NURS 507 Master Syllabus-Clinical Management of
Childbearing and Childrearing Families 3 Units updated
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Theory:-
Spring 2022
Instructor: Tracie Kirkland, DNP, ANP-BC, CPNP
Email:
Telephone: 972-415-3613 Course Days:
Office: Virtual Course Time:
Office Hours: Café hours to be posted Course Location:
Zoom
I. Course Prerequisites or Co-Requisites
NURS 503: Theory Clinical Management of Adult Patients (Prerequisite)
NURS 504: Clinical Pharmacology for Advanced Practice Nursing (Prerequisite may be taken concurrently)
NURS 505: Clinical Practicum: Management of Adult Patients (Prerequisite may be taken concurrently)
II. Catalogue Description
This course provides the family nurse practitioner student with the necessary knowledge to diagnose and manage
childbearing women from preconception through uncomplicated pregnancy and postpartum periods and to
provide primary care and anticipatory guidance of children and their families from newborn through adolescence
periods.
III. Course Description
This course is designed to provide the family nurse practitioner student with the necessary knowledge to diagnose
and manage the childbearing/childrearing families with common health problems, including acute episodic
illness. Emphasis is placed on assisting the childrearing families to reach or maintain the highest level of health
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Childbearing and Childrearing Families 3 Units updated
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and functioning, with a focus on health promotion, health maintenance, and primary care management of
common health problems. This includes the care of children from birth through adolescents.
IV. Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to apply normal process related to birth and physiology,
a systematic approach to the diagnosis and management of complex health problems in childbearing women,
infants, children and adolescents. At the completion of the course, the student will be able to:
Objective # Objectives
1 Demonstrate the ability to take and analyze environmental, historical, psychosocial, physical and diagnostic
findings in order to arrive at a differential diagnosis.
2 Develop and evaluate a plan of care that takes into consideration the biophysical, psychosocial, and cultural
demands of the individual patient and family.
3 Identify safe, ethical, culturally aware, evidence-based care for patients who have acute, chronic, and complex
illness in order to integrate theoretical knowledge of current evidence-based medicine and interventions into
practice.
4 Determine interventions that optimize health, minimize harm and enhance quality of life while promoting patient
self-determination.
5 Delineate the role of the family nurse practitioner in illness management specific to the patient, family and
community.
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6 Determine appropriate interprofessional collaboration, utilizing community resources and specialists in order to
optimize the health and wellness of the patient and family.
V. Course Format/Instructional Methods
The format of the course will be online, using both synchronous and asynchronous approaches. This may include
the use of didactic lectures by webcast, use of required reading, viewing online resources, active group
discussions, presentations, case studies role-play, and structured small group exercises will be used to enhance
the students’ learning. Material from a variety for clinical sources will be used to illustrate class content and to
provide reinforce concepts and information regarding the diagnosis and management of primary care issues in the
childbearing woman, infants, children and adolescents. As class discussion is an integral part of the learning
process, students are expected to come to class ready to discuss required and pre-class preparation.
VI. Student Learning Outcomes
Student learning for this course relates to one or more of the following nine nursing core competencies:
Nursing Core Competencies NURS 507 Course Objective
1 Scientific Foundation Competencies * 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
2 Leadership * 4, 5
3 Quality * 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
4 Practice Inquiry
5 Technology and Information Literacy * 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
6 Policy
7 Health Delivery System * 1, 3, 5, 6
8 Ethics * 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
9 Independent Practice
*Highlighted in this course
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The following table explains the highlighted competencies for this course, the related student learning outcomes, and the
method of assessment.
SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATION COMPETENCIES
Competencies/Knowledge, Values,
Student Learning Outcomes Method of Assessment
Skills
Critically analyzes data and evidence for Asynchronous work
improving advanced nursing practice Case studies
Family Nurse Practitioner Exams
Integrates knowledge from the
competent in Scientific Foundation Group Project
humanities and sciences within the
Competencies:
context of nursing science.
Integrates scientific findings from Translates research and other forms of
nursing, biopsychosocial fields, genetics, knowledge to improve practice processes
public health, quality improvement, and and outcomes.
organizational sciences for the continual Develops new practice approaches based
improvement of nursing care across on the integration of research, theory,
diverse settings and practice knowledge.
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Childbearing and Childrearing Families 3 Units updated
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Childbearing and Childrearing Families 3 Units updated
review study guide 2022
Theory:-
Spring 2022
Instructor: Tracie Kirkland, DNP, ANP-BC, CPNP
Email:
Telephone: 972-415-3613 Course Days:
Office: Virtual Course Time:
Office Hours: Café hours to be posted Course Location:
Zoom
I. Course Prerequisites or Co-Requisites
NURS 503: Theory Clinical Management of Adult Patients (Prerequisite)
NURS 504: Clinical Pharmacology for Advanced Practice Nursing (Prerequisite may be taken concurrently)
NURS 505: Clinical Practicum: Management of Adult Patients (Prerequisite may be taken concurrently)
II. Catalogue Description
This course provides the family nurse practitioner student with the necessary knowledge to diagnose and manage
childbearing women from preconception through uncomplicated pregnancy and postpartum periods and to
provide primary care and anticipatory guidance of children and their families from newborn through adolescence
periods.
III. Course Description
This course is designed to provide the family nurse practitioner student with the necessary knowledge to diagnose
and manage the childbearing/childrearing families with common health problems, including acute episodic
illness. Emphasis is placed on assisting the childrearing families to reach or maintain the highest level of health
NURS 507 Master Syllabus-Clinical Management of
Childbearing and Childrearing Families 3 Units updated
review study guide 2022
1 of 46
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Childbearing and Childrearing Families 3 Units updated
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and functioning, with a focus on health promotion, health maintenance, and primary care management of
common health problems. This includes the care of children from birth through adolescents.
IV. Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to apply normal process related to birth and physiology,
a systematic approach to the diagnosis and management of complex health problems in childbearing women,
infants, children and adolescents. At the completion of the course, the student will be able to:
Objective # Objectives
1 Demonstrate the ability to take and analyze environmental, historical, psychosocial, physical and diagnostic
findings in order to arrive at a differential diagnosis.
2 Develop and evaluate a plan of care that takes into consideration the biophysical, psychosocial, and cultural
demands of the individual patient and family.
3 Identify safe, ethical, culturally aware, evidence-based care for patients who have acute, chronic, and complex
illness in order to integrate theoretical knowledge of current evidence-based medicine and interventions into
practice.
4 Determine interventions that optimize health, minimize harm and enhance quality of life while promoting patient
self-determination.
5 Delineate the role of the family nurse practitioner in illness management specific to the patient, family and
community.
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Childbearing and Childrearing Families 3 Units updated
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6 Determine appropriate interprofessional collaboration, utilizing community resources and specialists in order to
optimize the health and wellness of the patient and family.
V. Course Format/Instructional Methods
The format of the course will be online, using both synchronous and asynchronous approaches. This may include
the use of didactic lectures by webcast, use of required reading, viewing online resources, active group
discussions, presentations, case studies role-play, and structured small group exercises will be used to enhance
the students’ learning. Material from a variety for clinical sources will be used to illustrate class content and to
provide reinforce concepts and information regarding the diagnosis and management of primary care issues in the
childbearing woman, infants, children and adolescents. As class discussion is an integral part of the learning
process, students are expected to come to class ready to discuss required and pre-class preparation.
VI. Student Learning Outcomes
Student learning for this course relates to one or more of the following nine nursing core competencies:
Nursing Core Competencies NURS 507 Course Objective
1 Scientific Foundation Competencies * 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
2 Leadership * 4, 5
3 Quality * 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
4 Practice Inquiry
5 Technology and Information Literacy * 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
6 Policy
7 Health Delivery System * 1, 3, 5, 6
8 Ethics * 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
9 Independent Practice
*Highlighted in this course
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Childbearing and Childrearing Families 3 Units updated
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, NURS 507 Master Syllabus-Clinical Management of
Childbearing and Childrearing Families 3 Units updated
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The following table explains the highlighted competencies for this course, the related student learning outcomes, and the
method of assessment.
SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATION COMPETENCIES
Competencies/Knowledge, Values,
Student Learning Outcomes Method of Assessment
Skills
Critically analyzes data and evidence for Asynchronous work
improving advanced nursing practice Case studies
Family Nurse Practitioner Exams
Integrates knowledge from the
competent in Scientific Foundation Group Project
humanities and sciences within the
Competencies:
context of nursing science.
Integrates scientific findings from Translates research and other forms of
nursing, biopsychosocial fields, genetics, knowledge to improve practice processes
public health, quality improvement, and and outcomes.
organizational sciences for the continual Develops new practice approaches based
improvement of nursing care across on the integration of research, theory,
diverse settings and practice knowledge.
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Childbearing and Childrearing Families 3 Units updated
review study guide 2022
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