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  • NURS 4500: Professional Roles III

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    The third of four professional roles courses emphasizes the nurse's role in assisting patients during care transitions, with a focus on principles of safety, quality, and care coordination across multiple settings. Intraprofessional and interprofessional collaborations, information management, and transitional care models are explored. Experiences include case management and care coordination across the lifespan via seminars, simulation, projects and/or care transition settings. Prerequisites: Full Major status in Nursing.
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  • NURS 4505: Concepts Critical Care

    2.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Concepts in Critical Care Nursing focuses on concepts associated with human response to severe illness and injury in the critical care environment. Emphasis is placed upon evidence-based nursing care for critically ill adult clients including pathophysiology, pharmacology, assessment, and problem-solving. Upon completion, the student will be able to identify and describe evidence-based nursing care that contributes to high quality client outcomes. Prerequisites: Full Major status in Nursing
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  • NURS 4510: Global Public Health

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Students learn application of public health principles to problems and challenges transcending national boundaries, and to gain an understanding of the complex array of global and local forces affecting the health of diverse international populations. Utilizing knowledge from nursing, global health, and social science, standards of international public health nursing are applied to globally diverse populations. Clinical experiences incorporate best practices for population-based assessment, disease prevention and management, risk reduction and health promotion in a variety of multicultural, community-based settings. Prerequisites: Full Major status in Nursing.
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  • NURS 4512: Population-Based Care

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course applies concepts of population health to the care of individuals and communities that nurses encounter in a variety of settings at the local, national, and global level. The nursing role in population management includes health promotion, wellness, chronic disease management, and care transitions applied to mental and physical health. Principles of diversity, equity, inclusivity and ethical practice are emphasized. Prerequisites: Full Major status in Nursing
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  • NURS 4530: Mental& Behavioral Hlth

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course focuses on evidence-based mental and behavioral health for individuals, families and communities across the lifespan. Emphasis is placed on patient assessment, nursing diagnosis, and current treatment modalities for patients coping with mental health disorders. Didactic content is supported by clinical practicum hours in a variety of settings dedicated to provision of mental health services. Prerequisites: Full Major status in Nursing.
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  • NURS 4535: Mtl & Behav Health

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course explores the impact of physiological, psychological, cognitive, sociocultural and environmental factors on mental health/illness across an individual's lifespan. Students integrate this foundational knowledge with understanding of social determinants of health, learning to identify and assess individual, family and group needs. Students will apply evidence-based interventions across the continuum of care and develop advanced communication skills, including motivational interviewing, to engage individuals and families in mental health promotion and treatment. Prerequisites: Full Major status in Nursing
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  • NURS 4550: Clinical Management III

    4.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    The third of three courses integrates the health-illness continuum across the lifespan, including principles of pathophysiology, pharmacology, genetics and the nursing process as a basis for clinical reasoning. Chronic care exemplars from pediatric, adult and geriatric populations focus on care of the patient across multiple settings. Prerequisites: Full Major status in Nursing.
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  • NURS 4600: Professional Roles IV

    4.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course focuses on knowledge and skills for effective leadership and management of patient care in a collaborative environment. Didactic study will focus on developing the ability of students to see nursing practice as a part of a complex system. Students will examine systems thinking and complexity, development of leadership roles and skills, interprofessional communication and teamwork, and leading change in healthcare organizations. The course will examine the nurse's role in improvement science and patient care delivery, focusing on quality improvement processes, patient safety, nurse sensitive process and outcomes measures. A variety of experiences will provide opportunities to synthesize the multi-dimensional aspects of nursing and provide the environment which facilitates transition to professional nursing practice. Principles of leadership, accountability and change will be applied to clinical practice as the student begins to operationalize the professional nursing role. Prerequisites: Full Major status in Nursing.
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  • NURS 4605: Application of Nurs Evd

    3.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    This course prepares students with foundational knowledge and skills for evidence-based practice in an applied learning environment. The course incorporates the principles and processes for evidence-based practice, including the application of best available evidence, clinical judgement, and patient-centered care. Students demonstrate learning through completion of program-specific evidence-based scholarly project. Discipline-specific written and verbal presentation skills are developed and refined as students generate a learning project targeted toward a specific population or clinical focus area. Prerequisites: Full Major status in Nursing.
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  • NURS 4610: Care Transitions

    2.00 Credits
    University of Utah

    Transitional care needs of people with complex health and social needs, and those of family caregivers are often poorly managed. This course focuses on the knowledge needed to care for patients at particular moments across the continuum of care and through transitions in an illness experience. It addresses nursing phenomena of concern and common pathways of illness, with an emphasis on family-centered care through transitions in the illness and recovery phases. Transitional care includes a range of time-limited services designed to ensure health care continuity as individuals move from one level of care to another, among multiple health care team members, and across settings. Prerequisites: Full Major status in Nursing
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