NUR 501 Theoretical Perspectives for Advanced Nursing Practice
Focuses on appreciation of the unique body of specialized knowledge known as nursing. A review of readings provides a foundation for graduate nurses to understand the historical, philosophical, and theoretical evolution of nursing science today.
3 credits

NUR 551 Critique & Design of Research
Applies scientific investigative processes of nursing leadership in research, with emphasis on preparation of the thesis or research proposal. The course focuses on advanced scholarly activities in the rigor of planning and conducting qualitative and quantitative research.
3 credits

NUR 648 Healthcare Law & Policy
Provides a legal analysis of health care from a broad perspective and incorporates a discussion and study of health care policy; explores the role that law plays in promoting the quality of health care, organizing the delivery of health care, methods used to control the cost of health care, promoting access to necessary health care, and protecting human rights of those who are provided health care.
3 credits

PHI 582 Biomedical Ethics
Provides an understanding of biomedical ethics and the issues and applications involved in ethical decision making. It provides exposure to a variety of biomedical issues and the opinions surrounding them; examines concepts to assist in identifying and analyzing pathways to resolve ethical concerns. Focuses on the need to be aware of multiple dimensions, personal influences, and various theories that are at work in ethical decision making, thus presenting students with opportunities to investigate and analyze their own values, organizational cultures, ethics, and moral decision making.
3 credits