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University Curriculum Committee Proposal for New Course

1. Is this course being proposed for Liberal Studies designation? Yes No If yes, route completed form to Liberal Studies.

2. New course effective beginning what term and year? (ex. Spring 2009, Summer 2009) See effective dates schedule. Fall, 2010

3. College Health and Human Services 4. Academic Unit /Department School of Nursing

5. Course subject/catalog number NUR 424 6. Units/Credit Hours 3

7. Long course title Manager of Care/Health Care Systems (max 100 characters including spaces)

8. Short course title (max. 30 characters including spaces) Manager of Care Health Syst

9. Catalog course description (max. 30 words, excluding requisites).

Manager of Care/ Health Care Systems provides the student with knowledge and skills to manage care across the continuum, with information technology for quality outcomes within the current health care delivery system.

10. Grading option: Letter grade Pass/Fail or Both (If both, the course may only be offered one way for each respective section.)

11. Co-convened with 11a. Date approved by UGC (Must be approved by UGC prior to bringing to UCC. Both course syllabi must be presented)

12. Cross-listed with (Please submit a single cross-listed syllabus that will be used for all cross-listed courses.)

13. May course be repeated for additional units? yes no a. If yes, maximum units allowed? b. If yes, may course be repeated for additional units in the same term? yes no (ex. PES 100)

14. Prerequisites (must be completed before proposed course) NUR 390

15. Corequisites (must be completed with proposed course)

16. Is the course needed for a new or existing plan of study (major, minor, certificate)? yes no Name of plan? Nursing-OptRgstrNurs(BSN) NRNBSNX and BS in Nursing (Extended Major) NURBSNX Note: If required, a new plan or plan change form must be submitted with this request.

revised 8/08 1 17. Is a potential equivalent course offered at a community college (lower division only) yes no If yes, does it require listing in the Course Equivalency Guide? yes no Please list, if known, the institution and subject/catalog number of the course

18. Names of current faculty qualified to teach this course: Rosalinda Haddon, Laura Crouch

19. Justification for new course, including unique features if applicable. (Attach proposed syllabus in the approved university format).

Analysis of program outcomes indicated that students were having difficulty mastering the student learning outcomes for the short courses. The content from two short courses (NUR 329 Introduction to Health Policy and NUR 324 Nursing Informatics) was integrated in one cohesive course (NUR 424 Manger of Care/Health Care System). This new course provides a coordinated approach to exploration and application of this content.

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revised 8/08 2 Northern Arizona University College of Health and Human Services School of Nursing

NUR 424 Manager of Care/Health Care Systems

Credits: 3 credit hours

Semester: Fall 2010

Instructor’s Name: Rosalinda Haddon, RN, MA, CNE.

Contact Information: Office Number: School of Nursing, Office 112, Mountain Campus Phone Number 928-523-9210 [email protected] Office Hours: Mon. 1:30-3:30PM and by appointment.

Course Prerequisites: NUR 390.

Catalog Description: Provides overview of health care policy, finance and regulatory environments and how the application of information technology affects the management of care and quality nursing care outcomes.

Course Description: Manager of Care/ Health Care Systems provides the student with knowledge and skills to manage care across the continuum, with information technology for quality outcomes within the current health care delivery system.

Student Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of NUR 424 the successful student will be prepared to:

Accountability: 1. Integrate concepts from nursing science, computer science and information science to manage the care of clients and families, based on the ANA Standards for Nursing informatics

Communication: 2. Recognize the importance of interdisciplinary communication to affect quality outcomes.

Critical Thinking: 3. Explore the complexities of providing care in various health care settings in the current U.S. health care delivery system.

Clinical Competence: 4. Utilize clinical evidence and research to validate practice decisions and employ a range of technologies to support nursing care decisions in managing care across the continuum.

Culture: 5. Design quality nursing care measures and outcomes that are culturally reinforcing.

Management/Leadership: 6. Engage in quality improvement/safety activities to promote an understanding of the organizational process, unit participation, and evaluation process.

Teaching/Learning: revised 8/08 3 7. Develop and sustain an environment of safety and quality, within the interdisciplinary heath care team.

Course Structure and Approach:

This is an on-line course. Students will access the world wide web and other sources of information to engage in group conversations (discourse) on the assigned topics. Additional instructional methods will include a scholarly paper, and a quality improvement project.

Textbooks

Required: American Nurses Association, (2008). Nursing informatics: Scope and standards of practice. Silver Spring, MD: ANA.

Hebda, T. L., & Czar, P. (2009). Handbook of informatics for nurses & health care professionals (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice-Hall.

Recommended: Bodenheimer, T. & Grumbach, K. (2005). Understanding health policy. (5th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.

Course Content Outline:

Module I: Introduction: Informatics in the health professions Week 1: Practitioners as knowledge workers Week 2: Informatics competencies and standards

Module II: The U..S. Health care delivery system Week 3: Organization and Complexities Week 4: Regulation and Funding Week 5: Issues of information transfer (Electronic Health Record)

Module III: Quality Improvement Week 6: Conducting root cause analyses Week 7: Evaluating costs and benefits Week 8: Data Management and Q.I.

Module IV: Regulatory and accreditation issues Week 9: Development of health policies Week 10: Contingency planning and disaster retrieval

Module V: Interdisciplinary and inter/intra cultural communication for maximum quality outcomes Week 11: Identifying stakeholders for policy revision Week 12: Utilizing EBR for policy revisions

Module VI: Managing care across the continuum Week 13: Case management Week 14: Patient advocacy Week 15: Safety and outcomes management

revised 8/08 4 Assessment of Student Learning/Grading System:

Assessment of student learning outcomes will be derived from multiple sources of your work. Your grade in this course will be earned from the following sources:

On-Line conversations (18 points each for 5 conversations) 90 points

Quality Improvement Project Part 1. Root cause analysis 20 points Part 2. Cost-benefit analysis 20 points Part 3. Systems improvement 30 points

Paper on case management 40 points

Total: 200 points

Grades will be calculated using the standard School of Nursing grading scale as follows:

 A > 186 points  B = 168 - 185 points  C = 150 - 167 points  F = <150; Course must be repeated in order to progress  NOTE: Partial points are not awarded; there is no rounding.

Course Policies

ASSIGNMENT DUE DATES:

For any work due in NUR 424, it is expected that it will be submitted on the date specified in the course calendar or syllabus. Prior arrangements must be made with course faculty to negotiate alternate due dates. A late penalty of 5%/day will be applied to all assignments, except for Online Discussion, as described below. Be sure to contact instructor if you are not able to meet defined timeline for an assignment!

NAU Policy Statements

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