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online Financial Strategies for Nurses course at Canyon College

COURSE SYLLABUS: Financial Strategies for Nurses


Course Title: NR575 - Financial Strategies for Nurses
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 presents practical information for health care managers in nursing and the allied health professions. It emphasizes key concepts and emerging trends in healthcare finance. Managed care principles are included, as are prospective payment systems. “Real World” examples are presented in order to facilitate application of course concepts.

Text: Online Bookstore

Essentials of Health Care Finance, 5th Edition. William O. Cleverly. Jones and Bartlett Publishers (Aspen Publishing). ISBN: 0834220954

Course Format:

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

Unit 1 – Chapters 1-3
Unit 2 – Chapters 4-11
Unit 3 – Chapters 12-14
Unit 4 – Chapter 15
Unit 5 - Chapters 16-18

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 pleased 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 15% of the course grade, and the Scholarly Paper is worth 25% of the course grade.

Course Topics:

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