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  • NURS 610: Advanced Concepts in Nursing Research

    3.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    This course examines the relationship and contribution of nursing research to the development of nursing science. The growth of research will be traced over the course of the last century, with particular emphasis on the evolution that has occurred since mid-century. Students will be assisted to increase their ability to search scholarly databases to critically evaluate published research and to make decisions concerning its applicability to practice. Students will examine and identify knowledge gaps and methodological implications, especially related to multicultural and vulnerable populations. Additionally, students will develop a proposal for an individual or group research project that may become the foundational work for the scholarly project.
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  • NURS 611: Information Systems Management in Nursing and Healthcare

    3.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    This course focuses on information systems to build and apply knowledge in the provision of nursing care within healthcare systems. The course will include content regarding information systems, interagency/product articulation, informatics infrastructure, integration of nursing input and policy. This course provides the student with a foundation of information systems management for leadership in nursing. Topics include: hardware, software, people and data. Database development to facilitate future research, collaboration across multidisciplinary teams, security and privacy issues will be examined in the context of legal and ethical considerations. Common healthcare applications will be examined.
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  • NURS 614: Family and Community Perspectives

    3.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    This course introduces the advanced practice nurse student to health promotion and disease prevention strategies for families and communities. Students will explore principles of family theory, established models of family development, epidemiology, and demography. An opportunity will be given to develop intervention plans to improve wellness based on risk assessment and knowledge of national standards of clinical preventive services. This course is a prerequisite to all clinical nursing courses. Fall annually.
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  • NURS 615: Advanced Health Assessment

    2.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    This course builds upon the basic assessment skills of the nurse. It is designed to augment, refine, and enhance the practitioner's ability to assess the health status of individuals, to recognize deviant and abnormal findings, to evaluate responses to illness and to identify health risks. The course will enable the practitioner to collect a comprehensive health history and perform a complete physical assessment in a systematic and organized manner. Course content emphasizes a holistic approach toward assessment, incorporating the client's response to wellness and illness, sociocultural influences, and health seeking behaviors. Specialized assessment tests and procedures and laboratory test data will be used by the practitioner to uncover client health cues in addition to those identified by questioning and examining. The practitioner's skill in assessing a client's resources, strengths, limitations, and coping behaviors will be intensified. Corequisite:    NURS 616
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  • NURS 616: Advanced Health Assessment Practicum

    1.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    Provides opportunity for the student to implement the objectives identified in NURS 615. Students may select experiences from a variety of clinical settings appropriate to the course focus. Corequisite:    NURS 615
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  • NURS 620: Clinical Decision Making I

    2.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    This course emphasizes clinical data-gathering skills, diagnostic reasoning, and clinical problem-solving for application in NURS 630 and NURS 640 directed toward the management of common health problems of clients throughout the lifespan. Critical thinking skills are emphasized and honed and are used to amplify common sense, intuition, and simple reasoning. Emphasis is placed upon the analysis and synthesis of client data for diagnosis and for identification of appropriate nursing and other therapeutic interventions to be used by the advanced practice nurse. This course is required as a prerequisite to all other clinical nursing courses.
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  • NURS 621: Clinical Decision Making I Practicum

    1.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    Provides opportunity for the student to implement the objectives identified in NURS 620. Students may select experiences from a variety of clinical settings appropriate to the course focus. Three clinical hours weekly. This course must be taken concurrently with NURS 620.
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  • NURS 622: Nursing Practice for School Populations

    3.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    This course, in conjunction with NURS 623 Nursing Practice with School Populations Practicum, are the culminating nursing courses for eligibility for certification as a school nurse in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The role of the professional nurse in providing for the health and learning needs of students with and without special needs, families and the school community is explored. Within all components of the course, the responsibility of the school nurse to exercise leadership, in collaboration with teachers, administrators, and parents for planning, implementing, and evaluating the school health program is emphasized as well as the major socioeconomic and ethical factors which influence it.
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  • NURS 623: Nursing Practice for School Populations PR

    3.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    This course, in conjunction with NURS 622 Nursing Practice with School Populations, are the culminating nursing courses for eligibility for certification as a school nurse in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The 100-hour practicum with a Certified School Nurse emphasizes the application of all theoretical course work in fulfilling the role of the school nurse with school populations. The students carry out the role of the professional school nurse in providing for the health and learning needs of diverse students with and without special needs, families, and the school community.
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  • NURS 630: Clinical Decision Making II

    3.00 Credits
    Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania

    This course focuses upon birth through adolescence in regard to health promotion, wellness maintenance, disease prevention, early detection of problems, prompt treatment of acute illness, and support for management and self-care during chronic conditions. All dimensions of development and the total health of the child and family are considered. Course theory seeks to expand the practitioner's base of knowledge and understanding while clinical practicum provides an opportunity for the application of learning and the enhancement of decision-making skills. Opportunity is provided for the development of skill in selected therapeutic interventions related to health care of the client from birth through adolescence. The course provides for expansion of knowledge for application in working with clients, families, and colleagues in clinical practice. Collaboration with other health care providers is fostered. Three lecture hours weekly. Corequisite:    NURS 631, NURS 632
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