Download NUR 2000 in the General Education Curriculum

NUR 3900 in the General Education Curriculum
This is not a syllabus template.
Because the Nursing program uses standardized syllabi maintained by the course
coordinator for all courses, the general education common core syllabus template is not
used for NUR courses. You should use the syllabus provided by your course coordinator
that will include the required general education information. (If it does not, please call
this to the attention of the course coordinator). This document will help to explain why
the nursing faculty choose this particular course to be part of the general education
program and placed in this category.
NUR 3900 partially fulfills the general education requirement for Values and Choices A
Ethical Inquiry. Students will have previously addressed this requirement when they
took NUR 2000. However since that course is not worth the minimum three credits,
NUR 3900 is also required before students are deemed to have met this requirement .
Here is the general description of a Values and Choices A course
In the ethical inquiry category students explore different systems or models of ethical decision
making and apply them to specific cases.
Here is the description of NUR 3900:
NUR 2000 Leadership and Management in Nursing
A course that provides practical assistance to the future nurse manager in the development of
effective leadership and management skills in order to assure the best possible environment for
the provision of high-quality care.
This is the material that is required to appear on the syllabus
University General Education Requirement
This course, in combination with NUR 2000 taken earlier in the program, meets the University
General Education Requirement for Values and Choices A: Ethical Inquiry by addressing the
learning outcomes below.
Students will compare, contrast and apply various philosophical models of individual ethics and
of collective social ethics [V&C 1]
Students will articulate various ethical and moral questions and explore their own
system of values through examination and analysis of examples drawn from history,
literature, popular culture, or current events and controversies. [V&C 6]
Students will apply their understanding of ethical systems and models to develop and
demonstrate a conscious value system as individuals, students, professionals and citizens [V&C
7].
Students will understand a range of meanings for concepts associated with
individual and social ethics such as rights and responsibilities, justice and
impartiality, citizenship and social responsibility [V&C 8].
Here are the explanations of how the course meets these outcomes as provided by nursing
faculty proposing the course.
Students will compare, contrast and apply various philosophical models of individual
ethics and of collective social ethics [V&C 1].
This senior level course was designed to complete the students’ ability as novice leaders to
apply professional ethics and legal requirements in common clinical situations which always
involve the conservation and allocation of scarce resources. This is a process oriented course
and students are actively engaged in questioning, discussing and resolving ethical leadership
issues during each class session.
Students will articulate various ethical and moral questions and explore their own
system of values through examination and analysis of examples drawn from history,
literature, popular culture, or current events and controversies. [V&C 6].
Examples for study and discussion are chosen from historical and real life controversies related
to health care e.g.– Bioethics, the impact of more men entering the nursing profession, choosing
who to discharge when ICU beds are full and there is a new admission.
Students will apply their understanding of ethical systems and models to develop and
demonstrate a conscious value system as individuals, students, professionals and
citizens [V&C 7].
Students will understand a range of meanings for concepts associated with individual and social
ethics such as rights and responsibilities, justice and impartiality, citizenship and social
responsibility [V&C 8].
These two outcomes are addressed throughout the course as follows: All topics listed in the
course achedule are approached from an ethical decision making framework. In class activities
and discussions, seminar presentations, quizzes/final exam and the Leadership Activity
Assignment are utilized as vehicles to assist the student to examine their own ethics and
compare them to group/societal and nursing ethics and then develop the ability to apply
professional ethics and standards to common professional situations. The seminar
presentation, where students approach topics such as “AIDS in the workplace,” will involve
students in discussion of concepts such as rights and responsibilities justice and impartiality as
applied to employers and employees.