Prerequisites
The student must:
• be admitted to the Ohio University School of Nursing
• hold a current license to practice as a registered nurse (RN) or be a student in the second
year of a prelicensure ADN program.
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Prerequisites
The student must:
• be admitted to the Ohio University School of Nursing
• hold a current license to practice as a registered nurse (RN) or be a student in the second
year of a prelicensure ADN program.
• Successful completion of NRSE 4510
Course Description
NRSE 4530, Family Nursing, focuses on the role of the family health nurse. This course will review
family theory, role of the family health nurse in the in-patient setting and out-patient setting as a
community health nurse.
Course Topics
There are five (5) modules in this course. Each module represents one week of activity.
1. Introduction to Family Healthcare Nursing
2. Societal and Cultural Issues
3. Family Nursing Roles
4. Family Nursing Across the Lifespan
5. Family Nursing in Specialty Areas
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Apply health appraisal skills while working with families
2. Conduct a family wellness plan
3. Facilitate patient-centered/family-centered transitions of care, including discharge planning, to
ensure the caregiver's ability to promote safe care
4. Discuss research and evidence for practice related to family and family health topics
5. Discuss family spiritual beliefs and values and how those beliefs and values impact health care
relationships
6. Recognize the relationship of genetics and genomics to health, prevention, screening, diagnostics,
prognostics, selection and monitoring of treatment, using a constructed pedigree
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Credit Hours
Required Textbooks
Authors Year* Book Title ISBN Publisher &
Edition
Kaakinen,
Coehlo,
Steele,
Tabacco &
Harmon
Hanson
2018 Family Health Care Nursing:
Theory, Practice and Research *
978-0-8036-
6166-0
F. A. Davis
Company,
2018,
6th edition
APA 2009 Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association*
978-1433805615 APA, 2009, 6th
edition
* This can be a published year or a copyright year
Textbooks are required and can be purchased from the MBS Direct Online Bookstore
(http://bookstore.mbsdirect.net/ohio.htm) or from most online book retailers.
Recommended Resources
Recommended resources will be assigned throughout the modules. Some of these resources will be
available through Alden Library’s electronic reserves. Others will be Internet resources available
through links in the course.
ASSESSMENTS AND CALENDAR
Multiple assessments are used in this course, allowing students opportunities to demonstrate their
learning in more than one way. It is also very important to carefully follow the grading rubric in
order to get full points for all assessments. Course assessments, due dates and point values are
listed in the following Table. All assessments are due at Eastern Standard Time (EST) of the US.
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