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Graduate Course Proposal Form Submission Detail - NUR1501
Tracking Number - 5007
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Current Status:
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Campus: Tampa
Submission Type: Change
Course Change Information (for course changes only):
Comments: course submitted for a class - not real
Detail Information
- Date & Time Submitted: 2014-05-23
- Department: Nursing
- College: NR
- Budget Account Number:
- Contact Person: Lanette Dumas
- Phone:
- Email: ldumas@health.usf.edu
- Prefix: NUR
- Number: 1501
- Full Title: Contemporary Issues in Healthcare
- Credit Hours: 3
- Section Type: C -
Class Lecture (Primarily)
- Is the course title variable?: Y
- Is a permit required for registration?: Y
- Are the credit hours variable?: N
- Is this course repeatable?: Y
- If repeatable, how many times?: 1
- Abbreviated Title (30 characters maximum): Contemp Iss in Hlthcre
- Course Online?: B -
Face-to-face and online (separate sections)
- Percentage Online: 0
- Grading Option:
R - Regular
- Prerequisites: NGR 4634C, NUR 3805
- Corequisites: no
- Course Description: This course examines healthcare and its delivery system via political, economic, legal and ethical situations. Particular emphasis is on written analyses of legal and ethical influences/dilemmas related to nursing practice.
- Please briefly explain why it is necessary and/or desirable to add this course: Needed for accreditation
- 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? As healthcare changes, it is important for future healthcare providers to be aware of and adapt to these shifts. Healthcare not only encompasses clinical expertise, but also legal and economic acumen, as well public policy changes and the ever-increasing global impact of healthcare.
The Affordable Care Act, Medicare/Medicaid, and other government healthcare policies do affect practice nationally as well as locally. Trends current in healthcare can impact care and create new ethical dilemmas in today's healthcare arena.
Students will be introduced to various topical issues in healthcare, and have a broad-based understanding of these effects and impacts in practice.
- Has this course been offered as Selected Topics/Experimental Topics course? If yes, how many times? No
- What qualifications for training and/or experience are necessary to teach this course? (List minimum qualifications for the instructor.) Minimum degree is a master's in nursing education or in public health with an emphasis on nursing. May also have a doctorate in nursing, public health or a juris doctorate with an emphasis in healthcare. Any other certifications such as a legal nurse certificate would be helpful, but not necessary.
The instructor should be proficient in classroom and online teaching, and possess strong communication skills and knowledge in the course content.
- Objectives: At the end of this course students will:
Examine the roles of nursing from political, legal, economic and ethical situations.
Identify at least one legal and one economic impact facing nursing today.
Discuss at least two ethical dilemmas in nursing and the impact on nursing care.
Discuss one component of the Affordable Care Act, and how it will influence nursing care and delivery.
Learn how to compose a letter to a county, state, or government politician about a healthcare issue affecting the state you live in.
Analyze current healthcare trends in relation to political, legal, economical, and ethical application.
- Learning Outcomes: At the end of the course students will:
Students will be able to recognize the external influences that may affect nursing care and how the healthcare delivery system adapts or fails. Students will write a paper on the Affordable Care Act and one aspect of healthcare, as well as write position/opinion papers on legal, economic, and/or ethical dilemmas faced in healthcare.
- Major Topics: Affordable Care Act
Economics of healthcare
Legalities of healthcare
Ethical dilemmas currently faced in healthcare
- Textbooks: Ellis, J. R., & Hartley, C. L. (2012). Nursing in today's world (10th ed.). Philadelphia, PA:Wolters Kluwer|Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- Course Readings, Online Resources, and Other Purchases: Affordable Care Act online document
Educational videos regarding ethical/legal scenarios for students to view and comment on
- Student Expectations/Requirements and Grading Policy: Students must have access to a computer with Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. Students must have a USF email account. Firefox webrowser is the recommended browser.
Grading policy is based upon points accumulated as follows:
Discussion board participation is 10 points
Four papers worth a total of 90 points
- Assignments, Exams and Tests: Assignments include four written papers on each aspect of the issues in healthcare (legal, ethical, economic and the Affordable Care Act).
Discussion board participation on selected topics
Introduce self/plagiarism quiz for mandatory first week sign in
- Attendance Policy: Course Attendance at First Class Meeting – Policy for Graduate Students: For structured courses, 6000 and above, the College/Campus Dean will set the first-day class attendance requirement. Check with the College for specific information. This policy is not applicable to courses in the following categories: Educational Outreach, Open University (TV), FEEDS Program, Community Experiential Learning (CEL), Cooperative Education Training, and courses that do not have regularly scheduled meeting days/times (such as, directed reading/research or study, individual research, thesis, dissertation, internship, practica, etc.). Students are responsible for dropping undesired courses in these categories by the 5th day of classes to avoid fee liability and academic penalty. (See USF Regulation – Registration - 4.0101,
http://usfweb2.usf.edu/usfgc/ogc%20web/currentreg.htm)
Attendance Policy for the Observance of Religious Days by Students: In accordance with Sections 1006.53 and 1001.74(10)(g) Florida Statutes and Board of Governors Regulation 6C-6.0115, the University of South Florida (University/USF) has established the following policy regarding religious observances: (http://usfweb2.usf.edu/usfgc/gc_pp/acadaf/gc10-045.htm)
In the event of an emergency, it may be necessary for USF to suspend normal operations. During this time, USF may opt to continue delivery of instruction through methods that include but are not limited to: Blackboard, Elluminate, Skype, and email messaging and/or an alternate schedule. It’s the responsibility of the student to monitor Blackboard site for each class for course specific communication, and the main USF, College, and department websites, emails, and MoBull messages for important general information.
- Policy on Make-up Work: Make-up assignments are granted at the discretion of the instructor. Students will be able to contact the instructor within a 24-48 hour window. Students will refer to the USF policy on Academic Integrity of Students at http://generalcounsel.usf.edu/regulations/pdfs/regulation-usf3.025.pdf
- Program This Course Supports: Bachelors in Nursing
- Course Concurrence Information: School of Public Health
School of Medicine
- if you have questions about any of these fields, please contact chinescobb@grad.usf.edu or joe@grad.usf.edu.