NRSE 4600 NURSING EXCELLENCE

NRSE 4600 NURSING EXCELLENCE

Summer Semester 2020-21

Section 1003 – 1019 06/14/2021 – 07/17/2021

Your Instructor

Name: Mary Kibble-Leu DNP, RN, ACNS-BC Title: Adjunct Faculty

E-mail: kibble@ohio.edu

Virtual Office Hours: Wednesday 7:00 – 8:00 pm EST or arranged by appointment.

Virtual office hours will be held using the Zoom video conferencing application. If you have the Zoom app installed, you can join directly from the app or the web (https://zoom.us/join) by using the following meeting ID for this course: 351 604 608

Please note the meeting ID is unique to each course.

Prerequisites

The student must:

be admitted to the Ohio University School of Nursing
hold a current license to practice as a registered nurse (RN) or be a student in the second year of a prelicensure ADN program.
Must have completed or be enrolled in their final nursing course

Course Description

A synthesis course designed to enhance knowledge of the relationship between health care policy and professional nursing. A Clinical Practice Project (CPP) will be developed and implemented by the end of the course which demonstrates actual engagement with patients to impact patient outcomes. The course work explores the broader context of health care including how patient care services are organized and financed, and how reimbursement is structured. Regulatory agencies define boundaries of nursing practice and students need to understand the scope and role of these agencies. Discusses how health care issues are identified, how health care policy is both developed and changed, and how that process can be influenced through the efforts of nurses, other health care professionals, and lay and special advocacy groups. Addresses issues related to vulnerable populations, delivery and financing of health care, the impact of technology, and client advocacy.

Course Topics

There are five (5) modules in this course. Each module represents one week of activity.

The development and implementation of a Clinical Practice Project

Nursing’s impact on health care policy as largest group of health care professionals

Legislative and regulatory processes relevant to the provision of health care

Health care policy: What is it? What is it not?

Concepts: employment, environmental factors, values, diversity, economics, and ethics

Access and delivery of health care

World health care

Roles and responsibilities of the regulatory agencies and their effect on patient care quality

Advocacy for consumers and the nursing profession
Economics of health care

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Demonstrates actual engagement with patients to impact patient outcomes after development and implementation of a Clinical Practice Project.

NRSE 4600: NURSING EXCELLENCE – SYLLABUS

Summer: 2020-2021

Last updated: 5/22/21

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Distinguish excellence as defined by nursing organizations and position statements
Explore advocacy for consumers and relationship of the nursing profession
Examine health care organization and finance, including the implications of business principles, such as patient and system cost factors
Examine the roles and responsibilities of the regulatory agencies and their effect on patient care quality, workplace safety, and the scope of nursing practice
Examine legislative and regulatory processes relevant to the provision of health care
Synthesize how concepts such as employment, environmental factors, values, diversity, economics, and ethics affect accessibility, affordability, and accountability in health care services
Apply knowledge of healthcare policy, finance, and regulatory environments, including local, state, national, and global healthcare trends

Credit Hours

Clinical hours

0.7 credit hours per week or 21

clock hours per course

Credit hours

3

Didactic hours

2.3 hours per week

Required Textbooks

Authors

Year*

Book Title

ISBN

Publisher &

Edition

Mason et al

2020

Policy and Politics in Nursing and Health Care*

978-0323554985

Elsevier Saunders, 2020,

8th edition

APA

2019

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association*

978-1433832161

APA, 2019, 7th

edition

• This can be a published year or a copyright year

Textbooks are required and can be purchased from the MBS Direct Online Bookstore (http://bookstore.mbsdirect.net/ohio.htm) or from most online book retailers.

Recommended Resources

Recommended resources will be assigned throughout the modules. Some of these resources will be available through Alden Library’s electronic reserves. Others will be Internet resources available through links in the course.

ASSESSMENTS AND CALENDAR

Multiple assessments are used in this course, allowing students opportunities to demonstrate their learning in more than one way. It is also very important to carefully follow the grading rubric in order to get full points for all assessments. Course assessments, due dates and point values are listed in the following Table. All assessments are due at Eastern Standard Time (EST) of the US.

Module

Assessment

Due Date

Points

Required Readings

Module 1

06/14/21

to 06/20/21

1. Written Assignment: Clinical Practice Project Goals and Objectives

Sun, Jun 20

25

Books: