UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA



UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA

COLLEGE OF HEALTH

SCHOOL OF NURSING

TITLE Family and Community Assessment

COURSE NUMBER NUR 3619

CREDIT HOURS 4 Semester Hours

PRE-REQUISITE Admission to the Nursing Program

CO-REQUISITES

Prelicensure Students NUR 3119 Socialization to Professional Nursing

NUR 3065L Health Assessment of Individuals Across the Lifespan

NUR 3166 Nursing Science I

NUR 3026L Nursing Therapeutics I

NUR 3118L Clinical Nursing Practice

Accelerated PL Students NUR 3065L Health Assessment of Individuals Across the Lifespan

NUR 3028L Nursing Competencies

NUR 3816 Professional Nursing Concepts

NUR 3066L Clinical Practicum I

RN-BSN Students NUR 3065L Health Assessment of Individuals Across the Lifespan

NUR 3166 Nursing Science I

FACULTY Susan McMarlin RN, Ed.D. smcmarli@unf.edu

Connie Roush RN, PhD croush@unf.edu

Course Faculty may be reached and/or voice mail accessed through the School of Nursing at (904) 620-2684

COURSE OVERVIEW

This course includes information required for the assessment of health indicators in culturally diverse, healthy families and communities and the identification of community resources and assets. The focus is on recognition of multiple influences on families and populations as they adapt to everyday life-events. The nursing process is used to examine the relationship between these influences and family and community functioning. The emphasis is on the role of the professional nurse in engaging families and communities in health promotion, risk reduction and disease prevention.

Copyright ( UNF School of Nursing, Fall 2006

POLICIES

GENERAL UNIVERSITY AND SCHOOL POLICIES

Students are responsible for knowing the University of North Florida, College of Health, and School of Nursing policies and procedures as outlined in the UNF 2006-2007 Student Handbook, Undergraduate Catalog, and School of Nursing Student Handbook. The School of Nursing Student Handbook is a required text in every nursing course, and may be purchased in the UNF Bookstore. Copies of the other documents may be found in the Registrar’s Office and may be obtained free of charge. In particular, students are directed to these documents for information on the Drug-Free Workplace Act, on Sexual Harassment, on Religious Holidays, and to more specific information on the following areas:

Standards of Professional Behavior

Students in nursing and other health professions curricula are held to standards of conduct that both differ from and exceed those usually expected of university students. Consequently, nursing students are required to demonstrate clinical competency, including reasonable skill and safe practice and professional behavior, in the care of patients and to adhere to the standards of acceptable conduct outlined in the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics, and the Florida Nurse Practice Act. Students may be removed from clinical experiences at any time in a course for unsafe or unprofessional behavior.

UNF Academic Integrity Code

The University expects all members of the academic community to behave with academic integrity. Academic misconduct is any attempt to misrepresent one’s performance on any exercise submitted for evaluation. This includes but is not limited to, cheating, fabrication and falsification, multiple submissions, plagiarism, abuse of academic materials, and complicity in academic dishonesty. Infractions known by any person should be brought to the attention of the faculty member to whose course it pertains. Infractions may result in actions including, but not limited to, counseling, reprimand, grade of F or grade reduction for either the work in question or for the course.

Accommodations Due to Disability

Students who need individual accommodations due to disability must first register with the University of North Florida Disabled Services Program (620-2769). At the beginning of each semester, students are responsible for requesting a memorandum from the Disabled Services Program of the requested accommodations and to deliver this to the faculty involved.

Incomplete Grades

An incomplete grade may be assigned at the discretion of the instructor as an interim grade for a course in which the student has: (a) completed a major portion of the course with a passing grade, (b) been unable to complete course requirements prior to the end of the term because of extenuating circumstances, and (c) obtained agreement from the instructor and arranged for resolution of the incomplete grade.

Attendance and Conduct

Students are expected to be present for all classes, laboratory and clinical experiences, other learning experiences, and examinations. Students who have extraordinary circumstances preventing attendance should explain these circumstances to the course instructor prior to the scheduled class or clinical lab, or as soon as possible thereafter. Instructors will then make an effort to accommodate reasonable requests. A grade penalty may be assigned for the late assignments, including tests.

Faculty and students are responsible for maintaining a professional atmosphere in the classroom, laboratory, and clinical setting. This includes, but is not limited to, arriving on time; being respectful of faculty, guest speakers, agency staff, preceptors, and classmates; and actively participating in the learning process. Activated cell phones and pagers are not allowed in either the classroom, laboratory, or clinical setting. Any faculty member has the right to remove any student from the classroom, laboratory, or clinical area if, in the faculty member’s judgment, the student is being disruptive, presents an unprofessional appearance or in any way is a threat to patient safety or comfort.

Software Use

All faculty, staff and students of the University are required and expected to obey the laws and legal agreements governing software use. Failure to do so can lead to monetary damages and/or criminal penalties for the individual violator. Because such violations are also against the University policies and rules, disciplinary action will be taken as appropriate.

EVALUATION

In order to achieve a passing grade in a course in which tests are a portion of the course grade, the minimum test average must be 70. If, and only if, the minimum test average of 70 is achieved, the other course grades will be counted toward the final course grade. Regardless of other grades achieved in the course, a student achieving less than a 70 test average will have failed to successfully complete the course, and will be given a grade of D (if between 60 and 69) or F (if ................
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