Graduate Nursing Courses

College of Nursing
Office of Student Affairs
Ackerson Hall, Room 118
Phone: 973/353-5293 x610
Fax:     973/353-1277
http://nursing.rutgers.edu

ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY (3 cr.)
26:120:547:T5:91475
5/26-8/12
ONLINE COURSE
FAUST

By Permission Only.

Examines the pathogenesis of major conditions affecting human beings across the life span, from birth through aging, and their clinical management. Laboratory and diagnostic data, as well as client assessments.

HUMAN DIVERSITY & SOCIAL ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY (3 cr.)
26:705:504:H5:91372 (CANCELLED)
7/6-8/12
ONLINE COURSE
ELLER

By permission only.

Open to non-matriculated students.

Advanced nursing practice examined from epidemiological perspective in the context of cultural and social pluralism. Emphasis on multiple dimensions of human diversity, with identification and assessment of vulnerable and underserved populations and ethical issues.

NURSING RESEARCH METHODS (3 cr.)
26:705:512:T5:94514 (CANCELLED)
5/26-8/12
ONLINE COURSE
GARDNER

By permission only.

Development of skills in the application of principles and methods of scientific research. How to identify and conceptualize a research problem that is relevant to nursing and then formulate testable hypotheses. Emphasis on research designs and methodologies, the psychometric properties of instruments, sampling techniques, methods of data analysis, and interpretation of research findings. Focus on the scientific merit of empirical studies and ethical and legal considerations.

PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL & PSYCHOSOCIAL FOUNDATIONS IN ADVANCED PRACTICE
NURSING (3 cr.)
26:705:513:T5:91006
5/26-8/12
ONLINE COURSE
LEV

26:705:513:T5:94805
5/26-8/12
ONLINE COURSE
LEV

By permission only.

Focus on biologic and behavioral theories and research from a variety of disciplines, including nursing for application of psychiatric assessment in primary-care settings. Analyzes research and makes case studies for the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of psychiatric disorders across the life span. Works within a developmental framework that examines the manifestations of psychiatric illnesses in children, adolescents, adults and the aged.

ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT (3 cr.)
26:705:520:T1:94769
DAY: 5/26-8/12
T 1:00- 4:00
BARBERIO      ACKERSON 007

26:705:520:T6:90729
EVE: 5/26-8/12
T 4:30-8:00
BARBERIO     ACKERSON 007

By permission only.

Assessment competencies necessary for advanced practice nurses, with emphasis on assessment skills and upon the client as an individual in context of the family. Focus on development of comprehensive understanding of clients for effective
health-care delivery.

PHARMACODYNAMICS FOR PRIMARY CARE (3 cr.)
26:705:538:T5:91009
5/26-8/12
ONLINE SECTION
BARBERIO

26:705:538:T6:92325
EVE: 5/26-8/12
W 4:30-8:00
MILEY        CONKLIN 402    

By permission only.

Open to non-matriculated students.

Designed to meet the needs of nurses in advanced practice who are eligible for prescriptive privileges. Focuses on the pharmacological management of self-limited episodic complaints and stable chronic disease states across the life span commonly managed by advanced practice nurses.

PRIMARY HEALTH-CARE THEORY II (3 cr.)
26:705:540:T6:90728
EVE: 5/26-8/12
Th 4:30-8:00
BECKMANN     CONKLIN 402

26:705:540:T7:90738
EVE: 5/26-8/12
T 4:30-8:00
BECKMANN       CAMDEN CAMPUS

Web enhanced.

By permission only.

COREQUISITE: Primary Health-Care Practicum II, 705:541.

Builds on graduate core and specialty knowledge to promote cost-effective, quality primary health care where advanced practice nurses are initial contact for the clients within the health-care system, promoting client wellness, diagnosing and treating common health deviations, stabilizing chronic health problems, and referring patients to other providers. Focus on specific women's and men's health issues.

PRIMARY HEALTH-CARE PRACTICUM II (3 cr.)
26:705:541:T6:91005
EVE: 5/26-8/12
Th 8:10-10:00
CANNELLA     MEC 105

26:705:541:T7:91011
EVE: 5/26-8/12
T 8:10-10:00 (MEETS ONCE A MONTH)
BECKMANN    CAMDEN CAMPUS

26:705:541:T8:92913
EVE: 5/26-8/12
Th 8:10-10:00 (MEETS ONCE A MONTH)
CANNELLA      MEC 105

26:705:541:T9:93061
EVE: 5/26-8/12
Th 8:10-10:00 (MEETS ONCE A MONTH)
CANNELLA      MEC 105

Web enhanced.

By permission only.

COREQUISITE: Primary Health-Care Theory II, 705:540.

Continued development of competency in assessment, differential diagnosis, and management of gender-specific health alterations and health-promoting lifestyle changes in women and men.

HEALTH PROMOTION DESIGN PRACTICUM (3 cr.)
26:705:550:T5:94677
5/26-8/12
ONLINE COURSE
THOMAS

By permission only.

This practicum focuses on the applications of knowledge essential to advanced practice nursing with populations, aggregates, and individuals/families in the community. The focus of this course is on the development and utilization of data sets as a basis for the design of health promotion programs and services.

FAMILY SYSTEMS THEORY I (3 cr.)
26:705:552:T6:94735
EVE: 5/26-8/12
T 4:30-8:10 (Blackboard - Enhanced)
RANKIN          CONKLIN 402

By permission only.

Corequisite: 26:705:553.

This course is designed to synthesize advanced practice psychiatric mental health knowledge relevant to high-risk families and to examine theories and research findings pertinent to the mental health care of families. Knowledge needed for the mental health assessment, psychodynamic formulation, and intervention with culturally diverse, high-risk families will be addressed.

FAMILY SYSTEMS PRACTICUM I (3 cr.)
26:705:553:T6:94736
EVE: 5/26-8/12
T 8:10-10:00 (Blackboard - Enhanced)
RANKIN    CONKLIN 402

By permission only.

Corequisite: 26:705:552.

This practicum focuses on the application and integration of knowledge and skills essential to advanced practice psychiatric mental health nursing with high-risk families. The focus of this course is assessing families' mental health needs, developing psychodynamic formulations, delivering emperical-based family interventions, and implementing outcome measures.

MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH DATA (3 cr.)
26:705:570:T5:92326
5/26-8/12
ONLINE COURSE
FLYNN

By permission only.

PREREQUISITE: Descriptive & Inferential Statistics & Research Methods (Master's Level).

Students create and manage quantitative data to assess health needs, evaluate health outcome data, and test hypotheses and research questions using descriptive and inferential statistics.  Includes assumptions underlying various methods, interpretation, and statistical methods using spreadsheets and a statistical software package.  Basic concepts for creating and editing computer files and computer methods taught, with emphasis on application.

ADVANCED PRACTICE: ACUTE-CARE THEORY II (4 cr.)
26:705:629:T1:91008
DAY: 5/26-8/12
M 9:00-12:00
MILEY        BARTLETT STREET, NB

By permission only.

COREQUISITE: Advanced Practice: Acute-Care Practicum II, 705:630.

Advanced specialized knowledge relevant to nursing acutely ill and injured young, middle-aged, and older adult clients. Focus on management of adult health and illness in acute-care settings.

ADVANCED PRACTICE: ACUTE-CARE PRACTICUM II (6 cr.)
26:705:630:T1:92327
DAY: 5/26-8/12
M 1:00-3:00
STEIN        BARTLETT STREET, NB

COREQUISITE: Advanced Practice: Acute Care Theory II, 705:629.

Continued development of competency in delivery of advanced acute-care nursing to adults across the life span. Emphasis on management of illness and injury within a focus of acute-care and advanced nursing practice roles.

INDEPENDENT STUDY (3 cr.)
26:705:650:T1:91057
5/26-8/12
MEETING TIME BY ARRANGEMENT
STAFF

In-depth study of selected interest area.

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN NURSING (2 cr.)
26:705:679:B5:92903
5/26-7/2
ONLINE COURSE (meets during Residency and continues for 1st 7 weeks of Fall semester)
FLYNN

By permission only.

Selected issues and research in nursing education, nursing administration, and nursing practice. Extensive examination of nursing research leading to policy formulation and strategies for policy implementation. Research under supervision of faculty member.

CLINICAL RESIDENCY I (6 cr.)
26:705:696:T5:92904
5/26-8/12
ONLINE COURSE
GARDNER

By permission only.

DNP students only.

DISSERTATION SEMINAR I (3 cr.)
26:705:701:T5:92905
5/26-8/12
ONLINE COURSE (most of course will be during Residency)
STAFF

Conceptual phase of the research process, including description of research problems, formulation of problem statements, development of theoretical background, and derivation of testable hypothesis.

DISSERTATION SEMINAR II (BA cr.)
26:705:702:T5:94678
5/26-8/12 (will meet during residency week & online)
MEETING TIME BY ARRANGEMENT
THOMAS-HAWKINS

By permission only.

DISSERTATION RESEARCH (BA cr.)
26:705:703:T1:91030
5/26-8/12
MEETING TIME BY ARRANGEMENT
STAFF

By permission only.

Research under supervision of faculty member.