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Description: This course explores the relationship between good health and nutrition. It examines the process of digestion, absorption, and metabolism and discusses the classes of nutrients, their functions, food sources, recommended daily allowances, and deficiency diseases. U.S. Dietary Guidelines are studied with applications made in meal planning for nutritional benefit with specific populations. Nutritional assessment, principles of therapeutic nutrition, and nutrition teaching are examined as they relate to the professional nursing role. Prerequisite: BI 105 & BI 106 or with Department consent
Description: An introductory seminar for the student to discuss the discipline of nursing from its historical roots through current status and future trends. It introduces the novice to the philosophy and concepts of baccalaureate education of nursing. The relationship between nursing and non-nursing courses is considered in the development of the professional nurse. Roles of the professional nurse are examined with regard to theory, legal, and political issues.
Description: This course explores the relationship between good health and nutrition. It examines the process of digestion, absorption, and metabolism and discusses the classes of nutrients, their functions, food sources, recommended daily allowances, and deficiency diseases. U.S. Dietary Guidelines are studied with applications made in meal planning for nutritional benefit with specific populations. Nutritional assessment, principles of therapeutic nutrition, and nutrition teaching are examined as they relate to the professional nursing role. Prerequisite: BI 105 & BI 106 or with Department consent
Description: This is an introductory course for the registered nurse to explore the role of the professional nurse in the ever-changing health care system with a view to empowering and solidifying that role. Learners will develop skills in understanding, building, and applying a strong scientific base that will transform practice. Activities will include values clarification, review of models for research evaluation and utilization, in depth study of the research process and development of group research proposals. 10/FA - Weekend I SECTION 01 ONLY - Dates: 9/11, 10/3, 11/7, 12/4
Description: This course teaches the student to assess the health status of clients of any age in any setting.Students incorporate knowledge attained in the prerequisite courses,Introductory and Developmental Psychology,Sociology,Anatomy and Physiology, Chemistry, and Microbiology.The student learns verbal and non-verbal communication techniques used in obtaining a health history and the written communication techniques used in documenting the health assessment.Students acquire the basic psychomotor skills inspection,palpation, percussion, and auscultation necessary when performing a physical examination.The effects of age,gender,culture,religion,socioeconomic status,lifestyle,and adaptation are identified. 13/S2:Hybrid on-line Mon 6/24, 7/1, 7/8,7/15, 7/22,7/29,8/1& in class Thurs 6/27, 7/11, 7/18, 7/25,8/1 at LMH 13/FA 06:9/10,17,24,10/1,8,15,22,29,11/5,12, 29,12/3 07:HYBRID 9/21,10/19,11/16,12/7 on-line Sunday
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Description: 13/S1&2 13 Weeks
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Description: 13/S1 sec 02&03 at LMH:5/15,18,22,25,29&6/1,5,8 13/FA sec 01:9/21,23 10/19,20 11/16,17 12/7,8 sec 03 at LMH: 9/11,18,25,10/2,9,16,23,30,11/6,13,20,27
Description: 13/SP:Sec 01 AT LMH 1/24,2/7&21,3/14&28,4/4 Sec 02: AT Brigham & Womens Sec 03:AT REGIS 1/24,2/7&21,3/14,4/4&18 13/S1 Sec 02:At LMH 13/S1 Sec 01 at LMH:5/16,23&6/6,13 13/S1 Sec 02 at LMH: 5/14,21,28&6/4,11,18 13/S2 sec 01 at LMH:6/27&7/11,18,25 13/S2 sec 02 at LMH:6/25&7/2,9,16,23,30 13/FA Hybrid 9/12,26 10/10,24 11/7,21
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Description: The role of the professional nurse in the primary level of health care is explored. Using client models, students implement the nursing process and adaptation model to plan therapeutic nursing interventions for individuals, families and groups in a variety of community settings. In addition, the course willfocus on,community,assessment,communication, critical thinking and decision making skills, teaching, epidemiology, research utilization, group process and other strategies used in community health. Students will develop competence in a clinical practice setting. 12/FA:Sec 01 Hybrid 9/5,10/24,11/14,12/5 Sec 02:9/13,10/11,11/1,29,12/6 Both sec. HYBRID 13/SP:Sec 01 1/16,2/13,3/6,4/17 Sec 02:AT LMH 1/24,2/7,2/28,3/14,4/11.4/25 13/FA: Sec 02 @ LMH 9/5, 26, 10/17, 11/14, 21, 12/5
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Description: 11/SP Hybrid Meeting dates:1/18,2/8,4/26,5/3
Description: This course focuses on helping the beginning graduate student develop an appreciation of the various nursing theories. Emphasis will be on understanding the parts of the individual nursing theories and how they are applied to nursing practice. 13/SP:Sec 01 1/26&27,2/16&17,3/23&24,4/20&21 Hybrid Sec 06:At One Brigham Circle Conf.rooms BC-4-004 Rooms C,D & F 13/SII Sec01&02:6/27,7/11,18,25 13/FA sec 02:9/14,15 10/12,13 11/9,10 12/7,8
Description: 13/SP:Hybrid 1/26,2/23,3/23,4/20 13/S1 sec.01 at Regis:5/13,20 6/3,10,17 13/S1 sec.02 at BW:5/15,22,29&6/5,12,19 13/FA sec 01:HYBRID 9/7,10/5,11/2,12/7
Description: 12/FA:Begins Sept.18 through Dec.11 at LMH 13/SP:Begins 2/5 through 5/21 at LMH 13/FA: Begins 9/3 through 12/10 at LMH
Description: AT LMH -Internships worked out between instructor/student
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Description: This course incorporates comprehensive discussion of administrative theories including organizational theory, management theory and leadership theories. These theories will be analyzed as they relate to nursing practice. (Practice component.) 13/SP:1/24,2/7&28,3/14,4/4&25 Hybrid 13/FA: Hybrid 9/12,26 10/10,24 11/7,21
Description: (contact Graduate Office for details) 13/S1:Intensive 6/9-6/14 13/FA:Intensive 9/29-10/4
Description: 13/S1:5/8,15,22&29,6/5 AT LMH
Description: The course focuses on current national, state, and/or local health policy issues and reform options. Students are introduced to the arena of health policy implementation in the United States. Students have field experiences in the health policy legislative process and develop written testimony regarding a health policy issue of individual interest.HYBRID 13/S1 01:5/17,31 6/14,21 13/S1 02:5/18 6/1,15,22 13/S1 03:5/19 6/2,9,16 13/S1:04:5/14,28 6/11,18 13/S1 05:5/15,29 6/12,19 13/FA 01:9/18,10/16,11/13,12/4 13/FA 02:9/20,10/18,11/15,12/6 13/FA 03:9/8,10/6,11/3,12/1
Description: This is the first of two courses required for students in the Nurse Practitioner Advanced Clinical Practice Graduate Program. Course content will cover pharmacologic interventions for disease categories based on a systems approach. Life span differences regarding drug therapy and clinical decision-making will be addressed.
Description: 13/SP:1/29,2/12&26,3/19,4/9&23 Hybrid 13/S2:6/6,27 7/18, 8/1 at LMH 13/S2: 6/6, 6/27, 7/18, 8/1 at LMH 13/FA:Hybrid 9/17,10/1,15 11/5,26
Description: This course provides the foundation upon which the learner will develop the knowledge, values, and skills for becoming a competent, caring professional generalist who assumes an integral role in the changing health care system. It focuses on the acquisition of both art and science components of nursing and the development of critical thinking by including laboratory and clinical practice as well as classroom content.
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Description: This course focuses on the secondary level of health care, specifically analyzing the cultural, spiritual biopsychosocial needs of clients with acute multi-system problems and their families. Using a case study approach, the student examines the complex interrelationships between the client/family, the health care system and nursing. Emphasis is placed on client/family adaptation and the professional nursing role in an acute/critical care setting.
Description: 11/SP SECTION 01 Lab at MGH.
Description: This course focuses on the secondary level of health care, specifically examining the biopsychosocial needs of children and their families with acute multi-system health problems. Taken concurrently with NU 625 Acute Care Nursing, it helps the student develop a lifespan perspective to acute care while allowing an in-depth exploration of the special needs and problems of the acutely ill child and the family in the acute care setting. 2011 Summer: 12 week course
Description: This is a nursing practicum course requiring 80 hours of fieldwork experience in leadership. This is the final course in the leadership sequence. Students are required to complete fieldwork logs, a portfolio of the fieldwork experience, and a final synthesis paper. 12/FA meeting dates:9/12,10/10,11/7,12/5 13/SP:1/14,2/11,3/11,4/8 Hybrid
Description: This course builds on previous research experience. Students will develop an individual research proposal for implementation. The content of the course will incorporate a review of research and statistical methods. 13/S1&S2 sec 03 at BW 5/15,22,29&6/5,12,19,26&7/3,10,17,24,31
Description: This course focuses on the adaptation of the family during childbearing. It builds on previously acquired knowledge and skills and examines physiological, psychological, social, cultural, spiritual, ethical, legal, and professional issues of care. Selected clinical experiences in maternal-newborn settings help the learner begin to develop critical thinking skills and competence in family health nursing. 2011 Summer: 12 week course.
Description: This course focuses on the role of the professional nurse in the care of individuals with psychiatric-mental health problems and their families. The student examines major mental health problems across the lifespan, treatment modalities, and specific intervention strategies. Selected clinical experiences in a variety of health care settings facilitate the development of knowledge and skill. 13/SP:SEC 01 1/19,2/2&16,3/2,16&30,4/13&27
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Description: This course provides an objective introductory perspective on the newly emerging field of Complementary/Alternative Modalities (CAM). It examines the traditional, biomedical, and nursing theoretical bases for CAM. It offers empirical evidence that will allow the nurse to act as a teacher and advocate for the client as well as to assume a leadership and management role on the interdisciplinary team. While the course explores a range of modalities and systems, it focuses in depth on those clearly within the domain of nursing practice. 12/FA 02:9/4,11,25,10/9,23,11/6,13,27,12/4 13/SP:Sec 01 1/15,22&29,2/12,3/12,19&26,4/2&16 Hybrid
Description: This course will provide a comprehensive overview of case management concepts from both a regional and national perspective. It will introduce the student to core concepts in case management that are evidence-based, reflecting current research and practice across multiple health care settings. The focus will be on facilitating the student?s understanding of the role of case management in meeting diverse patient population needs and integrating case management models into contemporary delivery systems. 13/SP:1/22,2/5&19,3/12,4/2&16 Hybrid 13/FA:Hybrid 9/10,24 10/8,22 11/12,26
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Description: This course is the second of two courses required for students in the Nurse Practitioner Advanced Clinical Practice Graduate Program. Course content addresses pharmacologic interventions for disease categories and expands the foundation nurse practitioners must have in pharmacotherapeutics.
Description: This course is organized around the four major management functions of planning, organizing, directing and controlling. Management theory is presented as a framework for understanding the management functions of nurses in advanced practice. This course delineates the responsibilities and role of the advanced practice nurse in relation to administrative practice, the organization and organized health care services. The responsibilities of the clinical nurse as manager, resource person, communicator, collaborator and person responsible for ensuring effective primary care are integral components of this course. 13/SP: Sec 03 1/26&27,2/16&17,3/23,24,4/20&21 Hybrid
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Description: 13/S1&SII meets for 12 weeks
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Description: This course builds upon previous skills acquired in Health Assessment. Assessment includes in-depth history taking, physical examination techniques, and data analysis appropriate to all age groups. Clinical application is an ongoing requirement of the course with faculty support in a laboratory setting. 13/FA:Hybrid 9/7 10/5 11/2 12/7
Description: This course builds upon previous skills acquired in Health Assessment. Advanced Pediatric Health Assessment will develop in-depth skills in the collection of a pediatric health history. It will develop advanced pediatric physical assessment skills in the performance of examinations on pediatric and adolescent clients. Emphasis will be on the uniqueness of the pediatric client. The course will include clinical application through a pediatric laboratory experience in order to maximize the student?s clinical skills.
Description: 13/SP:1/26&27,2/16&17,3/23&24,4/20&21 Hybrid 13/FA:HYBRID 9/14,10/5,19 11/2,23
Description: 12/FA 01:9/15,29,10/13,27,11/10,12/1
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Description: This course integrates concepts from concurrent courses in pharmacology, pathophysiology, and health assessment with nursing theory, process, and research. It will foster development of skills in decision-making and clinical management of children. Discussions will focus on issues of health, policy, organizational issues, access to care, and advanced professional practice as they relate to the pediatric client. Classroom learning is applied in supervised clinical preceptorship experiences.
Description: This course integrates concepts from the concurrent courses in pharmacology, pathophysiology, and health assessment with nursing theory, process, and research. It will foster development of skills in decision-making and clinical management of families through the life cycle. Discussions will focus on issues of health, policy, organizational issues, access to care, and advanced professional practice as they relate to the family system. Classroom learning is applied in supervised clinical preceptorship experiences.
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Description: This is the second course in primary care of the child. This course continues the development of skills in decision-making and clinical management of children.
Description: This is the second course in primary care of the family. This course continues the development of skills in decision-making and clinical management of families through the life cycle.
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Description: The course focuses on the role of the advanced practice nurse emphasizing practice, research, financing, organizational and public policy issues related to primary care practice. In a seminar format, group discussion focuses on current and projected trends in primary care practice as they affect nurses in advanced practice.12/FA:1/19,2/2,2/23,3/22,4/26 13/SP:All Sections 1/17,2/14,3/14,4/4, 4/25 Hybrid
Description: This graduate level course provides knowledge of family dynamics during various stages of development. Gender and generational differences are addressed. The course is designed to enhance psychosocial assessment skills for clinicians working in health and/or human service settings. 13/S1:sec 02 HYBRID on-line on Mondays except 6/17 in class 5/15,22,29,6/5,12,17,19 13/FA sec 01:9/14,15 10/12,13 11/9,10 12/7,8
Description: An overview of various components involved in the dynamic of teaching/learning: Philosophy, educational psychology, curriculum, methodology, evaluation, and assessment. Emphasis is placed on the development of the nurse educator as a reflective practitioner. Discussion of social, ethical, legal, and professional issues related to current and future student populations. Students must register 3 weeks prior to start of class. 13/S1:5/16&17 AND 6/6&7 13/FA sec 01:9/22, 10/20,11/17,12/8
Description: Prereq:NU670,ED620,ED622 Students must register 3 weeks prior to the first class.
Description: Informatics in Health Care explores the background and theory of nursing and health care information systems. Strategies are examined for analyzing, designing /developing, implementing, and evaluating information systems for health care professionals and consumers with an emphasis on improving the quality of care delivery. Content and projects are applicable to advance practice nurses, nurse educators, researchers, nurse leaders, executives, and other health care professionals. Method of assessment: online discussions and synthesis, major paper. 13/SP:All sections 1/19,2/9,3/2,4/13 HYBRID 13/FA Sec 01: 9/14,10/5,11/2,11/23
Description: Using the quantitative science of epidemiology and biostatics, the course examines the basis for identification and analysis of factors that promote and inhibit the health of populations. The course includes the history and methods of epidemiology, contemporary public health issues as well as selected biostatics. Epidemiological methods and biostatics are applied to nursing practice, leadership, education and research. 13/S1:5/13,5/20,6/3,6/10 13/FA sec 01:9/21,10/19,11/16,12/7
Description: This course focuses on the complexities inherent in the culture and health interface and how these variable influence quality health care in the context of the American health care system. Frameworks, theories, and models that explore culture and health, generally, and among selected populations, specifically, are identified. Within a cross-cultural perspective, quality health care is considered from the perspectives of the individual, family, group or community client, and of the nurse who may be in direct care, educational, leadership or research positions. 13/SP:1/27,2/17,3/24,4/21 HYBRID 13/S:5/18,6/1,6/8,6/15
Description: This course provides the learner with an in-depth analysis of advanced quantitative research methods used in nursing and health care research. Focus is placed on the following topics: research designs, sampling methods, data collection strategies, instrument selection and analytic models. Learners use critical thinking skills to analyze quantitative methods as a framework for making decisions regarding clinical problems. Selected statistical models will be discussed in order to summarize and examine research data within the decision-making framework. Content will be applied to actual clinical problems. 13/SP:1/20,2/10,3/3,4/14 HYBRID 13/FA sec 01:9/15,10/6,11/3,11/24
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Description: 13/FA ALL SECTIONS MEETING:9/14,10/5,11/2,11/23
Description: 13/SP :All sections meeting dates 1/27,2/17,3/24,4/21 HYBRID
Description: 13/SP sec 01&02 dates 1/27 & 4/21 HYBRID 13/FA ALL SECTIONS MEETING: 9/14,10/5,11/2,11/23
