Teaching Experience

I have taught across the curriculum (traditional, accelerate, RN-to-BSN, & DNP) in courses such as a Maternity, Seminar in nursing, Nursing Research, and Role Transitions for APN.  My clinical specialty is Women’s Health.

Below is a brief description of the courses I have taught along with the latest syllabus for the course. The students’ evaluation for these courses may be found under the “Teaching Effectiveness” tab.

 

 

Graduate Courses [Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)]

APN Role Transition (58:705:526) -This course presents a variety of role-related topics designed to prepare the prospective advanced practice nurse for practice with information and discussion on collaborative practice, the scope of practice, reimbursement & billing; State & Federal regulations; malpractice; credentialing and privileging.

 

Women’s Health & Perinatal (58:705:669) – A clinical theory course directed at the advanced practice nursing (APN) student that focuses on the care of women across the lifespan.  The management of primary care with an emphasis on women’s healthcare:  Health promotion and disease prevention, routine prenatal care in uncomplicated pregnancies, assessment, and management of common health problems in women, and treatment of acute and chronic health problems in women. 

  

 

Undergraduate Courses

Nursing of Women and the Childbearing Family Theory (50:705:301:02) –  A clinical theory course that focuses on the care of women with common gynecological problems throughout the lifespan as well as family-centered care from preconception through childbearing (birth-postpartum) and women’s health.

 

Seminar on Professional Nursing (57:705:101) – A writing-intensive course in nursing designed to provide students with an introduction and overview in nursing knowledge focusing on the discipline and profession of nursing, its history, its conceptual and theoretical structures, and the patterns of knowledge needed for developing the science and practice of nursing.

  

Nursing Research (57:705:411) – The course is designed to stimulate a refined knowledge and enthusiastic interest in nursing research and a foundation for its use in evidence-based nursing practice. Students learned how to identify a research problem, to review and critique current nursing literature, to identify frameworks and research designs, determine the appropriate methodology for data collection and analysis, interpret results, and apply critical thinking skills to evaluate published nursing research for application to practice.

 

 Wellness and Health Assessment (57:705:203) – This course provides a foundation for the critical thinking skills required to master core scientific principles and incorporate technical skills into nursing practice.  Emphasis will be placed on the concept of wellness and the continuum of wellness to illness that nurses can expect to confront in practice.  Students develop the skills of history taking, inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation, and documentation of the health assessment. 

 

Community Health Nursing and Global Health (57:705:405) – A introduction to the concept of the community as a client system, and to the roles and responsibilities of nurses in the promotion and maintenance of population health in both the local and global community. The course incorporates nursing, public health, and epidemiological theory and science in the study of community and global health. Emphasis is on health promotion, health maintenance, disease prevention, and cultural competence in the care of individuals, families, groups, and communities in their homes and in community settings.