NURSING 222
MATERNAL/NEWBORN
WELCOME
Spring 2015
THE NURSING 220 TEAM
 Toni Racioppo, MSN, CNS RN, Nursing 222
Coordinator
 Kelly La Monica, MSN, RN, Adjunct Professor
 Diane Driver, MSN, RN, Adjunct Professor
 Sue Strasynski, MSN, RN, Adjunct Professor
NRS222
 Please read the course outline. There
will be:
 A Midterm
 A Final
 4 Case Studies
 HESI Exam
 Reading Assignments are on nursing
website.
COURSE OUTLINE AND CLASS CONTENT
 The Course Outline for Nursing 222 and the
Nursing Supplement can be viewed and
printed from Blackboard and the Nursing
Website. It is expected that you will
complete the chapter readings before the
first lecture. You will observe in the first
Power Point presentation that there is a
comprehensive review of Female/Fetal A&P
and Reproduction.
COURSE OUTLINE AND CLASS CONTENT
 It is expected that you will answer the
questions at the end of the review and be
prepared to discuss your answers. This
review will also be discussed on MERCER
ONLINE with online students.
 “Land” students will be meeting Tuesday
evenings from 5:30-8:30PM for lecture. The
classroom will be MS 170.
NURSING 222 SUPPLEMENT MANUAL
 Please bring the supplement manual
to lecture and clinical with you each
week. We will be utilizing much of
the material included in the manual.
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SUCCESS
 Dress Code must be strictly enforced in
the OB area. If your hair is longer than
should length, it must be tied up and off
your collar when in OB.
 Identification—Yes, please wear your ID
to class and while on campus!
COMPUTER CLASSES
 You will receive your clinical institution’s
general electronic medical record training in
the first clinical meeting of the five week
session.
 When you enter your OB clinical at UMCP,
you will be oriented to their individual form
of electronic medical recording specific to
the OB area called Centricity.
CLINICAL
 For students at UMCP, we will also meet in the
lobby. You will obtain an ID on the first day of
clinical.
 Please do not bring large books, backpacks, or
valuables. There is not an area where these can be
stored safely.
CLINICAL
 Refer to the Student Handbook as to what
you are expected to bring to your clinical
experience.
 Scrubs will be provided to you for use on the
6th floor.
CELL PHONE USE
 PLEASE, CELL PHONES ARE NOT A PART
OF YOUR CLINICAL EXPERIENCE.
 MOST HOSPITALS BAN THEIR USE BY
STAFF. We follow the policies of the
institution and the Nursing Program.
CELL PHONE USE
 CELL PHONES ARE NOT ALLOWED IN
LECTURE.
 THIS MEANS THEY ARE NOT TO BE ON
YOUR DESK OR ON YOUR LAP BUT PUT
AWAY AND MUTED. OUR EXPECTATION IS
THAT YOU WILL DEMONSTRATE
PROFESSIONAL, COURTEOUS, AND
RESPECTFUL BEHAVIOR TO YOUR
COLLEAGUES AND YOUR INSTRUCTOR.
PLEASE READ THE POLICY IN YOUR
STUDENT HANDBOOK RELATED TO CELL
PHONE USE.
 THE INSTRUCTOR MAY ASK YOU TO
LEAVE LECTURE OR CLINICAL IF CELL
PHONE USE IS OBSERVED. An action plan
will be initiated.
HESI OB EXAM
 You will be required to take the Hesi Exam in OB.
It is 5% of your grade.
 DATES:
 Session A
 Session B
 Session C
Thursday, February 19
Thursday, November 1
Thursday, May 14
ROOM TO BE ANNOUNCED
MCCC STUDENT E-MAIL
 Communication will be through the Mercer
E-Mail system.
 Please check your email frequently. This is
how the Nursing 222 team will primarily
communicate updates and changes.
ATTENDANCE
 Refer to page 20 0f the Student Handbook
about attendance.
 If you are going to be absent or late either to
lecture or clinical, please call or e-mail your
instructor (not a fellow classmate, please)
before class.
Case Studies
 You will receive a case study via email
on Tuesday of weeks 1-4. Please
complete by Saturday, 12M.
 The completed case study must be sent
back to me as a Word Document with
no exceptions.
MID-TERM EXAM DATES
 THE MID-TERM EXAM WILL BE GIVEN AT
THE BEGINNING OF LECTURE 3.
 Session A
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
 Session B
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
 Session C
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
 MS 170 at 5:30PM.
FINAL EXAM DATES
 THE FINAL EXAM WILL BE GIVEN THE
FRIDAY AFTER LECTURE 5 IN NURSING 222
 Session A Saturday, February 28, 2015
 Session B Saturday, February 11, 2015
 Session C Saturday, May 16, 2015
 9AM Room TBA
JOINING THE SNA
 The Student Nurses Association has
recently formed at the college and the
membership is growing. Please join
your peers and learn the benefits of
being a member of this dynamic
organization. I will have applications
on the first day of class.