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PART-TIME ACADEMIC POSTING: Ìý
DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY, HALIFAX, NS, B3H 3J5
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POSTING DATE: Monday, February 11, 2013
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APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, February 22, 2013
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POSITION: Part-time Academic
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DEPARTMENT/LOCATION: School of Nursing
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RATE OF PAY: In accordance with CUPE Collective Agreement
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WORK ASSIGNMENT:Ìý The part-time academic will be responsible for teaching NURS 5732.03F – Pathophysiology for Advanced Nursing Practice during the Fall Term, 2013. Responsibilities include delivery of course content, holding office hours, and the evaluation of the students.
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This class uses an evidence-based conceptual approach to critically and comprehensively examine pathophysiologic phenomena relevant to advanced nursing practice. The phenomena examined are commonly encountered in acute and long-term illnesses, are alterations in function involving multiple body systems, are seen across the boundaries of age, disease entities, and clinical states, and are those for which nurses have a major role in assessing, monitoring, managing, and evaluating. Seminars are framed to systematically and critically examine the impact of these pathophysiologic phenomena on cell function, host defense responses, maintenance of vital functions, and neuro-endocrine-immune responses in individuals and groups across the lifespan.
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Classes are scheduled on Wednesdays 16:35 – 19:25 hours, from September 5 –December 3, 2013. The Part-time Academic reports directly to Dr. Marilyn Macdonald, Associate Director, Graduate Studies.
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QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE: Candidates must hold a final degree in MN/NP, with relevant expertise and teaching experience. PhD/NP preferred.
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APPLICATIONS: Please apply by e-mail to CLoggerenberg@Dal.ca (Ms. Coleen van Loggerenberg, Office Manager, School of Nursing, HÂþ»­ University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3J5, Phone: 494-2602; Fax: 494-2736). Applicants should submit a covering letter, curriculum vitae, and contact information of three referees, including one from the most recent employer. Referees will not be contacted without the consent of the candidate.
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All offers of employment as a part-time academic are conditional upon sufficient student enrolment in the course and approval by the University. HÂþ»­ University is an Employment Equity/Affirmative Action employer. The University encourages applications from qualified Aboriginal peoples, people with a disability, racially visible persons, and women.

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PART-TIME ACADEMIC POSTING: Ìý
DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY, HALIFAX, NS, B3H 3J5
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POSTING DATE: Monday, February 11, 2013
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APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, February 22, 2013
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POSITION: Part-time Academic
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DEPARTMENT/LOCATION: School of Nursing
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RATE OF PAY: In accordance with CUPE Collective Agreement
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WORK ASSIGNMENT:Ìý The part-time academic will be responsible for teaching NURS 5734.03W – Principles of Pharmacotherapy for Nurse Practitioners during the Winter Term, 2014. Responsibilities include delivery of course content, holding office hours, and the evaluation of the students.
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The course is designed to focus on core principles of pharmacotherapy relevant to all nurse practitioner practice. Pharmacotherapeutic problem solving approaches will be introduced and applied throughout the course. Effective and strategic use of drug and therapeutic information resources will be emphasized. Relevant issues to pharmacotherapeutic policy will be addressed. Principles of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics will be introduced and integrated throughout therapeutic content areas. Legal and ethical responsibilities related to prescriptive authority and pharmacotherapeutic interventions will be addressed.
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Classes are scheduled on Mondays 12:35 – 15:25 hours, from January 6 - April 7, 2014. The Part-time Academic reports directly to Dr. Marilyn Macdonald,Ìý Associate Director, Graduate Studies.
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QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE: Candidates must hold a final degree in MSc (Pharm), with relevant expertise and teaching experience. PharmD preferred.
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APPLICATIONS: Please apply by e-mail to CLoggerenberg@Dal.ca (Ms. Coleen van Loggerenberg, Office Manager, School of Nursing, HÂþ»­ University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3J5, Phone: 494-2602; Fax: 494-2736). Applicants should submit a covering letter, curriculum vitae, and contact information of three referees, including one from the most recent employer. Referees will not be contacted without the consent of the candidate.
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All offers of employment as a part-time academic are conditional upon sufficient student enrolment in the course and approval by the University. HÂþ»­ University is an Employment Equity/Affirmative Action employer. The University encourages applications from qualified Aboriginal peoples, people with a disability, racially visible persons, and women.

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PART-TIME ACADEMIC POSTING:Ìý DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY, HALIFAX, NS, B3H 3J5
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POSTING DATE: Monday, February 11, 2013
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APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, February 22, 2013
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POSITION: Part-time Academic
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DEPARTMENT/LOCATION: School of Nursing
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RATE OF PAY: In accordance with CUPE Collective Agreement
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WORK ASSIGNMENT:Ìý The part-time academic will be responsible for teaching NURS 5735.03F – Pharmacotherapeutics for Nurse Practitioners during the Fall Term, 2013. Responsibilities include delivery of course content, holding office hours, and the evaluation of the students.
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The course focuses on clinical applications of drug therapies relevant to nurse practitioner practice. Students will be given the opportunity to gain knowledge in order to integrate pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic concepts for a chosen client population in their clinical setting and practicums. Students will gain therapeutic knowledge that includes the mechanism of actions, usual dosages, absorption, distribution, metabolism, elimination, and therapeutic use of medications. Principles of management for side effects and drug interactions of medications frequently encountered by nurse practitioners will be reviewed and applied. Additionally, students will be provided with the opportunity to identify and utilize timely and appropriate drug information resources that are applicable to their daily practice. Legal and ethical responsibilities related to pharmacotherapeutic interventions are addressed.
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Classes are scheduled on Thursdays 16:35 – 19:25 hours, from September 5 – December 3, 2013. The Part-time Academic reports directly to Dr. Marilyn Macdonald, Associate Director, Graduate Studies.
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QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE: Candidates must hold a final degree in MSc (Pharm), with relevant expertise and teaching experience. PharmD preferred.
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APPLICATIONS: Please apply by e-mail to CLoggerenberg@Dal.ca (Ms. Coleen van Loggerenberg, Office Manager, School of Nursing, HÂþ»­ University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3J5, Phone: 494-2602; Fax: 494-2736). Applicants should submit a covering letter, curriculum vitae, and contact information of three referees, including one from the most recent employer. Referees will not be contacted without the consent of the candidate.
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All offers of employment as a part-time academic are conditional upon sufficient student enrolment in the course and approval by the University. HÂþ»­ University is an Employment Equity/Affirmative Action employer. The University encourages applications from qualified Aboriginal peoples, people with a disability, racially visible persons, and women.