NURS 316 Health and Healing V: Complex Health Challenges builds on Health and Healing I and II and Health Sciences III and IV and provides opportunities for participants to build on their nursing knowledge and understanding of health and healing in relation to complex episodic and chronic health challenges. This advanced course will focus on current topics and emerging knowledge related to a variety of health care contexts.
Prerequisites: Promotion to Study Semester 5 of the Nursing Program
Corequisite: None
Crosslisted: None
Accessibility Services Notice
Students who would like an academic accommodation and who have a documented disability should contact Accessibility Services, if they have not already done so.Course Details| Total number of weeks | 15 |
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| Total Credits | |
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| Total Hours | 90 |
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Typical hours per week breakdown| Lecture | 3 |
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| Lab (lab, field, computer) | 3 |
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Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
- integrate existing and emerging knowledge and application of program concepts as they relate to client situations and the practice setting.
- develop and apply a process of analyzing and understanding a variety of complex health challenges as they apply to individuals, family and groups.
- identify and consider the relationship between multiple health challenges, the provision of nursing care, its impact on the client and apply this knowledge in the provision of client care.
- identify and utilize appropriate resources that foster client self-efficacy and empowerment.
- develop and perform increasingly advanced assessment and psychomotor skills in order to safely integrate them into the practice setting.
- incorporate expanded community and societal contexts in the provision of complex health and healing processes.
- make use of collaborative group processes in order to demonstrate teamwork, professionalism and leadership in the expansion of new knowledge and learning.
- develop a process of nursing inquiry based on ways of knowing and evidence informed practice.
- evaluate and adapt an understanding of knowledge through critical reflection.
- interpret data in order to evaluate effectiveness of decision-making, teaching and learning and interventions.
Grading Table
| Percentage |
Letter Grade |
GPA |
| 90-100 |
A+ |
4.33 |
| 85-89 |
A |
4.00 |
| 80-84 |
A- |
3.67 |
| 76-79 |
B+ |
3.33 |
| 72-75 |
B |
3.00 |
| 68-71 |
B- |
2.67 |
| 64-67 |
C+ |
2.33 |
| 60-63 |
C |
2.00 |
| 55-59 |
C- |
1.67 |
| 50-54 |
P |
1.00 |
| 0-49 |
F |
0.00 |
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DNW |
0.00 |
See the Academic Calendar for General Information including how to withdraw from course(s) and other regulations.
Disclaimer
Information contained in this course outline is correct at the time of publication. Content of the course is revised on an ongoing basis to ensure relevance to changing educational, employment and market needs. The instructor will endeavor to provide notice of changes to students as soon as possible. The instructor reserves the right to add or delete material from courses.