<p> UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF NURSING COURSE SYLLABUS Summer 2012</p><p>COURSE NUMBER NGR 6930 – Section 01D4</p><p>COURSE TITLE International Health & Nursing </p><p>CREDITS 3</p><p>PLACEMENT Elective</p><p>PREREQUISITES Minimum 2 semesters graduate level work in nursing or a health- related curriculum.</p><p>Consent of instructor required: Learning activities include international travel.</p><p>COREQUISITES None</p><p>FACULTY Dr. Karen Reed, MSN, RN, CNL, CRRN Location: Cambodia Office Hours: by appointment on-line Email: [email protected] Note: There may be days when internet access is not available to the faculty member. Announcement will be posted when this is anticipated. </p><p>DEPARTMENT CHAIR Dr. Joyce Stechmiller, MSN, RN, FAAN Office: HPNP 3rd Floor Room: Office Hours: Phone Number:</p><p>COURSE DESCRIPTION Students engage in cross-cultural nursing/health assessments and/or interventions at the individual, family and/or community level in order to increase the cultural sensitivity of health care providers. There is consideration of the issues, philosophy, and cultural differences related to nursing practices across cultures. Students will be expected to compare health care in the United States with other nations. </p><p>Final Copy/NGR6930/Section 01D4/Reed/CON Website NGR 6930</p><p>COURSE OBJECTIVES Upon completion of the course the student will be able to: 1. Analyze the historical development of nursing care in various countries and its impact on health care delivery.</p><p>2. Analyze the literature on selected health care delivery systems.</p><p>3. Analyze the philosophical and cultural issues affecting nursing and overall health care in various cultures/countries.</p><p>4. Analyze determinants of global health inequity 5. Develop appropriate strategies of providing health services in other countries with different health systems.</p><p>COURSE SCHEDULE Course is composed of a compressed two week international study experience in Cambodia. </p><p>ATTENDANCE Students are expected to be present for all classes, 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 as soon as possible. Instructors will make an effort to accommodate reasonable requests. A grade penalty may be assigned for late assignments or make-up exams. Make-up exams may not be available in all courses. </p><p>ACCOMMODATIONS DUE TO DISABILITY Each semester, students are responsible for requesting a memorandum from the Disability Resource Center to notify faculty of their requested individual accommodations. This should be done at the start of the semester. </p><p>STUDENT HANDBOOK Students are to refer to the College of Nursing Student Handbook for information about College of Nursing policies, honor code, and professional behavior.</p><p>TOPICAL OUTLINE </p><p> Millennium Health Goals / The Professional Nursing Role  Theoretical Basis: Transcultural Caring o Cultural Competence o Diversity and Health Care  Ethics and Human Rights  Systems of Nursing and Overall Health Care Delivery  Prevalence, Incidence, Morbidity, Mortality for Selected Populations</p><p>Final Copy/NGR6930/Section 01D4/Reed/CON Website/050212 NGR 6930</p><p> Innovations in Global Health</p><p>TEACHING METHODS Discussion, web exploration, cultural exchanges, guest lectures, and selected field experiences. </p><p>EVALUATION METHOD/COURSE GRADE CALCULATION </p><p>HINARI Training (Pre-trip) Pass/ Fail In-Country Clinical Presentations/ Learning Activities 60 points In-Country Evening Discussions 20 points Reflective Journal 10 entries x 2 points each 20 points</p><p>In-Country Presentations (60 points) Students will:  Orient nurses/ educators/ students to the HINARI database  Provide nursing education presentations to undergraduate nursing students and/ or staff nurses. </p><p>In-country time will be scheduled for preparation of the final presentations. Alternative activities will be arranged should planned host sites become unavailable. Credit will be given for replacement in-country learning activities. </p><p>Activity Schedule: Will be posted to Sakai prior to student leaving the US.</p><p>In-Country Evening Discussions (20 points) The trip schedule will reflect evening meetings with the course instructor to discuss/ debrief/ decompress the events of the day. Evening discussions will use the experiences in Cambodia as the basis of discussing the subjects listed in the topical outline.</p><p>Reflective Journal (20points) The trip schedule will reflect evening meetings with the course instructor to discuss/ debrief / decompress the events of the day. Students are asked to maintain a reflective journal to consider their experiences in international nursing and to critique/ analyze personal responses. There should be a minimum of 10 entries. Student will not be graded on the content or the length, but simply the timely completion and submission of the entries.</p><p>Students may choose the media of their choice. Examples include Sakai, Wordpress, Microsoft Word. Journal accessibility, beyond the instructor, is at the discretion of the students. However, students should not connect their journals to Facebook.</p><p>Reflective Journal Due Dates: Will be posted on Sakai prior to student leaving the US. </p><p>LATE WORK POLICY</p><p>Final Copy/NGR6930/Section 01D4/Reed/CON Website/050212 NGR 6930</p><p>Late work loses 25% of its value per day it is not turned in. Students should organize their work accordingly to avoid issues with accessing the Sakai course web site. </p><p>GRADING SCALE/QUALITY POINTS </p><p>Letter Grade Percentage Course Points Quality Points A 95-100% 95-100 4.0 A- 93-94% 93-94.99 3.67 B+ 91-92% 91-92.99 3.33 B 84-90% 84-90.99 3.0 B- 82-83% 82-83.99 2.67 C+ 80-81% 80-81.99 2.33 C 74-79% 74-79.99 2.0 Below this point is failing. C- 72-73% 72-73.99 1.67 D+ 70-71% 70-71.99 1.33 D 64-69% 64-69.99 1.0 D- 62-63% 62-63.99 0.67 E 61% OR BELOW 61 or BELOW 0.0</p><p>74% is the minimal passing grade</p><p>SUGGESTED TEXTS Skolnik, Richard (2008). Essentials of Global Health. Jones and Bartlett: MA</p><p>Leffers, Jeanne and Plobnick, Julia (2012) Volunteering at Home and Abroad: The Essential Guide for Nursing</p><p>WEEKLY CLASS SCHEDULE This is a compressed class. Teams of 1-2 students will travel to Cambodia for a 2 week in-country experience. Rather than a weekly schedule, learning activities are recognized as class time. </p><p>Pre-Trip (required) HINARI Training May/ June In-Country Presentations May/ June Evening Debriefing Meetings May/ June Cultural Activities</p><p>Approved: Academic Affairs Committee: Faculty: UF Curriculum: N/A</p><p>Final Copy/NGR6930/Section 01D4/Reed/CON Website/050212</p>