NR 201
DIRECTOR OF NURSING EDUCATION
Vera Streit, RN, BS, MN
INSTRUCTORS
Krista Bryant RN, BA, MN
Tena Elwood, RN, BSN, MSN
Della Strait RN, BSN
Sara Beikman RN, BSN
Debra McDonald, RN, BSN, MSN

Course Number: NR 201, NR 201L
Time & Day: MR 8-12, TW 06:30-1:30, F 9-11
FALL 2010
Clinical Experiences and Lab times may deviate from this schedule
Location: TW 101
Instructor: Krista Bryant
Office: TW
Telephone: (785) 243-1435 Ext 330
Cell (785) 614-1697
Email: kbryant@cloud.edu
Tena Elwood
Office: TW
Telephone: (785) 243-1435 Ext 331
Cell (785) 527-0246
Email: telwood@cloud.edu
Della Strait
Office: TW
Telephone: (785) 243-1435 Ext 327
Cell (785) 614-2425
Email: dstrait@cloud.edu
Vera Streit
Office: TW
Telephone: (785) 243-1435 Ext 328
Cell (785) 738-8340
Email: vstreit@cloud.edu
Deb McDonald
Office: TW
Telephone: (785) 243-1435 Ext 332
Cell (785) 738-8265
Email: dmcdonald@cloud.edu
Sara Beikman -Clinical Instructor
Clay County Medical Center
Cell (785) 747-7185
Email: sbeikman@ccmcks.org
Office: See posted schedules

Required Materials :
Carpenito-Moyet, L.J. (2007).
Handbook of nursing diagnosis (11 th ed.)
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott.
Catalano, J. (2008). Nursing now: today’s issues, today’s trends (5 th ed). Philadelphia:
F.A. Davis.
Gahart, B.L. and Nazareno, A.R. (2010) Intravenous medications (26 th ed.) St. Louis: Mosby.
Harcourt-Huttel, R.A. and Cadenhead Colgrove, K. (2008). Pharmacology success. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis
Ignatavicius, D.D. and Workman, M.L. (2010) Medical-surgical nursing: critical
thinking for collaborative care. St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders.
McKinney, E.S., James, S.R., Murray, S.S., Ashwill, J.W. (2009). Maternal-child nursing (3 rd ed.)
St. Louis: Elsevier Saunders.
Myers, E. (2007) RNotes Philadelphia: F.A. Davis.
Townsend, M.C. (2008) Essentials of psychiatric mental health nursing . (4th
ed.) Philadelphia: F.A Davis.
RECOMMENDED REFERENCE BOOKS Student must have one of each available for use:
Nutrition reference book - student's choice
Nursing Fundamentals Book student’s choice ( 2007 or newer)
Curren, A.M. and Munday, L.D. (2007) Math for meds (9 th ed.) San Diego: Wallcur Inc.
OR math calculation book of student’s choice
Medical terminology or dictionary for health professionals – student’s choice
Laboratory and diagnostic test reference - student’s choice ( 2007 or newer)
Drug Handbook – student’s choice (2007 or newer)
Advisement Center: Wednesday: 1:30 – 4:00 pm
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
NR 201 Nursing Across the Life Span presents health care needs relative to specific functional health patterns of the individual. The introductory phase of this course provides learning experiences to initiate the transition of the student from the practical nursing role and philosophy to concepts inherent in the practice and philosophy of the associate degree nurse. Emphasis is placed on therapeutic communication and on the holistic needs of individuals across the life span. Using the nursing process, the student learns to intervene therapeutically with and on behalf of clients, families, and significant others having well defined acute health needs. In addition to the campus laboratory, a variety of structured clinical settings are used to provide correlated learning experiences. Legal aspects, ethical issues, and dimensions of contemporary nursing are integrated throughout the course.
PREREQUISITE: Graduation from an approved practical nursing program, PN licensure, and admission to the associate degree nursing program
SEQUENCING: This class is offered in the fall semester.
METHODS OF EVALUATION/GRADING
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Students must complete the course with 80% accuracy to be successful o Exams and quizzes must average 80% o Lab (campus and clinical) grades must average 80%
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Students must achieve 80% in both Exams/Quizzes and Lab grades prior to averaging grades as indicated in the Grade
Distribution information.
 Students who do not achieve each of the above will have a maximum grade recorded of “D” and are not eligible to proceed to
NR 202 Nursing Across the Lifespan.
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Students are expected to complete standardized educational diagnostic testing as scheduled. (Assessment Technologies Inc;
ATI) Testing not completed at an established competency level will require remediation and retesting. If the requirements are not met by the end of finals week an incomplete (I) will be recorded.

EVALUATION METHODS:
1.
Quizzes and Examinations
2.
Clinical and Campus Laboratory Performance
3.
Competencies validated in classroom/lab-setting
4.
Oral and Written Assignments
5.
Class and Clinical Attendance
6.
Student Self/Peer Evaluations
7.
Individual Conferences
GRADING SCALE:
94.0 – 100 A
87.0 – 93.9 B
80.0 – 86.9 C
74.0 – 79.9 D
GRADE DISTRIBUTION:
80% - Exams/Quizzes
*One exam grade is from Proctored ATI Assessments
15% - Lab
3% - Evidence Based Practice Project
0 - 73.9 F
Students must achieve 80% in both Exams/Quizzes and Lab grades prior to averaging grades as indicated in the Grade Distribution information.
2% - Transcultural Awareness Project
* 3 ATI 1 st Proctored Exams Passed @ > Level II =100%
2 ATI 1 st Proctored Exams Passed @ > Level II =90%
1 ATI 1 st Proctored Exam Passed @ > Level II =80%
0 ATI 1 st Proctored Exams Passed @ > Level II = 70%
POLICIES FOR ATI TESTING
Three proctored ATI Assessments will be administered during this semester. Students must have completed the correlated unproctored preparatory assessment prior to 8:00 AM the day of the scheduled exam with a minimum score of 80%. The Examination Policy below also applies to ATI testing.
If a Level II is not achieved on the Proctored Assessment, students will be required to print the diagnostic profile and respond in writing to the identified areas for review prior to the scheduled proctored exam retake.
The student will retake the proctored exam as scheduled on the calendar. If a Level II is not achieved on the scheduled retake, the student must purchase subsequent tests from ATI until a Level II is achieved. (a credit or debit card will be required)
TEACHING METHODS:
1.
Audio Visual Programs
2.
Required and Recommended Reading Assignments
3.
Lecture-Discussion
4.
Guest Speakers
5.
Role Playing
6.
Small Group Work
7.
Gaming
8.
Computer Assisted Learning
9.
Campus Laboratory Experience
10.
Supervised Clinical Laboratory Experience
11.
Pre and Post Clinical Conferences
12.
Written Clinical Assignments
13.
Oral and Written Reports
14.
Self/Peer Evaluation
15.
Individual Conferences
16.
Assessment Technologies, Inc. (ATI)
17.
Online Learning
18.
Online discussion groups

ASSIGNMENT POLICY:
Students are expected to complete all assignments before coming to class or lab.
All clinical assignments shall be submitted by 5 pm on Thursday of the clinical week. Late assignments will receive a 10% grade reduction per day. Assignments submitted more than 5 days late will receive no credit.
One late contract will be provided and may be used for 1 weekly clinical assignment . The clinical instructor shall be notified on Thursday, in writing or by email, that the late contract is being used. Clinical assignments shall then be submitted no later than 8 am Monday of the following week and will receive no grade reduction.
Due to the extreme importance of confidentiality in the clinical settings, documents are to be identified by client initials only. Any communication that compromises the confidentiality of client(s) will result in consequences as outlined in the program handbook.
COURSE POLICIES
In addition to the course polices below, students in the Nursing Program must adhere to the policies outlined in the Cloud County Community College Student Handbook and the Nursing Program Handbook.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
It is imperative that each student does his/her own work. The following policy will apply to all students in class.
Infractions of academic integrity (honesty) shall include:
 Using another student’s work without giving the student credit for the work. In other words, taking someone else’s work and placing your name on it and claiming it is yours, using another student’s quiz, or help on a quiz/exam.
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Giving another student your work knowing that he/she intends to turn it in as his/her own creation, giving another student your quiz, or help on a quiz/exam.
It is not an infraction of the policy to help another student understand how to do an assignment if he/she does the work himself/herself with your assistance.
Cheating:
“Cheating means getting unauthorized help on an assignment, quiz or examination.”
1.
You must not receive from any other students or give to any other students any information, answers, or help during an exam.
2.
You must not use unauthorized sources for answers during an exam. You must not take notes or books to the exam when such aids are forbidden, and you must not refer to any book or notes while you are taking the exam unless the instructor indicates it is an “open book” exam.
3.
You must not obtain exam questions illegally before an exam or tamper with an exam after it has been corrected.
Materials taken from “Academic Dishonesty in Our Classrooms .” Instructional Exchange, 1990, 2 (2), 1-4 (Newsletter available from the Office of
University Assessment and Intellectual Skills Program, Western Michigan University)
Plagiarism:
“Plagiarism” means submitting work as your own that is someone else’s. For example, copying material from a book, the Internet, or another source without acknowledging that the words or ideas are someone else’s and not your own is plagiarism. If you copy an author’s words exactly, treat the passage as a direct quotation and

supply the appropriate citation. If you use someone else’s ideas, even if you paraphrase the wording, appropriate credit should be given. You have committed plagiarism if you purchase a term paper or submit a paper as your own that you did not write.
PENALTIES FOR INFRACTIONS:
Any infraction will receive zero (0) credit on the assignment quiz or exam and may result in a recommendation for dismissal from the nursing program.
ATTENDANCE POLICY:
Attendance is expected in all classes (theory and campus/clinical laboratory).
Classroom Attendance Policy: Students are required to attend at least 26 (of the 32) class days in order to successfully complete NR201 . If no more than one 3-4 hour class session is missed, the lowest exam grade is dropped and the final exam will be a unit exam (the comprehensive final will not be required). If no more than three (3) class sessions (morning and/or afternoon) are missed, the final will be a unit exam. If more than (3) class sessions are missed, in addition to the unit exam, a comprehensive final will be required. Three tardies will be counted as 1 class absence.
The class secretary will be responsible for recording attendance.
NOTE: The lowest exam grade may be dropped only if the exam average is 80% or above prior to dropping the grade.
Clinical Attendance Policy: Student clinical experience is essential to nursing education. Clinical performance can only be evaluated if the student is present to demonstrate competency in the required objectives. Students with perfect clinical attendance will not be required to do clinical paperwork the last clinical week. Missed clinical experience will be made up. When clinical experiences are minimal, supplemental or clinical lab assignments will be required. Upon periodic clinical attendance review, additional clinical experience may be scheduled on a week day or evening at instructor discretion. For absence from clinical experience for any reason, the instructor must be personally notified by telephone prior to the start of that clinical time. If there is no notification, an unexcused absence will be recorded and will result in a one percent grade reduction of the final grade.
The above attendance policy does not apply if one must travel on roads that have been deemed unsafe by school district or law enforcement official. The absence will be excused if the instructor is notified.
CONDUCT:
Mature behavior is expected and required. Please respect others in the class by being quiet, and not bringing cell phones or other disruptive devices to class.
Violations of Safety, Ethical/Integrity and Legal standards will result in discipline up to and including dismissal from the nursing program.
Beverages in covered containers are allowed in the classroom. Snacks may be eaten on breaks only.
EXAMINATION POLICY:
Arrangements to take missed exams must be made on or before the next class day. Please note: In class quizzes may NOT be made up. An exam grade may be adjusted only if taken as scheduled.
The final examination must be taken at the time scheduled. The final examination cannot be made up except in the case of an excused absence. The first exam not taken on scheduled day will result in a 3% grade deduction.
The second exam not taken as scheduled will result in a grade reduction of 5%, 3 rd is 10%, 4 th is 15%.etc.

INSTRUCTOR ASSISTANCE:
Students encountering difficulties with course work or assignments should contact instructors as early as possible.
INCOMPLETE POLICY:
Students will be given an incomplete grade in the course only with sound reason and documented as described in the Cloud County Community College Student Handbook. Students with an incomplete in NR201 are ineligible to advance to NR202. Refer to the Cloud County Community College Student Handbook for a complete explanation.
ACADEMIC COMPLAINTS:
Cloud County Community College has an Academic Due Process Policy to address any student academic complaints. For any unresolved complaints, the policy can be obtained from the Academic Affairs Office.
DEPARTMENT GOALS:
To prepare practitioners who are responsible members of the health care team providing care for clients across the lifespan who need diagnostic evaluation, or who are experiencing common, well defined acute or chronic health problems.
ASSESSMENT OF DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM/COURSE GOALS: Goals are measure yearly .
Instructors submit assessment results to Department Chairs by Feb. 1st. Department Chairs compile the information into a discipline/program report collected by division deans Feb. 15 th
and forwarded to the assessment coordinator to be reviewed by the Student Leaning Outcomes Assessment Team.
COURSE/PROGRAM GOALS: Student Learning Success
Students who complete this course will be assessed using the program competencies as developed by the
Council for Nursing Articulation in Kansas.
In the Provider of Care Role the student will, with instructor guidance
1.
Intervene for physiologic needs related to functioning of body systems essential to life: oxygenation, hydration, nutrition bowel elimination, urinary elimination, activity/mobility, rest and sleep, hygiene, skin/tissue integrity, comfort and physiological safety.
2.
Provides a safe and effective care environment including protection of clients and health care personnel from health and environmental hazards.
In the Manager of Care Role the student will, with instructor guidance
1.
Effectively use the nursing process including Assessment, Nursing Diagnosis, Planning,
Implementation, and Evaluation.
2.
Incorporate Evidence Based Practice into the nursing process.
3.
Apply critical thinking in the delivery of nursing care
4.
Use effective verbal and nonverbal interaction among members of the healthcare team, clients, families and significant others.
5.
Document to reflect standards of practice and accountability in the provision of care.
6.
Demonstrate beginning leadership skills of delegation, prioritization of care, and collaboration.
7.
Practice within an organizational framework.
In the Member of the Profession Role the student will, with instructor guidance

1.
Demonstrate professional behavior by practicing
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intellectual and personal integrity,
 dedication to client welfare,
 commitment to the discipline of nursing,
 adherence to college program and agency policies,
 accountability in the practice of nursing,
 application of ethical and legal framework of nursing,
 personal responsibility for continued learning
2.
Practice according to the Essential Functions as defined by this program
3.
Show caring behaviors by demonstrating
 a positive intention to improve each person’s condition
 commitment to expert practice
 caring of oneself
 personal integrity.
ACCOMMODATION FOR DISABILITY:
If a student needs academic adjustments for any type of disability, he/she should contact the site coordinator during office hours or make an appointment. Students may also contact the Director of Advisement and
Counseling, located in the Advisement Center.
INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY:
In case of extremely severe weather, the college may close. The following radio and TV stations will be notified:
KNCK 1390 AM Concordia KCLY 100.9 FM Clay Center
KREP
KVSV
92.1 FM Belleville KHCD
1190 AM Beloit KSAL
WIBW (TV) Chan. 13
KOLN (TV) Chan. 10
Topeka
Lincoln, NE
89.5 FM
KWCH (TV) Chan. 12
Hutchinson
1150 AM Salina
Wichita
Notification will also be placed on the internet at www.cancellations.com
. A text message will also be sent out on the Emergency Text Messaging System for the students who have signed up for it.
Students should call the switchboard at 800-729-5101 or 785-243-1435 if they are unable to attend class due to hazardous conditions. Night class and off campus class cancellations are left to the discretion of the instructor.
EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:
When alarms are sounded or crisis conditions arise, you will be instructed to move to a designated safe area or to remain in the classroom until the crisis has passed. If you are informed to leave the room, take as many of your personal belongings as time permits. Cell phones and other electronic devices are only to be used once you arrive in the safe area outside the building. Students requiring special assistance will be the responsibility of the instructor or staff person.
Systems of alert for tornado or bomb threat: PA system, phone, or staff interruption of class. In case of fire, the alarm will sound.
If directed to leave the building, evacuate to the soccer field unless an alternate safe location has been designated.