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Official Course
Description: MCCCD Approval: 04/25/06 |
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NCE228 2006
Fall – 2009 Spring |
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Registered Nurse Refresher |
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Update of current general principles of nursing theory and clinical skills for RNs returning to active nursing in a medical-surgical health care setting. Concepts of caring, holism, critical thinking, and nursing process to provide safe nursing care for clients and their families with acute alterations in health. Application of professional nursing principles and theories related to health education and promotion for culturally diverse clients and families. Prerequisites: Eligibility to obtain registered nurse license. |
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies: |
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NCE228 2006 Fall – 2009 Spring |
Registered Nurse
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Describe nursing standards within regulatory, legal, and ethical parameters that safeguard the client's health and well-being. (I) |
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Describe delegation, management, and leadership styles used by the registered nurse in the health care setting. (I) |
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Develop, implement, and evaluate holistic plans of care for therapeutic nursing interventions that respect and value diversity across the life span using the nursing process. (II, III, IV, V) |
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Describe effective communication practices, oral and written, with health team members, clients, and their families. (II, III) |
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Calculate safe oral and parenteral drug dosage for medication administration. (III) |
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Identify selected prototypes within drug classifications and/or groupings affecting specific body systems, including drug effects and nursing implications for safe administration. (III) |
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Use critical thinking to make nursing care decisions to meet psychosocial and physiological needs of the client. (IV) |
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Explain safe practice principles and rationale when planning and implementing clinical skills for clients with selected health alterations. (III, IV, V). |
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Describe therapies that impact health promotion, disease/illness prevention, and health restoration. (V). |
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MCCCD Official Course Outline: |
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NCE228 2006 Fall – 2009 Spring |
Registered Nurse
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I. Role Development for the Registered Nurse A. Nursing standards of practice 1. Regulatory 2. Legal 3. Ethical 4. Confidentiality 5. Safety 6. Nursing role B. Professional nursing organizations C. Delegation, management, and leadership II. Nursing Process A. Nursing care planning B. Teaching C. Discharge planning D. Documentation E. Therapeutic communication 1. Nurse-client relationship 2. Therapeutic communication 3. Diversity 4. Multi-disciplinary healthcare term 5. Barriers III. Safe Practices in Nursing A. Clinical nursing skills B. Drug dosage calculations C. Nursing theory 1. Pathophysiology 2. Health assessment 3. Pharmacology 4. Holism 5. Communication principles 6. Laboratory and diagnostic tests D. Medical management 1. Pharmacology 2. Nutrition IV. Critical Thinking in Nursing Care A. Anticipation of nursing care B. Prioritization of nursing care C. Modification of nursing care plan D. Error management V. Nursing Process and Critical thinking in the Care of Clients with Selected Health Alterations A. Perioperative procedures B. Pain C. Sleep/rest D. Oxygen and ventilation E. Cardiovascular/perfusion F. Nutrition, ingestion, digestion, absorption, and elimination G. Urinary elimination H. Sensory perception/neurological I. Regulatory/endocrine J. Musculo-skeletal/mobility K. Integumentary L. Reproductive health M. Infectious disorders/inflammatory N. Cancer O. Fluids/electrolytes/acid-base balance |