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The students will:
1. Demonstrate the ability to utilize effective coping skills.
2. Behave in a professional manner reflecting identified standards
for health care professionals.
3. Comply with regulations regarding direct patient abuse and act as
an advocate to insure patient needs and rights.
4. Accurately collect data for each patient from client's clinical
record, observation and shift report to determine client's progress.
5. Participate with the health care team in maintaining a safe and
hygienic environment.
6. Develop a written, organized, daily schedule for delivery of patient
care.
7. Apply principles of gerontology in planning and implementing
patient care.
8. Implement plan of care within given time frame.
9. Participate with team members in planning, developing, evaluating,
revising and implementing treatment care plans for assigned patients.
10. Apply principles of human anatomy and physiology to common medical
surgical disorders.
11. Prepare the client physically and emotionally for frequently used
diagnostic tests by describing how each test is done.
12. Utilize appropriate positioning techniques, therapeutic handling
techniques and active-passive range of motion.
13. Apply principles of safety in the delivery of patient care.
14. Describe therapeutic and adverse effects of drugs being administered
to assigned patients.
15. Perform nursing skills consistent with audit sheet criteria.
16. Report abnormal assessments and make appropriate interventions.
17. Write appropriate entries on nurses notes, graphic and flow sheets
consistent with agency policy and principles of documentation.
18. Institute emergency CPR and first aid when necessary.
19. Identify and participate in on going education for professional
and self growth.
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1. Orientation to clinical facilities.
2. Patient care assignment with nursing intervention including
assessments, care plans and implementation of nursing care.
3. Documentation.
4. Preparation, administration and charting of medications.
5. Knowledge of and utilization of safety factors.
6. Ethical and legal issues.
7. Disorders of major body systems.
8. Gerontological considerations.
9. Spiritual/cultural considerations.
10. Functions of health care team.
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1. Collection of data and delivery of total patient care for three
assigned patients.
2. Six charting notes and six care plans for assigned patient.
3. Completion of medication cards for assigned patient.
4. Participation in post-conference on a daily basis.
5. Paper on physical disease or disorder with nursing care.
6. Written daily schedule of care.
7. Skill lab practice concurrent with clinical experience.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
10 - 30% |
| Written homework, Reading reports, Term papers | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
25 - 50% |
| Field work | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
35 - 50% |
| Class performances, Field work, Performance exams | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
5 - 10% |
| Multiple choice, Matching items | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
0 - 0% |
| None | |
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NURSING 95, Drug Handbook.
PT71L Syllabus.
TEXTBOOK OF BASIC NURSING, 5th ed. with Acc. Student Workbook by
Rosedahl. 1991
Psych Tech Law with rules and regulations. 1992
