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14.6 COLLEGE OF NURSING: COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
These courses are offered at UA. The additional courses in the curriculum may be offered through UAB or UAH. Full curriculum outlines are available through the Capstone College of Nursing administrative offices.

NUR 501 Theoretical Models for Advanced Nursing Practice with Rural Populations. Two hours.
Pertinent theories with relevance to health care for rural populations from nursing and related fields will provide the framework for consideration of nursing roles in case management. Specifically, the content will be derived from rural nursing theory, ethics, teaching/learning, communication, nursing, health care delivery systems, management theory, change, role delineation, and decision making. Students will apply the theoretical bases to their advanced practice case management role.

NUR 502 Issues in Community-Based Care for Rural Populations. Two hours.
Students will examine selected issues that affect health care. The organization and financing of health care for rural populations will receive considerable attention. The advanced practice nurse case manager student will gain understanding of the development of health care policy and the ethical, political, economic, sociocultural, and technological forces influencing the delivery of care.

NUR 505 Advanced Health Assessment. Three hours.
This course will assist the graduate nursing student to further develop health assessment skills for obtaining and recording a systematic health history as well as advanced holistic health assessment of individuals across the life span.

NUR 520 Evidence Based Practice: Roles and Processes. Four hours.
Includes the case manager functions of assessing, planning, intervening, monitoring, and evaluating. Emphasized in the course are clinical, financial, functional, and satisfaction outcomes at the individual and population levels; responding to complex patient demands and systems requirements; implementing a coordinated, multidisciplinary, collaborative approach to care; and developing, using, and refining case management founded on evidenced-based practice. Application of these concepts is begun in the clinical portion of the course.

NUR 522 Human Relations Management. Three hours.
Focuses on establishing relationships with clients and families, group dynamics, team building, leadership and management skills, negotiation, human diversity in health and illness, conflict management, and rural health issues relevant for case management of rural populations.

NUR 530 Case Management Practicum/CNL Immersion Experience. Six hours.
Provides a synthesis experience for students regarding assessing, planning, intervening, monitoring, and evaluating health care. Opportunities for student interaction to facilitate synthesis are provided.

NUR 531 Nursing Faculty Roles and Responsibilities. Three hours
This online course will provide an in depth analysis of the roles and responsibilities nursing faculty. This will prepare faculty to participate in the process of designing, implementing, and evaluating a nursing curriculum. This course will include didactic, clinical and administrative roles and responsibilities, of faculty.
 
NUR 532 Instructional Media for Nursing Education. Three hours
This course will provide students with an overview of instructional technology and media that can be used in undergraduate and graduate level instruction in nursing education programs. This course will provide students with skills to begin on site and online instruction. It will explore the use of computers, software, models, simulators, and other instructional media.
 
NUR 540 Nurse Educator Practicum. Six hours
This course focuses on the application of the nurse educator's functions of assessing, planning, intervening, monitoring, and evaluating nursing education in the academic environment. Emphasis is placed on implementing a coordinated, interdisciplinary, collaborative, technologically appropriate and integrated approach to nursing curriculum, design, implementation and evaluation. Web-based conferences will assist students in the exploration and application of teaching and learning issues in self-selected academic experiences.
 
NUR 580 Fiscal Resource Management. Three hours.
Addresses principles of fiscal resources management and their application to case management. Concepts include cost analysis, budgeting, contract development, financial aspects of program development and evaluation, and cost accounting and tracking for rural populations.

NUR 595 Issues in Pharmacotherapeutics. Three hours.
This course provides the students with the opportunity to explore issues in pharmacotherapeutics which affect clinical management of individuals and rural populations. Issues to be explored included: evidence-based and cost-effective strategies; traditional and alternative interventions; technological advances in the development, distribution and administration of pharmacotherapeutics; legal issues; and, new developments in clinical pharmacology.

NUR 599 Thesis Project. Three hours.
Focuses on the actual implementation of the research process, including the development of the proposal, institutional review board (IRB) approval, data collection, data analysis, and writing the research report.

NUR 696 Seminar in Quantitative Research. Three hours.
In this course students are expected to utilize knowledge from quantitative methodology and statistics in this course. The seminar will provide students with opportunities to synthesize knowledge gained in this and other courses in order to address topics of for research in nursing education.


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