552 Ron and Kathy Assaf College of Nursing NSG 5143—Health Informatics Project Management This course examines standard project management capabilities and provides an in-depth experience with health information ecosystem improvement as applicable to nursing informatics. Context of innovative and creative projects for finding solutions for healthcare scenarios are presented. The course will incorporate Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt process improvement tools by using the DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control) problem-solving model for healthcare settings. Students will be presented with basic project-management tools and techniques. To address the challenges of safety, quality, effectiveness, and efficiency in healthcare systems, students will operationalize informatics solutions. Additionally, students will learn to effectively present a generated, problem-solving proposal to audiences, including IT personnel, medical and nursing staff, colleagues, and patients. (3 credit hours) NSG 5220—Health Promotion and Disease Prevention This course provides a theoretical basis for health promotion and disease prevention. Organizational, patient-centered, and culturally responsive concepts are examined as they pertain to population health. The master’s prepared nurse will collaborate, communicate, and consult with the interprofessional team to design evidence-based health promotion, disease prevention, population care, and services to individuals, families, communities, and aggregates/clinical populations nationally and globally. Health promotion and disease prevention will be explored from an ecological/epidemiological perspective, including critical social, political, racial/ethnic, cultural, and economic environments. The importance of health policy, information technology, and leadership principles are examined pertaining to health promotion and disease prevention. (3 credit hours) NSG 5250—Fiscal Management in Complex Health Systems This course focuses on the interconnectedness of financial management, regulatory requirements, and stakeholder input, utilizing a systems thinking approach to nursing budgeting. Students will demonstrate decision-making strategies for integrating financial data to improve healthcare delivery in complex health systems. Students will apply financial management principles to current healthcare issues. The relationship between financial and ethical responsibilities is examined. (3 credit hours) NSG 5300—Nursing Curriculum Development This course introduces the student to the process of curriculum development. The relationship of nursing curriculum to the parent institution’s mission and philosophy is analyzed. Issues of accreditation, standards of professional nursing practice, and legal/ethical issues are analyzed within the context of curriculum development and program evaluation. Selected theories, principles, and techniques of curriculum development are explored. The role of the educator is explored. (3 credit hours) NSG 5340—Nurse Leadership Roles in Complex Health Systems This course focuses on nursing leadership roles within a complex healthcare system. The student will apply leadership, change, and organizational theories within a framework of systems thinking. Students will develop strategies for introducing and sustaining change. Ethical and legal concerns related to the nursing leadership role are explored. (3 credit hours) NSG 5360—Nurse Educator Capstone This course addresses two distinct foci for the nurse educator: role preparation in both academic and healthcare settings and development of in-depth knowledge and expertise in a particular area of nursing. For the educator-role focus, students will analyze, synthesize, and utilize concepts of education. For the clinical-expertise focus, students will apply advanced conceptual knowledge in graduate-level clinical practice experiences. Students work directly with preceptors to fulfill clinical and educational objectives. (3 credit hours) NSG 5370—Introduction to Educational Concepts This course examines the conceptual basis and evidence- based educational research for teaching and learning. The relationships between learning outcomes, learning styles, instructional strategies, assignments, and activities in educational environments are identified. Strategies for promoting student success and classroom management are examined. Various educational environments are explored. Legal and ethical considerations of instruction are included. (3 credit hours) NSG 5380—Educational Concepts I: Principles of Evaluation This course focuses on methods to assess and evaluate learning outcomes in various educational environments. Evidencebased educational research that supports evaluation is explored. Legal and ethical aspects impacting evaluations are discussed. (3 credit hours) NSG 5440—Quality Management in Complex Health Systems This course focuses on the structure and design of nursing governance models and prepares the master’s prepared nurse to participate in the design and implementation of new models of care delivery and coordination. Governance models drive the operational, educational, and research process for nursing practice in a healthcare system. Managing complex health systems includes the use of technology to assess performance, as well as human resource practices to document and address variations. Through application of evidence-based research, the master’s prepared nurse leader evaluates and applies best practices to the delivery
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