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The Adult-Gerontological Health Nurse Practitioner Program prepares nurses as expert providers of primary health care to young adults, adults, older adults and their families across health care settings. The primary focus of the program is to prepare the graduate to promote, maintain, supervise, and restore health, identify health risks, and assess, diagnose, and manage acute and chronic illnesses common in primary care. The ability to function as an educator, leader, consultant, advocate, and change agent is an essential to the development of clinical expertise in this role.

Graduate Curriculum Objectives
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- Integrate clinical prevention and population health concepts in the provision of evidence-based, culturally relevant healthcare.

- Incorporate knowledge from nursing and related sciences into the delivery of advanced nursing care across diverse populations

- Translate relevant research to improve practice and associated health outcomes for diverse populations.

- Demonstrate leadership skills in the provision of high quality health care and within the context of an interprofessional team.

- Integrate current and emerging technologies into the delivery of safe, quality care.

- Interpret the effect of legal and regulatory processes on nursing practice, healthcare delivery, and outcomes.

- Apply ethical analysis and social responsibility to delivery of advanced nursing care across diverse populations.

- Demonstrate cultural competence to improve patient and population outcomes.

- Demonstrate behaviors of professional engagement and life-long learning in the provision of quality health care.

Entry Requirements

- Baccalaureate degree with a major in nursing (non-nursing bachelor degrees, see Clinical Practice Portfolio below)*

- Minimum of one year's recent relevant experience (preferred)

- Unofficial transcripts from all college/universities attended

- Cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0.

- Current professional Registered Nurse license

- Three credit undergraduate course in Health Assessment (by advisement)

- Three credit undergraduate course in Statistics (by advisement)

Clinical Practice Portfolio - Applicants to a master's program with a non-nursing bachelor's degree are required to submit a clinical practice portfolio to be evaluated for baccalaureate-level nursing competencies once they have been admitted to a program. The Clinical Practice Portfolio fee is $300. If the portfolio does not meet academic standards, the student cannot be matriculated.

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CSU's Master of Health Science (Honours) offers students the opportunity to develop knowledge, skill and attitudes necessary for conduct of individual research.

Subject to regulation and approval, Master of Health Science (Honours) candidates may conduct their research at other places where adequate facilities and associate supervisors are available. The direction of the work remains under the control of the University.

The course's key objectives are to develop:

a specialised body of knowledge appropriate to a research career

skills of information gathering, processing and evaluation, problem solving and communication.

Students complete a period of study and research, and prepare a thesis.

The following areas are approved categories of research in the Faculty of Science:

Biological
Biochemistry and Cell Biology
Ecology
Microbiology
Physiology
Plant Biology

Medical and Health Services

Cardiovascular Medicine and Haemotology
Clinical Services
Dentistry
Health Services
Human Movement and Sports Science
Nursing
Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Public Health

Entry Requirements

An applicant to the Master of Health Science (Honours) must hold:

an undergraduate degree with Honours in the health sciences or a related field

or

a Master coursework degree in the health sciences or a related field (with an academic record at an average level of Credit or above)

or

qualifications considered by the Faculty to be equivalent to those specified above*

and

have completed appropriate research methods subjects

and

have been engaged in appropriate professional experience in the health sciences or a related field for the equivalent of at least two full-time years.

In the context of (*) above, students who do not possess a Bachelor degree at Honours level may be admitted to candidature if they have:

an appropriate first degree and a relevant Postgraduate Diploma (both with an academic record at an average level of Credit or above)

or

an appropriate first degree (with an academic record at an average level of Credit or above) and successfully complete the following Master level subjects: Research Methods in Health Science A or Research Methods in Health Science B.

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Overseas examination fees ($100/course)

Textbooks

Student Services and Amenities Fee (Max. $281/year)

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The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) clinical doctorate program is a 38 credit hour
online program designed for advanced practice registered nurses. Students will have
earned 1,000 clinical hours, minimum, upon degree completion. This includes clinical
hours earned in their respective APRN MSN programs. This is a selective admissions
program that enters students each year in the Fall semester. The purposes of the DNP
program are to:

I. Provide APRNs with expertise, specialized competencies, and advanced knowledge required for evidence-based nursing practice and mastery in an area
of specialization within the larger domain of nursing.

II. Prepare APRNs to influence, design, direct and implement change in healthcare practice, education, and policy through the development of collaborative alliances
to improve healthcare outcomes and decrease morbidity and mortality in vulnerable populations.

III. Develop APRNs who contribute to nursing’s body of knowledge through professional development and scholarly inquiry into practice, processes, or outcomes which affect morbidity and mortality in vulnerable populations.

The DNP Graduate student will:

1. Integrate nursing science with knowledge from ethics, biophysical, psychosocial, analytical, and organizational sciences as the foundation for the highest level of nursing practice.

2. Critically analyze health care delivery models based on contemporary nursing science and organizational and systems perspectives to eliminate health disparities and promote patient safety and excellence in practice.

3. Systematically appraise existing literature, outcomes of practice, practice patterns, systems of care, and health organizations to design and generate best practice evidence to improve practice and health care outcomes. (Program Goals I, II, III; DNP Essentials I-VIII)

4. Utilize information systems technology to implement and evaluate healthcare resources, quality improvement initiatives, and programs of care that support practice decisions.

5. Advocate for health care policy which addresses social justice and equity in all health care settings.

6. Employ consultative and leadership skills to function on inter-and intra-professional multidisciplinary teams that work collaboratively to improve vulnerable populations’ health outcomes.

7. Synthesize data relevant to clinical prevention and health promotion for individuals, aggregates, and populations to guide implementation of the highest level of nursing practice.

8. Demonstrate advanced practice expertise, specialized knowledge, and expanded responsibility and accountability in the care, management, and evaluation of individuals, families, and communities in a specialty practice area within the domain of nursing.

Entry Requirements

1. Unencumbered, unrestricted APRN license

2. Must earned either bachelor's or master's in nursing with cumulative graduate GPA of 3.00 or greater on a 4.00 scale
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3. Official GRE scores, combined verbal and qualitative score of 284 or greater

4. International students must have a minimum score of 500 on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) if English is a second language

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The DNP prepares advanced practice nurses who demonstrate clinical expertise, judgment, scholarship, and leadership to provide the highest level of nursing practice in the primary health care setting.

DNP (Family/Individual) Educational Objectives
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1. Integrate nursing science and theory, biophysical, psychosocial, ethical, analytical, and organizational sciences as the foundation for the highest level of nursing practice.

2. Analyze complex health care systems to assess strengths and weaknesses and facilitate organization-wide changes in practice delivery.

3. Synthesize, interpret, and apply knowledge from nursing practice, research, theory, and informatics to evaluate outcomes and sustain evidence-based advanced nursing practice.

4. Advocate for health care policy addressing issues of social justice and equality in the delivery of advanced practice nursing services.

5. Enact leadership and effective communication in inter- and intra-professional collaborator relationships to facilitate and improve outcomes for individuals, populations, and health care systems.

6. Assess epidemiological, financial, sociopolitical, occupational, and organizational forces in the development, implementation, and evaluation of clinical prevention and population health.

7. Integrate professional standards, values, accountability, and ongoing self-reflection into role acquisition as an advanced practice nurse.

8. Influence health outcomes by providing advanced independent comprehensive health care services including health promotion and counseling, health assessment and diagnosis, disease prevention, and management of health and illness of individuals and families throughout the lifespan.

Entry Requirements

Any applicant who has received a bachelor's or master's degree in nursing from a regionally accredited college or university may apply for admission to The Graduate School.

An undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale). Applicants with post-baccalaureate coursework must have a graduate GPA of at least 3.0.

Should be a registered nurse.

International applicants
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International applicants must prove English Language proficiency in one of the following ways :

Internet-based TOEFL Test (iBT) 80
Paper-based TOEFL Test (PBT) 550
IELTS 7

Other Fees

Tuition fee for BSN - DNP - $ 18658 per year.

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