I. General Information
1. Course Title:
AD Progression Proficiency
2. Course Prefix & Number:
NURS 2525
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 1
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
Designed for students needing AD Nursing course work remediation to meet proficiency expectations for program re-admission and progression. The specific theory topics include: nursing process, fluid and electrolytes, pharmacology, mental health, normal obstetrical and newborn care, and the respiratory, cardiovascular and genitourinary systems. The specific nursing lab topics/skills include: head-to-toe physical assessment, nursing documentation and giving oral report, medication administration including IV push meds, IV piggy backs, central line IV push meds, starting an IV, central line dressing change, blood administration and completion of three clusters of nursing activities in given scenario situations.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
NURS 2525 - AD Progression Proficiency
All Credit(s) from the following...
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| NURS 2501 | Adaptation to Health & Illness Through The Lifespan I | 6 cr. |
| NURS 2513 | Nursing Practicum I | 3 cr. |
| NURS 2520 | LPN to RN: Role Transition | 1 cr. |
7. Other Prerequisites
All NURS courses must be completed with a grade of “C” or higher.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
NURS 2525 - AD Progression Proficiency
There are no corequisites for this course.
III. Course Purpose
Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
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Name of Program(s)
|
Program Type
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|
Associate of Science in Nursing
|
AS
|
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate reading and listening skills |
Utilize documentation skills that accurately and concisely describe the clinical nursing assessments and actions by the nurse in any given clinical scenario. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
|
Expected Outcome
|
MnTC
Goal Area
|
|
Demonstrate proficiency in all NURS 2520 nursing lab required skills including:
- Head to toe physical assessment
- Focus charting documentation
- Start an IV
- Give an IV push medication
- Administer an IV piggy back medication
- Change a central line dressing
- Administer IV push medication through a central line
- Administration of blood products
- Demonstration of oral report
- Completion of three given scenarios in simulation situations
|
|
|
Demonstrate proficiency of knowledge of NURS 2501 content by scoring a 75% or higher score in the final examination for this course; students will prepare for this by reviewing the following theory topics and taking the related tests:
- Nursing process
- Fluid and electrolytes
- Pharmacology
- Mental health
- Normal obstetrics and newborn care
- Respiratory system
- Cardiovascular system
- Genitourinary system
|
|
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
|
1. Nursing Process: assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation
a. accurate utilization of nursing process book to implement the 4 steps in the nursing process
b. formulation of a care plan from gathered subjective and objective data
c. evaluation of care plan
d. identification of outcomes/goals which are client centered, specific, realistic and measurable
|
|
2. Teaching and Learning
a. identification of how adult learners learn
b. comparing and contrasting of problem solving models of learning to nursing process
|
|
3. Surgical Nursing
a. preoperative teaching, planning, nursing interventions and evaluation
b. intra-operative teaching, planning, nursing interventions and evaluation
c. post-operative teaching, planning, nursing interventions and evaluation
|
|
4. Fluid and Electrolyte and Acid/Base Balance
a. identification of main body electrolyes and how the body utilizes them
b. significance of too much or too little electrolytes in the body
c. acid/base balance in relationship to:
1. arterial blood gasses
2. metabolic and respiratory acidosis
3. metabolic and respiratory alkalosis
|
|
5. The genitourinary system
a. review of basic anatomy and physiology
b. diseases and disorders of the genitourinary system
c. nursing process application to the genitourinary system
|
|
6. Nursing and the Childbearing Family
a. uncomplicated labor and delivery review
b. care of the childbearing family pre-partum, ante-partum and post-partum
c. care of the healthy newborn
|
|
6. Pharmacology
a. review of classifications
b. comparison and contrasting relationship to nursing diagnosis and medical diagnosis
c. safety considerations
d. review of medication administration
|
|
7. Cardiovascular system
a. review of basic anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular system
b. diseases and disorders of the cardiovascular system
c. nursing process application to the genitourinary system
d. electrical conduction pathway of the cardiovascular system
|
|
8. Respiratory system
a. review of basic anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system
b. diseases and disorders of the respiratory system
c. nursing process application to the respiratory system
|
|
9. Mental Health
a. diseases and disorder of mental health identification
b. coping and stress relief measures
c. therapeutic communication techniques
d. nursing process application to mental health issues
|
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions
|
1. Head-to-toe Physical Assessment:
a. demonstration of a head to toe assessment on a simulation patient in the lab setting
b. completion of simulation clusters 4, 6 and 7 (Minnesota board of nursing abilities)
|
|
2. Sample documentation of D-A-R focus charting: practice documentation from case studies or simulation scenarios
|
|
3. Medication administration
a. IV start practice and demonstration
b. IV push medication administration from obtaining order through documentation
c. IVPB (IV piggy-back) medication administration from obtaining the order through documentation
d. medication administration through an established central line from obtaining order through documentation
|
|
4. Blood administration
a. practice IV tubing set-up
b. demonstration of how to check blood out from a facility laboratory
c. demonstration of actual (simulated) blood administration
d. review of types of blood transfusion reactions and proper nursing interventions
|
|
5. Completion of required hands on return demonstration
a. Central line dressing changes including sterile technique and client teaching
b. Naso-gastric tube insertion, irrigation and removal
|
|
5. Oral report: practice oral reporting taped and live
|
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
AD Progression Proficiency
2. Course Prefix & Number:
NURS 2525
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 1
Lecture Hours: 1
Lab Hours: 0
4. Course Description:
Designed for students needing AD Nursing course work remediation to meet proficiency expectations for program re-admission and progression. The specific theory topics include: nursing process, fluid and electrolytes, pharmacology, mental health, normal obstetrical and newborn care, and the respiratory, cardiovascular and genitourinary systems. The specific nursing lab topics/skills include: head-to-toe physical assessment, nursing documentation and giving oral report, medication administration including IV push meds, IV piggy backs, central line IV push meds, starting an IV, central line dressing change, blood administration and completion of three clusters of nursing activities in given scenario situations.
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
NURS 2525 - AD Progression Proficiency
All Credit(s) from the following...
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| NURS 2501 | Adaptation to Health & Illness Through The Lifespan I | 6 cr. |
| NURS 2513 | Nursing Practicum I | 3 cr. |
| NURS 2520 | LPN to RN: Role Transition | 1 cr. |
7. Other Prerequisites
All NURS courses must be completed with a grade of “C” or higher.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
NURS 2525 - AD Progression Proficiency
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):
|
Name of Program(s)
|
Program Type
|
|
Associate of Science in Nursing
|
AS
|
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate reading and listening skills |
Utilize documentation skills that accurately and concisely describe the clinical nursing assessments and actions by the nurse in any given clinical scenario. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
|
Expected Outcome
|
MnTC
Goal Area
|
|
Demonstrate proficiency in all NURS 2520 nursing lab required skills including:
- Head to toe physical assessment
- Focus charting documentation
- Start an IV
- Give an IV push medication
- Administer an IV piggy back medication
- Change a central line dressing
- Administer IV push medication through a central line
- Administration of blood products
- Demonstration of oral report
- Completion of three given scenarios in simulation situations
|
|
|
Demonstrate proficiency of knowledge of NURS 2501 content by scoring a 75% or higher score in the final examination for this course; students will prepare for this by reviewing the following theory topics and taking the related tests:
- Nursing process
- Fluid and electrolytes
- Pharmacology
- Mental health
- Normal obstetrics and newborn care
- Respiratory system
- Cardiovascular system
- Genitourinary system
|
|
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
1. Lecture Sessions
|
1. Nursing Process: assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation
a. accurate utilization of nursing process book to implement the 4 steps in the nursing process
b. formulation of a care plan from gathered subjective and objective data
c. evaluation of care plan
d. identification of outcomes/goals which are client centered, specific, realistic and measurable
|
|
2. Teaching and Learning
a. identification of how adult learners learn
b. comparing and contrasting of problem solving models of learning to nursing process
|
|
3. Surgical Nursing
a. preoperative teaching, planning, nursing interventions and evaluation
b. intra-operative teaching, planning, nursing interventions and evaluation
c. post-operative teaching, planning, nursing interventions and evaluation
|
|
4. Fluid and Electrolyte and Acid/Base Balance
a. identification of main body electrolyes and how the body utilizes them
b. significance of too much or too little electrolytes in the body
c. acid/base balance in relationship to:
1. arterial blood gasses
2. metabolic and respiratory acidosis
3. metabolic and respiratory alkalosis
|
|
5. The genitourinary system
a. review of basic anatomy and physiology
b. diseases and disorders of the genitourinary system
c. nursing process application to the genitourinary system
|
|
6. Nursing and the Childbearing Family
a. uncomplicated labor and delivery review
b. care of the childbearing family pre-partum, ante-partum and post-partum
c. care of the healthy newborn
|
|
6. Pharmacology
a. review of classifications
b. comparison and contrasting relationship to nursing diagnosis and medical diagnosis
c. safety considerations
d. review of medication administration
|
|
7. Cardiovascular system
a. review of basic anatomy and physiology of the cardiovascular system
b. diseases and disorders of the cardiovascular system
c. nursing process application to the genitourinary system
d. electrical conduction pathway of the cardiovascular system
|
|
8. Respiratory system
a. review of basic anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system
b. diseases and disorders of the respiratory system
c. nursing process application to the respiratory system
|
|
9. Mental Health
a. diseases and disorder of mental health identification
b. coping and stress relief measures
c. therapeutic communication techniques
d. nursing process application to mental health issues
|
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions
|
1. Head-to-toe Physical Assessment:
a. demonstration of a head to toe assessment on a simulation patient in the lab setting
b. completion of simulation clusters 4, 6 and 7 (Minnesota board of nursing abilities)
|
|
2. Sample documentation of D-A-R focus charting: practice documentation from case studies or simulation scenarios
|
|
3. Medication administration
a. IV start practice and demonstration
b. IV push medication administration from obtaining order through documentation
c. IVPB (IV piggy-back) medication administration from obtaining the order through documentation
d. medication administration through an established central line from obtaining order through documentation
|
|
4. Blood administration
a. practice IV tubing set-up
b. demonstration of how to check blood out from a facility laboratory
c. demonstration of actual (simulated) blood administration
d. review of types of blood transfusion reactions and proper nursing interventions
|
|
5. Completion of required hands on return demonstration
a. Central line dressing changes including sterile technique and client teaching
b. Naso-gastric tube insertion, irrigation and removal
|
|
5. Oral report: practice oral reporting taped and live
|