The Weekly Study Guide provides detailed information about each week of the course.

You can navigate to the Weekly Study Guide by following these steps:

• Go to the course Homepage

• Click on "Weekly Study Guide" in the center of the NSG 489 WebCT Homepage
• Click on the date to reach the Weekly Study Guide for the desired week on the web page that comes up.
• The Weekly Study Guide lists:
  • The date for each week of the course
  • Objectives for the week
  • Content for the week. Links to online information and/or resources are highlighted in the content column.
  • Teaching/Learning Strategies include reading assignments, writing assignments, and clinical assignments for the week.

The Required Reading section lists reading assignments from the course textbook (Lubkin), electronic reserve articles, or other sources, e.g. the assigned book by Bauby.

1. You can purchase the required textbook (Lubkin) either from the UNCW Bookstore or an online vendor such as Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble.
2. Check to determine whether the assigned book by Bauby, The Diving Bell and The Butterfly is available to you, either from Randall Library at UNCW or from the Community College library in your area. It is possible to order the book from an online vendor.
3. You can use Randall Library's Interlibrary Loan or a similar service at your area Community College to obtain other books.
4. Assigned articles are available online through the Randall Library website

Optional readings are for additional information and/or enrichment.

The online Course Assignment Page lists specific assignments required for the course. Click on "Assignments" in the navigation (left) column of the NSG 489 WebCT homepage to go to the Course Assignment Page.

Writing assignments include THREE categories of graded activities:

• Online Forum Assignments,
• Papers, and
• a Presentation

Clinical course assignments include FOUR categories of graded activities:

• Weekly Home visits,
• Weekly Journals,
• Summary Journals, and
• a Final Self-Evaluation

Specific information about each clinical assignment is available by clicking the assignment link .

A set of Guidelines for NSGL 489 is at the end of the NSGL 489 syllabus. The guidelines provide general direction for each week of the clinical course.

Study questions are available to help the student focus thinking about assigned readings. It is not necessary to submit responses to study questions.