By permission only. 

Requires application approval. 

Writing intensive.

The purpose of the internship is to give students a solid working experience at a company within the supply chain management function. Students will work on a part-time basis for up to four continuous months, in compliance with the RBS internship policies and guidelines. The work will be in the area of supply chain with predefined objectives agreed to by both the client company and the faculty adviser. Students will gain practical hands-on experience that will supplement their academic learning in the area of supply chain.
By arrangement with the Career Development Center and an RBS career management specialist. Prerequisites: 29:010:203, 29:010:204, 29:390:329, 29:620:301, 29:623:220, 29:630:301, and 29:799:301.

The course focuses on social science foundations of political perspectives on US healthcare policy and law, which shape the public and private sector arrangements of health care delivery. Students will characterize healthcare debates in terms of barriers to care, and then theoretically and empirically evaluate three policy platforms: (1) market-oriented perspectives, (2) social protection perspectives, and (3) social justice perspectives.

Cross-Listed with - 21:920:318:B5:03711

Placement in an appropriate national or international government agency or political organization for 8 to 10 hours of work per week; a log on each working day's activities; and a substantial paper integrating the work experience with the scholarly literature of political science. Placements could include political campaign organizations, human rights groups, NGOs, interest groups, advocacy centers, and nonprofit agencies.

This course focuses on applying the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed by professional nurses to assume the role of leader in ways that continually improve nursing care and advance the profession. This course will explore contemporary issues in health care and the impact on practice, policy, education, and research. Emphasis is placed on the use of nursing informatics, health literacy, and the competencies needed by nurses to guide scholarly inquiry. Students will acquire the knowledge and skills essential to identify research questions, conduct structured literature and database searches, begin to critically appraise research findings and practice guidelines, and utilize electronic clinical decision support resources (up-to-date) associated with improved outcomes.Prerequisites: 705:205, 395, 335, 306, 330.  Corequisites: 705:340, 336.

2ND DEGREE L2 STUDENTS ONLY.

This course focuses on the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed by professional nurses to provide care to culturally diverse adults and older adults. Emphasis is placed on clinical reasoning/judgments pertinent to health promotion, risk reduction, and disease prevention and symptom management, incorporating evidence-based practice to common physical and behavioral health conditions. Factors influencing the health of adult and older adult populations will be identified and disparities in outcomes will be discussed. The nurse's role as a leader, patient advocate, change agent, educator, and member of the interprofessional healthcare team will be discussed. This course will include clinical experiences in simulation and a variety of health care settings.Prerequisites: 705:205, 395, 335, 306, 330. Corequisites: 705:326, 340.

OPEN TO 2ND DEG L2 STUDENTS ONLY.

This course focuses on the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed by professional nurses to provide care to diverse childbearing families. Physical and behavioral factors influencing the reproductive health of families, communities, and populations will be identified and disparities in outcomes will be discussed. Evidence-based practice, professional standards of care, the nursing process, and knowledge from nursing and related disciplines will be presented as the foundation for providing comprehensive, safe, quality nursing care to childbearing families. The perinatal nurse's role as a leader, patient advocate, change agent, educator, and member of the interprofessional health care team will be discussed. This course will include clinical experiences in simulation and a variety of health care settings.Prerequisites: 705:205, 395, 335, 306, 330. Corequisites: 705:326, 336.

OPEN TO 2ND DEG L2 STUDENTS ONLY.

OPEN TO 2ND DEGREE L2 STUDENTS ONLY.

This course focuses on the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed by professional nurses to provide care to culturally diverse individuals, families, and communities dealing with acute and chronic mental health and psychiatric conditions. Emphasis on clinical reasoning/judgments pertinent to health promotion, risk reduction, and disease prevention and management of acute and chronic mental health and psychiatric conditions. Factors influencing mental health will be identified and disparities in outcomes will be discussed. The nurse's role as a leader, patient advocate, change agent, educator, and member of the interprofessional health care team will be discussed. The course will include clinical experiences in simulation and a variety of health care and community settings. Prerequisites: 705:428, 412, 414. Corequisites: 705:418, 455.

OPEN TO 2ND DEG L4 STUDENTS ONLY.

This course synthesizes previous knowledge and skills to address population health of diverse individuals and communities across the life span and settings. The goal is to shift the focus from acute, individual care to a broader health promotion, disease prevention framework focused on populations. Emphasis is on the identification of social determinants that impact the health of individuals, families, and communities. Students are challenged to explore how engagement of nursing professionals can impact the health of populations through analysis of culturally competent care, to address social determinants and health disparities. The utility of the collection and interpretation of meaningful use data to identify care gaps to promote quality and safe care are discussed.Prerequisites: 705:428, 427, 412.  Corequisites: 705:414, 455.

OPEN TO 2ND DEG L4 STUDENTS ONLY.