the student in selecting possible preceptors for clinical practice. Students must obtain faculty permission prior to contacting preceptors and again prior to initiating practice in the student role. Additional information about clinical expectations including clinical and course objectives is found in individual course syllabi.
NURS 618 Advanced Health Assessment: This course is taught during the summer to develop assessment skills at the advanced level. Clinical activities include history taking, physical examinations and recording in SOAP format. Students will be directed to practice physical assessments in segments (i.e. HEENT, Chest, ABD, Musculoskeletal, Neuro, male and female genitalia) and head to toe exams.
NURS 745 Advanced Nursing Health Assessment and Intervention I: This course required 150 clinical hours. The majority of clinical hours will be in inpatient settings. Emphasis is on the synthesis of psychological, behavioral, social, and physiological theories in the therapeutic management of acute and/or chronic illness, including disease prevention and health promotion. Content is centered on the development of the role of the clinical nurse specialist in the dimensions of clinician, research, educator, consultant, collaborator, and manager. Clinical experiences utilize holistic, research-based nursing therapies to care for individuals, families, and aggregate populations within communities.
NURS 746 Advanced Assessment and Intervention II: This course requires 150 clinical hours and the majority of clinical experiences are in the inpatient setting. This course further explores the advanced practice management of complex patients with acute and /or chronic illness in a changing health care delivery system. Emphasis is on the synthesis of psychological, behavioral, social, and physiological theories in the therapeutic management of clients with acute and/ or chronic illness, including disease prevention and health promotion. Content is centered on developing skills to influence the spheres of nursing and the health care systems.
NURS 747 Advanced Assessment and Intervention III: Course Description: The course facilitates the integration of the Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) role across all spheres of influence. Through the use of specialized practice and application of theoretical knowledge the students provided expert, holistic care to individuals and families while managing nursing and health care systems influences within a specific patient population. The course requires 200 clinical hours, with the majority of hours in an in-patient setting.
NURS 754 Primary Care of Nursing of Families I: This course requires 135 clinical hours in a primary care setting providing care to families. Students may practice from 8 to 16 hours per week during the course of the semester to develop expertise in the family nurse practitioner role. Clinical activities include taking histories, performing physical exams, determining a plan of care, conferring with the preceptor, and documentation. Preceptors may include family nurse practitioners and primary care physicians.
NURS 755 Primary Care of Nursing of Families II: This course requires 180 clinical hours. The majority of practice should be in a primary care setting providing care to families. Students may select additional clinical specialty sites such as pediatrics, obstetrics, dermatology, or other areas of interest. Students may practice from 8 to 16 hours per week during the course of the semester. Clinical activities include taking histories, performing physical exams, determining a plan of care, conferring with the preceptor, and recording. Preceptors may include family and specialty nurse practitioners and primary care and specialty physicians.
NURS 756 Family Nurse Practitioner Practicum: This course requires 305 clinical hours. The majority of practice should be in a primary care setting providing care to families. Students may select additional clinical specialty sites such as pediatrics, obstetrics, dermatology, or other areas of interest. Students may practice 30+ per week during the course of the semester. Preceptors may include family and specialty nurse practitioners and primary care and specialty physicians. Focus should be in primary care and/or the site in which you may be employed following graduation.
NURS 762 Psychiatric Mental Health Care of Families I: The focus of this course is on theoretical and clinical management of the psychiatric/mental health needs of individuals across the lifespan within the context of a family-based theoretical model. Clinical experiences are within outpatient environments and include a total of 135 hours throughout the 16 week semester. Students incorporate the role of the family psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner as an independent and interdependent practitioner and performing comprehensive mental health assessments are primary clinical foci.
NURS 763 Psychiatric Mental Health Care of Families II: The focus of this course is on expansion of the management of psychiatric/mental health status of individuals across the life span within the context of a family-based theoretical model with clinical experiences primarily in out- patient settings. Students spend 180 hours in the clinical environment throughout the 16 week semester. Further role development is emphasized, including interdependent and independent practice. Theoretical concepts are related to management of individuals and families with acute and chronic mental health problems. Expanded participation in mental health assessments, planning care for stabilization of mental health, strategies for mental health promotion, therapies, and mental health education are included in course and clinical experiences.
NURS 764 Psychiatric Mental Health Care Practicum: This course involves an intensive clinical experience in the family psychiatric & mental health nurse practitioner (FMHNP) role. The clinical experience includes 305 hours in outpatient mental health settings. Preceptors will guide and direct the FMHNP students as they achieve greater independence and develop expertise in caring for families and individuals across the lifespan.
NURS 774 Management of the Acutely Ill Adult I: This course requires a minimum of 180 clinical hours. The clinical focus is on the role of the acute care nurse practitioner working with a multidisciplinary team. The setting of clinical for this semester is primary care, and students may practice 8-16 hours per week. Clinical activities include taking histories, performing physical exams, determining a plan of care, conferring with the preceptor and recording. Preceptors may include family and Internal medicine practices. The intent of this clinical is to establish a familiarity/identification of co-morbidities to facilitate and enhance the patient's return to optimal health.
NURS 775 Management of the Acutely Ill Adult II: This course requires a minimum of 225 clinical hours. The clinical focus is on the role of the acute care nurse practitioner working with a multidisciplinary team across settings to facilitate and accelerate the patient's return to optimal health. Clinical practice sites this semester include cardiology, pulmonology, Infectious disease, Nephrology, Urology, and Immunology. Clinical activities include taking histories, performing physical exams, rounding with the preceptor, determining a plan of care, conferring with the preceptor, and recording/dictation of the plan. Students may practice 8-16 hours of clinical per week. Preceptors may include cardiologist, pulmonologist, nephrologist, urologist, and immunology and infectious disease specialist.
NURS 776 Management of the Acutely Ill Adult III: This course requires a minimum of 270 Clinical hours. The clinical focus is on the role of the acute care nurse practitioner working with a multidisciplinary team across settings to facilitate and accelerate the patient's return to optimal health. Clinical practice sites this semester include emergency/trauma, oncology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, and others. Clinical activities include taking histories, performing physical exams, rounding with the preceptor, determining a plan of care, conferring with the preceptor, and recording/dictation of the plan. Students may practice 16-24 hours of clinical per week. Preceptors may include emergency/trauma specialist, endocrine specialist, oncologist, gastroenterologist, hospitalist, and intensivist.
NURS 866 Project I: DNP Project Proposal (1): This course focuses on the initial development of DNP projects to improve population health outcomes. The project course includes literature review, problem statement, objectives, project activities, project timeline, and resources. This course is part of a three-semester sequence required of all DNP students. Prerequisite: Admission to the Program. Grading: Pass/No Pass or in Progress.
NURS 874: DNP Project I: This course focuses on the DNP project development including a detailed project and outcome evaluation plan, theoretical framework integration, and marketing plan and budget development. Change strategies to address challenges in the implementation of the project will be explored. Prerequisite: NURS 866/Admission to the program
NURS 875: DNP Project II: This course focuses on the collection and analysis of data to evaluate the DNP project outcomes. Students will create a dissemination plan based on their projects. Students will develop a final written summary of the DNP project that demonstrates a population and/or system change and a plan for sustainability. Prerequisite: NURS 874.