CCOG for NRS 112 Winter 2025
- Course Number:
- NRS 112
- Course Title:
- Foundations of Nursing in Acute Care I
- Credit Hours:
- 6
- Lecture Hours:
- 20
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 0
- Lab Hours:
- 120
Course Description
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon completion of the course students will be able to:
1. Conduct an age and culturally appropriate health assessment and interpret health data focusing on physiologic, developmental, and behavioral parameters of the disease trajectory, normal childbirth, and acute exacerbations of chronic conditions and their resolution, and the patient response to acute conditions/processes.
2. 欧洲杯决赛竞猜app_欧洲杯足球网-投注|官网 plans of care that are family/patient-centered and developmentally and culturally appropriate, using evidence including clinical practice guidelines and integrative literature reviews to implement care plans safely for patients with common acute conditions/processes including:
- manage common symptoms such as acute pain and acute anxiety,
- follow evidence-based protocols for procedures and performing skills safely,
- use expected illness trajectory to implement patient-centered plans of care,
- monitor progress toward recovery, occurrence of complications, and patient's response to interventions.
3. Identify potential legal and ethical issues related to patient-centered decision-making and informed consent in acute care settings.
4. Apply ANA Code of Ethics and Nursing Values to care of clients.
5. Use therapeutic communication skills in the development of relationships with patients, families, and the care team.
6. Identify roles of the nurse within the healthcare team and roles of all members of the healthcare team, patients, and families.
7. Discuss the need for delegation of patient care with experienced nurses.
8. Demonstrate professional behaviors in all interactions with members of the healthcare team including peers, faculty, and staff.
Course Activities and Design
Discussion groups
Required Readings
Clinical evaluation
Project/Papers
Multiple choice exams
Lab performance evaluation
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Clinical performance evaluation
Papers/Project Rubrics
Multiple choice exams
Lab performance evaluation
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
Themes, Concepts and Issues;
Environments of Care
Illness trajectory
Clinical Judgment Model
Care Planning
Communication
Teaching
Legal
Ethical
Evidence-based best practices
Delegation
Roles within the health care team
Skills: This is not an exhaustive list but is a minimum skill set to be completed anytime throughout NRS 110, NRS 111 or NRS 112
Principles of Infection control & PPE
Handwashing
Isolation technique
Body mechanics
Client/environment safety, bed making
Vital signs & SpO2 (pulse oximetry)
Height & Weight
Basic ‘head to toe’ physical assessment
Health History interviewing (across the lifespan)
Client hygiene
Client Skin Care & Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Safe patient handling: positioning, transfers & mobilizing
Client range of motion
Client’s ADLs, mobility, fall risk
Nutrition and elimination procedures, I&O
Pain Assessment & Management: Acute & Chronic
Nursing Documentation
Capillary Blood Glucose Measurement
Diabetic Care (skin, foot, oral, illness, eyes)
Intramuscular Injection sites
Subcutaneous and Intradermal Injections sites
Insulin preparation/injection
Medication calculation
Medication administration: Topical (skin, ear, eye, rectal), Oral, Inhaled
Intravenous Therapy and Regulation – Peripheral
Peripheral Intermittent IV Therapy via Secondary Infusion (piggyback)
Peripheral saline lock flush
NGT insertion and maintenance
Postpartum/newborn assessment
Sterile Technique
Perioperative Care – Pre/Post Suture, Staple, & Clip removal
Wound Care Drains: JP, Hemovac, Penrose,T-tube
Urinary Catheter insertion, maintenance and removal
Bladder Scan