Fall 2011
Nurs30030 Nursing of Adults in Acute Setting
Competencies:
-respiratory/oxygenation
- perfusion and transport in the vascular system
- excretion and homeostasis
-regulation and the endocrine system
-intravenous therapy (starting IVs, hanging fluids/medications)
- immunity and cellular proliferation and protection
-wound and burn types and management of them.
-medication administration (oral, IV, topical, subcutaneous, IM)
EBP:
-process paper
-diagnosis, labs, medications
Patient Teaching:
-use of incentive spirometer
-the need for taking certain medications
-importance of coughing and deep breathing
-importance of walking in the halls
Personal Reflection: This course was challenging in that there was a lot of information to be covered and retain. I did enjoy the clinical aspect and patient care and putting what we learned together with real life scenarios. This course also helped me revisit my knowledge in the human physiology area and how the body systems work. We also were able to experience several different alternative experiences where we could visit different departments of the hospital and also outpatient dialysis. I was able to see a heart catheterization and shadow the respiratory therapist at our healthcare facility. This course gave me a much better understanding of caring for the adult person in the healthcare setting.
Nurs30040 Nursing of Adults with Gerontological &/or Rehabilitation Needs
Competencies:
-care of older adults and how to safely care for those patients with rehabilitation needs
-cognition in the older adult, conditions and diseases that develop due to cognitive impairment and how to treat them
-nutrition and GI related issues in older adults, musculoskeletal changes and problems
-self perception in the elderly, sexuality, death and dying
-the clock drawing test, Braden scale, mini mental exam, fall risk assessment, geriatric depression scale, and ADL maintenance.
EBP: Nursing Process paper of the geriatric patient.
Patient Teaching:
-provided patients with information about the medications they were receiving
-why it is important to comply with orders
- straight catheterization and what good would come from this. ---
-teaching patients to sit up when trying to eat
-how to prevent choking or aspiration.
Personal
Reflection: This course gave me a great
understanding of how to better care for the older adult and how to do it in a
safe manner. I feel like I benefited
greatly from this experience and learned many new methods in dealing with the
elderly. I was able to safely transfer
and ambulate older adults, as well as learn how their minds and bodies function
differently than younger people. We
spent half of our semester in a nursing home Altercare, and the other half on a
rehabilitation floor at Mercy Medical Center.
The two facilities were very different but both provided a great
learning atmosphere.
Spring 2012
Parent & Newborn Nursing - NURS 30010
Competencies
-Care of the high risk patient, high risk labor, high risk delivery
-Newborn head to toe assessment
-post partum mother assessment
-BUBBLE-HEB
-vaccine administration to mother and newborn
-nutrition for a newborn
-stages of labor and delivery
EBP: -Patient process paper on mother and newborn
-Administration of erythromycin drops to prevent infection
Patient Teaching:
-Wearing a supportive bra to prevent breast engorgement of mother
-ways to manage pain after birth
-correct breast feeding techniques
-swaddling of the baby
Personal Reflection: This clinical was a new and exciting experience for me. Up until this clinical, I had never worked with newborn babies or women who had just given birth. It was amazing to be a part of something so special to these families and to feel like you are truly teaching the new mothers how to take care of their child.
Healthcare of Children - NURS30020
Competencies:
-Pediatric pain scales and assessment
-Safe medication doses for children based on their weight and/or age
-developmental stages of children
-Signs of physical abuse in a child
-how to properly communicate with children and their family
EBP: -Nursing Process paper on a pediatric patient
-Contact precautions for patient with brochiolitis/RSV
Patient Teaching:
-teaching family signs of night terrors and when to bring child in.
-teaching families consequences of smoking around young children
Personal Reflection: The pediatric side of nursing is unlike anything I have yet to experience. There is such a wide range of age groups and each one is different. Dealing with so many different ages of children really let me open up and experiment new ways to approach nursing. I feel like the children I dealt with actually taught me something.
Introduction to Nursing Informatics - Nurs30050
Competencies:
-understanding roles and skills of nursing informatics
-understanding the structure and terminology of computers
-understanding different health systems
-nurses role in technology in the healthcare setting
EBP: -Brochure on RSV in the community
Patient Teaching:
-ways to keep children from contracting RSV
Personal Reflection: This course helped me better understand the importance of technology in the nursing profession and what a huge difference it makes in patient care and safety. I believe I now know more about computers themselves and what they are capable of in the healthcare setting. This class has taught me how to properly navigate my way through a computer and use certain programs that will help with patient information and electronic documentation.
