Nursing Curriculum Guide

How this site supports your nursing coursework — UD, Delaware Tech & DSU.

Delaware Health Data Vault

dehealthdatavault.org

Nursing Student Guide

For Delaware Nursing Students

Your Nursing Courses, Mapped to Real Delaware Health Data

This guide shows how the free datasets and tools on the Delaware Health Data Vault support specific courses across three Delaware nursing programs — University of Delaware, Delaware Technical Community College, and Delaware State University. Find your course, then find the data.

Free resources for every nursing student

33+ Curated Datasets

Real Delaware data — hospital discharges, opioids, chronic disease, insurance, and more. Downloadable as CSV/Excel.

AI Dataset Assistant

Ask a question in plain English and get pointed to the right dataset for your assignment.

5-Step Research Guide

From picking a topic to citing your sources — built for capstones and EBP papers.

6 Project Ideas

Each with a research question and suggested datasets, rated by difficulty.

Dashboard & Trend Explorer

Interactive charts with forecasting for county, demographic, and cross-state comparisons.

News & Digest

Current Delaware health-policy news plus AI-generated executive summaries.

University of Delaware

Traditional BSN

NURS 120Introduction to Population Health (Service Learning)

The whole portal is a Delaware population-health data resource — start here.

Dashboard — county trend chartsRepository — Public Health datasetsRepository — Social Determinants of HealthDashboard — Cross-State Comparison
NURS 243Pathophysiologic Foundations

Disease prevalence, mortality, and neurological comparisons to ground pathophysiology in local data.

Repository — Disease & Mortality datasetsDashboard — Neurological Health comparisonDashboard — Health Metrics Trend Explorer (forecasting)
NURS 263Health Assessment

Preventive-care and screening indicators (BRFSS, PLACES) show who is — and isn't — getting assessed.

Repository — Public Health datasetsRepository — Disease & Mortality datasetsDashboard — Health Metrics Trend Explorer (forecasting)
HLTH 241Ethical Aspects of Healthcare

Health-equity and SDOH data make ethics case studies concrete and Delaware-specific.

Repository — Social Determinants of HealthRepository — Insurance & Coverage datasetsDashboard — Cross-State Comparison
NURS 246Family Health & Wellness

Infant mortality, teen birth, and KIDS COUNT data for family-focused assignments.

Dashboard — Maternal & Child Health sectionRepository — Maternal & Child datasets
NURS 222Pharmacology Across the Lifespan

Opioid prescribing and PDMP data connect pharmacology to the overdose crisis.

Repository — Behavioral Health datasetsRepository — Disease & Mortality datasets
STAT 200Statistics

Real trend data + forecasting tools to practice interpreting rates and projections.

Dashboard — Health Metrics Trend Explorer (forecasting)Curated student datasets (CSV/Excel)Glossary of health-data terms
NURS 362Healthcare Research & Evidence-Based Practice

Core match — our Repository, AI Assistant, Research Guide, and curated datasets are built for EBP assignments.

AI Dataset AssistantStudent Research Guide (5-step)Student Project Ideas (6 starter topics)Curated student datasets (CSV/Excel)
NURS 335Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing

Behavioral health, substance-use, and mental-health service-utilization data.

Repository — Behavioral Health datasetsRepository — Social Determinants of HealthNews — Delaware health policy & research feed
NURS 337 / 357Nursing Care of Children

Child well-being, immunization, and family datasets for pediatric coursework.

Dashboard — Maternal & Child Health sectionRepository — Maternal & Child datasetsRepository — Public Health datasets
NURS 418Public and Global Health

Infectious-disease surveillance, SDOH, and cross-state benchmarking.

Repository — Public Health datasetsRepository — Social Determinants of HealthDashboard — Cross-State ComparisonDigest — AI executive summaries
NURS 477Community Health Nursing

County-level SDOH profiles, HPSA shortage areas, and workforce data for community assessments.

Repository — Social Determinants of HealthRepository — Healthcare Workforce datasetsDashboard — county trend chartsDashboard — Cross-State Comparison
NURS 438Leadership in Professional Nursing Practice

Workforce shortages, cost, and policy data to inform leadership and advocacy.

Repository — Healthcare Workforce datasetsRepository — Insurance & Coverage datasetsDigest — AI executive summaries
NURS 485Integrative Practicum (Capstone)

The entire site is a capstone data resource — from topic selection to cited analysis.

Student Research Guide (5-step)Student Project Ideas (6 starter topics)Curated student datasets (CSV/Excel)AI Dataset Assistant

Delaware Technical Community College

RN to BSN

MAT 162Statistical Reasoning

Real trend data + forecasting tools to practice rate interpretation and projections.

Dashboard — Health Metrics Trend Explorer (forecasting)Curated student datasets (CSV/Excel)Glossary of health-data terms
SOC 213Ethical Issues in Healthcare

Health-equity and SDOH datasets ground ethical analysis in Delaware reality.

Repository — Social Determinants of HealthRepository — Insurance & Coverage datasetsDashboard — Cross-State Comparison
NUR 310Global Health

Infectious-disease surveillance and cross-state/national benchmarking.

Repository — Public Health datasetsDashboard — Cross-State ComparisonDigest — AI executive summaries
NUR 330Population & Community Health

County trend charts and SDOH profiles for community-level analysis.

Dashboard — county trend chartsRepository — Social Determinants of HealthRepository — Public Health datasets
NUR 340Nursing Research

Core match — Repository, AI Assistant, Research Guide, and curated datasets for EBP projects.

AI Dataset AssistantStudent Research Guide (5-step)Student Project Ideas (6 starter topics)Curated student datasets (CSV/Excel)
BIO 130Disease Process / Pathophysiology

Mortality, prevalence, and neurological comparison data by county.

Repository — Disease & Mortality datasetsDashboard — Neurological Health comparisonDashboard — Health Metrics Trend Explorer (forecasting)
NUR 400Nursing Leadership

Workforce shortages, cost, and policy data to support leadership reasoning.

Repository — Healthcare Workforce datasetsRepository — Insurance & Coverage datasetsDigest — AI executive summaries
NUR 410Nursing Informatics

Hands-on data tools — dashboard, dataset export, and AI Assistant for informatics practice.

Dashboard — county trend chartsCurated student datasets (CSV/Excel)AI Dataset Assistant
NUR 420Nursing Policy

Coverage gaps, workforce, and policy-relevant datasets to inform advocacy.

Repository — Insurance & Coverage datasetsRepository — Healthcare Workforce datasetsRepository — Social Determinants of HealthNews — Delaware health policy & research feed
NUR 460Nursing Capstone

Core match — the whole site as a capstone data resource, from topic to cited analysis.

Student Research Guide (5-step)Student Project Ideas (6 starter topics)Curated student datasets (CSV/Excel)AI Dataset Assistant

Delaware State University

BSN (Professional Phase)

Pre-Professional SciencesAnatomy, Physiology & Microbiology

Mortality and disease-prevalence datasets connect basic sciences to Delaware health outcomes.

Repository — Disease & Mortality datasetsRepository — Public Health datasetsGlossary of health-data terms
NURS — PathophysiologyPathophysiology

Leading causes of death, chronic-disease prevalence, and neurological comparisons.

Repository — Disease & Mortality datasetsDashboard — Neurological Health comparisonDashboard — Health Metrics Trend Explorer (forecasting)
NURS — Health AssessmentHealth Assessment

BRFSS and PLACES preventive-care and screening indicators.

Repository — Public Health datasetsRepository — Disease & Mortality datasetsDashboard — Health Metrics Trend Explorer (forecasting)
NURS — PharmacologyPharmacology

Opioid prescribing, PDMP, and substance-use data.

Repository — Behavioral Health datasetsRepository — Disease & Mortality datasets
NURS — Nursing ResearchIntroduction to Research / EBP

Core match — Repository, AI Assistant, Research Guide, and curated datasets for research projects.

AI Dataset AssistantStudent Research Guide (5-step)Student Project Ideas (6 starter topics)Curated student datasets (CSV/Excel)
NURS — Community HealthCommunity Health Nursing (+ Practicum)

County SDOH profiles, HPSA shortage areas, and workforce data for community assessments.

Repository — Social Determinants of HealthRepository — Healthcare Workforce datasetsDashboard — county trend chartsDashboard — Cross-State Comparison
NURS 405Nursing Leadership

Workforce shortages, cost, and policy data to inform leadership decisions.

Repository — Healthcare Workforce datasetsRepository — Insurance & Coverage datasetsDigest — AI executive summaries
NURS 417Contemporary Issues in Nursing

Live news feed, AI insights, and digest summaries on current Delaware health topics.

News — Delaware health policy & research feedDigest — AI executive summariesRepository — Social Determinants of Health
NURS — Transcultural NursingTranscultural / Cultural Competency

Demographic breakdowns and SDOH by race, ethnicity, and county.

Repository — Social Determinants of HealthRepository — Insurance & Coverage datasetsDashboard — Cross-State Comparison
NURS — CapstoneBSN Capstone

Core match — the whole site as a capstone data resource, from topic to cited analysis.

Student Research Guide (5-step)Student Project Ideas (6 starter topics)Curated student datasets (CSV/Excel)AI Dataset Assistant

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Tip: in the print dialog, choose "Save as PDF" as the destination to download a copy. Curriculum references are based on published program pages (Aug 2026) and may change — verify current course lists with your advisor.