.Chabot College
Fall 2004
Removed Fall 2012
Course Outline for Nursing 66
ADVANCED CLINICAL TOPICS
Catalog Description
Nursing 66 – Advanced Clinical Topics
1/2 unit
Introduction to advanced clinical topics confronting the registered nurse in today’s health care
setting. Prerequisite: Satisfactory completion of Physiology 2 and 2L (or equivalent) and all
required nursing courses (or equivalent) in semesters one through three, and concurrent or prior
enrollment in Nursing 60B and Nursing 73 (both completed with a grade of "C" or "CR" or higher).
1.5 hours, 6 weeks.
[Typical contact hours: 9]
Prerequisite Skills:
Before entering the course, the student should be able to demonstrate competency in:
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proper charting and reporting skills;
maintenance of client confidentiality;
standard precautions;
principles of sterile technique;
development of a Nursing Care Plan;
principles of body mechanics;
principles of infection control;
application of principles of professionalism;
care of the child with life-threatening illness;
using self as a therapeutic agent in the delivery of health care;
post-traumatic response;
principles and methods of teaching involved in the care of the patient in acute and
chronic settings;
perform an appropriate sequence of cardiac assessment;
perform advanced techniques of abdominal and thoracic assessment;
perform appropriate sequence of neurological assessment;
interpret basic cardiac dysrhythmias and explain standard principles of treatment;
demonstrate interpretation of arterial blood gas analysis;
interpret pulse oximetry in view of the oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve;
interview patients utilizing the health data base with problem list development;
implementing the nursing process in the care of patients with the following nursing
diagnoses:
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sensory/perceptual alteration;
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altered thought processes;
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anxiety.
Expected Outcomes for Students:
Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to:
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identify the nurse’s role in a disaster;
list at least four responsibilities of the nurse in avoiding lawsuits in the delivery of health
care;
discuss the nurse’s role in organ transplantation;
list at least four roles of the nurse who functions in specialized or critical care settings in
the hospital or community-based agencies;
identify four styles of conflict resolution;
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Course Outline for Nursing 66, page 2
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state at least two different methods of obtaining a baccalaureate or higher degree in
nursing.
Course Content:
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Conflict resolution in the health care setting
Disaster nursing
Avoiding lawsuits
Organ transplantation
Specialized nursing practice
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intensive care
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emergency care
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the nurse in the community
Baccalaureate and higher degrees in nursing
Methods of Presentation:
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Lecture/discussion
Guest speakers
Audio-visual aids
Assignments and Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:
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Typical assignments
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Case studies
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Personal journals
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In-class written assignments
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Methods of evaluating student progress
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Written assignments
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Class participation
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Written final exam
Textbook(s) (typical)
Medical-Surgical Nursing: Health &Illness, Phipps, Monahan, Sands, Marek, et. al, Mosby, 2003.
Special Student Materials:
None
Revised: 9/03/slj
Nsg.66.doc