Nursing Skills I Syllabus for 2015-2016
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Course

RNSG-1105-004 Nursing Skills I

Prerequisites

Corequisite: RNSG 1309 and RNSG 1301

Course Description

Study of the concepts and principles necessary to perform basic nursing skills for the adult patient; and demonstrate competence in the performance of nursing procedures. Content includes knowledge, judgment, skills and professional values within a legal/ethical framework. 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

 Course Manual for RNSG 1105 Nursing Skills I

Potter, Perry, Stockert, & Hall, Fundamentals of Nursing  8th Ed., Elsevier- Mosby, 2013

Supplies

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Student Performance

  Students Performance/ Learning Outcomes

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

Course Student Learning Outcomes

Member of a profession:

1. Identify an ethical-legal framework and applicable professional standards of nursing practice.

2. Identify avenues for personal and professional development in nursing practice.

3. Describe characteristics of quality nursing care and ways to promote the nursing profession.

Provider of Patient-Centered Care:

4. Acquire foundational knowledge, skills, and attitudes required to assist the promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health of patients and their families

5. Identify components of a systematic process and clinical resaoning required to provide holistic patient-centered care.

6. Identify basic psychosocial and cultural needs of patients and families.

7. Identify the basic principles of health teaching for patients and families.

8. Demonstrated competency in the performance of basic nursing skills in a laboratory setting.

9. Discuss compassionate behaviors and appropriate communication skills for the care of diverse patients and families.

10. Identify the role of community resources in meeting the needs of patients and families for comprehensive, quality care.

Patient Safety Advocate

11. Explain the relationship of evidence-based practice to safety and quality in patient care.

12. Identify federal, state, and local governmental requirements for patient safety.

Member of the HealthCare Team

13. Identify the role and responsibilities of the professional nurse in providing holistic patient centered care.

14. Recognize appropriate communication skills for interacting with other health care team members.

15. Identify the various types of technology used in patient care.

16. Identify the role of the professional nurse in coordination of holistic patient-centered care.

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 Behavioral Expectations/Classroom Ground Rules

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Grading Criteria

  

Grading Criteria/Grade Scale:

The following criteria will be used to determine your grade:

1. A-90, B-80-89, C-75-79, D-60-74, F- 59 and below.There will be no rounding of grades. Example: a 79.8 will a "C" and not a "B".
2. NURSING LABS:  50% of the course grade will come from the Nursing Skills Competency Checklist grades. For satisfactory completion of any skill on the FIRST attempt, the student will receive 100 Points for that skill.  For satisfactory completion of any skill on the SECOND attempt, the student will receive 75 Points 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.  NOTE:  The student must be present for all graded skill labs unless an excused absence is approved by the course instructor.  If the student misses the graded skill lab without instructor approval, the student will forfeit their first attempt and the highest grade that can be earned on this skill is a 75. Any missed skill must be made up within one (1) week.
3. SPEC: 25% of the course grade will come from the Skills Performance Evaluation of Competencies (SPEC). 
4. Nursing Process Worksheets: 5% of the course grade will be determined from the completion of the Worksheets. Each worksheet must be satisfactorily completed and submitted on the due date of the corresponding Return Demonstration. If the Worksheet is not satisfactorily completed and/or submitted, the student will not be allowed to demonstrate. This is considered the first attempt. The student must return with the satisfactorily completed worksheet, and will receive a grade of 50 for that worksheet and a 75 for the corresponding successful Return Demonstration as a second attempt.
5. Final Exam:  20% of the course grade will come from the Final Exam.

Nursing Skill Make-up:

It is the student’s responsibility to reschedule make-up of the skills demonstration. Any make-up demonstration MUST be rescheduled and completed within one (1) week after the missed skill. If not demonstrated successfully, the second attempt must be completed within two (2) weeks after the missed skill. 

Attendance

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

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  Course Requirements

1. Meet all requirements for admission into the Associate Degree Nursing Program.
2. Satisfactory completion of, or concurrent enrollment in:  BIOL 2401 (Human Anatomy & Physiology I) and RNSG 1301 (Pharmacology in Nursing) is required.
3. Concurrent enrollment in RNSG1309 (Introduction to Nursing) is required. Both courses (RNSG1309 and RNSG 1105) must be taken together. IF one has to be repeated, both must be repeated.
4. Satisfactory grade of 75% or above on all nursing competencies plus a 75% or above combined course grade of Nursing Process Worksheets, nursing competencies, and Final Exam.
5. Classroom attendance of 90%.
6. Successful completion of all the Nursing Process worksheets, nursing competencies, and the Final Exam is a course requirement.