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Syllabus
Student Support and Calendar Information
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Credit Hours
5 credits Walden University assigns credit hours based on the number and type of assignments that enable students to achieve the course learning objectives. In general, each semester credit equals about 42 hours of total student work and each quarter credit equals about 28 hours of total student work. This time requirement represents an approximate average for undergraduate work and the minimum expectations for graduate work. The number and kind of activities estimated to fulfill time requirements will vary by degree level, student learning style, and student familiarity with the delivery method and course content.
Course Description
Advanced practice nurses must be equipped with an in-depth understanding of pathophysiological disease processes across the lifespan. In this course, students focus on understanding the bio- physiological processes, the deviations from these processes, and an in-depth examination of the scientific concepts related to the biology of disease processes. Advanced practice nursing students build on their knowledge of normal organ systems functioning to help organ systems return to Click here and follow the instructions to confirm you have read the entire Syllabus and will abide by the requirements described in order to successfully complete this course.
optimal homeostasis. Through knowledge of pathophysiological disease processes, students synthesize the information needed to develop appropriate treatment plans for patients across the life span. Students explore a variety of topics regarding organ system diseases. By the conclusion of this course, you should be able to:
- Analyze the processes related to pathophysiology of disorders across the lifespan
- Analyze compensatory responses to altered physiology
- Analyze racial/ethnic variables that may impact physiological functioning across the lifespan
- Analyze relationships between body systems and related disorders
- Evaluate the impact of patient characteristics on disorders and altered physiology across the lifespan
- Analyze the pathology of various physiological disorders across the lifespan
- Analyze concepts and principles of pathophysiology across the lifespan
College of Nursing Alignment of Learner Outcomes
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Course Materials
Please visit the university bookstore via your Walden student portal to ensure you are obtaining the correct version of any course texts and/or materials noted in the following section. When you receive your materials, make sure that all required items are included.
Course Text
Document: NURS 6501 Alignment of Learner Outcomes (PDF) McCance, K. L. & Huether, S. E. (2019). Pathophysiology: The biologic basis for disease in adults and children (8th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby/Elsevier. McCance, K. L. & Huether, S. E. (2019). Pathophysiology: The biologic basis for disease in adults and children study guide (8th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby/Elsevier.
Note: When selecting articles for course assignments, you are advised (unless you are referencing seminal information) to focus on work published within the past 5 years. Secondary: A secondary source is one step removed from the original source. This work interprets and often compiles other work, and it includes review articles, textbooks, fact sheets, and commentaries about a topic. It also includes news reports of original research. Secondary work is more prone to error and bias than primary work because it is being filtered through an additional person or persons. Review papers can be useful to glean information about a topic and to find other sources from the reference list, but it is the original, primary research that should be relied on most heavily in demonstrating scholarship, depth, and validation of factual information.
Course Assignments
- Participation in Week 1 Discussion: The exchange of ideas among colleagues engaged in scholarly inquiry is a key aspect of learning and is a requisite activity in this course. You are expected to participate in the Week 1 Discussion by posting a response to a prompt or question in the Discussion area. In addition, you are expected to respond to your fellow students’ postings. To count as participation, responses need to be thoughtful; that is, they must refer to the week’s readings, relevant issues in the news, information obtained from other sources, and/or ideas expressed in the postings of other class members. You may ask questions or offer further information or links about the subject. Please pay attention to grammar and spelling, as consistently poorly written posts will receive grade penalties. In grading the required Discussion posting, your Instructor will be using the Discussion Posting and Response Rubric, located in the Course Information area. Note: Unless otherwise noted, initial posting to the Discussion is due on or before Day 3, and response postings are due on or before Day 6. You are required to participate in the Discussion on at least 3 different days (a different day for main post and each response). It is important to adhere to the weekly time frame to allow others ample time to respond to your posting. In addition, you are expected to respond to questions directed toward your own initial posting in a timely manner.
- Assignments: The Assignments provide you with the opportunity to apply the skills and knowledge gained through the Learning Resources, the Knowledge Checks, and the Case Study Assignments. See the Assignment area of specific weeks for detailed descriptions of the assignments. In grading the required Assignments, your Instructor will be using rubrics located in the Course Information area. Note: The course Case Study Assignments will require that you completely and accurately
demonstrate critical thinking via assimilation and synthesis of ideas when using credible outside and course-specific resources (i.e., video, required readings, textbook); comparing different points of view; highlighting similarities, differences, and connections; and/or when lending support to your Assignment responses.
Exam Essentials/Strategies
In these courses, you have two exams: a midterm and a final exam. You are allowed 2 hours to complete each exam. Exams are due no later than Day 7 at 1:59 a.m. EST. Please follow the instructions below. As we begin the course, it is important to ensure that everyone is familiar with exam-taking strategies on Blackboard.
- If you have a PC, please contact IT to see which Internet browser (e.g., Google Chrome, Firefox) will be best to ensure you do not encounter problems when you log in to begin the exam. Please review the Student Responsibility for Technology Backup Plan policy: https://catalog.waldenu.edu/content.php?catoid=170&navoid=58504. You can also follow these test‑taking tips: http://mym.cdn.laureate- media.com/2dett4d/software/Walden/Training/Blackboard_TestTaking_Tips.pdf
- Ensure you have DSL/broadband connectivity. A slow connectivity will interrupt your exam and cause a lockout. Take note of the technology policy in the student handbook. Students are required “to have a technology backup plan should circumstances dictate its use. Except in very unusual situations, grade changes, late assignments, tuition refund requests, and the like that are based on technology failure or on occurrences resulting in technology failure will NOT be considered.”
- Spend no more than the allotted time on each exam. When you are logged in for a long period, the exam will idle or freeze and lock you out.
- Do not use the return/back button to change your answer(s). This will lock you out of the exam.
- Save all your answers.
- Do not refresh the page. This will cause the page to freeze and lock you out.
- Do not have multiple browsers open when taking the exam. This will potentially freeze your exam and lock you out.
- Ensure you have set aside ample time to take the exam without any interruptions.
- Do not take the exams on iPads, iPhones, or other portable devices as you may get locked out of the exam.
- Do not copy the questions to the exam. If you have a question, please e-mail me the question number and I will review it. You will not be provided the answers directly after your exam.
- Review the following question-reading tips: Read each question carefully. Identify the root words in the question or scenario. Is the question asking “always,” “never,” “often,” “most likely,” or “least likely”?
- Each Discussion requires that you make one initial posting and at least two response postings to colleagues. See the Discussion Posting and Response Rubric for posting details.
Incomplete Grade Policy
Per university policy, Incomplete grades can be granted only to students who have already met the minimum criteria for active weekly participation in a course (including weekly postings in online courses) and have completed at least 80% of other coursework. Incompletes can be awarded when, because of extenuating circumstances, a student has not met additional course requirements, including but not limited to written assignments, group projects, and research papers, as applicable. All Incomplete grades are awarded at the discretion of the Course Faculty. Students who are eligible for an Incomplete must contact the Course Faculty to request the grade as soon as possible. Students who do not meet the criteria listed above will not be allowed to earn an Incomplete. If the Incomplete is approved, the Faculty Member will work with the student to outline the due date(s) for remaining work. Under no circumstances will the new due dates extend beyond 50 days from the last day of the term. Faculty will then have 10 days to assess the work and post the permanent grade before the university-allotted Incomplete time limit of 60 days expires. All Incomplete grades not resolved within the time allotted will convert to permanent grades of F. If an Incomplete is granted for students registered for clinical courses the following quarter, you will only have 5 days to complete and pass your outstanding assignments, as this course must be passed prior to starting your practicum.
Instructor Feedback Schedule
The Instructor will log in to the course during the week to monitor the weekly Discussion area. Feedback will be provided via the My Grades area, the Discussion area, and/or the Announcements page. You can expect your weekly assignment grades to be posted within 10 calendar days of a due date. Instructor feedback and explanation are provided whenever full credit is not achieved. Depending on the nature of the feedback, Instructor responses may be posted to the Discussion area or included in the My Grades area. The goal of your Instructor is to act as a discussion and learning facilitator rather than a lecturer. The Instructor will not respond to every posting by every individual, so please feel free to ask your Instructor if you would like some personal feedback on a particular assignment posting or at any time you have questions regarding your assignments or your grade.
Course Procedures
All class Discussions take place in the weekly Discussion areas.
You are encouraged to post course-related questions to the Contact the Instructor area, as they may be of interest to all; however, if your question is urgent, it is often best to e-mail the Instructor. If your e-mailed question is thought to be of benefit to all, it may be responded to by the Instructor via e-mail to all or posted as an announcement. Instructor feedback on content and writing issues that is thought to be of benefit to the entire class may be posted to the Contact the Instructor area; however, most personal critique will be done privately in the Grade Center. Be sure to check the Grade Center for comments every week, even if you received full credit. Please feel free to use the Class Café to initiate and participate in conversations not directly related to the course. This is an excellent opportunity to get to know other students better. The Instructor will browse the Class Café occasionally but generally will not respond to conversations posted there unless students have specific questions for him or her. Check the e-mail account you use for official Walden University business on a regular basis. The expectation is that you are checking this e-mail account daily during the week. If you experience difficulty sending or receiving Walden e-mail, please contact the Student Support Team right away. Contact information for the Student Support Team is located in the Student Support area. Review all materials in the Course Information area as well as the materials contained under each of the weekly buttons. Note: There are Optional Readings located within the Learning Resources section of each week in the course. You are encouraged to explore these readings, as needed, in order to enhance your understanding of the course content.
Preferred Methods for Delivering Assignments
- Be sure that you post to the correct Discussion area each week. Do not e-mail postings to the Instructor. For all initial Discussion postings, make sure that the first sentence of your posting reads Main Question Post. For your responses to others’ response postings, make sure that the first sentence of your response reads Response. These actions will ensure easily identifiable subject lines for your postings and responses.
- Application Assignments are submitted to the SafeAssign link and named according to the week in which the Assignment is submitted. Directions for naming each Application Assignment are included in each week’s Assignment area. Please be sure that all written Application Assignments are saved and submitted as a “.doc” file.
- All e-mail correspondence must contain in the subject line “NURS 6501-XX-NAME” (XX is the section number) followed by a brief description of the subject. This subject line convention ensures that your e-mail will be easily identified and responded to in a timely manner. It is required that the e-mail contain a signature that matches the official name used in the course.
In accordance with U.S. Department of Education guidance regarding class participation, Walden University requires that all students submit at least one of their required Week 1 assignments (which includes posting to the Discussion Board) within each course(s) during the first 7 calendar days of class. For courses with two-week units, posting to the Discussion Board by Day 7 meets this requirement. The first calendar day of class is the official start date of the course as posted on your myWalden academic page. Assignments submitted prior to the official start date will not count toward your participation. Financial Aid cannot be released without class participation as defined above. Students who are taking their first class with Walden and do not submit at least one of their required Week 1 assignments (or at least one Discussion post) by the end of the 7th day will be administratively withdrawn from the university. Students who have already taken and successfully completed at least one or more class(es) with Walden, and who do not participate within the first 7 days, will be dropped from that class. If you have any questions about your assignments, or you are unable to complete your assignments, please contact your Faculty Member.
Checklist
The module course checklist below outlines the assignments due for the course. For full assignment details and directions, refer to each module of the course. All assignments are due by 11:59 p.m. Mountain Time (MT) on the day assigned (which is 1:59 a.m. Eastern Time (ET) the next day). The time stamp in the classroom will reflect Eastern Time (ET), regardless of your time zone. As long as your submission time stamp is no later than 1:59 a.m. Eastern Time (ET), you have submitted on time.
To View the Calendar
To view the Course Calendar: Course Calendar
To View a Printable Course Schedule
For full assignment details and directions, refer to each Module of the course. Click on the NURS 6501 Course Schedule (PDF) link to access the Course Schedule.
Checklist
Document: NURS 6501 Course Schedule (PDF)
Bibliography
The bibliography contains the references for all learning materials in the course. For your convenience, a link has been provided to download and save the bibliography. To access the Bibliography: Document: NURS 6501 Bibliography (PDF)
