Participants engage in learning activities that are related to the main concepts of this course. Participants identify their learning needs related to specialized knowledge in an area of interest (e.g., current health issue, research study, focus of practice, community project). Praxis is enhanced through reading, critical reflection, class discussion, written work, and student independence in inquiry.
In this course, client’s experiences with complex episodic and chronic health challenges and the nurses’ role in promoting health and healing are the focus of discussion. Course concepts are addressed in relation to the four foundational concepts (ways of knowing, personal meaning, time/transitions, and culture/context), integrating the meta concepts, health promotion and caring. Participants’ experiences, interests, and choices are considered.
Course concepts and essential content are as follows:
- knowledge integration
- current topics
- emerging knowledge
- epidemiology
- innovations
- pathophysiology
- pharmacology
- decision making for nursing practice
- complexity
- diagnostics
- care planning
- multiple contexts of care
In this course, participants have opportunities to:
- integrate and apply existing and emerging knowledge, and program concepts as they relate to client situations and the practice setting
- further develop a process for analyzing and understanding a variety of complex health challenges
- deepen their understanding of the relationship between multiple health challenges, the provision of nursing care, and the impact on the client
Course evaluation is consistent with Douglas College Curriculum Development and Approval policy. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course. There is a minimum of three assessments which typically include exams, quizzes, papers, and/or student presentations. Respect for individual choice and an openness to negotiation guide decisions about methods of evaluation.
This is a graded course.
Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Participants [and other Learning Resources]
- Planned Praxis Experience
- personal experience
- nursing practice experience in pediatric and mental health settings
- community agency or service visit with a focus on infants, children, or adolescents
- community agency or service visit with a focus on family support
- Textbooks and Materials to be Purchased by Participants
- A list of recommended textbooks and materials is provided for participants at the beginning of each semester.
- Other resources
- selected readings
- selected audiovisual and computer resources