In addition, fundamentals of health care policy development are introduced to facilitate the merging of the financial, economic, and political dimensions with health care delivery. Changes in health care delivery brought about by the focus on cost containment, managed care, and other aspects of health care reform, including alternative delivery models will be stressed. Particular emphasis will be placed on gaining an understanding of health care policy implications for vulnerable populations at the national level and how those policies are implemented at the community level. Focuses on the examination of the theoretical basis for family nursing practice through the critical analysis of nursing and related theories. The history and evolution of nursing's theoretical foundations and the relationship between this theoretical knowledge and practice and research are explored.
Students analyze and evaluate theories for application to their own practice.
Capstone course which focuses on the theoretical and empirical basis for leadership behavior, management principles, and role performance in the context of advanced clinical nursing practice. Provides the foundation for advanced principles of clinical pharmacokinetics with application to dosage determination. The pharmacokinetics of autonomic transmission, adrenergic agonists and blocking agents, cholinergic agonists, muscarinic blocking agents and cardiovascular agents are examined. Psychotropic agents including antipsychotics, antidepressants, anxiolytics, hypnosedatives, and anticulvulsants are also addressed. Focuses on the advanced physiology of altered health and body functions and disease processes with emphasis on clinical application to practice.