Nursing Skills I Syllabus for 2011-2012
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Course

RNSG-1105-004 Nursing Skills I

Prerequisites

Corequisite: RNSG 1209

Course Description

Study of the concepts and principles essential for demonstrating competence in the performance of nursing procedures. Topics include knowledge, judgment, skills and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. This foundation course is based on the belief that the practice of nursing is guided by ideas and values which reflect a concern for quality of life and a respect for human value. This course lends itself to a blocked approach.

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Hours

(1 sem hr; 1 lec, 1 lab)

Class Type

On Campus Course

Syllabus Information

Textbooks

\ Craven & Hirnle, Fundamentals of Nursing, 6^th Edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2009.

\ Course Manual for RNSG 1105

\ Nursing Supply Kit

Supplies

\ Nursing Supply Kit

Student Performance

Describe concepts and principles that are basic to the safe performance of nursing skills and demonstrate competence in the performance of nursing procedures.

Course Outcomes

In the role of provider of care the student will:
1. Acquire a foundation upon which to seek the acquisition of knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for a beginning nursing student to promote, maintain, and restore the health of patients and their families.

2. Acquire theoretical concepts and principles from the behavioral, natural, social, and nursing sciences to provide patient-centered care.
3. Identify components of a systematic process to develop the clinical reasoning required to provide patient-centered care.
4. Identify common psychosocial needs of patients and families.
5. Identify compassionate behaviors and acquire appropriate communication skills to care for a diverse community of patients and families.
6. Identify the basic principles of health teaching for patients and families.
7. Identify the role of community resources in meeting the needs of patients and families.
8. Demonstrate competency, safely and effectively, in the performance of basic nursing skills in a laboratory setting.

In the role of coordinator of care, the student will:
9. Identify the role and responsibilities of the professional nurse in providing holistic patient-centered care.

10. Identify the numerous types of technology the professional nurses uses in patient care.

11. Identify the roll of the professional nurse in coordination of holistic patient-centered care.
12. Identify appropriate communication skills for interacting with other health care team members.
 

As a member of a profession, the student will:
13. Identify an ethical-legal framework and applicable professional standards for nursing practice.
14. Identify avenues for personal and professional development in nursing practice.
15. Recognize the relationship of evidence-based practice to safety and quality in patient care.

Revised 5-2011
 

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\ Students are full partners in fostering a classroom environment which is conducive to learning. In order to assure that all students have the opportunity to gain from time spent in class, unless otherwise approved by the instructor; students are prohibited from engaging in any form of behavior that detracts from the learning experience of fellow students.  Inappropriate behavior in the classroom may result in a request for the offending student to leave the class.

Grading Criteria

\ The following criteria will be used to determine your grade:

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1. \ A-90, B-80-89, C-70-79, D-60-69, F-below 60
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2. \ Nursing Labs: 50% of the course grade will come from competency nursing skills checklist grades.  For satisfactory completion of any skill on the first attempt, the student will receive 10 points (100) for that skill.  For satisfactory completion of any skill on the second attempt, the student will receive 7 points (70) for that skill. For unsatisfactory completion of any skill after the second attempt, the student will fail the course.  The student must have satisfactory completion of all skills to pass the course.
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\ Quizzes: 40% of the course grade will come from average of the three scheduled quizzes. Each quiz has a maximum of 10 (100) points each. Quizzes may not be made up.

\ Clinical Skills Simulation: 10% of grade will come from Clinical Simulation Skills final exam.

\ 3. Note:  The student must be present at all graded nursing skills labs unless an excused absence is approved by the course instructor.  If the student does not attend the lab without instructor approval, the student will receive a grade of “unsatisfactory” for the first attempt of the missed skill.

\ 4.  Make-Up:  It is the student’s responsibility to reschedule a skills demonstration.   The make-up (second) demonstration must be rescheduled within one week and successfully demonstrated within two weeks.  The demonstration of a skills procedure may be repeated only once.

Attendance

\ Regular attendance is required. Less than 90% attendance may result in failure of the course.

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Additional Information

\  Course Requirements

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1. \ Meet all requirements for admission into the Associate Degree Nursing Program.
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2. \ Prerequisites: BIOL; 2401, PSYC 2301, Math from approved list, or concurrent.
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3. \ Concurrent enrollment in RNSG 1105 Nursing Skills is required. Both courses (RNSG 1209 and RNSG 1105) must be taken together. IF one has to be repeated, both must be repeated.
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4. \ Satisfactory grade on written examinations (70 or above).
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5. \ Received a satisfactory grade for each of the identified nursing competencies.
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6. \ Satisfactory grade on Clinical Skills Simulation Final exam.
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7. \ Regular classroom attendance of 90%.
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