NRS 554 - Issues For Advanced Practice

Instructor: WILLIAM PAUL EMMERLING, EdD, FNP-C, RHIA, LFACHE

SYLLABUS

COURSE OVERVIEW: This course is specifically designed for the APN who is in the MSN Completion Program.

This MSN Course will address the complex issues that nursing is faced with today and what trends lie ahead for the practicing nurse of tomorrow. As you can imagine this course captures much of the history of nursing practice while focusing on legal, ethical, political, educational and economic issues. The topics that are important are so vast it would require pages just to list them. During this course you will recognize how prior learning in this program relates to the ability of nurses to remain flexible and be willing to adapt to change. You must remain focused on high-quality care. Values and beliefs are paramount for success. The nursing profession needs highly skilled nurses who can teach, do research, solve complex problems, provide nurse practitioner services and obtain advanced degrees. As you can see this course is intended for the Advanced Practice Nurse to champion the issues of today and the trends of tomorrow.

TIME FRAME: This is a three hour Graduate Nursing Course. You are allotted ten weeks to complete all requirements for this course. The first day of the course begins the day you have registered or the day you have received the required reading texts for the course. Time management is crucial in any course that you are taking. Upon completion of this course you will be awarded three hours of credit.

TEXTBOOKS: There is one (1) required textbook for this course. You are encouraged to make use of journals, the Internet, other texts and other sources for information.

Book 1: Nursing Now! Today’s Issues and Tomorrow’s Trends. Catalano, J. 3rd ed. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company. 2003

Book 2: American Psychological Association. (5th Ed). Publication manual of the american psychological association. Washington, DC.

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EXAMINATIONS: There will be one examination at the end of the eighth week of this course. The exam will be objective questions taken from Catalano’s text. (20% of the course grade)

GRADING:

90-100%    - A
80-89%      - B
70-79%      - C
Below-69% - Fail

COMMUNICATON: The primary method for communicating in this course is by email. This does not restrict you from communicating by regular mail or by telephone. What is important is an ongoing dialogue with me during the entire course. I require weekly email contact. Issues, concerns and progress relative to the course activities should be addressed. I consider communication so important that the residual 10% of the course grade is weighted on fulfilling this requirement.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR: Your instructor is Bill Emmerling, EdD, FNP-c, RHIA. He is a retired USPHS Commissioned Nurse Officer (06) and is a Primary Care Provider and internal Registered Record Administrator Consultant for the Paiute Health and Human Services Clinics of Las Vegas and Moapa Clinics. Dr. Emmerling has held a variety of Nursing and Hospital Administration positions over the 30+ years of his career.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

1). Define the Profession of Nursing.
2). Evaluate Advanced Practice Nursing in attaining professional status.
3). Explain why the study of history is important to the profession of nursing.
4). Analyze the importance of licensure and certification.
5). Analyze the four key concepts found in nursing theories and models.
6). Explain the concept of advanced practice for nursing.
7). Demonstrate logical, rational and creative thinking.
8). Apply critical thinking to client care.
9). Apply the steps in the ethical decision-making process.
10). Distinguish the difference between law and ethics.
11). Analyze and make ethical decisions in complex situations.
12). Identify the elements in delegation.
13). Distinguish between the various forms of law.
14). Describe the concept of reality shock.
15). Distinguish the difference between leadership and management.
16). Define, Analyze and Describe conflict resolution.
17). Apply and Distinguish the principles of delegation.

QUESTIONS: If you have any questions about the course, you may contact the instructor at drbill45@netzero.net.

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