September 14 and 28, October 12 and 26, 2007 Videoconference sites
in Chapel Hill, Elizabeth City, Fayetteville, Hickory, Sylva, and Wilson
 An Enhanced Nurse Training
Program Course
Overview
The Family Planning
Nursing course consists of 18 hours of instruction in three teleclasses over a
six- week period, coupled with clinical experiences. It will be followed by a
six-month clinical practicum.
Prerequisites
Women's Health Core
Course and Physical Assessment of Adults, plus at least one year of public
health experience in a family planning setting.
Objectives
At the conclusion of the
Family Planning Nursing track the student will be able to:
- Obtain a contraceptive history for new and
continuing family planning patients
- Describe the method of action, efficacy,
relative and absolute contraindications and side effects of all common
methods of contraception.
- Describe non-contraceptive benefits of
various family planning methods.
- Match appropriate method choices to
individual women based on their physical and psychosocial profiles.
- Work with other health care providers to
maximize efficiency and effectiveness in patient care.
- Articulate the responsibilities of the
enhanced role nurse and negotiate for the realization of the role in the
home agency.
- Integrate the Women’s Health Training Core
Course into the family planning encounter.
Course Requirements
Course Requirements (for
all Women's Health Series courses):
- Attendance at ALL sessions
- Completion of pretest
- Completion of all assignments by due date
- A score of 80% or higher on the final
examination
- Completion of clinical practicum within six
months
Those failing to
complete the clinical practicum within six months must pay an extension fee of
$100, retake the final exam and begin the practicum again.
Credits
Nursing contact hours
will be awarded for this course.
Continuing education credit will be provided through Public
Health Nursing and Professional Development (PHNPD) in the Local Technical
Assistance and Training Branch of the Division of Public Health, Department of
Health and Human Services. PHNPD is an Approved Provider of continuing nursing
education by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by
the American Nurses
Credentialing Center's
Commission on Accreditation.
The Office of Public Health Nursing and Professional Development qualifies as
an acceptable provider of continuing education as defined by the NC Board of
Nursing for the Continuing Competence process for RN license renewal.
Cosponsors
Women’s and Children’s
Health Section, Division of Public Health
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
Women’s Health Training
Collaborative: School of Nursing, School of Medicine, and The North Carolina
Institute for Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Public Health Competencies
The core competencies represent a set of skills, knowledge,
and attitudes necessary for the broad practice of public health. They transcend
the boundaries of the specific disciplines within public health and help to
unify the profession. This course addresses the competencies listed below.
Click on a competency number to view the full text.
Essential Services: 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8
More
information on the public health competencies.
Application and Registration
To register, you must
submit BOTH a course registration and an Application for PHN Enrollment in the
Enhanced Nurse Training Program in order to verify that you have completed
the necessary prerequisites. The application must be signed by the student and
her/his supervisor. To receive an original application form, send e-mail to oce@unc.edu or call 919-966-4032. Or you may view
the form online, then print it out and complete it. Send the application to the
Office of Continuing Education at the address below.
Registration fees:
$300
Clinical Practicum:
Those failing to complete the clinical practicum within six months must pay an
extension fee of $100, retake the final exam and begin the practicum again.
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