Graduates assume roles as educators in academia, health care institutions, and in the community. Students' needs and career goals are considered in the selection of professional options. The program is designed to allow students to apply knowledge and educational skills in their individual settings.
Faculty shortages at nursing schools across the country are contributing to the overall decline in new enrollments at a time when the need for nurses continues to grow. Budget constraints, an aging faculty, and increasing job competition from clinical sites have contributed to this emerging crisis.
Objectives
- Analyze trends in nursing science to champion best educational practices with confidence and competence;
- Examine learning theories and curriculum design models related to educative processes in nursing that integrate culturally aware and spiritually sensitive strategies;
- Explore philosophies of education while developing an individual educational philosophy that reflects commitment to professional nursing practice;
- Identify and analyze significant issues arising between clinical nursing practice and nursing education, and provide leadership that incorporates caring attributes in the pragmatic resolution of any differences;
- Assess the qualities of good measurement instruments and explore the relationship between measurement and educational decision-making from evidence-based practice;
- Identify and analyze society's needs for health care and engage in activities designed to address those needs through education.
Curriculum
| NUGR 510 |
Applied Statistics |
3 credit hours |
| NUGR 512 |
Theoretical Foundations for Advanced Nursing Practice |
3 credit hours |
| NUGR 514 |
Nursing Research Design & Methodology |
3 credit hours |
| NUGR 518 |
Issues and Policies in Health Care |
2 credit hours |
| NUGR 519 |
Roles and Ethics for Advanced Practice Nursing |
3 credit hours |
| NUGR 522 |
Health Care Informatics |
2 credit hours |
| NUGR 523 |
Philosophy of Education |
3 credit hours |
| NUGR 533 |
Teaching Methods |
3 credit hours |
| NUGR 543 |
Curriculum Development & Nursing Education |
3 credit hours |
| NUGR 553 |
Measurement and Evaluation |
3 credit hours |
| NUGR 560 |
Practicum in Nursing Education |
4 credit hours |
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Elective course(s) |
5-6 credit hours |
| NUGR 590 |
Research Project |
1 credit hour |
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