NRSG 748

Modules, Objectives, & On-Line Assignments

Due Dates

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Assigned Readings 

 NRSG 749

Practicum WebBoard Assignments

Module 1 (January 17-31)

Individual, Family, and Community Client Systems, World Views, 
and Nursing Science 

Objective 1. Examine specific techniques of concept and theory analyses.
Objective 3. Analyze cultural theories and their application to client systems.

Introduction to Module

Online Assignments (10%) due Jan. 31:

• Getting Started
• Introduce Yourself (1%)
• Evaluation of your internet skills (1%)
• Introduction to general systems theory & applications to client systems (3%)
• Nursing Science, knowledge development, & world views (3%)
• Bolman Videotape (2%)

Assigned Readings:

Chinn & Kramer: Chapters 1, 2, 3

Friedman:
Chapters 1, 2, 3, 7 

Bolman & Deal:
Chapters 1, 2, 13

Healthy People 2010

Healthy People in Healthy Communities

WebBoard Group Assignments:
To begin Feb. 1

Module 2 (February 1-28)

Concept Analysis Techniques

Objective 2. Apply specific techniques of concept and theory analyses.

Introduction to Module

Online Assignments (10%) due Feb. 28:

• Wilsonian and Hybrid models of concept analysis (1%)
• Critique and comparison of two concept analyses (6%)
• Overview of theory analysis techniques (2%) 
• Cultural theories and ethnography (1%)

Theory-Research Portfolio Article 1. (10%) due Feb. 28

Assigned Readings:

Chinn & Kramer: Chapters 4, 5, 6

Friedman: 
Chapters 4, 5, 6, 8

Bolman & Deal:
Chapters 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21

WebBoard Group Assignments:
2010 Community Health Plan (50%) due March 31

Module 3 (March 1-31)

Grand, Middle-Range & Practice Theories 

Objective 1. Examine individual, family, and community client systems as they relate to world views and knowledge development in nursing science.
Objective 2. Apply specific techniques of concept and theory analyses.

Introduction to Module

Online Assignments (10%) due March 31:

• Purpose, components, and levels of theory
• Grand, middle-range and practice theories
• Family theories and assessments
• Reframing organizations: structural, human resources, political, and symbolic
  

Theory-Research Portfolio Article 2. (10%) due Mar. 31

Assigned Readings:

Chinn & Kramer: Chapters 7

Friedman:
Chapters 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

Bolman & Deal:
Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

WebBoard Group Assignments:
Anesthesia Care Plan Revision (50%) due April 30

2010 Community Health Plan (50%) due March 31

Module 4 (April 1-30)

Theory Analysis Techniques

Objective 2. Apply specific techniques of concept and theory analyses.
Objective 3. Analyze cultural theories and their application to client systems.

Introduction to Module

Online Assignments (10%) due April 30:

• Nursing theories
• Health-illness theories
• Cultural theories

Concept Analysis Paper Part 2 (15%) due April 30

Assigned Readings:

Chinn & Kramer: Chapters 8, 9

Friedman:
Chapters 18, 19, 20, 21

Bolman & Deal:
Chapters 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 19

WebBoard Group Assignments:
Anesthesia Care Plan Revision (50%) due April 30