GEORGIABAPTISTCOLLEGE OF NURSING
OF
MERCERUNIVERSITY
COURSE SYLLABUS
Spring 2007
Course Title:Care of Infants and Children (NUR 331)
Course Credits:6 Semester Hours (4-6-6)
Total Course Hours:Class: 4 hours a week
Total Theory Hours: 60
Clinical 12 hours a week ½ semester
Total Clinical hours: 90
Course Placement: Level 3, second semester, third year
Prerequisites:All level 1 and level 2 courses, NUR310, and NUR 312
Course Description:This course focuses on the nursing care of infants and children through adolescence. Theory content is taught from a framework of application of general concepts, processes, and skills to nursing care of families with children. Emphasis is placed on application of developmental theory when providing nursing care for well and ill infants and children during clinical experiences in a variety of pediatric settings.
Course Faculty:
Becky Shabo, RN, PhD, PNP (C0-Coordinator)
Office 264 (678) 547-6771
Sara Mitchell, RN, Ph.D., CPNP (C0-Coordinator)
Office 214 (678) 547-6765
Ginger Mize, RN, MN
Office 257 (678)547-5756
Julie Jones, RN, MSN, ND
Office 220 (678)547-6790
Daphnee Stewart, RN, MSN, CPNP
Office 256 (678) 547-6747
Adjunct Faculty
Cherilyn Ashlock, RN, MSN
1-818-300-7859 (cell)
Angie Iannazzone, RN, MSN, CPNP
770-972-9514
770-403-5825
Winnie Kittiko RN, MSN
Coordinator Clinical Staff Development
Children’s HealthCare of Atlanta
Sheri Webster, RN, MSN, CSPI
678-480-3636
Guest SpeakersJoEllen Dattilo, RN, PhD
Office 228 (678) 547-6733
Laurie Irby
Director, Prevent Blindness Georgia
Greata Brinkley, RN
Karen McCarthy
Child Life Specialist
Children’s Health Care of Atlanta
Course Objectives:At the completion of NUR 331 the student will
- Employ principles of holism and Christian caring in providing and evaluating health care to infants and children.
- Utilize the nursing process and selected concepts, processes, and skills in providing care in a variety of settings to infants and children.
- Integrate content and theories, from the liberal arts, sciences, and nursing in providing individualized, comprehensive care to selected client and their family.
- Utilize research findings from nursing and other disciplines to meet the health care needs of infants, children and their families.
- Employ principles of therapeutic communication in meeting the needs of infants, children and their families.
- Integrate knowledge of developmental theories when providing nursing care to infants and children.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the teaching-learning process in providing developmentally appropriate education and support to selected clients.
- Function as a provider and coordinator of care for selected children and their family.
- Utilize appropriated critical thinking, decision-making, and independent judgment in providing care to selected client.
- Apply a nursing professional code of behavior to the practice of parent-child nursing.
Clinical Component:
NUR 331 Nursing Care of Infants & Children is taught concurrently with NUR 330 Nursing Care of the Childbearing Family. To enhance clinical learning in both of these courses, students will spend one half of the semester in NUR 331 two consecutive days in the nursing specialty area (OB or Peds) each week they are assigned the specialty.
NUR Skills Experiences
Vision Screening
Denver Developmental Screening Tool
Clinical Experiences
Pediatric acute care settings
Pediatric community settings
Clinical Agencies
Children’s Health Care of Atlanta
Egleston campus
Scottish rite Campus
Hughes Spalding Children’s Hospital
Tender Health Care
Schools
Faculty Coverage of Students
During clinical experiences in which students are not being directly supervised by clinical faculty, faculty are available to students and agency personnel by pager.
Course Policies
- In congruence with professional behavior, class attendance and punctuality are expected.A student who arrives more than 10 minutes after the class starting time will be admitted at break
- Exams: A student who must be absent from an exam is expected to notify the course coordinator that she will be absent from the exam. The student should also contact the course coordinator to schedule the make-up exam. In accordance with the College’s Exam Policy (see Student Handbook), the required $25.00 make-up exam fee must be paid prior to taking the make-up exam. Make-up exams will be given only on the two following days: For exams 1 & 2 – Wednesday February 28, 2007; For exams 3 & 4 - TuesdayApril 24, 2007Exams will be from 1-3 on both days. Make-up exams will include a variety of formats, such as essay, short answer, fill in the blank, and multiple choice.
3. Test Reviews: Test reviews are provided as learning opportunities in a professional environment of mutual respect. If a student has a concern about a given test item, those concerns should be put in writing with supporting rationale for the student’s perspective and submitted to the course coordinator. The course coordinator will forward these concerns to the faculty who wrote the test item. The student will receive a response from the faculty member.
Evaluation of Student learning:
Objective examinations
Clinical performance evaluation
Developmental Home Visit (DDST-Book)
Course Evaluation Methodologies:
Comprehensive Evaluation Tool
Evaluation of Clinical Facilities
ERI achievement scores
Faculty summative evaluative and analysis
Requirements for Successful Completion
In order to satisfactorily complete NUR 331 the student must:
- Earn a minimum average of 75% on exams.
- Earn a satisfactory grade in the clinical component of the course.
- Scores 100% on the pediatric drug calculation exam.
Course Grading System
Exams I 18.75%
Exam II18.75%
Exam III 18.75%
Exam IV18.75%
Final Exam (comprehensive)25.0%
GeorgiaBaptistCollege of Nursing of MercerUniversity
Policy for Rounding of Final Nursing Course Grades
There will be no rounding up of any final nursing course grade.
Examples:
74.5 – 74.9 = D
79.5 – 79.9 = C
89.5 – 89.9 = B
Approved by faculty 10/06
GEORGIABAPTISTCOLLEGE OF NURSING OF
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STUDENT NAME:
COURSE:DATE:
HONOR SYSTEM CREED
As a member of the Georgia Baptist College of Nursing community, I am bound by honor to uphold standards of honesty and integrity; to pursue full intellectual, ethical, spiritual, and moral development; and to accept my personal, academic, professional responsibilities in the community. To attain these ideals, I embrace this Honor System as my way of life.
H.I.P.A.A. Statement
It is the policy of Georgia Baptist College of Nursing of MercerUniversity to adhere to all Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (H.I.P.A.A.) guidelines. All discussions and/or documents related to confidential patient/client health information shall be held in strict confidence. Information will only be written or electronically transmitted using the client/patient initials. Further, this information will only be shared with faculty involved in the student’s education process. Client/patient discussions will only be held in designated areas of the university or clinical facility.
Permission for Posting Grades
In accordance with the Buckley Amendment to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, we cannot post any exam or course grades without the express permission of the student. Therefore, we would like to ask each of you to indicate whether or not you desire to have your grades posted in a public place.
I would like to have grades for the above course posted by an identification number on a designated bulletin board. YES______NO______
Signature:______
Code Number:______
(Choose a four digit number; which
will be followed by three (3) zeros.)
Statement of Understanding
I have read the Course Outline for the above stated course. I understand the objectives and requirements of this course and have no questions regarding them. I also have read the Honor System Creed, the H.I.P.A.A. Statement, and the Permission for Posting Grades Statement. I understand the purposes and requirements of the above statements.
Signature:______
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H.I.P.A.A. Background Information
In 1996, Congress enacted the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or H.I.P.A.A. The primary purpose was continuity of health insurance coverage if you change jobs, but it also provided standards for health information transactions and confidentiality and security of patient data. This confidentiality portion affects the day-to-day education process of nursing students. Permission must be received from the patient prior to ANY disclosure.
H.I.P.A.A. Enforcement
The Privacy Rule was published in April 2001 and will be enforceable in April 2003. The Office of Civil Rights will enforce it. There are civil penalties of $100/violation up to $25,000/year. Criminal penalties are also possible including $50,000 and/or 1 year in prison for wrongful disclosure or $250,000 and/or 10 years in prison for the intent to sell information.
As health care providers, we all have a responsibility to uphold confidentiality for patients. In a busy education or hospital setting it can be difficult. Classroom discussions and clinical conferences and assignments lead to discussions of client's confidential health information. While these oral and written discussions are acceptable in the educational setting, they are not acceptable in common areas such as the cafeteria, or in the written form without preventing the disclosure of the patient's name. The person next to you in line could be a patient's friend, relative, or media member that is not entitled to this privileged information. If clinical/classroom papers are lost or transmitted electronically without safeguards, the general public would have access to confidential patient information.
Confidentiality is the basis of the nursepatient relationship. If the patient is uneasy about disclosing pertinent and privileged information, the ability of the nurse to provide holistic adequate care is severely compromised. It should be made clear to the patient that this information will not be disclosed unless required by law. The medical record is to be kept private with certain exceptions including:
Treatment of minors HIV+ Patients Abuse of a Child or Adult
Transportation Safety Duty to report harm/wound
GEORGIABAPTISTCOLLEGE OF NURSING
OF
MERCERUNIVERSITY
Mission Statement
The mission of Georgia Baptist College of Nursing is to provide excellent nursing education, founded upon Christian principles and the core values of the College, that enables the student to meet society’s health care needs.
GeorgiaBaptistCollege of Nursing’s Core values:
Christian Caring-Honor and Integrity-Excellence in Scholarship-“Can-Do Attitude”-Community Commitment
Inclement Weather Information
For the most accurate and up-to-date information about campus closings or class cancellation due to weather check the following WEB address:
Or dial:
678-547-6111
Mercer’s official inclement weather reporting stations are:
WSB-AM 750
WSB-TV Channel 2
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NUR 331 Care of Infants & Children
EXAM I Date: 1/24/07Due to typist 1/10/07
Topic# of QuestionsFacultyFinal
Intro to Infants & Children 05Mize02 Developmental Concepts 13 Mitchell 07
Play10McCarthy/Mize05
Reaction to illness/Hospital05Mize03
Pain05Mitchell03
Child & Family Assessment10Shabo05
Vision screening07Irby04
5529
EXAM II Date: 2/22/07Due to typist 2/8/07
Topic# of QuestionsFacultyFinal
DDST05Stewart03
Cardiac10Mitchell05
Fluid & Electrolytes10Mitchell05
Endocrine10Mitchell05
Metabolic05Mitchell03
Cancer15Kittiko07
5528
EXAM III Date: 3/28/07Due to typist 3/14/07
Topic# of QuestionsFacultyFinal
Growth/safety/immunizations/15Mitchell07
Teething
Parenting10Dattilo05
Maladaptive Parenting10Jones05
Immune10Shabo05
Hematology10Shabo05
Death & Dying10Kittiko05
5527
EXAM IV Date: 4/18/07Due to typist4/4//07
Topic# of QuestionsFacultyFinal
Skin15Mitchell07
Perceptual07Jones04
Oxygenation13Shabo06
GI10Shabo05
GU10Stewart05
5527
Neurological & MusculoskelatalShabo13
Final Exam Date 05/02/07Due to typist 04/11/07124
Special accommodations students should contact Professor Ginger Mize PRIORto first exam with required documentation