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Graduate Course Proposal Form Submission Detail - NGR6094
Tracking Number - 1948

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Current Status: Approved, Permanent Archive - 2004-03-18
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  1. Date & Time Submitted: 2004-03-17
  2. Department: Nursing
  3. College: NR
  4. Budget Account Number: 620100020
  5. Contact Person: Susan McMillan
  6. Phone: 9749188
  7. Email: smcmilla@hsc.usf.edu
  8. Prefix: NGR
  9. Number: 6094
  10. Full Title: Practicum II in Advanced Oncology Nursing
  11. Credit Hours: 3
  12. Section Type: I - Internships (Including Practicum)
  13. Is the course title variable?: N
  14. Is a permit required for registration?: N
  15. Are the credit hours variable?: N
  16. Is this course repeatable?:
  17. If repeatable, how many times?: 0
  18. Abbreviated Title (30 characters maximum): Pract II in Adv Oncology Nur
  19. Course Online?: -
  20. Percentage Online:
  21. Grading Option: S - S/U Only
  22. Prerequisites: NGR 6199, NGR 6140, NGR 6001, NGR 6800, NGR 6121, NGR 6096, NGR 6142, NGR 6207, and NGR 6093
  23. Corequisites:
  24. Course Description: This course provides clinical experiences in advanced oncology nursing practice with a focus on the application of theoretical and conceptual knowledge and relevant to adults with cancer or at risk for cancer

  25. Please briefly explain why it is necessary and/or desirable to add this course: x
  26. What is the need or demand for this course? (Indicate if this course is part of a required sequence in the major.) What other programs would this course service? x
  27. Has this course been offered as Selected Topics/Experimental Topics course? If yes, how many times? x
  28. What qualifications for training and/or experience are necessary to teach this course? (List minimum qualifications for the instructor.) x
  29. Objectives: 1. Demonstrate diagnostic reasoning in clinical decision-making in the identification, evaluation, and management of health needs of clients in a variety of settings.

    2. Perform, interpret and communicate results of common diagnostic studies.

    3. Manage acute oncologic complications, and stable chronic diseases and recognized emergency situations and initiate and refer for effective care as necessary.

    4. Implement and evaluate clinical criteria and treatment plans to assure optimal care for clients. 5. Teach clients and families about drug regimens, drug side effects and interactions using an appropriate communication level.

    6. Assess barriers to client education and health behavior change, encourage behavioral change through the use of motivational techniques, and evaluate efficacy of outcomes. 7. Counsel clients in crisis/loss/grief situations and refer to mental health providers as appropriate.

    8. Assess, and diagnose the client's health status over time with attention to safety, efficacy, agency and national guidelines, and the client's health goals, risk factors, and cancer illness experience.

  30. Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate diagnostic reasoning in clinical decision-making in the identification, evaluation, and management of health needs of clients in a variety of settings.

    2. Perform, interpret and communicate results of common diagnostic studies.

    3. Manage acute oncologic complications, and stable chronic diseases and recognized emergency situations and initiate and refer for effective care as necessary.

    4. Implement and evaluate clinical criteria and treatment plans to assure optimal care for clients. 5. Teach clients and families about drug regimens, drug side effects and interactions using an appropriate communication level.

    6. Assess barriers to client education and health behavior change, encourage behavioral change through the use of motivational techniques, and evaluate efficacy of outcomes. 7. Counsel clients in crisis/loss/grief situations and refer to mental health providers as appropriate.

    8. Assess, and diagnose the client's health status over time with attention to safety, efficacy, agency and national guidelines, and the client's health goals, risk factors, and cancer illness experience.

  31. Major Topics: Clinical.

    Seminar.

    Case Studies.

  32. Textbooks: None.
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  37. Policy on Make-up Work:
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