ADVANCED PRACTICE NURSING THEORY: ADULTS AND OLDER ADULTS

NURSING 433

Learn to provide high quality, person-centered nursing care to older adults, using current research, evidenced-based guidelines, and foundational content to assess, form nursing diagnoses, and manage the complex health needs of older adults by being able to differentiate between healthy and unhealthy aging, explore social determinants of health, provide for safety and well-being, and consider ethical clinical-decision making in geriatrics.

NURSING 446

Spend concentrated time in two settings focusing on the complex care of individuals across the lifespan, families, and communities. Demonstrate advanced ability to integrate professional nursing related theory and concepts as they develop and implement the plan of care. Mentoring by clinical nursing preceptors in the clinical setting and by School of Nursing faculty in simulation and seminar settings.

NURSING 801

Examination of middle-range theory, micro-theory, and conceptual frameworks and their application in nursing science, with emphasis on critique and selection of a theory and/or framework to guide the student's research.

NURSING 741

Analyzes selected family and child development theories and research that inform advanced practice nursing. Applies these concepts to assess child and family needs, enhance the parent-child relationship, and develop family-centered, culturally responsive interventions in health and illness.

NURSING 751

Analysis and integration of selected theories and models in psychotherapy, neuroscience, mental health, psychiatric disorders, and advanced psychiatric mental health nursing in complex care settings with diverse patients, communities, and populations.