UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
COLLEGE OF NURSING
COURSE SYLLABUS
Summer 2011
COURSE NUMBER NUR 4930
(sections 01C8, 4B15, 01C9, 4B16, 4B64, 01F5, )
COURSE TITLE The Childbearing Family Clinical Practice
CREDITS 3
PLACEMENT Generic BSN program elective
PREREQUISITES All semester 2 courses in the BSN curriculum
COREQUISITE None
FACULTY
Anna Kelley, MSN, ARNP HPNP 2221 Office Hours: Friday 1030-1230
Clinical Assistant Professor Phone: 273-6422 Cell: 352-494-8053
alkelley@ ufl.edu
Michele Brimeyer, MSN,ARNP HPNP 2204 Office Hours: by appointment
Clinical Assistant Professor Phone: 273-6397 Pager: 888-338-0602
Jane Houston, DNP, CNM HPNP 2230 Office Hours: Friday 10.30-12.30
Clinical Assistant Professor Phone: 273-6411 Cell: 352-871-0151
Charlene Krueger ARNP, PhD HPNP 2228 Office Hours: Friday 10:30-12:30
Associate Professor Phone: 273-6332
DEPARTMENT CHAIR
Susan Schaffer, PhD, ARNP, HPNP 2229 Office Hours: by appointment
FNP-BC Phone: 273-6366
Clinical Associate Professor
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The purpose of this course is to provide the student with clinical practice in the nursing care of child-bearing families. Emphasis is on the care of the woman, fetus, newborn, and family during labor, and through the post-partum period. Focus is on the care of child-bearing families in the acute care setting.
COURSE OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Integrate nursing knowledge, theory, and evidence based practice with knowledge from the humanities and sciences to provide a structure for nursing practice with the childbearing family.
COURSE OBJECTIVES (continued)
- Assess family functioning and implement evidence-based strategies to facilitate adaptation of the childbearing family to life with a newborn.
- Apply appropriate communication techniques with members of the childbearing family.
- Collaborate with members of the health care team caring for the child bearing family using appropriate language.
- Apply critical thinking to set priorities, problem solve, implement care, and evaluate outcomes in the health care management of the childbearing family in the acute care setting.
- Demonstrate respectful care of childbearing families from culturally diverse backgrounds.
- Utilize legal and ethical guidelines to provide safe, accountable, and responsible nursing care to the childbearing family.
CLINICAL SCHEDULE
The student will complete 135 CLINICAL HOURS.
SAKAI is the course management system that you will use for this course. Sakai is accessed by using your Gatorlink account name and password at http://lss.at.ufl.edu. There are several tutorials and student help links on the E-Learning login site. If you have technical questions call the UF Computer Help Desk at 352-392-HELP or send email to
It is important that you regularly check your Gatorlink account email for College and University wide information and the course E-Learning site for announcements and notifications.
Course websites are generally made available on the Friday before the first day of classes.
ATTENDANCE
Students are expected to be present for all scheduled clinical practice experiences and seminars. Students who have extraordinary circumstances preventing attendance should explain these circumstances to the course instructor prior to the scheduled clinical practice experience or seminar. Instructors will make an effort to accommodate reasonable requests. A grade penalty may be assigned for unexcused seminar or clinical absences. The faculty member will advise the method of notification for absences to the clinical site e.g. phone, email, and notification of facility.
ACCOMMODATIONS DUE TO DISABILITY
Each semester, students are responsible for requesting a memorandum from the Disability Resource Center to notify faculty of their requested individual accommodations. This should be done at the start of the semester.
STUDENT HANDBOOK
Students are to refer to the College of Nursing Student Handbook for information about College of Nursing student policies, honor code, and professional behavior. Of particular importance for this course are the sections on appearance in clinical practice areas, personal liability insurance, and student safety.
TEACHING METHODS
Skills demonstration, simulated practice demonstration, post-conference, supervision of clinical experiences, use of audiovisual materials, and individual/group clinical conferences.
LEARNING ACTIVITIES
Supervised nursing care, demonstration of nursing skills, and participation conferences.
EVALUATION METHODS or CLINICAL EVALUATION
Clinical experience will be evaluated through faculty observation, verbal communication with the student, written work, and agency staff reports using a College of Nursing Clinical Evaluation Form. Faculty reserve the right to alter clinical experiences, including removal from client care areas, of any student to maintain patient safety and to provide instructional experiences to support student learning.
Evaluation will be based on achievement of course and program objectives using a College of Nursing Clinical Evaluation Form. All areas are to be rated. A rating of Satisfactory represents satisfactory performance and a rating of Unsatisfactory represents unsatisfactory performance. The student must achieve a rating of Satisfactory in each area by completion of the semester in order to achieve a passing grade for the course. A rating of less than satisfactory in any of the areas at semester end will constitute an Unsatisfactory course grade.
The faculty member will hold evaluation conferences with the student and clinical preceptor, if applicable. The faculty member will document or summarize each conference on the Clinical Evaluation Form or Incidental Advisement Record. This summary will be signed by the faculty member and student. Mid-rotation evaluation conferences will be made available to each student. Final evaluation conferences with faculty members are mandatory and will be held during the last week of each clinical rotation. A student may request additional conferences at any time by contacting the faculty member.
GRADING SCALE/QUALITY POINTS
S Satisfactory
U Unsatisfactory
REQUIRED TEXT
Perry, S., Hockenberry, M., Lowdermilk, D. & Wilson, D. (2010). Maternal child
nursing care (4th ed.). Maryland Heights, MO: Mosby
WEEKLY CONFERENCE to be arranged.