Prospective Students: Advanced Practice Community Health Systems Nursing

Advanced Practice Community Health Systems Nursing

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR 2008 APPLICATIONS:

Effective for students entering in Autumn 2008, the Advanced Practice Community Health Systems Nursing (APCHSN) focal area is no longer accepting applications through MEPN or the MN programs. In the future the APCHSN focal area will only be offered through the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP). Admission for other MEPN and MN eligible focal areas remains the same.

Curriculum Overview

A DNP in Community Health Nursing may be achieved by taking the set of post-baccalaureate to DNP courses (99-117 credits), or the Post-Masters to DNP path for which credits may vary with the requirements of a masters curriculum. Credit requirements will depend on BSN- DNP or Post-Masters-DNP selection, the population of interest and role focus.

The DNP community health curriculum uses a community health leadership framework to dynamically integrate coursework and clinical internship experiences. A mix of Saturday on-campus and web-based classes allow for e flexible learning to improve access to practice doctorate education.

Course work is designed to fulfill the overall DNP curricular domains of the University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle: Advanced Nursing Practice, Practice Inquiry and Leadership. In addition, the coursework for the DNP in Community Health Nursing prepares graduates in the Public Health Competencies (Council of Linkages), and the DNP Essentials (American Academy of Colleges of Nursing).

Part-time matriculation may take four years, and full-time, approximately three years of study. Courses earned at the University of Washington or at another university or college may be waived on a case-by-case basis.

Distance Learning Opportunities

This focus area is accessible through blended distance learning methods: videoconferences, internet, telephone, on-campus classes, and periodic site visits. Web-based instruction will be the primary method to implement course instruction. Blended distance learning methods are intended to increase access to students who prefer to learn in their own communities, while providing selected opportunity for interdisciplinary learning and face-to-face interaction with nursing colleagues, students in other disciplines and professors on the University of Washington campus.

Study Options

The APCHSN curriculum prepares students as a GENERALIST in community health nursing. Students may also pursue preparation as a POPULATION HEALTH SPECIALIST by focusing their course papers, projects and internships in a population of interest, and taking a minimum of three course credits in their area of interest. Click here for cognate information.

Build Your Own Program

Build Your Own Program, an individual option, provides the opportunity for students to enhance and complement their own interests, combining nursing courses with offerings in the School of Public Health and Business, the Graduate Program in Public Affairs, and other departments through the University, such as Medical History, Ethics, and Psychology. For more information contact: Noel Chrisman, PhD at noelj@u.washington.edu.

Required Courses-all APCHSN students take the following courses:

Advanced Nursing Practice, minimum 72 cr.
NURS 523 Communities, Populations, and Systems: Theoretical Foundations (3 cr.)*
NURS 578 Social Determinants of Health (3 cr.)*
NURS 557 Health, Culture and Community (3 cr.)
NURS 576 Assessment and Collaboration with Communities and Systems (3 cr.)*
NURS 561 Comparative Nursing Care Systems (3 cr.)
NURS 568 Health Policy and Politics (3 cr.)
NSG 511 Prevention Issues in Community Health (3 cr.)*
NSG 512,Prevention Critique in Community Health (3 cr.)*
NCLIN 599 A-F, Collaborative Leadership Internship and Residency (20-22 cr.)*
Budget, elective (3 cr.)*
Ethics, elective (3 cr.)*
Health Policy, elective (3-6 cr.)
Population, elective (youth, aging, rural health, cross-cultural and global health) minimum (3 cr.)
Management, elective (3 cr.)*
Program Development and Evaluation elective (3-6 cr.)

Practice Inquiry, minimum 18 credits
BIOSTAT 511 Medical Biometry (4 cr.)*
EPI 511 Introduction to Epidemiology (4 cr. )*
NMETH 520 Scholarly Inquiry for Nursing Practice (4 cr.)*
NMETH 533 Appraising Evidence for Clinical Practice (4 cr.)*
NMETH 534 Translating Evidence to Clinical Practice (4 cr.)*
NMETH XXX Capstone Clinical Investigation (12 cr.)*
Informatics, Elective (3 cr.)*

Leadership, minimum 15 credits
HSERV 511 Introduction to Health Services (3 cr.)
Role Focus, electives: Policy Analyst, Program Analyst or Nurse Director (15-21 cr.) in Nursing, Health Services, Health Management, Public Affairs or other relevant course work.
DNP Leadership core (3 cr.)

*Occupational and Environmental Health Nursing Specialist Courses, and also the following:
ENVH 453 Industrial Hygiene (3 cr.)
ENVH 564 Plant Tour Course (2 cr.)
NCLIN 554 Occupational Health Nursing: Practice Issues (3 cr.)
NCLIN 558 Occupational Health Nursing: Program Development (3 cr.)
NURS 580/ENVH 596 Current Issues in Occupational and Environmental Medicine (2 cr.)
NURS 580/ENVH 596 Current Issues in Occupational and Environmental Medicine (2 cr.)
ENVH 405 Toxic Chemicals in the Environment (3 cr.)
ENVH 584 Occupational Health and Safety: Policy and Politics (3 cr.)
ENVH 570 Occupational Epidemiology (3 cr.) OR ENVH 572 Occupational Medicine (2 cr,) (offered during Summer Quarter)
Electives:
Occupational/Environmental Health (6 cr.)
Business/Leadership (6 cr.)

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