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2009-2010 Catalog - Graduate School - Bethel University

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Course DescriptionsNURS609 • Informatics for Nurse Leaders(NURG)3 creditsIntroduction to the opportunities and challenges for nurse leaders as relatedto the past, present, and future use of nursing informatics for nursing practice,administration, education, and research. Ethical issues in nursing informatics areexplored from a Christian worldview. Prerequisites: NURS590, NURS595.NURS610 • Nursing and Healthcare Organization(NURG)3 creditsExamination of current trends that are redefining the healthcare system to beresponsive to the needs of consumers. The learner will predict and analyze ahealthcare trend.NURS613 • Issues and Trends in Nursing Education(CNED, NURG)3 creditsExploration of the issues and trends that influence the nurse educator’s role withinchanging healthcare and educational environments. Includes analysis of the technological,legal, economic, political, cultural, ethical, and professional dynamics.Prior completion of NURS603 and NURS658 recommended.NURS615 • Human Diversity and Global Awareness(NURG)3 creditsPromotion of a global perspective on nursing, health, and illness. The nurse leaderstudies the impact of economics and politics on culture to improve the health ofcommunities and the worldwide development of the nursing profession.NURS626 • Nursing Research(NURG)3 creditsStudy of the nursing research process and methodologies, with an emphasis onresearch utilization for nursing leadership practice. Learners have the option ofdesigning a research utilization project or writing a research proposal. Technologylab fee.NURS645 • Ethics for Nursing Leaders(NURG)3 creditsResponses to selected system-wide ethical issues experienced in advanced nursingroles are synthesized from ethical, legal, professional, and religious perspectivesusing a process of systematic philosophic moral inquiry.NURS650 • Nursing and Healthcare Policy(NURG)3 creditsExamination of the healthcare policy process at the organizational and governmentallevels. Learners will synthesize sociocultural, economic, political, andhistorical factors in policy analysis to design strategies for improving the healthstatus of populations.110

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