Practicum for Health and Illness in Older Adults

Student Learning Outcomes, Goals, Objectives:

Students successfully completing this course will be able to:

• Examine one’s own attitudes, values, and expectations about aging and implications in the care of older adults.
• Explore methods to support older adults and families/caregivers to maintain everyday living, make role transitions, and transition between care environments.
• Examine the biological, psychological, social, spiritual, developmental, and cultural processes associated with aging.
• Differentiate between common health problems and geriatric syndromes that are the result of normal aging, lifestyle, environment, and pathological processes.
• Implement evidence-based strategies to reduce risk and promote quality and safety in the nursing care of older adults.
• Use leadership and advocacy skills to facilitate decision-making by older adults and their support networks for health promotion and chronic disease self-care.

Course Grading Information:

Activity/Performance Measure	Percentage/Points
Gerontological Nursing Care Plan	15%
Simulation Activities	10%
Virtual Simulation Assignment	10%
Experiential Learning Opportunity Reflection	5%
Final Clinical Evaluation	60%

Grading Scale:

Percentage	Letter Grade
100-95	A
94-92	A-
91-89	B+
88-86	B
85-83	B-
82-80	C+
79-77	C
76-74	C-
73-71	D+
70-68	D
67-65	D-
64 & below	F

Attendance/Participation:

Regular attendance is both a responsibility and a privilege of university education. It is fundamental to the orderly acquisition of knowledge and a cornerstone of professional nursing practice. Students should recognize the advantages of regular attendance, accept it as a personal responsibility, and understand the consequences of poor attendance, particularly in clinical courses where learning is experiential and cannot be replicated.

Attendance is a critical component of this course and is factored into your overall grade. Active participation in clinical, simulation, experiential learning experiences, lab, and orientation experiences is essential to your learning and overall success. Tardies may negatively impact the course grade and result in course failure.

Course Materials Purchased by the Students:

No course materials are required.