Assessment:1) Critical Thinking Assignments:•Learning Goals: To promote critical thinking skills and self-directed learning To promote an understanding of topics discussed in the context of Variations in Health Level I•Description:
Submit three written assignments responding to the Critical Thinking Questions found at the end of the following chapters in Canadian Fundamentals of Nursing by Potter & Perry. Chapter 9: Global Health
Chapter 21 Developmental theories
Chapter 33 Infection Control.
Students must provide references for the material they use from the text.•Evaluated by: Instructor•Marking Weight: 15% [5% per assignment]2) Chronic Illness Paper•See rubric for details•Marking Weight: 25%3) Midterm Examination: •Learning Goals:
To identify the physiological processes involved in inflammation wound healing, cellular alterations, compensatory and decompensatory mechanisms
To discern between chronic and acute manifestations of disease/illness across the lifespan
To identify factors pertaining to the nursing management of disease and illness for body systems across the lifespan•Description: Multiple Choice
•Evaluated by: Instructor•Marking Weight: 30% 4) Final Examination:•Learning Goals:
To identify factors pertaining to the nursing management of disease and illness for body systems across the lifespan To identify traditional healing practices
To describe cultural diversity in health and healing
To identify evidence-informed research and practice •Description: Multiple Choice•Evaluated by: Instructor•Marking Weight: 30%
