CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, BAKERSFIELD Department of Nursing. NURSING 240 First Steps Toward Nursing Practice Syllabus.

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1 CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, BAKERSFIELD Department of Nursing NURSING 240 First Steps Toward Nursing Practice Syllabus Fall Quarter 2006 FACULTY: Brenda Pulskamp, RN, Ed Office Nursing 112 Phone: Office Hours: As posted Michelle Kinder RN. MSN Office Nursing 110 Phone: Office hours: as posted DAY(s)/TIME/LOCATION: Assigned Mondays and Thursdays 11:00 to 1 pm CREDITS: 1 Quarter Unit; Credit/No Credit (10 hours) COURSE DESCRIPTION: Focuses on assisting beginning nursing students with test taking and math skills in health care settings. Includes instruction and practice in using math for medication administration and appropriate word use for reporting and recording nursing assessments. Scenarios will be used to provide assessment data and to illustrate how variations in client characteristics such as culture and age may influence medication administration and nursing assessment. PREREQUISITES: None COREQUISITES: Concurrent enrollment in N242 COURSE OBJECTIVES: Upon successful completion of N240, the student will: 1. Demonstrate skill in math calculations for medication administration by passing a math test at the 90% level. 2. Demonstrate beginning care plan skills by formulating NANDA Diagnoses. 3. Verbalize an assessment from data on a scenario/case study provided by the instructor.

2 2 TEACHING METHODS: Lecture/Discussion Demonstration/Practice Use of CD s for competency in medication calculations REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS: 1. Kee, Joyce and Marshall, Sally. Clinical Calculation with Applications to General and Speciality Areas, 5 th edition, Saunders; St. Louis, Missouri. 2. Wilkinson, J. M. (2005). Nursing diagnosis handbook with NIC interventions and NOC outcomes (8 th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. 3.. CSUB Student Policy Handbook. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS: 1. Sides, Marian and Korchek, Nancy. Successful Test-Taking Learning Strategies for Nurses (3 rd ed.) Philadelphia: Lipppincott 2. Mosby s medical nursing dictionary, Mosby, (latest edition). Or Davis, Tabers cyclopedic dictionary, Davis, Philadelphia, (latest edition). STUDENT EVALUATION: 1. Grading Scale: A = C = A- = C- = B+ = D+ = B = D = B- = D- = C+ = F = 59 & below 2. Evaluation of Students: Medication test with passing grade of 90%. Participation in class and development of care plan components Presentation of head to toe physical assessments 3. Services for Students with Disabilities:

3 3 To request academic accommodations due to a disability, please contact the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) as soon as possible. Their office is located in SA 140, and they may be reached at (661) (voice) or (661) (TDD). If you have an accommodations letter from the SSD Office documenting that you have a disability, please present the letter to me during my office hours as soon as possible so we can discuss the specific accommodations that you might need in this class. 4. Academic Honesty: All students are expected to read and adhere to the Academic Honesty policy detailed in the current CSUB Catalog and the ethical Standards found in the Undergraduate Nursing Student Policy Handbook. All work must be original work written for this course by the individual submitting it. See definition of plagiarism according to University General Catalogue and Department of Nursing Student Handbook. The penalty for plagiarism is an F in the course for first offense and termination from the University for second offense. If any questions, ask your instructor. TOPICAL OUTLINE: Introduction to course Test taking skills/evaluation of individual assessment skills Introduction to math calculation: demonstration and practice. Student presentation of physical assessment

4 4 Course Schedule: Class Time Assigned: Mondays, 11:am to 1 PM - Room: Date Topic Reading/Assignments September 14 th All students September 18th Sept 21 st Sept 25 th Sept 28th Orientation/Syllabus Review Patterns of Learning Review of math skill required Assessment tests as needed Math Skills Practice Math Test No Class Part I Basic math review as needed. Pg 3 to 20. Part II, Chapters 1, 2 Practice Problems for Chapter 1and 2 (p ) (p30-32) Abbreviations page Update with new criteria. Practice problems page 64 Chapter 5 with Practice problems p 88 Chapter 7 with practice problems page 121 Chapter 8 pages , with practice problems: page 158 # 2,3,4. and p Oct 2 nd Oct 5 th Oct 9 th Oct 12 th Oct 16 th Oct 19 th Math Test NANDA introduction with work sheets NANDA and care plan development Math test retake as needed NANDA and care plan development Presentation of Assessments from scenarios with medical terms, physical assessment terms, and rationale Abbreviations from medication book Chapters from Wilkinson Introduction pages ix to xix Chapters from Wilkinson Introduction pg. xxi-xxiii NANDA and care plan development NANDA and care plan development Present assessments/scenarios

5 5 Oct 23 rd Oct 26 th Oct 30/Nov2 November 6 th and Nov 9 th Presentation of Assessment from scenarios with medical terms, physical assessment terms, and rationale No class No class Present assessments/scenarios November 13 th and 16 th No class Bbp 6/06