Lincoln Memorial University Mission and Purpose: Visitors and/or children are not allowed in the classroom or in the building unattendedduring any class period, lecture, lab or clinical without prior approval by the instructor.Lincoln Memorial UniversityCaylor School of NursingSyllabusCourse Coordinator: Robin Wilson RNC, MSNFACULTY:Linda Chapman RN, MSNHiwassee CampusGwen Davis MSN, RNBlount CampusRobin Wilson RNC, MSN – Course CoordinatorHarrogate CampusNursing Secretary on Campus:1-800-325-0900, extension 6324I. NURS 246 – Promotion of Adaptation in Childbearing Families -- 4 Credit HoursII. Fall 2007III. A 3 hour lecture – 1 hour clinical course utilizing the RAM nursing process to promote adaptation in childbearing families; specifically, focuses on adaptive and ineffective human responses in women, including the childbearing years, neonates, and families. Physiological and behavioral deviations associated withineffective human responses seen in compensatory and/or compromised health states examined. Use of current research findings in promotion of adaptation forhuman persons/family adaptive systems included. Clinical learning experiences occur in campus laboratory and in community and/or hospital settings to developskills in providing care for human persons/families.Prerequisites/Co-requisites: NURS 115, 124, 125, 126, 241. Lincoln Memorial University Mission and Purpose: Lincoln Memorial University is a values-based learning community dedicated to providing educational experiences in the liberal arts and professional studies. The University strives to give students a foundation for a more productive life by upholding the principles of Abraham Lincoln's life: a dedication to individual liberty, responsibility, and improvement; a respect for citizenship; recognition of the intrinsic value of high moral and ethical standards; and a belief in a personal God. The University is committed to teaching, research, and service. The University's curriculum and commitment to quality instruction at every level are based on the beliefs that graduates must be able to communicate clearly and effectively in an era of rapidly and continuously expanding communication technology, must have an appreciable depth 1of learning in a field of knowledge, must appreciate and understand the various ways by which we come to know ourselves and the world around us, and must be able to exercise informed judgments. The University believes that one of the major cornerstones of meaningful existence is service to humanity. By making educational and research opportunities available to students where they live and through various recreational and cultural events open to the community, Lincoln Memorial University seeks to advance life in the Cumberland Gap area and throughout the region through its teaching, research, and service mission. Approved by the Board of Trustees May 5, 2006 IV. Academic Integrity It is the aim of the faculty of Lincoln Memorial University to foster a spirit of complete honesty and a high standard of integrity. The attempt of any student to present as his/her own, any work which he/she has not honestly performed, is regarded by the faculty and administration as a very serious offense and renders the offender liable to severe consequences and possible suspension (LMU Student Handbook Online 2007-2008). Any nursing student who participates in cheating or plagiarism will be expelled from the NURS 246 course and will receive an “F” in the course.1. Cheating: dishonesty of any kind on examinations or written assignments, unauthorized possession of examination questions, the use of unauthorized notes during an examination, obtaining information during an examination from another student. Assisting others to cheat, altering grade records or illegally entering an office are instances of cheating. 2. Plagiarism: offering the work of another as one’s own without proper acknowledgement is plagiarism; therefore, any student who fails to give credit for quotations or essentially identical material taken from books, magazines, encyclopedias or other reference works, or from themes, reports, or other writing of a fellow student has committed plagiarism (LMU Student Handbook Online 2007-2008).V. Required TextsOrshan, Susan A. (2008). Maternity, newborn, & women’s health nursing:Comprehensive care across the life span. Philadelphia: Lippincott,Williams & Wilkins. VI. Course Objectives:Students who successfully complete NURS 246 will be able to demonstrate in the clinical/campus laboratory setting, in individual and group conferences, and on written material, the ability to:21. Describe physiological and behavioral deviations associated with adaptive and/or ineffective human responses seen in women, neonates and families. 2. Utilize the Roy Adaptation Model (RAM) nursing process to provide effective nursing care for women, neonates, and families. 3. Perform technical skills necessary to provide effective nursing care for women, neonates, and families.4. Assist the family unit in developing goals to promote health and adaptation.5. Incorporate teaching-learning strategies in providing education to the family unit. 6. Demonstrate therapeutic communication skills with human persons in the family unit. 7. Apply ethical and legal standards of nursing care for women, neonates, and families. 8. Identify the services of appropriate community facilities in provision of care to the child-bearing family. 9. Incorporate research findings pertinent to the delivery of care for women, neonates, and families to promote adaptation in the four modes: physiologic, interdependence, role function, and self-concept.VII. Methods of Instruction Lectures Role Play Audio/Visual AidsGuest Lectures Discussion Groups Computer Assisted TechIndependent Study Peer Mentoring Assigned ReadingsClinical/Campus Lab Experience Supplemental InstructionVIII. Units of Instruction Care of Women throughout the Life Span Care of Women during the Prenatal PeriodCare of Women