1/21/2025 5:06:23 PM	NRV 58A Course Outline as of Fall 2002	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  NRV 58A	Title:  FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS LAB
Full Title:  Fundamental Skills Lab for Vocational Nursing
Last Reviewed:10/13/2014

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	1.00	Lecture Scheduled	0		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	0
Minimum	1.00	Lab Scheduled	0		1 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	3.00			Contact DHR	52.50
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  0.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 52.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  P/NP Only
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly: 

Catalog Description:

Demonstration and supervised practice of basic nursing skills based on scientific principles and correlated with concepts from theory. Planning and implementing basic patient care are practiced in a simulated clinical setting. Relationships between these concepts and nursing skills relevant to steps in the nursing process; assessment, planning, implementing, evaluation and documentation are practiced. Students demonstrate competent skill performance in a simulated clinical setting.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:
Admission to the program.

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Basic nursing skills based on scientific principles are demonstrated. Skills are correlated with concepts from theory and related to steps in the nursing process. Students practice and return demonstrations in a simulated setting prior to performing in the clinical setting.

(P/NP Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:Admission to the program.
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Spring 1991	Inactive:	Fall 2021
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Certificate Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Students will:

1. Perform selected basic nursing skills safely and competently in the

  simulated clinical setting (laboratory) consistent with theoretical

  knowledge base and skills text criteria.

2. "Check-Off" given a clinical scenario, such as:

  a. independently perform skill with minimal prompting from instructor

3. "Check-Off" successfully within a maximum of 3 attempts/skill.

Topics and Scope

BASIC NURSING SKILLS:

1. Vital Signs

2. Personal Hygiene Skills (i.e. Baths, Bedmaking, Oral Care)

3. Transfer Skills (i.e. Ambulation, Use of Assistive Devices)

ELIMINATION:

1. Sterile Urine Collection

2. Catheter Care

3. Enemas

4. Suppositories

5. Monitoring Accurate Outputs

6. Colostomy Care

NUTRITION:

1. Feeding of dependent patients.

2. Naso-gastric intubation.

3. Naso-gastric tube feedings.

4. Monitoring Accurate Intake.

SAFETY/PROTECTION:

1. Standard Precautions.

2. Special Precautions.

3. Sterile Technique & Principles.

4. Sterile Gloving.

PROCEDURES/TREATMENTS:

1. Simple Sterile Dressing Change.

2. Respiratory Therapy Treatments (i.e. ABT's, oxygen therapy)

3. Non-injectable Medications and Principles of Administration

Assignments:

Assignments include:

1.  Attend scheduled demonstrations of identified nursing skills.

2. Supervised practice and competent performance of nursing skills.

3. Independently and safely performs each skill with a maximum of three

  attempts at "check-offs" to demonstrate competency to instructor.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 0 - 0%
None
This is a degree applicable course but assessment tools based on writing are not included because skill demonstrations are more appropriate for this course.
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 0 - 0%
None
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 100 - 100%
Class performances, Performance exams
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 0 - 0%
None
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 0 - 0%
None

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

NRV 58A Skills Lab Syllabus.

Clinical Nursing Skills (Basic to Advanced), 5th ed, by Smith, Duell, and

Martin. Prentice Hall, New Jersey (2000).

Student Handbook of Policies for VN Program.

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