For Graduate Students in the Master of Nursing

BNURS 506: Advanced Pathophysiology, Pharmacology, and Health Assessment

• • Focuses on expanding student knowledge of pathophysiology, pharmacology, and health assessment beyond the baccalaureate level. 

  • Course does not prepare student for independent practice as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), but provides advanced understanding of pathophysiology, pharmacological treatment possibilities, advanced health assessment, and reasoning.

BNURS 590: Advanced Fieldwork and Capstone I (formerly known as Introduction to Advanced Fieldwork and Capstone Project)

• • Preparation for matching with scholarly chairperson, advanced fieldwork and the capstone project courses.

  • Coaches students to analyze current fit with the competencies required for a selected advanced nursing clinical, educational or administrative leadership role; and on collaborative roles, functions, products, and documentation required to complete fieldwork and the capstone project.

BNURS 591: Advanced Fieldwork and Capstone II (formerly known as Advanced Fieldwork)

• • Provides a substantive field experience in a setting of interest. 

  • Assists students in delineating master's level nursing practice roles and translating and integrating scholarship into practice knowledge.

BNURS 592: Capstone Seminar (formerly known as Capstone Project)

• • Capstone project demonstrating scholarly analysis and application of evidence and theoretical concepts to clinical, educational or administrative leadership practice, culminating in a product for presentation or dissemination.

BNURS 600: Independent Graduate Project / Research

• • Provides graduate nursing students an opportunity to investigate and report on selected nursing problems under the supervision of a graduate faculty member.

  • Credit/no-credit only.

For Graduate Students in the Master of Science in Community Health & Social Justice

Through the independent study course, Haruka worked on the following two manuscripts:

• Furusho, H., & Niitsu, K. (In Review). Influence of cultural aspects on health behavior among Japanese immigrants and Nikkei: A scoping review. Manuscript submitted to Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

• Niitsu, K., & Furusho, H. (In Development). Relationships among psychosocial and genetic variables associated with psychological resilience in Japanese international students. Manuscript to be submitted to Journal of International Students

For Graduate and Undergraduate Students across Schools

For Undergraduate Students in the RN-to-BSN Program

BNURS 360: Critical Reading and Information Literacy in Nursing

• • Focuses on critical reading, analysis, and source appraisal of scholarly knowledge.

  • Builds skills in conducting systematic information searches of materials and evidence relevant to nursing practice.

  • Basic introduction to reading of varied sources for understanding, academic writing, presentation skills, and reflective writing for academic and professional purposes.

BNURS 423: Ethical and Quality Nursing Care

• • Explores strategies to promote ethical and quality patient-centered care as an individual provider, team member, and in collaboration with other disciplines. 

  • Provides a foundation of ethical frameworks and quality improvement approaches to support accountability for best practice.

BNURS 460: Translating Scholarly Knowledge to Nursing Practice

• • Focuses on strategies for translating scholarly knowledge to practice.

  • Continue to advance skills in evaluating and synthesis of scholarly literature. Attention to effective communication of evidence through written and oral formats.

For Undergraduate Students in Nursing & Health Studies

BHLTH 497: Resilience and Mental Health (Online)

• • When exposed to adversity, such as earthquake, some individuals are more vulnerable to develop stress-related disorders, such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. In contrast, others are less adversely affected by adversity, who are often described as “resilient”. In this course, we will explore what resilience means in the context of specific challenges and discuss how we can promote the resilience factors to help individuals stay resilient during the difficult time.

  • This course incorporates the Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) component.

Course Description

• Course descriptions of other courses are available here.