Description
Liberty BIOL 204 Microbiology for Nursing Professionals Entire Course
Course Description
An examination of the fundamental principles of microscopic organisms. Microorganisms are examined with regard to cell structure, growth, heredity, diversity, and epidemiology. The basic concepts of pathogenicity, immunology, human disease, and genetic engineering are presented.
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Rationale
This course confronts student nurses with the vast unseen microbial diversity that represents a critical factor in the health of their future patients. Understanding the fundamentals of microbes brings rationality to the design of standard clinical practices the student nurse regularly performs.
Measurable Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Identify intelligent design, irreducible complexity in bacteria cells, and interwoven complexity in human tissues.
- Discuss examples of intelligent design, irreducible complexity in bacteria cells, and interwoven complexity in human tissues.
- Recognize clinically relevant microbes in a fallen world.
- Recall how microbiologists have set about to control and treat pathogens for the good of mankind.
- Demonstrate competence in microbiology lab skills, such as aseptic technique and culturing bacteria.
- Demonstrate competence in communicating and documenting laboratory data, such as disc-diffusion data and measuring microbial growth via colony counts.
- Demonstrate the use and limitations of the scientific method in the design of experiments.
- Demonstrate the use and limitations of the scientific method in the conduction of experiments.
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. The initial thread must be posted by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Thursday of the assigned Module: Week. A reply to one other student’s thread must be posted by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of the same Module: Week.
Homework (8)
The student will complete homework that corresponds 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 Assessments (3)
Virtual (online) labs will be graded based on the completion of labs and post-lab assessments. Labs will be due by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of the assigned Module: Week.
One physical hands-on experiment will be graded based on the quality of the student’s written interpretations of their results. The lab kit will be mailed to you 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. Quizzes will be due by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of the assigned Module: Week.
