NURS 501 Conceptual Framework for Sacred Covenant (1 SH)
This one semester hour course is an introduction to the cohort as a community of learners, to master’s level education, and to the conceptual framework of the program. Engagement with the approaches to leadership in nursing from an Anabaptist –Mennonite framework will enable the student to incorporate distributive justice, social justice, and relational justice into their practice. Cohort members will deepen effective communication strategies. We will discuss the logistics of an online educational model along with the procedures and policies of the program. Class members will develop a plan for lifelong learning. Expectations and tools for graduate level writing and study will be reviewed.
NURS 510 Historical, Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations of Nursing (3 SH)
This course focuses on establishing emotionally intelligent nursing professionalism as a basis for fostering leadership within both the nursing profession and society. In considering aims for personal growth, students will evaluate the ways in which nurse theorists and other historical leaders role modeled professionalism and intelligent interpersonal and inter-professional relationships. Specific attention will be paid to the means through which nurses can advance the profession of nursing individually and collectively.
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Concurrent with this content, students will be creating and finalizing the methodology for their MSN capstone evidence-based quality improvement project with the end-result being the completion of an official proposal to a designated Capstone Project Faculty Advisory. Once approved, this project will be implemented in the subsequent NURS 630 course during the following summer.
NURS 622 Nursing Administration Finance (2 SH)
This course equips master’s students with tools and methods for financial management, analysis, and allotment of resources from a stewardship perspective. The focus is on the management of healthcare resources from a nursing and stewardship perspective. Primary emphasis is placed on gaining understanding of the healthcare reimbursement system, allocation of resources at the organizational and unit level, role of nursing in budget development and financial management, and the effect of resource management on access to care for the individual and community.
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This course integrates master’s prepared executive skills with the challenge of implementing a change process in a new role or setting. In addition to participating in discussion forums, the course involves literature review and reading, reflective and scholarly writing, and leading and evaluating a quality improvement project. The student will partner with a nurse-leader preceptor to implement a change project at either a higher level within the organization than the student’s current practice level, in a different setting than their current role or setting, or in a multidisciplinary setting. Working with the faculty and preceptor to apply content and approaches studied during the MSN program, all projects must include a system change with analysis of the system and ethical challenges, consideration of primary, secondary, and tertiary strategies to accomplish projected outcomes, interpretation of the financial impact of the project, evaluation of potential social, distributive and interactional justice issues, and integration of the nurse’s voice throughout the progression of the project.
NURS 504: School Nursing: Legal Mandates (3 SH)
This course examines the roles and responsibilities of school nurses and the laws governing the practice of school nursing. The importance of the school nurse’s responsibility to promote the health of students, enhance their ability to learn, and promote health among school personnel will be emphasized in this course. Current legal issues in school health as well as emerging roles and responsibilities of School Nurses will also be explored.
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This course examines the roles and responsibilities of the school nurse in relation to promotion, restoration, and maintenance of health of school children. Management and evaluation of coordinated school health programs are discussed with an understanding for the need for outcome criteria. Principles of community health are applied. Significant emphasis will be placed on accommodations and adaptations for diverse learners.
NURS 506: School Nursing: Practicum (3 SH)
This course follows the School Nursing: Theory and Diverse Learners course. In addition to the on-line learning activities, students will complete a 120 hour clinical practicum in various school settings. The dissemination of hours is as follows: 30 hours in the elementary setting, 30 hours in the middle school setting, 30 hours in the high school setting and 30 hours with the diverse learner population. Clinical practicum assignments are individually planned with the approval of the course instructor
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