Advanced Adult Health Nursing I
NURS 5501
3 Credit Hours
Course Description
This course focuses on the theoretical and conceptual basis for nursing management of the acutely ill client from social, cultural, psychological, physical, spiritual and economic perspectives.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
Prerequisites: NURS 5000 Theoretical Foundations
Co requisite: None
Course Topics
I. Foundations in Management of the Acutely Ill Adult
II. Special Populations
III. Cardiovascular Alterations
IV. Pulmonary Alterations
V. Neurologic Alterations
VI. Renal Alterations
VII. Gastrointestinal Alterations
VIII. Endocrine Alterations
IX. Multisystem Alterations
X. Nursing Management Plans
Course Requirements:
Knowledge and skill in using WebCT.
Required Textbooks:
Please visit the Virtual Bookstore to obtain textbook information for this course: http://rodp.bkstr.com
Supplementary Materials:
Supplemental periodicals and journal articles assigned by instructor.
Hardware Requirements
The minimum requirements can be found athttp://www.rodp.org/students/hardware_software.htm.
Software Requirements
The minimum requirements can be found at http://www.rodp.org/students/hardware_software.htm.
Additional software requirements for this course include Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint), Acrobat Reader, and supporting software for video-conferencing.
Please see the separate page inside the course to find instructor contact information as well as a statement of virtual office hours and other communication information.
Testing Procedures
All course requirements are submitted online.
Academic Integrity
Evidence of academic misconduct will result in a grade of F for the course. You are responsible for completing your own assignments. Sharing with
any other student(s) or accepting assistance from someone else constitutes academic misconduct. Honesty: Honesty is required in all course work. Any form of dishonesty will result in a zero grade for the specific project and could result in failure of this course.
Assessment and Grading:
The course grade is based on the following:
· Hardiness Research Activity 5%
· Pain Paper Activity 10%
·
Discussions
Postings (10 required - 0.5% each)
Responses (20 required - 0.25%
each) 10%
· Critical Path (Group) 10%
· Stroke Learning Activity 15%
· Case Studies (CV, Pulm, GI, Endo) - 10% ea 40%
· Multisystem PowerPoint 10%
Grading Scale
A = 93-100
B = 85-92
C = 77-84
D = 70-76
F = <70
Assignments and Projects
Students are expected to analyze current treatment modalities, engage in health promotion activities, and evaluate clinical research applications. Assignments/activities are posted within each module. All work is expected to be that of the student alone unless specifically identified as a group project. Plagiarism is unacceptable and is considered an act of academic misconduct.
Class Participation
Students are expected to actively participate in all interactive aspects of the course. Student must check the course bulletin board frequently for announcements, and students must actively participate in threaded discussion events. Each discussion question posted will be assigned a date by which the student must respond. All students are encouraged to interact on the discussion board with each other and the faculty. Students are required to respond to all discussion questions. Responses to discussion questions must be substantive, reflect the readings, thoughtful, and analytical.
Students must participate in ALL module group discussions. Discussions are expected to demonstrate an understanding and synthesis of course material. Responses must be substantive and add to discussions in an educational manner. I agree responses or postings that only pose questions with no presentation of research based information will not count for credit. Discussions will be graded as follows: Material is substantive, thoughtful, analytical, reflects the readings and meets posted criteria = 0.5 point. No (0) credit will be given if information does not this stated requirement. Discussion postings must be dated within the timeframe for each module. No early or late postings will be given credit. There are no make up dates for postings. See course calendar for module dates.
Punctuality: Students are expected to submit assignments on time and to complete the course in the time required. Students who submit assignments late will receive point reductions for late work.
Late assignments/papers will have the assignment grade reduced 10% (10 points) at any time after the due time the first 24 hours and another 10% (10 points) at any time during the second 24 hours (e.g., paper due 5am on a given day - if received at 6am on that day paper will be assessed a late penalty of 10 points; paper received 26 hours past due date and time will be assessed a 20 point penalty). Penalties are in addition to points that may be lost from assignment grading. After 48 hours, late assignments will receive a zero grade and will not be accepted. No make-up assignments will be given.
Course Ground Rules
The student is expected to:
Learn how to navigate in the WebCT system.
Participate by responding to all discussion questions.
Keep abreast of course announcements.
Use the assigned college or university e-mail address as opposed to a personal e-mail address.
Contact the instructor if unclear about assignment expectations.
Address technical problems immediately.
Email:
Always include a subject line.
Remember without facial expressions some comments may be taken the wrong way.
Be careful in wording your emails. Use of emoticons might be helpful in some cases.
Use standard fonts.
Do not send large attachments without permission.
Special formatting such as centering, audio messages, tables, html, etc. should be avoided unless necessary to complete an assignment or other communication.
Respect the privacy of other class members.
Discussion Groups:
Review the discussion threads thoroughly before entering the discussion.
Try to maintain threads by using the "Reply" button rather starting a new topic.
Do not make insulting or inflammatory statements to other members of the discussion group.
Be respectful of others ideas.
Be patient and read the comments of other group members thoroughly before entering your remarks.
Be cooperative with group leaders in completing assigned tasks.
Be positive and constructive in group discussions.
Respond in a thoughtful and timely manner.
Chat:
Introduce yourself to the other learners in the chat session.
Be polite. Choose your words carefully. Do not use derogatory statements.
Be concise in responding to others in the chat session.
Be prepared to open the chat session at the scheduled time.
Be constructive in your comments and suggestions.
The Tennessee Virtual Library is available to all students enrolled in the Regents Degree Program. Links to library materials (such as electronic journals, databases, interlibrary loans, digital reserves, dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps, and librarian support) and Internet resources needed by learners to complete online assignments and as background reading must be included in all courses.
Qualified students with disabilities will be provided reasonable and necessary academic accommodations if determined eligible by the appropriate disability services staff at their home institution. Prior to granting disability accommodations in this course, the instructor must receive written verification of a student's eligibility for specific accommodations from the disability services staff at the home institution. It is the student's responsibility to initiate contact with his/her home institution's disability services staff and to follow the established procedures for having the accommodation notice sent to the instructor.
Syllabus Changes
The instructor reserves the right to make changes as necessary to this syllabus. If changes are necessitated during the term of the course, the instructor will immediately notify students of such changes both by individual email communication and posting both notification and nature of change(s) on the course bulletin board.
Technical Support
If you are having problems logging into the course, timing out of the course, using the course web site tools, or other technical problems, please visit the AskRODP Customer Support web page at http://askrodp.custhelp.com or call the AskRODP Help Desk at 1-866-550-RODP (1-866-550-7637)