Summer I 2009 Classroom Video Lectures:

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OUTCOMES AND MEASUREMENT(NURS 6163):
6/13/2009; Parkland; Sat.,   10:00 AM to 4:00 PM;
Lectures: Introduction; Statistics; Concepts; RAC;
PPT- Handouts: Introduction; Statistics; Concepts; RAC;

6/27/2009; Parkland; Sat.,   10:00 AM to 4:00 PM;
Lectures: Levels of Measure: Part 1; Part 2;
Manipulating Data: Part 1; Part 2;
Statistics: Frequencies; Central Tendency; Variability; Z-Scores;

7/18/2009; Parkland; Sat.: Lecture:
Correlation Coefficients: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; PPT- Handout;

7/25/2009: Correlations & Reliability: Part 1; Part 2;

8/08/2009; Student Project Proposal Presentations:
Debra Knipe: Cervical Dilation Guide;
Connie Martinez: Vitamin D Supplementation;
William Lodrigues: Pain w/Pre-surgical Breast Lesions;
Janquilyn Merida: Assess Elderly COPD Patient;
Lynn Outlaw: Telehealth For Smoking Cessation;
Vanessa Nestor: Tumor Burden w/Hi Grade Glioma Rec. Avastin.
Robin Henson: Acculteration Effects on Hispanic Women.
Consuela Witherspoon: Acne Effects on Female Adolescents.
Jan Zdanuk: Diabetic Outcomes in the Hispanic Population.
Kim Bookout: Weight Maintenance in Children During Holidays.
Julie Dreadin: Residual Breast Tissue Skin-Sparing Mastectomy.
John Gonzalez: NT proBNP and 30 Day Remission.
Jeri Hargrave: Small Steps to improve Rural Diabetes Education.
Michelle Owens: Increased Hydration in Elderly Long Term Pats.
Catherine Hill: Heart Failure Somatic Awareness, ..Rehospital.
Trina Lanza: Vitamin D Deficiency in Caucasian Women.

Bootcamps: (Optional Computer Labs.)
6/20/2009; Parkland; Sat., 10:00 AM as needed to 4:00 PM;
7/11/2009; Parkland; Sat.,
Describing Data and Graphs: Part 1; Part 2;
Binning, Recoding & Computing: Part 3; Part 4;
Handouts | Heads-up: Mod2Assn1; Mod2Assn3; Mod2Assn5;

8/01/2009; Parkland; Sat., 10:00 AM as needed to 4:00 PM;

Webinars: Schedule.
6/15/09: Clean Data: Part 1; Part2; Part 3;

6/17/09: Lime Survey & Clean Data: Part1; Part 2;

7/01/09: Wed.; 7:00 PM: Re:
Test Review; Descriptive Statistics: Part 1; Part 2;

7/15/09: Pre-Test Review; Handout-PPT;
Lecture: Normal Distributions; Hypothesis Testing;

7/29/09: Post-Test Review; Lecture: Reliability;

8/05/09: Re: Multiple Regressions (Not Recorded);

8/11/09: Module 3 Exam Review: Part 1, Part 2;
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Maymester 2009, DNP Program Elective:
ANTHROPOLOGY AND WOMEN'S HEALTH (NURS 6903):
5/18/2009; Parkland;       
Introductions; Overview: Lectures: Philosophy or Science; Biological Anthropology: Part 1; Part 2; PPT- Handouts;

5/23/2009; Presbyterian: Class discussion of Books;
Biological Anthropology; Primates; PPT-Handout;
Dallas Zoo: Class at Primate exhibit;

5/24/2009; Dallas Zoo;      Sun., 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM;

5/30/2009; Presbyterian; Sat., 
Class Discussion of Books: Part 1, Part 2; Part 3;
Cultural Anthropology: Part1; Part2; Part3; Part4; PPT-Handout.

5/31/2009; Presbyterian; Sun., 
Anthropology Project; Student Presentations:
Stella Eke; Comparison of Dowrey Systems in India & Nigeria.
Teressa Hunter; Gender and Power in Relationships.
Vivian Jiminez; Quinceanera: Females' Rite of Passage.
Connie Martinez; Padaung-Karen Longnecks & Balinese Filing.
Jan Merida; Race and Body Image.
Jan Zdanuk; Cross-culture Communications: Latina perspective.
Robin Henson; Exclusive breastfeeding in U.S. Hispanic women.

6/01/2009; Parkland;        Mon.,  6:00 PM to 9:00 PM; Rm. 277;
Anthropology Project; Student Presentations:
Lori Thomson; Social Comparison Theory and Body Image;
Juli Nelson; Biological and Cultural Perspective of Casual Sex;
Vanessa Nestor; Cancer Pain: A Cultural Perspective;
Consuela Witherspoon; Female Breeding Factories: The 4"M"s;
Rebecca Lucas; ProviderParent HPV Prevention in Teenage Girls;
Debra Knipe; Women, Pregnancy and Birth;
William Lodrigues; Evolution of Dystocia;
Julie Dreadin; Footbinding in the Chinese Culture: "Golden Lotus";
Kim Bookout; Discontinued Athletics among Adolescent Females;

Fall II 2009 CLASSROOM VIDEO LECTURES: .
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DNP Practicum 1 NURS 6035*30 (30687):
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DNP Practicum 1 NURS 6035*31 (30688):
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DNP Practicum 1 NURS 6035*32 (30689):
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DNP Practicum 1 NURS 6035*33 (30690):
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Classroom Lectures:
08/31/2009: Class 1, Dallas: Lectures: Introduction; Orientation; Guest Lecturer: Colin Carter: APA: Part 1; Part 2;
Assignments: Part 1; Part 2;

09/21/2009: Class 3, Dallas: Introduction & Information;
Capstone Proposal Defense Presentations:
Jan Zdanuk: Improve Diabetic Outcomes in Hispanic Population;
John Gonzalez: BNP Values &Patient Readmissions;
Debra Knipe: Interrater Reliability W/ Cervical Dilation Guide;
Catherine Hill: HF Symptom Educ Effect on Inpatient Awareness;
Robin Henson: Acculturation&Breastfeeding Hispanic Women;

09/21/2009: Class 3, Dallas:
Capstone Proposal Defense Presentations:
Vanessa Nestor: MD Anderson Instrument Correlate w/ MRI?
Julie Dreadin: Residual Breast Tissue after SS Mastectomy
Janquilyn Merida: Functional Assess. of Elderly COPD Patient
Consuela Witherspoon: Derm. QL of Afr. Am. Adol. w/ Acne

10/06/2009: Class 4, Dallas: Introduction;
Capstone Proposal Defense Presentations:
Connie Martinez: Vitamin D Supplementation / Chart Review;
Kim Bookout: Healthy Behaviors Health Coaching of Children;
Jeri Hargrave: Improve Knowledge of Type 2 Diabetes Rural;
Michelle Owens: EBR to increase Hydration of Elderly;
Trina Lanza: Effect of Age, ... Ethnicity on Vitamin D Levels;

10/12/2009: Class 5, Dallas:
Capstone Proposal Defense:William Lodrigues: Pain Associated with Pre-surgical Localization Techniques;
Lecture: Capstone Process: Passion and Practice; Guest Speaker: Gayle Roux, PhD, NP-C, TWU Assoc. Dean for Research;
Lecture: Some Ideas About Selecting Statistical Analysis: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Guest Lecturer: David Marshall, PhD, Professsor, TWU Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science;

11/02/2009: Class 7, Dallas: Introduction;
Seminar Presentations:
Homelessness: Knipe, Martinez, Chaney;
Linguistic Competency: Bookout, Henson;
Informatics: Witherspoon, Lanza;

11/23/09: Class 9, Dallas:
Case Studies:
Julie Dreadin: Breast Carcinoma & BRCA Genetic Testing;
Catherine Hill: A Patient's Journey: Acute Chronic Heart Failure;
Debra Knipe: Severe Pregnancy Induced Hypertension;
Robin Henson: Pierre Robin Sequence;
Michelle Owens: Hypogonadism;

11/30/2009: Class 10, Dallas;
Case Studies:
Vanessa Nestor: Non Convulsive Status Epilepticus;
Janquilyn Merida: Shortness of Breath: A Case Study;
Swae Witherspoon: Chronic Scalp Abscesses .. Systemic Therapy;
Jeri Hargrave: Thoracic Aortic Aneurism;
Trina Lanza: High Risk Lesions For Skin Cancer;
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Webinars:
09/14/2009: eLogs, Project Proposals, IRB: Part 1; Part 2;

Spring II 2010 CLASSROOM VIDEO LECTURES:
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Practicum II (NURS 6045):
Location/Time: Dallas, Room 277, Monday(6:00 to 9:00 PM):

02/08/10; Student Presentations:
Dreadin/Lodrigues: Risk Anticipation & Management;
Bookout/Henson: Negotiation & Conflict Resolution,
Merida & Owens: Communication & Marketing;
Discussion & Wrapup;

02/22/10; Student Presentations:
Gonzalez/Hill: Consultation and Mentorship;
Lanza: Leadership and Politics;
Hargrave/Witherspoon: Effective Team Leadership;

03/08/10; Student Presentations:
Knipe/Martinez: DNP Advanced Skills;
Nestor/Zdanuk: Interprofessional Dim. of Health Care;
William Lodrigues: Breast Fibroadenoma;

03/22/10; Student Presentations:
J. Merida: Inflammatory Disease;
J. Hargrave: Urolithiasis and Neurofibromatosis;
J. Gonzalez: Altered Mental States;
J. Zdanuk: Psoriasis: D&T @ Medical Mission Field;
Faculty Wrap-up;

04/12/10; Student Presentations:
C. Martinez: Interstitial Cystitis;
M. Owens: Nephrolithiasis;
V. Nestor: A Study in Shortness of Breath;
C. Witherspoon: Hidradenitis Suppurativa;

05/03/10;
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Professional Capstone Project (NURS 6303):
Location/Time: Dallas, Room 228, :
02/01/10;
Powerpoint for Poster; by Rachel Clarke, Instructional Coordinator, TWU Parkland & Presbyterian Campuses;
Discussion: Syllabus and Schedule: Part 1; Part 2: Syllabus PDF;

03/29/10; Capstone Defenses: Introduction;
Robin Henson: Acculturation / Breastfeeding in Hispanic Women;
Janquilyn Merida: Assessment of Elderly COPD Patients in Home;
Julie Dreadin: Residual Breast Tissue after Skin Sparing Mastect;
Kim Bookout: Healthy Behavior in Children using Health Coaching;
Jeri Hargrave: Improve Knowledge Type 2 Diabetes Rural Adults;
Catherine Hill: APRN Delivered Standardized HF Symptom Educ.;
Connie Martinez: Effects of Vitamin D on Bone Density Menop.;

04/05/10; Capstone Defenses:
Jan Zdanuk: Improve Diabetic Outcomes in Hispanic Population;
Vanessa Nestor: Symptoms & Clusters in Malignant Brain Tumors;
Debra Knipe: Interrater Reliability with a Cervical Dilation Guide;
John Gonzalez: The Use of BNP to Predict Time to Re-admisssion;
William Lodrigues: Pain Associated w/ Pre-Surgical Localization of Non-Palpable Breast Lesions;
Wrap-Up;

04/30/10;
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Syllabus: Health Outcomes: Measurement, Management
& Analysis (NURS 6163) | DNP Program Summer 2009

NURS 6163.  Health Outcomes: Measurement, Management, and Analysis.  Explores changes in health care system and emerging health care priority  agenda with focus on outcomes.  Emphasizes importance of outcome indicators and need for new or revised measures in selected health conditions and related settings. Analyzes relationship among process, outcomes, and economic indicators. Focuses on development of research programs addressing clinical, institutional, or systems outcomes. Three lecture hours per week.  Credit: Three hours

Prerequisites: :  NURS 6014 or consent of faculty.

Faculty Contact Information:
Peggy Mancuso, PhD, RN, CNM Office: Parkland 203 Office Hours: Monday 10-5 Phone: 214-689-6552 Email: pmancuso@twu.edu
DNP Secretary: Karen Garcia 214-689-6507, garcia2@twu.edu

Objectives:
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:

1. Create an on line survey to collect data and store the results in a database..
2. Import the data into SPSS for statistical analysis.
3. Analyze, describe and present the output from the statistical program, Interpret and summarize the output in a generally acceptable statistical format.  
4. Search on line databases and other accessible organizations to obtain information pertainent to healthcare research.
5. Prepare Proposal for student’s Capstone Project using advanced IT technologies.
6. Prepare students professional portfolio.

 

Class Project:
Students will complete a class project demonstrating his/her ability to identify a nursing healthcare problem and design and implement an investigation to measure possible solutions to the problem. The student will use on line technologies to prepare the investigation, collect the data, analyze the outcomes and report the economic or other benefits assesed in the study. 

1. Identify, conceptualize and operationalize a nursing healthcare problem or concept.
2. Review research and literature, and identify and locate appropriate instruments and measures for outcome assessments of nursing healthcare problem or concept.
3. Prepare and execute measurement instrument for on-line data collection, storage in data bases. Collect data and import dataset into SPSS for statistical analysis.
4. Perform statistical analysis of dataset and other measures.
5. Develop and present a report assessing economic and other outcomes resulting from this investigation..

Grading Policies

Course Grade will be calculated in the following manner:
Quizzes and Exams                 TBD        
Online Participation                 TBD
Course Projects                       TBD
                                               100%

Letter grades are assigned in the following manner

A=90-100
B=80-89
C=70-79

To continue in the nursing DNP program, students must receive a minimum grade of a B in each nursing course and must maintain a 3.0 grade point average. The student may repeat only one nursing course in which a grade of less than a B is earned.

Course Materials and Supplies:
SPSS  15 to 17 Graduate Pack Version. (Not Student).
Required lab manual: SPSS Survival Manual, 3rd Edition by Julie Pallant
Required Textbook: Outcome Assessment in Advanced Practice Nursing, 2nd Edition, Ruth M Kleinpell, Editor.
Reference Manuals:
Measurement in Nursing and Health Research, 3rd Edition, Waltz, Strickland & Lenz.
Discovering Statistics Using SPSS, 3rd Edition, by Andy Field.
Statistical Methods for Health Care Research, 5th Edition, by Barbara Hazard Munro.
Using Multivariate Statistics, 5th Edition, Tabachnick and Fidell.

Online and Classroom Participation:
Scheduled classes will be at TWU on (see schedule) Saturdays… Computer Laboratories (Bootcamps) will be held alternate Saturdays, 10:00 AM to 2:00PM if possible, in TWU Room 205. Computer Online participation will involve Blackboard assignments  and Webinars (weekly).

Project Information:

Major Projects: The student will complete two major projects, a Class Project, described above, and an On-Line Survey. Both these projects are intended to be preparatory and part of  the Capstone  Project and  research work that the student will perform in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree.

Attendance Policies:

Attendance at all of  the on-campus classes, webinars and Bootcamps is strongly encouraged. DVDs and on line videos 24/7/365 of  all Classroom lectures and videos will be provided if possible.

Students with Disabilities

If you anticipate the need for reasonable accommodations to meet the requirements of this course, you must register with the office of Disability Support Services (CFO 106, 940-898-3835, dss@twu.edu ) in order to obtain the required official notification of your accommodation needs.   Please plan to meet with a course instructor by appointment or during office hours to discuss approved accommodations and how our course requirements and activities may impact your ability to fully participate.

Academic Dishonesty

Honesty in completing assignments is essential to the mission of the university and to the development of the personal integrity of the student. Cheating, plagiarism, or other kinds of academic dishonesty will not be tolerated and will result in appropriate sanctions that may include failing an assignment, failing the class, or being suspended or expelled.  Suspected cases in this course may be reported to Student Life. The specific disciplinary process for academic dishonesty is found in the TWU Student Handbook.  Tools to help you avoid plagiarism are available through the TWU Libraries at http://www.twu.edu/library/res/res_plagiarism.htm.

Tentative Calendar:
Class Meeting Dates & Location: See schedule.

 

Tenative Schedule: Spring I 2010 Webinars: ( 2009 Video Lectures of the Webinars available for DNP Program Students at DNP_Videos1_08_09.

Summer 1, 2009 - Webinars:
6/17/09: Wed., 8:00 PM: Re:
7/01/09: Wed.; 8:00 PM: Re:
7/08/09: Wed., 8:00 PM: Re:
7/15/09: Wed., 8:00 PM: Re:
7/29/09: Wed., 8:00 PM: Re:
8/05/09: Wed., 8:00 PM: Re:
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Fall I 2009 Webinars:
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Spring I 2010 Webinars:
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Summer 1
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OUTCOMES AND MEASUREMENT(NURS 6163):
Schedules: SPSS Pallant; Outcomes;
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Summer 2, 2009:
08/31/2009: APA Workshop: Presentation by Colin Carter:
Revisions to APA Manual: APA: Part 1; Part 2;

Spring 1 2009:
20February09: APA Workshop: Presentation by Colin Carter, Sr. Graduate Services Analyst for TWU Graduate School:
Preparing Your Thesis or Dissertation: Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; PPT-Handout;
27March09: APA Workshop: Presentation by Colin Carter, Sr. Graduate Services Analyst for TWU Graduate School: Lecture; PPT_Handouts: Comma Rules; Style Notes; Tables & Graphs;

Summer1 2008:
23July08: Dr. Broc Sanchez, DNP, FNP, RN provides a copy of his Final Capstone Project paper for his DNP Degree, at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions, as an example for TWU DNP Students.

Summers 2003 & 2005: Link to Graduate Research Videos: videos are old but contain pertainent content for the DNP Program.