NURS 1155 - Fundamentals of Nursing Practice 1

Credit Hours: 1.50

1. Upon completion of the Associate Degree in Applied Science Nursing program, students will be able to evaluate the critical components of evidence-based nursing practice.
2. Upon completion of the Associate Degree of Applied Science in Nursing program, students will be able to evaluate safety strategies that minimize the risk of harm to clients and the healthcare team.

Course Outcome 1: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to apply infection control principles in order to create a safe healthcare environment.

Objectives:

1. Identify the chain of infection and standard and transmission-based precautions.
2. Explain how infection precautions are used in a safe healthcare environment.

Course Outcome 2: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to identify common diagnostic tests.

Objectives:

1. Recognize normal results of common diagnostic tests.
2. Recognize abnormal results of common diagnostic tests.

Course Outcome 3: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to explain how the nursing process serves as a framework for providing safe and effective client care.

Objectives:

1. Use the nursing process to recognize client needs.
2. Apply the nursing process to plan safe, appropriate care.

Course Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to explain how clinical judgment serves as a framework for providing safe and effective client care.

Objectives:

1. Use clinical judgment to recognize client needs.
2. Apply clinical judgment to plan safe, appropriate care.

Course Outcome 5: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to summarize the role played by evidence-based practice in promoting safety, quality, and effective nursing interventions.

Objectives:

1. Describe the nurse’s responsibility to use evidence in providing safe and effective care.
2. Identify the PICOT elements in a scientific journal article.

Course Outcome 6: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to recognize effective therapeutic communication techniques used in building nurse-client relationships.

Objectives:

1. Identify elements of effective communication techniques.
2. Identify barriers that interfere with therapeutic interaction.

Course Outcome 7: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to explain the basic principles of pharmacology.

Objectives:

1. Identify common medication classifications, their basic actions, uses, and side effects.
2. Describe basic principles of pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics.

Course Outcome 8: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to summarize safe medication administration.

Objectives:

1. Explain the 11 rights of medication administration.
2. Explain the nurse’s role in promoting medication safety.

• Communication: The graduate can communicate effectively for the intended purpose and audience.
• Critical Thinking: The graduate can make informed decisions after analyzing information or evidence related to the issue.
• Global Literacy: The graduate can analyze human behavior or experiences through cultural, social, political, or economic perspectives.
• Information Literacy: The graduate can responsibly use information gathered from a variety of formats in order to complete a task.
• Quantitative Reasoning: The graduate can apply quantitative methods or evidence to solve problems or make judgments.
• Scientific Literacy: The graduate can produce or interpret scientific information presented in a variety of formats.

1. Infectious Disease
   1. Organism
   2. Culture/sensitivity
   3. Antibiotic use
   4. Evidence‐based practice
2. Introduction to Diagnostic Testing
   1. Laboratory tests
   2. Radiographic tests
   3. Endoscopic procedures
   4. Nursing implications
   5. Evidence‐based practice
3. Nursing Process/Clinical Judgment Model
   1. Assessment/Recognize Cues
   2. Analysis/Analyze Cues
   3. Nursing diagnosis/Prioritize Hypotheses
   4. Planning/Generate Solutions
   5. Intervention/Take Action
   6. Evaluation/Evaluate Outcomes
4. Evidence‐Based Practice
5. Health History
   1. Process
   2. Data
   3. Organization
6. Communication
   1. Methods of communication
   2. Verbal/nonverbal techniques
   3. Therapeutic techniques
   4. Non‐therapeutic techniques
   5. Social vs therapeutic relationships
   6. Life span considerations
   7. Cultural considerations
   8. Evidence‐based practice
7. Pharmacological Principles
   1. Application of basic medication principles
   2. Pharmacokenitics
   3. Pharmacodynamics
   4. Pharmacotherapeutics
   5. Adverse drug reaction
   6. Factors affecting drug absorption
8. Medication Administration
   1. Medication orders
   2. Five rights of medication administration
   3. Medication errors
   4. Preventing medication errors
   5. Evidence‐based practice