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Placement: Junior Year, Fall Semester
Prerequisites:Nursing 140, Nursing 260-261
Corequisites: Nursing 340, Nursing 360
Credits: Eight credits with three hours lecture and fifteen hours laboratory/week
Faculty:Dr. Margarete Zalon, RN, CS and Dr. Marian Farrell, RNC, CS, CRNP
2. Apply communication principles in interaction with individual clients.
3. Develop a therapeutic rapport in interactions with individual clients.
4. Analyze the components of the illness experience and the adaptation of the client in the role of caregiver, advocate and teacher.
5. Utilize the principles of teaching and learning in the implementation of a client teaching plan.
6. Participate as a member of the nursing team to assist the client in the promotion and restoration of optimal health
7. Demonstrate responsibility and competency in the performance of selected health assessment and psychomotor skills.
8. Identify research findings applicable to the provision of professional nursing care to the client.
9. Recognize appropriate community resources in planning discharge for the client.
10. Establish priorities of health care in collaboration with the client.
11. Analyze one's own behavior and values in terms of their effect on therapeutic interactions with the client.
12. Demonstrate responsibility and accountability when rendering care to clients with alterations in health patterns.
13. Evaluate effectiveness of interactions in meeting the psychosocial and physical needs of clients.
Required Study Guides: The following study guides are required for the clinical laboratory and are to be turned in to your clinical instructor according to the schedule in the syllabus.
Respiratory
Laboratory Study Guide
Parenteral
Medication Laboratory Study Guide
Intravenous
Therapy Laboratory Study Guide
Perioperative
Clinical Preparation
OR
Day Assignment (print and bring
with you to complete while you are in the OR)
Optional Study Guides: The following study guides have been developed to assist you with learning the course content:
Preoperative
Nursing Care Study Guide
Postoperative
Nursing Care Study Guide
Pain
Management Study Guide
Community-Acquired
Pneumonia in the Elderly Case Study
Respiratory
Nursing Care Study Guide
Nursing
Care of the Patient with Hypertension Study Guide
Nursing
Care of the Patient with Peripheral Vascular Disease Study Guide
Cardiovascular
Nursing Care Study Guide
Nursing
Care of the Patient with Heart Failure Study Guide
Nursing
Care of the Patient with Altered Mobility Study Guide
Nursing
Care of the Patient with AIDS Study Guide
Nursing
Care of Patients with Hematologic Disorders Study Guide
The following quizzes are available for practice. At the bottom of the quiz, you can submit your answers for scoring. Your answers are not sent to Dr. Zalon. If your answers are incorrect, just answer those questions again to find out the correct answers.
Preoperative
Nursing Care Quiz
Postoperative
Nursing Care Quiz
Pain
Management for Postoperative Patients Quiz
Respiratory
Nursing Care Quiz (focuses on asthma)
Respiratory
Nursing Care Quiz (focuses on COPD)
Nursing
Care of the Patient with Coronary Artery Disease Quiz
Nursing
Care of the Patient with Hypertension Quiz
Nursing
Care of the Patient with Peripheral Vascular Disease Quiz
Nursing
Care of the Patient with Heart Failure Quiz
Nursing
Care of the Patient with Altered Mobility Quiz
Nursing
Care of the Patient with AIDs Quiz
Nursing
Care of the Patient with Leukemia Quiz