I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Professional Nursing Fundamentals Lab

2. Course Prefix & Number:
NURS 1541

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 2

Credits - Variable: 0

Lecture Hours: 0

Lab Hours: 4

Internship Hours: 0

4. Course Description:

This course is designed to allow for the psychomotor application of concepts learned in the Fundamentals Course. Content includes patient attributes and resources, patient personal preferences, attributes and roles of the nurse, care competencies, psychosocial nursing, scope of practice, caring, infection control, Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, Head to Toe Assessment, and documentation. Selected RN psychomotor skills will be taught and evaluated in a realistic, simulated learning environment with an emphasis on the application of the nursing process and use of evidenced-based practices that promote patient safety and quality in the performance of psychomotor skills. The goal is to provide exposure to actual clinical situations that will promote confidence and the ability to provide safe, quality, patient-centered care in the clinical setting as students begin their journeys in the RN role. This course provides for hands-on application of clinical reasoning and psychomotor skills through quizzes, worksheets, exams, videos, audio power points, skills test-out, and simulation.

5. Placement Tests Required:

Accuplacer (specify test):

No placement tests required

Score:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

There are no prerequisites for this course.

7. Other Prerequisites
Admissionto Nursing Program

9. Co-requisite Courses:

There are no corequisites for this course.

II. Transfer and Articulation

III. Course Purpose

1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):

Nursing - Associate in Science Degree

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies	Students will be able to:
Demonstrate oral communication skills	Demonstrate beginner level patient-centeredness and caring behaviors in the utilization of verbal and non-verbal communication techniques that promote safety.
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations	Demonstrate beginner level theoretical and research-based knowledge and science in the performance of professional nursing skills in a simulated health care setting.
Discuss/compare characteristics of diverse cultures and environments	Demonstrate beginner level knowledge of cultural diversity in the performance of holistic health assessment and client education across the lifespan in a simulated health care setting.

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

• Demonstrate beginner level knowledge of cultural diversity in the performance of holistic health assessment and client education across the lifespan in a simulated health care setting;
• Demonstrate beginner level patient-centeredness and caring behaviors in the utilization of verbal and non-verbal communication techniques that promote safety;
• Role-play effective communication techniques that promote patient safety, teamwork, and collaboration in the simulated health care setting;
• Demonstrate beginner level critical thinking and nursing judgment substantiated with evidence in the application of the nursing process and performance of professional nursing skills in complex simulated patient scenarios;
• Discuss concepts of quality and safety in the performance of professional nursing skills in a simulated health care setting;
• Demonstrate beginner level safety and infection control concepts that protect clients and health care personnel from health and environmental hazards in a simulated health care setting;
• Demonstrate beginner level personal and professional growth in a simulated health care setting; and 
• Demonstrate beginner level theoretical and research-based knowledge and science in the performance of professional nursing skills in a simulated health care setting.

V. Topical Outline

Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.

2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions

1. Basic nursing skills
2. Psychosocial skills
3. Head-to-toe assessment
4. Medication administration
5. Sterile process
6. Catheterization
7. Injections
8. IV maintenance/IVPB
9. Tracheostomy cares
10. Enteral feedings
11. Wound care/skin assessment/dressing changes
12. Documentation skills
13. SBAR report