CURRICULUM COMMITTEE
COURSE REVISION FORM
REVISED 10/10/2014
We recommend that you begin the course revision process by engaging in meaningful conversations
with your departmental colleagues and those colleagues who use the course in question as a service
course.
The course revision initiator and/or the sponsoring department chair should attend and be
prepared to address questions at the appropriate department meeting, Curriculum
Committee meeting and Faculty Council meeting.
I. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
COURSE PREFIX AND NUMBER:
COMPLETE COURSE TITLE:
DATE: 11/07/2014
Nur 201
Medical-Surgical Nursing II
COURSE REVISION INITIATOR:
SPONSORING DEPARTMENT:
THE COURSE BEING REVISED
Nursing & Allied Health
IS NOT A TOPICS COURSE.
COURSE REVISION EFFECTIVE DATE:
fall
2015
DESCRIPTION OF ALL COURSE REVISIONS:
Student Learning Outcomes and Unit Objectives revised.
JUSTIFICATION FOR EACH COURSE REVISION:
See Program Revision
POSSIBLE IMPACT ON CURRENT CURRICULA:
See Program Revision
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II. MASTER COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE PREFIX AND NUMBER:
COMPLETE COURSE TITLE:
Nur 201
Medical-Surgical Nursing II
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MEASURABLE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES/COURSE OBJECTIVES:
Student Learning Outcomes: At the completion of the course, it is expected that the student can:
1. Apply standards of nursing practice while functioning as a safe entry level nurse.
2. Integrate caring behaviors while providing holistic care for diverse populations.
3. Utilize effective communication techniques with patients, family, and members of the
healthcare team.
4. Use self-awareness in the development of professional identity/integrity and commitment to
lifelong learning.
5. Utilize critical reasoning skills to develop and implement an evidence- based nursing plan of
care.
UNIT I: Cardiovascular Nursing
Objectives:
1. Determine the clinical significance and related nursing implications of the various tests and
procedures used for diagnostic assessment of cardiac function.
2. Identify common cardiac arrhythmias and describe treatment modalities for them.
3. Differentiate between coronary artery disease (CAD), angina pectoris, and myocardial
infarction.
4. Describe pathophysiological and compensatory mechanisms of ventricular failure.
5. Describe the nursing assessment, nursing interventions and desired patient outcomes for the
cardiac surgery patient.
6. Apply knowledge of the nursing management for patients with hypertension, emphasizing client
education.
7. Differentiate between venous and arterial vascular diseases and nursing management of each.
Unit II.
NURSING CARE OF THE PATIENT WITH ENDOCRINE DISORDERS
OBJECTIVES:
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Describe the common diagnostic tests used to identify endocrine dysfunction.
Identify the biologic effects that occur when there is a deficit or excess of endocrine hormones.
Describe the systemic effects that occur with the pharmacological use of corticosteroid therapy.
Use the nursing process as the framework for the management of patients with chronic
endocrine problems.
UNIT III.
NURSING CARE OF THE PATIENT WITH ONCOLOGY PROBLEMS
OBJECTIVES:
Explore one’s own attitudes and feelings about death and dying.
Discuss different beliefs associated with death and dying based on client age and culture.
Discuss the pathophysiology, risk factors and prevention of various cancers.
Explain the rationale for the four major types of cancer therapy and discuss the nursing care of
patients receiving these therapies.
5. Specify nursing strategies that are appropriate for assisting patients to develop/maintain a
positive self-image and body image.
6. Implement nursing interventions that optimize the quality of life for the dying patient.
7. Differentiate between the various hematologic malignancies and describe treatment modalities,
nursing interventions, and patient outcomes.
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III. APPROVAL
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Sponsoring Department Chair
Curriculum Committee Chair
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Faculty Council Chair
Vice President for Academic Affairs