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NURS 540	NURS 540 Nursing Inquiry II Course Credits: 4 This course addresses principles of nursing inquiry and evidence with a focus on quantitative design and statistical literacy. Students will broaden their understanding of quantitative research methods and enhance their ability to analyze quantitative data and interpret statistical results for answering research questions of relevance to nursing theory and practice.
NURS 550	NURS 550 Health Care Policy Course Credits: 3 A broad overview of the policy process and its application to health care. Reflecting on Canadian priorities, concerns, and obligations, health care issues are analyzed with a specific focus on policy, politics and influence. The roles of nursing and nurse leaders in health policy development, implementation, and advocacy for the health and social needs of the public are critically evaluated. A required on-site residency at the Laurentian Leadership Centre in Ottawa exposes students to the key people and process of health care policy at federal and international levels. International policy, through WHO and other agencies, is examined for its relationship to federal policy and for global perspectives on health and nursing.
NURS 607	NURS 607 Nursing Topics Course Credits: 3 This graduate course critically examines issues related to nursing knowledge and advanced professional practice. Topics may vary, depending on student interest and professor availability. Sample topics include: Spirituality & the Helping Professions, and Planetary & Global Health.
NURS 611	NURS 611 Perspectives on Nursing Education Course Credits: 3 An overview to the history, theory, research, ethics, and issues shaping nursing leadership in Canada and international health communities. Utilizing thoughtful Christian perspectives, students critically explore the history of leadership in health care, and the sociopolitical context in which it operates, and the attributes of morally good leaders, analyze current and future issues affecting health care leadership, and apply the role of nursing leadership to that context.
NURS 612	NURS 612 Learning/Teaching in Nurse Education Course Credits: 3 A practical focus on the competencies required to facilitate learning in nursing education. Students explore pedagogical concepts and techniques in classroom and clinical contexts including constructing syllabi, lesson plans, clinical learning experiences and evaluative measures, with attention to Christian perspectives.
NURS 621	NURS 621 Perspectives on Nursing Leadership Course Credits: 3 An overview to the theory, research, and issues shaping nursing leadership in Canada and international health communities. Students will explore the history of leadership in health care, and the sociopolitical context in which it operates; analyze current and future issues affecting health care leadership, and apply the role of nursing leadership to that context. Nurses who bring disciplinary nursing knowledge about health promotion, patient responses to illness, interpersonal and inter-professional communication, population health, and the social contexts of health and illness together with emerging knowledge regarding health care organizations and leadership theory are in a unique position to provide highly effective leadership to today's changing, complex healthcare environments.
NURS 622	NURS 622 The Skills of Nursing Leadership Course Credits: 3 A practical focus on the competencies required for nursing leadership. Students have the opportunity to develop leadership skills necessary for today’s complex healthcare environments, which take into account Christian values and principles. Building on their existing practice expertise, students explore ways to innovatively incorporate emerging research, theory and practice concepts into a particular field of healthcare leadership practice, including (but not limited to) health care administration and operational management. Emphasis is placed on concepts such as values clarification, engagement and relationship building, patient advocacy, inter-professional communication and team building, quality improvement, and the ethics of leadership.
NURS 631	NURS 631 Perspective on Advanced Practice Course Credits: 3 In this course, students develop capabilities to work in advanced practice roles, particularly as a clinical nurse specialist (CNS) in an array of practice settings. Students explore advanced practice including both direct client care and indirect activities to meet the complex health needs of Canadians and contribute to a sustainable, efficient, and effective health system. Throughout the course, advanced decision-making, system-level thinking, and care coordination of highly complex, vulnerable and/or unpredictable clients/populations are examined in consideration of the intra/inter-professional team, socio-political contexts of care, Indigenous perspective, and larger health system.
NURS 632	NURS 632 ANP II: Themes in Care (Gerontology) Course Credits: 3 An advanced practice course with a specialty focus on older adult nursing care across the spectrum of health and illness. Students develop expertise about role of nurses in the contexts of primary care, home care, parish nursing, long-term care, and palliative-hospice care. Utilizing faith-based perspectives, fundamental concepts pertaining to primary health care, chronic disease management, and the supportive needs of older adults and their families are emphasized.

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