Contra Costa College
Course Outline
Department & Number
Course Title
Prerequisite
Challenge Policy
Co-requisite
Challenge Policy
Advisory
NURS 276
Developing Competency in Nursing Practice (C)
NURS 205, 210, 211, 212, 235, 236, 255, and 256.
See attached (Credit By Exam Policy)
NURS 275
See attached (Credit By Exam Policy)
*HOURS BY ARRANGEMENT:
0
Number of Weeks
Lecture Hours
Lab Hours
*Hours By Arrangement
Units
18
16.2
.3
Hours per term.
ACTIVITIES: (Please provide a list of the activities students will perform in order to satisfy the HBA requirement):
COURSE/CATALOG DESCRIPTION
This course is an adjunct to Nurs 275. It provides instruction related to specific geriatric and advanced medicalsurgical nursing skills as well as an opportunity for individual and small group practice of those skills in the
nursing skills laboratory. Not repeatable.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
At the completion of the course the student will be able to:
1. Discuss the steps necessary for the safe performance of selected and advanced medical-surgical nursing
procedures.
2. Demonstrate proficiency in geriatric and advanced medical-surgical skill in the simulated nursing skills
laboratory.
STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Students will be able to exhibit steps necessary for the safe performance of removing, cleaning, and
inserting a tracheostomy tube.
Students will be able to demonstrate the necessary steps for performing a Mini- Mental Examination.
Students will be able to correctly identify the chambers in a chest tube drainage apparatus.
COURSE CONTENT: (In detail; attach additional information as needed and include percentage breakdown)
15
15
15
15
40
%
%
%
%
%
Tracheostomy care
Suctioning
IV start
Chest tubes
Selected advanced medical-surgical nursing skills
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
1. Skills demonstration
2.Small group discussion
3. Audio-visual aids
4.Computer assisted instruction
5.Equipment in the nursing skills laboratory
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Nursing Interventions and Clinical Skills
Textbook Title:
Elkin, Potter, & Perry
Author:
Publisher:
Mosby Elsevier
Edition/Date:
5th edition/2011
COURSE EXPECTATIONS (Use applicable expectations)
Outside of Class Weekly Assignments
Weekly Reading Assignments
Weekly Writing Assignments
Weekly Math Problems
Lab or Software Application Assignments
Other Performance Assignments
Hours per week
1
variable
STUDENT EVALUATION: (Show percentage breakdown for evaluation instruments)
100
%
%
%
%
Skills return demonstration
GRADING POLICY (Choose LG, P/NP, or SC)
Letter Grade
90% - 100% = A
80% - 89% = B
70% - 79% = C
60% - 69% = D
Below 60% = F
X
Pass / No Pass
70% and above = Pass
Below 70% = No Pass
Prepared by: Sandra Castillo
Content Review Date: Spring 2015
Revised 04/13
Student Choice
90% - 100% = A
80% - 89% = B
70% - 79% = C
60% - 69% = D
Below 60% = F
or
70% and above = Pass
Below 70% = No Pass