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Core Courses
Provides an overview of population-based approaches to assessment and evaluation of health needs. Selected theories
are the foundation for using scientific evidence for the management of populationbased
care. Enables the health care professional to make judgments about services or approaches
in prevention, early detection and intervention, correction or prevention of deterioration,
and the provision of palliative care
Focuses on research methods needed for systematic investigation
and expansion of nursing knowledge. Critical appraisal of research and development
of a research proposal are covered.
Core courses I have not yet taken:
N303 Health Services Program Planning and Outcomes Analysis.
An analysis oftheory and practice in the design, implementation, and evaluation of the outcomes of
health services programs within an integrated health care system. From a health services
planning paradigm, students conduct organizational and community needs assessments,
determine priorities, plan and monitor implementation, manage change,
evaluate outcomes, and provide planning reports.
N308 Applied Statistics.
Emphasizes the application and interpretation of statistical
procedures used in health care and nursing research. Data management and the relationship
between research design and statistical techniques are also studied.
N400 Organizational Theory for Integrated Health Care Delivery Systems.
Focuses on organizational behavior theory and research as the foundation for managerial and
leadership interventions in integrated health care systems. Students learn how patient
care system behaviors, structures, processes, and outcomes are affected by the actions of
health system leaders.
N404 Health Economics.
Health care costs continue to be an increasing percentage of
the United States' gross national product. This course focuses on health care financing as
an essential foundation for the delivery of health care services. Students will study the
principal ways in which health care is organized and financed and how policy influences
health care environment, particularly related to access, cost and quality. Current issues
in health care organizational structure and financing will be analyzed through case
studies.