Chabot College
Course Outline for Nursing 500
Fall 2005
Removed Fall 2006
Catalog Description:
500 - Supplemental Instruction: Nursing
0 units
Supplemental clinical practice in patient assessment, math calculation, practice of nursing skills.
Corequisite: Nursing 55, 59, 60A, 60B, 60C, 73, or Physiology 2L or equivalent. 0-10 hours laboratory.
Prerequisite Skills:
None
Expected Outcomes for Students:
Upon completion of the course, the student should be able to:
1.
Successfully demonstrate the following skills as related to primary course:
a. handwashing;
b. assessment of vital signs;
c. measuring height and weight;
d. positioning clients;
e
making occupied and unoccupied beds;
f.
standard precautions;
g. transferring clients and ambulating clients;
h. principles of aseptic technique;
i.
mechanical lifts;
j.
feeding clients;
k. oral care;
l.
placement on bedpan;
m. medication calculations;
n. enteral feedings;
o. medication administration;
p. fingerstick blood sugar;
q. preparation of insulin;
r.
giving subcutaneous and intramuscular injections;
s. development of a nursing care plan;
t.
principles of body mechanics;
u. monitoring and calculating intravenous drip rate;
v. proper charting and reporting skills;
w. maintenance of client confidentiality;
x. application of basic organizational skills;
y. application of principles of professionalism;
z. basic pre/post operative care;
aa. ostomy care;
bb. sterile dressing change/wound irrigation;
cc. surgical asepsis: scrubbing, gowning, gloving;
dd. insertion and care of nasogastric tube;
ee. administration of intravenous fluids and medications;
ff. administration of intravenous medications by central and implanted venous access
devices;
gg. initiation of intravenous catheter
hh. tracheostomy care/suctioning;
ii.
administration of blood components;
jj.
foley catheter insertion;
kk. care of chest tubes;
ll.
programming and use of parenteral pumps;
mm. performance of abdominal/thoracic/neurological assessment.
Chabot College
Course Outline for Nursing 500, Page 2
Fall 2005
Course Content:
1. Nursing Skills
2. Math calculation related to nursing
3. Patient Assessment
Methods of Presentation:
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Demonstration
Practice on mannequins
Interactive Computer Simulation
Worksheets
Individualized instruction
Small group participation
Assignments and Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:
1. Typical Assignments
a. Practice clinical skills needed for the provision of nursing care
b. Demonstrate skills in check off
2. Methods of Evaluating Student Progress:
a. Improved performance in primary class, including performance on final exam
Textbook(s) (Typical):
Medical-Surgical Nursing Health, Phipps, Monahan, Sands, 2003
Fundamentals of Nursing, Potter & Perry, Mosby, 2005
Intravenous Medications, Gahart & Nazareno, Mosby, 2004
Essentials of Pediatric Nursing, Wong, Hockenberry, Eaton, Mosby, 2004
Foundations of Maternal Newborn Nursing, Murry/McKinney/Garrie, Mosby, 2003
Special Student Materials:
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Lab Coat
Nursing supply kit (purchased in bookstore)
Watch with sweep second hand
Skills check-off sheets
Goggles
CT: Nursing500otl/rev.2/05