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COURSE SYLLABUS: Nursing and Managed Care

Course Title:	NR422 - Nursing and Managed Care
Department:	Health Sciences
Instructor:	Dr. Deryl Gulliford - E-Mail | Personal E-Mail |  Vita
E-mail	dgullifo@canyoncollege.edu
Personal E-mail	deryl@pldi.net
Phone (office BlackBerry®/cell):	(405) 219-6715
Phone (cell):	(405) 219-6227
Phone (home):	(405) 285-1974
Pager:	(877) 724-3711, PIN 5539
Address:	118 Gardenwood Dr, Holdenville, OK 74848-9528

Course Description:

This course focuses on the impact of managed care on health care delivery, and specifically on the nursing field. We seek to help the student understand how managed care works, and to guide the student in in acquiring knowledge of reimbursement, quality, legal and ethical issues involved with managed care programs.

Text: Online Bookstore

Managed Care: A Nursing Perspective – 1st Edition – Anita Finkelman - Published October, 2000. Prentice Hall. ISBN #: 080538152X

Course Format:

This course is divided into four units, covering text chapters as follows:

Unit 1 – Chapters 1-2
Unit 2 – Chapters 3-6
Unit 3 – Chapters 7-10
Unit 4 – Chapters 11-14

Communication with Instructor:

Students are expected to communicate with the professor weekly during the course term. A brief e-mail update is sufficient, although the professor will be please to discuss any matter by phone during the work day or during the evening hours at home.

Evaluation:

There is a written essay examination for each Unit, and a Scholarly Paper (approximately 10 pages in length) is required for completion of the course. The Scholarly Paper topic and outline must be approved prior to writing. There is no final examination for this course.

Grade Weighting:

Each Unit Exam is worth 20% of the course grade, and the Scholarly Paper is worth 20% of the course grade.

Course Topics:

Students should expect to study the following topics in the process of completing this course:

• Health Care Environment
• Reimbursement
• Managed Care Intro.
• Performance and Cost
• Case Management
• Clinical Pathways
• Consumer Interactions
• Managed Care in Medicare and Medicaid
• Nursing in a Managed Care Environment
• Managed Care and Effects on Patient Care
• Advanced Practice and Managed Care
• The Future of Managed Care and Nursing

About the Professor:

Dr. Gulliford is CEO of Stevens County Hospital in Hugoton, Kansas. He has fifteen years of experience in senior healthcare management. His clinical background includes work in respiratory care, critical care medicine, non-invasive and invasive cardiology, and cardiovascular perfusion. Dr. Gulliford is Vice-President of Pioneer Health Network, a group of 18 Kansas and Oklahoma hospitals, and Vice-President of the Kansas Hospital Association Southwest District. He was recently elected to Chair the newly formed Small and Rural Hospitals Division of the American Academy of Medical Administrators.

Dr. Gulliford’s philosophy:

………therefore however you want people to treat you, so treat them.

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