Gerontological Nursing Certificate Program

GNC 400 - Geriatric Nursing Care, Theory & Practice I

Syllabus

Breyer State University offers a complete Certificate program in Gerontological Nursing. This is a 12-semester hour course and provides a comprehensive and detailed curriculum in this nursing specialty. The program uses the latest and authoritative texts. The certificate program objective is to prepare nurses to practice at a competent level of knowledge and skill in Gerontological nursing and to provide a vehicle for appropriate credentialing for nurses in this specialty practice or aspiring to practice in Gerontological nursing.

Upon successful completion of the certificate program, graduates receive a College Certificate in Gerontological Nursing, and 12-semester hours of college credit. CEU certificates are also available for 180 contact hours.

You may enroll at anytime and begin your studies. The Certificate Program is designed to be a self-paced program with one to one faculty mentoring. You are permitted 12 months from the date of enrollment to complete the program. Students study and meet the program objectives at their own pace, and are permitted to complete the program in less than the 12-month allotted time frame.

Once officially enrolled, you are given a security password and directions to accessing the online classroom for the Certificate Program. The classroom contains information about me, course assignments, ordering information for textbooks, course objectives, syllabus and information regarding exams. You correspond with the instructor via email, and/or phone.

EXAMS: During your studies, you will use two textbooks and will create a "Learning Portfolio" by moving through the texts and answering questions related to the reading assignments. Following completion of the Learning Portfolio, you will take one final examination, which is open book. You are given a particular time frame in which to complete the final examination.

GRADES: The Learning Portfolio is graded on a Pass/Fail basis. The final examination is objective type and you receive a letter grade based on the following scale:

90-100%   = A
80-89%     = B
70-79%     = C
below 70% = Fail

Students must receive a letter grade of C or higher to successfully complete the program.

TEXTS: The following texts are used in the Certificate Program

Book 1: Handbook of Geriatric Nursing Care. Springhouse PA; Springhouse Corporation:1998.

Book 2: Gerontological Nursing: A Health Promotion/Protection Approach. Second edition. By Mickey Stanley and Patricia Gauntlett Beare. Philadelphia;F.A. Davis Company:1999.

PREREQUISITE: You must be a Registered Nurse or a Licensed Vocational Nurse to apply for this program. A bachelor's degree is NOT required.

INSTRUCTOR: The instructor for this Certificate Program is Dominick L. Flarey, PhD, MBA, RN,CS, CNAA, FACHE.

PROGRAM COMPLETION: Upon successful completion of all three courses in the program, you are graduated and receive their College Certificate in Gerontological Nursing. You receive official transcripts detailing the courses and semester hours awarded, and receive a beautiful college certificate diploma.

INFORMATION: If you have any questions regarding this certificate program, you may address them to info@breyerstate.com . An administrative faculty member will respond to all questions.

Course I- GERIATRIC NURSING CARE- THEORY & PRACTICE, I

COURSE SYLLABUS:

TEXTBOOK: There is one textbook required:

Book 1: Handbook of Geriatric Nursing Care. Springhouse PA; Springhouse Corporation:1998. ISBN # 0-87434-940-0

Ordering Information: you may order this book from any source that you wish. Many of the major bookstores through out the country will special order this book for you.

You can also order this book online at:

Borders books at
http://www.borders.com

Amazon.com at
http://www.amazon.com

Barnes and Noble at
http://www.bn.com

This course focuses on the major theories and practice component for the care of geriatric patients. The materials for this course are focused on pages 1-300 in the book.

COURSE CONTENT:

1). Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
2). Abuse and Neglect
3). Acute Renal Failure
4). Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
5). Age Discrimination
6). Alcohol Abuse
7). Alzheimer's Disease
8). Amputation
9). Aortic Stenosis
10). Aspiration Pneumonia
11). Arterial Occlusion
12). Physical Assessment
13). Assistive Devices
14). Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia
15). Blood Transfusion
16). Bowel Resection
17). Breast Cancer
18). Cardiovascular Care
19). Cerebrovascular Accident
20). Chronic Renal Failure
21). Diabetes
22). Drug Abuse
23). Depression
24). Endoscopy
25). Nutrition
26). Anesthesia
27). Esophageal Cancer
28). Exercise
29). Ocular Disease
30). Falls and Prevention
31). Fecal Incontinence
32). Gastric Cancer
33). Gastric Surgery
34). Glucose Monitoring
35). Heart Failure
36). Cardiac Surgery

COURSE OBJECTIVES: At the completion of this course, you will:

1). Understand the aging process from a physiological and anatomical perspective
2). Conduct comprehensive assessments on the geriatric population
3). Understand pathophysiology as it relates to aging
4). Discuss the effects of illness/disease on the aging
5). Identify differences in the process of care for geriatric clients vs. others
6). Discuss various treatment modalities and their administration for geriatric clients
7). Discuss issues of mental illness in the geriatric population
8). Define and discuss specific treatment measures for all of the pathophysiology and disease states covered in the text
9). Implement nursing care of the geriatric client using theories and modalities specific to this population.
10). Develop a practice specialty in Gerontological nursing

COURSE PROGRESSION: The course begins on the date of student enrollment. You have 90 days to complete this course. Extensions are rarely granted, and then, only for extreme emergencies or active military duty. If you do not complete the course within the 90 day time frame receive an "incomplete/withdrawal" and would have to re-register and pay tuition again if they desire to complete it.

This is a self-paced course. You may proceed at the pace that is right for you. It is acceptable to accelerate in this course and complete it in less than 90 days.

As you progress through the course, always feel free to contact me to discuss issues, questions, etc related to the course. I am there to be a mentor to you as you proceed with learning.

INSTRUCTOR CONTACT: You may contact me via email at any time. You may also request to have a meeting in a chat room with me. Please make such requests directly to me, I will then set the date and time for the chat room meeting. I will answer your emails within 48 hours of receipt.

EXAMS: There is only one examination for this certificate program. The examination may be taken upon successful completion of all of the assignments for Courses I, II, and III in this certificate program. Assignments are graded on a Pass/Fail basis. The final examination is open book, and you have three days to complete it. I will give you full instructions on accessing and taking the exam as you progress in the certificate program. The final examination covers the materials from all three courses in the certificate program. The final examination consists of objective type questions. The grade scale for the final examination is provided above.

ASSIGNMENTS: All of the assignments for this course are detailed in the classroom.

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