Process and methods of research and their application to nursing and health care. Emphasis on research utilization. Role preparation for advanced nursing practice. Emphasis on core concepts and responsibilities for development of expertise in the domains of advanced nursing practice in a variety of health care settings. In-depth study of the physiological and pathological bases of altered health states of patients across the life span.
Case studies facilitate application of complex concepts to clinical nursing practice.
Principles of clinical pharmacology and the related human physiology and pathophysiology for advanced clinical practice. Emphasis on assessment of patients across the life span. Emphasis on the use, calculation, manipulation, interpretation, and presentation of descriptive and inferential statistics specific to various nursing research problems. Includes an introduction to the collection and analysis of qualitative research data. Synthesis of the knowledge and skills inherent in the role of the clinical nurse specialist engaged in acute and chronic medical-surgical nursing in a variety of settings with patients from across the life span.