COURSE: NURS 431 POPULATION BASED HEALTH CARE: CLINICAL LABORATORY

CREDIT HOURS: 1.5

PREREQUISITES: Level II courses

COREQUISITE: NURS 430 Population Based Health Care

FACULTY: Kristine Williams, RN, PhD                     

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Concepts and theories from NURS 430 are applied to the health care of aggregates in the community. Students are given opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration in the provision of health care for culturally diverse populations.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Apply knowledge from nursing and related arts and sciences to the care of selected community based aggregates.
2. Use data from community assessments to identify environmental, social, political, economic and cultural influences on the delivery of care to populations.
3. Develop strategies using aggregate data that would influence the health status of selected populations.
4. Apply the nursing process using professional standards and current research findings in the care of aggregates.
5. Use knowledge of legal, ethical, cultural and economic issues in providing population based care.
6. Collaborate with other health care providers to use resources that effectively facilitate health care for selected aggregates.

METHODOLOGY:

1. Clinical Experiences
2. Population Assignments

EVALUATION:

• Professional Performance in Clinical Setting
• Journals of Clinical Experiences (20 points)
• Population Assignments (seven assignments for a total of 80 points)

(Students need to achieve 80 points or greater on written assignments and perform satisfactorily on all clinical objectives to pass the course).

PROFESSIONAL  (PROFITS)

In 1995, the faculty of the School of Nursing voted to adopt the Professional Integrity System (PROFITS). All students sign the PROFITS Pledge:

"I pledge that I will not give, receive, nor tolerate unauthorized aid, nor will I abuse academic resources while I am a member of this academic community."

PROFITS upholds behaviors reflective of individual responsibility, mutual trust, professional values, and standards. PROFITS values an academic environment free of academic misconduct or abuse of academic resources. When in doubt, the student must clarify with the instructor the appropriateness of behaviors that may violate PROFITS.

The following are some examples of unacceptable behaviors in NURS 431:

Clinical Practice:

1. Misconduct includes a pattern of purposeful avoidance of the instructor during the clinical practicum to avert validation of knowledge and performance.
2. Misconduct includes breaking confidentiality of patient information/records.
3. Misconduct includes fabricating patient write-ups, such as home visits, process recordings, observational activities, or client system assessments.
4. Failure to report an error to the instructor that you made when providing patient care constitutes misconduct.
5. Misconduct includes not reporting an error to the instructor that was made by another student while providing patient care.
6. Misconduct includes performing a nursing action without knowing the rationale.
7. Misconduct includes knowingly performing a skill or procedure when you do not know the specific steps or sequence for the procedure.
8. Documentation on the patient record of nursing actions that you did not perform is considered academic misconduct.
9. Making photocopies of patient medical records (or copies of information from computerized patient record) for personal use is considered academic misconduct.

Papers:

1. Plagiarizing, the presentation of the words or ideas of another person without proper citation or attribution, is considered academic misconduct. Allowing others to do your work for you, quoting or including information from outside sources in projects or papers and not citing the source. Including more than 5 words in a row from a source requires quotation marks and direct citation according to APA format.
2. Students are encouraged to seek editorial feedback regarding writing style, APA style, and clarity of papers from other students, professional colleagues, or staff of the Student Services Department, Student Center.
3. Misconduct includes submitting a paper that you did not write yourself.
4. Misconduct includes submitting the same paper that has been turned in to fulfill the requirements for another course.
5. Students who consider writing a paper on a topic they have addressed to fulfill the requirements of another course should first talk to the course professor.
6. Reference in a paper to information obtained from non-print materials (i.e. videotapes, scholarly presentations) must be cited according to APA style. Failure to do so will be considered plagiarism.

Offenses against persons: Verbally or physically threatening behavior or other unprofessional communication directed toward learners, faculty, other students, or staff.

Other: Abuse of academic resources includes copying academic software from a KUMC computer for personal use, use of School of Nursing photocopy machines without permission, failure to return equipment checked out from the lab or ERC, removing equipment for personal use, or not reporting damage to equipment at the time it occurs.

Please refer to your KUMC Student Planner and Handbook for more information about PROFITS.

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