PS Number: 54757 54758 54760 Faculty Name: Nicole Burchett, RN, MSN Katherine Hall, RN, MA Big Sandy Community and Technical College Course Syllabus Semester: Fall Year: 2015 Title: Associate Professor of Nursing Laboratory Instructional Specialist Course Prefix and Number: NSG 211 Course Credit Hours: 3 Credits Lecture: 2.0 credits (30 contact hours) Laboratory: 1.0 credit (45 hours) Course Prerequisites: Prerequisite: (NSG 210, NSG 212 and NSG 215), with a grade of C or higher, ENG 101 and Oral Communications. Prerequisite or co-requisite: NSG 220 with a grade of C or higher, ENG 102, and BIO 225. Course Title: Maternal Newborn Nursing Catalog Course Description: Focuses on the application of the core components of nursing to the care of childbearing families experiencing functional and dysfunctional health patterns. Instructor Contact Information: Campus Location: Prestonsburg Building & Room: Campbell 120-P Office Hours: Each full-time faculty s specific schedule of office hours will be posted during the first week of the course beside the faculty member s office door and available on the NSG 211 Blackboard course shell. Office Phone Number: (606)886-7367 Alternate Number: N/A Best Times to Call: See office hours; Please leave voicemail if out of office. KCTCS Email: Nfarrar0001@kctcs.edu 1
Special Instructions: N/A Supervisor Contact Information: Name: Marsha McKenzie Campus Location: Prestonsburg Building & Room: Campbell 120-K Office Phone Number: 606)889-4715 KCTCS Email: Mmckenzie0023@kctcs.edu Text and Supplies: Perry, S., Hockenberry, M., Lowdermilk, D., & Wilson, D. (2014). Maternal Child Nursing Care, 5 th ed. St. Louis, MO: Mosby Elsevier. Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing for Maternal Child Nursing Care, 5 th ed. Simple Calculator (add, subtract, multiply, divide, square root, and percentages) 2 inch binder KCTCS General Education Competencies Students should prepare for twenty-first century challenges by gaining: A. Knowledge of human cultures and the physical and natural worlds through study in the sciences and mathematics, social sciences, humanities, histories, languages, and the arts. Method to Achieve Competency: To be implemented 2016 B. Intellectual and practical skills, including inquiry and analysis critical and creative thinking written and oral communication quantitative literacy information literacy teamwork and problem solving Method to Achieve Competency: To be implemented 2016 2
C. Personal and social responsibility, including civic knowledge and engagement (local and global) intercultural knowledge and competence ethical reasoning and action foundations and skills for lifelong learning Method to Achieve Competency: To be implemented 2016 D. Integrative and applied learning, including synthesis and advanced accomplishment across general and specialized skills. Method to Achieve Competency: To be implemented 2016 Course Specific Competencies (Student Outcomes): 1.) Employ professional behaviors according to the standards of nursing practice into the care of childbearing families. 2.) Exhibit caring behaviors into the care of childbearing families. 3.) Illustrate safe nursing care while demonstrating competency with previously learned skills and acquiring additional essential skills that are unique to childbearing families and that adhere to critical criteria. 4.) Use Gordon s Functional Health Patterns as a basis for assessment of childbearing families. 5.) Apply the nursing process to clinical decision-making and the management of care for childbearing families. 6.) Demonstrate effective communication techniques to the care of childbearing families. 7.) Participate in a collaborative team approach to provide holistic client-centered care with an emphasis on childbearing families. Lab Competencies (Student Outcomes): (Enter N/A if this does not apply.) See essential skills portion of syllabus Course Outline: A. Introduction to Family Nursing B. Nursing Management for Reproductive/Pregestational Health 1.) Functional Reproductive/Pregestational Health 2.) Dysfunctional Reproductive/Pregestational Health C. Nursing Management for Childbearing Health 1.) Antepartum a.) Functional b.) Dysfunctional 2.) Intrapartum a.) Functional b.) Dysfunctional 3.) Postpartum a.) Functional b.) Dysfunctional D. Nursing Management of Newborn Health 3
a.) Functional b.) Dysfunctional Course Structure: 1.) Lecture/discussion 2.) Client situations 3.) Individual and/or group presentations 4.) Laboratory demonstrations, practice, and skill exams 5.) Clinical rotations (various nursing delivery methods may be utilized, including, but not limited to, functional and team nursing) 6.) Pre- and Post-Conferences 7.) Workshops 8.) Self-study materials 9.) Audio-visual materials 10.) Computer assisted instruction (CAI) 11.) Written assignments 12.) Web-Enhanced Instructions Technology/Media Component: NSG 211 is a web-enhanced course utilizing KCTCS online Blackboard website to assist students in the learning process. The following link can be used to access this website: http://elearning.kctcs.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp The textbook in NSG 211 can be used with the publisher s Evolve website to provide further information. Adaptive Testing will also be used in this course (see required Texts and Supplies section). Students have access to the BSCTC website at http://www.bigsandy.kctcs.edu Service-Learning: Students may be assigned to complete a service-learning project based on the learning content of this course. Classroom Civility: In order to facilitate the process of meeting course requirements, students are expected to maintain civility in the classroom, campus laboratory, and clinical facility. There will be a no-tolerance policy of disruptive or uncivil behavior toward another student, faculty, or clinical faculty staff. Students exhibiting disruptive behaviors as determined by the faculty will be asked and expected to leave the classroom, laboratory, or clinical site. Course Requirements and Evaluation: To receive a passing grade in NSG 211, the student must: 1.) Complete all assignments, exams, and quizzes within the required time frame. 2.) Earn 78% of the total points possible in the course. 3.) Earn a satisfactory clinical evaluation. THEORY REQUIREMENTS: 4
Grading Scale: The scale below shows the relationship between your semester percent average and the letter grade you receive: 100 90 = A 89 82 = B 81 78 = C 77 67 = D 66 & Below = E Grading Policy: The percentage grade will be derived by dividing the total points earned by the total points possible at the end of the semester. Total points possible will be derived from unit exams, a final comprehensive exam and may include other quizzes, assignments, etc. There will not be any bonus points awarded in this course. Exams will be announced. Quizzes can be announced or unannounced. Quizzes cannot be made up. For other policy statements regarding exams, see the Student Nurse Handbook. CLINICAL REQUIREMENTS: For a Satisfactory Clinical Grade the following must be achieve: -Dosage calculation in clinical = 100% proficiency -Skills proficiency evaluations = 100 % proficiency -Clinical evaluation of student performance = Satisfactory The final clinical grade for each student in NSG 211 will be graded as satisfactory or unsatisfactory. Refer to the Clinical Evaluation Tool for NSG 211 for more detailed information. Campus nursing laboratory experiences will be considered in the student's weekly clinical progress. Both scheduled labs and lab appointments will be considered. All students must be on time and remain in the lab the entire time during scheduled times unless excused by the Laboratory Instructional Specialist/Faculty. Students are required to complete all essential skills for NSG 211 at 100% proficiency. Demonstration of the essential skills and initial practice sessions will be scheduled by the Laboratory Instructional Specialist/Faculty. It will be the student s responsibility to practice after this initial demonstration/discussion. Students will participate in at least two practice sessions with other student and/or Instructional Specialist/Faculty and will document all signatures as required on the Essential Skills-Critical Criteria Sheet for each skill. The skill sheet must be presented to the Instructional Specialist/Faculty prior to testing on the day of the skill exam or the student will forfeit that skill attempt/opportunity. In the event the student fails a skill exam, the student must practice any deficient areas. This practice must be documented on the Essential Skill-Critical Criteria Sheet. This sheet must be presented when the student returns to repeat the skill exam on the assigned date. In order to receive two opportunities to complete a skill, the student must follow the above instructions. Absence, failure to practice, and failure to bring documentation of practice on the day of the skill exam are reasons why a student may be given only one opportunity to complete a skill. All students must be 5
finished with their final attempt at each skill exam by the deadlines set by the Laboratory Instructional Specialist/Faculty. Should a student be unsuccessful on their final attempt to perform the skill or fail to meet the established deadline, they will be given the option of withdrawing from the course at that time or receiving a grade of "E" for the course. In the event that a student must be absent or tardy for a scheduled skill exam, the student must notify the Laboratory Instructional Specialist/Faculty prior to his/her scheduled appointment. NSG 211 Essential Skills are the Clinical Skills for which the student must demonstrate 100% proficiency in order to pass the course. These include: A. General Principles (overriding) B. Safety Practices (overriding) C. Standard Precautions D. Timing Contractions (including electronic fetal monitoring) *E. Fetal Heart Rate (including fetal monitoring) *F. Immediate Care of the Newborn *G. Postpartum Assessment H. Teaching Learning 1. Breastfeeding/Bottle-feeding 2. Bathing the Newborn 3. Breathing/Relaxation 4. Infant Safety * denotes individual faculty check-off Attendance Policy: Students are expected to attend and be punctual for all lectures, labs, and clinical experiences. In the event that a student must miss clinical, the student is to notify their clinical instructor prior to the beginning of the clinical experience. The student must follow up with written reason for the absence by e-mail or in person, which will be placed in the students file. Failure to notify the instructor may result in an unsatisfactory clinical evaluation for the week. One clinical absence may be excused by assigned clinical faculty. More than one clinical absence will result in the student meeting with the nursing faculty and nursing coordinator to determine continuation in the course. Exceptions to this policy can only be granted by the Nursing Coordinator. If a student misses a clinical experience, and it is determined to be an excused absence, the student will be given the opportunity to make up the clinical experience at the discretion of the clinical faculty. It is 6
the responsibility of the student to contact the instructor within 3 days for a make-up assignment. If written work is included as make-up work, it must be completed by the given date. All assigned clinical work must be satisfactory or the clinical rating will be affected. Unexcused absences from clinical cannot be made up and the student will receive an unsatisfactory clinical performance evaluation for that week. Students who are going to be tardy for clinical must notify their clinical instructor. In the event that the student is not able to arrive by the assigned time, it is the student s responsibility to notify the clinical instructor immediately. The student may be counted absent and will be required to make up the missed time if it an excused absence. Students are required to spend a minimum of 1 hour in the campus lab each week. Lab times will be as advised by nursing faculty. Activities may include practicing skills, watching videos, preparing written assignments, class discussion, and/or computer assisted instruction. It is the responsibility of the student to document this time in assigned lab notebooks. This time will be included in the final clinical evaluation for the course. Any classroom or clinical time missed due to inclement weather will be made up during unscheduled time or college breaks. Exam Policy: Exams are announced. Quizzes may be announced or unannounced. Missed quizzes cannot be made up. No food or drink will be allowed on the student s desk or person during any examination. Any exceptions to this will be at the faculty s discretion. All bags, books and study materials will be placed at the front of the classroom and away from the student s desk. All electronic devices, with the exception of a calculator only device, must be turned off or silenced and be placed off the student s desk in a bag or other container. Cell phones or any other devices are not allowed to be used as a calculator. Students will not be allowed to have copies of their nursing exams, nor keep an exam. Examinations may not be returned for student review until all students have taken the examination. Examinations will be reviewed in the classroom and may be reviewed by the individual student by appointment in the faculty s office during the week following the specific examination unless otherwise announced. Students that do not review the examination during this time period forfeit the opportunity to review the examination. There will be no classroom review of the final examination. The final examination may be reviewed by the individual student in the faculty s office by appointment during the week following the examination 7
unless otherwise announced. Students that do not review the final examination during this time period forfeit their opportunity to review the examination. No pencils, pens, phones, calculators, or other devices are allowed on the student s desk or person while reviewing an exam. Missed Exam Policy: If a student cannot take an exam at the scheduled time, the faculty must be notified by 4:00 p.m. of the exam day. It is the student s responsibility to make arrangements with the faculty to take the make-up exam, which may be of a different type including an oral exam. Failure to follow this procedure will result in the student receiving a 0 on the exam. Faculty will determine the date of any make-up exam. Make-up exams may not be given until the end of the course. There will be no make-up exams for the Final Exam. A student who does not take the Final Exam will receive a grade of 0 on the exam and the 0 will be used in computing the grade for this course. The Nursing Coordinator, with a concurrence of the Nursing Faculty, may grant exceptions to this policy. Late Assignment Policy: All assignments must be turned in as required by the faculty. Late clinical written assignments will not be accepted and the student will receive an unsatisfactory on the clinical evaluation for that week. Withdrawal Policy: A student may withdraw from this course until the last day to withdraw indicated on the 16 Week Academic Calendar for Fall 2014. The student must see a nursing faculty or the nursing coordinator prior to withdrawal in order to complete the appropriate documentation and receive the appropriate readmission guidelines. All facility badges and any books or materials loaned by the faculty or the campus lab to the student must be returned during this meeting in order for the student to be allowed to withdraw with a W grade. Clinical Facilities Students will receive their clinical experience in an off-campus clinical facility. Students may be assigned to more than one facility during the semester. Students are responsible for their own transportation to classes and to the off-campus clinical facilities. Student placement in clinical facilities is based on curriculum assignment; placement is not based on individual preference. 8
Changes In Course Assignments During The Course The faculty makes every effort to update lecture and clinical information based on recent advances in nursing and medicine. Therefore, the faculty reserves the right to make changes in clinical and lecture focus, objectives, assigned readings, clinical experiences, and other learning experiences which the faculty believes will improve the learning opportunities for students. Likewise, students are encouraged to share any recent pertinent information of interest with instructors and classmates. Substance Abuse Policy The commitment of Big Sandy Community & Technical College Associate Degree Nursing, Practical Nursing, Nursing Assistant, Medicaid Nurse Aide, and Phlebotomy programs is to provide a quality education for our students in a safe, professional academic environment. Educational experiences in these programs occur in a variety of clinical settings, both on and off campus. To ensure that patients, students, facility personnel and faculty remain safe in this academic endeavor the Safety Compliance Committee has developed a substance abuse policy as an accountability standard for these clinical activities. This policy is meant to protect the rights of all persons involved to the fullest extent possible and will be executed without discrimination. Students failing to meet safety compliance standards established by the committee will be dismissed from the program. I. All BSCTC students in the programs listed above will be required to sign a statement of understanding regarding the BSCTC substance abuse policy. This form will serve as proof of receipt and understanding of the substance abuse policy. Students will assume all costs associated with policy requirements. II. Students will be subjected to substance abuse screening arranged by BSCTC faculty which will occur randomly while the student is enrolled in any of the programs listed above. In addition, clinical facilities may require a separate substance abuse screening prior to the student attending clinical at their individual institutions. III. Students who refuse to participate in the substance abuse screening process are not permitted to attend the clinical experience required for the program or course and therefore will be unable to meet the required clinical competencies. As a result, the student will be unable to achieve a passing grade for the course. IV. If the screening for substance abuse arranged by BSCTC or the clinical facility indicates that a student has taken an illegal or non-prescribed substance (with the potential to alter behavior) or indicates an excessive level of prescribed medications has been taken, as determined by the clinical facility or approved vendor, the student will be provided the option of withdrawing from the course. If the student chooses not to withdraw, a grade of E will be given due to the inability of the student to participate in the required clinical component of the course. V. Substance abuse screenings obtained independently by the student will not be accepted for use of determination for clinical attendance either prior to, or following a mandated substance abuse screening arranged by the program and or clinical facility. VI. Faculty may require an additional substance abuse screening if a student exhibits impaired behavior at any time during the clinical experience. These behaviors may include, but are not limited to slurred speech, unsteady gait, odor of alcohol on the breath, drowsiness, confusion, or incoherent speech. 9
Program Handbook, Code Of Student Conduct, And College Catalog Additional policies and procedures for this course can be found in the Nursing Program Student Handbook, the Code of Student Conduct, and the Big Sandy Community and Technical College Catalog. The Big Sandy Community & Technical College Catalog is available at http://www.bigsandy.kctcs.edu. Additional information can be found at the following site: http://www.bigsandy.kctcs.edu/en/academics/office_hours_schedules_and_syllabi.aspx 10