Chabot College
Fall 2004
Course Outline for Nursing 74
THE NURSING CARE PLAN
Catalog Description:
Nursing 74 - The Nursing Care Plan
1 unit
Introduction to the components of the nursing process: assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning,
implementation, and evaluation with clinical applications of Roy’s adaptation framework for
nursing as modified by Chabot College nursing facility. Prerequisite: concurrent enrollment in
nursing program. 2 hours, 9 weeks.
[Typical contact hours: 18]
Prerequisite Skills:
None
Expected Outcomes for Students:
Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to:
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correctly articulate the values and purposes of the nursing process;
correctly articulate the values and purposes for a conceptual framework in a nursing
curriculum;
describe techniques for identifying and writing care plan components – nursing diagnosis,
goals, nursing orders, and evaluation;
write a diagnostic statement, outcome criteria and nursing orders for a selected client;
describe the key concepts of the theoretical framework selected by Chabot College
Nursing Program as the basis for nursing process;
identify behaviors and responses according to physiological mode, role function mode,
self-concept mode, and interdependence mode;
list at least two concepts related to Evidence Based Nursing.
Course Content:
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Values and purposes of the nursing process
Introduction to the nursing process
Relationship of nursing process to the nursing care plan
Values and purposes of a conceptual framework in a nursing curriculum
Introduction to adaptation of Roy’s framework for nursing:
a.
physiological mode
b.
self-concept mode
c.
role performance mode
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interdependence mode
Clinical application/care planning, documentation
Clinical application of adaptation of Roy’s framework for nursing
Methods of Presentation:
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Lecture/discussion
Audio-visual aids
Chabot College
Course Outline for Nursing 74, page 2
Fall 2004
Assignments and Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:
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Typical Assignments
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Critical thinking exercises (in-class)
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Development of a nursing care plan (assessment and influencing stimuli) using
the modified Roy adaptation model
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Methods of Evaluating Students
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Case study assignments (take home)
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Written tests
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Nursing care plan
d.
Written final exam
Textbook(s) (typical):
Nursing Diagnosis Handbook: A Guide to Planning Care, Ackley and Ladwig, Mosby, 6th ed., 2003.
The Nursing Process in Nursing Care: A Guide Book for Written Assignments, Chabot College
Nursing Program, 7th ed., 2001.
Fundamentals of Nursing, Potter and Perry, Mosby. 6th ed., 2003.
Special Student Materials:
None
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