Microbiology for Nursing Professionals – BIOL 204

Course Description

Rationale

This course confronts the student nurse with the vast unseen microbial diversity that represents a critical factor in the health of his/her future patients. Understanding the fundamentals of microbes brings rationality to the design of standard clinical practices the student nurse regularly performs.

Course Assignment

Textbook readings and lecture presentations/notes

Course Requirements Checklist

After reading the Syllabus and Student Expectations, the student will complete the related checklist found in the Course Overview.

Discussions (4)

The student will have four discussions throughout the course. The student will create a thread in response to the prompt in each discussion. The initial thread must be at least 500 words. In addition, the student is required to reply to the thread of another student. The reply must be at least 200 words. For each thread, students must support their assertions with a relevant quote from the presentation, and from either a course video, the Bible, the textbook, or The Genesis of Germs with citations in APA format.

Homework Assignments (8)

The student will complete homework that correspond with the weekly textbook readings. The reviews consist of 10 questions for each chapter in the assigned reading (with the exception of the Genesis of Germs online chapters for which there are no questions). There is no time limit for the reviews and they can be repeated up to three times. For each attempt, the student will be able to revise missed questions. However, 5% will be deducted from the overall score for each attempt (not compounded). It is strongly recommended that these are completed prior to attempting the quiz in the same assigned Module: Week.

Virtual Labs and Post Lab Assessment Assignments (3)

The virtual (online) labs through McGraw Hill will be graded based on completion of labs and post-lab assessments. For the assigned Module: Week that the labs will be completed in, the student will complete a post-lab assessment in addition to the virtual labs. This will consist of multiple choice, check all that apply, and T/F questions based directly on the labs. There is no time limit for the assessments, and they can be repeated one time. For the second attempt, you will see which questions you missed, and will be able to revise those answers. However, 5% will be deducted from your overall score for the second attempt.

One physical hands-on experiment will be graded based on the quality of the student’s written interpretations of his/her results. The lab kit will be mailed to the student by Liberty University for the physical lab.

Quizzes (8)

Quizzes will cover the Learn material for the Module: Week in which it is assigned. The quizzes are open-book/open-notes and will consist of multiple choice/check all that apply, true/false, matching, labeling, sequencing/ranking, classification, concept maps and short answer/essay questions.