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THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITYGRADUATE SCHOOLDEPARTMENT OF NURSINGNursing 7470Advanced Pharmacology in Advanced NursingSpring Semester Term 20164 Credit HoursCourse Faculty:Mary Alice Momeyer, DNP, CRNPEmail: momeyer.1@osu.eduOffice 341 Newton HallOffice hours: By AppointmentCell phone: (614) 563-9700 Tim Landers, PhD, CNPEmail: landers.37@osu.eduOffice: 376 Newton HallOffice Hours: By AppointmentGuest Lecturer: Alice Teall, MS, FNP teall.3@osu.edu Prerequisite: N7450 Pathophysiology of Altered Health States Enrollment in nursing graduate program.Course Description:This course is envisioned as a foundational core course in the Ohio State University Advanced Nurse Practitioner program curriculum. This is an advanced course based upon the previous knowledge of pharmacology that the nurse obtained in their undergraduate education and from their clinical practice. This course meets the law, ethics, and fiscal requirements for prescriptive privileges in the State of Ohio including Schedule II prescribing requirements. The ACCN Essentials of Master’s Education for Advanced Nursing Practice (2010) were used to guide course development.Objectives:1) Distinguish the pharmacological actions of the major drugs used to treat common disease conditions.2) Evaluate drug actions to promote rational, safe and effective drug therapy.3) Define and analyze the role of the advanced practice nurse in drug therapy.Online Technical Information:CARMEN: Web-based lecture components of this course will use The Ohio State University’s course management system, Carmen, accessible at: the use of your UNIVERSITY login and password. Information concerning your University email and login account can be found at . After logging in to Carmen, the homepage will reflect all courses that all courses in which a student is enrolled across the University. For help with your password, university e-mail, Carmen, or any other technology issues, questions, or requests, contact the OSU IT Service Desk.?Standard support hours are available at? support for urgent issues is available 24x7.·??????Self-Service and Chat support:?·??????Phone:?614-688-HELP (4357)·??????Email:?8help@osu.edu·??????TDD:?614-688-8743Course content and grades will be available via Carmen. CARMEN (ADOBE) CONNECT: Adobe Connect is used for synchronous online meetings for on line student seminar participation. Students will enter the Adobe Connect meeting room via the Carmen content page as a “guest”.For headset information, visit? state.edu/Shared%20Documents/Headset%20Information.aspxFor a quick start guide, visit:?: Softchalk is an e-learning tool that presents interactive lessons to engage student learning. Learning is enhance with the integration of personalized video, sound and text media content that is reinforced with activities such as games, self-assessments, annotations and puzzles. Embedded assessment activities allow for immediate feedback.VOICETHREAD: Active learning assignments will be accomplished via Voice Thread. VoiceThread is a totally web-based application that allows the placement of collections of media like images, videos, documents, and presentations at the center of an asynchronous conversation. A VoiceThread allows students to have conversations and to make comments using any mix of text, a microphone, a web cam, a telephone, or uploaded audio file. Instructions for establishing an account, and the functions of Voice Thread are posted in the Carmen course site under “Course Materials.”I-PEER: an open source web-based program used for peer feedback/review in an assignment context.Conduct of the Course:Content Modules: Course material will be organized in weekly modules. The week is defined as beginning Monday at 8:00 am and closes the following Sunday evening at 10:00pm. A Panopto recording will introduce the module content and plan for study. Assignments for each week will be posted on Carmen under “Content” labeled as “Weekly Assignments” with detail including objectives, readings, cases and activities designed for learning. Seminar: One two-and one half (2.5) hour session in-class on Monday mornings from 9:00-11:30am on dates scheduled. The FNP on line section will meet synchronously via Carmen Connect on Monday evenings from 6:30pm -9:00pm on dates scheduled. The Peds/Acute Care Peds section will meet synchronously via Carmen Connect Tuesday mornings 9:00- 11:30 am on dates scheduled.*See Appendix A for the schedule of seminar meeting dates for all sections.Seminar will be conducted using a team based learning approach. Students will prepare for seminar by completing the week’s assignments, and then process/apply key concepts in assigned teams to enhance critical thinking.Learning Activities:Clinical case studies will be the basis for study and application of pharmaco-therapeutic treatment plans using the Rational Prescribing Process. Case studies including on-line, unfolding case studies will implement an analytical framework for pharmacotherapeutics and fulfill the Advance Practice Registered Nurse/CNL roles including care coordination.Discussions will be used to formulate drug treatment plans with emphasis on decision making with supportive rationale will be accomplished using a variety of team based methodologies. Other activities to reinforce learning of the materials, or provide perspective and context for concepts may be utilized.Peer Evaluation: Students will conduct peer review on designated assignments using I-Peer. See posted instructions for I-Peer use. Required Resources:Texts:1. Woo, T.M & Robinson, M.V. (2016). Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurse Prescribers (4th ed.) F.A. Davis, Philadelphia ISBN:978-0-8036-3827-32. The Sandford Guide to Antimicrobial therapy 2015. (45th edition) Your choice! There is a pocket print version : ISBN: ? 978-1930808843 at version: purchase on line (good for 1 year): ResourcesWorld Health Organization’s (1994). “Guide to Good Prescribing”. Available for download at:(): Online searchable database of peer-reviewed clinical drug information. Access: through the Health Sciences Library using the following link: the ‘Up to Date’ homepage, you will need to sign in using your name.number and password.*If you want to access from off campus: sign into the Pryor Health Science Library. On the right side of the homepage there is a bar: “Off campus access”. Click on that – and then Up-to Date in the right hand tool bar for FREE access. Note: You DO NOT have to pay for this!Ohio Board of Nursing Formulary (last update 09-22-2015) Sign up for free account to access content.Recommended Resource:American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DCEvaluation of Student Performance:1. Exams: Midterm Exam #1: Feb 15th/16th administered during scheduled seminar session Testing Method: Students will take this exam individually without resource materials. After completion, students will assemble in assigned groups for a retake. One answer sheet will be scored for each group based on consensus best answer. Each student’s grade for the midterm will be calculated using 85% of the individual’s score and 15% of their team score. *The use of any resource materials during testing is prohibited. 15%Weekly Quizzes: beginning week #6 of the semester through Week #13Short Carmen based quizzes will follow the assigned reading and activities each week. Quizzes will be available during the class week period. (Monday 8:00am through the following Sunday 10:00pm.Each quiz will be timed allowing 1 minute per question.Each student will take each quiz individually, having 2 attempts, with the highest score achieved used for course grade calculation.The final quiz grade will be calculated based on the highest 7 scores out of the 8 quizzes.The lowest quiz score will be automatically dropped from the calculation. 10%FINAL Exam: Scheduled during finals week on Friday, April 29th 10:00am-12:00noon. ALL students will take the final exam at the same time. *There will be not be any alternate times. The exam will be cumulative – on course materials from the 14 weeks of content.Students in the in class seminar section and in the Peds seminar section will take the exam in Newton Hall, room 172. Students in the Online FNP section will test at the same time using Carmen Connect with on-line proctoring.Total 125 questions. ***The Final exam grade will be based on individual effort only.30% N7470 TEST POLICY Testing policies are to be followed by all students and faculty. There are no make-ups for any exam not completed at the designated time. No late entry into exams. Exams will be timed 1 question/minute which is the NCLEX and APRN certification exam standard.4. Resource material may NOT be used during testing. Calculators will be provided by faculty when needed.5. Students may not resume testing if they exit the testing session when in progress. 2. Case Based Learning Activities: detailed in each of the “Weekly Assignment” Carmen postings (which may include):45%Case Studies: applied pharmacotherapeutics 20% Branching cases online or using softchalk Fast CasesDiscussions: verbal or written; may be in seminar, via Voice thread, or Carmen based 10% Rational Prescribing Project (See Guideline) 15% TOTAL100%COURSE GRADES:Course grades will be assigned according to the traditional letter grade systemGrade Equivalents:A93-100%B83-86%C73-76%D60-66%A-90-92%B-80-82%C-70-73%E59% and B+87-89%C+77-79%D+67-69%belowA student must earn a minimum of 80% to pass the course. Final course grades only will be rounded to the nearest percentage point using the tenths position (e.g., 93.5% will be 94%, 93.4% will be 93%)Academic and Professional Misconduct:Students are subject to the provisions in the “Code of Student Conduct” (copies located in: Student Affairs, Room 240 Newton Hall, Office of Student Life, Room 464 Ohio Union or online at .) and also the Professional Standards (The OSU CON Student Handbook). Failure to comply with these policies will be handled as outlined in the respective documents. .Students agree that by taking this course all required papers may be subject to submission for textual similarity review to for the detection of plagiarism.? All submitted papers will be included as source documents in the reference database solely for the purpose of detecting plagiarism of such papers.? Use of the service is subject to the Terms and Conditions of Use posted on the site.HIPAA Protected Information:All forms of class assignments and/or discussion are to be free of any and all information that could potentially lead to the identification of a patient or patient situation. While we recognize the value of dialogue surrounding circumstances that present as unique and perhaps can be seen as relevant for teachable moments, protecting patient information takes precedence. For the purpose of learning and improving care, potentially identifiable information should be masked so that all parties are protected. Violations of patient confidentiality will be handled by the Professional Misconduct Committee within the college and according to agency policies wherein the violation has occurred. Students with Disabilities:Students requesting accommodation for disability for classroom needs are responsible for notifying the Course Head by the end of the first week of the semester to discuss specific needs. Self-identification is the only way to assure that the faculty member can make the appropriate accommodation. Students should provide a letter from the Office for Disability Services (150 Pomerene Hall, 1760 Neil Avenue; (614) 292-3307; TDD: (614) 292-0901) to verify the disability.Students needing accommodation for temporary physical disabilities or health related reasons should contact the Course Head in order to discuss placement options. Students must be able to perform all job functions as required by the clinical placement site. Students may be asked to provide the Course Head with a letter from their physician indicating physical restrictions or limitations. Student Classroom Responsibilities:When in the classroom, students are expected to give their complete attention to the course. Cell phones, pagers, and any other type of communication device are to be turned off at the beginning of class. Any cell phones, pagers or other communication devices must be turned off and stored out of sight (book bag, purse, etc). No cell phones, pagers or any other type of communication device will be allowed on the student during any exam. Cell Phone and E-transmission PolicyThe use of cell phones for calls or texting is prohibited during class/seminar/clinical with the exception of break times. Students who need to have a cell phone on for emergency purposes should discuss the issue with the designated faculty course head. Students found in violation of this policy should be aware faculty has the option of lowering the course grade and/or reporting the violation to the academic/professional misconduct committee chair. Taking pictures of the College of Nursing/College of Nursing property, clinical sites, and patients using ANY device are prohibited without the written consent of the institution and all parties involved.Please be aware that electronic transmission of data related to patient specific identifiers and student to student health information obtained in physical assessment labs with student identifiers is a violation of HIPAA. ................
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