Semester: Credits/Hours: NUR 290 NCLEX Review 45 hours (Lecture) 3 credit hours Semester: January 6, 2014 April 18, 2014 Course Schedule: Monday 0830 1120 OR Friday 1000 1250 Delivery Method: Residential Instructor ii : Lona Broadhead, RN, MSN Office Hours: **Please make appointment by email for office hour visits whenever possible** Email Address: LBroadhead@ameritech.edu Phone Number: 801-816-8622 Pre-requisite: NUR 192 Co-requisite: NUR 252 and NUR 272 Mission Statement of AmeriTech College: Through quality training and education, the mission of AmeriTech College is to prepare graduates with the necessary knowledge, skills, and dispositions to become competent professionals in their chosen field of study. Course Description: This course will assist students to finalize preparation for taking the NCLEX examination. Students will learn test-taking techniques and spend time practicing questions in order to increase their comfort with the mechanics of the licensure exam. As part of this course, students will be assessed for readiness to take the NCLEX and individual assistance will be offered for test preparation as student needs are identified. Course Objectives: Upon completion of this course, students should be able to: Provider of Care 1. Apply critical thinking when selecting appropriate answers to NCLEX-RN style questions. 2. Choose appropriate plans of care for diverse client populations when answering NCLEX-RN style questions. 3. Choose appropriate methods of education when answering NCLEX-RN style questions Manager of Care 1. Evaluate priorities of care utilizing Maslow s Theory of Human Needs when answering NCLEX-RN style questions. 2. Select effective therapeutic communication techniques used with clients and members of the health care team when answering NCLEX-RN style questions. Revised 01/2014 Page 1 Copyright Ameritech College All rights reserved. No part of this syllabus may be copied, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
3. Recognize appropriate delegation principles utilized by the professional nurse when answering NCLEX-RN style questions. Member of the Profession 1. Recognize legal and ethical principles utilized in health care delivery. 2. State requirements for professional licensure. Required Texts & Software: Billings, D. (2014). Lippincott s Q & A Review for NCLEX RN. (11 st ed.) Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Knippa, A. (2010). RN maternal newborn nursing, (8.0 ed.). Stilwell, KS. Assessment Technology Institute, LLC. Knippa, A. (2010). Nutrition for nursing, (4.0 ed.). Stilwell, KS. Assessment Technology Institute, LLC. Knippa, A. (2010). RN Adult medical surgical nursing, (8.0 ed.). Stilwell, KS. Assessment Technology Institute, LLC. Knippa, A. (2010). RN mental health nursing, (8.0 ed.). Stilwell, KS. Assessment Technology Institute, LLC. Knippa, A. (2010). RN Nursing care of children, (8.0 ed.). Stilwell, KS. Assessment Technology Institute, LLC. Knippa, A. (2010). RN pharmacology for nursing, (5.0 ed.). Stilwell, KS. Assessment Technology Institute, LLC. Knippa, A. (2010). Fundamentals for nursing, (7.0 ed.). Stilwell, KS. Assessment Technology Institute, LLC. Martinez de Castillo, S. (2006). Quest for academic success. Stilwell, KS. Assessment Technology Institute, LLC. Knippa, A. (2010). Nursing leadership and management review module. (5th ed.). Stilwell, KS. Assessment Technology Institute, LLC. Revised 01/2014 Page 2 Copyright Ameritech College All rights reserved. No part of this syllabus may be copied, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
Knippa, A. (2010). RN community health nursing. (5th ed.). Stilwell, KS. Assessment Technology Institute, LLC. Additional Resources: Students have online access to a variety of databases through OCLC FirstSearch including WorldCat, OCLC ArticleFirst, FirstSearch Electronic Collections Online (bibliographic index only) and OCLC Union Lists of Periodicals, OCLC PapersFirst, OCLC ProceedingsFirst, ERIC, GPO, MEDLINE, The World Almanac, CAMIO and ArchiveGrid. Students also have access to the EBSCOhost database, CINAHL with Full-Text. Recommended Texts & Readings: Ackley, B. & Ludwig, G., (2008). Nursing diagnosis handbook: An evidence-based guide to planning care (8 th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby. Skidmore-Roth, L. (2009). Mosby s nursing drug reference. (21 st ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby. Spratto, G., & Woods A. (2010). Delmar nurse s drug handbook 2010 edition (1 st ed.). Florence, KY: Cengage Learning, Pagana, K., & Pagana T. (2010). Manual of diagnostic and laboratory tests. (3 rd ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby Publisher. Instructional Methods: A variety of instructional methods will be used to include, but not to be limited to: lecture, active dialogue, cooperative learning techniques, quizzes, student writing, and peer evaluation. General Course Policies: 1. Students will show professionalism and courtesy at all times as outlined in the AmeriTech Code of Conduct, the Nursing Student Handbook, and the AmeriTech College Catalog. Students are especially required to show courtesy to all AmeriTech faculty and staff and to comply with their direction while attending class, lab, Simulated Clinical Experience (SCE), and/or clinical. Students at clinical sites are to follow the direction of the clinical site staff. Lack of courtesy is grounds for probation and/or dismissal from the Nursing program. 2. Students are expected to arrive prepared for learning, and to remain actively engaged in the dynamics of the classroom, lab, or clinical at all times. Revised 01/2014 Page 3 Copyright Ameritech College All rights reserved. No part of this syllabus may be copied, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
3. Students are required to follow the dress code as outlined in the Nursing Student Handbook. Students arriving to class, clinical, lab, or SCE in violation of the dress code may be asked to go home and change, and the time it takes to come into compliance with dress code will be deducted from their attendance time 4. Students may not use electronic devices in class, lab, Simulated Clinical Environment (SCE), or clinical except when on designated breaks. These devices include but are not limited to: cellphones, cameras, MP3 and other music players, personal digital assistants, and laptop computers. The only exception to this rule is the use of laptop computers in the classroom when permitted by the instructor. All AmeriTech instructors have the right to request that students turn off and put away any electronic device, including their laptop computer, while in class, lab, SCE, or clinical. Students who refuse to comply with this request will be asked to leave the classroom, lab, SCE, or clinical setting. No photography in class, lab, or the simulator is permitted without the consent of the instructor as well as the people being photographed. Students may not take photographs in the clinical setting. 5. Students are expected to attend the section of the class, lab, SCE, and/or clinical for which they are registered. Students may not attend another section to make up an absence without the advance permission of the instructor(s) involved. Instructors are not required to allow students to attend a different section from the one in which they are registered. 6. Because of the accelerated nature of this program, any absence from class, lab, SCE, and/or clinical will be detrimental to the student s education. Students are expected to attend all sessions of the classes for which they are registered. If a student is absent more than once in a semester from any one theory class, lab, SCE, and/or clinical they will be withdrawn from the program. Instructors may NOT excuse an absence. Students with extraordinary circumstances surrounding an absence (such as hospitalization, death in the family, court summons) should notify Student Services as soon as possible. 7. Single clinical absences (entire day or partial day) MUST be made up by the end of the semester. It is the responsibility of the student to contact the instructor and arrange for clinical make-up time. Other absences do not need to be made up; however, it is the student s responsibility to follow up with the faculty member and/or fellow students regarding work and information missed during an absence. Students should note that points may be lost (for such items as quizzes and participation) for a class, lab, or SCE session that is missed, and it is possible that these lost points could adversely affect their grade. 8. Students should observe standards of punctuality at all times. This means that they must be in the class, lab, SCE, or clinical prior to the start of the session and be ready to participate at the beginning of the session. Students who arrive tardy will be noted and three tardy Revised 01/2014 Page 4 Copyright Ameritech College All rights reserved. No part of this syllabus may be copied, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
marks will be equivalent to one absence. Students arriving after the start of nursing shift report in the clinical area will not be permitted to attend clinical that day. 9. All students are required to follow acceptable standards of academic integrity. Cheating and plagiarism will not be tolerated. Evidence of cheating in any form may result in immediate dismissal from AmeriTech College. Students utilizing any electronic device during a quiz or test (unless given specific permission by the instructor) will be assumed to be utilizing that device for cheating and will be dealt with in a manner appropriate to that assumption. 10. The misuse of computing, networking, or information resources may result in the restriction of computing privileges. Examples of misuse include, but are not limited to: unauthorized use of another person s computer account; viewing inappropriate content on the Internet; attempting to monitor or tamper with another person s electronic communications; and/or reading, copying, changing, or deleting another user s files. I-Clickers: Students will be required to bring to each class period an I-Clicker that has been distributed with their other required textbooks. The I-Clicker is a classroom response system that allows students to respond to questions, polls, and quizzes. It may also be used to record classroom attendance. Instructors will be able to keep a record of each student s individual responses, so it is important that each student retain and use their own I-Clicker remote. Students are held responsible for bringing their personal I-Clicker remote to each class period and retaining it for use in future semesters. Only one I-Clicker remote is distributed as part of the book package for the entirety of the nursing program. If the student loses their I- Clicker remote, they must immediately purchase a replacement. Grading Criteria: Each student is responsible for maintaining a cumulative minimum average academic grade of 74% or above for the semester. All classes require the student to achieve a 74% in order to pass the course. Failure to achieve satisfactory minimum grade levels will result in probation. Should a student need to repeat a course, that student is responsible for the associated costs; however, Federal Financial Aid may be available. Students should review the AmeriTech catalog regarding probation. Further information regarding academic probation is available through the office of the Nursing Director and information regarding costs is available through the Financial Aid office. Students may only repeat one course during the nursing program. If they fail two courses (including general education, core courses or other nursing course requirements), or fail the same course more than once, they will be dismissed from the program. Revised 01/2014 Page 5 Copyright Ameritech College All rights reserved. No part of this syllabus may be copied, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
Letter Grade Percentage GPA Equivalent Status Letter Grade Percentage GPA Equivalent Status A 94 100% 4.0 Passing D- 60 63% 0.7 Not Passing A- 90 93% 3.7 Passing F 0 59% 0.0 Not Passing B+ 87 89% 3.3 Passing AU - ** Audit B 84 86% 3.0 Passing I - ** Incomplete B- 80 83% 2.7 Passing L - ** Leave C+ 77 79% 2.3 Passing S - ** Scheduled C 74 76% 2.0 Passing T - ** Test Out C- 70 73% 1.7 Not Passing TC - ** Transfer Credit D+ 67 69% 1.3 Not Passing W - ** Withdrawal D 64 66% 1.0 Not Passing WF 0% 0.0 Withdraw Fail ** not computed in GPA Lecture Evaluation & Grading Criteria Methods: Homework (Journaling) 15% ATI Specialty Exams (See Course Outline) 15% Comprehensive Final Examination 70% TOTAL 100% Students in this course will need to have a working laptop computer that is able to access the internet. Various practice specialty exams will be administered throughout the course, and the student is expected to take them in class on the days indicated. These exams may be timed, and the student is responsible to finish the examination in the time indicated. Students are required to complete Form A Practice Exams prior to the start of class as noted. Students who do not complete Form A prior to the start of class will receive a grade of 0 on the Form B exam (see below). Grading For the Nutrition, Fundamentals, Mental Health, Maternal-Newborn, Pediatric, Leadership and Management, and Adult Medical-Surgical exams the grade entered will be the FIRST grade noted on the Form B Practice Exam according to the following schedule: (Proficiency Level) Level 3: 100 Level 2: 90 Revised 01/2014 Page 6 Copyright Ameritech College All rights reserved. No part of this syllabus may be copied, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
Level 1: 75 Below Level 1: 60 The instructor has the information about scores needed for proficiency levels on each individual specialty practice examination. The Comprehensive Final Examination grade will be recorded as follows: 80% and above: 100 74%-79.9%: 95 70%-73.9%: 90 0-69.9%: 50 Students who take the Comprehensive Final Examination more than once will receive the highest score out of all attempts. Comprehensive Final Examination 1. Students MUST have a working laptop computer that meets school specifications to complete this national exam. 2. Students who do not have a working laptop will not be allowed to take the examination and will receive a score of 0 on the exam. 3. Students who have not successfully passed ALL other classes needed for graduation will not be eligible for the Comprehensive Final Examination. They will receive a score of 0 on the comprehensive final examination, which will result in a failing course grade. The student will retake the NUR 290 course when and if they return to school to retake the other failed course. Students who fail NUR 290 because they did not pass other coursework and could not take the comprehensive final examination will not have the NUR 290 failure count towards the two-failure policy. Students who do not pass NUR 290 after administration of the comprehensive final examination MUST participate in an on-site, three day review session that is held after finals week (April 14-18). The on-site ATI Review will be held on April 28-30, 0800 to 1600. Students who pass the final examination may participate in the review if they wish, (we highly encourage everyone to attend this review.) A second attempt at the comprehensive final examination will be permitted after the review session. If the final exam grade is higher on this attempt, the higher grade will be substituted for the first grade given. Students who do not achieve a passing score in NUR 290 after 2 comprehensive final examination attempts will have an I (Incomplete) grade. Further remediation will take place over a 4 to 5 week period. A third final exam will be given, and if the grade is higher on this Revised 01/2014 Page 7 Copyright Ameritech College All rights reserved. No part of this syllabus may be copied, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
attempt, it will be substituted for the current final exam grade. If the student is still failing after the third attempt at the final exam, they will receive a failing grade in the course and will be required to repeat NUR 290. Students repeating NUR 290 who have already taken three versions of the comprehensive final exam will have only ONE more attempt to take the comprehensive final examination (at the completion of the repeated course). After this attempt, the student who has not achieved a passing grade will have a second NUR 290 failure recorded on their transcript and will not graduate from the AmeriTech College associate degree nursing program. 1 PLEASE NOTE: THIS SYLLABUS IS A GUIDE TO LEARNING, IT IS NOT A CONTRACT! The instructor reserves the right to make changes to the syllabus at any time. 2 If you need special accommodations, please notify the instructor prior to the first class period. AmeriTech College reserves the right to hold coursework on an alternate day to accommodate holidays within the semester. Outside Preparation: This course requires out-of-class work that may include, but is not limited to: text and/or other readings, quiz and test preparation, homework assignments, written papers, projects, presentations, and other work as assigned by the instructor. Course Outline: Key to outline: Davis refers to Davis s Q&A for the NCLEX-RN Examination ATI Books/Online Content (Reading content listed is by chapter numbers) Peds =RN Nursing Care of Children Edition 8.0 Pharm =RN Pharmacology for Nursing Edition 5.0 Funds =Fundamentals for Nursing Edition 7.0 M/S =RN Adult Medical Surgical Nursing Edition 8.0 Psych =RN Mental Health Nursing Edition 8.0 Mgmt =Nursing Leadership and Management Edition 5.0 Comm =RN Community Health Nursing Edition 5.0 Nutrition =Nutrition for Nursing Edition 4.0 OB =RN Maternal Newborn Nursing Edition 8.0 Revised 01/2014 Page 8 Copyright Ameritech College All rights reserved. No part of this syllabus may be copied, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
Week Content and Topic Outside Preparation Week 1 01/06, 10 Review Syllabus and class expectations. Testing Strategies for the NCLEX RN Examination ATI publication Ready-Set-RN (You access this on-line) Billings review chapters 1-3 Bring your computers to class every week Approximate Preparation Time 10 hours Complete Comprehensive Predictor Practice test A 8 hours Week 2 01/13, 17 Baseline assessment for students Do your focused review from the comprehensive predictor. Billings Comprehensive Test 1, p 894, Chapter 3-Test 15 Week 3 01/20, 24 Building Success In Class: ATI: Nurse Logic: Complete Knowledge and Clinical Judgement and Nursing Concepts ATI: Nutrition review book Billings Comprehensive Test 2, p 936 7 hours Revised 01/2014 Page 9 Copyright Ameritech College All rights reserved. No part of this syllabus may be copied, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
Week Content and Topic Outside Preparation Week 4 01/27, 31 Building Success ATI: Nurse Logic: Complete Priority Setting Frameworks and Testing and Remediation Billings Chapter 3-Tests 1, 2, 3, and 12 Approximate Preparation Time 7 hours Complete Nutrition Practice Test A prior to next class period Complete Nutrition Proctored Test B Practice Fundamentals test 6 hours Week 5 02/03, 07 Practice for Proficiency Journal 5 questions from the Nutrition test ATI: Fundamentals review book ATI: Nutrition review book Billings Chapter 3- Test 4 Complete Fundamentals Practice Test A prior to next class period Complete Fundamentals Practice Test B 7 hours Week 6 02/10, 14 Practice for Proficiency Journal 5 questions from the Fundamentals test ATI: Mental Health review book Billings Chapter 4- Tests 1-5 Complete Mental Health Practice Test A prior to next class period Revised 01/2014 Page 10 Copyright Ameritech College All rights reserved. No part of this syllabus may be copied, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
Week Content and Topic Outside Preparation Complete Mental Health Practice Test B Approximate Preparation Time 6 hours Week 7 02/17, 21 Practice for Proficiency Journal 5 questions from the Mental Health Test ATI: Maternal Newborn review book Billings Chapter 3-Tests 5, 6, 7, 9, and 10 Complete Maternal Newborn Practice Test A prior to next class period Complete Maternal Newborn Practice Test B 7 hours Week 8 02/24, 28 Practice for Proficiency Journal 5 questions from the Maternal Newborn test ATI: Nursing Care of Children review book Billings Chapter 1-Tests 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 Complete Nursing Care of Children Practice Test A prior to next class period Week 9 03/03, 07 Practice for Proficiency Complete Nursing Care of Children Practice Test B Journal 5 questions from the Nursing Care of Children test ATI: Pharmacology review book 7 hours Revised 01/2014 Page 11 Copyright Ameritech College All rights reserved. No part of this syllabus may be copied, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
Week Content and Topic Outside Preparation Billings Chapter 1-Tests 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 Approximate Preparation Time Complete Pharmacology of Nursing Practice Test A prior to next class period Complete Pharmacology of Nursing Practice Test B 6 hours Week 10 03/10, 14 Practice for Proficiency Journal 5 questions from the Pharmacology test ATI: Community Health Nursing review book Billings Chapter 2- Tests 1-9 Complete Community Health Nursing Practice Test A prior to next class period Week 11 03/17, 21 Practice for Proficiency Complete Community Health Nursing Practice Test B prior to next class period Journal 5 questions from Community Health Nursing test ATI: Medical Surgical Nursing review book Billings Chapter 3-Tests 11, 13, and 14 Complete Medical-Surgical Practice Test A prior to next class period 7 hours Revised 01/2014 Page 12 Copyright Ameritech College All rights reserved. No part of this syllabus may be copied, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
Week Content and Topic Outside Preparation Week 12 03/24, 28 Practice for Proficiency Complete Medical Surgical Nursing B Journal 5 questions from the Medical Surgical Nursing test ATI: Nursing Leadership and Management Approximate Preparation Time 7 hours Complete Nursing Leadership and Management Practice Test A prior to class next class period Complete Nursing Leadership and Management Practice Test B 8 hours Week 13 03/31, 04/04 Practice for Proficiency Journal 5 questions from the Nursing Leadership and Management test ATI: Chapter 3-Tests 17 Billings Comprehensive Test 5 p. 1056, Test 6 p. 1096 Complete ATI Comprehensive Practice Test A prior to next class period Week 14 04/07, 11 Overall Review Complete ATI Comprehensive Practice Test B Review ALL ATI books Practice using CD-ROM included in Billings 6 hours Week 15 Finals Week April 14-18 Revised 01/2014 Page 13 Copyright Ameritech College All rights reserved. No part of this syllabus may be copied, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or
Practice for Proficiency: Journaling (Students will receive 5 points possible for each question) For each question you choose to journal, (5 weekly), briefly document your approach to each question as you learned in Nurse Locic 2.0 Testing and Remediation; 1. What is the question asking me? 2. Is the question positive worded, negative worded, or priority? 3. What do I need to know to answer this question? (Content) This is a learning activity, if you do not know what you need to know to answer this question, look it up. **Did you use a resource to answer this question? 4. Provide rationale for each choice eliminated or selected. Tell me why it is right or wrong. 5. Post reflection: self evaluate your critical reading of the stem, self evaluate your rationale for eliminating and selecting choices, and ask yourself What did I know? and What did I learn? Example: Question: A nurse is educating a client who is taking iron supplements about foods which aid in iron absorption. Which of the following food choices indicates an understanding of the teaching? 1. The question is asking what foods aid iron absorption. 2. This is a positively worded question. 3. I need to know that vitamin C aids in the absorption of iron, I also need to know what foods/beverages contain vitamin C. 4. A baked potato, green beans, and milk do not aid in the absorption of iron and are not good sources of vitamin C. Revised 01/2014 Page 14 Copyright Ameritech College All rights reserved. No part of this syllabus may be copied, reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or