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MSN Women's Health Nurse Practitioner

Curriculum

The program consists of 58 credits (17 courses).

*Please be aware that curriculum changes and a plan of study will be added to this page in the near future.

Core Courses (18 Credits)
INFO 526Information, Innovation & Technology in Advanced Nursing Practice3.00 credits
NURS 500Confronting Issues in Contemporary Health Care Environments3.00 credits
NURS 502Advanced Ethical Decision Making in Health Care3.00 credits
NURS 527Evidence Based Approaches to Practice3.00 credits
RSCH 519Introduction to Biostatistics3.00 credits
RSCH 523Methods for Health Research3.00 credits

Support Courses (20 Credits)
NURS 548Advanced Pathophysiology3.00 credits
NURS 549Advanced Pharmacology3.00 credits
NURS 550Advanced Physical Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning4.00 credits
NURS 664Professional Issues for Nurse Practitioners1.00 credits
NURS 678Health, Wellness, and Primary Care for WHNP I3.00 credits
NURS 679Health, Wellness, and Primary Care for WHNP II3.00 credits
NURS 682Pharmacology - Women's Health Nurse Practitioner3.00 credits

Practicum (20 Credits)
NURS 690Management/Care of Women Gynecological Needs I5.00 credits
NURS 691Management/Care of Women in Gynecological Needs II5.00 credits
NURS 692Mgmt/Care of Women/Families Obstetrical Needs I5.00 credits
NURS 693Mgmt/Care of Women/Families Obstetrical Needs II5.00 credits

Course Descriptions

INFO 526 Information, Innovation & Technology in Advanced Nursing Practice - 3.00 credits

This course is designed to provide an in-depth introduction to information systems and technologies that support practice and improve patient care and outcomes. Development of information management and technology skills (which meet ANA Informatics Competencies) will be incorporated throughout the course. Content is directed toward assisting the student in understanding the relationship between patient care and complex information and data issues involved in clinical practice.

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NURS 500 Confronting Issues in Contemporary Health Care Environments - 3.00 credits

Confronting Issues in Contemporary Health Care Environments examines Health care policy and policies in terms of contemporary issues related to advanced practice nursing, health care access, quality and cost. The focus of this course is the critical analysis of health policy and legal issues.

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NURS 502 Advanced Ethical Decision Making in Health Care - 3.00 credits

This is a course for masters students who have already had some experience in ethical decision making, both academically in the classroom and in practice. This course will take an interdisciplinary focus, as ethical decision making at this level rarely ever is the decision of a single discipline. A variety of ethical topics will be analyzed from various perspectives and depths in an effort to more broadly and more profoundly address the moral difficulties that the advanced practice practitioner in an interdisciplinary environment is likely to encounter.

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NURS 527 Evidence Based Approaches to Practice - 3.00 credits

This course focuses on using research to guide evidence-based practice. Communication, collaboration, and decision making skills from a multidisciplinary approach essential to collect, evaluate, and apply research to practice will be emphasized. During this course the student will learn to (1) conduct efficient, thorough searches of the research literature; (2) evaluate the quality of a body of research through an appraisal of design, methodology, and data analysis; (3) summarize the findings from an overall body of research; and (4) apply research evidence to issues of current nursing practice.

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RSCH 519 Introduction to Biostatistics - 3.00 credits

This is an introductory course which focuses on the fundamentals of biostatistics for health sciences graduate students. Excel-based and SPSS assignments will be used to supplement the content.

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RSCH 523 Methods for Health Research - 3.00 credits

The course is designed to provide professional graduate students with the skills necessary to evaluate the relationship between practice and published research. The course content includes an overview of research concepts, ethics in research, literature searches and reviews, quantitative and qualitative research methods and designs, and data collection, analysis and interpretation techniques. An interdisciplinary team of faculty teaches the course using a problem solving approach. When feasible, concepts and problems are addressed by students in interdisciplinary teams. Through evaluation of published research in an interdisciplinary context, the skills of evidence-based practice are developed.

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NURS 548 Advanced Pathophysiology - 3.00 credits

Building on a foundation of normal physiology, students are exposed to the major disturbances of normal function and the basic mechanisms involved in disease of the major organ systems. The course includes discussion of the general aspects of the common human pathophysiological conditions and syndromes.

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NURS 549 Advanced Pharmacology - 3.00 credits

This course is designed to build on prior pharmacologic study of actions and effects of drugs on the human system across the life span. Students will study pharmacologic mechanisms of action, effects on organ systems, routes of administration, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic uses, considerations related to age and physiologic state, adverse reactions, contraindications, and drop interactions.

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NURS 550 Advanced Physical Assessment & Diagnostic Reasoning - 4.00 credits

This course is designed to introduce the experienced clinical nurse to advanced clinical history taking and physical assessment for adult and pediatric patients. Course content focuses on concepts, theory and practice obtaining comprehensive health histories for patients of all ages and states of health.

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NURS 664 Professional Issues for Nurse Practitioners - 1.00 credits

This required course is the application and integration of the role and competencies of the nurse practitioner. The roles of the nurse practitioner as clinician, educator, researcher, expert, and leader are presented and explored. Interpretation and application of professional issues, practice issues, legislative issues, certification issues, insurance issues, legal issues and ethical conflict resolution in advanced nursing practice are explored and integrated into a model of interdisciplinary collaborative practice.

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NURS 678 Health, Wellness, and Primary Care for WHNP I - 3.00 credits

This course focuses on primary care of women throughout the life cycle. Within the framework of a multicultural viewpoint, students begin by examining strategies for preventive interventions as well as health screening and immunization schedules as women progress from adolescence to maturity.

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NURS 679 Health, Wellness, and Primary Care for WHNP II - 3.00 credits

This course follows NURS 678 Health, Wellness, and Primary Care for WHNP I. Students build upon the introductory framework presented in WHNP I with emphasis on disorders which are likely to be encountered in a women's health care setting.

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NURS 682 Pharmacology - Women's Health Nurse Practitioner - 3.00 credits

This course is designed to prepare the WHNP student for the safe managing and prescribing of therapeutic agents utilized in primary care settings for OB and GYN care. Students will build on prior pharmacologic study of actions and effects of medications on the human system across the life span.

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NURS 690 Management/Care of Women Gynecological Needs I - 5.00 credits

This course focuses on theoretical knowledge and psychomotor skills related to caring for the common, routine gynecological needs of women throughout the lifecycle.

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NURS 691 Management/Care of Women in Gynecological Needs II - 5.00 credits

This course builds upon the content presented in GYN I and focuses on theoretical knowledge related to the more complex gynecological needs of women throughout the life cycle.

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NURS 692 Mgmt/Care of Women/Families Obstetrical Needs I - 5.00 credits

This course focuses on theoretical knowledge and psychomotor skills related to caring for women and families during low-risk pregnancy as well as the preconception period.

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NURS 693 Mgmt/Care of Women/Families Obstetrical Needs II - 5.00 credits

This course builds upon content presented in OB I. This course focuses on theoretical knowledge related to high-risk obstetrics as well as both low-risk & high-risk post-partum care. The intricacies of a wide range of complications of pregnancy will be analyzed and related to the role of the nurse practitioner.

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