VNSG 1323:
Prerequisites
Corequisites
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Regular and punctual attendance of classes and laboratories is required of all students. When a student has been ill or absent from class for approved extracurricular activities, he or she should be allowed, as far as possible, to make up for the missed work. If a student has not actively participated by the census date, they will be dropped by the instructor for non-attendance. This policy applies to courses that are in-person, online, hybrid, and hyflex.
Attendance in online courses is determined by submission of an assignment or participation in an activity. According to federal guidelines, simply logging into a distance learning course without participating in an academic assignment does not constitute attendance. Distance learning is defined as when a majority (more than 50%) of instruction occurs when the instructor and students are in separate physical locations. Students must engage in an academic activity prior to the course census date.
When an instructor feels that a student has been absent to such a degree as to invalidate the learning experience, the instructor may recommend to the Vice President of Instruction that the student be withdrawn from the course. Instructors may seek to withdraw students for non-attendance after they have accumulated the following number of absences:
Fall or spring semesters:
3 or more class meeting times per week - 5 absences
2 class meeting times per week - 3 absences
1 class meeting per week - 2 absences
The student is responsible for seeing that he or she has been officially withdrawn from a class. A student who stops attendance in a class without officially withdrawing from that class will be given a failing grade; consequently, the student must follow official withdrawal procedures in the Admissions/Records Office.
Please note: Health Science and Cosmetology courses may require more stringent attendance policies based on their accreditation agencies. Please see the addendum and/or program handbook for further information concerning attendance.
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Use of generated AI Permitted under some classroom circumstances with permission.
There are situations throughout the course where you may be asked to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to explore how they can be used. Outside of those circumstances, you should not use AI tools to generate content that will end up in any student work (assignments, activities, discussion responses, etc.). In such cases for Option #2, no more than 25% of the student work should be generated by AI. Use of any AI-generated content in this course without the instructor’s consent qualifies as academic dishonesty and violates Panola College’s standards of academic integrity.
The purpose of the course is to provide the vocational nursing student with basic skills and competency for clinical judgment needed to functions competently in a variety of health care settings.
- Demonstrate safe and competent basic nursing skills.
- Describe how each step of the nursing process and clinical judgement model relates to nursing care.
- Discuss the implementation of basic nursing skills in a variety of health care settings.
After studying all materials and resources presented in the course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate basic nursing skills safely and competently. (SCANS 1; a; i, ii, iii, iv, v, b; i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, c; i, v, 2; a; i, b; i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, c; i, ii, iii, iv, d; i, ii, iii, e; i, ii)
- Describe how each step of the nursing process relates to performance of basic nursing skills.
- Describe appropriate implementation of basic nursing skills in various health care settings. (SCANS 1; a; i, ii, iii, iv, v, b; i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, c; i, v, 2; a; i, b; i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, c; i, ii, iii, iv, d; i, ii, iii, e; i, ii)
- Describe appropriate rationales of basic nursing skills in various health care settings. (SCANS 1; a; i, ii, iii, iv, v, b; i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, c; i, v, 2; a; i, b; i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, c; i, ii, iii, iv, d; i, ii, iii, e; i, ii)
- Demonstrate safe clinical judgement in nursing care as it relates to the nursing process. (SCANS 1; a; i, ii, iii, iv, v, b; i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, c; i, v, 2; a; i, b; i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, c; i, ii, iii, iv, d; i, ii, iii, e; i, ii)
A general description of lecture/discussion topics included in this course are listed in the Learning Objectives / Specific Course Objectives sections of this syllabus.
Students in all section of this course will learn the following content:
Skills
*Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers (AHA)
Basic Infection Control
- Hand hygiene
- PPE
*Vital Signs
- BP
- Pulse
- Temperature
- Pain Assessment
- Respirations
Weights Hygiene
- Bed making (occupied and unoccupied)
- Bathing
- Perineal care male/female
- Oral Hygiene
- Hair and shampooing
- Shaving male
- Nail and foot care
- Assisting with dressing
Patient safety
- Applying restraints
- Bed/chair alarms
- Ambulation devices
Transfers/Positioning
- Turning/positioning patient
- Range of motion
- Transferring
- Ambulation
- Gait belt
Skills
Nutrition
- Assisting with meals
- Diets/assistive aids
- Measuring intake
- Aspiration precautions
- Glucometer
- Care of patient with tube feeding
- *Nasogastric tube placement
*Head to Toe Assessment
- Health status questions
- Cognitive assessment
- Apical pulse
- Lung sounds
- Bowel sounds
- O2 saturation
- Pulse points
- Range of motion/strength
Elimination
- Promoting elimination
- Assisting with urinal
- Assisting with bedpan
- Applying condom catheter
- Cleansing enema
- Providing indwelling catheter care
- *Inserting indwelling catheter (sterile technique)
- Measuring intake and output
- Ostomy care
Respiratory Care
- Oxygen therapy
- Tracheostomy care
Wound care
- Skin care
- Prevention of pressure ulcer
- Dressing changes
Documentation of procedures
Specimen collection
Students in all sections of this course will be required to:
- Complete required reading and posted assignments on Canvas prior to the start of the scheduled class or lab.
- Attend and participate in all classroom, simulation, and lab learning activities.
- Compliance with all rules and regulations as outlined in the current Vocational Nursing Student Handbook, Panola College Catalog and Pathfinder.
The course offered includes face-to-face class, simulation, and learning labs. Methods of instruction include class discussion, internet resources, computer assistive instruction have independent study, case studies, videos, lecture, group assignments, role-play, quizzes, guest speakers, library and internet research, study guides, written assignments, return demonstration, and exams.
The grading scale for this course is as follows:
A = 90-100; B = 80-89; C = 75-79; F = 74.99 or below
NO ROUNDING OF GRADES WILL OCCUR
- 3 exams (40% of grade)
- Test average must be equal to or greater than 75 regardless of the overall course grade in order to pass this course
- Assignment/Quizzes Average (5% of grade)
- Skills check offs by return demonstration (55% of grade)
- The rubric grade will be recorded for all check offs. Students must earn a minimum score of 80% on each skill to pass the course.
Objectives that must be me for passing VNSG 1323:
• Overall course grade is equal to or greater than 75%
• 3 Content exam average is equal to or greater than 75%
• Students must earn a minimum score of 80% on each skill to pass the course
Test Review
- Students who achieve less than 75% on an exam are encouraged to schedule an appointment with the instructor to review the exam within one week of distribution of scores. This is a student responsibility.
- A student may make an appointment with the instructor to review the exam prior to taking the next scheduled exam.
- Exam are constructed from a random sample of the material from the course and will be presented int the form of a NCLEX-Style item. Refer to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc. website (Next Generation NCLEX) for more information regarding the NCLEX Item Formats.
Major Assignments/Assessments
Assignments
Assignment will be posted on Canvas and must be completed and submitted by the posted due dates. Assignments can include quizzes, discussions, computer assisted instruction assignments, skills videos, study guides, and skills check off by return demonstration.
Assessments
• Exam I
• Exam II
• Exam III
• Stromberg: Dewit’s Medical-Surgical Nursing Concepts and Practices (5E)
• Study Guide: Stromberg: Dewit’s Medical-Surgical Nursing Concepts and Practices (5E)
• Williams: Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing (6E)
• Study Guide, Williams: Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing (6E)
• Simulation Learning System – LPN, Elsevier
• NCLEX-PN Exam EAQ, 4E, Elsevier
• Other materials accessible on the Canvas Course
All required readings and recommended readings will be posted on your CANVAS course each week.
All required readings and recommended readings will be posted on your CANVAS course each week.
- Courses conducted via video conferencing may be recorded and shared for instructional purposes by the instructor.
- For current texts and materials, use the following link to access bookstore listings: https://www.panolacollegestore.com.
- For testing services, use the following link: https://www.panola.edu/student-services/studentsupport/academic-testing-center.
- If any student in this class has special classroom or testing needs because of a physical learning or emotional condition, please contact the ADA Student Coordinator in Support Services located in the Charles C. Matthews Student Center or go to https://www.panola.edu/studentservices/student-support/disability-support-services for more information.
- Withdrawing from a course is the student’s responsibility. Students who do not attend class and who do not withdraw will receive the grade earned for the course.
- Student Handbook: https://www.panola.edu/ (located on at the bottom under student)
- Foundation skills are defined in three areas: basic skills, thinking skills, and personal qualities.
- Basic Skills: A worker must read, write, perform arithmetic and mathematical operations, listen, and speak effectively. These skills include:
- Reading: locate, understand, and interpret written information in prose and in documents such as manuals, graphs, and schedules.
- Writing: communicate thoughts, ideas, information, and messages in writing, and create documents such as letters, directions, manuals, reports, graphs, and flow charts.
- Arithmetic and Mathematical Operations: perform basic computations and approach practical problems by choosing appropriately from a variety of mathematical techniques.
- Listening: receive, attend to, interpret, and respond to verbal messages and other cues.
- Speaking: Organize ideas and communicate orally.
- Thinking Skills: A worker must think creatively, make decisions, solve problems, visualize, know how to learn, and reason effectively. These skills include:
- Creative Thinking: generate new ideas.
- Decision Making: specify goals and constraints, generate alternatives, consider risks, and evaluate and choose the best alternative.
- Problem Solving: recognize problems and devise and implement plan of action.
- Visualize ("Seeing Things in the Mind's Eye"): organize and process symbols, pictures, graphs, objects, and other information.
- Knowing How to Learn: use efficient learning techniques to acquire and apply new knowledge and skills.
- Reasoning: discover a rule or principle underlying the relationship between two or more objects and apply it when solving a problem.
- Personal Qualities: A worker must display responsibility, self-esteem, sociability, self management, integrity, and honesty.
- Responsibility: exert a high level of effort and persevere toward goal attainment.
- Self-Esteem: believe in one's own self-worth and maintain a positive view of oneself.
- Sociability: demonstrate understanding, friendliness, adaptability, empathy, and politeness in group settings.
- Self-Management: assess oneself accurately, set personal goals, monitor progress, and exhibit self-control.
- Integrity and Honesty: choose ethical courses of action.
- Basic Skills: A worker must read, write, perform arithmetic and mathematical operations, listen, and speak effectively. These skills include:
- Workplace competencies are defined in five areas: resources, interpersonal skills, information, systems, and technology.
- Resources: A worker must identify, organize, plan, and allocate resources effectively.
- Time: select goal-relevant activities, rank them, allocate time, and prepare and follow schedules.
- Money: Use or prepare budgets, make forecasts, keep records, and make adjustments to meet objectives.
- Material and Facilities: Acquire, store, allocate, and use materials or space efficiently. Examples: construct a decision timeline chart; use computer software to plan a project; prepare a budget; conduct a cost/benefits analysis; design an RFP process; write a job description; develop a staffing plan.
- Interpersonal Skills: A worker must work with others effectively.
- Participate as a Member of a Team: contribute to group effort.
- Teach Others New Skills.
- Serve Clients/Customers: work to satisfy customer's expectations.
- Exercise Leadership: communicate ideas to justify position, persuade and convince others, responsibly challenge existing procedures and policies.
- Negotiate: work toward agreements involving exchange of resources, resolve divergent interests.
- Work with Diversity: work well with men and women from diverse backgrounds. Examples: collaborate with a group member to solve a problem; work through a group conflict situation, train a colleague; deal with a dissatisfied customer in person; select and use appropriate leadership styles; use effective delegation techniques; conduct an individual or team negotiation; demonstrate an understanding of how people from different cultural backgrounds might behave in various situations.
- Information: A worker must be able to acquire and use information.
- Acquire and Evaluate Information.
- Organize and Maintain Information.
- Interpret and Communicate Information.
- Use Computers to Process Information. Examples: research and collect data from various sources; develop a form to collect data; develop an inventory record-keeping system; produce a report using graphics; make an oral presentation using various media; use on-line computer databases to research a report; use a computer spreadsheet to develop a budget.
- Systems: A worker must understand complex interrelationships.
- Understand Systems: know how social, organizational, and technological systems work and operate effectively with them.
- Monitor and Correct Performance: distinguish trends, predict impacts on system operations, diagnose deviations in systems' performance and correct malfunctions.
- Improve or Design Systems: suggest modifications to existing systems and develop new or alternative systems to improve performance. Examples: draw and interpret an organizational chart; develop a monitoring process; choose a situation needing improvement, break it down, examine it, propose an improvement, and implement it.
- Technology: A worker must be able to work with a variety of technologies.
- Select Technology: choose procedures, tools or equipment including computers and related technologies.
- Apply Technologies to Task: understand overall intent and proper procedures for setup and operation of equipment.
- Maintain and Troubleshoot Equipment: Prevent, identify, or solve problems with equipment, including computers and other technologies. Examples: read equipment descriptions and technical specifications to select equipment to meet needs; set up and assemble appropriate equipment from instructions; read and follow directions for troubleshooting and repairing equipment.
- Resources: A worker must identify, organize, plan, and allocate resources effectively.