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Elective Courses


Elective Courses

The courses listed below are usually open to both matriculated and nonmatriculated students. Elective course offerings may vary from year to year depending upon student interest and faculty availability. See the following section for course descriptions.

700a/b Child Care Health Consultation
704a/b/c Master's Independent Study
713a (EMD 557a), Public Health Issues in HIV/AIDS
715a/b Stress Reduction and Relaxation
719a (HPA 564a, MGT 659a), Integrated Clinical/Financial Information Management
723a (HPA 592a), Concepts and Principles of Aging
725b Health Care Ethics
726a/b Practicum in Clinical Ethics
727a Analysis of Issues in Health Care Ethics
733b (RLST 977b), Living with Dying
735b Environment and Health
737a Nursing, Health, and Social Welfare in American History
765a/b(HPA 575a,b; Internal Medicine 196) Advanced Concepts in Home Care. Not offered 2004-2005.]

In addition to electives listed above, the following courses are open to degree-seeking students or nonmatriculated students with the permission of the instructor. See the following section for course descriptions.

Adult Advanced Practice Nursing Specialty

607b Pathophysiology and Management of Common Adult Clinical Problems I
609a Assessment of the Acutely and Critically Ill Client
611a Conceptual Basis of Nursing Practice
615a/b Principles and Practice of Oncology
803a/b Oncology Symptom Management
805a Cancer Pharmacology
807a Pathophysiology and Management of Common Adult Clinical Problems II
817b Professional Practice Issues for Adult Advanced Practice Nurses
819b Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in the Adult Continuum

Adult, Family, Gerontological, and Women's Health Primary Care Specialty

559b Adult Development: A Life Span Perspective
895a Clinical Pharmacology
723a (HPA 592a), Concepts and Principles of Aging

Doctor of Nursing Science Program

919b Proseminar in Survey Research Methods. Not offered spring term 2005.]
921b Seminar on Research in Care of Patients with Diabetes
923a Current Issues in Cardiovascular Nursing Research. Not offered fall term 2004.]
925b Qualitative Research in Nursing
927a Seminar in Research in Care of People with Cancer or at Risk for Cancer and Their Families
961a Contemporary Issues in Health Policy and Politics

Graduate Entry Prespecialty in Nursing

501b Issues in Nursing
503 Biomedical Science
505b Seminar in Pathophysiology
507b Nutrition in Clinical Practice
509 Introduction to Drug Therapy

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Specialty

625b Children with Chronic Conditions/Disabilities and Their Families
633a Health Promotion in Children
637a Child Development
700a/b Child Care Health Consultation
825a Advanced School Health Management Seminar
849b Family Systems and Perspectives Relevant to Health Care

Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing Specialty

657a Mental Health Assessment Across the Life Span
659a Personality Theory and Adult Development. Not offered fall term 2004.]
659b Psychopathology and Human Behavior.
661b Models of Treatment
851a Seminar in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing: Theoretical and Evidence-Based Perspectives
853b Specialty Didactic: The Gerontological Client/Mental Health and Aging
855b Group Psychotherapy Seminar
859a Clinical Psychopharmacology
865a Family Psychotherapy Seminar. Not offered fall term 2004.]
871b Neurobiology and Mental Illness

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