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| NURS 597 Clinic & Didactic Tchng Meth - 3.00 credits |
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| The purpose of this course it to prepare the prospective nurse faculty with the foundational principles and skills necessary for didactic teaching in the classroom and for supervision in clinical settings. Educational theories and instructional methods will be explored to enhance learning among traditional and non-traditional student populations in differing types of programs within the higher education environment. |
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| NURS 598 Teaching Critical Thinking & Clinical Decision-Making in Nursing - 3.00 credits |
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| This course is designed to prepare the prospective nurse faculty with theoretical principles, process, and instructional skills to promote critical thinking that result in appropriate clinical decision-making when interacting with student nurses in the classroom and clinical settings. Techniques for the facilitation of learning will be emphasized. |
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| NURS 599 Curriculum Design in Nursing Education - 3.00 credits |
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| This course offers the student practical applications in curriculum design, including the development of a teaching/learning philosophy, mission statement, programmatic goals, learning objectives, individual courses, and teaching plans. |
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| NURS 626 Masters Nursing Education Practicum I - 3.00 credits |
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| First half of a 2-term sequence focusing on the role of the nurse educator in classroom and clinical settings. Includes precepted didactic and clinical teaching hours. Settings vary according to interests, goals and career objectives. NURS 627 continues the practicum sequence. |
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| NURS 627 Masters Nursing Education Practicum II - 3.00 credits |
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| Second half of a 2-term sequence focusing on the role of the nurse educator in classroom and clinical settings. Includes precepted didactic and clinical teaching hours. Settings vary according to interests, goals and career objectives. NURS 626 begins the practicum sequence. |
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| NURS 669 Professional Seminar for Advance Practice Nurses - 1.00 credits |
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| This required course is the application and integration of the role and competencies of the MSN prepared nurse with advanced nursing knowledge who will seek employment in a diversity of advanced practice roles. The roles of the MSN graduate as clinician, educator, researcher, expert, and leader are presented and explored. Interpretation and application, professional issues, practice issues, legislative issues, certification issues, insurance issues, legal issues and ethical conflict resolution in advanced nursing practice are explored. |
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| NURS 600 Measurement & Evaluation in Nursing Education - 3.00 credits |
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| This course offers the student practical applications in assessment of learning outcomes, systematic test construction using multiple-choice format and alternative formats, and basic test statistics. Participants will explore advantages and limitations of a wide variety of classroom and clinical testing modalities. |
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| NURS 613 The Role and Responsibility of the Nursing Professor - 3.00 credits |
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| Academic policies, protocols, and legal aspects of education will be explored. Campus relationships, prospective & current student issues as well as laws affecting students will be examined. Situational events that occur in the classroom and clinical settings will be highlighted for students to research, discuss and develop a format for applying case law to student faculty issues. |
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| NURS 614 Tech for Nurs Educ & Practice - 3.00 credits |
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| The purpose of this course it to expand on technology skills that support the nurse educator in the virtual learning environment. This course prepares the student educator with the skills to utilize available technology for the development of on-line course work for the academic setting and program development for staff and patient education and the preparation community outreach programs. |
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