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Course of Study
BY: DAWN L. SIMON KSU- SN
[email protected]
Sophomore Experience
 Goals:
 Safe administration of medications given orally,
subcutaneously, and intramuscularly
 Competent head to toe assessment of patients
 Competent therapeutic communication with patients
 Competent vitals and documentation of vitals taken
N20000 Professional Nursing Issues
 Topics covered:
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Ethical issues in nursing
APA writing format
How to properly write a formal paper
Nursing theorists
N20030 Foundations of Nursing Intervention
 Competencies: Safe administration of medications, interpersonal
process recording, oral/subcutaneous/intramuscular
medications, activities of daily living, and understanding which
interventions are appropriate for different situations.
 Patient Teaching: Medication side effects and reason for taking
the given medications and how to properly do a dressing change
with post-op adult patients.
 Evidence Based Practice: The abdomen SQ site is the best site for
insulin because it’s absorbed the quickest.
 Personal Reflection of this Experience: My first clinical was for
this course at Mercy Hospital. I got to work hands on and apply
the information I learned during lecture.
Junior Experience
 Goals:
 Competent IV medication administration
 IV assessment, prevent complications related to IV’s
 Provide competent care for adult and geriatric patients
N30010 Parent and Newborn Nursing
 Competencies: Head to toe assessment on mom and newborn,
prevent complications related to postpartum, and
computerized charting.
 Patient Teaching: Teach mom how to provide activities of
daily living for the baby and explain to mom what to expect
with postpartum.
 Evidence Based Practice: Signs and symptoms of pregnancy
complications.
 Personal Reflection of this Experience: This clinical was at
Aultman Hospital. I got to care for two patients at once for
the first time and I became more
comfortable caring for babies.
N30020 Healthcare of Children
 Competencies: Provide care for children, calculate safe
medication dosages for children, and therapeutically
communicate/interact with children.
 Patient Teaching: The importance of carbohydrate counting
and how to properly use an insulin pump to a school age child.
 Evidence Based Practice: Symptoms and treatment of
pneumonia in children.
 Personal Reflection of this Experience: This clinical was also
at Aultman Hospital. I learned how to therapeutically talk to
children and became more comfortable working with
children.
N30030 Nursing of Adults
 Competencies: Take on two patients per clinical, provide care
for patients with more advanced illnesses, safely perform
blood transfusion, lab work interpretation, IV therapy, NG
tubes, and tube feeds.
 Patient Teaching: Warning signs of hypoglycemia and
hyperglycemia, discharge teaching
 Evidence Based Practice: Safe administration of Heparin
 Personal Reflection of this Experience: This clinical
experience was at Mercy Medical Center. During this clinical
experience I became more confident in myself and what I was
doing.
N30040 Nursing of Adults and Rehab Needs &/or
Gerontologic Changes
 Competencies: Provide care and assessment for the elderly,
recognize health changes in the elderly, trachea care, PEG
tubes, how to properly treat pressure ulcers, and catheter
insertion.
 Patient Teaching: Fall prevention
 Evidence Based Practice: Symptoms of a urinary infection in
the elderly.
 Personal Reflection of this Experience: This clinical
experience was at the Hanover House. I developed a better
understanding of the elderly as far as how to care for them
and how the symptoms of certain
illnesses differs with that age group.
Senior Experience
 Goals:
 Therapeutically communicate with the mentally ill
 Provide care for patients in the community
 Provide care for patients in the critical care setting
 Develop nursing leadership and management skills
N40010 Nursing of the Critically Ill
 Competencies: Provide safe care for PT’s with a higher acuity
than previous courses and how to ensure that life sustaining
equipment is working properly.
 Patient Teaching: Non-pharmacological pain management
 Evidence Based Practice: The importance of oral care for
intubated patients in the prevention of ventilator assisted
pneumonia.
 Personal Reflection of this Experience: My clinical experience
was at Mercy Medical Center. This experience taught me a lot
about how to use life sustaining equipment
and how to manage an emergency situation.
N40020 Community Health Nursing
 Competencies: Understand the illnesses and problems affecting
people in the community, be aware of resources offered in the
community, care for people in the community
 Patient Teaching: Resources available in the community to help
individuals with limited incomes.
 Evidence Based Practice: Resources available for people in the
community without healthcare insurance and the amount of
people in the community without healthcare insurance.
 Personal Reflection of this Experience: During my clinical
experience I went to various places in the community that I live
in to learn how to properly care and become aware of resources
available for those ill in the community as well as urban and
rural communities.
N40030 Psychiatric and Mental Health
Nursing Care
 Competencies: Therapeutically communicate with the mentally
ill and recognize how to de-escalate an escalated patient
 Patient Teaching: Relaxation techniques and when to ask for
medications.
 Evidence Based Practice: Symptoms and prevention of
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome.
 Personal Reflection of this Experience: This clinical experience
was at Heartland Behavioral Healthcare. I learned what different
variables cause a person to be mentally ill and how to be
comfortable talking to someone with a mental illness.
N40045 Integration of Leadership and Management
in Nursing
 Competencies: Develop skills necessary to be a leader , be able to
differentiate between a leader and a manager, and delegate tasks
appropriately, provide care for up to four PT’s, time management
skills and the importance of prioritization.
 Patient Teaching: Importance of ambulation after surgery.
 Evidence Based Practice: The use of Aspirin over Lovenox for
post-op patients in preventing blood clots.
 Personal Reflection of this Experience: My clinical experience
was at Affinity Hospital on a Med-Surg unit with a preceptor. I
learned what it’s really like to be a nurse by independently
providing care for numerous PT’s and taking on more
responsibilities for more PT’s compared to previous courses.
N40005 Professional Nursing Development
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APA format
Resume and cover letter development
Skills for how to succeed in an interview
Information regarding various nursing related topics including
nursing errors, nurse burnout, and student nurse to RN
transition.