Maricopa Community Colleges  NUR101AB   19925-19986 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 04/28/92
NUR101AB 19925-19986 LEC
LAB
2.50 Credit(s)
2.50 Credit(s)
2.50 Period(s)
7.50 Period(s)
Fundamentals of Nursing II
Principles of pharmacology, metrology and drug administration emphasized. Selected medical-surgical theory is presented. Laboratory and clinical experiences in oral medication administration and basic practical nursing skills provided. Opportunity to care for selected medical-surgical patients with non-critical medical-surgical conditions provided. Prerequisites: Acceptance into the PN (Practical Nursing) Program.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
NUR101AB   19925-19986 Fundamentals of Nursing II
1. Perform aseptic techniques utilizing the appropriate rationale. (I)
2. Utilize basic medical terminology and communication skills with patients, families and health care personnel. (I)
3. Apply computer skills in the clinical setting. (I)
4. Describe personal progress and clinical skills related to the goals of practical nursing. (I)
5. Identify drug classifications, actions, uses, dosages, side effects and nursing responsibilities with medication administration. (II)
6. Utilize medication principles when safely administering oral medications to selected patients. (II)
7. Define the role of the practical nurse when providing nursing care in an acute care setting. (III-VII)
8. Utilize the nursing process in meeting the needs of selected medical-surgical patients. (III-VII)
9. Describe physiologic and psychosocial reactions to injury and disease. (III-VII)
10. Apply nursing interventions based on patients' physiologic and psychosocial reactions to injury and disease. (II-VII)
11. Demonstrate ethical and legal behaviors related to the practical nurse. (III-VII)
12. Describe specific individual cultural and ethnic needs when providing care to selected medical-surgical patients. (III-VII)
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NUR101AB   19925-99999 Fundamentals of Nursing II
    I. Basic Nursing Skills
        A. Surgical asepsis and infection control
        B. Wound care and dressing change
        C. Catheterization
        D. Suctioning, irrigation, and instillation
        E. Blood glucose testing
        F. Medication administration
        G. Communication, documentation and computers
        H. Terminology
      II. Pharmacology
          A. General pharmacologic principles
          B. Drug legislation and legal considerations
          C. Classification, actions, uses, side effects
          D. Oral medication administration and nursing implications
          E. Dosage calculations
        III. Perioperative Nursing
            A. Preoperative nursing responsibilities
            B. Postoperative nursing responsibilities
            C. Pain assessment and management
            D. Complications
            E. Patient education
          IV. Homeostatis, Stress and Adaptation
              A. Maintenance of homeostatis
              B. Stress and adaptation
              C. Nursing interventions
            V. Musculoskeletal Nursing
                A. Nursing assessment and care with selected orthopedic disorders
                B. Nursing Assessment and care with selected rheumatoid and osteo disorders
                C. Nursing assessment and care with selected collagen diseases
                D. Pharmacological therapy
              VI. Cerebro-Vascular Accident
                  A. Risk factors, pathophysiology and diagnostics
                  B. Nursing assessment and care - acute phase
                  C. Nursing assessment and care - rehabilitation phase
                  D. Pharmacological therapy
                VII. Oncology
                    A. Etiology, characteristics, and diagnosis
                    B. Treatment modalities and goals
                    C. Nursing assessment and care with chemotherapy
                    D. Nursing assessment and care with radiation
                    E. Special patient care needs
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