UKIAH ADULT SCHOOL
PROGRAM
VOCATIONAL NURSING
NURSING SKILLS OUTLINE
Dates: January 4- January 29
Times: 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. except as noted
TEXTS:
Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology 7th ed. (A&P)
Introduction to Medical-Surgical Nursing 6th ed. (MSN)
Fundamentals of Nursing Care 2nd ed.(FUN)
Introduction to Maternity & Pediatric Nursing 7th ed. (IMPN)
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Davis’s Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests 6 ed.
Caring for Older Adults Holistically 5th ed. (COA)
Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses 14th ed.
Basic Diet and Nutrition Therapy 14th ed
ATI texts and online tutorials
Week 1
Day 1 Monday January 4
Welcome/Introduction of Adult School Staff
Overview Adult School Policies – Paperwork, TB, Insurance,
Safety and fire policies, etc.
Nursing Program Policies/Overview/ Handbook
School Calendar/Rotations
Skills to be taught – Performance Check List
Student Survival Skills
Order Name Tags
The Healthcare System:
MSN Chapter 1
ATI Fundamentals text pages 2-8
ATI: ATI Plan 2.0 Getting Started With ATI: Steps to Success
Learning systems PN: 2 modules
Reviewed 11/12/2015
Day 2 Tuesday January 5
Learning strategies and test taking strategies
ATI: Achieve: Test taking Skills, study Skills, classroom skills
Time Management Video: Time Management Inside and Out
The Health Care Team and the Economics of Health Care Delivery
FUN Chapter 2
ATI Fundamentals Text pages 9-16
Day 3 Wednesday January 6
History of Nursing and Nursing Theory
FUN Chapter 1
Growth and Development
FUN Chapter 9
MSN chapter 10
Basic Chemistry
A&P Chapter 2 (workbook)
The Aging Experience
COA Chapter 2
MSN Chapter 11
FUN Chapter 32
Video: At Arms Length: A portrayal of what it means to grow old
Video: The Natural Process of Aging
Day 4 Thursday
January 7
Basic Medical Terminology Handout
Cultural Aspects of care
FUN Chapter. 8
MSN Chapter 6
Video: Culturally Competent Nursing Care
Patient Care Settings
MSN chapter 2
Day 5 Friday January 8
Nursing Process Overview
FUN chapter 4
Communication Techniques
FUN Chapter 6
ATI Nurses’ Touch: Professional Communications all modules
Reviewed 11/12/2015
WEEK 2
Day 6 Monday January 11
Exam: Days 1-5 content
Wellness and personal Care
ATI: Nurse’s Touch Wellness and Self Care, all modules
FUN Chapter 7
Hand washing, asepsis, standard precautions and infection control
FUN Chapter 14
Video: Basic Infection Prevention Techniques
ATI Skill Module: Infection control
ATI Fundamentals pgs.86-99
Promoting Wellness in the Elderly
COA chap 6
Day 7 Tuesday January 12
Ten Daily Needs: Handout
Nutritional Care and Support
FUN chapter 24 pages 495-504
MSN chapter 9 pages 113-128
ATI Fundamentals pages 377-385
Swallowing Guidelines and feeding guidelines
Video: Safe Feeding Techniques and swallowing Disorder
Video: Preventing aspiration in adults with dysphagia
Possible Guest Speaker: Speech Therapist
Day 8 Wednesday January 13
Legal and Ethical Issues
FUN Chapter 3
MSN chapter 3
Promoting Mobility
Body Mechanics and Patient mobility
FUN Chapter 16
ATI skills Module Ambulation, Transferring, range of Motion
ATI Fundamentals pages 124-131
Reviewed 11/12/2015
Day 9
Thursday January 14
Environment and the patient
FUN Chapter 13
Personal Hygiene and Skin Care
FUN Chapter 15
ATI Skills Module Personal Hygiene
ATI Fundamentals pages 361-369
Video Giving a Complete Bed Bath
Safety Devices and techniques
Video: Restraint Free Care
Immobility
MSN Chapter 21
Video: Immobility: Causes, Changes, Actions
Falls
MSN chapter 20
Day 10 Friday January 15
Vital Signs: Temperature, Pulse, Respiration, Oxygen saturation, Blood
pressure
FUN Chapter 17
Video: Vital Signs
ATI Skills Modules Vital Signs
ATI Fundamentals Pages 236-252
WEEK 3
Monday January 18 MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY HOLIDAY
Day 11 Tuesday January 19
Exam: Days 6-9 Content
Bowel Elimination Chap.
FUN –Chapter 30
ATI Skills Modules: Enemas, ostomy care
ATI Fundamentals Pages 420-433
General Plan of the Body
A & P – Chap. 1 (Workbook)
Day 12
Wednesday January 20
Urinary Care:
FUN Chapter 31
ATI Skills Module Urinary Care
ATI Fundamentals Pages 434-449
Video: Ostomy, Urinary drainage, Catheter care
Critical Thinking and Patient Care
FUN Chapter 4
ATI Fundamentals pages 59-67
Reviewed 11/12/2015
Day 13
Thursday January 21
Admission, Transfer, and Discharge
FUN – Chap. 20
ATI Fundamentals pages 69-76
Assisting with Spiritual Care
FUN pages 159-166
ATI fundamentals pages 334-346
Day 14
Friday January 22
Pain Management, comfort, rest and sleep
FUN Chapter 19
MSN chapter 15
ATI Skills Module Pain Management
ATI Fundamentals pages 370-376 and 402-413
WEEK 4
Day 15 Monday January 25
Exam: Days 10-14 content
Death and Dying, Management of the Family and Dying Patient
FUN Chapter 10
MSN Chapter 24
ATI Fundamentals pages 347-359
Day 16 Tuesday Janurary 26
:
Skills Practice & Check off/Testing
Review of Clinical Objectives/Term 1
Evaluation/Clinical Skills List
Prepare for Orientation to Hospital
ATI Tutorials: Achieve: Preparing for clinicals
ATI Fundamentals: Security and disaster plans pages 132-143
ATI Skills Module: HIPPA
Health Stream
Video: DOJ: Your legal duty: Reporting the Elder Abuse
Day 17 Wednesday January 27
Safe Patient handling workshop
Orientation to hospitals
Day 18 Thursday January 28
Clinical 6:30-16:30pm
Day 19 Friday Janurary 29
Clinical 06:30- 16:30
Reviewed 11/12/2015
Times TBA