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COURSE SYLLABUS: NR309 – Current Trends in Nursing Practice

Course Title:	NR309 – Current Trends in Nursing Practice
Department:	School of Nursing
Instructor:	Tracy Skripac, RN, MSN, AOCN®, CHPN, Contact - Vita
Credits:	3 Semester Credits
Prereqs:	None

Course Objectives

1. The student will be able to describe the importance of licensure and certification in the nursing profession.
2. The student will be able to describe the components three nursing models, including: definitions of the terms and assumptions within the model; a statement of the purpose of a nursing model; and a list of four common model concepts.
3. The student will be able to demonstrate understanding of the ethical decision-making algorithm.
4. The student will be able to define informed consent, delegation, living will.
5. The student will be able to describe the cultural assessment process by listing the key aspects of this type of assessment.
6. The student will be able to describe the importance of involvement by nurses in healthcare legislation.
7. The student will be able to list three main issues in health care delivery today.
8. The student will be able to define functional nursing, team nursing, primary care nursing and modular nursing.

Required Texts  Online Bookstore

Nursing Now: Today’s Issues, Tomorrow’s Trends, 5th Edition by Catalano, J. (2009).
Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Company.
ISBN-13: 9780803618565

Course Outline

4 modules with 12 sets of assignments and 1 final paper. 4 credit hours.

Module 1 - The growth of nursing

Week 1

1. Reading requirements: Chapters 1, 2, 3, 24
2. Written assignments: Submit via email with course number, module number, and week number within the subject line.
   • Chapter 1, 24: Discuss evidence-based practice and the necessity of such practice in the health care profession. 250 words with title page, content, and references in APA format.
   • Chapter 2: Choose one historical figure references in the text and describe how they contribute to nursing practice today. 250 words with title page, content, and references in APA format.
   • Chapter 3: Identify your states licensure laws and outline the education requirements to maintain licensure. 250 words with title page, content, and references in APA format.

Week 2

1. Reading requirements: Chapters 4, 5, 6
2. Written assignments: Submit via email with course number, module number, and week number within the subject line.
   • Chapter 4: Choose a nursing theory illustrated in table 4.1 and describe a situation in nursing that it might be applied. 250 words with title page, content, and references in APA format.
   • Chapter 5: Describe your nursing aspirations and level of education needed to meet those goals. 250 words with title page, content, and references in APA format.
   • Chapter 6: Critical thinking is an essential skill in nursing that requires development. Please describe critical thinking skills and relate them to a clinical situation in which you employed critical thinking skills. 250 words with title page, content, and references in APA format.

Module 2 – Making the Transition to Professional

Week 3

1. Reading requirements: Chapters 7, 8, 9
2. Written assignments: Submit via email with course number, module number, and week number within the subject line.
   • Chapter 7: Define fidelity, beneficence, and nonmalficence and compare those concepts directly related to ANA Code of Ethics. 250 words with title page, content, and references in APA format.
   • Chapter 8: Describe the controversial issues inherent in Bioethics and nursing. 250 words with title page, content, and references in APA format.
   • Chapter 9: Read the case study of Mr. Fagin and describe the issues within the case in accordance with ethical considerations. 250 words with title page, content, and references in APA format.

Week 4

1. Reading requirements: Chapters 10, 11, 12
2. Written assignments: Submit via email with course number, module number, and week number within the subject line.
   • Chapter 10: What test taking strategies have you successfully utilized? 250 words with title page, content, and references in APA format.
   • Chapter 11: What are your weaknesses or concerns associated with NCLEX or a professional nursing certification exam? If you have passed the NCLEX or a professional certification exam, please post 3 tips that helped you. 250 words with title page, content, and references in APA format.
   • Chapter 12: Describe burn-out syndrome with empirical data. 250 words with title page, content, and references in APA format.

Module 3 – Leading & Managing

Week 5

1. Reading requirements: Chapters 13, 14, 15
2. Written assignments: Submit via email with course number, module number, and week number within the subject line.
   • Chapter 13: Describe leadership qualities in nursing. Relate those qualities to your perception of your career in nursing. 250 words with title page, content, and references in APA format.
   • Chapter 14: Describe the encoding and decoding process, use empirical studies to support what the processes are and how both impact communication between nurse and doctor and nurse and patient. 250 words with title page, content, and references in APA format.
   • Chapter 15: Describe barriers to effective delegation and how this impacts patient care 250 words with title page, content, and references in APA format.

Week 6

1. Reading requirements: Chapters 16, 17, 18
2. Written assignments: Submit via email with course number, module number, and week number within the subject line.
   • Chapter 16: What is collective bargaining and how does it impact nursing? 250 words with title page, content, and references in APA format.
   • Chapter 17: Describe the 4 types of health care systems. 250 words with title page, content, and references in APA format.
   • Chapter 18: Define and describe Nursing Informatics. 250 words with title page, content, and references in APA format.

Module 4 – Issues in Care Delivery

Week 7

1. Reading requirements: Chapters 19, 20, 21
2. Written assignments: Submit via email with course number, module number, and week number within the subject line.
   • Chapter 19: How can you become a politically active nurse? 250 words with title page, content, and references in APA format.
   • Chapter 20: Define and describe therapeutic touch using empirical studies. 250 words with title page, content, and references in APA format.
   • Chapter 21: Define and describe cultural diversity utilizing the ADDRESSING Model in study notes. 250 words with title page, content, and references in APA format.

Week 8

1. Reading requirements: Chapter 22
2. Written assignment: Major paper due this module and week.
   • Submit via email with course number, module number, and week number within the subject line.
   • Describe your current and future aspirations in nursing.
   • Choose any topic or concept from this course or from your readings with which you most identify in regards to your current and future nursing aspirations.
   • Provide a synopsis of how you might utilize the topic or concept in your current chosen area of practice and in your future nursing aspirations.
   • 750 words with title page, content, and references in APA format.
   • This is a personal reflective paper; therefore, writing in the first person is permissible.

Grading

Written assignments – 60 possible total points
Content: 90% or 54 points
Format: 10% or 6 points

Major paper - 40 points
Content: 80% or 32 points
Format: 20% or 8 points

A 90 - 100%
B 80 - 89%
C 70 - 79%
D 60 - 69%
F 0 - 59%