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Graduate Course Proposal Form Submission Detail - NGR6240
Tracking Number - 2148
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Current Status:
Approved, Permanent Archive - 2010-04-06
Campus: Tampa
Submission Type: New
Course Change Information (for course changes only):
Comments: GC approved 10/19/09; Sent to USF SCNS Office 11/23/09; SCNS approved 12/16/09, effective 1/2010; posted in banner 12/16/09
Detail Information
- Date & Time Submitted: 2009-02-23
- Department: Nursing
- College: NR
- Budget Account Number: HSC 006201-10000
- Contact Person: Denise Maguire
- Phone: 69978
- Email: fdavanzo@health.usf.edu
- Prefix: NGR
- Number: 6240
- Full Title: Adult Health for Specialty Care Nursing
- Credit Hours: 3
- Section Type: C -
Class Lecture (Primarily)
- Is the course title variable?: N
- Is a permit required for registration?: N
- Are the credit hours variable?: N
- Is this course repeatable?:
- If repeatable, how many times?: 0
- Abbreviated Title (30 characters maximum): Adult Hlth for Nurs Spec
- Course Online?: -
- Percentage Online:
- Grading Option:
R - Regular
- Prerequisites: NGR: 6140, NGR 6172, NGR 6002C
- Corequisites:
- Course Description: Prepares specialty care nurse practitioners to recognize and assess complex, multi-system problems within their specialty, make appropriate referrals and collaborate with other specialty/primary care providers to meet the healthcare needs of the patient
- Please briefly explain why it is necessary and/or desirable to add this course: A specific adult health course is needed to reflect nursing specialties outside of primary care such as, oncology, acute care, and psychiatric/mental health nursing.
- 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? The course is part of the required sequence in the specific concentrations of oncolgy, acute care, and psychiatric/mental health nursing.
- Has this course been offered as Selected Topics/Experimental Topics course? If yes, how many times? Yes, three times.
- What qualifications for training and/or experience are necessary to teach this course? (List minimum qualifications for the instructor.) Ph.D. Nursing
- Objectives: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1) Demonstrate knowledge of appropriate assessment and management skills necessary for collaborating with primary care providers and other specialists to provide care for patients with common complex multi-system health problems of high-risk adults across the lifespan.
2) Develop a comprehensive regimen of specialty care that includes physical, psychological and sociological/cultural needs and resources of the patient and significant others as well as anticipatory guidance and patient education.
3) Demonstrate critical thinking and data-based clinical decision making in planning
nursing interventions for adult patients/clients within a chosen specialty.
4) Apply current evidence based practice outcomes to the assessment and management of patients/clients with acute and chronic conditions within a chosen specialty.
5). Differentiate specialty and discipline practice boundaries for the management and referral of the patient/client population being served.
- Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1) Demonstrate knowledge of appropriate assessment and management skills necessary for collaborating with primary care providers and other specialists to provide care for patients with common complex multi-system health problems of high-risk adults across the lifespan.
2) Develop a comprehensive regimen of specialty care that includes physical, psychological and sociological/cultural needs and resources of the patient and significant others as well as anticipatory guidance and patient education.
3) Demonstrate critical thinking and data-based clinical decision making in planning
nursing interventions for adult patients/clients within a chosen specialty.
4) Apply current evidence based practice outcomes to the assessment and management of patients/clients with acute and chronic conditions within a chosen specialty.
5). Differentiate specialty and discipline practice boundaries for the management and referral of the patient/client population being served.
- Major Topics: TOPICAL OUTLINE
Cardiovascular Disease Management
Coronary Artery Disease
CHF
HTN
Hyperlipidemia
Pulmonary Disease Management
Asthma
COPD
Pulmonary Fibrosis
Smoking Cessation
Endocrine Disease Management
Metabolic Syndrome
Diabetes
Thyroid disorders
Adrenal excesses and insufficiencies
Bone Metabolism
Hematology
Anemias
Dyscrasias
Coagulopathies
Myelodysplastic Syndrome
Basic Labatory Interpretations
EENT Disease Management
Gastrointestinal Disease Management
Hepatitis
Cirrhosis
Pancreatitis
GERD
H-Pylori, Ulcers
Neurological Disease Management
CVA/stroke
Seizure Disorders
Movement disorders
Dementia
Headaches
Chronic Pain Management
Psychiatric Condition Management
Mood disorders
Psychoneuroimmunology
Dermatology Condition Management
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
Cutaneous Malignancies
Genitourinary Disease Management
Chronic Kidney Disease
Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Textbooks: Required Books: Either online or hard copy of Harrison’s Principles of Internal Medicine 16th edition (2005) by Dennis L. Kasper (online version is available free through the USF library)
- Course Readings, Online Resources, and Other Purchases:
- Student Expectations/Requirements and Grading Policy:
- Assignments, Exams and Tests:
- Attendance Policy:
- Policy on Make-up Work:
- Program This Course Supports:
- Course Concurrence Information:
- if you have questions about any of these fields, please contact chinescobb@grad.usf.edu or joe@grad.usf.edu.