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Introduction to Medical
Course Name: Surgical Nursing
Course Number: NURS 120
Campus:
Section A:
Instructor’s Name
I. Instructor’s Contact Information, Course Pre and Co-
Requisites
WCU Phone Number:
WCU E-mail:
Office location:
Office hours:
Course Prerequisites: NURS 100, NURS 101L
Course Co-requisites: NURS 121L
II. Mission and Outcomes
University Mission: At West Coast University, we embrace a student-
centric learning partnership that leads to professional
success. We deliver transformational education within
a culture of integrity and personal accountability. We
design market-responsive programs through
collaboration between faculty and industry
professionals. We continuously pursue more effective
and innovative ways through which students develop
the competencies and confidence required in a
complex and
changing world.
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Institutional Institutional learning outcomes are designed by the
Learning University as a whole, taking into account the role that
Outcomes: both instruction and student services play in
contributing to a student’s success. Institutional
learning outcomes assume achievement of the stated
programmatic learning outcomes of one’s discipline.
Upon graduating from a degree program offered by
West Coast University, students will be able to:
1. Implement intellectual and practical problem
solving skills through information assessment
and critical thinking.
2. Demonstrate effective written communication skills.
3. Demonstrate effective oral communication skills.
4. Demonstrate computer proficiency and information
literacy.
5. Describe ethical standards and legal guidelines
associated with one’s chosen career field.
6. Explain why knowledge of and respect for the
societal contributions of diverse cultures and
perspectives is an important quality in one’s
discipline.
7. Articulate the importance of working collaboratively
with other
healthcare providers in support of the client/patient.
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II. Mission and Outcomes
Program Mission: The mission of the College of Nursing is to provide
evidence-based and innovative nursing education to
culturally diverse learners; preparing nurses to provide
quality and compassionate care that is responsive to
the
needs of the community and the global society.
Program Philosophy: The philosophy of the College of Nursing is that
education is a continuous process occurring in phases
throughout an individual’s lifetime. Nurses
are lifelong learners and critical thinkers.
Program 1. Support professional nursing practice decisions
Learning with concepts and theories from the biological,
Outcomes: physical, and social sciences.
2. Plan preventative and population focused
interventions with attention to effectiveness,
efficiency, cost, and equity.
3. Support therapeutic nursing interventions for
patients and families in a variety of healthcare and
community settings using evidence based practice.
4. Apply nursing process and critical thinking when
providing holistic, patient centered nursing care
to diverse populations.
5. Design health care education for
individuals, families, and communities.
6. Comply with the professional standards of moral,
ethical, and legal conduct in practice.
7. Develop an effective communication style to
interact with patients, families, and the
interdisciplinary health team.
8. Model leadership when providing safe, quality
nursing care; coordinating the healthcare team;
and when tasked with oversight and
accountability for care delivery.
9. Use patient care technology and information systems
when providing
nursing care in a variety of settings.
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III. Course Information
Term/Semester:
Class Meeting Dates:
Class Meeting Times:
Class Meeting
Location:
Class Credit Hours: 3 semester credits/5 contact hours per week/45 hours per
term
Class Length: 9 weeks
Class Required Assessment Technologies Institute, LLC (2013). Adult
Texts, Learning medical-surgical nursing RN 9.0: Content mastery
Resources: series review module. Overland Park, KS: Author.
Fischbach, F. & Dunning, M.B. (2014). Manual of
laboratory & diagnostic tests (9th ed.). Philadelphia,
PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Lewis, S. L., Dirksen, S. R., Heitkemper, M. M., & Bucher,
L., & Camera, I.
M. (2014). Medical-surgical nursing: Assessment and
management of
clinical problems (9th ed.). Maryland Heights, MO:
Mosby Elsevier.
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