Theoretical Frameworks and Professional Roles

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Three hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): Admission to the MSN program or Post-Master’s Certificate Nursing Program. Examines multiple theories and conceptual frameworks from nursing and relevant fields in healthcare. Relationships between theoretical frameworks, nursing practice, and research are evaluated as integrated components of evidence-based care. Essential to optimal outcomes in healthcare is identifying roles of advanced nursing practice and how use of relevant theoretical frameworks, leadership skills, and interprofessional collaboration can improve understanding, delivery processes, and outcomes in clients of diverse backgrounds with selected diseases or identified need for prevention of disease. Ethical, legal, economic, and business consideration related to scope of practice in affecting care delivery are examined.