LEVEL II HEALTH PROMOTION

COURSE DESCRIPTION

COURSE NUMBER: NGR 5632

COURSE TITLE: Practicum in International Family-Focused Nursing

COURSE CREDIT

& CLOCK HOURS: 1 credit; 5 clock hours

PREREQUISITE: Permission of instructor

PLACEMENT: Required Course for Students in Family-Focused Interdisciplinary Health Across Cultures Certificate

FACULTY: Marie-Luise Friedemann, PhD, RN

Office: ACII 203, Phone: (305) 919-5311

Edward Freeman, Ph.D., ARNP

Office: ACII 203A, Phone: (305) 919-5826

CATALOG DESCRIPTION: Students plan change in their work/practice place in their home country by utilizing knowledge about nursing care with families in another country.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Adapt family-focused theory, assessment and intervention learned in or about another country/culture to the conditions in a home-based health care setting.

2. Propose the introduction and evaluation of a change in family-focused nursing that is congruent with the culture of the families served in a home-based health care setting.

CLASS SCHEDULE: Arranged intensive study seminar. Guided field

experience

TOPICAL OUTLINE:

Week 1: Planning the implementation of an idea for change

Week 2: Writing a proposal

Week 3: Planning introduction of the change and evaluation

with the health care agency.

TEACHING STRATEGIES

Discussions, consultation and guidance by instructor, meetings with

agency administrators, focus group(s) with clients and staff.

NOTE: Students with disabilities who may need special accommodations

should register with the Office of Disability Services. In addition, they

are encouraged to contact the instructor so that arrangements can be

made to accommodate their needs.

EVALUATION

METHODS: Proposal for a change

Evaluation by an agency administrator

REQUIRED TEXTS: None

Relevant reading and web sites will be used.

JUSTIFICATION:

This course is developed as part of a grant from FIPSE with the aim of education health professionals in international family-focused health care. It is the concluding course through which students are guided to apply what they have learned to better serve ethnic clients.

There is no like course at FIU.

This course has the potential to be opened to students of other health professions who can be supervised by their own instructors.