TASK DESCRIPTION

Advanced Theoretical Perspectives for Nursing

COURSE NUMBER                       MSN5270

COURSE TITLE                             Advanced Theoretical Perspectives for Nursing

CREDIT HOURS                            3 semester credits, 45 lecture hours

PREREQUISITES                           None

COREQUISITES                            None

LOCATION:                                  Moodle Room  

DAYS AND TIMES                        Asynchronous

INSTRUCTOR                               Pavel De La Noval DNP, APRN, FNP-C

CONTACT INFORMATION           pdelanoval@faculty.mru.edu    

OFFICE HOURS                            Tuesday and Thursday from 2pm to 5 pm

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course explores theories related to nursing, health care and learning. Students will have the opportunity to analyze and critique various theories and apply to Advanced Practice Nursing. Students will demonstrate how theory is applied to research and practice.

COURSE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

After completing this course, the student should be able to:

1. Critically analyze the philosophical underpinnings of nursing theories (EOPSLO # 1 & 4).
2. Critique nursing’s conceptual models, grand theories, and mid-range theories (EOPSLO # 3).
3. Examine the influence that nursing models and theories have upon research and practice (EOPSLO # 3, 5, & 9).
4. Construct a nursing theory that represents current professional nursing practice (EOPSLO # 1, 2, 3, 7, & 8)
5. Apply nursing theory or theories to nursing research (EOPSLO # 4 & 9).

END OF PROGRAM STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon completion of the graduate programs, the graduate will be able to:

1. Integrate nursing and related sciences into the delivery of care to clients across diverse healthcare setings
2. Create effective interdisciplinary organizational and systems leadership in the care of the client in diverse healthcare settings.
3. Analyze quality initiatives to improve health outcomes across the continuum of care
4. Apply practice guidelines to improve practice and health outcomes.
5. Relate information and communication technologies to document and improve health outcomes.
6. Examine the effect of legal, ethical, and regulatory processes on healthcare delivery, practice, and health outcomes.
7. Employ collaborative interprofessional strategies for improving client and population health outcomes.
8. Evaluate the effectiveness of clinical prevention interventions that affect individual and population-based health outcomes, perform risk assessments, and design plans or programs of care.
9. Relate knowledge of illness and disease management to providing evidence-based care to clients, communities, and vulnerable populations in an evolving healthcare delivery system.

Topical Course Outline

• Introduction to the Nature of Nursing Knowledge
• Analysis, Evaluation, and Selection of a Middle Range Nursing Theory
• Pain: A Balance Between Analgesia and Side Effects
• Unpleasant Symptoms
• Self-Efficacy
• Chronic Sorrow
• Spiritual Care in Nursing Practice (SCiNP)
• Social Support
• Caring
• Interpersonal Relations
• Attachment
• Modeling and Role-Modeling
• Comfort
• Health-Related Quality of Life
• Health Promotion
• Deliberate Nursing Process
• Resilience
• Planned Change
• The AACN Synergy Model

METHODS OF DELIVERY

METHODS OF EVALUATION

GRADING SCALE

REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION

Students must attain a letter grade of B or higher for the course to count toward completion of the MSN.

REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS

Peterson, S. J. & Bredow, T. S. (2020) Middle Range Theories: Application to Nursing Research and Practice (5th Ed). ISBN: 978-0-06-000044-8

OPTIONAL RESOURCES

Peggy L. Chinn, RN, PhD, FAAN & Maeona K. Kramer, ARNP, PhD

Knowledge Development in Nursing: Theory and Process (10th Ed). (2018). ISBN: 978-0-323-530613

Martha Raile Alligood, PhD, RN, ANEF. Nursing Theory: Utilization & Application

(5th Ed). ISBN: 978-0-323-09189-3

Martha Raile Alligood, PhD, RN, ANEF. (2018) Nursing Theorists and their work. (9th Ed).

ISBN: 978-0-323-40224-8 American Psychological Association. (2020). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (7th Ed.). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY

Students are expected to abide by the University’s policies and Code of Conduct and behave as mature and responsible scholars of the academic community. This consists of the totality of classroom and professional behavior policies, as well as the Honor Code and the expectation that students conduct their academic studies with integrity. Students are

expected to observe basic honesty in their work, words, ideas, and actions. Failure to do so represents a violation of Miami Regional University’s Academic Integrity Policy found in the University Catalog.

Please review the University’s Catalog for the Academic and Professional Integrity Policy (currently page 82). Categories of academic and professional dishonesty and misconduct include but are not limited to: cheating, unauthorized assistance or collaboration, plagiarism, compromising examination security or grade integrity, multiple submissions without approval, deception, fabrication, and misrepresentation, electronic dishonesty, failing to respect copyright, engaging or facilitating an integrity violation, coercion or retaliation, misuse of a student’s username or password, misconduct or misbehavior in the academic environment.

If you are unsure about what constitutes unauthorized help on an exam or assignment, or what information requires citation and/or attribution, please ask your instructor or contact one of the MRU librarians.  You may also visit the Library and Learning Resources Center at library@mru.edu.  Violations may fail the assignment, failure of the course, and/or additional disciplinary sanctions imposed by the Integrity Committee.

When completing syllabus acknowledgment, you are confirming the review of these student policies.

TURNITIN USE

Turnitin.com is a web-based writing resource that can be used for writing assignments to help detect plagiarism, artificial intelligence (AI) use, and similarity to other previously written work to support students to ensure academic integrity is upheld. When an assignment is using the Turnitin feature, an originality report will be generated which students can review before completing the submission of their work. 

WARNINGS OF POTENTIAL PITFALLS: CLASS ATTENDANCE

Students are expected to attend all scheduled classes on time. Excessive absenteeism may result in course failure or withdrawal from the University. Students who fail to complete the designated attendance procedure for the class will be marked absent. Any student who signs another student’s name to an attendance record, otherwise falsifies attendance, or has another student sign their name or falsify attendance, may be dismissed from the University and/or fail the course. If a student is going to miss a class, it is the student’s responsibility to email the course faculty and notify them of the absence before the start of class.

A student who has unexcused absences consisting of 14 consecutive calendar days from all courses will be withdrawn from the University due to lack of attendance. Students receiving educational assistance benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will be withdrawn after 12 consecutive days of unexcused absences after the student’s Last Day of Attendance (LDA).

Students are expected to communicate with the professor via email the need to miss a lecture or planned activity. Please be mindful to allow the professor 24 hours to respond and make accommodations accordingly. For hybrid courses, the student must be present (on campus) to take the midterm and final examinations. For synchronous courses, the student must wear scrubs from the school and have the school identification visible to the camera. Failure to complete designated activities/exams on the designated dates may result in no credit for the activity/exam, which in turn could reduce the overall course grade.

Students are required to take course examinations on the published dates and times outlined in each course syllabus. In the event a student is unable to take the exam due to a verifiable extenuating circumstance, the faculty may authorize a make-up examination. The make-up examination will be a different version and may be limited in questions or use alternate format design and/or alternate delivery methods. Students must complete the make-up examination on the date and time set by the faculty. A fee will be charged to the student’s account for all make-up examinations. The fee must be paid to the Office of the Bursar before examination.

WARNINGS OF POTENTIAL PITFALLS: PARTICIPATION

Students learn best through active participation. Active participation means that students: a) read and mark learning materials before the start of the class; b) ask questions about the materials in class; c) engage students and faculty in discussion, & d) respect differences in opinion when in class. These are essential to forming a community of scholars. PLEASE all electronic devices should be on silent mode and mute your microphones -remote courses- to avoid the disruption of a scholarly environment. Absences and tardiness distract from learning; therefore, students are expected to attend class or log in on a regular and timely basis. Class will begin promptly at the scheduled hour unless the professor instructs otherwise.

Students are expected to communicate with the professor via email the need to miss a lecture or planned activity. Please be mindful to allow the professor 24 hours to respond and make accommodations accordingly. For hybrid courses, the student must be present (on campus) to take the midterm and final examinations. For synchronous courses, the student must wear scrubs from the school and have the school identification visible for the camera. Failure to complete designated activities/exams on the designated dates may result in no credit for the activity/exam, which in turn could reduce the overall course grade.

Students are required to take course examinations on the published dates and times outlined in each course syllabus. In the event a student is unable to take the exam due to a verifiable extenuating circumstance, the faculty may authorize a make-up examination. The make-up examination will be a different version and may be limited in questions or use alternate format design and/or alternate delivery methods. Students must complete the make-up examination on the date and time set by the faculty. A fee will be charged to the student’s account for all make-up examinations. The fee must be paid to the Office of the Bursar before examination.

Please note:

1. The course syllabus may be modified at any time. Students will be informed of changes made to the syllabus. If a conflict exists between the course syllabus and the University Catalog, the University Catalog governs.
2. Students will be given assessments from time to time at the instructor’s discretion. As part of the course requirements, students must take both announced and unannounced assessments that may count toward their grades.

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