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A survey of healthcare issues and trends that influence leadership and practice, including leadership and management, motivational, and change theories employed by healthcare leaders. Students will examine how people interact and behave with each other in a workplace and strategies leaders can implement to function more effectively. Credits: 3

The purpose of this nursing course is to assist students to refine history taking, psychological assessment and physical assessment skills for patients across the lifespan. Emphasis is in detailed history taking, critical diagnostic reasoning and clinical decision-making, differentiation, interpretation, and documentation of normal and abnormal findings. Credits: 3

This course equips students to analyze and apply various nursing theories in the context of clinical practice. Specifically, students will understand how to select a theory or framework to solve clinical problems. Students will also review current studies and describe how the nursing theory or framework guided the study. Students will identify 3-4 potential nursing theories and frameworks that apply to a clinical concern. Credits: 3

This nursing course is a theological analysis of professional nursing education and practice theories. Content will provide a foundation for Christian nurse educators and clinicians to teach and provide quality nursing care. This course explores the intersection of theology and nursing, examining how faith, spirituality, and religious beliefs influence nursing practice, patient care, and the healthcare environment. It aims to provide students with a deep understanding of how theological concepts can be integrated into nursing to offer holistic care. Credits: 3

The purpose of this nursing course is to assist students to advance their understanding of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and clinical decision making in drug management for the advanced practice of nursing for patients across the lifespan. Credits: 3

This course will focus on the application of advanced knowledge of the physiology and pathophysiological processes related to the individuals with the complex clinical conditions. Students will work individually to develop a case study paper based on a patient that students have provided the care for within the past one year. The case study paper will describe the pathophysiology of the diagnosis, the signs and symptoms that the patient manifests, and the treatment that the patient was receiving. The description of pathophysiological condition of the selected diagnosis should include the molecular, cellular, organ and system levels. In this paper, students also critique the treatments and medications that the patient has received. Credits: 3

This course will equip students to design high quality academic and scientifically sound papers appropriate for graduate nursing studies and beyond. Students learn, in particular, to apply basic principles of scientific writing to graduate-level research papers, article reviews, and presentations. Students will also review the foundations of the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) project. Specifically, students will review the basic components of the DNP scholarly project and identify a significant clinical topic of concern for the duration of their DNP studies. Credits: 3

Equips students to analyze the various roles of DNPs. Students will understand the responsibilities of DNPs in clinical, scholarly, leadership and advocacy roles. In particular, students will understand and apply the DNP essentials to professional practice. Students will engage in initial evidence-based practice research by defining a gap in patient services or healthcare to study for the duration of their coursework. Students will complete a draft of background information (e.g., Chapter 1 of the DNP project) during this course. Credits: 3

Equips students to analyze the various roles of DNPs. Students will understand the responsibilities of DNPs in clinical, scholarly, leadership and advocacy roles. In particular, students will understand and apply the DNP essentials to professional practice. This course will concentrate on completing drafts of Chapters 2 and 3: the literature review and the methodology (a research design, samples and sampling methods, data collection tools, and a method of statistical analysis), of the evidence-based practice Capstone project of the DNP program, based on the specific researchable problem and the background identified in DNP I. Credits: 3

This course examines the organization of care, population health, health disparities, healthcare financing and economics, and health information technology’s role in improving care and protecting privacy. Information system technologies design, development, and implementation, including the technical, ethical, legal, and cultural implications, are discussed. Information systems that assist in monitoring outcomes and quality improvement, patient safety, evaluation and selection of patient care technology, and consumer health information sources are explored. Credits: 3

This course addresses the business side of healthcare, including healthcare insurance regulations and laws designed to increase quality and access and to lower the cost of healthcare. Explores the economic influences and underpinnings of the U.S. healthcare delivery system, reimbursement, and patient care delivery. Provides an overview of legal issues specific to healthcare. Students will explore ethical considerations of healthcare delivery and allocation of resources. Credits: 3

This doctoral level course equips students to analyze and apply various biblical concepts of finitude. Specifically, students will understand how to adopt biblical concepts of finitude into nursing professional practice (e.g., the nurse, individual patients, classroom) to promote flourishing. Students will develop an educational presentation regarding these concepts. Students will apply a biblical understanding of finitude to a relevant clinical or healthcare topic. Credits: 3

This nursing course is the third of three graduate level courses focused on curriculum. The focus of this course is on curriculum assessment and development. Credits: 3

Equips students to analyze the various roles of DNPs. Students will understand the responsibilities of DNPs in clinical, scholarly, leadership and advocacy roles. In particular, students will understand and apply the DNP essentials to professional practice. This course will concentrate on completing drafts of Chapters 4 and 5: the data analysis (Chapter 4 Results) and the interpretations of the analysis (Chapter 5 Discussions) including the limitations of the study and the recommendations for the future research. Chapter 5 also includes the integration of AACN DNP Essentials with the evidence-based practice project and the conclusions of the evidence-based practice Capstone project, reflecting Chapters 1 through 5. Credits: 3

This course helps students learn about the most commonly used statistical methods in clinical, public health, epidemiological, and experimental research. Students will also learn how to interpret and communicate the results of statistical analysis when studying population-level data. Topics covered in this course include basic statistical terminology, probability distributions, sampling distributions, and tests of hypothesis including nonparametric procedures, ANOVA, regression, categorical data, and documenting the results of their analyses. Credits: 3

This course covers an analysis of the government institutions and processes that affect health policy in the American context. The course has two primary goals: (1) to explore how the institutional arrangements of American government work with respect to the development of health policy; and (2) to review several health-policy case studies and identify lessons from them. Explores fundamental challenges that face all health policymakers - whatever country or its level of economic development - and the array of policy instruments that can be deployed to address them. Credits: 3

This course focuses on qualitative research and qualitative methods and their practical application in public health research to include research design and methodology, gathering of data, statistical analysis, evaluation, and research reporting as they relate to human research. It will explore selected qualitative theoretical and methodological approaches, discuss qualitative research design, research ethics, indigenous methodologies, and offer students the opportunity to practice techniques for qualitative data collection, management, and analysis. Credits: 3

This is an introductory course in public health and allied health fields to provide a foundation in key epidemiologic concepts. Principles and methods used to investigate the distribution, determinants, and prevention strategies for disease in human populations. The approaches of epidemiology in estimating the burden of disease; in making inferences about cause of disease; and in evaluating primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention strategies are presented. Credits: 3

Cross-cultural study of the basic human groups of family, kin and community, engaging the student in field methodology and research, and application of principles and data of social organization to mission strategy. Credits: 3

A variety of constructs that have in the past or are currently supportive of educational practice are explored with special attention given to their potential for application in cross-cultural context. Credits: 3

Authentic and innovative leaders inspire and navigate their teams through the challenging waters of organizational change. This course focuses on becoming a leader through the understanding and development of essential innovative leadership dimensions. Students will examine leadership through the lens of innovation by surveying and analyzing contemporary constructs and by applying their learnings to their personal lives and organizational workplace. Students will also study biblical examples of innovative leaders and integrate this knowledge into their writing and discussion. Credits: 3

This course is a study of the biblical principles of leadership from the Scriptures as they shape the foundation for best business practices both in relationships and in developing a healthy culture for great organizations. Students will study leadership lessons from Scripture and identify the principles of godly leadership and how to lead with excellence. Students will develop a Christian understanding of leadership to include practical application in order to effectively lead organizations. Students will engage in personal reflection exploring the crucial role of character and the leader’s heart. Credits: 3

This course is designed to teach students how to create and manage change for productivity, through individual and group leadership. Students will study traditional and cutting-edge methods for initiating and supporting innovation in new and existing organizations, as well as pitfalls to avoid. The crucial role of leadership in the change process will be examined, and opportunities for experience in innovation and change will be made part of class time and assignments. Students will also study significant variables that influence organizations and individual effectiveness necessary for developing effective leadership in the contemporary workforce while examining the role of change from a biblical perspective. Credits: 3