EDGEWOOD COLLEGE

Department of Nursing

 


NRS211:  Caring:  Nursing Assessment and Intervention

Fall 2005

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Clinical and laboratory application of basic concepts discussed in N210.  Emphasis is on assessment and health promotion.  Interventions include comfort and safety, interviewing, basic concepts related to teaching/learning and development of nurse/client relationships.

 

FACULTY:

Jane Lucht, MS, RN

Office:  MAZZ G09

Phone: 663-2267

Office Hours:   Mon. 9:15-10:00; Wed. 10-11:30 a.m.,  Wed 2:00 – 3:00 pm,  and by appointment.

Email (Office):  jlucht@edgewood.edu    

 

Nancy Comello, RN, MS

Office:  MAZZ  105

Office phone:  663-2220

Office Hours:  By appointment

Email (Office ); ncomello@edgewood.edu

 

Nancy Moore, RN, MSN

Office:  SON B3

Office phone:  663-3438

Office Hours: Monday 9-12  By appointment

Email Office): nmoore@edgewood.edu

 

Leslie Gleaves, RN, MS

Office: MAZZ G06

Office phone:  663-4217

Office hours:  By appointment

Email Office):  lgleaves@edgewood

 

PREREQUISITES:

ENG 102 or 103, Communication Arts 101, PHIL 101, MATH 101 or 111, BIO 210.  Concurrent: N210, BIO 211, BIO 212.

 

CREDIT ALLOCATION:  3 Credits

                                      

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

   1.   Establish interpersonal and caring relationships that promote client participation in the assessment process.

   2.   Develop effective communication skills with clients and other health care providers.

   3.   Establish a safe and comfortable environment that protects client dignity.

   4.   Complete health and environmental assessments of clients in a variety of settings using interviewing and observation strategies.

   5.   Identify specific factors that impact the client’s health status.

   6.   Demonstrate performance of selected nursing interventions.

   7.   Implement a teaching plan for an individual client.

   8.   Communicate client data according to professional nursing standards.

 

REQUIRED TEXTS

Grodner, M., Anderson, S.L., and DeYoung, S.  (2004)  Foundations and Clinical Applications of Nutrition: A Nursing Approach.   3rd ed.   St. Louis: Mosby.

Jarvis, C.  (2004)  Physical examination and health assessment  (4th ed).  Philadelphia:  W.B. Saunders Company

American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons , First Aid, (4th ed).  Boston: Jones and Bartlett.

Potter & Perry (2004).  Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques.  (6th ed.)  St. Louis: C.V. Mosby Co.

Mosby Medical Dictionary

NRS210 Textbooks
EVALUATION:

Clinical courses are graded as Pass/Fail.  Students must receive a "satisfactory" on each clinical assignment; failure to do so may result in failure of the course.  Late assignments will not be accepted unless your clinical instructor has given prior approval.

 

Major assignments are:  health history; school activities; client visits; assessments of clients, including nutrition, functional activities, safety, health definitions, general survey, windshield survey, family apgar, community support; nursing process; videotapes of clinical skills and physical assessment; physical assessment documentation.  Assignment guidelines are online; additional ones may be handed out in class as necessary.

 

Each client visit is to include the following in addition to the required assignment:

1.      General observations

2.      Clients strengths and weaknesses

3.      Self evaluation

4.      Reflections

 

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

1.   Attendance and participation are expected.

2.   Reading assignments are to be completed prior to class.

3.   Videotapes are to be viewed prior to class.

4.   FAILURE TO COMPLETE REQUIRED ASSIGNMENTS MAY RESULT IN FAILURE OF THE COURSE.

5.   Assignments may be rewritten only with the instructors consent.

 

COURSE EVALUATION:

Participation in evaluation of course content, format and instructional methods will be requested at the end of the semester.

 

SYLLABUS CHANGES:

Course faculty reserves the right to change the syllabus.  Changes will be announced in class.

 

Disabilities Statement

Edgewood College recognizes the accommodation needs of students with documented disabilities.  If you are a student who has documented accommodations through the Disabilities Services Coordinator and plan on using them in this class, please notify course faculty as soon as possible.  If you have questions about accommodations, please contact Elizabeth Watson in the SRC @ 663-2281.

Learning Support Services

Learning Support Services, located in DeRicci 206 (The Student Resource Center) and in Sonderegger 408, provides academic support for students. Peer tutoring is available in some introductory-level undergraduate courses. Individual assistance in time management, study skills, and test-taking skills is also available. Please contact Learning Support Services at 663-2281 for more information.

 

 

ACADEMIC POLICY STATEMENT:

As members of a scholarly community dedicated to healthy intellectual development, students and faculty at Edgewood College are expected to share the responsibility for maintaining high standards of honesty and integrity in their academic work.  Each student should reflect this sense of responsibility toward the community by submitting work that is a product of his or her own effort in a particular course, unless the instructor as directed otherwise.  In order to clarify and emphasize its standards for academic honesty, the College has adopted this policy.

 

The following are examples of standards for academic honesty and are subject to academic sanctions:  Cheating on exams; submitting collaborative work as one’s own; falsifying records, achievement, field or laboratory data, or other course work; stealing examinations or course materials; submitting work previously submitted in another course, unless specifically approved by the present instructor; falsifying documents or signing an instructor’s or administrator’s name to any document or form; plagiarism, or aiding another student in any of the above actions.