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| Clinical Nurse Leader | |
| GCNL 5100 | Health Assessment and Clinical Interventions (4.00) |
| This course focuses on acquiring, analyzing, and refining health assessment data as a basis for the development of an accurate nursing problem list. Normal variations and abnormalities characteristic of different developmental, cultural, and ethnic groups are considered throughout. This course serves as an introduction to therapeutic communication, psychomotor skills, and interpersonal skills used in providing patient care. The laboratory portion allows students to practice assessment and clinical intervention skills in a simulated patient care environment. Prerequisite: Admission to Clinical Nurse Leader program. | |
| GCNL 5110 | Clinical Practice & Decision-Making: Nursing Care of Adults & Older Adults (4.00) |
| This course provides the student with the theoretical knowledge necessary to provide basic safe and effective nursing care to adults and aging individuals. Clinical experiences focus on developing applying fundamental nursing skills. Prerequisite: GCNL 510. | |
| GCNL 5120 | Clinical Practice & Decision-Making: Nursing Care of Children & Families (3.00) |
| This course provides opportunities for students to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to meet the unique biopsychosocial needs of growing children and adolescents, and their families. Clinical experiences in community-based and acute care settings focus on applying the principles of family-centered care and offer opportunities to provide nursing care to children and families that promotes health and prevents illness and injury. Prerequisites: GNUR 6010 and GCNL 5110. | |
| GCNL 5130 | Clin Prac & Decis-Making: Nursing Care of Adults w/ Common Health Problems (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | This course provides students with opportunities to acquire the knowledge and clinical skills needed to provide safe and effective nursing care to adults experiencing acute illness. Clinical experiences in acute care settings focus on applying the principles of family-centered care and offer opportunities to provide nursing care focusing on health promotion as well as health protection and recovery from illness. Prerequisites: GNUR 584 and GCNL 511. |
| GCNL 5140 | Clin Prac & Decision-Making: Nursing Care of Women & Childbearing Families (3.00) |
| This course encompasses the care of women through the lifespan with an emphasis on the childbearing period, spanning preconception planning and care through pregnancy, birth and family integration. The course presents the management of normal and high-risk pregnancy and explores the social, cultural, economic and other factors that impact the changing individual and family dynamics. Prerequisites: NUIP 3020, GCNL 5120 and GCNL 5130. | |
| GCNL 5150 | Clinical Practice & Decision-Making: Community Health Nursing (3.00) |
| The course emphasizes application of concepts, theories and competencies that are the foundation for population-focused nursing practice in a community setting. Students have opportunities to engage in direct and/or indirect care to culturally diverse individuals, families, aggregates and communities. Prerequisites: NUIP 3020, GCNL 5120 and GCNL 5130. | |
| GCNL 5160 | Clin Prac & Decision-Making: Nursing Care of Persons w/ Psychiatric Illness (3.00) |
| The course provides an opportunity to learn and use bio-psychosocial concepts in the care of mentally ill of all ages and in a variety of hospital and community settings. The focus is on assessment strategies, plans of care, nursing interventions, medication management, and rehabilitative processes for individuals with a variety of acute and chronic mental health problems. Prerequisite: GCNL 515. | |
| GCNL 5170 | Clin Prac & Decision-Making: Nursing Care of Ind w/ Complex Health Problems (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | The course focuses on the use of the nursing process in the management of complex health problems, with particular emphasis on the collaborative and independent functions of the nurse in an intensive, specialty, and technologically advanced care environment. Prerequisite: GCNL 5130. |
| GCNL 5180 | Clinical Practice & Decision-Making: Synthesis Practicum (4.00) |
| This course provides students with the opportunity to integrate the knowledge and skills acquired from previous courses. Students refine clinical skills in group patient care delivery, priority setting and decision-making, explore the nurse's role in the formal organization, the progression of leadership roles and responsibilities, and to begin the transition to leadership in professional nursing practice. Prerequisites: GNUR 545, GNUR 587, GCNL 516 and GCNL 517. | |
| GCNL 5210 | Introduction to Nursing Leadership and the Healthcare System (2.00) |
| The course explores theories of change, complexity, horizontal leadership, Microsystems, and decision-making, and their relationship to nursing and the health care system. Students apply concepts of leadership theory to actual or simulated problems. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission. | |
| GCNL 5220 | Leading Teams (1.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | This course introduces students to the nursing role in leading health care teams, and examines the principles of collaboration, coordination, and change. Students learn principles of delegation, interdisciplinary teams and group processes. Prerequisite: GCNL 501. |
| GCNL 5240 | Leadership Seminar (2.00) |
| This course builds upon leadership and team design to explore the context of contemporary nursing practice and issues that offer opportunities and challenges to the nursing profession. Students examine career and practice environment issues and the role of the CNL in actively promoting problem solving and solutions. Prerequisite: GCNL 5220. | |
| GCNL 5250 | The Clinical Nurse Leader in the Healthcare System (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | The course offers a framework for a conceptual analysis of the CNL role with advanced application of leadership skills to actual and/or simulated problems. Students explore the context of professional nursing in the health care system, standards of ethical nurse leadership and higher level theories involving lateral integration of care and organizational culture. Prerequisite: GCNL 5240. |
| GCNL 5991 | GCNL Capstone Practicum (5.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | This course is an intensive clinical experience in an area selected by the student. The experience allows for full implementation of the clinical nurse leader competencies and includes a strong interdisciplinary practice focus. A capstone project is required and will be presented in a poster session at the end of the course. Prerequisites: GNUR 5220 and GCNL 5180. |
| Graduate Nursing | |
| GNUR 5000 | Non-UVa Transfer/Test Credit Approved (1.00 - 600.00) |
| Non-UVa Transfer/Test Credit Approved | |
| GNUR 5002 | Global Health Issues (3.00) |
| This course focuses on factors relating to global health and illness and the multidimensionality of health problems and potential solutions. Dimensions and determinants of world health will be examined with focus on the relationship between environment, demographic and socioeconomic factors, and the distribution of diseases with emphasis on infectious diseases and nutritional needs. Resources and barriers for health promotion and disease prevention within comparative health systems will be explored, with attention to health disparities around the world. | |
| GNUR 5003 | Complementary and Alternative Practices and Products (3.00) |
| Provides an overview of CAPP usage patterns in the US and evidence-based information about alternative medical systems, manipulative and body-based practices, biofield, bioelectromagnetics, herbal and natural products, and mind-body-spirit medicine. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission. | |
| GNUR 5004 | Herbal Medications & Natural Products (3.00) |
| The course focuses on the botany, history, chemistry, pharmacology, toxicology, epidemiology, legal and regulatory issues, manufacturing practices, and clinical parameters of herbal medicines. The purpose of the course is to explore the dilemma faced by conventional health professionals about the integration of herbal products into their practices from a logical and objective perspective in an attempt to prepare those in the health care field for the paradigm shift that is occurring and the major future role that herbal products will play in health care of the 21st century. | |
| GNUR 5005 | Sleep Across the Lifespan (3.00) |
| Focuses on conceptual and methodological issues related to sleep and sleep research. Directions for nursing practice and research will be explored through critical analysis of physiological foundations of sleep and health sequalle of sleep disruptions and critique of relevant research. Healthcare perspectives and issues related to sleep will be examined for the advancement of sleep promotion through nursing practice and research. | |
| GNUR 5006 | Remote Area Medical Expedition (0.00) |
| The goal of the Remote Area Medical Expedition Summer Experience at Wise VA is to provide students with a working knowledge of the planning, execution and follow-up needed for a community outreach health program. Students will also participate first hand in providing nursing care as part of an interdisciplinary team to members of an at-risk and underserved community in Appalachia. | |
| GNUR 5007 | St. Kitts & Nevis: Disaster Preparedness in the West Indies (3.00) |
| The course provides an opportunity for graduate students to learn the fundamentals of emergency care and disaster preparedness through the exploration and analysis of the existing health care infrastructures and disaster planning in St. Kitts-Nevis. Cultural awareness will be emphasized in the assessment of existing resources, collaboration with in-region providers, and identification of strategies for disaster management. | |
| GNUR 5022 | The Science of Lactation and Infant Feeding (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | This inter-disciplinary course is designed to prepare health care professionals and selected others to provide lactation care, patient education, and support to breastfeeding families in the community and hospital settings. Participants will develop and improve strategies for incorporating evidence based practice to promote lactation. This course is designed to meet part of the education requirements to sit for the IBCLE exam. |
| GNUR 5160 | Global Perspectives and their Influence on Nursing Care Delivery (1.00) |
| This one credit graduate level nursing course is designed to provide students with insight into global views on health care and strategies for ensuring effective communication and conflict resolution across cultural differences. Immigrant populations account for an increasing portion of health care consumers, and members of the health care team who are new to the United States possess backgrounds and beliefs consistent with their country of origin. | |
| GNUR 5260 | Care Environment Management I (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Students are introduced to the health care system as a laterally-integrated care environment, with a conceptual framework based on organizational theory. Emphasis is placed on the foundations of quality improvement, patient centered care, and evidence based practice deemed necessary to facilitate a culture of quality and safety. Students apply informatics in assessing the care environment and for improving clinical performance outcomes. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission. |
| GNUR 5270 | Care Environment Management II (3.00) |
| The course emphasizes the role of the Clinical Nurse Leader as a leader, educator, and advocate for safe, cost effective, and quality care. It examines active participation and communication strategies of the clinical nurse leader within the interdisciplinary system. Students develop competency in nursing informatics to monitor and improve organizational and clinical performance. Prerequisite: GNUR 5260. | |
| GNUR 5410 | Theory and Evidence-Based Practice (4.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | This course provides an overview of nursing and health care related theory, research and evidence based practice. Students develop the basic skills and knowledge to critique individual research studies, conduct systematic literature reviews, and use these abilities to address immediate clinical nursing problems. Students learn to identify health outcomes and important related outcome measures. Prerequisite: Second year standing in CNL program. |
| GNUR 5500 | Special Topics (1.00 - 3.00) |
| Selected areas of interest are studied under faculty guidance. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| GNUR 5501 | Building Health in the Caribbean (3.00) |
| This course will introduce learners to concepts of health and healthcare and to strategies for measuring these both quantitatively and qualitatively. Following that introduction and training, we will explore, using a biosocial analysis, the diseases and conditions addressed by the MDGs. | |
| GNUR 5610 | Measurement of Health-Related Quality of Life (3.00) |
| Health-related quality of life (HRQL) is regarded as one of the key assessments in patient care and in clinical trials. There are now large compendiums describing HRQL measures: one such online compendium has more than 650 measures. This course, using cancer as an example, will provide steps for evaluation, choosing and applying an appropriate HRQL measure and interval for measurement. | |
| GNUR 5670 | Primary Care Seminar II (2.00 - 3.00) |
| Prevention and management of common acute health problems in selected populations. Explores the role of the nurse practitioner in primary health care. Models of collaboration, consultation, and referral are critically analyzed. Prerequisite: GNUR 6110 and completion of all core and APN courses. | |
| GNUR 5690 | Primary Care Preceptorship I (6.00) |
| Focuses on application of theoretical knowledge learned in all previous course work with ongoing refinement of essential skills used by nurse practitioners in the delivery of primary health care. Students identify and manage a broad range of common acute health problems in conjunction with a consistent focus on health promotion and disease prevention. Interaction with patients, faculty, preceptors, and other health care professionals offer consistent challenges in strengthening critical thinking and decision making skills within the scope of the nurse practitioner role. The number of preceptorship hours is dependent on the chosen role specialization within the primary care program. A minimum of 224 clinical hours is required for GNP, and minimum of 336 clinical hours is required for all other programs. Prerequisite: All Students: GNUR 6020, GNUR 6025, GNUR 6010; GNUR 6110 is required for FNP and PNP students; GNUR 6210 is required for GNP students. | |
| GNUR 5700 | Primary Care Seminar III (2.00 - 3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | With a focus on Healthy People 2000, the management of chronic illness across the life span, as well as health maintenance and rehabilitation, is emphasized. Strategies are designed to help clients, families, and communities cope constructively with problems associated with chronic illness. Prerequisite: GNUR 6110, 5670, and 5690; corequisite: GNUR 5710 and 6032. |
| GNUR 5710 | Primary Care Preceptorship II (6.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | A culminating experience in which nurse practitioner students continue to develop the knowledge and expertise essential for delivery of primary health care to clients, families, and communities with a focus on common chronic health problems. Students experience continued growth in role development while assuming an increasing amount of responsibility in the decision making process for patient care. Each student has developed a philosophy to base their patient care that has evolved as a direct result of educational experiences in the program. The number of preceptorship hours is dependent on the chosen role specialization within the primary care program. A minimum of 300 clinical hours is required for GNP; 336 clinical hours is required for all other programs. Prerequisite: GNUR 5690. |
| GNUR 5790 | Psychiatric Mental Health/Primary Care Preceptorship (8.00) |
| A culminating experience in which students continue to develop knowledge and skills in all aspects of psychiatric mental health nursing specialty practice. A minimum of 400 clinical hours is required. Prerequisite: GNUR 5710 and 6253. | |
| GNUR 6000 | Non-UVa Transfer/Test Credit Approved (1.00 - 6.00) |
| Non-UVa Transfer/Test Credit Approved | |
| GNUR 6010 | Pathophysiology (4.00) |
| Selected physiologic and pathophysiologic mechanisms in health and disease. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission. | |
| GNUR 6020 | Pharmacology (4.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Builds upon and expands the pharmacologic base acquired at the baccalaureate level and covers the action and interaction of the most commonly used drugs in advanced clinical nursing practice in the ambulatory care setting. Prerequisites: GNUR 6010, one year of relevant clinical experience, and admission to NP or CNS program. |
| GNUR 6021 | Pharmacology Discussion - FNP (1.00) |
| Builds upon and expands the pharmacologic base acquired at the baccalaureate level and covers the action and interaction of the most commonly used drugs in advanced clinical nursing practice in the ambulatory care setting. Discussion only. Prerequisites:GNUR 6010, one year of relevant clinical experience, and admission to NP program. | |
| GNUR 6022 | Pharmacology Discussion - PNP (1.00) |
| Builds upon and expands the pharmacologic base acquired at the baccalaureate level and covers the action and interaction of the most commonly used drugs in advanced clinical nursing practice in the ambulatory care setting. Discussion only. Prerequisites: GNUR 6010, one year of relevant clinical experience, and admission to NP program. | |
| GNUR 6023 | Pharmacology Discussion - ACNP (1.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Builds upon and expands the pharmacologic base acquired at the baccalaureate level and covers the action and interaction of the most commonly used drugs in advanced clinical nursing practice in the ambulatory care setting. Discussion only. Prerequisites: GNUR 6010, one year of relevant clinical experience, and admission to NP program. |
| GNUR 6025 | Advanced Health Assessment (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Provides advanced knowledge and health assessment skills used in the primary care setting. Focuses on acquisition, analysis, and refinement of health assessment data as a basis for the development of an accurate data base and problem list. Considers common normal variations and abnormalities characteristic of different developmental, cultural, and ethnic groups. The laboratory portion allows the student to practice advanced assessment skills in a physical assessment laboratory. The course culminates with the student performing a comprehensive history and physical examination. Prerequisites: GNUR 6010, one year of relevant clinical experience, and admission to NP or CNS program. |
| GNUR 6031 | Role I: Acquisition (2.00) |
| Introduces the history, competencies, and roles of advanced nursing practice emphasizing role acquisition. Explores models of independent, collaborative, and multidisciplinary practice. Addresses trends and issues that shape advanced nursing practice. Prerequisite: Admission to the graduate program. | |
| GNUR 6032 | Role II: Transition (1.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Prepares students for assuming an advanced practice nursing role. Focuses on role transition and development, marketing oneself as an APN, and regulatory and economic policies that affect advanced nursing practice in the evolving health care system. Prerequisite: GNUR 6031; corequisite: GNUR 5700, 6330, 6331 or 6251. |
| GNUR 6050 | Theoretical Foundations of Nursing (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Prepares advanced practitioners of nursing to intelligently interpret current literature on the discipline and its application to practice. Analyzes and critiques nursing literature and selected theoretical works, focusing on nursing theory, ethical principles, historical perspectives, and aesthetics. Emphasizes relating these dimensions to the phenomena arising from the student's own professional nursing practice. Studies the role of praxis, empirics, ethics, and aesthetics in theory development. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission. |
| GNUR 6051 | Nutrition in Health Promotion (2.00) |
| A required course in the primary care nurse practitioner program focusing on up-to-date nutrition information. Provides essential knowledge for educating people of all ages about sound nutritional practices. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission. | |
| GNUR 6052 | Epidemiology and World Health (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Focuses on the distribution and determinants of health-related states or conditions in specified populations at local through global levels, and on the application of this study to control health problems. Students are presented with epidemiologic models and methods in order to assess the health of individuals and populations and to prevent or control health conditions, diseases, and injuries. Content emphasizes a local to global perspective and application of methods to improve health care delivery, health policy, human rights, and ultimately, health. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission. |
| GNUR 6054 | Research and Biostatistical Processes for Health Care (4.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Focuses on the methods of nursing and health care research and biostatistical analysis. Provides a foundation for informed reading and application of research findings, methods, and analytical tools, including biostatistical analyses and interpretation. Emphasizes critical appraisal of health research literature and evidence-based practice. Prerequisite: Undergraduate or graduate applied statistics course within the past five years. |
| GNUR 6056 | Health Policy: Local to Global (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Surveys policy decisions related to the organization, financing, and delivery of health care. Examines social, ethical, political, economic, and ideological forces shaping American health policy and the delivery of health care, as well as the roles and influence of providers and consumers of health care services, and government, corporate, and entrepreneurial interests. Emphasizes informed participation in policy-making processes and the impact of health policy on professional practice and health service. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission. |
| GNUR 6058 | Nursing, Ethics, and the Larger Healthcare Arena (3.00) |
| This course emphasizes the unique ethical perspective of nursing in the complex heath care arena. Students are challenged to examine individual and professional values, as well as to critically analyze diverse perspectives on various ethical issues. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission. | |
| GNUR 6060 | Culture and Health: Implications for Practice (2.00) |
| This course explores common health care problems related to ethnic and minority populations. Issues related to access to care and social justice will be explored. Theories and assessment instruments related to cultural diversity and cultural competency will also be examined. The role of health care provider as change agent to ensuring equality in the delivery of health care services will be discussed. A project targeting a cultural/diversity gap identified in a clinical agency will be completed. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission. | |
| GNUR 6110 | Primary Care Seminar I (3.00) |
| Focuses on (1) health promotion, health maintenance, and disease prevention for infants, children, adolescents, and their families; (2) nursing and medical management of common childhood illnesses; and (3) reproductive health and sexuality, including common health concerns. Considers issues in primary care and advanced practice role development. Prerequisite: GNUR 6010, 6020, 6025, 6050, 6051, 6054, 6056, 6420, and 6470. | |
| GNUR 6210 | Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Seminar I (3.00) |
| Explores the multidimensional aspects of aging and articulates the impact of these interrelated components at both the individual and aggregate level. Examines the role of advance practice nursing in assuring high quality, cost effective geriatric care. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission. | |
| GNUR 6211 | Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Seminar II (3.00) |
| Focuses on assessment, diagnosis, and management of common acute geriatric signs, symptoms, and syndromes using and applying evidence based data where it exists. Prerequisite: masters level courses in pathophysiology, pharmacology and health assessment. | |
| GNUR 6212 | Geriatric Nurse Practitioner Seminar III (3.00) |
| Focuses on assessment, diagnosis, and management of common chronic geriatric syndromes, illnesses and diseases and end of life care using and applying evidence based data where it exists. Prerequisite or corequisite: GNUR 6210, 6211. | |
| GNUR 6251 | Biological Basis of Mental Health and Mental Illness (3.00) |
| Explores the biological correlates of psychiatric illnesses and examines neurostructural, neurochemical, psychopharmacologic processes relevant to psychiatric illnesses. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission. | |
| GNUR 6252 | Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Seminar (3.00) |
| Provides a foundation for advanced psychiatric nursing practice based on a biopsychosocial model of mental health and illness. Emphasizes those who have moderate to severe impairments in emotional and/or behavioral functioning associated with major mental illness. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission. | |
| GNUR 6253 | Theoretical Foundations of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Reviews major theoretical approaches to psychotherapy and psychiatric nursing. The course begins with psychoanalysis and proceeds through current 'self-help' and social system approaches. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission. |
| GNUR 6301 | Human Genetics (3.00) |
| This course will focus on providing students with a basic understanding of human genetics and its role in pathophysiology, diagnosis and management of disease. Students will interpret basic concepts in human genetics that contribute to an understanding of nursing or related health care problems, as well as apply knowledge of inheritance and immunogenetics in predicting the probable effect of genetics on disease processes. This course will also discuss the ethical, social, political and economic impact of selected genetic diseases, DNA-based genetic diagnosis, and gene therapy. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission. | |
| GNUR 6310 | Seminar I: Clinical Decision Making in Acute & Specialty Care (3.00) |
| Through seminar discussions and lecture, students learn to approach complex clinical situations systematically across the acute and chronic care continuum. Content specific to the cardiovascular, pulmonary, and neurologic systems guides students of developing skills in diagnosis, planning, and evaluation of patients with system failure problems. Emphasizes the most frequently occurring risk factors that contribute to the development of health problems; the physiologic, pathophysiologic, behavioral and experiential aspects of the problem; therapeutic interventions for patient management; and approaches to evaluating the outcome of the intervention. Three hours of seminar each week. Prerequisite: GNUR 6010, 6025, or instructor permission. | |
| GNUR 6315 | Seminar II: Clinical Decision Making in Acute & Specialty Care (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Through discussions and lectures, students learn to approach complex clinical situations systematically to care for patients with acute and chronic dysfunction of the immune, endocrine, GI, musculoskeletal, and renal systems. Emphasis is given to the most frequently occurring risk factors that contribute to the development of the problem/s; the physiologic, pathophysiologic, behavioral and experiential aspects of the problem; therapeutic interventions to patient management; and approaches to directing and evaluating outcomes. Three hours of seminar each week. Prerequisite: GNUR 6010, 6310, or instructor permission. |
| GNUR 6320 | Immunocompetence in Vulnerable Populations (3.00) |
| Examines the immune system and phenomena of concern to nurses who work with immunocompromised individuals. Focuses on the critical thinking and clinical decision-making needed to work with individuals whose immune system is compromised (e.g., cancer, AIDS, transplant, and septic patients). Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission. | |
| GNUR 6330 | Practicum I: Acute Care Nurse Practitioners and Clinical Nurse Specialist (5.00) |
| The first APN preceptorship, for ACNP and CNS students, focuses on the acquisition of expert clinical knowledge in a specialty and the diagnostic and decision-making skills necessary to function in an acute care environment. The focus is on the student's specialty and on the cardiac and pulmonary systems and management of medical patients. (280 clinical hours) Prerequisite: All core and APN courses of the MSN Program, GNUR 6310, 6315, and 6330. | |
| GNUR 6331 | Synthesis Practicum: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and Clinical Nurse Specialist (5.00) |
| A culminating clinical experience in the role of ACNP or CNS, emphasizing clinical decision making in an interprofessional environment specific to the student's career goals and specialty interest. 280 clinical hours. Prerequisite: GNUR 6330. | |
| GNUR 6381 | Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Specialty Nursing (3.00) |
| Focuses on the knowledge and skills required for care of clients experiencing actual or potential wound, ostomy and continence problems. Prepares students for the management and rehabilitation of persons with these specific problems. Explores specialized knowledge of assessment, pathophysiology, products, and resources related to wounds, ostomy and continence care. Attention is given to evaluating the impact of selected therapeutic interventions. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. | |
| GNUR 6382 | Advanced Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Focuses on the management and rehabilitation of persons with wound, ostomy and continence (WOC) care problems by coordinating and utilizing human, product, and technologic resources. The student will integrate knowledge of setting, role, resources, client education, counseling and advanced care techniques to promote the highest practical level of functioning for the client. Prerequisite: GNUR 744. |
| GNUR 6383 | Practicum in Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Clinical practicum for students specializing in WOC nursing. 168 clinical hours. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission. |
| GNUR 6400 | Community Assessment (3.00) |
| This course focuses on the health of communities and the process of assessment. Analysis of theoretical frameworks, assessment models, health care delivery systems, and special populations as they relate to current health issues. Two hours of seminar and four clinical hours each week (56 clinical hours). Prerequisite or corequisite: GNUR 585. | |
| GNUR 6405 | Health Care Systems Planning and Evaluation (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | This course will focus on management and leadership strategies for improving the health of communities and individuals. The context and content of community, acute care, psychiatric, long-term care, home health care and public health systems are explored. The emphasis is on concepts and theories germane to planning, implementing, and evaluating health care programs and the provision of health care, to improve health and meet health care needs. Two hours of seminar and four clinical hours each week (56 clinical hours). Prerequisite: GNUR 6400. |
| GNUR 6410 | Crisis Management and Emergency Preparedness (3.00) |
| Focuses on models of change management, complexity theory and implications for planning and reacting to change. Theories of change will be applied to emergency preparedness and crisis management, focusing on the effects of disasters on different populations, and current disaster response measures. Strategies for acting, mobilizing and coordinating resources, and support for effective organizational responses will be provided. Organizational and environmental assessment, data gathering, and hazard identification and plan development will be addressed. Emphasis is on public and private sector methods of managing crisis and roles of managers before, during and after emergencies. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. | |
| GNUR 6420 | Health Promotion/Disease Prevention for Individuals, Families, and Communities (3.00) |
| Focuses on the assessment of individuals, families, and communities in health and illness. Selected models derived from health promotion/disease prevention and family theories are integrated as a basis for developing and understanding the specific content and process of client assessment. In addition, research foundations of health promotion/disease prevention across the life span are examined. Emphasizes the use of existing knowledge to guide advanced nursing practice in culturally competent interventions for the promotion of health. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission. | |
| GNUR 6450 | Transformational Leadership and Management (3.00) |
| The focus of this course is on the knowledge and skills essential for nurse managers and community and public health nurse leaders. An overview of management theories, processes, and their implications for nurse managers and leaders in a variety of public and private settings is provided. Financial management concepts and budgeting applications are introduced. The students are exposed to trends in integrated health systems, managed care, and care management for public and private partnerships. Emphasis will be on models that assure provisions of health care by linking people to needed services. Prerequisite: Admission to graduate program. | |
| GNUR 6455 | Finance & Resource Management (3.00) |
| Emphasizes using quantitative analysis in support of data-based management decisions. Focuses on decision-making from the perspective of health care managers and planners. Students use standardized measurements for quality of care evaluations; large databases, including clinical and administrative cost and utilization data; and the Internet. Data-based decision-making focuses on resource allocation at the individual, unit, organizational, and population level of analysis. Discusses using data to influence decisions relevant to health care clinical and administrative managers and leaders. Prerequisite: GNUR 6470 or 8650 and 6450 | |
| GNUR 6460 | Health Care Economics (3.00) |
| Reviews principles of economics most relevant to analyzing changes in health care provision, and applies those principles to current health care institutions and their performance, trends in health care service delivery, and methods of forecasting future trends. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission. | |
| GNUR 6465 | Organization Theory and Behavior (3.00) |
| This course employs selected theories and research findings from nursing, management, and other disciplines as a basis for understanding administrative practice within a variety of health service organizations. Concepts relevant to organizational theory and behavior are explored. The influence of organizational structures, processes, and cultures on the design and management of service delivery is examined. | |
| GNUR 6470 | Introduction to Health Informatics (2.00) |
| Explores the nature and functions of health informatics, the current state of the science, present and future applications, and major issues for research and development. Each student investigates a selected topic in health care delivery or management from the perspective of information science; describes the degree to which current information technology meets identified needs, and proposes directions for further development. Learning methods include readings, seminars, electronic communications, a term paper, and oral and visual presentation. Students who enroll in the course for three credits receive more in-depth instruction on the topics. Prerequisite: Basic competence in word processing, electronic mail, spreadsheets, graphics, and library information systems. | |
| GNUR 6993 | Independent Master's Study (1.00 - 3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Individually planned study in nursing specialty, administration, education, or research. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. |
| GNUR 7000 | Non-UVa Transfer/Test Credit Approved (1.00 - 6.00) |
| Non-UVa Transfer/Test Credit Approved | |
| GNUR 7060 | Nursing Ethics for Advanced Practice (3.00) |
| Provides an opportunity to examine ethical concepts and theories at they relate to selected situations in advanced nursing practice. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. | |
| GNUR 7251 | Psychiatric-Mental Health Practicum I: Clinical Nurse Specialist/Nurse Practitioner (5.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Develops clinical competence in assessment and intervention with psychiatric patients. Application of tools assessing milieu, patient symptoms, progress in therapy, patient-nurse interaction, family structure and process, group process, and community placement feasibility. Requires a minimum of 250 clinical hours. Prerequisite: All core and APN courses, or instructor permission. |
| GNUR 7253 | Psychiatric-Mental Health Practicum II: Clinical Nurse Specialist (5.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | A culminating clinical experience in the role of CNS or PMHNP emphasizing clinical decision making and advanced competence in selected areas of psychiatric-mental health nursing in interdisciplinary environments. Requires a minimum of 250 clinical hours. Prerequisite: GNUR 7251, or instructor permission. |
| GNUR 7254 | Psychiatric-Mental Health Practicum II: Nurse Practitioner (5.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | A culminating clinical experience in the role of CNS or PMHNP emphasizing clinical decision making and advanced competence in selected areas of psychiatric-mental health nursing in interdisciplinary environments. Requires a minimum of 250 clinical hours. Prerequisite: GNUR 7251, or instructor permission. |
| GNUR 7311 | Practicum I: Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist (5.00) |
| The first APN preceptorship, for ACNP and CNS students, focuses on the acquisition of expert clinical knowledge in a specialty and the diagnostic and decision-making skills necessary to function in an acute care environment. The focus is on the student's specialty and on the cardiac and pulmonary systems and management of medical patients. (280 clinical hours) Prerequisite: All core and APN courses of the MSN Program, GNUR 756, 757, and 758. | |
| GNUR 7312 | Practicum I: Acute Care Nurse Practitioners (5.00) |
| The first APN preceptorship, for ACNP and CNS students, focuses on the acquisition of expert clinical knowledge in a specialty and the diagnostic and decision-making skills necessary to function in an acute care environment. The focus is on the student's specialty and on the cardiac and pulmonary systems and management of medical patients. (280 clinical hours) Prerequisite: All core and APN courses of the MSN Program, GNUR 756, 757, and 758. | |
| GNUR 7313 | Synthesis Practicum: Acute Care Clinical Nurse Specialist (5.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | A culminating clinical experience in the role of ACNP or CNS, emphasizing clinical decision making in an interprofessional environment specific to the student's career goals and specialty interest. 280 clinical hours. Prerequisite: GNUR 7311. |
| GNUR 7314 | Synthesis Practicum: Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (5.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | A culminating clinical experience in the role of ACNP or CNS, emphasizing clinical decision making in an interprofessional environment specific to the student's career goals and specialty interest. 280 clinical hours. Prerequisite: GNUR 7312. |
| GNUR 7411 | Public Health Nursing Practicum I (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Focuses on the application of specialized knowledge and the development of skills inherent in advanced community and public health nursing practice. Stresses assessment and interventions targeted at the individual, family, group and community/organizational levels. Community and Public Health Leadership interventions are designed in partnership to be consistent with the beliefs and values of the individual, family, group and community. Prerequisite: GNUR 6052, 6400, and 6450. |
| GNUR 7412 | Public Health Nursing Practicum II (4.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Focuses on the continuing synthesis and application of knowledge from preceding courses. Emphasizes further development of nursing care management and/or evaluation plans at the individual, family, group, or community/organizational level. Prerequisite: GNUR 7411. |
| GNUR 7481 | Administrative Practicum I (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Students will integrate and apply administrative and management theory and will participate in the planning, operation, and evaluation of a component of the health care system while working closely with a health care leader who serves as their preceptor. Field experiences will be analyzed with input from and consultation with peers, health care leaders, and faculty. Prerequisites: GNUR 711, 722 |
| GNUR 7482 | Administrative Practicum II (4.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | In this second practicum course, the student synthesizes and applies administrative and management theory to the resolution of complex health care delivery system problems. The student participates in the evaluation of these problems and proposes short and long term solutions. Working closely with a health care leader who serves as their preceptor, the student will determine leadership and management roles, characteristics, traits, and behaviors necessary in today's competitive health care system. Field experiences will be analyzed with input from and consultation with peers, health care leaders, and faculty. |
| GNUR 7760 | Psychiatric-Mental Health Practicum II: Clinical Nurse Specialist/Nurse Practitioner (5.00) |
| A culminating clinical experience in the role of CNS or PMHNP emphasizing clinical decision making and advanced competence in selected areas of psychiatric-mental health nursing in interdisciplinary environments. Requires a minimum of 250 clinical hours. Prerequisite: GNUR 7251, or instructor permission. | |
| GNUR 7993 | Independent Practicum (1.00 - 3.00) |
| Independent practicum to be established in selected areas. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. | |
| GNUR 8000 | Non-UVa Transfer/Test Credit Approved (1.00 - 6.00) |
| Non-UVa Transfer/Test Credit Approved | |
| GNUR 8001 | Rural Health and Health Care Systems (2.00 - 3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Rural America is the home for more than 20% of US citizens yet the rural health care system has failed to ensure the health and mental health of these citizens. The population of rural areas has more women, children, and older people than do urban areas and these residents are more likely to be poor. Rural residents tend to limit their use of health care because of lack of facilities and health professionals, confidentiality issues, travel distance to care, and long held rural values of individualism. The economic demise of many rural areas has put enormous strain on available health care settings. The vast majority of rural areas have been designated as medically underserved and declared health and mental health professional shortage areas. The health care infrastructure is aging and many hospitals and other facilities closed because of reimbursement policies that discriminate against rural Americans. Few professionals conduct research in rural areas and thus rural health policy remains largely uniformed. Prerequisite: Completion of at least one doctoral level methods course or Permission of Instructor. Open to non-nursing students. |
| GNUR 8002 | Vulnerability and Resilience within the Nursing Context (3.00) |
| Examines biological, psychological, and social phenomena that contribute to heightened vulnerability or resiliency in individuals, population subgroups, or communities. Emphasizes systematic analysis of current research findings that evaluate specific nursing interventions and their outcomes with selected populations. Prerequisite: Doctoral standing or instructor permission. | |
| GNUR 8005 | An Introduction to Classroom & Clinical Teaching in Nursing (2.00) |
| This elective course introduces graduate students to the role of nurse educator in the classroom and clinical teaching setting. The course reviews applicable teaching learning principles and presents a variety of classic and contemporary teaching methods and strategies for instruction and student evaluation. Challenges for nurse educators related to student diversity, active learning, use of technology, and student evaluation are explored. The focus is on the acquisition of practical knowledge and skills to begin teaching students in a college of nursing. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. | |
| GNUR 8110 | Quantitative Research Methods (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Builds on master's level competencies in research methods to provide an in-depth exploration of scientific methods of testing the effectiveness of nursing interventions. Students learn to design experiments and quasi-experiments suitable to the intervention to be tested, the population, and the clinical or other circumstances. They increase knowledge and skills regarding issues of design sensitivity and power, such as sampling, sample size, and measurement. Students integrate into all aspects of research consideration of ethical issues, including protection of human subjects, animal welfare, and scientific integrity. Prerequisite: Master's-level nursing research course. |
| GNUR 8120 | Qualitative Research Methods (3.00) |
| Introduces a variety of qualitative research methods. Discusses the epistemological principles that underline interpretive and naturalistic research, techniques for data collection, and analysis and control of systematic bias. Prerequisite: Master's-level nursing research course. | |
| GNUR 8130 | Statistical Methods for Health Care Research I (3.00) |
| Introduces data analysis for nursing research. Descriptive and inferential statistics are treated with attention to the application and choice of particular statistical tests. Emphasizes statistical problems and issues relevant to nursing research. Prerequisite: Master's-level nursing research course. | |
| GNUR 8140 | Statistical Methods for Health Care Research II (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Applies statistical analysis models and procedures to nursing and health research. Focuses on simple and multiple regression, statistical power analysis, analysis of variance models, and quantitative research synthesis, stressing the application and choice of particular statistical models and procedures. Emphasizes statistical problems and issues relevant to nursing research. Prerequisite: GNUR 821 or instructor permission. |
| GNUR 8150 | Statistical Methods for Health Care Research III (3.00) |
| Focuses on advanced procedures for data analysis and statistical inference in nursing and health research. Studies major multivariate procedures and their applicability to nursing and health research, and special issues in measurement and statistics often encountered in, and specific to, nursing and health research. Emphasizes using the computer as a facilitative research instrument. Prerequisite: GNUR 821, 822 or equivalent, and instructor permission. | |
| GNUR 8190 | Advanced Qualitative and Historical Research Methods (3.00) |
| This course is an elective for students who are planning to do qualitative or historical research for their dissertations or want to have advanced training in these areas for use later in their careers. It is designed to give students more in-depth knowledge and further training in the practice of qualitative and historical research methods in areas of concern to nursing science. Philosophical and theoretical approaches to the gathering and analysis of data will be covered, and practice in specific techniques will be provided. The course is designed to further develop expertise in students who have a basic understanding of qualitative and/or historical research. Prerequisite: Doctoral standing | |
| GNUR 8210 | Scientific Progress in Nursing (3.00) |
| Through directed readings and seminars in selected areas, students develop an appreciation for, and understanding of, the evolution of nursing's substantive research knowledge and the current state of the science in selected areas. These topical areas are broadly defined as Individual Responses to Health and Illness, Family Responses to Health and Illness, Environmental Influences on Health, and Therapeutic Interventions. Students also become acquainted with exemplary research programs, analyze and synthesize relevant literature, and develop a plan of studies to prepare them for a research career in the selected area. Prerequisite: Master's-level nursing research course. | |
| GNUR 8220 | Philosophy of Science and Development of Nursing Knowledge (3.00) |
| Examines various philosophies of science as they have evolved over time and explores their ontological and epistemological implications for the development of nursing knowledge. Extant programs of research in nursing are critically analyzed to determine the philosophical traditions from which they arise and the consequences of those philosophical traditions for the kinds, and extent of, the knowledge produced by those research programs. Prerequisite: Doctoral standing or instructor permission. | |
| GNUR 8230 | Historical Inquiry in Nursing (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Broadens, and then refines through historical analysis, the student's view and understanding of the current health care system. Explores the role that historical inquiry and analysis play in understanding the evolution and status of the health care system; the development of health professions (nursing and medicine) and institutions (hospitals and public health services); and the interplay of intellectual, social, economic, and political events that shaped the current health system. Prerequisite: Doctoral standing or instructor permission. |
| GNUR 8410 | Proposal Writing Seminar I (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Teaches the mechanics of proposal writing and introduces the student to the art and science of grant seeking. The course provides a hands-on, practical approach to proposal writing, including development and peer review of a proposal. |
| GNUR 8420 | Proposal Writing Seminar II (2.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Continues to develop and refine the research proposal begun in GNUR 8410. Includes incorporating feedback from peers and a professional editorial consultant. The final product is a submitted grant proposal. Prerequisite: GNUR 8410. |
| GNUR 8430 | DNP Capstone Proposal Seminar (1.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | The purpose of this course is to teach the mechanics of proposal writing, and give the student an understanding of the process. The course will provide a "hands-on" practical approach to proposal writing including the development of a proposal and perr review of a proposal. |
| GNUR 8450 | Professional Issues in Scholarship (1.00) |
| Taken near the end of course work, this course provides a synthesis of prior work and incorporates a discussion of professional issues and strategies of scholarship, including grant seeking and grant management, publication, scholarly ethics, and scientific integrity. Prerequisite: Doctoral standing or instructor permission. | |
| GNUR 8610 | Health Behavior and Health Promotion Research (3.00) |
| Focuses on conceptual and methodological issues related to health and illness behavior and health promotion research. Explores directions for nursing science by critically analyzing theoretical foundations of health behavior and relevant research. Examines multidisciplinary perspectives and issues related to health and illness behavior for the advancement of health promotion through nursing research. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission. | |
| GNUR 8620 | Concepts and Methods in Health Services Research (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Builds on knowledge essential to conducting health services research, including social, economic, ethical, and political uses that influence health policy. Develops conceptual and methodological competencies related to research on health services organization, financing, and delivery. Uses evaluation research methods to examine the effects of interventions on outcomes, such as quality and cost. Discusses the role of databases and health informatics in service research. Prerequisite: Doctoral standing, a master's-level health policy course and 707 or 807 (to be taken previously or concurrently) is recommended. |
| GNUR 8630 | Culture and Health: Implications for Health Systems and Research (2.00 - 6.00) |
| The course explores common health care problems related to ethinic and minority populations. Issues related to access to care and social justice will be explored. Theories and assessment insturments related to cultural diversity and cultural competency will also be examined. Historical challenges of conducting research in minority populations will be covered. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission. | |
| GNUR 8640 | Nursing Ethics for Advanced Practice (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | This doctoral-level seminar course is designed to enhance the student's ability to describe and analyze ethical concepts foundational to nursing practice and utilize a variety of ethical decision-making frameworks to address ethical dilemmas arising from increasingly complex care, use of technology, consequences of policy interventions, and global health issues. Students will be challenged to examine individual and professional values, as well as critically analyze diverse perspectives on various ethical issues. The course emphasizes the DNP's leadership role in promoting ethical care delivery at all levels of care, from individual to system. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission. |
| GNUR 8650 | Managing Information Technology (3.00) |
| The use of information technology as a methodology for critical analysis of evidence in clinical decision-making and research utilization will be emphasized. Students will research the development and implementation of information technology systems to evaluate outcomes of care, care systems and quality improvement. Students will explore the nature and functions of health informatics, the current state of the science, present and future applications, and major issues for research and development. Prerequisite: Graduate standing or instructor permission. | |
| GNUR 8660 | Evidence-Based Practice (3.00) |
| This doctoral-level course will introduce students to principles and processes of evidence-based practice. The course will review processes for identifying current best evidence, including formulation of a clinical question, systematic review of the literature, critical evaluation of individual studies, data extraction, and synthesis of pooled data to determine the level of evidence associated with specific clinical interventions. | |
| GNUR 8710 | Independent Study in Teaching (1.00 - 3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Prerequisite: Doctoral standing or instructor permission. |
| GNUR 8720 | Teaching Practicum (1.00 - 3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | This elective course provides students with the opportunity to obtain practical experience in classroom and clinical teaching settings under the guidance of an experienced nurse educator. Students will apply selected teaching strategies and methods and become involved in all aspects of course planning, organization and delivery. Prerequisite: Graduate standing. |
| GNUR 8998 | Masters Research (1.00 - 12.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | |
| GNUR 9000 | Non-UVa Transfer/Test Credit Approved (1.00 - 6.00) |
| Non-UVa Transfer/Test Credit Approved | |
| GNUR 9005 | Teaching Practicum (1.00 - 3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | This elective course provides students with the opportunity to obtain practical experience in classroom and clinical teaching settings under the guidance of an experienced nurse educator. Students will apply selected teaching strategies and methods and become involved in all aspects of course planning, organization and delivery. Prerequisite: GNUR 742: An Introduction to Classroom and Clinical Teaching in Nursing or current employment as a novice educator. |
| GNUR 9010 | Mentored Study (1.00 - 4.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | PhD students register for 1-4 credits of mentored study with a faculty member. The mentored study develops a topic through in-depth literature review. The final project is a manuscript ready to be submitted for publication in a professional journal. If agreeable with the dissertation committee, this publication could be included as one of the dissertation manuscripts for students selecting the manuscript option. |
| GNUR 9020 | Selected Topics (1.00 - 3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Advanced level individual study of self-selected topics under the guidance and supervision of a faculty member. Prerequisite: Instructor permission. |
| GNUR 9110 | Research Practicum I (1.00 - 4.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | This course provides the student with opportunity to develop and refine research skills by participating in an ongoing research study. Students should plan on devoting 8 hours a week for each 9110 credit enrolled each semester. Students must register for GNUR 9110 for a total of 4 credits. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor and advisor. |
| GNUR 9610 | DNP Practicum I (1.00 - 5.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | This course builds upon advanced nursing competencies developed at the master's level to expand knowledge for expert nursing practice. Students are expected to enhance practice and/or systems management skills, including clinical reasoning, and advance to a higher level of expertise in their chosen specialty area. Practice setting and focus is individualized to students' specific area of interest. In this practicum the student will be precepted by an expert in the field. Students are expected to initiate plans for the capstone project. (Practica I and II are individualized to achieve 500 hrs. of supervised clinical practice.) Prerequisite: DNP standing |
| GNUR 9620 | DNP Practicum II (1.00 - 5.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | This course integrates and synthesizes knowledge from ethics, the biophysical, psychosocial, analytical and organizational sciences as the basis for the highest level of nursing practice. The student will work with a preceptor to meet individual learning objectives. During this practicum the student will develop, submit and defend proposal for capstone project. Prerequisite: DNP standing |
| GNUR 9991 | Capstone (6.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | The DNP program culminates in the successful completion of a scholarly project, which is designed by the student in collaboration with a 3-member committee that includes a chair, a faculty member and a clinical expert . Prerequisite: DNP standing |
| GNUR 9998 | Doctoral Research (1.00 - 12.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Students register for GNUR 997 concurrently with course work until the dissertation proposal is successfully defended. Credits from non-topical research are not counted in the total program hours of credit. Prerequisite: Permission of faculty advisor. |
| GNUR 9999 | Dissertation Research (3.00 - 12.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | A culminating experience that requires the student to plan and implement a research study of significance. Prerequisite: Permission of dissertation chair. |
| Nursing Core | |
| NUCO 1200 | Introduction to the World of Nursing (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | An overview of the nursing professional historical development, evolution of the health care system, and the legal and ethical principles that direct professional nursing practice. For first-year and transfer students. |
| NUCO 2110 | Foundations of Clinical Nursing and Interactive Skills (4.00) |
| This course introduces students to therapeutic communication, group process, cultural diversity, and patient education concepts. The course also provides students opportunities to acquire basic psychomotor skills and interpersonal skills used in providing patient care. Simulated learning opportunities are provided to assist students in synthesizing, applying, and refine basic and advanced clinical skills in the laboratory and clinical setting. Co-requisite BIOL 2060 and BIOL 2070. | |
| NUCO 2120 | Clinical and Interactive Skills II (2.00) |
| A continuation of NUCO 2110, this course expands skill acquisition and synthesis of learned concepts through simulations of realistic patient care situations. Prerequisite: NUCO 2110. | |
| NUCO 2130 | Theoretical Foundations of Interactive and Clinical Skills (4.00) |
| Required course for third-year entry students, which serves as an introduction to selected concepts such as therapeutic communication, immobility, sensory perceptual alterations, and patient education. The course also assists the student to acquire basic psychomotor skills and interpersonal skills used in providing patient care. Opportunities are provided to apply and refine these skills in the laboratory and clinical setting. Prerequisite: Either Biol 2060 or 2070 AND either Biol 2060 or 2070 as co-requisite. | |
| NUCO 2310 | Introduction to Nursing and Health Care Services (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Studies the historical development of nursing and the professional nurse in today's health care system. Introduces nursing theories and concepts, including the nursing process, and explores nursing interventions. Includes clinical practice sessions in various settings. Prerequisite: Either BIOL 2060 or 2070 AND either BIOL 2060 or 2070 as co-requisite AND NUCO 2130 as pre-requisite. |
| NUCO 2330 | Client Assessment (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Focuses on gathering and analyzing information about the health status of clients across the lifespan. Develops data collection skills using a holistic approach to health care. Either Biol 2060 or 2070 as pre-requisite AND either Biol 2060 or 2070 as co-requisite. |
| NUCO 3100 | Nursing Care of the Chronically Ill Adult (5.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Explores the nature and challenge of chronic illness. Focuses on concepts underlying the care of chronically ill adults and the use of the nursing process to assist patients and families in managing common chronic illnesses. Clinical placement occurs in a variety of settings. Prerequisite: NUCO 301/304, 302, 303, NUIP 340. |
| NUCO 3300 | Nursing Care of Children and Families (4.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Utilizes the concept of family-centered nursing care to teach basic nursing strategies that enable children and their families to prevent illness and disability and to promote, protect, and restore health. Addresses the unique biopsychosocial and health educational needs of the growing child from infancy to adolescence. Also studies the family in community, ambulatory care, and hospital settings. Clinical placement occurs in a variety of settings. Prerequisite: NUCO 301/304, 302, 303, NUIP 340. |
| NUCO 3600 | Nursing Care of Women and Childbearing Families (4.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Explores issues of health and wellness for women and the childbearing family, major health challenges affecting women, and the recognition and management of complications and risk factors occurring during the reproductive period. Clinical placement includes hospital and community settings. Prerequisite: NUCO 301, 302, 303, NUIP 340. |
| NUCO 4009 | Summer Practicum in Clinical Nursing (2.00) |
| Learning experiences in the practicum include observational experiences & seminars but the focus of the course is on clinical practice. Experiences will take place on a variety of acute & chronic care units within the UVA Health Sciences Ctr. Students function under the guidance and supervision of experienced staff nurse preceptors & will have the opportunity to explore the potential & constraints inherent in nursing practice in tertiary care. | |
| NUCO 4100 | Nursing Management of Common Health Problems (5.00) |
| Focuses on the use of the nursing process in managing commonly-occurring acute and chronic health problems affecting adults. Emphasizes the collaborative and independent functions of the nurse, and includes clinical practice in a variety of settings. Prerequisite: All third-year courses. | |
| NUCO 4220 | Nursing Management of Complex Health Problems (2.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Focuses on the use of the nursing process in managing complex acute and chronic health problems affecting clients of all ages. Emphasizes the collaborative and independent functions of the nurse. Prerequisite: NUCO 471. |
| NUCO 4300 | Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing (4.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Provides the opportunity to learn and utilize biopsychosocial concepts in the care of mentally ill and substance abusing individuals. Focuses on assessment strategies, nursing interventions, plans of care, and the rehabilitative processes for a variety of acute and chronic problems. Includes clinical practice in a variety of hospital and community settings. Prerequisite: All third-year courses. |
| NUCO 4400 | Nurs Care of the Older Adult (2.00) |
| NUCO 4430 | Transition and Validation Seminar I (2.00) |
| The first of two courses designed to validate prior learning and promote professional roles in nursing. Also focuses on skill development in informatics and writing. Assists the student in preparing the validating portfolio used to document prior learning for the awarding of advanced standing credit. | |
| NUCO 4431 | Transition and Validation Seminar II (2.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Continues the validation of clinical knowledge and examines ethical, legal and political aspects of professional practice in nursing and expands knowledge of ethics and the process of skill development in informatics and professional writing. Students complete the portfolio begun in NUCO 434. Prerequisite: NUCO 434. |
| NUCO 4480 | Perspectives in Community Nursing (5.00) |
| Examines the practice of nursing in a changing health care system. Introduces concepts and strategies from public health, epidemiology, and group and family theories. Explores the relationship between political, socioeconomic, and environmental factors and health populations. Clinical experiences take place in a variety of community settings. | |
| NUCO 4490 | Contemporary Trends in Clinical Nursing Management (5.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Explores current trends in managing acute and chronic health states across the life span. Addresses the nursing process and associated research findings in working with individuals, families, and groups. Considers the legal, ethical and political implications of care. Clinical experiences take place in a variety of settings. |
| NUCO 4600 | Community Health Nursing (4.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Provides a foundation for nursing practice in community health by emphasizing the application of concepts and theories. Through a focus on family- and community-oriented nursing practice, students expand their roles from caring for an individual within a family to assessing and intervening to solve family and community health problems. Examines the influence of political, socioeconomic, and ecological issues on the health of populations. Includes clinical practice in selected community agencies. Prerequisite: All third-year courses. |
| NUCO 4620 | Current Issues in Nursing (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Focuses on the socialization of the nurse into the profession, emphasizing nursing's body of knowledge, the legal and ethical responsibilities of nurses, and issues they face. Prepares beginning practitioners of nursing to intelligently interpret the literature on professional responsibilities. Equips new graduates with basic strategies for utilizing specialized nursing knowledge and provides a basis for responsible decision-making related to ethical and legal issues. Prerequisite: All third-year courses. |
| NUCO 4700 | Synthesis Practicum (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | This final clinical course provides an opportunity to integrate the knowledge and skills acquired from previous courses during an intensive 168-hour precepted practicum. Students work directly with clinical preceptors under the direction of faculty members to refine their skills in group patient care delivery, priority setting, and decision making. Clinical placements include a wide range of inpatient and outpatient settings. Prerequisite: Completion of all other required nursing courses. |
| Nursing Interprofessional | |
| NUIP 2240 | Life Span Development (3.00) |
| Focuses on the process of development as a lifelong activity balanced between dynamic and stable demands of physical and social environments and the changing capabilities of the person. Explores contemporary life styles and selected cultural aspects of individual and family life. | |
| NUIP 2250 | Principles of Nutrition (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Covers basic nutrition, nutrition for clients of various age groups and therapeutic diets, and nutrition of the critically ill, hospitalized patient. Prerequisite/corequisite: Anatomy and Physiology. |
| NUIP 3001 | HIV/AIDS: A Personal and Social Perspective (3.00) |
| An overview of the medical, psychosocial, legal, and ethical issues generated by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Introduces topics encountered throughout the spectrum of HIV infection. Explores physiological and psychological responses of, and societal responses to, HIV infected or affected persons. | |
| NUIP 3002 | Health Care Needs of the Aging Client (2.00) |
| This course will explore healthy aging and the health care needs arising from common illnesses associated with aging. Attitudes about aging, and legal and ethical issues that impact the health care of older adults will be examined. This on-line course includes the opportunity to work with older individuals through application exercises facilitated by the course professor. Prerequisite: NUIP 340 and NUCO 323; open to non-nursing students with permission of the instructor. | |
| NUIP 3020 | Principles of Pharmacology (3.00) |
| Provides a theoretical foundation in pharmacology and its place in nursing practice. Includes general principles of pharmacology, the therapeutic implications of major drug categories, mechanisms of drug action, side effects of drugs, and the implications for nursing management. Prerequisite: Anatomy and physiology. | |
| NUIP 3210 | Pathology and Clinical Management I (3.00) |
| Focuses on the mechanisms of disease and the body's ability to respond to such challenges throughout the life span. Prerequisite: Anatomy and Physiology. | |
| NUIP 3220 | Pathology and Clinical Management II (4.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Focuses on psychopathological and pathophysiological conditions throughout the life span. Prerequisite: Anatomy and Physiology. |
| NUIP 3410 | Foundations of Nursing Research (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Surveys the spectrum of research methodologies. Students gain an understanding of an evidence-based approach that is applicable to nursing practice and begin to explore ways to incorporate research findings into professional nursing practice. Basic human rights and ethical issues in the conduct of evidence-based research will be emphasized. |
| NUIP 4001 | Evaluating and Using Information Technology in Health Care (3.00) |
| Introduces health related information for newcomers to the Internet, and enhances students' use of information technology for developing, evaluating, and disseminating health care information. Introduces the history, current issues, future trends, and significance of information technology for health care. Involves students in an ongoing academic discussion of the implications of technology as an information source for research, practice, and patient education in the area of health care. Prerequisite: A basic knowledge of personal computers and Microsoft Windows. | |
| NUIP 4002 | Nursing and Spirituality (3.00) |
| This course is designed to introduce students to the importance of spirituality in the lives of individuals and families. It will enable students to design models of care, which promote and restore the body, mind and spirit. The course will complement other courses in the curriculum by promoting a deeper understanding of the connections between religion/spirituality and health. | |
| NUIP 4003 | Exploring Culture and Healthcare Access Issues through Remote Area Medicine (2.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Provides undergraduate nursing students the opportunity to explore issues related to culture and barriers to healthcare access. The culminating experience is a hands-on clinical outreach experience in southwest Virginia. |
| NUIP 4004 | Strategies for Prehospital Emergency Care (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | The content of the course will focus on prehospital emergency care. Students will learn to assess the sick or injured individual as well as implement a plan of care to stabilize and transport the individual to an emergency facility. At the conclusion of the course, students will be eligible for certification as an Emergency Medical Technician Ambulance by the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Health. Prerequisite: Current CPR certification. |
| NUIP 4200 | Pathophysiology (4.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Pathophysiology is a four credit interprofessional course which provides a foundation of basic knowledge of common pathophysiologic conditions affecting adults and children and their clinical management. |
| NUIP 4210 | Clinical Applications of Pathophysiology (3.00) |
| Focuses on expanding the knowledge base acquired in Pathology and Clinical Management I and II. Provides a more in-depth understanding of the mechanisms of disease and the body's ability to respond to such challenges throughout the life span. Prerequisite: Anatomy and Physiology, NUIP 310 and 311. | |
| NUIP 4410 | Issues in Contemporary Nursing Practice (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Examines the issues and trends of greatest concern to nursing today. Explores the historical and societal influences on the evolution of nursing, its current status, and its future direction. Discusses the economic, social, cultural, and legal/ethical influences on nursing practice in today's rapidly changing health care environment. |
| NUIP 4420 | Basic Research Concepts in the Health Disciplines (3.00) |
| Explores the research process and critiques health care research. Analyzes the role of the professional in utilizing and applying research. | |
| NUIP 4610 | Leadership and Management in Health Care Systems. (3.00) |
| An overview of basic management and leadership concepts. Emphasizes the application of appropriate administrative strategies to actual and/or simulated health care systems. | |
| Nursing | |
| NURS 2595 | Interdisciplinary Exploration of Public Health (3.00) |
| An interdisciplinary effort of four UVA schools (Medicine, Nursing, Engineering and Education), students in this course will attempt to understand the context of "public health" in Guatemala by first understanding Guatemala, its people, and their environments. By providing a broadly inclusive yet in-depth exposure to infrastructure, the health care system, education, and the environment - along with other facets that define public health. | |
| NURS 3003 | Nursing Leadership in Action (3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | This course provides nursing students opportunities to develop leadership and management skills through participation in a variety of programs and activities. Students learn how to work in cooperative relationships with peers, faculty, students in other disciplines, community service organizations, and the public in a service learning environment. Membership in National Student Nurses Association and Student Nurses Association of Virginia is a requirement. |
| NURS 3004 | Introduction to Resilience in Nursing Practice (2.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | This elective in Nursing Resilience provides graduate and undergraduate students an opportunity to experience known supportive and stress management modalities that might allow them the opportunity to recognize the need for self-care and reduce the work stress associated with the novice role and throughout their career. |
| NURS 3005 | Perioperative Nursing (1.00 - 2.00) |
| This course serves to introduce students to the role of the professional nurse in the perioperative specialty area. The course begins with an overview of the history of perioperative nursing and the role of the professional nurse on the interdisciplinary team. The course explores the challenges of perioperative nursing, including safety issues, advocacy, and legal and ethical issues. The importance of continuity of care throughout the perioperative experience is a major theme in both the classroom and clinical content. The clinical focus is on understanding basic principles of asepsis, safety, and applying pathophysiology and pharmacology to specific patient care experiences. Prerequisite: Completion of Pharmacology and pathophysiology courses. | |
| NURS 3006 | Oncology Nursing and End-of-Life Care (1.00 - 2.00) |
| This elective in Oncology Nursing gives undergraduate students an opportunity to experience the related specialties of oncology nursing, palliative care, and hospice care. They will be able to apply basic knowledge about cancer pathophysiology and nursing management and develop basic nursing skills as they visit selected clinical settings. The course will emphasize current concepts and practices in oncology nursing and issues related to palliative and hospice care. Prerequisite: Third-year and fourth-year traditional students or RN to BSN and MSN-CNL students; permission of instructor. | |
| NURS 4005 | Sleep Across the Lifespan (3.00) |
| Focuses on conceptual and methodological issues related to sleep and sleep research. Directions for nursing practice and research will be explored through critical analysis of physiological foundations of sleep and health sequalle of sleep disruptions and critique of relevant research. Healthcare perspectives and issues related to sleep will be examined for the advancement of sleep promotion through nursing practice and research. | |
| NURS 4006 | Practicum in Leadership Development (2.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | The Independent Practicum in Clinical Leadership Development gives an opportunity to apply leadership theory and practices in the clinical setting through mentoring and coaching third year traditional and first-year second degree students during their assigned clinical rotations. Specific emphasis is given to developing basic teaching and precepting skills, serving as a clinical resource, demonstrating performance of basic skills, and providing others with peer review and performance feedback. |
| NURS 4007 | Ethics in Nursing Practice (3.00) |
| This undergraduate ethics seminar focuses on strengthening the nurse's role as a moral agent in clinical practice. Exploration of ethical issues in practice, ethical decision-making skills, and features of the wider moral environment will be emphasized. Barriers to ethical practice will be identified and strategies to effectively overcome the barriers will be identified. Prerequisite: Completion of third-year courses or clinical practice experience as a RN. | |
| NURS 4009 | Summer Practicum in Clinical Nursing (2.00) |
| Learning experiences in the practicum include observational experiences & seminars but the focus of the course is on clinical practice. Experiences will take place on a variety of acute & chronic care units within the UVA Health Sciences Ctr. Students function under the guidance and supervision of experienced staff nurse preceptors & will have the opportunity to explore the potential & constraints inherent in nursing practice in tertiary care. | |
| NURS 4501 | Building Health in the Caribbean (3.00) |
| This course will introduce learners to concepts of health and healthcare and to strategies for measuring these both quantitatively and qualitatively. Following that introduction and training, we will explore, using a biosocial analysis, the diseases and conditions addressed by the MDGs. | |
| NURS 4950 | Distinguished Majors Seminar I (3.00) |
| Designed to provide information and guidance about the process of initiating a research project, to explore issues related to the research process, and encourage communication among Distinguished Majors Program participants. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Nursing DMP. | |
| NURS 4951 | Distinguished Majors Seminar II (2.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Designed to assist students in the process of preparing their thesis to present to their peers and the faculty. Also assists in preparing the thesis for publication. Prerequisite: NURS 495. |
| NURS 4993 | Independent Study (1.00 - 3.00) |
| Offered Spring 2012 | Independent study in Nursing |
| NURS 4994 | Practicum in Nursing (1.00 - 3.00) |
| Learning experiences in the practicum include observational experiences and seminars but the focus of the course is on clinical practice. Experiences will take place on a variety of acute and chronic care units within the University of Virginia Health Sciences Center. Students function under the guidance and supervision of experienced staff nurse preceptors and will have the opportunity to explore the potential and constraints inherent in nursing. | |