11 courses with the subject PNSG, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
PNSG 1010Foundations of Nursing Practice4
Prerequisites Acceptance into the PN program. HEAL 1501 or HEAL 1502 and HEAL 1101 , HEAL 1061 , PSYC 1350 , HEAL 1150 Foundations of Practical Nursing provides an introduction to the theoretical foundation for focused-assessment and nursing skills. The student is given an opportunity to demonstrate these skills in the laboratory setting. An introduction to the nursing process provides the student with a beginning framework for decision making. The key concepts of teamwork and collaboration, safety, quality improvement, professional identity/behavior, patient/relationship centered care, nursing judgement/evidencbased practice, managing care of the individual patient, and informatics/technology are introduced. Learning Outcomes Identify technology used to access reliable resources to accurately document patient care, reduce reliance on memory, and enhance competence in the practice setting. Demonstrate basic nursing skills using proper techniques and measures that ensure patient safety. Identify problem and health / illness and their relationships to providing care that is safe for the nurse and the patient. Identify examples of healthcare information and reinforcing established teaching plans. Demonstrate caring communication skills when using the nursing process in the provision of culturally sensitive patient care. Describe and demonstrate effective communication skills when working with interprofessional teams, documenting care, and reporting to appropriate team members. Demonstrate personal integrity, professional boundaries and behaviors related to established code of ethics, nurse practice acts and both legal and ethical frameworks. Recognize patient care concerns and measures to improve patient care environmental safety, customer service skills, and patient satisfaction. Identity ways to plan and organize care.
Prerequisites Acceptance into the PN program. HEAL 1501 or HEAL 1502 and HEAL 1101 , HEAL 1150 , HEAL 1061 , PSYC 1350 Included in this course is information on pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, common adverse/side effects, and contraindications to drug use. Emphasis is placed on drug classifications and nursing care related to the safe administration of medications to patients across the life span. Learning Outcomes Describe the legal and ethical implications/aspects of medication administration. Calculate dosages for medication administration. Recognize reliable information related to pharmacology that supports patient care, reduces reliance on memory, and enhances competency within the practice setting. Demonstrate principles of safe medication administration and the nurses’ role in preventing medication errors. Identify information needed for patients taking various classifications of medications. List the major classifications of medications, common medications within each classification, potential/actual complications (side effects), contraindications and rationales for medication administration.
Prerequisites Acceptance into the PN Program. HEAL 1501 or HEAL 1502 and PSYC 1350 , HEAL 1101 , HEAL 1150 , HEAL 1061 , Nursing Care of Adults Health I introduces students to the care of older patients with a focus on health promotion and safety. Emphasis is on common health problems of the adult in restorative and residential facilities as well as safety and end-of-life care. Application of pathophysiology, nutrition and pharmacology are applied to common diseases within each topic area.THEORY TOPICS INCLUDE:Basic alterations in fluid and electrolytes, oxygenation, cardiac output and tissue perfusion, regulaton and metabolism, cognition and sensation, immunity, integument, mobility, digestion, elimination, excretion, physical and psychosocial variations, chronic illness, end of life care, environmental safety and emergency preparedness. Major Content Areas As noted on course syllabus. Learning Outcomes Identify priorities of care in the provision of emergency response plans under the direction of a RN or other licensed Health Care Provider. Give examples of patient/relationship centered care when using the nursing process to contribute to individualized plans of care for the older adult. Recognize barriers to learning when providing or reinforcing health care information to older adult patients regarding health care and safety issues. Choose interventions (e.g. reporting changes, identifying action to take) within an established plan of care for potential/actual complications of the older adult patient. Apply knowledge of pharmacology, pathophysiology, and nutrition to the care of older adult patients with common health problems. describe blood/lymph disorders Discuss rationales for nursing judgments and prioritization of care of the older adult patient. Use reliable evidence based journals and online databases to find information related to the care of older adults with common health and safety issues.
Prerequisites HEAL 1101 , HEAL 1150 , HEAL 1502 , HEAL 1061 , HEAL 1501 , HEAL 1060, PSYC 1350 Clinical I provides the student an opportunity to apply nursing judgement using the nursing process to implement safe, patient/relationship centered care in selected settings. The clinical student demonstrates focused assessments, data collection, implementation of skills learned in the lab setting, documents findings and reinforces teaching plans for individual patients with common problems. The student develops communication and customer service skills working with individual patients and teammembers.
Prerequisites PNSG 1010 , PNSG 1355 , PNSG 1400 , PNSG 1600 Clinical II provides the student an opportunity to apply nursing judgement using evidence based care, critical thinking and clinical judgement to implement safe, patient/relationship centered care to individual patients across the lifespan (includingmaternal/child/pediatric). The clinical student reflects on the value of patient centered care, teamwork and collaboration, informatics, quality improvement, safety, managing care of the individual patient, and nursing judgement/evidence based caren his/her career as a LPN. Learning Outcomes Demonstrate appropriate use of technology to maintain patient confidentiality and access reliable information and resources. Demonstrate and provide evidence for prioritizing problems and identifying appropriate interventions and monitoring the patient’s response across the lifespan. Evaluate one?s communication skills and cultural sensitivity when working with diverse patients, compare individualized established plans of care across the lifespan and provide health care information while considering the patients culture, experience, and knowledge of his/her own health.
This course prepares the advanced-standing returning student to continue with clinical courses in the nursing major. Students will have the opportunity to practice nursing skills and will be required to demonstrate competence. Learning Outcomes demonstrate universal pre-steps demonstrate accurate dosage calculation demonstrate accurate blood pressure measurement demonstrate accurate oral medication administration demonstrate accurate radial/apical pulse measurement review nursing skill references update First Aid and CPR certification demonstrate accurate respiration measurement demonstrate accurate parenteral medication administration demonstrate infection control techniques demonstrate aseptic and sterile technique demonstrate identified nursing skills demonstrate patient safety procedures practice patient care procedures update health and immunization assessment review college and program handbooks
Prerequisites PNSG 1010 , PNSG 1355 , PNSG 1400 , PNSG 1600 Psychosocial nursing care focuses on the care of patients with psychiatric and behavioral disorders. Emphasis is placed on common psychiatric and behavioral disorders as well as promoting and maintaining the mental health of individuals. Role and standards of practice for mental health nursing, therapeutic communication skills when working wit psychiatric and behavioral disorders, therapeutic modalities including pharmacotherapeutics, anxiety disorders, mood disorders, personality disorders, psyhotic disorders, chemical impairment and substance abuse, abuse and violence. Learning Outcomes Analyze (potential/actual) patient complications and interventions from an established plan of care to implement for individual patients with psychiatric or behavioral disorders (i.e. report changes to the appropriate health care provider, etc.) Organize data to contribute to established plans of care for individual patients with psychiatric or behavioral disorders. Provide rationales for nursing judgments and prioritization of care for individual patients with psychiatric or behavioral disorders. Describe caring, culturally sensitive, therapeutic communication with individual patients experiencing psychiatric or behavioral disorders. Analyze ethical and legal implications related to the care of individual patients with psychiatric or behavioral disorders.
Prerequisites PNSG 1010 , PNSG 1355 , PNSG 1400 , PNSG 1600 Nursing Care of Women/Newborns/Children provides an integrative approach to the care of the childbearing woman, newborns, and children. Prominence is placed on normal pregnancies, normal growth and development, and common pediatric disorders.TOPICSFOR THEORY:Legal and ethical issues, reproductive health care, antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care, newborn care, pediatric emergencies and accident prevention, communicable diseases, alterations in fluid and electrolytes, oxygenation, cadiac output and tissue perfusion, regulation and metabolism, cognition and sensation, immunity, integument, mobility, regulation and metabolism, ingestion/digestion/absorption/elimination, and excretion. Learning Outcomes Distinguish data needed for a focused assessment that contributes to the individual plan of care for women, newborns, and children and interpret critical information (based on focused assessments and interpretations) to be reported to appropriate interprofessional team members.
Prerequisites PNSG 1010 , PNSG 1355 , PNSG 1400 , PNSG 1600 This course facilitates the transition of the student to the LPN role and to the workplace. Concepts related to career development options that enhance career mobility are reviewed. Standards of practice and the importance of practicing according tostate regulations and statutes for the scope of practice for the LPN are examined. Learning Outcomes Clarify the LPN role in providing input in the development and revision of policies/procedures to improve patient care outcomes. Summarize factors that influence the assigning and monitoring of patient assignments to LPNs and UAPs. Recognize conflict and when to report conflict to supervisor. Develop a plan which includes strategies and resources to demonstrate the importance of seeking lifelong, continuous learning for one’s self as a LPN. Value ethical, legal, and regulatory bodies within the PN scope of nursing practice.
