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Graduate Course Proposal Form Submission Detail - NUR1377
Tracking Number - 5017
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Campus: Tampa
Submission Type: New
Course Change Information (for course changes only):
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Detail Information
- Date & Time Submitted: 2014-05-24
- Department: Nursing
- College: NR
- Budget Account Number:
- Contact Person: Kathryn Tinley
- Phone:
- Email: ktinley@health.usf.edu
- Prefix: NUR
- Number: 1377
- Full Title: Health Assessment
- Credit Hours: 3
- Section Type: O -
Other
- Is the course title variable?: N
- Is a permit required for registration?: N
- Are the credit hours variable?: N
- Is this course repeatable?: N
- If repeatable, how many times?: 0
- Abbreviated Title (30 characters maximum): Health Assessment
- Course Online?: C -
Face-to-face (0% online)
- Percentage Online: 0
- Grading Option:
R - Regular
- Prerequisites: Student must be enrolled in the USF BSN program.
- Corequisites: None.
- Course Description: This course provides entry-level skills for health assessment. Students develop communication and psychomotor skills to elicit a detailed health history and conduct a thorough, systematic head-to-toe assessment discerning normal from abnormal.
- 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? This course specifically supports the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Essentials Baccalaureate Education for Professional Nursing Practice. It is also a prerequisite for upper level courses in the nursing curriculum.
- 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.) 1. Current and unrestricted State of Florida nursing license
2. Current Healthcare provider CPR
- Objectives: 1. Obtain a health history.
2. Assess vital sign.
3. Assess pain.
4. Differentiate between objective and subjective data.
5. Define the four assessment techniques.
6. Apply assessment techniques to individual body systems.
7. Identify heart, lung, and bowel sounds.
8. Utilize therapeutic communication during a health assessment.
9. Document assessment findings.
10. Differentiate between normal and abnormal findings.
11. Discuss the impact of cultural influences on health assessment.
12. Discuss the influences of developmental stages on health assessment.
13. Express how personal values and belief impact the process of health assessment.
- Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate a systematic, accurate head-to-toe health assessment.
2. Document findings of the head-to-toe health assessment.
3. Match given preferences during health assessment to cultures.
4. Match health assessment techniques to developmental stages.
5. Describe in writing personal feelings, values, and beliefs and their potential impact on the health assessment process in response to provided situations.
- Major Topics: 1. Health history
2. Assessment of vital signs.
3. Assessment of pain.
4. Types of assessment data.
5. Assessment techniques.
6. Therapeutic communications.
7. Assessment of body systems:
a. Neurological
b. Cardiac
c. Respiratory
d. Gastrointestinal
e. Integumentary
f. Musculoskeletal
g. Genitourinary
8. Cultural influences on health assessment.
9. Developmental influences on health assessment.
10. Impact of personal values and beliefs on health assessment.
11. Systemic head-to-toe assessment.
- Textbooks: 1. Nurse, I. M. (2013). Health assessment. Tampa, FL: Nightingale publishing.
- Course Readings, Online Resources, and Other Purchases: 1. Student clinical uniform
2. Stethoscope
- Student Expectations/Requirements and Grading Policy: College of Nursing Grading Standards:
A = 93-100%
B = 84-92%
C = 75-83%
D = 67-74%
F = 66% and below
Final grades will be rounded according to any percentage equal to or above 0.5. Example: 92.5 is rounded to 93, 92.49 is rounded to 92.
Attendance is required for all simulation laboratory evaluations and clinical encounters. Failure to attend simulation laboratory evaluations and clinical encounters will result in failure of the course.
- Assignments, Exams and Tests: Quizzes (4 quizzes, 5 points each) 20%
Therapeutic Communications Paper 15%
Graded simulations (5 total) 25%
Head-to-toe Health Assessment 25%
Documentation of Health Assessment 15%
Completion of 60 clinical hours S/U
Total 100%
- 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: The USF College of Nursing expects students to maintain academic honesty in all courses. By virtue of being registered in a nursing course, students agree to refrain from cheating. If cheating in any form (academic dishonesty) is detected, appropriate action will be taken. (Refer to USF Academic Dishonesty Policy).
http://generalcounsel.usf.edu/regulations/pdfs/regulation-usf3.027.pdf
There are no make-up assignments in this course. Late Assignments/ Incorrect Method of Submission: Assignments are due on the posted due date. If there is any reason that an assignment cannot be posted by the due date the student must contact the faculty member in advance of the due date and a submission plan will be made. Please note that any assignment not submitted by the due date without prior authorization of the faculty will receive an automatic 10% grade reduction. Late assignments beyond 2 weeks without prior authorization will automatically be reduced by 50%. Any assignment not submitted by the end of the semester will receive a grade of zero and will be factored into the student's final course grade accordingly. If there is an unanticipated emergency that impedes submitting an assignment on the due date, the student must notify the faculty member as soon as possible as to when the assignment will be submitted.
Incomplete Guidelines:
Incomplete (I) Definition: An Incomplete grade (“I”) is exceptional and granted at the instructor’s discretion only when students are unable to complete course requirements due to illness or other circumstances beyond their control. This applies to all gradable courses, including pass/fail (S/U).
Students may only be eligible for an “I” when:
• majority of the student’s work for a course
has been completed before the end of the semester
• the work that has been completed must be qualitatively satisfactory
• the student has requested consideration for an “I” grade as soon as possible but no later than
the last day of finals week.
Withdrawal Guidelines:
Withdrawal Policy (approved by CON Faculty Council 12/15/06; revised 1/19/07): Withdrawals are limited to 1 per course, with a limit of 2 per undergraduate or graduate program. Withdrawals are defined as officially withdrawing from any class after the Drop/Add period and before the final Withdrawal date as outlined in the Academic Calendar. Any student withdrawing in excess of stated policy may be dismissed from the College of Nursing unless the College of Nursing has pre-approved a documented Medical and/or Emergency situation.
See Withdrawal Deadlines at http://www.registrar.usf.edu/enroll/regist/calendt.php
Student Expectations:
Assignments are due on or before the posted due date for both formative and summative evaluation. If you are having difficulty keeping up with assignments and the tight schedule, please discuss with your faculty immediately. There will be no assignments for extra credit.
Permission to use Lecture(s):
The sale of class recordings or notes is not permitted.
- Program This Course Supports: Baccalaureante in Nursing Program
- Course Concurrence Information: None.
- if you have questions about any of these fields, please contact chinescobb@grad.usf.edu or joe@grad.usf.edu.