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This course focuses on writing and communication skills for nursing professionals. Students will learn APA style and how to apply these rules in writing and communication in developing evidence-based practice (EBP) manuscripts and scholarly nursing presentations. Students will practice proper techniques for properly citing sources, preparing an EBP manuscript, developing PICOT statement and expressing material clearly and accurately. Must be taken in first academic term.

For graduate students only.  This course focuses on current practice issues related to the emerging role of the nurse practitioner in health care delivery.  Emphases are on critical review and analysis or role implementation strategies, and role performance as a clinician, educator, case manager, leader, consultant and colleague.

For graduate students only. This course builds on the competencies acquired in a baccalaureate nursing assessment course. Emphasis is placed on advanced practice assessment skills including: clinical reasoning and advanced physical assessment; analysis and synthesis of assessment data; demonstration of competency in oral and written presentation of comprehensive and focused assessment findings for clients across the life span. An evidence-based practice framework will be utilized.

For graduate students only. This course builds on the competencies acquired in a baccalaureate nursing assessment course. Emphasis is placed on clinical application of the advanced practice assessment skills including: clinical reasoning and advanced physical assessment, analysis and synthesis of assessment; demonstration of competency in oral and written presentation of findings for clients across the lifespan. Students will practice and implement concepts, principles and content covered in NUR 618. An evidence-based practice framework will be utilized.

For graduate students only. Emphasizes knowledge development in nursing science through concurrent inductive analysis of models/methods of theory generation and deductive analysis of models/methods of theory validation through focus on quantitative and qualitative research processes. Provides opportunity for development of a theory linked research proposal that will support evidence-based advanced practice.

This course covers the ethical, legal, and safe standards of care in selected clinical topics in NP practice. Topics include, but are not limited to primary care procedures, emergency and wilderness medicine. Procedures include: wound closures (sutures, staples, wound adhesives); local anesthesia, digital blocks, splinting, casting, HEENT procedures (fluorescein staining, foreign body removal, Morgan lens irrigation, Wood’s light/Slit lamp); cerumen disimpaction/irrigation; nasal fracture management, epistaxis; toenail removal; I&D, splinter removal, X-ray interpretation; reduction of nursemaid’s elbow. Florida specific injuries cover stings, bites, fishhook removal, tick removal and snakes/spiders/frogs.

This course will review the key concepts of palliative care and end-of-life nursing care. Topics covered utilizing the End-of-Life Nursing Consortium (ELNEC) training modules will include: pain and symptom management, ethical issues, cultural considerations, communication techniques, care during the final hours of life, and loss, grief and bereavement. In addition, the practice of palliative care in special populations and in various settings will be discussed. This course will be highly interactive and will include opportunities to hear from guest speakers that are experts in the field of palliative and end-of-life care.  

This course emphasizes the clinical application of business, economic, and practice management knowledge necessary to successfully transition the primary care practitioner into collaborative and independent clinical practice.

For graduate students only. This course emphasizes the clinical application of the major classifications of drugs and the development of knowledge needed by the advanced practice nurse to assure that drug therapy is based on sound therapeutic judgments and decision-making processes. A lifespan approach is utilized to address client needs of drug therapy in primary, secondary and tertiary care settings. Statutory authority for prescription writing protocols is examined.

For graduate students only.   This course provides the opportunity for the advanced practice nurse to understand and integrate health promotion and disease prevention concepts in a patient centered, culturally appropriate way.  This includes principles of planning, implementation, and evaluation of evidenced based care to individuals, families, and communities. 

This course addresses concepts of human pathophysiology across the lifespan and the alterations that take place when the body is compromised by genetics, immunity, stress, and environmental injury or disease. Advanced application of pathophysiologic disease states of the body are covered at the level necessary for nurse practitioner practice. The diagnostic process utilizing clinical reasoning to synthesize patient data and develop differential diagnoses is examined.

The practicum course provides the opportunity to apply knowledge and skills learned in the classroom for the adult in primary care settings.  This practicum includes supervised clinical practice in a variety of settings.  Students may enroll in no more than one practicum courses in a single academic term.

This practicum course provides the opportunity to apply knowledge and skills learned in the classroom in caring for the older adult in primary care settings. This practicum includes supervised clinical practice in a variety of settings. Students may enroll in no more than one practicum course in a single academic term.

This course prepares the student in the management of acute and chronic health conditions in the adult population in the primary care setting. Students are provided the theoretical foundation to assess, diagnose, and manage the adult patient across the lifespan utilizing diagnostic reasoning skills. Emphasis is focused on health promotion, health maintenance, and restoration of the adult patient health status by utilizing evidence-based practice in managing the patient’s care through pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic interventions. Holistic instruction includes providing culturally competent, ethical, age, and gender specific care to the patient, family, and the community.

This course prepares students in the management of normal and common health pattern variations pertaining to older adult health care in the primary care setting. It provides students with a theoretical base to assess, diagnose and manage the care of older adults across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed on collaborative management to achieve desired outcomes. Students will focus on promotion, maintenance and restoration of the older adult’s health patterns. Culturally competent, holistic, ethical, age and gender specific and risk stratified care will be discussed. Evidence based practice will be the basis for care management.

This course prepares students in the management of normal and common health pattern variations pertaining to women’s health care in the primary care setting. It provides students with a theoretical base to assess, diagnose and manage the care of women across the lifespan.  Emphasis is placed on collaborative management to achieve desired outcomes. Students will focus on promotion, maintenance and restoration of women’s health patterns. Culturally competent, holistic, ethical, age and gender specific including risk stratified care will be discussed. Evidence based practice will be the basis for care management.

This practicum experience provides the opportunity to apply knowledge and skills learned in the classroom in caring for infants, children and adolescents in primary care settings. Students may enroll in no more than one practicum courses in a single academic term.

This practicum course provides the opportunity to apply knowledge and skills learned in the classroom in caring for women in primary care settings. Students may enroll in no more than one practicum courses in a single academic term.

This course emphasizes primary care management of common acute and chronic health problems of infants, children and adolescents.

An in-depth study of a selected nursing topic of concern to students and faculty. Emphasis is on contemporary issues of global relevance affecting nursing and health care.