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Courses

The University Catalog lists all courses that pertain to the West Lafayette campus. In order to view courses that are available at a given time, and the details of such courses, please visit the myPurdue Schedule of Classes.

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Nursing
  

  • NUR 39900 - Special Topics

    Credit Hours: 0.00 to 3.00. Hours, credit, and subject matter to be arranged by faculty. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • NUR 40200 - Public Health Nursing

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Grounded in the historical tenets of public health nursing, this course builds on the knowledge from nursing and public health science to address the heath promotion and illness prevention of culturally diverse aggregates. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • NUR 40300 - Public Health Nursing Clinic

    Credit Hours: 2.00. This course is a synthesis of nursing practice and public health science. Health promotion, health maintenance, health teaching and counseling, and coordination of care are utilized in providing population-focused care to individuals, families, and groups in the community. A select caseload of clients, as well as special projects, are assigned to develop student skills in the practice of public health nursing. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • NUR 41200 - Pediatric Nursing

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A study of the factors influencing health promotion, protection, and maintenance of infants, children, and adolescents. Family theory; growth and development; primary healthcare; and acute, chronic, and terminal conditions are examined. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • NUR 41300 - Pediatric Nursing - Clinic

    Credit Hours: 2.00. Experience is provided in caring for healthy, at risk, acutely, and chronically ill infants, children, and adolescents and their families. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • NUR 41401 - Pediatric Nursing

    Credit Hours: 5.00. Explores factors influencing the health and wellness of children and families. Students will apply principles, concepts and research from the health and human sciences to the care of children and families across the health-illness continuum. A structured clinical component focuses on clinical reasoning and evidence based practice. Students will provide family centered care to healthy, at risk and ill children across a variety of clinical settings. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • NUR 41501 - Public Health Nursing

    Credit Hours: 5.00. Utilize health promotion, maintenance, education and disease prevention in coordinating and providing population-focused care to individuals, families and aggregates in the community. A variety of clinical settings are used to offer students a broad, comprehensive perspective of public health nursing, a field that synthesizes content from nursing, social and public health sciences. Collaboration with the community and implementation of population-focused interventions foster critical thinking and independent decision making in the delivery of nursing care. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • NUR 41601 - Management Of Clients With Complex Health Issues

    Credit Hours: 2.00. Focuses on nursing care of adults, children, and families with complex healthcare needs. Challenges students to use critical thinking and clinical reasoning to identify, prioritize, and evaluate nursing care interventions for clients with complex healthcare issues. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • NUR 41701 - Leadership In Nursing

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Studies the components of nursing leadership and management functions with an emphasis on critical thinking, problem solving, communication, and team building within the context of experiential problem-based group projects. This course will provide specific practice and evaluation of strategic and financial planning, conflict management, delegation, and complex change. Competencies to be gained, at a novice level, include professional communication, sound ethical and legal judgments within personal and organizational frameworks, leadership skills in the management and evaluation of others, and an understanding of the drivers of healthcare change and finances. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • NUR 41801 - Clinical Capstone And Issues In Professional Practice

    Credit Hours: 4.00. Promotes the use of critical thinking, clinical reasoning, and active learning to analyze contemporary issues related to professional nursing practice. Issues surrounding political action, socio-legal concerns, cultural diversity and ethics in nursing practice are used as a framework. A supportive and structured clinical component in a real-world setting encourages the learner to focus on refining clinical, leadership, and time-management skills in the delivery of care to diverse groups of clients across the lifespan. The clinical component assists the learner to transition from the role of students to novice nurse. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • NUR 43700 - Clinical Leadership Development

    Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. Senior nursing students in collaboration with nursing faculty refine leadership behaviors in a clinical setting. Typically offered Spring Fall.
  

  • NUR 50000 - Theoretical Constructs In Nursing

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines the integration of theory/conceptual relationships in the development of nursing knowledge. Students explore ways in which nurses in advanced practice incorporate theoretical knowledge in the implementation of the advanced practice in nursing role. Students analyze the clinical relevance of mid-range and practice theories. Students examine the relationship of theoretical constructs to research and praxis through concept analysis, theory evaluation, and discussion of the application of theory to practice. This course examines ways in which theoretical thought is embedded in evidence-based nursing practice. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • NUR 50100 - Foundations Of Advanced Practice In Nursing

    Credit Hours: 2.00. This course builds on the knowledge and experiences that students possess when beginning their advanced practice in nursing education. Students explore their assumptions about advanced practice in nursing, its historical context and definitions of the various advanced practice roles, conceptual underpinnings and role competencies. Students develop an appreciation for how evidence based practice influences advanced practice in nursing. They develop skills that include using information communication technologies, identifying problems, posing questions that lead to evidence sources, searching and differentiating among various sources and types of evidence. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • NUR 50200 - Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nursing

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Course includes pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacotherapeutics of broad categories of pharmacologic agents. Students apply these principles and also consider the role of best available evidence and patient preferences as a basis for managing pharmacologic regimens. Students review regulations relevant to prescriptive authority for advanced practice nurses. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • NUR 50300 - Advanced Health Assessment

    Credit Hours: 3.00 (West Lafayette, Fort Wayne) 4.00 (Calumet) Students develop advanced, evidence-based health assessment skills that build on their current knowledge and abilities. Major concepts of the course include comprehensive and focused history taking and advanced physical assessment. Students relate underlying physiologic mechanisms with normal and abnormal findings from the history and physical assessment. The course provides a basis for designing a culturally sensitive and evidence-based plan of care within the situational context of the individual. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • NUR 50500 - Sociocultural Influences On Health

    Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. This course examines the influences of cultural and sub-cultural variables on health and health care delivery. Students analyze and apply appropriate theoretical perspectives and current research to design evidence-based strategies that ground clinical decision making in advanced practice nursing. Students use the National Standards on Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) as the basis for providing culturally competent care. As students apply principles of culturally competent communication they are encouraged to develop insight and an attitude of resistance to stereotyping. Students gain an understanding of the context of vulnerable and marginalized populations through the analysis of social, cultural, and economic influences that impact health and illness. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • NUR 50700 - Physiologic Concepts For Advanced Practice Nursing

    Credit Hours: 4.00. Students examine the principles of physiologic function at all levels of organization from cells to organ systems as they affect human function. The course uses homeostasis as a model to account for regulatory and compensatory functions in health. Students develop the necessary theoretical and empirical foundation for subsequent understanding of the diagnosis and management of human responses to disease and non-disease based etiologies. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • NUR 51000 - Research And Evidence Based Nursing Practice

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course focuses on both the generation of primary evidence through an in-depth examination of the research process and its critical use in evidence based practice. Students systematically search, appraise and interpret the best available evidence that informs advanced practice nursing and health related disciplines. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • NUR 51100 - Health Promotion For Advanced Practice In Nursing

    Credit Hours: 2.00 or 3.00. Students analyze health promotion/disease prevention, and health education frameworks combined with best available evidence as a foundation for advanced practice in nursing. Students promote the health of diverse client populations by incorporating the Healthy People goals, clinical practice guidelines, risk assessment, epidemiological data and evidence based screening tools into nursing practice. In collaboration with selected clients and/or families, students implement health coaching/teaching through the integration of family, health promotion and health literacy theories. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • NUR 51200 - Clinical Applications In Pharmacotherapeutics

    Credit Hours: 1.00. This course applies information from NUR 50200  to the care of clients through the use of case studies. Emphasis is placed on incorporating information from pharmacology, physiology, and physical assessment. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • NUR 51300 - Health Promotion In Special Populations

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examination of wellness and health promotion issues unique to three special populations: clients in rural areas, women, and adolescents. Legal and ethical issues related to practice with special populations is addressed. Evidence-based standards will be utilized. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • NUR 51400 - Clinical Application In Pharmacotherapeutics For Pediatric Nurse Practitioners

    Credit Hours: 1.00. Applies information from NUR 50200 , Pharmacotherapeutics in Primary Care, to the care of infants, children, and adolescents through the use of case studies. Emphasis is placed on incorporating information from pharmacology, physiology, and physical assessment. Typically offered Spring.
  

  • NUR 51500 - Health Promotion In Pediatric Populations

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines wellness and health promotion issues unique to children from birth through adolescence. Concepts of growth and development are integrated into health promotion activities. Legal and ethical issues related to practice with children and adolescents are addressed. Evidence-based practice standards will be utilized. . Typically offered Summer.
  

  • NUR 52500 - Informatics In Nursing

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Integrates nursing science with computer technology and information science to identify, gather, and manage information. Emphasis on technology based health applications with support clinical, administrative, research, and educational decision making enhancing the efficacy of nursing endeavors. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • NUR 52800 - Acute Illness: Pediatric Health Practice

    Credit Hours: 3.00. A developmentally organized course to provide knowledge and experience to care for acute episodic illnesses of children and adolescents in primary health-care settings. Examines pathophysiological alterations and clinical management. Students will synthesize knowledge of developmental, physiological, psychological, and sociocultural factors in the assessment and management of acute illness. The focus is on differential diagnosis, clinical management, and child and family education within the context of primary care. Health promotion models, and biopsychosocial, developmental, and cultural theories are integrated throughout the course. Individual, family, and group intervention strategies are addressed. . Typically offered Fall.
  

  • NUR 52900 - Acute Illness: Pediatric Health Preceptorship

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Assists students to develop and broaden clinical judgment and skills. Content includes the study of primary health care of children and adolescents with acute conditions and the impact of those conditions on family members. The focus is on growth and development, assessment, differential diagnosis, clinical decision making, management, and patient and family education within the context of primary care. Professional issues, collaboration and scope of practice, and advocacy are emphasized. Clinical seminars focus on variations of child health in the context of health promotion and advanced assessment. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • NUR 53200 - Acute Illness: Adult Health Practice

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examination of pathophysiological alterations and clinical management of acute conditions in adolescents and adults. Students will synthesize knowledge of physiological, psychological, and sociocultural factors in the assessment and management of acute illness. Focus is on the differential diagnosis, clinical management, patient and family education within the context of primary care. Health promotion models, as well as biopsychosocial and cultural theories are integrated throughout the course. The adult nurse practitioner role is analyzed in the context of caring for persons with acute conditions. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • NUR 53300 - Acute Illness: Adult Health Preceptorship

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course assists students to develop and broaden clinical judgment and skills. Content includes the study of primary care of adolescents and adults with acute conditions and the impact of those conditions on family members. Focus is on assessment, deferential diagnosis, clinical decision making and management, as well as patient and family education within the context of primary care. The adult nurse practitioner role is analyzed in the context of caring for persons with acute conditions. Professional issues, collaboration and scope of practice, and advocacy are emphasized. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • NUR 54200 - Chronic And Commonly Recurring Conditions: Adult Health Practice

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examination of pathophysiological alterations and clinical management of chronic conditions and illnesses in adolescents and adults. Students will synthesize knowledge of physiological, psychological, and sociocultural factors in the assessment and management of chronic conditions. Focus is on the differential diagnosis, clinical management, and patient and family education within the context of primary care. Chronic illness and health promotion models, as well as biopsychosocial and cultural theories are integrated throughout the course. Individual, family, and group intervention strategies are addressed. The adult nurse practitioner role is analyzed in the context of caring for persons with acute conditions. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • NUR 54300 - Chronic Illness: Adult Preceptorship

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course assists students to develop and broaden clinical judgment and skills. Content includes the study of chronic illness and recurring conditions in adolescents and adults and the impact of those conditions on family members. Focus is on the differential diagnosis, clinical decision making and management, as well as patient and family education within the context of primary care. The adult nurse practitioner role is analyzed in the context of caring for persons with chronic conditions. Professional issues, collaboration, scope of practice and advocacy are emphasized. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • NUR 55200 - Chronic Illness And Commonly Recurring Conditions: Pediatric Health Practice

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines pathophysiological alterations and clinical management of chronic conditions and illnesses in children and adolescents. Students will synthesize knowledge of developmental, physiological, psychological, and sociocultural factors in the assessment and management of chronic conditions. The focus is on the differential diagnosis, clinical management, and child and family education within the context of primary health care. Chronic illness and health promotion models, as well as biopsychosocial, developmental, and cultural theories are integrated throughout the course. Individual, family, and group intervention strategies are addressed. Typically offered Spring.
  

  • NUR 55300 - Chronic Illness And Commonly Recurring Conditions: Pediatric Health Preceptorship

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Assists students to develop and broaden clinical judgment and skills. Content includes the study of chronic illness and recurring conditions in children and adolescents and the impact of those conditions on family members. The focus is on growth and development, differential diagnosis, clinical decision making and management, and child and family education within the context of primary care. The pediatric nurse practitioner role is analyzed in the context of caring for children with chronic conditions. Professional issues, collaboration, scope of practice, and advocacy are emphasized. . Typically offered Spring.
  

  • NUR 56300 - Oncology Screening And Health Promotion

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines screening and surveillance for the prevention and control of cancer. Emphasis is placed on gaining theoretical knowledge to support the evaluation of clients with a past, current, or potential diagnosis of cancer. Focus is on the holistic approach to care using state-of-the-art interventions that provide effective risk assessment, disease surveillance, health education and health promotion. Typically offered Summer.
  

  • NUR 56400 - Pharmacology For Advanced Practice Oncology Certificate

    Credit Hours: 2.00. This course examines the clinical management of oncology care. Emphasis is placed on gaining theoretical knowledge to support oncology patients and their families. Focus is on the holistic approach to care using state-of-the-art interventions that provide effective pain and symptom management. Prerequisites: NUR 50200  or advanced pharmacology at an advanced practice level within the past five years. Typically offered Spring.
  

  • NUR 57200 - Acute Oncology Illness

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines the clinical management of acute oncology care. Emphasis is placed on gaining theoretical knowledge to support the acute care of oncology patients and their families. Focus is on the holistic approach to care using state-of-the-art interventions that provide effective management of cancer comorbidities. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • NUR 57300 - Acute Oncology Illness Preceptorship

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course assists students to develop and broaden clinical judgment skills. Content includes the study of adults with acute oncology conditions and the impact of those conditions on family members. Focus is on the differential diagnosis, clinical decision making, and management, as well as patient and family education within the context of oncology care. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • NUR 58200 - Chronic Oncology Conditions And Palliative Care

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course examines the clinical management of chronic and palliative oncology care. Emphasis is placed on gaining theoretical knowledge to support chronic and/or dying patients and their families. Focus is on the holistic approach to care using state-of-the-art interventions that provide effective pain and symptom management. Typically offered Spring.
  

  • NUR 58300 - Chronic Oncology/Palliative Care Preceptorship

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course assists students to develop and broaden clinical judgment skills. Content includes the study of adults with chronic oncology conditions and the impact of those conditions on family members. Focus is on the differential diagnosis, clinical decision making and management, as well as patient and family education within the context of oncology care. Typically offered Spring.
  

  • NUR 59800 - Master’s Capstone

    Credit Hours: 1.00 or 3.00. Students apply research principles through problem identification, proposal development, implementation, and evaluation of a clinical problem. Students synthesize principles of health assessment and advanced practice nursing through a clinical research project. The project may be an evaluation study or part of an ongoing faculty research project. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • NUR 59900 - Special Topics/Independent Study In Nursing

    Credit Hours: 0.00 to 6.00 (West Lafayette, Calumet) 1.00 to 6.00 (Fort Wayne) Special topics in nursing are critically examined. Hours, credit, and subject matter are determined by the staff. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring Fall Summer.
  

  • NUR 61300 - Primary Care Of The Young Family Practicum

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Students progress in their ability to master the competencies of the family nurse practitioner, using critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills. Students apply knowledge of clinical research, pharmacology, physiology, and conceptual frameworks to the primary care of childbearing and childrearing clients and families. Prerequisite: NUR 50000 , NUR 51100 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • NUR 62300 - Primary Care Of The Aging Family Practicum

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Students progress in their ability to master the competencies of the family nurse practitioner, using critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills. Students apply knowledge of clinical research, pharmacology, physiology, and conceptual frameworks to the primary care of middle-aged and older clients and families. Prerequisite: NUR 61300 . Typically offered Spring Fall Summer.
  

  • NUR 62400 - Evidence-Based Practice

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course focuses on discovery and utilization of evidence-based care to produce the best outcomes for patients. The student develops a problem statement, performs a comprehensive literature search, and critically evaluates the evidence to determine best practice and formulate recommendations. The implementation of evidence-based practice (EBP) practical strategies, and analysis of components of EBP are examined throughout the course. Prerequisite: NUR 51000  and either an undergraduate or graduate statistics course within the last five years. NUR 62600  is recommended. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • NUR 62500 - History, Ethics, And Innovations In Health-Care Delivery Systems

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Broadens and refines the student’s view of the current health-care delivery system by providing an analysis from an historical perspective, of the forces that have shaped the system, including scientific discoveries, technological advances, social justice issues and the development of health professions and institutions. Nursing knowledge is influenced by these multiple factors; thus, the course provides students with tools to lead others in meeting the many challenges the health-care system brings. Achronological and topical format is used, which investigates policy and societal trends affecting health care, the nursing and medical professions, and professional practice. Changes in the roles of health-care providers and consumers are assessed from economic, social, organizational, political, ethical, legal, and technological perspectives. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • NUR 62600 - Applied Biostatistics For Outcome Evaluation

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course applied biostatistical methods commonly used in epidemiologic research to large data sets. Students learn to use statistical software to compute descriptive, bivariate, and multivariate statistics. Students translate statistical findings into conclusions relevant to the delivery of health care. Prerequisites: NUR 51000  and an undergraduate statistics course within the last five years. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • NUR 63200 - Health Policy: Local To Global

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides an overview of policy decisions related to the organization, financing, and delivery of health care in the global community. Social, ethical, cultural, economic, and political issues that affect the delivery of health care and nursing services are critically analyzed. International models for development of health policies will be examined. Roles of health-care providers and consumers of health-care services, as well as government and entrepreneurial interest are examined. Typically offered Spring.
  

  • NUR 65500 - Advanced Practice In Nursing Seminar

    Credit Hours: 1.00. Students analyze movements and trends that influence advanced practice in nursing. Students dialogue with peers on issues related to advanced practice, nursing as a profession and discipline, healthcare and other related topics of interest. Prerequisite: NUR 60100, NUR 60300, NUR 61300 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • NUR 65600 - Healthcare Organization, Policy and Economics

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Students use theories to understand the various models that influence health care policy and organize health care delivery. Students investigate the processes of analyzing and forming health policy. The reciprocal relationship between evidence-based practice and health care policy is explored. Students examine health care economics from a micro and macro perspective and their impact on health care delivery systems. Students also explore issues such access to health care, health care quality, and cost. Prerequisite: NUR 50100 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • NUR 65700 - FNP Practicum: Clinical Synthesis

    Credit Hours: 2.00. This is the final clinical capstone course in a sequence of clinical courses designed to prepare graduate nursing students for FNP practice. Students synthesize and apply theoretical and empirical knowledge in primary-care settings with culturally diverse clients and families. Emphasis is given to the clinical management of a wider spectrum of clients and to the more complex, co-morbid conditions seen in family practice. Prerequisite: NUR 62300 , Corequisite: NUR 65500 , NUR 65600 . Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • NUR 67300 - DNP Health Policy Residency

    Credit Hours: 2.00. This residency course provides an opportunity for students to gain greater understanding of how public policy affects state, national, and international health-care delivery systems and resources. Students will interact with top policy makers at the local, state, national, and/or international level to explore the many forces, including political, economic, social, and technological, that influence current policy and the policy-making process. Prerequisite: NUR 65600 . Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • NUR 67500 - Role Transition And Synthesis

    Credit Hours: 2.00. This course provides an integration of core, cognate, and specialty knowledge, with an emphasis on role transition and synthesis. Focuses on internal and external healthcare organizational factors at the local, state, national, and international levels. Seminars explore role issues, licensure, credentialing, finances, legislation, healthcare policy, legal issues, ethics, cultural diversity, evidence-based practice, emerging trends in the management of acute and chronic conditions of adults, and independent and collaborative practice. Prerequisite: NUR 53200 , NUR 53300 , Corequisite: NUR 54200 , NUR 54300 , NUR 59800 . Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • NUR 68000 - DNP Cognate Residency: Direct Practice/Systems Management I

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This is the first in a series of two courses that applies knowledge and skill to improve healthcare outcomes in systems. The emphasis is the application of engineering principles to health care including human factors, systems analysis and design, and optimal use of information technology and simulation. Residency activities provide students with opportunities to participate in professional service activities, attend institutes and conferences to expand their area of research or clinical interest and/or develop significant scholarly pursuits. The focus is on creating change in the healthcare system through analysis, synthesis, critique, and application of evidence-based practice to support accessible high quality, safe, efficient, and effective health care. Prerequisites: NUR 68700 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • NUR 68100 - DNP Cognate Residency: Direct Practice/Systems Management II

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This is a second in a series of two courses that applies knowledge and skill to improve healthcare outcomes in systems. The emphasis is the advanced application of engineering principles to health care including human factors, systems analysis and design, and optimal use of information technology and simulation. Students assume a leadership role in the application process utilizing skills acquired in DNP Residency: Direct Practice Management I. Residency activities provide students with opportunities to participate in professional service activities, attend institutes and conferences to expand their area of research or clinical interest and/or develop significant scholarly pursuits. The focus is on providing leadership in creating change in the healthcare system through analysis, synthesis, critique, and application of evidence-based practice to support accessible high quality, safe, efficient, and effective health care and systematic evaluation of outcomes. Clinical sites for the DNP Residency may include collaboration with experts in local, state, national, and international healthcare agencies. Residency activities are selected by the student under the guidance of the faculty advisor and preceptor, DNP program director, and approved by the director of graduate programs in nursing. Prerequisite: NUR 68700 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • NUR 68300 - DNP Cognate Residency: Public Health/Homeland Security Practice I

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This is the first in a series of two courses that provides an opportunity to explore a public health topic of interest under the direction of a faculty member. The focus is on implementation of an evidence-based practice model and evaluation of their effectiveness in improving community health outcomes. Residency activities provide opportunities to utilize research and evidence-based practice to expand the knowledge base needed for the development, implementation, and evaluation of programs to meet the public health needs of specific communities with risk assessment analysis. Students will assess, plan, and evaluate the preparedness and response to mass casualty disasters or other public health concerns. Prerequisites: NUR 51000  and NUR 63200 . Concurrent Prerequisites: NUR 62400  and NUR 62600 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • NUR 68500 - DNP Cognate Residence: Public Health/Homeland Security Practice II

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This is the second in a series of two courses that provides an opportunity to further explore a public health topic of interest under the direction of a faculty member. The focus is on implementation of an evidence-based practice model and advanced application of evaluation techniques in establishing their effectiveness in improving community health outcomes. Residency activities provide ongoing opportunities to refine research and evidence-based practice to expand the knowledge base needed for the development, implementation, and evaluation of programs to meet the public health needs of the community and systems of care. Emphasis is on providing leadership in incorporating assessment of health needs of specific communities with risk assessment analysis to implement models to improve community outcomes. Students assume a leadership role as they assess, plan, and evaluate the preparedness and response to mass casualty disasters or other public health concerns. Residency sites may be local, state, national, and/or international settings. Residency activities are selected by the students under the guidance of the faculty advisor and preceptor, DNP program director, and approved by the director of graduate programs in Nursing. Prerequisite: NUR 68300 . Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • NUR 68700 - Doctor Of Nursing Practice (DNP) Practice Inquiry: Evidence-Based Practice I

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is first of a two part series that provides the opportunity to develop, implement and evaluate an evidence-based inquiry project. Students gain competence in activities aimed at improving the healthcare practice and systems, outcome evaluations, translation of research into practice, participation in interdisciplinary and collaborative research, and dissemination of research results. Total clinic hours 192. Prerequisites: NUR 51000 , NUR 62600 , NUR 62400  and Cognate Residencies. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • NUR 68900 - Doctor Of Nursing Practice (DNP) Practice Inquiry: Evidence-Based Practice II

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is second in the series that provides the opportunity to develop, implement and evaluate an evidence-based inquiry project. Students gain competence in activities aimed at improving the healthcare practice and systems, outcome evaluations, translation of research into practice, participation in interdisciplinary and collaborative research, and dissemination of research results. Total clinic hours 192. Prerequisites: NUR 68700  and Cognate Residencies. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.

Nutrition Science
  

  • NUTR 10500 - Nutrition In The 21st Century

    Credit Hours: 1.00. Analysis of current nutrition controversies and food safety concerns. Not designed to meet CFS nutrition competency. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • NUTR 10600 - The Profession Of Dietetics

    Credit Hours: 1.00. Semester two offered only through videotapes and e-mail. Overview of the dietetics profession, including standards, ethics, educational and employment opportunities, and professional credentialing. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • NUTR 10700 - Introduction To Nutrition Science

    Credit Hours: 1.00. An overview of professional opportunities for nutrition scientists. Introduces tolls and resources available for becoming a nutrition scientist. Typically offered in Fall.
  

  • NUTR 12500 - Food Safety Certification

    Credit Hours: 1.00. Training in ServSafe food safety certification program. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • NUTR 20200 - Principles Of Food Preparation And Nutrition

    Credit Hours: 4.00. Chemical, physical, microbiological, and nutritional principles of food preparation. Functions and sources of nutrients, their relationship to a healthy lifestyle and incorporating the benefits into marketing of foodservice. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • NUTR 20201 - Experience In Food Preparation

    Credit Hours: 1.00. Application of chemical, physical, microbiological, and nutritional principles in food preparation. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • NUTR 20500 - Food Science I

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Chemical and physical composition of foods: their changes during processing, storage, and preparation. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • NUTR 24500 - Rookie Experience In Sports Nutrition

    Credit Hours: 1.00. For students without prior experience within the specialty dietetics practice of sports nutrition, this course provides traditional and experience-based learning in a Division I Collegiate sports setting. Guest speakers will present on various aspects of the athletics work setting. Basics of sports nutrition are taught and students must pass an exam to progress to NUTR 34500 , Continuing Experience In Sports Nutrition. Written application and interview process required prior to instructor approval. Permission of Instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • NUTR 29700 - Introduction To Honors Research

    Credit Hours: 1.00. Introduces students to the design and implementation of an honors research project. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • NUTR 30300 - Essentials Of Nutrition

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Basic nutrition and its application in meeting nutritional needs of all ages. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer. CTL:IHP 1402 Human Nutrition
  

  • NUTR 31500 - Fundamentals Of Nutrition

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Basic principles of nutrition and their application in meeting nutritional needs during the life cycle. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • NUTR 33000 - Diet Selection And Planning

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Diet selection for health maintenance in culturally diverse populations based on current dietary guides with utilization of the computer for diet evaluation. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • NUTR 33200 - Nutrition Counseling

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Develop communication skills and counseling techniques necessary to elicit nutrition-related behavior changes in individuals. Typically offered Spring.
  

  • NUTR 34000 - Field Experience In Nutrition, Fitness And Health

    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Field experience in NFH-related setting that provides an opportunity for the application of the classroom experience. For NFH majors only. The student secures his/her own field experience, which must be approved by the NFH program coordinator in order to receive academic credit. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • NUTR 34500 - Continuing Experience In Sports Nutrition

    Credit Hours: 1.00. Traditional and experience-based learning within the specialty dietetics practice of sports nutrition in a Division I Collegiate sports setting. Guest speakers will present on various aspects of the athletics work setting. Students must pass an exam given in NUTR 24500 , Rookie Experience In Sports Medicine, to enroll. Permission of Instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • NUTR 35000 - Practicum In Dietetics

    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Supervised on-the-job experience related to the profession of dietetics in institutions, business, industry, community programs, etc. Student is responsible for arrangement and approval of the experience through the supervising dietitian and the course instructor. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • NUTR 36500 - Physiology And Nutrition During The Life Cycle

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Physiology and Nutrition During the Life Cycle explores the life stages of pregnancy, childhood, adulthood and older adulthood from physiological, social, and behavioral perspectives, focusing on the biological underpinnings of special nutritional needs for each life stage for optimal growth and development, maturation, aging, and overall health and well-being. Typically offered Spring.
  

  • NUTR 37500 - Foods And Nutrition Internship

    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Food science or nutrition professionally related work experience in industry, institutions, or business. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer Fall Spring.
  

  • NUTR 39000 - Independent Undergraduate Research

    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Individual research projects undertaken with faculty supervision. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • NUTR 39100 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Independent scholarly activity undertaken with faculty supervision. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • NUTR 39200 - Undergraduate Instruction Nutrition

    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 5.00. Problems dealing with various aspects of nutrition. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • NUTR 39700 - Directed Honors Research

    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Directed independent honors research for CFS Honors Program students. Students must select a faculty advisor for the course. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • NUTR 39800 - International Special Topics

    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Course taken during an international experience that is recognized by the University. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • NUTR 40000 - Executive In The Classroom

    Credit Hours: 1.00. Lecture and discussion, featuring industrial and business executives in food-related areas. Emphasis is placed on careers in the food industry. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • NUTR 41100 - Dietetics Career Planning

    Credit Hours: 1.00. Upon completion of this course, students will be prepared to successfully apply and interview for jobs and advanced education. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • NUTR 41500 - Practicum In Nutrition, Fitness, And Health

    Credit Hours: 2.00. Application of nutrition and exercise knowledge and skills by performing assessments, interpreting data, designing and implementing programs, documenting progress, and counseling of an adult client. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • NUTR 42400 - Communication Techniques In Foods And Nutrition

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Communication of foods and nutrition information to lay and professional audiences through oral, written, and mass media channels. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • NUTR 42600 - Lab In Community Nutrition

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Application of previous knowledge and communication skills in nutrition of community settings, such as school nutrition, health facilities, and federal or state nutrition programs. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • NUTR 43600 - Nutritional Assessment

    Credit Hours: 2.00. Nutrition assessment in humans, including anthropometric, biochemical, clinical, and dietary assessment. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • NUTR 43700 - Macronutrient Metabolism In Human Health And Disease

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Metabolism of the macronutrients, carbohydrate, lipds and protein in humans integrating physiology, biochemistry, and nutrition with a focus on maintaining optimal health and preventing disease. Typically offered Spring.
  

  • NUTR 43800 - Micronutrient And Phytochemical Metabolism In Human Health And Disease

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Metabolism of the micronutrients and phytochemicals in humans integrating physiology, biochemistry and nutrition with a focus on maintaining optimal health and preventing disease. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • NUTR 44200 - Foodservice Systems Management

    Credit Hours: 2.00. Systems approach to foodservice management. Foodservice operations based on nutritional goals of the target market. Food sanitation and safety, management of human resources, and supervision. Emphasis on applications to health-care facilities. Typically offered Spring.
  

  • NUTR 44300 - Laboratory In Foodservice Systems Management

    Credit Hours: 9.00. Application of previous knowledge and communication skills in foodservice facilities. Laboratory, student’s performance will ultimately include responsibilities equivalent to staff relief. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • NUTR 45300 - Food Chemistry

    Credit Hours: 4.00. Application of fundamental laws and concepts of chemistry, physics, and biology to the properties, composition, and storage of foods. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • NUTR 46100 - Laboratory In Medical Nutrition Therapy

    Credit Hours: 10.00. Application of previous knowledge and communication skills of medical nutrition therapy in the hospital/pateint care setting to ultimately include responsibilities equivalent to staff relief. Typically offered Spring.
  

  • NUTR 46500 - Laboratory In Engagement

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Culminating experiences in community nutrition, foodservice, medical nutrition therapy, public health, research and/or nutrition related business. Placements will be arranged based on individual student’s preferred track in long-term care facilities, hospitals, public health or community agencies, and/or business and industry. Typically offered Spring.
  

  • NUTR 48000 - Medical Nutrition Therapy I

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Nutrition assessment in humans and introduction to the nutrition care process. Application of the nutrition care process to various disease states. Typically offered Fall.
  

  • NUTR 48100 - Medical Nutrition Therapy II

    Credit Hours: 3.00. Application of the Nutrition Care Process in various disease states and conditions to prepare students for supervised practice programs. Typically offered Spring.
  

  • NUTR 48800 - Topics In Nutrition, Fitness, And Health

    Credit Hours: 3.00. This course critically evaluates the interrelationships between nutrition and exercise and their impact on physical performance and health. Concepts combining nutritional sciences and exercise physiology will be presented. Emerging science and controversies in the current literature will be discussed. Typically offered Fall Spring.
  

  • NUTR 49000 - Independent Undergraduate Research

    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Independent research projects undertaken with faculty supervision. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • NUTR 49100 - Independent Study

    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Independent scholarly activity undertaken with faculty supervision. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • NUTR 49200 - Undergraduate Instruction In Nutrition

    Credit Hours: 1.00 to 5.00. Problems dealing with various aspects of nutrition. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
  

  • NUTR 49500 - Undergraduate Seminar In Foods And Nutrition

    Credit Hours: 1.00. Instruction and application of concepts for effective oral presentations in the field of nutrition sciences. Typically offered Spring.
 

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