RIO HONDO COLLEGE
Associate Degree Nursing 251 Schedule
DATES
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Week 1
Introduction: Gerontological Nursing, Musculo-Skeletal Nursing
Neurological Nursing, Geriatric Pharmacology, Neurological
Anatomy and Assessment
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Week 2
Quiz 1 (20 points) (Assigned reading for week 2)
Health Aging, Health Problems of Older Adults
Case Management, Delegation, QSEN
End of Life Care, Ethics
(Mr. SIMS – for scheduled clinical groups)
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Week 3
Exam I (45 points) (Content from weeks 1 and 2)
Nursing Care of Patients with Musculo-Skeletal Problems:
Assessment, Changes with Aging, Arthritis, Gout, Trauma,
(Mr. SIMS – for scheduled clinical groups)
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Week 4
Quiz 2 (20 points) (Assigned reading for week 4)
Nursing Care of Patients with Problems of the Central Nervous
System – Brain: Headaches, Seizures, Infections, Parkinson’s,
Alzheimer’s, Brain Attack, Trauma
(Mr. SIMS – for scheduled clinical groups)
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Week 5
Quiz 3 (20 points) (Assigned reading for week 5)
Nursing Care of Patients with Problems of the Central Nervous
System – Spinal Cord: Spinal Cord Injury, Tumors, Multiple
Sclerosis, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
(Mr. SIMS – for scheduled clinical groups)
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Week 6
Exam II (45 points) (Content from weeks 3, 4, &5, building on
weeks 1 & 2)
Nursing Care of Patients with Problems of the Peripheral Nervous
System: Guillian-Barré Syndrome, Myasthenia Gravis, Trauma,
Sciatica, Restless Legs, Cranial Nerve Diseases, Carpal Tunnel
Syndrome; Back and Neck Pain, Neurogenic Pain
(Mr. SIMS – for scheduled clinical groups)
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Week 7
Written Project Due (20 points)
Nursing Care of Patients with Visual Deficits
Nursing Care of Patients with Auditory Deficits
(Mr. SIMS – for scheduled clinical groups)
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Week 8
Final Exam (70 points)