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Graduate Course Proposal Form Submission Detail - NUR1130
Tracking Number - 5028
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Campus: Tampa
Submission Type: New
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Detail Information
- Date & Time Submitted: 2014-06-06
- Department: Nursing
- College: NR
- Budget Account Number:
- Contact Person: Tangela Evans
- Phone:
- Email: tevans3@health.usf.edu
- Prefix: NUR
- Number: 1130
- Full Title: Fundamentals of Nursing
- Credit Hours: 7
- 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?: Y
- If repeatable, how many times?: 2
- Abbreviated Title (30 characters maximum): FON
- Course Online?: C -
Face-to-face (0% online)
- Percentage Online: 0
- Grading Option:
R - Regular
- Prerequisites: None
- Corequisites: None
- Course Description: This course introduces the role of the associate degree nurse in health promotion, maintenance, restoration and the ethical and professional standards of nursing. Emphasis will be placed on clinical competencies while nursing skills are developed.
- Please briefly explain why it is necessary and/or desirable to add this course: Needed for new program/concentration/certificate
- 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? NUR 1120 will help meet the need in nursing during the critical nationwide nursing shortage by training new nurses equip to provide novice nursing care.
- 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.) Bachelors Degree in Nursing
Minimum of three years of acute care nursing experience.
Active Florida RN License.
- Objectives: At the conclusion of this course students will be able to understand the five Core educational competencies of the Seminole State College nursing curriculum:
1. Caring interventions
2. Clinical competence and decision-making
3. Communication
4. Commitment to professionalism
5. Collaboration and management of care.
6. Identify the basic bio-psychosocial needs of the clients.
7. Allowing the student to utilize the nursing process to identify and meet client needs
- Learning Outcomes: The Collegewide Student Learning Outcomes assessed and reinforced in this course include the following:
Communication
Critical Thinking
- Major Topics: Concepts of Professional Nursing
Safety in the Healthcare Workplace
Communicating Effectively
Introduction to Nursing Care
Nursing Care to meet Safety and Security Needs
Nursing Care to meet Basic Physiological Needs
Nursing Care to meet Psychological, Spiritual, and Sociocultural Needs
- Textbooks: 2013. Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (22nd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis Company.
Doenges, M. E., Moorhouse, M. F., & Murr, A. C. (2013). Nurse’s Pocket Guide (5th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis Company.
Van Leeuwen, A. M., Poelhuis-Leth, D. J., & Bach, M. L. (2013). Davis’s Comprehensive Handbook of Laboratory Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications (5th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis Company.
Wilkinson, J. M., & Leuven, K. V. (2007). Fundamentals of Nursing Theories, Concept, & Application (Volume 1 ed.). Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis CompanyVallerand, A. H., Sanos
- Course Readings, Online Resources, and Other Purchases: Course, Hospital, and Computer Orientations are required and may be offered on campus, online or on site. Dates, times and locations to be announced.
- Student Expectations/Requirements and Grading Policy: Grading Scale:
A 92- 100%
B 85-91%
C 78-84%
D 70-77%
F 69% or below
• Refer to College Nursing Student Handbook for rounding policy.
• Student must have an average of 78% or above on theory exams before any additional course work is averaged in for the final grade.
• A grade of C or better is required in each course leading to the Associate in Science Degree in Nursing.
• All course requirements must be completed to pass the course.
- Assignments, Exams and Tests: Evaluation methods (assignment): %
Unit Exam 1 8%
Unit Exam 2 18%
Unit Exam 3 18%
Unit Exam 4 18%
Unit Exam 5 18%
1 Cumulative Final 20%
Total 100%
Clinical Performance:
Nursing Process Paper 10%
Well Elderly Project 8%
Journal Article Presentation 2%
Satisfactory 20%
- 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: All policies as outlined in the Associate Degree Nursing Student Policy Handbook are applicable to this course. Handbook can be found on the course’s web page. This includes but is not limited to: Attendance policy, University Policy on Academic Integrity, ADA accommodations, Emergency conditions statement.
- Program This Course Supports: Associate in Nursing
- Course Concurrence Information: None
- if you have questions about any of these fields, please contact chinescobb@grad.usf.edu or joe@grad.usf.edu.