Course Title

Fundamentals of Nursing II

Course Number

7401124

Instructor Name

محمد حايك

Contact Information

[email protected]

Semester(s) and academic year(s)

First Semester 2021

Compulsory / Elective

Compulsory

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

The course aims to:
The purpose of this course is to offerdifferent concepts and skills will be taught to students about: 

• Efficient usage of body mechanics, & passive range of motion exercises, 
• development of understanding of proper ambulatory technique for patient’s condition care focus on preoperative care & postoperative care, 
• development of understanding of proper wound care
• development of understanding of proper promotion of urinary, bowel elimination
• development of understanding of proper medication administration,
• development of understanding of proper oxygen therapy,
• development of understanding of proper infection control
• development of understanding of proper gastrointestinal intubation.

At the end of this course the students will be able to 

1. Assess for the physical manifestations that occur with alterations in oxygenation.
2. Develop a plan of care for a patient with altered need of oxygenation.
3. Implement measures to correct imbalances of fluids and electrolytes or acids and bases such as enteral or parenteral replacements and blood transfusions.
4. Discuss diet counseling and patient teaching in relation to patient expectation.
5. Obtain history for a patient with alteration in urinary elimination.
6. Use critical thinking in the provision of care to patients with alterations in bowel elimination.
7. Describe complications of wound healing.
8. List appropriate nursing interventions for patient with impaired skin integrity.
9. Upon completion of this course, student will be able to:
   The student can be able to:
10. How to administer oxygen therapy
11. Able to move and transfer the patient 
12. Giving pre and post-operative care 
13. Knowing all types of surgical sutures  and how to remove it
14. How to deal with the sterile objects and know all sterilization methods 
15. Administer all GI tubes and insertion of urinary catheterization 
16. Able to give medication according to the rules and regulation
17. Able to give different types of injections as well as giving IV medication

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2. Potter, A., Patricia, Perry, G., Anne, Stockert, A. Patricia, Hall, M., Amy. Fundamentals of Nursing. (8^thed). ELSEVIER, Mosby:  2018
3. Kozier, B., Erb, G., Berman, A., and Snyder, S. Fundamentals of Nursing. (8^thed).Pearson Education: New Jersey, 2013