SRJC Course Outlines

3/25/2023 1:02:34 PM	NR 75.1C Course Outline as of Fall 2020	New Course (First Version)
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr: NR 75.1C	Title: INTER MEDSURG NRSG
Full Title: Intermediate Medical Surgical Nursing
Last Reviewed:2/3/2020

Units		Course Hours per Week		Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	4.50	Lecture Scheduled	4.50	9 max.	Lecture Scheduled	40.50
Minimum	4.50	Lab Scheduled	0	8 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	13.50		Contact DHR	121.50
		Contact Total	18.00		Contact Total	162.00

		Non-contact DHR	0		Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours: 81.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 243.00

Title 5 Category: AA Degree Applicable
Grading: Grade Only
Repeatability: 42 - One Repeat if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
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Formerly:

Catalog Description:
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Concepts applicable to intermediate level acute care of adult medical-surgical patients, with focus on the Staff RN as a team member, advance intravenous therapy practice, health care informatics, and evidence based practice.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Course Completion of NR 75.1B AND NR 75.2B; OR Course Completion of NR 75B

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:
Admission to Program. The healthcare facilities in which students are clinically placed require that the students must comply with all of the following before they are allowed onsite: Currency on all immunizations including annual flu shots; currency on annual tuberculosis clearance; a negative background check, a negative urine drug screen, and possess a current American Heart Association Certified Healthcare Provider CPR/BLS card.

Schedule of Classes Information
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(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:Course Completion of NR 75.1B AND NR 75.2B; OR Course Completion of NR 75B
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:Admission to Program. The healthcare facilities in which students are clinically placed require that the students must comply with all of the following before they are allowed onsite: Currency on all immunizations including annual flu shots; currency on annual tuberculosis clearance; a negative background check, a negative urine drug screen, and possess a current American Heart Association Certified Healthcare Provider CPR/BLS card.
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:42 - One Repeat 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:	Fall 2020	Inactive:

UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:

C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Both Certificate and Major Applicable

COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Provide safe, high-quality intermediate level nursing care that meets the needs of acutely ill medical/surgical patients.

2. Demonstrate effective use of the electronic medical record as a tool for patient care and documentation.

3. Demonstrate skills needed to find, evaluate, use and communicate evidence-based health care information in print and electronic formats.

4. Relate teamwork and collaboration principles to the effective functioning of care team members to insure quality patient outcomes.

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Students will be able to:

1. Assess specific needs for patient care-related informatics retrieval and application.

2. Formulate a question related to clinical evidence and develop a search strategy.

3. Critically evaluate evidence-based practice sources using specified inclusion criteria.

4. Compare and contrast applicability to practice, information resources found in two or more

online databases.

5. Recognize situations where patients are at high risk for harm, and use critical thinking and

agency-developed procedures to protect them.

6. Identify high priority care needs of medical-surgical patients with selected illnesses.

7. Collaborate with patients, families and other members of the healthcare team to provide

patient-centered care.

8. Incorporate physiological, developmental, psychological, and adaptation concepts into the

nursing care planning process.

9. Articulate the scientific rationales for selected nursing and medical-surgical interventions.

10. Demonstrate competency in the safe performance of intermediate medical-surgical nursing

skills, incorporating scientific, physiological and psychosocial principles.

11. Use prioritization and time management skills to organize care for acutely ill adults.

Topics and Scope
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I. Theory

A. Healthcare informatics

1. Electronic health records [EHRs]

2. Meaningful Use

3. Federal mandates and timelines

B. Evidence-based practice

1. Sources and levels of evidence

2. Libraries and databases, including professional and governmental organizations

3. Search strategies

4. Evaluating evidence quality

5. Communicating evidence

C. Team Building and Collaboration for Quality and Safety Assurance

D. Intravenous Therapy III - Central Vascular Access Devices*

1. Central venous device care and complications

2. Intravenous fluids and medications requiring central venous access

E. Intravenous Therapy IV - Venipuncture*

1. Peripheral IV catheter insertions

2. Phlebotomy to procure laboratory specimens

F. Nursing Care of the Patient Requiring Transfusion Therapy*

1. Nursing assessment and specific care consideration for patients receiving transfusion

therapy, includes comfort and pain management

2. Blood product components

3. Complications and associated reactions

G. Nursing Care of the Patient with Chest Trauma*

1. Nursing assessment and specific care consideration for patients with chest trauma,

includes comfort and pain management

2. Thoracic pathophysiology and complications

3. Chest tube management

H. Nursing Care of the Patient with Cancer I

1. Basic nursing assessment and specific care consideration for patients with cancer,

includes comfort and pain management

2. Cancer cell pathophysiology and complications