NPA-Nursing-Palliative Care

NPA 621. Advanced Palliative Care Nursing I. 3 Hours.

The purpose of this course is to provide a theoretical and practical foundation for students to diagnose and manage the health needs of the patient and family in the delivery of palliative care across the life span. The focus of the course is on interdisciplinary, holistic palliative care management strategies. The emphasis of the course is on critical thinking, research, ethics, cultural competence, disease management, complication prevention and healthcare delivery as they apply to chronic disease management and quality of life for the palliative care patient and family.
Prerequisites: (NUR 614 [Min Grade: B] or NUR 614 [Min Grade: B] or NUR 614L [Min Grade: B] or NUR 614L [Min Grade: B])

NPA 622. Advanced Palliative Care Nursing II. 3 Hours.

The purpose of this course is to provide the student with opportunities to integrate in-depth knowledge of health assessment and management skills to provide care for clients with commonly occurring chronic and complex health problems as well as palliative care problems. The focus of the course is the development of strategies to market the nurse practitioner role, to create a specific practice position, and to explore strategies to market palliative care and their role in family health care. The emphasis of the course is on critical thinking, health promotion, disease prevention, scientific integrity and ethics, human diversity and social issues, professional role development, education and marketing.
Prerequisites: NPA 621 [Min Grade: B] or NPA 621 [Min Grade: B]

NPA 626. Palliative Care for Advanced Nursing Practice I. 3 Hours.

This course provides a theoretical and practical foundation for students to diagnose and manage the health needs of the palliative care patient and family in the delivery of culturally competent care across the life span. Content includes multidisciplinary management strategies to holistic healthcare delivery as it applies to administration of culturally competent palliative care. This course will utilize discussion, online activities for application of class content, readings, lecture and guest lecture approach to supplement text readings and online delivery of didactic content. The students are expected to apply culturally competent and palliative care theories to clinical assessment and decision-making strategies in order to provide direct patient care to the palliative care patient and family. Prerequisite: NUR 614L. Corequisite: NPA 685L.
Prerequisites: NUR 614L [Min Grade: B] and NUR 613 [Min Grade: B](Can be taken Concurrently) or NUR 613 [Min Grade: B](Can be taken Concurrently)

NPA 627. Palliative Care for Advanced Nursing Practice II. 3 Hours.

This course is designed to provide the student with opportunities to integrate in-depth knowledge of health assessment and management skills to provide care for patients with commonly occurring palliative care problems. Students will also have the opportunity to develop strategies to market the advanced practice nurse role, to create a specific practice position and to explore strategies to market their role in health care. The following elements are integrated into the course: critical thinking, health promotion, disease prevention and palliative care, scientific integrity and ethics, human diversity and social issues and professional role development. Corequisite: NPA 686L.
Prerequisites: (NPA 626 [Min Grade: B] or NPA 626 [Min Grade: B])

NPA 685L. Practicum: Advanced Palliative Care. 2-4 Hours.

The purpose of this course is for the student to develop the Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner role by providing health and palliative care services to clients across the lifespan, families, and groups while emphasizing the promotion of health, the prevention of disease and the palliative care for life altering conditions. The focus of the course is on application of knowledge and current research findings to the management of actual and potential health problems, which include common diseases and human responses to disease. The emphasis of this course encompasses a trajectory of the nurse practitioner experience from novice to beginning expert, and includes role components such as interdisciplinary collaborator, coach, educator, and consultant.
Prerequisites: (NUR 614 [Min Grade: B] or NUR 614 [Min Grade: B] or NUR 614L [Min Grade: B] or NUR 614L [Min Grade: B]) and NPA 621 [Min Grade: B](Can be taken Concurrently) or NPA 621 [Min Grade: B](Can be taken Concurrently) or NPA 622 [Min Grade: B](Can be taken Concurrently) or NPA 622 [Min Grade: B](Can be taken Concurrently)

NPA 686L. Practicum: Culturally Competent Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner II. 3 Hours.

This course allows the student to develop the Culturally Competent Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner role by providing health and palliative care services to clients across the lifespan, families and groups while emphasizing the promotion of health, the prevention of disease and palliative care for life altering conditions throughout the course of clinical experiences over two academic terms. Further, the student continues to apply knowledge and current research findings to the management of actual and potential health problems, which include common diseases and human responses to disease. An Objective Structured Patient Experience held during this course will determine if the student can progress into 6 hours of the final residency course, NCA 692L. Students arrange their own clinical sites with assistance/approval from clinical faculty. Prerequisite: NPA 621 and NPA 685L. Corequisite: NPA 622.
Prerequisites: NPA 685L [Min Grade: P] or NPA 685L [Min Grade: P]

NPA 692L. Residency: Culturally Competent Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner. 3-6 Hours.

This course prepares the student in the Culturally Competent Palliative Nurse Practitioner role to be a beginning expert in the diagnosis and management of client's health problems. During residency, the student is expected to continue growth toward becoming an independent practitioner, specializing in the culturally competent care of clients from across the lifespan. The student further develops the Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner role with patient/clients by providing health care services to clients (i.e. individuals, families, groups) emphasizing the promotion of health, prevention of disease and/or palliation of symptoms of life-altering diseases. A comprehensive examination is given during this residency course. Failure to pass the comprehensive examination will delay graduation. Students arrange their own clinical sites with assistance/approval from clinical faculty. Prerequisite: NPA 622 and NPA 686L.
Prerequisites: (NPA 627 [Min Grade: B] or NPA 627 [Min Grade: B]) and (NPA 685L [Min Grade: P] or NPA 685L [Min Grade: P]) and (NPA 686L [Min Grade: P] or NPA 686L [Min Grade: P])