Nursing Education

The syllabus for N41.2005 is intended for graduate students in nursing. The course provides the foundations necessary to understand elementary biostatistics and applications of biostatistics in the medical literature. It will concentrate on the interpretation and comprehension of graphical and statistical techniques that are essential components to medical research. The ability to understand basic arithmetic and high school algebra is required.

This graduate research course is designed to develop the role of the advanced practice nurse, midwife, educator, administrator, or informatics specialist as a competent research consumer. An evidence-based practice paradigm is used to promote acquisition of information literacy and critical appraisal skills which, combined with clinical judgment and patient preferences, support evidence-based decision making.

In this course, students analyze current political, social, and economic issues and trends that affect health care delivery, nursing, and health policy. The course focuses on the United States and includes global issues that affect health care systems and delivery of care. Students develop strategies for collaborating with individuals and organizations in efforts to enhance health equity and the quality of care for patients and populations of diverse racial, ethnic, gender, and other identities. The course covers credentialing of advanced practice nurses and its importance in providing high quality care. Throughout the course, students are encouraged to develop and pursue their professional goals in terms of participation and leadership in professional organizations, engaging in civic participation, and obtaining and using health policy evidence and information to advance health equity. Coursework entails individual and group assignments in both synchronous and asynchronous modes. This is a required core course for all master’s students at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing and open to other NYU graduate students with permission of the instructor.

The Population-Focused Care course explores advanced practice nursing at community and population levels. Nursing contributions to core public health functions and essential public health services are considered in the context of theoretical frameworks for health communication and behavioral change to develop programs to improve the health of populations. Data sources for community health assessment and epidemiologic analyses are examined. Cultural and political competencies are also addressed.

This course focuses on the theoretical basis of nursing and health care informatics. The model of data, information, and knowledge is used to explore the basis of nursing informatics within health care. Nursing classifications and taxonomies and the computerized patient record (CPR) are introduced. Strategies are examined for dissemination, access, retrieval, and evaluation of information for professionals and consumers of health care, with an emphasis on reducing health care disparities.

The goal of this course is to prepare the advanced practice nurse to prescribe pharmacotherapies that improve patient care outcomes. . The student will learn to integrate his/her knowledge of basic pharmacology and pathophysiology with advanced pharmacotherapeutic principles to enhance treatment decisions and prescribe medications for the prevention and treatment of disease. Various methodologies will be used to allow the student practice in incorporating patient history, assessment, and diagnoses with consideration of the best, safest and most effective pharmacy The goal of this course is to prepare the advanced practice nurse to prescribe pharmacotherapies that improve patient care outcomes. . The student will learn to integrate his/her knowledge of basic pharmacology and pathophysiology with advanced pharmacotherapeutic principles to enhance treatment decisions and prescribe medications for the prevention and treatment of disease. Various methodologies will be used to allow the student practice in incorporating patient history, assessment, and diagnoses with consideration of the best, safest and most effective pharmacy options. An emphasis on critical analysis of the evidence according to evidence-based principles and subsequent application of the evidence into the medical and treatment plans will be fostered. Critical decision analysis will assist the student to evaluate and revise treatment plans to improve patient care.

In this course, the advanced practice student develops advanced comprehensive history taking and physical assessment competencies in the context of the nurse-client relationship. The outcomes are achieved via a case-based approach that is hypothesis driven and focuses on clinical decision making using the best available evidence to mutually address client goals using a culturally relevant approach. There is an introduction to laboratory and diagnostic tests and basic electrocardiogram interpretation as part of the decision making process.

Establishing the foundation for competency-based nursing education, this course examines past, current, and future issues and research that impact the implementation of associate?s, baccalaureate, and master?s degree nursing programs, including the role of the nurse educator in academic and health care settings. Topics include theory and research related to the following aspects of nursing curricula: creating caring, culturally sensitive teaching/learning environments; principles of adult teaching/learning; problem-based learning; cultural competency; diverse and interdisciplinary learning needs of nursing students; classroom and clinical assessment techniques; information technology resources; distance education; finance; and accreditation process. Practicum experiences expose students to the administrative and scholarship role of the nurse educator, as well as student and faculty teaching issues.

Fundamental principles for developing and implementing competency- based and culturally competent nursing curriculum for associate?s, baccalaureate, and master?s degree programs and staff development departments of health care settings are examined. Students use Lenburg?s competency performance assessment (COPA) model and Purnell?s model for cultural competency to develop basic components of nursing curriculum that address vulnerable and medically underserved populations. Nurse educators? use of classroom assessment techniques, problem based learning, and technology strategies that create caring learning environments in the classroom, and clinical settings are discussed.

Students implement developed lesson plans for the practicum site?s curriculum courses in classroom, college laboratory, and clinical teaching settings and assist preceptor teacher in other elements of curriculum implementation related to identified learners of accredited associate?s, baccalaureate, or master?s degree nursing programs and/or nursing staff development programs of health care settings. In the seminar, students discuss the practicum site?s curriculum in relation to the nurse-educator role, focusing on how it addresses vulnerable and medically underserved populations, use of classroom assessment techniques, and problem- based learning strategies and the role of teaching for the nurse educator in academia and/or in a health care agency.

The emphasis of this course is on evaluating competency-based and culturally competent nursing curriculum based on national accreditation and professional organization criteria for associate?s, baccalaureate, and master?s degree nursing programs and nursing staff development programs of health care settings. Lenburg?s competency performance assessment (COPA) model and Purnell?s model for cultural competency areThe emphasis of this course is on evaluating competency-based and culturally competent nursing curriculum based on national accreditation and professional organization criteria for associate?s, baccalaureate, and master?s degree nursing programs and nursing staff development programs of health care settings. Lenburg?s competency performance assessment (COPA) model and Purnell?s model for cultural competency are evaluated for usefulness in addressing components of nursing curriculum that focus on vulnerable and medically underserved populations.

In this final practicum course, students conduct all aspects of the nurse-educator role for academic and/or health care agency settings. The emphasis is on evaluating nursing curriculum based on the criteria of national educational and health care agency accreditation, standards of professional nursing educational organizations, and the expected legal registered nurse practice competencies that meet the health care needs of society, especially those of vulnerable and medically underserved populations.