South Central College
NURS 1175* Nursing Interventions (Copy)
Common Course Outline
Course Information
Description
This course provides students the opportunity to learn nursing procedures in a simulated
supervised lab setting. Basic comfort and safety devices will be demonstrated. Body
systems are reviewed with an emphasis on the neurological, respiratory, gastrointestinal
and genitourinary systems. Competencies covered relate to asepsis, oxygenation, and
elimination. Concepts for care of the elderly will be applied. Critical thinking and medical
terminology are threaded throughout the course. Students will be required
to demonstrate skills learned in the laboratory setting. (Prerequisites: Admission
to Practical Nursing Program)
Total Credits
3.00
Total Hours
80.00
Types of Instruction
Instruction Type
Credits/Hours
Lab
2 credits/64
hours
Lecture
1 credit
online/16
hours
Pre/Corequisites
Prerequisite
Admission to Practical Nursing Program
Institutional Core Competencies
Analysis and inquiry: Students will demonstrate an ability to analyze information from multiple sources and to
raise pertinent questions regarding that information.
Civic knowledge and engagement- local and global: Students will understand the richness and challenge of
local and world cultures and the effects of globalization, and will develop the skills and attitudes to function as
“global citizens."
Critical and creative thinking: Students will develop the disposition and skills to strategize, gather, organize,
create, refine, analyze, and evaluate the credibility of relevant information and ideas.
Ethical reasoning and action: Students will develop ethical and social responsibility to self and others, and will
collaborate with others to address ethical and social issues in a sustainable manner.
Foundations and skills for lifelong learning: Students will display an understanding of learning as a lifelong
process through demonstration of a desire to learn, the willingness to apply learning to other areas of their
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lives, the ability to think and act independently, be willing to take the initiative to get projects done, and
demonstrate the ability to reflect upon what has occurred and how it impacts the student and others.
Intercultural knowledge and competence: Students will recognize and understand the rich and complex ways
that group and individual inequalities and interactions impact self and society.
Teamwork and problem-solving: Students will demonstrate the ability to work together cohesively with diverse
groups of persons, including working as a group to resolve any issues that arise.
Written and oral communication: Students will communicate effectively in a range of social, academic, and
professional contexts using a variety of means, including written, oral, numeric/quantitative, graphic, and
visual modes of communication.
Program Student Learning Outcomes
Human Flourishing --Promote the human dignity, integrity, self-determination, and personal growth of
patients, oneself, and members of the health care team.
Nursing Judgment --Provide a rationale for judgments used in the provision of safe, quality care and for
decisions that promote the health of patients within a family context.
Professional Identity --Assess how one's personal strengths and values affect one's identity as a nurse and
one's contributions as a member of the health care team.
Spirit of Inquiry-Question the basis for nursing actions, considering research, evidence, tradition, and patient
preferences.
External Standards
Title
QSEN
Sponsoring Organization
Quality and Safety Education for Nurses
Target Standards
Informatics. “Use information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support
decision making.”
Patient-centered Care. “Recognize the patient or designee as the source of control and full partner in
providing compassionate and coordinated care based on respect for patient’s preferences, values, and needs.”
Teamwork and Collaboration. “Function effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open
communication, mutual respect and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care.”
Evidence-based Practice (EBP). “Integrate best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family
preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care.”
Quality Improvement (QI). “Use data to monitor the outcomes of care processes and use improvement
methods to design and test changes to continuously improve the quality and safety of health care systems.”
Safety. “Minimizes risk of harm to patients and providers through both system effectiveness and individual
performance.”
Course Competencies
1
Demonstrate actions to promote basic care and comfort.
Learning Objectives
Identify appropriate use of assistive devices for safe client mobility.
Discuss dietary adjustments for various client situations (ex. aspiration prevention).
Describe promotion of bowel and bladder function in terms of life-style choices (ex. fluid and fiber intake).
Determine client ability to perform Activities of Daily Living (ex. personal cares).
2
Demonstrate safe use of devices and body mechanics when caring for clients.
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Learning Objectives
Identify safety hazards in the client care environment including safe equipment and home safety.
Demonstrate understanding of ergonomic principles with client mobility.
Describe appropriate application of least restrictive restraints and other devices for client safety.
Demonstrate safe client handling and body positioning.
3
Demonstrate universal precautions.
Learning Objectives
Demonstrate correct hand hygiene technique.
Identify nursing situations requiring standard and transmission-based precautions.
Demonstrate correct technique to apply and remove gloves, mask, gown and protective eye wear.
4
Demonstrate proficiency in procedures involving medical asepsis.
Learning Objectives
Define various therapies and procedures with rationale to support client need.
Demonstrate correct application of bandages/binders.
Demonstrate correct application of various oxygen devices and therapy.
Describe basic respiratory care procedures.
Discuss chest physiotherapy techniques.
Explain techniques for nasogastric tube insertion and irrigation.
Discuss enteral tube/enteral feedings risks and benefits.
Demonstrate enema administration.
Demonstrate specimen collections.
Demonstrate urinary catheter irrigation and removal.
5
Demonstrate proficiency in procedures involving surgical asepsis.
Learning Objectives
Demonstrate correct application of sterile gloves.
Apply sterile dressings.
Perform sterile irrigation of wounds.
Demonstrate oropharyngeal suctioning.
Demonstrate tracheostomy suctioning and cares.
Demonstrate urinary catheterization procedure.
6
Exhibit professional behaviors required for laboratory experience.
Learning Objectives
Employ proper medical terminology during laboratory skill test out.
Identify information necessary to document following nursing procedures.
Explain procedure to patient prior to nursing care.
Provide privacy prior to nursing procedure.
Demonstrates punctuality in classroom and laboratory.
Prepare prior to return demonstration/lab test out.
7
Demonstrate professional communication as a caregiver and health care team member.
Learning Objectives
Exhibits professionalism when communicating with others in providing client care.
Identify barriers for effective communication for clients and within the health care team.
Assist in client education in terms of health promotion and prevention.
Practice using standardized reporting for sharing client information (ex. SBAR).
Discuss roles and responsibilities within the health care team.
Demonstrate accurate documentation for client data.
Discuss process for reporting practice errors (ex. client fall).
8
Collect data related to body system or applied skill.
Learning Objectives
Obtain vital signs accurately with variety of equipment.
Define lesions, wound types, and phases of healing.
Collect data for health history.
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Recall normal body system functions.
Identify focused assessment for various client situations and norms.
Demonstrate data collection of the respiratory system.
Demonstrate data collection of the cardiovascular system.
Demonstrate data collection of the gastrointestinal system.
Demonstrate data collection of the genitourinary system.
Demonstrate data collection of the integumentary system.
Demonstrate data collection of the neurological system.
9
Discuss the care that meets the needs of the aging client ages 75 and older.
Learning Objectives
Discuss findings for expected changes to client body systems with the aging process.
Explain care and resources for health promotion and maintenance.
Discuss ways to promote client rights and decision-making.
Identify nursing interventions that apply to a deceased patient.
Identify appropriate interactions with family and physician after death occurs.
SCC Accessibility Statement
If you have a disability and need accommodations to participate in the course activities, please contact your
instructor as soon as possible. This information will be made available in an alternative format, such as Braille,
large print, or cassette tape, upon request. If you wish to contact the college ADA Coordinator, call that office
at 507-389-7222.
Disabilities page http://southcentral.edu/academic-policies/disability-rights.html
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