Department: Nursing

Code Name Description
HC100 Determinants of Health Across Cultures No Description Set
HC200 Health Promotion No Description Set
HC201 Intercultural & Therapeutic Commincation No Description Set
HC202 Disease and Illness This course provides an overview of biophysical and psychological aspects of selected chronic diseases. Emphasis will be on chronic diseases affecting Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and vulnerable populations. Co-requisite: HC 202L.
HC202L Disease and Illness Lab No Description Set
HC203 Disparities & Indigenous Hlth No Description Set
HC300 Health Educ Program Design and Evaluatio No Description Set
HC301 Health Promotion Teaching No Description Set
HC302 Health Promotion Coaching No Description Set
HC303 Case Management No Description Set
HC304 Telehealth No Description Set
HC305 Healthcare Economics & Policy No Description Set
HC306 Health Dispar/Indigenous Health This course explores Native Hawaiian traditional healing practices, and how they can inform community and public health practice.
HC307 Data Analytics in Healthcare This course explores the use of data analytics for quality and performance improvements in community and public health. The application and creation of datasets as well as techniques for data visualization, aggregation, and communication will be deve...
HC309 Substance Abuse & Addictive Behaviors No Description Set
HC399 CHES Prep This course provides a review of the Seven Areas of Responsibilities and Competencies. The focus is on increasing understanding of the concepts covered in the examination and preparing for the CHES examination process.
HC495 Capstone Applied Project No Description Set
HC498 Special Topic: No Description Set
HC499 Directed Study No Description Set
NUR-200 Introduction to Nursing Concepts This course is an introduction to the science and art of the profession of nursing. The conceptual framework, overarching themes, and key concepts for the Chaminade University School of Nursing are explored. Nursing evolution, role, ethics, scop...
NUR-311 Comp Assesment Decision Making 10/24/22: Course no longer part of curriculum.
NUR-404 Evidence Based Practice Theory This course will focus on the definition of evidence-based practice and the application of evidence to inform nursing practice. The research process as related to qualitative and quantitative methods as well as other sources of data will be explored....
NUR-406 Evidence Based Practice Practicum This is a clinical course and will provide the student the opportunity to apply evidence-based practice theory to the clinical setting. Service-learning will be a required element of the course, in the form of a 10-hour service-learning activity and...
NUR191 Introduction to Nursing No Description Set
NUR200 Intro to Nursing Concepts This course is an introduction to the science and art of the profession of nursing. The conceptual framework, overarching themes, and key concepts for the Chaminade University School of Nursing are explored. Nursing evolution, role, ethics, scop...
NUR202 Pathophysiology/Pharmacology I This nursing course explores processes underlying all disease; systematically reviews pathological changes; and integrates it with pharmacology concepts. There is a focus on disease processes associated with physiologic responses, manifestations, and...
NUR203 Pathophysiology Pharmacology II This nursing course explores processes underlying all disease; systematically reviews pathological changes; and integrates it with pharmacology concepts. There is a focus on disease processes associated with physiologic responses, manifestations...
NUR204 Complex Disease I This course provides knowledge of the aging adult and related nursing skills. It introduces age related changes, their impact on the functional health patterns and issues concerning the older adult population. The premise that nurses have an ess...
NUR207 Health Promotion & Assesment This course develops the knowledge, skills and attitudes required to collect health history data and to perform a systematic physical examination. Developmental and transcultural considerations are addressed, along with the concepts of health pr...
NUR290 Nursing Concepts This course focuses on exploring basic nursing concepts including holism, diversity, health, illness, healthcare delivery systems, continuity of care, developmental care, and care across the lifespan. Legal and ethical issues related to nursing will...
NUR302 Complex Disease II This course focuses on the application of the nursing process in the care of adult medical/surgical patients. A holistic approach will be emphasized in studying specific body systems, disease and the pathological processes associated with them, inclu...
NUR303 Complex Disease III This course focuses on the application of the nursing process in the care of adult medical/surgical patients. A holistic approach will be emphasized in studying specific body systems, disease and the pathological processes associated with them, inclu...
NUR306 Nursing Care of Maternal Newborn Family This course provides a holistic approach to the study of maternal-newborn nursing concepts. Content includes normal and high-risk childbearing women and their neonates within a family context. Current research and ethical/legal principles are present...
NUR307 Data Analytics in Healthcare This course explores the use of data analytics for quality and performance improvements in community and public health. The application and creation of datasets as well as techniques for data visualization, aggregations, and communication will be dev...
NUR307 Nursing Care of Children and Family This course provides a holistic approach to the study of child & family nursing concepts. The course uses a family centered approach to health promotion and health alterations in children from infancy through adolescence within the family context. Cu...
NUR310 Transition to Professional Practice & Health Promotion No Description Set
NUR311 Comprehensive Assesment and Clinical Decision Making No Description Set
NUR312 Quality, Safety and Info Mgt No Description Set
NUR313 Research & Evidence Based Pratice for RN No Description Set
NUR314 Patho/Pharm - Clinical Appl No Description Set
NUR361 Exploring Palliative Care This course will provide a broad overview of fundamental palliative care concepts and practices and how interdisciplinary teams collaborate in caring for people with serious illness in a variety of settings. The course content will be based on t...
NUR362 Physical/Psych Dimensions Pc Physical & Psychological Dimensions of Palliative Care This course will apply palliative care concepts and strategies to the management of physical and psychological symptoms and disease progression of common serious illnesses. We will further ex...
NUR363 Soc/Spir/Cult/Eth/Legal Dimspc Social, Spiritual, Cultural, Ethical & Legal Dimensions of PC This course will apply palliative care concepts and strategies for nurses to apply within palliative care teams to effectively assess and address social, spiritual, cultural, ethical...
NUR364 Current Iss/Chlges/Opps in Pc Current Issues, Challenges & Opportunities in Palliative Care In this course, students will apply evidence-based strategies for nurses to effectively assess and address current issues or challenges in providing quality palliative care, particula...
NUR365 Clinical Practicum Pall/Hosp Care Clinical Practicum in Palliative or Hospice Care In this course, students will observe and emulate paliative/hospice nurses' clinical practice. They will have practical opportunities to utilize evidence-based nursing interventions in providing q...
NUR380 Special Topics These selected topics in nursing are offered periodically. Pre-requisites may vary per topics and/or consent of the instructor. Past offerings include Palliative Care, Care Management Principles, and Quality and Safety in Nursing, Introduction t...
NUR390 NCLEX Seminar No Description Set
NUR401 Public Health Nursing Public health theory, health promotion, and the nursing process are studied and applied to individuals, families, groups, and communities across the life span with diverse populations and in a variety of settings. Environmental health, epidemiology,...
NUR402 Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing This course focuses on a broad-based understanding and clinical application of mental health concepts and behavioral aberrations that occur in mental illness. Nursing students analyze the nursing process with a critical view towards the individual, f...
NUR403 Nursing Leadership Management and leadership skills are essential for all professional nurses. The skills are "community based" in that it is the community in which we serve that defines the needed abilities of managers and leaders in healthcare systems. The focus of t...
NUR404 Evidence-Based Practice Theory This course will focus on the definition of evidence-based practice and the application of evidence to inform nursing practice. The research process as related to qualitative and quantitative methods as well as other sources of data will be explored....
NUR405 Complex Disease IV This clinical course continues to look at the complexity of disease and focuses on the care of adults needing complex restorative and maintenance interventions in the area of critical care. Prerequisites: All 300-level Nursing courses completed.
NUR406 Evidence-Based Practice Practicum This is a clinical course and will provide the student the opportunity to apply evidence-based practice theory to the clinical setting. Service-learning will be a required element of the course, in the form of a 10-hour service-learning activity and...
NUR407 Evidence-Based Practice This course will focus on the definition of evidence-based practice and the application of evidence to inform nursing practice. The research process as related to qualitative and quantitative methods as well as other sources of data will be explored....
NUR410 Genomics and Health Nursing No Description Set
NUR490 NCLEX Seminar This course will consist of the administration of the NCLEX Predictor and review for the NCLEX examination. Students will develop a self-directed study and preparation plan. Prerequisites: All 200- and 300-level Nursing courses completed; NUR 403, NU...
NUR498 Clinical Immersion No Description Set
NUR499 Clinical Immersion Clinical This capstone course with a clinical immersion experience offers the student the opportunity to synthesize nursing knowledge. The student will have the opportunity to further develop clinical skills and practice leadership and management skills throu...
NUR800 Trans in Prac: Adv Practice Nurse As Dnp This course will explore the evolution of doctoral education in nursing. Current issues regarding the DNP role, including titling, role transition, education, certification, and public understanding of the role will be discussed. The role of the D...
NUR802 Advanced Health Assessment Across the Li This course is designed to expand upon basic health assessment skills and includes strategies for history taking and for physical, functional, developmental, and psychosocial assessment that recognizes and includes normal individual, cultural, an...
NUR804 Advanced Pathophysiology Across the Life This graduate course is designed to prepare advanced practice nurses to apply concepts of pathophysiology from the cellular level to disease process for assessment of patients with a variety of conditions across clinical settings. The concepts an...
NUR806 Advanced Pharmacotherapeutics Across the The focus of this course for advanced practice nurses is to expand theoretical and evidence-based knowledge and promote synthesis of pharmacotherapeutic concepts and principles across the lifespan. The application of knowledge of pharmacological...
NUR810 Leading Quality Innovation in Advanced This advanced leadership course focuses on the theories and practices needed to effectively lead innovative change to transform health care in the context of evidence-based thinking. Students are given the opportunity to develop an innovation phil...
NUR812 Transforming Health Care Through Innovat This course will examine the principles of effective information and communication systems with a focus on evaluating and using emerging technologies in innovative clinical practice and health care management. The ethics behind the changing role o...
NUR816 Epidemiology for Adv Practice Nursing This course guides graduate-level nursing students to understand the basic concepts of epidemiology while gaining and applying statistical conceptual skills. Focusing on the importance of disease prevention and community-centered migration, studen...
NUR818 Interprofessional Collaboration for Imp This interprofessional course will provide the student with a theoretical foundation in population approaches to improving systems of care and health outcomes. The student will analyze empirical evidence in population health and appraise interpr...
NUR820 Transforming Health Care Through Outcome This course focuses on the proactive management of clinical and service outcomes at all organizational levels to provide students with the ability to integrate outcomes into the routine flow of service delivery. Emphasis will be placed on understa...
NUR822 Transforming Health Care Through Health This course comprehensively reviews the U.S. healthcare delivery system in the following areas: history, policy, population characteristics, trends in health services access and utilization, structure, financing, organization and delivery of serv...
NUR824 Theoretical Foundations This course will analyze the major nursing theories and theories from other disciplines to explore how they apply to advanced practice registered nursing. Students in this course will develop a personal theoretical framework for their own clinic...
NUR830 Psychopharmacology Across the Lifespan This course provides the didactic background to prepare the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner for the complex role of prescribing psychotropic medications. Students will apply evidence-based knowledge of psychopharmacological principl...
NUR831 Advanced Concepts in Psychiatric Mental Advanced Concepts in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing Current biological, genetic, developmental, and environmental factors are examined in concert with health disparities leading to the development of psychiatric disorders. Advanced comprehen...
NUR832 Mgmt in Lifespan Psychiatric &mental Hlt This course provides the evidence-based background to prepare the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner for the complex role of providing mental healthcare across the lifespan. The emphasis of this course is on applying select treatment...
NUR833 Practicum in Psych Treatment&modalities This course is a precepted clinical practicum designed to facilitate the preparation of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in providing mental health care for children, adolescents, adults and families. Learners will participate in...
NUR836 Complex &chronic Prob in Psychiatric &mh This course builds on the fundamental knowledge and concepts obtained in prior coursework, with continued focus on socio-cultural, environment, economic, family and spiritual factors. The role of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner...
NUR837 Prctcm Complx &chronic Prob in Psych &mh This course is the second precepted clinical practicum designed to facilitate ongoing development of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner role in management of mental healthcare needs of children, adolescents, adults and families wit...
NUR840 Management of Common Problems in Family This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge necessary for the management of common health problems in family/across the lifespan patients. Course content builds upon information in previous courses related to the principles of a...
NUR841 Practicum in Common Problems in Family/A This course is a precepted clinical practicum (210 clinical hours) focusing on the management of common health problems in family/across the lifespan patients. Students will participate in a variety of settings where they will have the opportunity...
NUR842 Management of Acute Problems in Family/ This course is designed to provide students with the knowledge necessary for the management of acute health problems in family/across the lifespan patients. Course content builds upon information in previous courses related to the principles of as...
NUR843 Practicum in Acute Problems in Family/Ac This course is a precepted clinical practicum (210 Clinical hours) focusing on the management of acute health problems in family/across the lifespan patients. Students will participate in a variety of settings where they will have the opportunity...
NUR844 Management of Complex and Chronic Proble This course extends student knowledge regarding the management of family/across the lifespan patients. Students explore the principles of assessment and ethical issues related to complex, critical, and chronic problems in family/across the lifespa...
NUR845 : Practicum in Complex and Chronic Probl This course is a precepted clinical practicum (210 clinical hours) focusing on the management of complex, critically and chronically ill family/across the lifespan patients. Students will participate in a variety of settings where they will have...
NUR850 The Steps to Practice Inquiry: Analyze, This course will provide foundational knowledge in evidence-based practice and skills in appraising, evaluating, synthesizing and applying evidence. The focus will be on the critical and analytical evaluation of existing literature, research repor...
NUR852 DNP Scholarly Project I: Design and Eti This course builds on the problem identified and the literature review completed in NUR 650. The DNP Scholarly Project is a faculty-guided scholarly experience that provides evidence of critical thinking and ability to apply translational researc...
NUR854 DNP Scholarly Project II: Applying Prac This course is a faculty-guided scholarly experience that provides evidence that the student can implement the DNP scholarly project as demonstrated by the collection and analysis of the data. This course is graded on a Pass/No Pass basis. (1 ho...
NUR856 DNP Scholarly Project III: Disseminatio This course synthesizes the experience of implementing an evidence-based practice investigation, including data analysis, evaluation, and application to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Doctor of Nursing Practice Essentials. Studen...
NUR860 Independent Advanced Health Assessment a This course allows students who are required to take an additional advanced health assessment across the lifespan and culture credit/s, as determined through gap analysis. Permission of Dean or designee required.
NUR861 Independent Advanced Pathophysiology Acr This course allows students who are required to take an additional advanced pathophysiology across the lifespan credit, as determined through gap analysis. Permission of Dean or designee required.
NUR862 Independent Advanced Pharmacotherapeutic This course allows students to take an additional advanced pharmacotherapeutic across the lifespan credit, as determined by gap analysis. Permission of Dean or designee required.
NUR863 Special Topics This course allows students to take an additional independent special topic credit, as determined by gap analysis or degree audit. Permission of Dean or designee required.
NUR864 Individualized Study Individualized study in nursing. May be repeated. Permission of Dean or designee required.
NUR865 : Independent Practicum for Clinical Hou This course allows students to complete the Advanced Health Assessment across the Lifespan and Cultures or specialty clinical practicum hours not completed within the 16 week session/s. Permission of Dean or designee required. There is an associa...
NUR870 Primary Care of Pediatric Patients This advanced practice didactic course focuses on growth and development of patients ranging in age from newborn through adolescents. Health promotion strategies will be utilized to build the framework for excellence in delivery of care to pedia...
NUR871 Practicum in Pediatric Patients I This course is the first of three precepted clinical practicums. This practicum focuses on the management of pediatric/adolescent patients. Students will participate in a variety of settings where they will have the opportunity to do health asse...
NUR872 Management of Pediatric Care This advanced practice didactic course focuses on the health assessment of newborns, well children, adolescents in the primary care setting. There is a continued focus on anticipatory guidance and health promotion as related to care of the well...
NUR873 Practicum in Pediatric Patients II This course is a precepted clinical practicum focusing on the management of pediatric/adolescent patients. This course builds on the knowledge and skills acquired in the previous pediatric/adolescent practicum. Students will participate in a var...
NUR874 Management of Acute & Chronic Pediatrics This advanced practice didactic course deepens student knowledge, competencies, and skills necessary for successful performance as a pediatric nurse practitioner across primary care settings. There is a focus on evidence based assessment, diagno...
NUR875 Practicum: Pediatrics III This course is the final precepted clinical practicum focusing on the management of pediatric/adolescent patients. Students will participate in a variety of settings where they will have the opportunity for health assessment and formulation of a...
NUR902 Immersion 1: Executive Leader Enhance leadership capacity, build strategic relationships, and provide clinical and experiential learning for practice innovation.
NUR905 Immersion 1: Family Nurse Practice Enhance leadership capacity, build strategic relationships, and provide clinical and experiential learning for practice innovation.
NUR907 Immersion: Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Integrate nursing science with knowledge from biophysical, psychosocial, analytical, ethics, and organizational sciences as the basis for advanced practice nursing using new approaches to care delivery.
NUR908 Immersion: Psych Nurse Practioner Will enhance leadership capacity, build strategic relationships, and provide clinical and experiential learning for practice innovation.
NUR912 Immersion 2: Executive Leader No Description Set
NUR915 Immersion 2: Family Nurse Practice Enhance leadership capacity, build strategic relationships, and provide clinical and experiential learning for practice innovation.
NUR917 Immersion 2:PEDIATRIC Nurse Practitioner Integrate nursing science with knowledge from biophysical, psychosocial, analytical, ethics, and organizational sciences as the basis for advanced practice nursing using new approaches to care delivery.
NUR918 Immersion 2: Psych Nurse Practioner Enhance leadership capacity, build strategic relationships, and provide clinical and experiential learning for practice innovation.
NUR925 Immersion 3: Family Nurse Practitioner Enhance leadership capacity, build strategic relationships, and provide clinical and experiential learning for practice innovation. This course is graded on a Pass/No Pass basis.
NUR925 Immersion 3: Family Nurse Practitioner Enhance leadership capacity, build strategic relationships, and provide clinical and experiential learning for practice innovation. This course is graded on a Pass/No Pass basis.
NUR927 Immersion 3:PEDIATRIC Nurse Practitioner Integrate nursing science with knowledge from biophysical, psychosocial, analytical, ethics, and organizational sciences as the basis for advanced practice nursing using new approaches to care delivery. Prerequsites: NUR-907 and NUR-917.
NUR928 Immersion 3: Psych Nurse Practitioner Enhance leadership capacity, build strategic relationships, and provide clinical and experiential learning for practice innovation.