Course Title

Fundamental of nursing 1

Course Number

7401123

Instructor Name

محمد حايك

Contact Information

[email protected]

Semester(s) and academic year(s)

First Semester 21

Compulsory / Elective

Compulsory

Beginning level clinical nursing students are introduced to basic nursing knowledge and skills, including dependent, independent, and interdependent functions of the nurse. This course is designed to introduce the beginning student to the following concepts: Quality and Safety for Nurses (QSEN) Initiative incorporating patient-centered care, teamwork, and collaboration, evidence-based practice, safety, quality improvement, and informatics; the Nursing Process; and the Categories of Patient Needs. Classroom instruction and laboratory sessions at the college and selected health agencies are held weekly throughout the semester. During the college laboratory, concepts and principles discussed in previous classes are used as the basis for performing therapeutic nursing interventions. The health agency experiences are utilized to extend learning. Each clinical experience is preceded and followed by a conference where the expected student learning outcomes are discussed and evaluated. Individual and group assignments are utilized for laboratory experiences. Classwork for the typical week consists of Four (4) hours of classroom instruction, two (2) hours of college laboratory, and seven (7) hours of health agency experiences. Students must engage in additional practice for the development of skills. Provisions are available for additional time in the college laboratory for practice

This course builds on the unifying concepts basic to nursing practice introduced in foundations of nursing (I). The students will build on the concepts of the nursing process in providing care to individual clients requiring primary and select secondary interventions. Emphasis will be placed on nursing intervention skills in non-acute and selected acute health care settings.

1. Describe the foundational principles related to the scholarship and discipline of nursing.

2. Appraise the concepts of health and wellbeing in relation to the determinants of health.

3. Explain the core principles of person-centred care and clinical decision-making.

4. Incorporate the fundamentals of nursing care into practice.

5. Recognize the steps necessary to deliver safe patient-centered care at a fundamental level.

6. Select priority nursing interventions specific to the care of the older adult.

7.  Identify actions that support evidence-based practice when providing care.

8. Define critical thinking/clinical reasoning strategies when delivering care.

9.  Describe standards of teamwork and collaboration in the provision of care.

10.  Explain applicable leadership and management strategies utilized in the delivery of care.

11. Use the principles of informatics and technology in nursing care.

12.  Describe ethical and legal beliefs as it applies to the practice of a registered nurse.

The following course SLOs apply when caring for older adult patients and families experiencing chronic and acute, long-term health alterations.

a- Knowledge and Understanding

a1. Describe the phases of the nursing process.

a2. Identify major characteristics of the nursing process.

a3. Describe factors that affect the vital signs and accurate measurement of them.

a4. Identify normal and abnormal assessment findings while providing hygiene care

a5. Identify measures that break each link in the chain of infection.

a.6. Describe various routes of medication administration

b- Intellectual Skills.

b1. Formulate nursing care plan associated with nursing diagnoses related to alteration in vital signs

b2. Delineate ways to prevent nosocomial infections

b3. Demonstrate appropriate documentation and reporting related to alteration in body temperature, pulse and blood pressure

b4. Illustrate the legal aspects of administering medications.C. Professional and practical skills

c1. Design nursing care plan for case scenario through group work

c2. Perform the skills of assessing vital signs, administering medications and applying hygienic practices.

c3. Implement measures to break the chain of infection.

c4. Plan, implement and evaluate nursing care related to assessment of vital signs, administration of medication and applying hygienic practices

c5. Demonstrate six essential steps to follow when administering medication.

c6. Demonstrate legal documentation after applying nursing procedures

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