NWPC CURRICULUM
September 23rd, 2013 – January 23, 2014 FINAL
DATE
Week 1:
Monday
September 23
LOGISTICS
CONTENT
REQUIRED READING
Introduction / Class
expectations
 Perioperative Nursing
 Roles of the Periop
team
 Learning styles/Study
Habits
AORN RP’s: Standards of Periop
Valley Medical
Center
MAC C
0800-1630
**[MAC B –
Board Meeting
0900-1200]**

Valley Medical
Center
MAC E&F
0800 - 1630


Valley Medical
Center
MAC C
0800 - 1630

Nsg (3-17), Exhibit A (19), Exhibit B:
Explications for the ANA Code of
Ethics for Nurses 21-41 (21-41)
Watson: Ch. 4
Class Coordinator
Deena Guren / UW
AORN RP’s: Hand Hygiene (63-
Tuesday
September 24
Wednesday
September 25
Role of the Scrub Nurse 72), Sterile Technique (91-114), &
Medication Safety (255, 267Review of Wounds
271[Recommendation VIII & IX])
Healing and Wound
Alex.: Ch. 6 & 8, p. 85-101,
104-108
Closure
Watson: Ch. 11
 Suture
Friday
September 27
Valley Medical
Center
MAC E&F
0800-1630
Overlake Hospital
PACCAR
Education Center:
Vision Room at
0800-1630
February 9, 2016
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Alex.: Ch. 3
PNDS: p. 254-276
AORN RP’s: Attire (57-62),
Mary Todd / VA
Traffic (121-123), Environmental
Cleaning 243-252

Thursday
September 26
Infection Control
Kim Leppert / VM
Safety Part 1

Safety Part 2

Sterilization/Disinfection
(0800-1200)
SPD TOUR
Wear appropriate
footwear!

AORN RP’s: Medication Safety
(251-293), Laser Safety (143154),Latex (Recommendation VIII,
229-231)
Watson: Ch. 20 & 22
Alex. Ch. 2
PNDS: p. 37-50, 85-95, 98-104
AORN RP’s: Electro-surgery
(125-138), Tourniquet 185-193, Med
Safety (255-264, 285-287), care of
Inst. (488-493[recommendation XII)
Alex.: p. 67-8
AORN RP’s: Sterilization &
Disinfection (451-540)
Anita Shoup
Swedish/Edmonds
Diana Frawley / Valley
Diane Masin / Overlake
Alex. p. 193-203
AORN RP’s: Care of Inst. (485502)
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NWPC CURRICULUM
September 23rd, 2013 – January 23, 2014 FINAL

Week 2:
Monday
September 30
Valley Medical
Center
Day Surgery
0800-1630
Tues - Thurs
Oct 1-3
STUDENTS AT
CLINICAL SITE
Friday
Oct 4
Northwest Hospital
Diabetic Classroom
0800-1630
Instrumentation
(1300-1600)
Lab
Scrub/Gown/Glove
Setting up the sterile field
 Instrument recognition


Clinical

General Surgery
Mary Todd / VA
Lab check off
Kim Leppert /
Instructors
Scrubbing at Sterile
Field
Preceptors
Alex. Ch.10, 12, 15 & 16
Chris Miles / Northwest
Scrubbing at Sterile
Field
Preceptors
Week 3 - 6:
Oct 7 – Oct
17th
Friday
Oct 18
STUDENTS AT
CLINICAL SITE
Overlake Hospital
PACCAR
Education Center:
Vision Room at
0800-1630
Oct 21 – Nov 1
STUDENTS AT
CLINICAL SITE
Week 7:
Valley Medical
Center
February 9, 2016
Northwest Perioperative Consortium
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Clinical

Gynecology & DaVinci
Alex. Ch.13
Diane Masin / Overlake

Urology & DaVinci
Clinical

Positioning Lecture
Alex Ch.14
Scrubbing at Sterile
Field
Alex. Ch. 5
PNDS p. 178-184
Preceptors
L. Griffith / SMC
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NWPC CURRICULUM
September 23rd, 2013 – January 23, 2014 FINAL
Monday
Nov 4
Tuesday
Nov 5
Wednesday
Nov 6
Thursday
Nov 7
Lecture MAC C
Lab
Day Surgery
1045 – 1630
Swedish Edmonds
Auditorium B
4th Floor
0800-1630
STUDENTS AT
CLINICAL SITE
Valley Medical
Center
MAC C
0800-1630
0800 – 1000
AORN RP’s: Positioning
the Patient (425-441)
Lab
Day Surgery 1045-1630
 Regulatory/ Consents
/Ethics
 Perioperative Patient Care/
Role of Circulating Nurse
PNDS Learning Plan


Perioperative Patient Care/
Role of Circulating Nurse
SCIP & HCAPS
Alex. Ch. 2
Watson Ch. 1,2 & 4
AORN RP’s:
Anita Shoup
Swedish/Edmonds
Exhibit B: Explications for the
ANA Code of Ethics for
Nurses
21-41
Clinical
Alex. Ch. 1
Watson Ch. 10 & 11
PNDS Ch. 6, p 11-23, 135-
Preceptors
Anita Shoup / Swedish
Edmonds
138, Ch. 5



PNDS
Intro to Evidence Based
Practice and Heal-Wa
website
EB project
L. Griffith / SMC
(Bring PNDS & AORN
Standards to class.)
 Disruptive Behavior in the
Cindy Bess / GH
Workplace
Friday
Nov 8
Week 8:
Monday Nov
11
Tuesday
Nov 12
Northwest Hospital
Diabetic Classroom
0730 - 1600
Valley Medical
February 9, 2016
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
Prepping 0900 – 1000
Lab
1045-1630
VETERNS DAY
OFF
 Written Exam /
Instrument Exam
PNDS p. 39, 53-54
Alex. p.101-103
AORN RP’s: Patient
Chris Miles / Northwest
Skin Antisepsis (75-87)
PNDS p. 67-68, 74-79
AORN RP’s: 541-576,
Anita Shoup
Swedish/Edmonds
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NWPC CURRICULUM
September 23rd, 2013 – January 23, 2014 FINAL
Center
MAC C
0800-1630
Wed - Fri
Nov 13-15




Review Exams
(0800-1100)
Malignant Hyperthermia
Fundamental of Anesthesia
Diabetics
321-326
Alex. Ch. 4, p. 903-904
Deena Guren / UW
STUDENTS AT
CLINICAL SITE
Clinical
See logs and guides
Preceptors
STUDENTS AT
CLINICAL SITE
Clinical
See logs and guides
Preceptors
Alex.
Peds Ch. 25
Geriatrics: Ch. 26, p.1200
Pregnancy: p. 473-477,
Diane Masin / Overlake
Week 9:
Monday
Nov 18
Tuesday
Nov 19
Overlake Hospital
PACCAR
Education Center,
Vision Room,
0800-1630
Wed – Thurs
Nov 20 - 21
STUDENTS AT
CLINICAL SITE
Friday
Nov 22
Valley Medical
Center
MAC B
0800-1630
Week 10:
Monday
Nov 25
Valley Medical
Center
MAC C
0800-1630
Special Populations:
 Pediatrics
 Geriatrics
 Pregnancy
 Bariatrics
Clinical


Bariatrics: p. 336-337; 927928; 1200-1201
See logs and guides
Preceptors
Neuro
Spine
 Paper Q & A
Alex Ch. 20
Deena Guren / UW


Alex Ch. 23
Chris Miles / Northwest
Peripheral Vascular
Endovascular Procedures
Alex. Ch. 17

Normothermia
Mary Todd / VA
AORN RP’s: Prevention

February 9, 2016
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1199-1200
Ophthalmology
of Unplanned Perioperative
Hypothermia (375-383)
Cindy Bess / GH
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NWPC CURRICULUM
September 23rd, 2013 – January 23, 2014 FINAL
PICOT Question DUE
Tues & Wed
Nov 26 & 27
STUDENTS AT
CLINICAL SITE
Thursday
Nov 28
Friday
Nov 29
STUDENTS AT
CLINICAL SITE
Week 11:
Mon-Wed
Dec 2-4
STUDENTS AT
CLINICAL SITE
Thursday
Dec 5
Friday
Dec 6
Week 12:
Monday
Dec 9
Tues - Thurs
Dec 10 -13
Week 13:
Monday
Clinical
See logs and guides
Preceptors
Clinical
See logs and guides
Preceptors
Clinical
See logs and guides
Preceptors
THANKSGIVING DAY
OFF
Valley Medical
Center
MAC B
0800-1630
Valley Medical
Center
MAC B
0800-1630
Swedish Medical
Center
Cherry Hill
0800 – 1630
STUDENTS AT
CLINICAL SITE
Virginia Mason
Medical Center
February 9, 2016
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Diana Frawley / Valley

Orthopedics-Part 1

Orthopedics-Part 2
Alex. Ch. 19
Diana Frawley / Valley
Alex. Ch. 19

Cardio/Thoracic Surgery
Clinical

Refresher: OR
Jeopardy, Prioritization
Alex. Ch. 24
See logs and guides
L. Griffith / SMC
Preceptors
Kim Leppert / VM
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NWPC CURRICULUM
September 23rd, 2013 – January 23, 2014 FINAL
Dec 16
Tues - Fri
Dec 17- 20
Week 14:
Mon - Tues
Dec 23 & 24
Wed
Dec 25
Thur & Fri
Dec 26 & 27
Week 15:
Monday
Dec 30
Tues
Dec 31
Wed
Jan 1
Thur & Fri
Jan 2 & 3
Week 16 & 17
Lindeman Pavilion Level 1, BUSE
Classroom
0800-1630


Exercises
Paper Q&A
Tissue & Organ
Donation
See logs and guides

Ambulatory Surgery
Cindy Bess / GH
STUDENTS AT
CLINICAL SITE
Clinical
See logs and guides
Preceptors
STUDENTS AT
CLINICAL SITE
Clinical
See logs and guides
Preceptors
See logs and guides
Preceptors
CHRISTMAS DAY
OFF
STUDENTS AT
CLINICAL SITE
Valley Medical
Center
MAC C
0800-1630
STUDENTS AT
CLINICAL SITE
STUDENTS AT
CLINICAL SITE
February 9, 2016
Northwest Perioperative Consortium
K.Leppert 206-223-6893
Clinical


Otorhinolaryngology
Plastics
Alex. Ch.18 & 21
Cindy Bess / GH
Mary Todd / VA
Clinical
See logs and guides
Preceptors
See logs and guides
Preceptors
st
Paper Due Dec 31
NEW YEARS DAY
OFF
Clinical
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NWPC CURRICULUM
September 23rd, 2013 – January 23, 2014 FINAL
Mon-Fri
Jan 6 - 17
Week 18
Mon-Thur
Jan 20-23
Friday
Jan 24
STUDENTS AT
CLINICAL SITE
Clinical
See logs and guides
Preceptors
STUDENTS AT
CLINICAL SITE
Valley Medical
Center
MAC Auditorium
0800-1630
Clinical
See logs and guides
Preceptors




Professional Development
PICOT Presentation
Course Evaluation
Graduation
Watson Ch. 4
AORN RP’s: Exhibit B:
Explications for the ANA
Code of Ethics for Nurses 2141
ARTICLE : Authentic
Nurse Leadership (See
Reference Below)
Anita Shoup Swedish /
Edmonds
ALL INSTRUCTORS
REQUIRED ARTICLE:
Murphy, L. G. (2012). Authentic leadership: Becoming and remaining an authentic nurse
leader. The Journal of Nursing Administration, 42, 507-512.
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