complementary course reflection

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SYLLABUS

COURSE NUMBER: NUR 3178-DL-AD COURSE TITLE: Complementary and Alternative Health Care

COURSE CREDITS: 3 credits PREREQUISITES: See student handbook

INSTRUCTOR: Lisys Camacho, APRN, MSN

INSTRUCTOR’S EMAIL: [email protected] 1. Text and Materials: Fontaine, K.L. (2014). Complementary & Alternative

Therapies for Nursing Practice. (4th ed.) ISBN-13: 9780133346503 Publication Manual American Psychological Association (APA) (6th ed.). 2009 ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5 2. Course Description: students will learn holistic aspects of care while evaluating complementary and alternative healthcare in diverse populations across the lifespan and around the globe. The course addresses different complementary and alternative treatment practices through evidence-based research. 3. Learning Outcomes:

• This course will enable the student to identify and apply alternative therapies during the care of patient in the nursing practice.

• The students will be able to determine the impact of complementary and alternative therapies in the nursing practice.

4. Course Objectives: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

• Define complementary, alternative and integrative practices as identified by current health paradigms.

• Discuss history for complementary and alternative medicine. • Given case studies, describe the extent to which complementary and

alternative health practices are encouraged and used among multiple cultures.

• Relate concepts into clinical practice. • Analyze the research regarding the efficacy of selected complementary and

alternative practices and products.

• Incorporate integrative medicine which embodies conventional and complementary and alternative medicine, making use of the best available evidence of all three approaches to healing within patient's personal plan of care.

5. Course Requirements: See College Catalogue 6. Field Trips or Guest Speaker: [will be announced if available]

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7. Course Outline:

Date

Module/Topic

Assignment

Quizzes

WEEK 1

Integrative Healing. Basic concepts

Guiding Alternative Therapies. The Role of Evidence Based

Health Care in Complementary and Alternative Therapies

Read Chapters 1, 2 & 3 Discussion: post and discuss

Introduction (Introduce yourself)

Due Sunday midnight

Quiz 1 Due Friday midnight

WEEK 2

Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Ayurvedic Medicine

Read Chapters 4 & 5

Discussion: post and discuss Initial response due

Wednesday midnight / peer responses due Sunday

midnight

Quiz 2 Due Friday midnight

WEEK 3

Native American Healing and

Curanderismo. Herbs and Nutritional

Supplements.

Read Chapters 6 & 7 No discussion this week. Quiz # 3 will have extra questions

Quiz 3 Due Friday midnight

WEEK 4

Aromatherapy. Homeopathy. Naturopathy. Chiropractic.

Read Chapters 8 & 9, 10 & 11 No discussion this week. Quiz # 4 will have extra questions

Quiz 4 Due Friday midnight

WEEK 5

Massage. Pressure Point

Therapies.

Read Chapters 12 &13

Discussion: post and discuss Initial response due

Wednesday midnight / peer responses due Sunday

midnight

Quiz 5 Due Friday midnight

WEEK 6

Hand-Mediated Biofield Therapies. Combined Physical

and Biofield Therapies.

Read Chapters 14 & 15 No Discussion Question (Preparation for Midterm)

Quiz 6 Due Friday midnight

WEEK 7 MIDTERM EXAM

No Discussion Question

(Midterm Exam)

MIDTERM EXAM Due Friday midnight

WEEK 8 Yoga.

Meditation.

Read Chapters 16 & 17 Discussion: post and discuss

Initial response due Wednesday midnight / peer

responses due Sunday midnight

Quiz 8 Due Friday midnight

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Date

Module/Topic Assignment Quizzes

WEEK 9 Hypnotherapy and Guided Imagery.

Read Chapter 18

No discussion this week. Quiz # 9 will have extra questions

Quiz 9 Due Friday midnight

WEEK 10 Dreamwork. Intuition.

Read Chapters 19 & 20

Watch learning video and answer questions

Quiz 10 Due Friday midnight

WEEK 11

Music Therapy. Biofeedback.

Movement-oriented Therapies.

Read Chapters 21, 22 & 23

No discussion this week. Quiz # 11 will have extra questions

Quiz 11 Due Friday midnight

WEEK 12 Shamans.

Faith and Prayer.

Read Chapters 24 & 25

Discussion: post and discuss Initial response due

Wednesday midnight / peer responses due Sunday

midnight

Quiz 12 Due Friday midnight

WEEK 13

Bioelectromagnetics. Animal-Assisted

Therapy.

Read Chapters 26 & 27 No Discussion Question

(Preparation for Final Exam)

Quiz 13 Due Friday midnight

WEEK 14 FINAL EXAM

No Discussion Question

Final Exam

Final Exam Due Friday midnight

WEEK 15

COURSE

REFLECTION

No Discussion Question

Course Reflection

Course Reflection Due

Friday midnight

WEEK 16 Final Week Final Grades will be posted

Final Grades will be posted on Campus

Portal

All paper submitted must be in APA format according to Publication Manual American Psychological Association (APA) (6th Ed.). 2009 ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5

This course will use a variety of learning experiences to attain the course objectives, including but not limited to: lecture, quizzes, online discussion, case study, assessment strategies, group and or individual exercises, and team and individual presentation.

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Discussions: There will be a discussion question/activity posted weekly by the instructor for course modules on the course Discussion Forum. Participation in the discussions is strongly encouraged and will be factored into your participation score. It is recommended that you login to this course at least 4 days each online week. You are required to post at least 3 times each week. For the discussion board questions, you must answer the question 100 %. The answer should be based on the knowledge obtained from reading the book, no just your opinion. If there are 2 questions in the discussion, you must answer both of them. Your grade will be an average of both questions. Students are also required to know the expectations or “etiquette” that pertains to the discussion board. Students who abuse this forum by making harassing, inappropriate or abusive statements will be removed and receive a zero (0). Remember, your participation is essential to connecting with other students and developing an online learning community. Further, often it is the deciding factor between receiving a higher or lower grade at the end of the term. Discussion questions account for 20% of your final grade. Discussion Question (DQ) Participation Guidelines: Students must post a minimum of three times in each graded discussion. The three posts in each individual discussion must be on separate days, the initial answer and two responses to peers. The student must provide an initial answer to the graded discussion posted by the course instructor, by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m. EST, of each week. If the student does not provide an answer to each graded discussion topic (not a response to a student peer) before the Wednesday deadline, an automatic “0” will be issued for that week’s DQ. Subsequent posts, including essential responses to peers, must occur by the Sunday deadline, 11:59 p.m. EST of each week. NOTE: To receive credit for a week's discussion, students may begin posting no earlier than the Monday at 12:01 a.m. EST. *Credit for peer responses will be issued via the DQ rubric if peer responses are made without an initial DQ response. *See Discussion Question (DQ) Rubric on next page (Rubrics contain evaluative criteria, quality definitions for those criteria at particular levels of achievement, and a scoring strategy).

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Discussion Question (DQ) Rubric: Levels of Achievement

Criteria Proficient Competent Novice

Introduction and quality of discussion’s Argument Weight 60.00%

100.00 % It is consistent with application in research related to its context. Clarity of ideas. Comprehensive, in- depth and wide ranging.

70.00 % The topic has a partially weak association to clarity of ideas and related topic. Relevant but not comprehensive.

15.00 % Unable to address any part of the question and/or topic. Little relevance/some accuracy.

Objectivity of Tone, overall quality & Review of Literature in APA 6th format within past 7 years Weight 10.00%

100.00 % Tone is consistent, addressed professionally and objectively. Evidence in literature supports arguments.

70.00 % The tone is not consistently objective. Some observations, some supportive evidence used.

15.00 % No objectivity in tone. No evidence of literature review provided. Lacks evidence of critical analysis, poor to no use of supportive evidence.

Grammar / Writing Skills Weight 7.50%

100.00 % Excellent mechanics, sentence structure and organization with no grammatical mistakes.

70.00 % Some grammatical lapses , uses emotional responses in lieu of relevant points.

0.00 % Poor grammar, weak communication, lack of clarity.

Peer Reply #1 Weight 7.50%

100.00 % Demonstrates an exceptional ability to analyze and synthesize student work, asks meaningful extending questions.

70.00 % Some ability to meaningfully comment on other students work and ask meaningful questions.

0.00 % No peer response

Peer Reply #2 Weight 7.50%

100.00 % Demonstrates an exceptional ability to analyze and synthesize student work, asks meaningful extending questions.

70.00 % Some ability to meaningfully comment on other students work and ask meaningful questions.

0.00 % No Peer response

Overall APA Use Weight 7.50%

100.00 % Demonstrates an exceptional ability to apply 6th edition APA standards.

70.00 % Some ability to apply 6th edition APA standards. i.e. use of in-text citation, reference structure, quoting, etc.

0.00 % No adherence to 6th edition APA standards.

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Discussion Question (DQ) Submission Guidelines: Students must submit their initial, weekly DQ post in two separate areas. First, the student will submit their initial response via that week’s assignment link provided under the assignments tab as a Microsoft Word document. Once this is done, the student will then copy and paste their answer onto that week’s DQ thread under the Discussions tab. Thereafter, all discussions and peer replies will be conducted via the DQ board. Failure to submit your initial DQ response to BOTH the assignments tab and the DQ thread will result in a “0” for that week’s DQ. Note: All DQ submissions will be monitored for plagiarism. Quizzes: There will be a quiz weekly. Each quiz will evaluate the content of that week usually two to four chapters for week (usually 25 to 35 questions: multiple choice, true and false, multiple answers and fill in the blank type questions. Quizzes account for 30% of your final grade

Midterm Exams: This exam consists of 50 to 65 questions (multiple choice, true and false, multiple answers and fill in the blank type questions (Chapter 1 through Chapter 15). Midterm exam accounts for 20% of your final grade.

Final Exams: Exams will include 50 to 75 questions (multiple choice, true and false, multiple answers and fill in the blank type questions). Final test evaluates the content of the whole semester (Chapter 1 through Chapter 27). Final exam accounts for 20% of your final grade. Course Reflection: Course reflection assignment is part of the portfolio that students

must complete during last class of the program. This assignment is due on week #15.

Please, read carefully the Course Reflection Guidelines that you will find under the

assignments tab – week #15. This assignment has a value of 100 points and

accounts for 10% of the final grade.

Late Assignments: Due dates are established for reasons of equity. It is not fair to peers who complete assignments on time if other classmates have extra time to work on their assignments. Late assignments are not permitted. 8. Class Policies: All students are responsible for reviewing the School Catalog

POLICIES http://www.fnc.edu/publications/Cataloggeneral.pdf

STUDENT CODE OF ETHICS

Cheating or plagiarism is dishonest, undermines the necessary trust upon which relations between students and faculty are based, and is unacceptable conduct. Students who engage in cheating or plagiarism will be subject to academic sanctions, including a lowered or failing grade in a course; and the possibility of an additional administrative sanction, including probation, suspension, or expulsion.

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Cheating is the act of obtaining or attempting to obtain credit for academic work by using dishonest means. Cheating at FNC includes but is not limited to: Copying, in part or whole from another's examination, paper, mathematical analysis, research or creative project, or the like; Submitting as one's own work an examination, paper, mathematical analysis, research or creative project, or the like which has been purchased, borrowed, or stolen; or fabricating data; Consulting notes, sources, or materials not specifically authorized by the instructor during an examination; Employing a surrogate to take an examination, write a paper, do mathematical analysis, or complete, in part or wholly, an evaluation instrument; Aiding or abetting any act that a reasonable person would conclude, when informed of the evidence, to be a dishonest means of obtaining or attempting to obtain credit for academic work; and committing any act that a reasonable person would conclude, when informed of the evidence, to be a dishonest means of obtaining or attempting to obtain credit for academic work.

Plagiarism is the act of obtaining or attempting to obtain credit for academic work by representing the work of another as one's own without the necessary and appropriate acknowledgment. More specifically, plagiarism is: The act of incorporating the ideas, words of sentences, paragraphs, or parts thereof without appropriate acknowledgment and representing the product as one's own work; and The act of representing another's intellectual work such as musical composition, computer program, photographs, painting, drawing, sculpture, or research or the like as one's own. If a student is in doubt about the nature of plagiarism, he/she should discuss the matter with the course instructor. Theft - Copying computer programs owned, leased, or rented by the College for use by the student in his or her course of studies is considered theft and will be dealt with according to the laws covering such actions and to the College norms for disciplinary actions. In cases like these, the Campus Dean will convene a Hearing Committee which will hear, investigate and render a report to the Campus Dean. This Committee will be composed of three members from the faculty or staff. According to the findings, the Campus Dean has the choice to make a decision. If this decision is not acceptable to those involved, a petition to the Dean to appoint an Honor Court must be signed by at least three people. The Honor Court procedure is explained in the Student Handbook.

Religious Holidays Religious holidays are an excused absence, but not beyond the day for the holiday itself. Students should make their requests known at the beginning of the semester and arrangements must be made with the faculty member for missed work. Students with Disabilities Students with disabilities who may need special accommodations must register with the Office of Disability Services. In addition, students must contact the instructor so that arrangements can be made to accommodate their needs.

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9. Grading Criteria: Discussion questions, quizzes, written examinations, written assignments as follows: Discussions 20% Quizzes 30% Mid-Term Exam 20 % Final Exam 20% Course Reflection 10%

10. Grading System:

Letter

Grade

Numerical

Points

Quality

Points

Superior

Achievement

A (93-100) 4.0 points

Good B (85-92) 3.0 points

Average C (80-84) 2.0 points (passing

grade)

Failure F (0-79) Unsatisfactory

Incomplete I

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