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Course Descriptions

 

RN-BSN Nursing
  

  • NRSG 365 - Nursing Informatics for RNs (2)


    Corequisite: NRSG 314  
    This course is the combination of nursing science, information science, and computer science, integrated to facilitate nursing practice with technological structures supportive of evidence-based, decision-making. Information management in the health care setting is introduced related to the emerging role of nurses who use computer technology to enhance their practice. Legal and ethical standards of documentation will be analyzed. Emphasis on quality and safety concerns are explored, along with workflow and professional documentation. This is a two (2) credit hour course and students are expected to complete thirty (30) clock hours.

     

  

  • NRSG 375 - Gerontological Nursing (2)


    Corequisite: NRSG 314  
    This course reviews the normal processes and relationships involved in aging. The CREATION Health and Neuman Systems Models will be used to frame the nursing care that promotes and maintains the health of the aging population. Ethical, legal, political, and economical aspects of aging will be analyzed. Students will explore compassionate nursing practice related to dying clients. Prescription and non-prescription interventions will be discussed. Clinical assignments may include either acute care or community-based environments. This a two (2) credit hour course and students are expected to complete thirty (30) clock hours.
  

  • NRSG 440 - Community Health for RNs (4)


    Corequisite: NRSG 314  
    This course will explore the role of the nurse caring for individuals, families, and communities, with an emphasis on designing, implementing, and evaluating population health-based interventions to promote health. The student will integrate caring, Christian principles to guide interactions with clients, healthcare professionals, and the public through effective communication skills. The student will appraise the community needs and design a CREATION Health, educational project by teaching to an aggregate in the community, that meets the demands for service to the community.  This is a four (4) credit hour course with a clinical component, and students are expected to complete sixty (60) clock hours.
  

  • NRSG 480 - Leadership and Management in Nursing RNs (3)


    Corequisite: NRSG 314  
    This course is designed to introduce the student to activities that merge leadership and management theory with application to current nursing practice.  The course focuses on the application of contemporary leadership and management principles in the current healthcare environment. This course includes clinical projects that are completed outside of the classroom setting including (a) an interview with a nurse leader and (b) attendance at a professional organization meeting.  This is a three (3) credit hour course and students are expected to complete forty-five (45) clock hours.
  

  • NRSG 486 - Seminar in Nursing for RNs (2)

    Prerequisites: NRSG 314  , NRSG 335  , NRSG 337  , NRSG 365  , NRSG 375  , NRSG 440  
    Corequisite: NRSG 480  , NRSG 497  
    This course provides an opportunity for students to explore CREATION Health related issues and analyze the impact that cultural, economic, political and scientific changes have on healthcare. The course is a seminar in which students participate in the online discussions of a variety of issues relevant to the nursing profession and the health care system. This is a two (2) credit hour course and students are expected to complete thirty (30) clock hours.
  

  • NRSG 497 - Introduction to Research for RNs (3)

    Prerequisites: STAT 205  
    This course is designed to prepare practicing nurses to analyze the research methods, incorporate clinical appraisal, and integrate research results into nursing practice. Students learn to critique nursing, evidence-based, research articles that apply to their nursing practice. Additionally, they develop qualitative and quantitative research proposals, incorporating the CREATION Health and Neuman Systems Models, and are presented as the capstone project. This is a three (3) credit hour course and students are expected to complete forty-five (45) clock hours.
  

  • NURS 465 - Transition into the Nursing Profession (3)


    This course will prepare students to take the NCLEX-RN exam, as well as transition them to professional nursing practice. The application of NCLEX principles and concepts will be utilized preparing the student for success on NCLEX.  Students will develop individualized NCLEX-RN study plans designed to assist them to complete NCLEX Prep practice exams. Students will perform analysis of their practice exam results to determine areas of the NCLEX test plan needing improvement. Additionally, students will be required to participate in laboratory practice-setting activities to enhance their critical thinking skills related to professional nursing practice.

Sociology
  

  • SOCI 125 - Introduction to Sociology (3)


    This course is a survey of the basic processes of human association and interaction, including the dynamics of groups, social roles, communication, and mass behavior. (Fall, Spring, Summer)
  

  • SOCI 159 - Directed Study in Sociology (1)


    Credit of one to three hours is available. Permission of the department chair is required for admission.
    This course provides the student with the opportunity for directed study of a particular problem or area.
  

  • SOCI 301 - Multicultural Applications for the Health Sciences (3)

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102 , PSYC 124 , SOCI 125  
    PSYC 124  or SOCI 125 . All prerequisites must be completed with a minimum grade of “C” (2.00).
    SOCI 301 enables students to develop an understanding of sociocultural and linguistic factors within the healthcare facility and ultimately the wider community. Students will explore issues relating to multiculturalism such as language, race, gender, age, ethnicity, social class, religion, physical and mental abilities, and other issues of diversity. They will explore how diversity impacts the relationship and the effectiveness of the care provider and the patient/client. Students will be able to construct their own perspective of diversity within the healthcare facility and the broader community. (Spring)
  

  • SOCI 349 - Aging and Society (3)

    Prerequisites: ENGL 102  
    All prerequisites must be completed with a minimum grade of “C” (2.00).
    This course explores the relationship between attitudes within society and the elderly. It examines the increasing influence of senior citizens upon the norms, politics, economics, and demographics of society. (Fall, Spring, Summer)
  

  • SOCI 459 - Topics in Sociology (1)


    Credit of one to three hours is available. Permission of the department chair is required for admission.
    This course focuses on various topics in the area of sociology and will be offered as needs and interest arise.

Spanish
  

  • SPAN 105 - Spanish for the Healthcare Worker (3)


    This course teaches basic communication skills for conversing with Spanish-speaking patients in the healthcare setting. The student learns basic grammatical structure and vocabulary as well as specific medical terminology.  Fall, Summer

Speech
  

  • SPCH 145 - Introduction to Public Speaking (3)


    This course emphasizes the preparation and presentation of informative and persuasive speeches, including methods of securing interest, persuasion, and delivery. The course meets the requirement for an oral communication course (see the communication requirements section in the Academic Catalog). (Fall, Spring, Summer)

Statistics
  

  • STAT 205 - Introduction to Applied Statistics (3)


    Prerequisites: Two semesters of high school algebra with a minimum grade of “B” (3.00) or a college-level math course with a minimum grade of “C” (2.00).
    This course is an introduction to statistics and its applications and is designed to prepare students to interpret and evaluate statistics and statistical methods used in published research papers and to make decisions about the appropriateness of specific statistical methods in a variety of settings. Areas of emphasis will include descriptive statistics; analysis of graphs; sampling methods; binomial, z, t, and chi-square; confidence intervals; and hypothesis testing. This course will not fulfill the pre-requisite requirements for graduate degrees. (Fall, Spring, Summer)
  

  • STAT 215 - Elementary Statistics (3)


    Prerequisites: MATH 105 , or higher level college. Two years of high school algebra with a minimum grade of “B” (3.00).
    This course is an introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics, including elementary probability; probability distributions; hypothesis testing, correlation, and regression. (Fall, Spring, Summer)
  

  • STAT 515 - Scientific Inquiry and Research (3)


    This course is a review of research designs and scientific methods of research, including concepts of validity, reliability, and standardization leading to the systematic evaluation and application of evidence-based research. The course covers qualitative and quantitative data analyses including one-sample, correlation and regression, analysis of variance and covariance, factorial and multivariate, and nonparametric methodologies relevant to healthcare. The utilization of scientific evidence through scholarly inquiry to improve business, as well as clinical processes and ultimately patient outcomes, is emphasized.

Healthcare Administration
  

  • HTCA 354 - Leadership and Organizational Behavior (3)


    This course is an exploration of the nature of individual and group behavior as it relates to the workplace. Attention will be given to motivation, performance, and morale, as well as the supervision and leadership of employees.
  

  • HTCA 470 - Patient Care Management (3)


    This course provides an overview on how to operate and manage a healthcare organization with the purpose of improving operational efficiencies and the quality of patient care. Students will become familiar with managing different types of health care organizations. Students will learn management techniques that impact quality of care, understand the role of governance and issues in managing ancillary services. 
  

  • HTCA 480 - Human Resources Management (3)


    This course examines the role of the human resource professional as a strategic partner in managing organizations. Key functions such as recruitment, selection, development, appraisal, retention, compensation, and labor relations are examined. Implications of legal and global environments are appraised and current issues such as diversity training, sexual harassment policies, and rising benefit costs are analyzed.
  

  • HTCA 485 - Healthcare Strategic Planning and Decision Making (3)


    This course focuses on strategic planning for healthcare organizations. Students will learn to gauge their organization’s readiness; how to develop strategies that align with their organization’s core values; and how to involve stakeholders in the planning process. Students will also learn how to collect and analyze data to identify areas in need of improvement.
  

  • HTCA 490 - Information Systems Management (3)


    This course provides an overview of the healthcare information systems industry, its history, recent developments and continuing challenges, and a practical understanding of healthcare information systems acquisition and implementation.
  

  • HTCA 495 - Internship (6)

    Prerequisites: All other required courses for the BSHA degree.
    Students learn to apply concepts and theories of management as they work full-time under the direct supervision of a practitioner. To initiate the contractual arrangements for the course and select the area of emphasis for the internship, a student must meet with an advisor and the appropriate faculty at least three months before the internship is scheduled to begin. Spring
  

  • HTCA 503 - Information Systems Management for Healthcare (3)


    This course provides the student with a basic background in the terminology, technology, electronic health record, security, accountability for care, and application of Information Systems in a healthcare setting. Meaningful case studies are considered to help take aim at today’s challenges while laying the groundwork for the changes ahead.
  

  • HTCA 513 - Information Systems and Healthcare Informatics (3)


    This course provides the student with a conceptual framework for data base development, relational data management, use of health statistics, health indicators, confidentiality, security and privacy in a healthcare setting. Meaningful case studies are considered to help take aim at todays challenges while laying the groundwork for the changes ahead.
  

  • HTCA 533 - Healthcare Finance (3)


    This course introduces healthcare providers in leadership roles to essential concepts in finance. This includes content regarding the business of practice management, such as reimbursement methodologies and payment policies. Additionally, it addresses concepts of responsibility of leadership related to finance. Topics include: qualitative assessment and healthcare financial management, effect of financial management on the changing face of healthcare, tax status of healthcare organizations, third-party payer system, Medicare and Medicaid, determining product costs, reimbursement methodologies, managing working capital, managing revenue cycle, managing materials, operating budgets, capital budgets; and financial analysis.
  

  • HTCA 543 - Ethical and Legal Issues in Healthcare (3)


    This course will expose students to the principles of business ethics as well as understanding clinical ethical dilemmas. In the process of reviewing these general principles, students will consider and develop their own prioritized values that would apply to their anticipated work in healthcare organizations. Special emphasis will be placed on the administrator’s ethical and social responsibility in deciding how to allocate resources and deal with conflicting interests. Governance structures and audit systems will be addressed as well as ethical frameworks for decision-making. The course considers the legal obligation and responsibilities of healthcare organizations in administration. Elements of corporation, agency, administrative, and common law are covered. In addition, voluntary and government regulations of the healthcare industry are discussed. This course critically examines the major social, political, and economic forces impacting business organizations.
  

  • HTCA 545 - Population Health Management (3)


    This course will provide students with training in the measurement, analysis, method, language, models, and concepts of population health. The course clarifies how an understanding of determinants of health can influence public policy, planning, and research to promote a healthier society with greater health equity. By the end of the course, students will understand the relationship between health care and individual and population health, and be able to combine that knowledge with critical thinking to identify, evaluate, and address issues in health care and population health, collaboratively. Students will be able to apply statistical and epidemiological methods to clinical and managerial decision making and to interpreting and appraising the literature on health care delivery. They will be able to analyze the forces, explicit (e.g. legal, financial) and implicit (e.g. historical, cultural), that influence individual and population health and the health care delivery. Students will demonstrate the structure and function of front line systems in healthcare and apply principles and practices that improve processes, outcomes, and value.
  

  • HTCA 554 - Leadership and Organizational Behavior (3)


    This course explores the various leadership theories. The course focuses on leadership’s role and responsibilities in the maintenance and improvement of productivity, quality, and the competitive position of the enterprise. Critical issues such as employee motivation, interpersonal perception, communication, accommodation of the individual to the organization, individual career development, organizational impact on individual and group work behavior through design of work, and methods of evaluation and rewarding work effectiveness are explored. Students will assess their personal leadership styles. The areas of individual behavior, informal and formal organizational structure, and group dynamics will be related to leadership style and effectiveness in managing change. Students will also critically examine and learn conflict resolution skills.
  

  • HTCA 564 - Strategic Leadership in Healthcare (3)


    The course examines various leadership skills, including conflict resolution and negotiations, to improve the competitive position of the enterprise. Students will assess their personal leadership styles and explore the impact these leadership styles have on organizational outcomes. The student will engage in the design thinking process while working in groups to generate innovative ideas and manage change. Students evaluates the business environment, and formulate and assess competing strategies.
  

  • HTCA 585 - Human Resources Management (3)


    This course examines the role of the human resource professional as a strategic partner in managing today’s organizations. Key functions, such as recruitment, selection, development, appraisal, retention, compensation, and labor relations, are examined. Implications of legal and global environments are appraised, and current issues, such as diversity training, sexual harassment policies, and rising benefit costs, are analyzed. The best practices of employers of choice are considered.
  

  • HTCA 589 - Quality Management and Patient Safety (3)


    This course presents the basic principles and tools associated with quality management. The topics include the definition of quality and its function in health services, strategic quality planning, quality tools, customer voice, market voice, and statistical quality control. The class focuses on the specific domains of healthcare quality and patient safety. It introduces students to relevant theory, content, tools, and methods in the field of patient safety. Students will be introduced to patient safety problems and high risk contexts for error occurrence. Students will learn error theory and systems thinking, as well as methods for risk assessment and patient safety improvement. Students will be challenged to consider the roles of varied healthcare stakeholders in building a safer healthcare system.
  

  • HTCA 595 - Human Resources Strategy and Organizational Behavior (3)


    This course examines the role of human resources and organizational behavior in the healthcare environment. Key functions such as recruitment, selection, development, appraisal, retention, compensation, and labor relations are examined. Implications of legal and global environments are appraised, and current issues, such as diversity training, sexual harassment policies, and rising benefit costs, are analyzed. The application of organizational behavior theory will explore the effect of behavior, job satisfaction and performance of people working in organizations. This course provides a body of knowledge and skills needed to successfully manage and lead healthcare organizations.
  

  • HTCA 605 - Health Insurance, Managed Care and Reimbursement (3)


    This course looks in detail at the societal and managerial issues precipitated by how the U.S. healthcare system is financed. The course considers types of managed care arrangements, the impact of managed care on service provision, risk arrangements, capitation, and the changing relationships between patients, payers, providers, and employers. This course is designed to explore in-depth the predominant provider payment systems in the United States. The structure and function of employer-based insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid will be studied. An introduction of the basic structure, pricing, and management of financial risks by private health insurance plans and the estimation of future expenditures for public health insurance programs will be explored. The course also examines the operation of health insurance plans from both the buyer and the insurer perspectives; how health plans employ actuarial estimates to project the cost of their benefit package and determine the premiums they will charge; and methodology as it pertains to the projection of costs in public health insurance programs.
  

  • HTCA 613 - Healthcare Systems and Operations Management (3)


    This course introduces students to the U.S. healthcare system, both public and private sectors, and examines the structure of the health system, current topics in healthcare reform, the policy process, and advocacy for public health. The course will develop a general managerial perspective on the role of operations management in the function of a healthcare organization, at both the tactical and strategic levels. It will offer a broad survey of concepts and techniques in managing operations, with particular emphasis on a number of major operations management issues that can significantly affect the competitive position of a healthcare organization. Topics include process analysis, information technology, operations strategy, supply chain management, and forecasting.
  

  • HTCA 623 - Healthcare Systems and Governance (3)


    This course reviews the U.S. healthcare system, both public and private sectors, and examines the structure of the health system. The course will develop a general managerial perspective on the role of operations management in the function of a healthcare organization, at both the tactical and strategic levels, how their services are carried out, how resources are managed, and how regulatory powers are complied with and/or managed.
  

  • HTCA 630 - Quality Management and Patient Safety (3)


    This course presents the basic principles and tools associated with quality management. The topics include the definition of quality and its function in health services; strategic quality planning; quality tools; customer voice; market voice; and statistical quality control. The class focuses on the specific domains of healthcare quality and patient safety. It introduces students to relevant theory; content; tools; and methods in the field of patient safety. Students will be introduced to patient safety problems and high risk contexts for error occurrence. Students will learn error theory and systems thinking; as well as methods for risk assessment and patient safety improvement. Students will be challenged to consider the roles of varied healthcare stakeholders in building a safer healthcare system.
  

  • HTCA 633 - Ethical Issues and Public Policy (3)


    This course will expose students to the principles of business ethics as well as understanding ethical dilemmas. In the process of reviewing these general principles, students will consider and develop their own prioritized values that would apply to their anticipated work in healthcare organizations. Students will also learn about the legislative, regulatory, and policy issues related to the management and provision of healthcare. Students will explore in-depth issues such as cost and value in healthcare, and modes of financing within various healthcare systems, and how diversity and multicultural issues effect the administration of healthcare. Moreover, students will learn the element of corporation, agency, and administrative law that influence the healthcare industry. This course will help students gain a better understanding of the sociopolitical forces that impact the formation, adaptation, regulation, and sustainability of healthcare.
  

  • HTCA 635 - Quality Management and Patient Safety (3)


    This course presents principles and tools associated with quality management. The topics include the definition of quality and its function in health services; strategic quality planning; quality tools; customer voice; market voice; and statistical quality control. The class focuses on the specific domains of healthcare quality and patient safety. It introduces students to relevant theory; content; tools; and methods in the field of patient safety. Students will enhance their knowledge of patient safety problems and high-risk contexts for error occurrence. Students will learn error theory and systems thinking, as well as methods for risk assessment and patient safety improvement. Students will be challenged to consider the roles of varied healthcare stakeholders in building a safer healthcare system.
  

  • HTCA 640 - Managerial Epidemiology (3)

    Course Level: Masters
    This course addresses the integration of epidemiology into strategic planning and managerial decision-making in health service organizations. Epidemiological principles and tools of investigation from a managerial perspective are addressed. Course work includes environmental analysis of health behaviors and lifestyle that impact demand on healthcare delivery systems. Students will evaluate models for integration of health services, preventive programs, demand management, and continuity of care policy issues. (Fall)
  

  • HTCA 641 - Strategy I (3)


    This course will introduce students to ways in which organizations use strategic management theories and processes to impact key organizational systems, processes and technologies to improve overall health outcomes. The course enhances decision-making and strategic management skills by providing students the opportunity to analyze the effects of various decision-making strategies on organizational outcomes. Students will discover unique perspectives and gain knowledge of how the healthcare industry moves to a culture of strategy and innovation.
  

  • HTCA 642 - Strategy II (3)


    This course will challenge students to examine the strategic development process and how to embed innovation to strengthen organizational capacity and market presence. Moreover, by developing a conscious, disciplined focus on the sources of innovation, opportunities to change perception, and how disruption stimulates the healthcare system, future healthcare leaders can drive strategy. Students will learn the value of using strategy and innovation to create organization change and growth. Additionally, this course provides knowledge and perspectives to scan, monitor, and analyze industries and markets for signs of strategic shift. Examples of strategy formulation and implementation (communicating the strategy) are emphasized.
  

  • HTCA 643 - Ethical and Legal Issues in Healthcare (3)


    This course will be a comprehensive examination of principles in business ethics as well as understanding clinical ethical dilemmas. In the process of reviewing these general principles, students will consider and develop their own prioritized values that apply to work in healthcare organizations. Special emphasis will be placed on the administrator’s ethical and social responsibility in deciding how to allocate resources and deal with conflicting interests. Governance structures and audit systems will be addressed as well as ethical frameworks for decision-making. The course considers the legal obligation and responsibilities of healthcare organizations in administration. Elements of corporation, agency, administrative, and common law are covered. In addition, voluntary and government regulations of the healthcare industry are discussed. This course critically examines the major social, political, and economic forces impacting business organizations.
  

  • HTCA 650 - Innovation I (3)


    This course will introduce the definitions and concepts that include the innovation process, design thinking, intrapreneurship, entrepreneurship, process improvement, and the market factors that impact the healthcare innovation process. Students will use design thinking and processes to identify needs of the healthcare industry and move beyond theory to developing prototypes.
  

  • HTCA 651 - Innovation II (3)


    This course will explore the models and cycles of innovation and how innovation works in organizations. Exploration of how to embed innovation in the organizational strategy and ways to innovate across the organization to create sustainable value. Key innovation concepts include: creating ways to innovate across the organization; methods to prepare for a disruptive society; and using stories to fuel innovation. Additionally, students will learn ways to increase the capacity of leaders for strategic innovation and create space for innovation to occur within the organization.
  

  • HTCA 653 - Healthcare Policy and Politics (3)


    This course’s objective is to engage students in weighing both the policy and political tradeoff s raised by health reform, while examining the formulation and implementation of health policy in the U.S. healthcare system. Emphasis is on the application of analytical contributions from health economics, scientific inquiry and research, and other policy-related disciplines to current issues in healthcare delivery, organization, and financing.
  

  • HTCA 663 - Global Healthcare Policy and Politics (3)


    This course’s objective is to engage students in weighing both the policy and political tradeoffs raised by health reform, while examining the formulation and implementation of health policy globally. Emphasis is on the application of analytical contributions from health economics, scientific inquiry and research, and other policy-related disciplines to current issues in healthcare delivery, organization, and financing. Students compare and contrast U.S. healthcare policies to those of other nations and explore the potential applications of importing and exporting these practices to demonstrate how political, economic, social, and cultural determinants have shaped the evolution of current national, regional, and local healthcare policies.
  

  • HTCA 680 - Strategic Planning and Management (3)


    This course applies the knowledge and techniques learned in earlier courses in an integrated fashion to the process of strategic decision-making and organizational change. The course develops the analytical and financial skills to gain competitive advantage in a dynamic business climate. Students learn how to evaluate the business environment, assess an organization’s strengths and capabilities, and decide between competing strategies. Topics considered will be the relationship of organizations to their environments, the hierarchy of organizational objectives, structured as well as informal approaches to strategic planning, the integration of business functions, organizational structure, and evaluation.
  

  • HTCA 685 - Executive Strategic Planning and Management (3)


    This course applies the knowledge and techniques learned in earlier courses in an integrated fashion to the process of strategic decision-making and organizational change. The course develops the analytical and financial skills to gain competitive advantage in a dynamic business climate. Students learn how to evaluate the business environment, assess an organization’s strengths and capabilities, decide between competing strategies, understand assessment, strategy formulation, and implementation and control.
  

  • HTCA 690 - Capstone (3)


    This course is designed to assimilate and integrate knowledge and skills from previous coursework and field experiences. The class focuses on the key issues impacting the administration of today’s healthcare organizations and explores how those issues impact the delivery of care.
  

  • HTCA 691 - Healthcare Administration Capstone (3)


    Note: 1 or 2-credit level Capstone also available.
    This course is designed to assimilate and integrate knowledge and skills from previous coursework and field experiences. The class focuses on the key issues impacting the administration of today’s healthcare organizations and explores how those issues impact the delivery of care.
  

  • HTCA 696 - Residency (3)


    Note: 1 and 2-credit Residency options available. 
    This course is designed for those who are currently in a field other than healthcare or do not have a minimum of two years’ work experience in healthcare administration. Students learn to apply concepts and theories of management under the direct supervision of a practitioner as well as a faculty member. To initiate the contractual arrangements for the course, a student must meet with an MHA advisor and the appropriate faculty during the semester preceding enrollment.
  

  • HTCA 699 - Thesis (3)
  

  • HTSC 495 - Internship (6)
  

  • MSNM 536 - Food Services Systems Management (3)


    A study of methods for successful management of resources for food and nutrition services in the health care setting. Principles for planning and coordinating human resources, finances, materials, space, and equipment are included.  Food service and clinical nutrition management is addressed so students can adapt to a changing healthcare environment.  This course equips graduate students and practicing dietitians with leadership and management skills needed to establish and maintain effective food and nutrition programs in the future.

Nurse Anesthesia
  

  • ANES 500 - Chemistry and Physics for Nurse Anesthesia (3)
  

  • BIOL 716 - ADVANCED PHYSIOLOGY WITH ANATOMY (4)


    This course includes advanced studies of human anatomy and physiology of the cell and muscular, cardiovascular, pulmonary, neurological, renal, hepatic, and endocrine systems. Emphasis is placed on feedback mechanisms, homeostasis, assessment, and intervention. Basic principles of genetics are also included. This serves as a basis for understanding the pathophysiology of these systems and associated implications for anesthesia practice. Experiences in the cadaver lab are included to integrate knowledge of specific anatomical structures in understanding the anatomical basis of selected procedures in the practice of nurse anesthesia.
  

  • BIOL 732 - ADVANCED PATHOPHYSIOLOGY (4)


    Students will learn in-depth concepts of physiology as they relate to the etiology of disease. Students will learn principles of multisystem function and dysfunction at the cellular and molecular levels, especially as they relate to homeostatic function. This study will culminate in a better understanding of the pathophysiologic processes of the human body.
  

  • DNAP 700 - ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSTICS (3)


    The Advanced Health Assessment and Diagnostics course prepares the nurse anesthesia student to perform a comprehensive history, physical, and psychological health assessment of patients across the lifespan, with focus geared to critical care and pre-/post-anesthesia settings. Didactic lectures integrate select pathophysiologic alterations with assessment abnormalities using a body systems approach. Case-based activities provide opportunities to critically evaluate perioperative clinical findings, identify significant potential complications, and formulate prevention/management strategies. The rationale behind ordering appropriate diagnostic and laboratory studies are included to help develop the student’s critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills to further augment their comprehensive clinical evaluation. Instructor-led case discussions focus on specific aspects of pre-/post-anesthesia assessment, such as disease processes, psychosocial issues, cultural matters, ethical considerations, and spirituality concerns. Case discussions help the student appropriately integrate these special components into advanced patient care evaluation. 

    Supervised laboratory practice sessions provide an opportunity for the nurse anesthesia student to integrate medical knowledge and cognitive processing with psychomotor skills needed for the proper assessment of patients across the lifespan. Continual hands-on practice allows for the assessment of all human organ systems from head-to-toe, providing structured evaluation of the student’s grasp of advanced assessment techniques, including the development of a differential diagnosis, the understanding of medical concepts, and the development of effective and appropriate patient management/plan of care.

  

  • DNAP 701 - INTEGRATION/CLINICAL CORRELATION I (1)


    This course provides simulated anesthesia experiences related to the academic concepts presented in DNAP 735, DNAP 740, DNAP 740, and DNAP 750.
  

  • DNAP 702 - INTEGRATION/CLINICAL CORRELATION II (1)


    This course promotes synthesis of current anesthesia topics and research through review and application of current anesthesia literature, as well as presentation and discussion of morbidity and mortality of clinical cases. This course focuses on patient safety during anesthesia and will include research and discussion of aspects of anesthesia related to the AANA Standards of Practice. The course will include student presentations on assigned topics and a written assignment. The AANA Professional Practice Manual is reviewed, to include the AANA Standards of Practice. This course also provides simulated anesthesia experiences related to the academic concepts presented in DNAP 755 (OB); DNAP 760 (Pediatrics); and DNAP 765 (Cardiac/Thoracic/Neuro).
  

  • DNAP 703 - INTEGRATION/CLINICAL CORRELATION III (1)


    (includes Service Learning project & Simulation for CRM)
    This course promotes synthesis of current anesthesia topics and research through review and application of current anesthesia literature as well as presentation and discussion of morbidity and mortality of clinical cases. This course also promotes application of healthcare as ministry through service to the community with a student-led Service Learning project. Also, students in this cohort may participate as co-instructors with the faculty in creating and activating simulation experiences where students in more junior cohorts are the learners. These students also may participate in simulation related to Crisis Resource Management.
  

  • DNAP 720 - ADVANCED PHARMACOLOGY I (3)


    This course increases the student’s understanding of fundamental drug actions and their effects on human systems. Principles of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics, receptor site physiology, toxicology, side effects, indications, and contra-indications are emphasized for each group of drugs.
  

  • DNAP 725 - PHARMACOLOGY II (3)


    This course examines the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of anesthetic and accessory drugs used in anesthesia practice.  Receptor site physiology, mechanisms of action, factors modifying drug effects, toxicity, and indications and contraindications for use are emphasized.  Principles of biochemistry are integrated. 
  

  • DNAP 730 - INTRODUCTION TO THE NURSE ANESTHESIA PROFESSION (3)


    This course introduces students to basic principles of practice in the nurse anesthesia profession. Pre-operative patient assessment, anesthetic record keeping, informed consent, airway examination, anesthesia monitoring, patient positioning, ASA classification, and basic anesthesia techniques are explored. This course also introduces students to the AANA’s Code of Ethics for the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist. Additionally, students will review concepts of wellness and develop a personalized wellness plan.
  

  • DNAP 735 - PRINCIPLES OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FOR NURSE ANESTHESIA (3)


    This course integrates principles of chemistry and physics germane to anesthesia practice. An in depth exploration of the anesthesia workstation and its components is also conducted. Students develop skills in pre-operative preparation of the anesthetizing environment and anesthesia workstation check. Principles of safety and infection control are also applied.
  

  • DNAP 740 - BASIC PRINCIPLES & TECHNIQUES OF NURSE ANESTHESIA PRACTICE (4)


    This course provides a beginning foundation for students to plan and implement nurse anesthesia care in healthy patients. Topics include designing and implementing individualized anesthesia care plans; basic airway management; principles of anesthesia induction, maintenance, and emergence; anesthesia complications in the healthy patient; and anesthesia for basic abdominal, urologic, orthopedic, ocular, and ENT procedures. Simulator laboratory experience and operating room observation time is provided for students to develop beginning level airway and anesthesia management skills.
  

  • DNAP 741 - CLINICAL ORIENTATION (1)


    This course builds on the academic/didactic material from the first two trimesters directed toward participating in clinical anesthesia and prepares the student to take these principles and incorporate them into practice in the clinical area. This course includes presentations by NAP CRNA faculty, some clinical preceptor representatives, senior SRNA graduate teaching assistants, FH OR leaders, and a workshop with a certified mental health counselor regarding appropriate assertive perioperative communication techniques, as well as a workshop with FH IT personnel regarding use of the FH SurgiNet and Cerner systems. The course also requires students to reflect on the on-site orientations to various clinical sites that occurred during the Fall trimester. The classroom components are concentrated during the week following the Fall trimester final examinations (12/13-20/2018, for 2018-2021 cohort).
  

  • DNAP 745 - ADVANCED PRINCIPLES OF NURSE ANESTHESIA PRACTICE (5)


    This course builds upon previous knowledge for students to plan and implement nurse anesthesia care for patients with moderate pathology or undergoing increasingly complex procedures. Topics include regional block insertion and management, landmarks and ultrasound-guided peripheral and central venous access, radiologic interpretation of central venous access, acute pain management, and chronic pain management.
  

  • DNAP 750 - PRINCIPLES OF NURSE ANESTHESIA FOR PATIENTS WITH CO-EXISTING DISEASES, TRAUMA, & ACROSS THE LIFESPAN - GERIATRICS (3)


    This course builds upon previous knowledge for students to plan and implement nurse anesthesia care in patients with co-existing diseases.  Topics include: anesthesia for patients with neuromuscular or skeletal muscle disease, cardiac disease (for non-cardiac surgery), hematologic disorders, with psychiatric/ mental disorders, renal dysfunction, hepatic disorders including liver transplant, and trauma management. Topics related to the special needs of geriatric patients are discussed.
  

  • DNAP 755 - PRINCIPLES OF NURSE ANESTHESIA ACROSS THE LIFESPAN - PEDIATRICS (2)


    This course builds upon previous knowledge for students to plan and implement nurse anesthesia care for patients across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed upon the effects of age related physiology and implications for anesthesia administration, with a specific focus on pediatric patients. Topics related to the special needs of pediatric, obstetric, and geriatric patients are discussed.
  

  • DNAP 760 - PRINCIPLES OF NURSE ANESTHESIA ACROSS THE LIFESPAN (2)


    This course builds upon previous knowledge for students to plan and implement nurse anesthesia care for patients across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed upon the effects of age related physiology and implications for anesthesia administration. Topics related to the special needs of obstetric patients are discussed.
  

  • DNAP 765 - PRINCIPLES OF NURSE ANESTHESIA FOR COMPLEX PATIENTS & PROCEDURES (3)


    This course builds upon previous knowledge for students to plan and implement nurse anesthesia care for complex patients and procedures.  Emphasis is placed on the effects of moderate to severe pathophysiology and their implications for anesthesia administration.
  

  • DNAP 770 - PROFESSIONAL ISSUES IN NURSE ANESTHESIA (3)


    This course explores issues related to nurse anesthetists in the roles of educator, business manager, consultant, researcher, entrepreneur, and influencer of public policy. This includes content regarding the business of nurse anesthesia practice management, such as basic reimbursement methodologies and payment policies specific to nurse anesthesia.
  

  • DNAP 791 - Evidenced Based Practice II: Design (1)


    This course spans two trimesters (Summer 4/9 & Fall 5/9), with one credit awarded in each trimester.
    Based on projects/research questions selected in Research I, students begin the process of research design. This includes a critical review of the literature, identification of research methods, instrumentation, and study designs appropriate for, and applied to the selected research question. Students submit the required research proposal to the Scientific Review Committee (SRC) and Institutional Review Board (IRB) for approval as necessary.
  

  • DNAP 804 - INTEGRATION/CLINICAL CORRELATION IV (1)


    This course promotes continuing synthesis of current anesthesia topics and research through review and application of current anesthesia literature to service, leadership roles, and healthcare as ministry. This course also promotes application of healthcare as ministry through service to the community with a student-led Service Learning project. Furthermore, students in this course may participate as co-instructors with the faculty in creating and activating simulation experiences where students in earlier cohorts are the learners. These students also may participate in simulation related to Crisis Resource Management.
  

  • DNAP 811 - NURSE ANESTHESIA CLINICAL PRACTICUM I (6)


    During this practicum course, students are provided with introductory clinical experiences an average of three days per week, for patients undergoing routine surgical procedures.  The objectives are to move from “Novice” in Clinical Practicum I to at least “Proficient” by Clinical Practica VI & VII.
  

  • DNAP 812 - NURSE ANESTHESIA CLINICAL PRACTICUM II (6)


    During this practicum course, students continue to be provided with introductory clinical experiences an average of three days per week, for patients undergoing routine surgical procedures. Clinical experiences will also include anesthesia techniques specific to acute and chronic pain management, which may include administration of various regional anesthesia techniques. The objectives are to move from “Advanced Beginner” in Clinical Practicum II to at least “Proficient” by Clinical Practica VI & VII.
  

  • DNAP 813 - NURSE ANESTHESIA CLINICAL PRACTICUM III (8)


    During this practicum course, students are provided with clinical experiences an average of four days per week, for specialized populations, surgical specialties, and complex patients across the lifespan and critically ill populations. The objectives are to move from “Competent” in Clinical Practicum III to at least “Proficient” by Clinical Practica VI & VII.
  

  • DNAP 814 - NURSE ANESTHESIA CLINICAL PRACTICUM IV (8)


    During this practicum course, students continue to be provided with clinical experiences an average of four days per week, for specialized populations, surgical specialties, and complex patients across the lifespan and critically ill populations. These experiences build on those skills accomplished in previous Clinical Practica. The objectives are to move from “Competent” in Clinical Practicum IV to at least “Proficient” by Clinical Practica VI & VII.
  

  • DNAP 815 - NURSE ANESTHESIA CLINICAL PRACTICUM V (8)


    During this practicum course, students are provided with clinical experiences an average of four days per week, for complex patients across the lifespan and critically ill populations. These experiences build on those skills accomplished in previous Clinical Practica. Additionally, to assist in the transition from the student role to that of a full contributing member of the anesthesia care team, students in good standing may also be provided with more independence in their clinical experiences, whereby they are supervised on a 1:2 preceptor to student ratio by preceptors who are immediately available in all clinical areas. At no time is the supervision ratio to exceed two students to one preceptor. Supervisory ratios are decided by the clinical preceptors and program faculty in light of the level of the student, complexity of the case, anesthetic plan, surgical procedure, and experience of the preceptor, and will represent a conservative approach when considering increasing the supervision ratios. The objectives are to move from “Competent” in Clinical Practicum V to at least “Proficient” by Clinical Practica VI & VII.
  

  • DNAP 816 - NURSE ANESTHESIA CLINICAL PRACTICUM VI (6)


    During this practicum course, students are provided with clinical experiences an average of three days per week, to assist in the transition from student to full contributing member of the anesthesia care team. These experiences build on those skills accomplished in previous Clinical Practica. These students may also be provided with more independence in their clinical experiences, whereby they are supervised on a 1:2 preceptor to student ratio by preceptors who are immediately available in all clinical areas. At no time is the supervision ratio to exceed two students to one preceptor. Supervisory ratios are decided by the clinical preceptors and program faculty in light of the level of the student, complexity of the case, anesthetic plan, surgical procedure, and experience of the preceptor, and will represent a conservative approach when considering increasing the supervision ratios.
  

  • DNAP 817 - NURSE ANESTHESIA CLINICAL PRACTICUM VII (6)


    During this practicum course, students are provided with clinical experiences an average of three days per week, to assist in the transition from student to full contributing member of the anesthesia care team. These experiences build on those skills accomplished in previous Clinical Practica. These advanced students may also be provided with more independence in their clinical experiences, whereby they are supervised on a 1:2 preceptor to student ratio by preceptors who are immediately available in all clinical areas. At no time is the supervision ratio to exceed two students to one preceptor. Supervisory ratios are decided by the clinical preceptors and program faculty in light of the level of the student, complexity of the case, anesthetic plan, surgical procedure, and experience of the preceptor, and will represent a conservative approach when considering increasing the supervision ratios.
  

  • DNAP 880 - NURSE ANESTHESIA PRINCIPLES REVIEW I (2)


    This course provides students with a general overall review of anesthesia content to aid in preparation for taking the National Certification Examination.  Content review is presented through some lecture but primarily through computerized practice examinations so that students may identify individualized content areas requiring additional review and study.
  

  • DNAP 881 - NURSE ANESTHESIA PRINCIPLES REVIEW II (3)


    This course is a continuation of DNAP 880, and continues to provide students with a general overall review of anesthesia content to aid in preparation for taking the National Certification Examination.  Content review is presented through some lecture but primarily through computerized practice examinations so that students may identify individualized content areas requiring additional review and study.
  

  • DNAP 891 - RESEARCH III: IMPLEMENTATION (1)


    This course spans two trimesters (Spring 6/9 & Summer 7/9), with one credit awarded in each trimester.
    This course advances the development and completion of the selected scholarly project. Data collection and analysis are advanced under the direction of the project mentor, with periodic consultation from course coordinator.
  

  • DNAP 893 - RESEARCH IV: Dissemination (1)


    This course spans two trimesters (Fall 8/9 & Spring 9/9), with one credit awarded in each trimester.
    This course is a culminating research experience that includes the completion of a scholarly project in a format suitable for dissemination in a selected peer-reviewed journal and a poster summarizing the scholarly project and its findings.
  

  • FNCE 833 - HEALTHCARE FINANCE (3)


    This course introduces healthcare providers in leadership roles to essential concepts in finance. This includes content regarding the business of practice management, such as reimbursement methodologies and payment policies. Additionally, it addresses concepts of responsibility of leadership related to finance. Topics include: qualitative assessment and healthcare financial management, effect of financial management on the changing face of healthcare, tax status of healthcare organizations, third-party payer system, Medicare and Medicaid, determining product costs, reimbursement methodologies, managing working capital, managing revenue cycle, managing materials, operating budgets, capital budgets; and financial analysis.
  

  • HTCA 733 - ETHICAL ISSUES AND PUBLIC POLICY (3)


    This course will expose students to the principles of business ethics as well as understanding ethical dilemmas.  In the process of reviewing these general principles, students will consider and develop their own prioritized values that would apply to their anticipated work in healthcare organizations.  Students will also learn about the legislative, regulatory, and policy issues related to the management and provision of healthcare.  Students will explore in-depth issues such as cost and value in healthcare, modes of financing within various healthcare systems, and how diversity and multicultural issues affect the administration of healthcare. Moreover, students will learn the element of corporation, agency, and administrative law that influence the healthcare industry.  This course will help students gain a better understanding of the sociopolitical forces that impact the formation, adaptation, regulation, and sustainability of healthcare.
  

  • HTCA 813 - INFORMATION SYSTEMS & HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS (3)


    This course provides the student with a conceptual framework for data base development, relational data management, use of health statistics, health indicators, confidentiality, security and privacy in a healthcare setting. Meaningful case studies are considered to help take aim at today’s challenges while laying the groundwork for the changes ahead.
  

  • HTCA 845 - POPULATION HEALTH MANAGEMENT (3)


    This course will provide students with training in the measurement, analysis, method, language, models, and concepts of population health. The course clarifies how an understanding of determinants of health can influence public policy, planning, and research to promote a healthier society with greater health equity. By the end of the course, students will understand the relationship between health care and individual and population health, and be able to combine that knowledge with critical thinking to identify, evaluate, and address issues in health care and population health, collaboratively. Students will be able to apply statistical and epidemiological methods to clinical and managerial decision making and to interpreting and appraising the literature on health care delivery. They will be able to analyze the forces, explicit (e.g. legal, financial) and implicit (e.g. historical, cultural), that influence individual and population health and the health care delivery. Students will evaluate the structure and function of front line systems in healthcare and apply principles and practices that improve processes, outcomes, and value. Students will explore healthcare quality and patient safety as related to nurse anesthesia. Students will be introduced to patient safety problems and high risk contexts for error occurrence. Students will examine error theory, as well as methods for risk assessment and patient safety improvement as related to nurse anesthesia.
  

  • MSNA 501 - Clinical Conference I (1)

    Prerequisites: MSNA 524  , MSNA 531  , MSNA 532  
    This course promotes beginning synthesis of current anesthesia topics and research through review and application of current anesthesia literature to service and healthcare as ministry.
  

  • MSNA 502 - Clinical Conference II (1)

    Prerequisites: MSNA 501  MSNA 533  MSNA 534  MSNA 621  
    This course promotes synthesis of current anesthesia topics and research through review and application of current anesthesia literature, as well as presentation and discussion of morbidity and mortality of clinical cases.
  

  • MSNA 503 - Clinical Conference III (1)

    Prerequisites: MSNA 502  MSNA 622  MSNA 635  MSNA 636  
    This course promotes synthesis of current anesthesia topics and research through review and application of current anesthesia literature, as well as presentation and discussion of morbidity and mortality of clinical cases.
  

  • MSNA 504 - Clinical Conference IV (1)

    Prerequisites: MSNA 503  MSNA 623  
    This course promotes synthesis of current anesthesia topics and research through review and application of current anesthesia literature as related to service and healthcare as ministry.
  

  • MSNA 524 - Pharmacology in Nurse Anesthesia (3)

    Prerequisites: BIOL 521 , BIOL 522 , MSNA 530 , MSNS 511 , PHRM 523     
    This course examines the pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of anesthetic and accessory drugs used in anesthesia practice. Receptor site physiology, mechanisms of action, factors modifying drug effects, toxicity, and indications and contraindications for use are emphasized. Principles of biochemistry are integrated.
  

  • MSNA 530 - Introduction to Nurse Anesthesia Practice (2)


    Admission to Nurse Anesthesia Program.
    This course introduces the student to basic principles of nurse anesthesia practice. Pre-operative patient assessment, anesthetic record keeping, informed consent, airway examination, anesthesia monitoring, patient positioning, ASA classification, and anesthesia techniques are explored.
  

  • MSNA 531 - Principles of Science and Techniques for Nurse Anesthesia (3)

    Prerequisites: BIOL 521  BIOL 522  MSNA 530  MSNS 511  MSNS 511L  PHRM 523  
    This course integrates principles of chemistry and physics germane to anesthesia practice. An in-depth exploration of the anesthesia machine and its components is also conducted. Students develop skills in pre-operative preparation of the anesthetizing environment and anesthesia machine check. Principles of safety and infection control are also applied.
  

  • MSNA 532 - Basic Principles and Techniques of Nurse Anesthesia Practice (4)

    Prerequisites: MSNA 530  
    This course provides a beginning foundation for students to plan and implement nursing anesthesia care in healthy patients. Topics include: designing and implementing individualized anesthesia care plans, principles of anesthesia induction, maintenance, emergence, anesthesia complications in the healthy patient, airway management, and anesthesia for basic abdominal, orthopedic, urologic, ophthalmologic, and ENT procedures. Simulator laboratory experience, operating room observation time during June/July, and operating room clinical assignments during August are provided for students to develop beginning level airway and anesthesia management skills.
  

  • MSNA 532L - Basic Principles and Techniques of Nurse Anesthesia Practice (0)


    Corequisite: MSNA 532  
 

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