Maricopa Community Colleges  NCE214PO   20022-99999 

Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 12-11-01

NCE214PO  2002 Spring – 2009 Summer II

LEC

2.0 Credit(s)

2.0 Period(s)

Tutored NCLEX Review For Nursing Students

Brief review of nursing care by systems using an NCLEX review book. Focus on nursing process, prioritizing, and critical thinking related to application of nursing care in case study situations. Also practice multiple-choice questions.

Prerequisites: Currently enrolled nursing student, or permission of Instructor.

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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

 

NCE214PO  2002 Spring – 2009 Summer II

Tutored NCLEX Review For Nursing Students

 

1.

Practice test-taking strategies related to the test plan for the NCLEX exam. (I)

2.

Compare and contrast the health implications across the life span. (II)

3.

Apply concepts of nursing practice in case studies, including the legal and ethical implications. (III)

4.

Apply nursing interventions in case study format related to psychiatric disorders and the psychiatric client. (IV)

5.

Apply nursing interventions in case study format incorporating the physiology, common disorders, and medications of selected body systems. (V)

6.

Apply nursing interventions in case study format incorporating the physiology, common disorders, and medications of the antepartum, intrapartum, and post partum periods of the childbearing family. (VI)

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MCCCD Official Course Outline:

 

NCE214PO  2002 Spring – 2009 Summer II

Tutored NCLEX Review For Nursing Students

 

I. Test Taking

A. The NCLEX Test Plan

B. Question Characteristics

C. Strategies to Evaluate Multiple-Choice Questions

D. Testing Skills For Multiple-Choice Questions

E. Anxiety

F. Study Habits

II. Health Implications Across the Life Span

A. Infant

B. Toddler

C. Preschooler

D. School Age

E. Adolescence

F. Adulthood

G. Childhood Diseases

H. Poisoning

I. Long-Term Care

J. Chronic Health Care

K. Rehabilitation

L. Home Health Care

M. Nutritional Considerations Throughout the Life Span

N. Therapeutic Meal Plans

III. Concepts of Nursing Practices

A. Basic Human Needs

B. Steps of the Nursing Process

C. Health Assessment

D. Health Promotion

E. Health Teaching

F. Basic Nursing Skills

G. Pain

H. Perioperative Care

I. General Postoperative Care

J. Legal Aspects

K. Ethical Concerns

L. Management Concerns

M. General Pharmacology

1. General Concepts

2. Drug Interactions

3. Medication Administration

4. Legal Implications

5. Forms of Medication Preparation

6. Calculation of Medication Dosages

IV. Psychiatric Care

A. Child-Related Disorders

B. Organic Mental Disorders

C. Personality Disorders

D. Substance Use Disorders

E. Affective Disorders

F. Common Medications

V. Nursing Interventions by Body System

A. Pathophysiology Review

B. Common Disorders

C. Medications

D. Nursing Interventions

E. Case Study

F. Multiple-Choice Practice Test

1. Immune System

2. Integumentary and Sensory

3. Endocrine

4. Respiratory

5. Hematology and Vascular

6. Gastrointestinal

7. Hepatic and Biliary

8. Neurological

9. Musculo-Skeletal

10. Reproductive, Urinary, and Renal

VI. The Childbearing Family

A. Antepartum

B. Intrapartum

C. Postpartum

 

 

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