A variable content classroom course in nursing in which students pursue topics or subjects of current interest that are not part of the regular curriculum. A specific course description will be published in the Trimester Course Schedule for the trimester the course is offered. Not open to students with credit for Research and Historical Foundations in Nursing. This course describes the relationship between nursing theory, nursing research, and nursing practice. The implications for the future direction of nursing theory and practice are drawn from previous nursing research.
Students evaluate research literature and prepare a research proposal.
This course introduces the nurse to business principles as they apply to the health care industry including principles of marketing, ethics, accounting, finance, operations, economics, Information management and strategic planning. Emphasis is placed on the integration of business principles in the nursing environment within various practice settings. This course provides opportunities for the student to develop insight and understanding of how individuals, families, and groups in the community deal with and optimize their own health care. Collaboration with colleagues, other health professionals, and citizens in the community in order to identify individual, group, and community health needs and maintain continuity of care is encouraged. Clinical nursing experience in the community will be through home visits and participation in school nursing activities.