RANGER COLLEGE
SYLLABUS
VOCATIONAL NURSING DEPARTMENT
Course Number and Title: VNSG 1429 Medical-Surgical Nursing I
Credit Hours: 4
Lecture Hours/Wk: 4 Lab: 1 Combination: 5
Instructor: Brenda Woolsey, RN
Office Location: Comanche, Ranger,
Ronda Poindexter, RN
Early
Office Phone: 325-356-2170
Email Address:bwoolsey@rangercollege.edu
325-641-5726
rpoindexter@rangercollege.edu
Office Hours: Monday and Tuesday
0900-1600
I.
CATALOG DESCRIPTION
A continuation of instruction for student vocational nurses on: member of the profession,
provider of patient centered care, patient safety advocate and member of the profession,
utilizing application of the nursing process in care of patients experiencing medical
surgical conditions.
II.
REQUIRED BACKGROUND/PREREQUISITES
Successful completion of previous semester.
III.
TEXTBOOK(S)
Introductory Medical-Surgical Nursing, 10th Ed., Timby/Smith, LWW
Medical Terminology, A Systems Approach, 6th Ed., Gylys-Wedding, Davis
Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 21st Ed., F.A. Davis
Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses, 12th Ed., Deglin/Vallerand, F.A. Davis
IV.
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION
Lecture, discussion, audio visuals, handouts, computer simulations.
V.
SCANS COMPETENCIES
This course covers Scan Competencies #s C14, C15, F1, F5, F8, F9, F13, F14.
VI.
COURSE OBJECTIVES TO REACH DEC REQUIREMENTS
The student will learn to:
A. As Member of the Profession:
1. Function within the nurse’s legal scope of practice and in accordance with the
policies and procedures of the employing health care institution or practice
setting.
2. Assume responsibility and accountability for the quality of nursing care provided
to patients and their families.
3. Contribute to activities that promote the development and practice of vocational
nursing.
4. Demonstrate responsibility for continued competence in nursing practice, and
develop insight through reflection, self-analysis, self-care, and lifelong learning.
B. Provider of Patient-Centered Care:
1. Use clinical reasoning and established evidence-based policies as the basis for
decision making in nursing practice
2. Assist in determining the physical and mental health status, needs, and
preferences of culturally, ethnically, and socially diverse patients and their
families based on interpretation of health-related data.
3. Report data to assist in the identification of problems and formulation of
goals/outcomes and patient-centered plans of care in collaboration with patients,
their families, and the interdisciplinary health care team.
4. Provide safe, compassionate, basic nursing care to assigned patients with
predictable health care needs through a supervised, directed scope of practice.
5. Implement aspects of the plan of care within legal, ethical, and regulatory
parameters and in consideration of patient factors.
6. Identify and report alterations in patient responses to therapeutic interventions in
comparison to expected outcomes.
7. Implement teaching plans for patients and their families with common health
problems and well-defined health learning needs.
8. Assist in the coordination of human, information, and material resources in
providing care for assigned patients and their families.
C. Patient Safety Advocate:
1. Demonstrate knowledge of the Texas Nursing Practice Act and the Texas Board
of Nursing Rules that emphasize safety, as well as federal, state, and local
government and accreditation organization safety requirements and standards.
2. Implement measures to promote quality and a safe environment for patients, self
and others.
3. Assist in the formulation of goals and outcomes to reduce patient risks.
4. Obtain instruction, supervision, or training as needed when implementing nursing
procedures or practices.
5. Comply with mandatory reporting requirements of the Texas Nursing Practice
Act.
6. Accept and make assignments that take into consideration patient safety and
organizational policy.
D. Member of the Health Care Team:
1. Communicate and collaborate with patients, their families, and the
interdisciplinary health care team to assist in the planning, delivery, and
coordination of patient-centered care to assigned patients.
2. Participate as an advocate in activities that focus on improving the health care of
patients and their families.
3. Participate in the identification of patient needs for referral to resources that
facilitate continuity of care, and ensure confidentiality.
4. Communicate and collaborate in a timely manner with members of the
interdisciplinary health care team to promote and maintain optimal health status
of patients and their families.
5. Communicate patient data using technology to support decision making to
improve patient care.
6. Assign nursing care to LVNs or unlicensed personnel based upon an analysis of
patient or unit need.
7. Supervise nursing care provided by others for whom the nurse is responsible.
VII.
COURSE CALENDAR
Weekly lectures. Exams weeks –see class schedule . Final exam week of TBA.
Dates subject to change.
Medical Terminology, A Systems Approach will be useful in preparing for all exams.
There will be test questions from Med-Surg and from coordinating chapters in Medical
Terminology.
VIII.
COURSE/CLASSROOM POLICIES
See VN Handbook.
ADA Statement: Ranger College provides a variety of services for students with learning
and/or physical disabilities. The student is responsible for making the initial contact with
the Ranger College Counselor. It is advisable to make this contact before or immediately
after the semester begins.
Academic dishonest according to Ranger College Handbook is defined as copying from
another student’s test paper or academic work, or collaboration with another person in
preparing written work for credit. Students who commit any of these violations on first
offense will be given a “0” on the test or assignment. Repeated offenses will go before
the Dean of Students and most likely will lead to dismissal from the nursing program.
IX.
ASSESSMENT
GRADING
100 – 92 = A
91 – 86 = B
85 – 80 = C
Below 80 = F
All students must achieve an average grade of 80% to remain in the program.
There will be 6 major exams. Each exam will have a minimum of 75% application and
analysis questions. These questions will cover all course objectives listed in this syllabi.
Test blue prints will be made available prior to each exam. Usually multiple choice
exams will be given, but essay, fill-in-the-blank questions or matching may also be given.
Pop tests and homework assignments may be given throughout the semester. These pop
tests and homework assignments count as daily grades. All daily grades are averaged to
equal one major exam grade. There is no make-up work for missed daily grades. All
exams are worth 100 points and will cover assigned reading, class discussions and
handouts and videos. Anything previously tested over is subject to come up again on any
given test. An alternate test may be given if the test is not taken at the scheduled time.
This course will include a final exam that counts 25%. Final exams must be taken on
assigned time with no make-ups.
VII.
NON-DISCRIMINATON
Admission, employment, and program policies of Ranger College are non-discriminatory
in regard to race, creed, color, sex, age, disability, and national origin.
VIII.
RECEIPT OF SYLLABUS
Separate page; signed and returned to instructor.
Medical-Surgical Nursing I
Schedule
Week 1---Review Syllabus
Lecture Unit 3 - Foundations of Med Surg Nursing
Week 2---Lecture Unit 4 - Multisystem Disorders
Week 3---Lecture Unit 4 (Continued)
Week 4---Exam #1 Units 3 & 4
Lecture Unit 5 - Respiratory Disorders
Week 5---Lecture Unit 6 - Cardiovascular Disorders
Week 6---Exam #2 Unit 5 & 6
Lecture Unit 7 Hematopoietic & Lymphatic Disorders
Week 7---Lecture Unit 8 - Immune Disorders
Week 8---Spring Break
Week 9--- Exam #3 Units 7 & 8
Lecture Unit 9 - Neurologic Disorders
Week 10---Lecture Unit 9 (Continued)
Week 11---Exam #4 Unit 9
Lecture Unit 10 - Sensory Disorders
Week 12---Lecture Unit 10 (Continued)
Week 13---Exam #5 Unit 10
Lecture Unit 11 - Gastrointestinal Disorders
Week 14---Lecture Unit 11
Week 15---Exam #6 Unit 11
Week 16---Review for Final
Week 17---Final Exam - TBA