Each student s program is individualized to the student s interests and needs through clinical placements, papers, presentations, and electives courses. Part-time students usually complete the program in six semesters. All students, regardless of the option they select in the Children's Health advanced practice area, are required to take the following core courses. Additional courses for the NNP, PNP, and CNS options follow. Examines Health Care Systems development, impacts, and prospects for change.
Content enables nurses to draw implications for nursing practice and advocacy for improving systems.
Examines the historical evolution, theoretical roots, current roles and context of advanced practice nursing. Content addresses the definition issues, and scope of advanced practice nursing within a changing environment. This course focuses on the relations between research and practice, the research process, and on non-experimental designs. This two course sequence explores the philosophy, logic, and methods of research and statistical analysis for use in clinical practice. This course focuses on sampling, measurement, data management, experimental designs, and on the use of data for improving practice.