Troy University
School of Nursing
Child Health Nursing Practicum
NSG 4404
Fall Semester
Troy Campus
Instructors:
Judy Bazzell, RN, DNP - Course Coordinator – Troy University
Sharon Bussey, RN, MSN – Clinical Adjunct – Southeast Alabama Medical Center
Cinnamon Banks, MSN – Clinical Adjunct – Children’s Hospital
Amy Davis, RN, MSN- Clinical Instructor – Troy University
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Course Overview ........................................................................................................................... ….......... 3
Evaluation Methods ....................................................................................................................................... 4
Child Health Dosage Examination.................................................................................................................. 10
Child Health Clinical Examination ................................................................................................................. 11
Chapter 22 Objectives ..................................................................................................................................... 12
Chapter 23 Objectives .................................................................................................................................... 13
Chapter 4 Objectives ...................................................................................................................................... 14
IV Therapy Objectives ................................................................................................................................... 15
Children's Hospital Clinical . ..................................................................................................................... 16
Children’s Hospital Information Sheet………………………………………………………………….. 17
School Health Rotation .................................................................................................................................. 19
School Health Sign In Sheet……………………………………………………………………………… 22
Southeast Alabama Medical Center . .............................................................................................................. 23
Clinical Snapshot ........................................................................................................................................... 24/25
Developmental Assessment Tool ................................................................................................................... 27
Nursing Diagnoses Form ............................................................................................................................... 31
Health Assessment Tool. ................................................................................................................................ 33
Criteria for Evaluation of Care Plans ............................................................................................................. 45
Skills Checklist ............................................................................................................................................... 47
Reach Out and Read Information and Sign In Sheet…………………………………………………… 49
Kid Check; Let’s Pretend Clinical Experience. ............................................................................................. 51
Evaluation Tool (Student)………………………………………………………………………………….. 53
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Troy University School of Nursing
Course: NSG 4404 (Section TZPA) – Child Health Nursing Practicum
Credit 2 Credit Hours (2-4)*
Hours/Clock (Usually 60 – 70+ hours – clinical time)
Hours:
Prerequisites All 3000 level courses. Co-requisite: NSG 4403.
Course Clinicals are located in Montgomery, Troy, Dothan, Union Springs, and Birmingham.
Information: Clinical hours: day shift, evening hours, and weekend shifts
Faculty: Mrs. Judy Bazzell, RN, DNP, FNP-C – Course Coordinator
Collegeview Building, School of Nursing
Phone: 334-670-3428 ext. 3431
Email:
Office Hours: Check Weekly Schedule/Office #170
Sharon Bussey, RN, MSN – Clinical Instructor/Adjunct
Southeast Alabama Medical Center;
Hospital number: 793-8111
Cinnamon Banks, RN, MSN – Clinical Instructor/Adjunct
Children’s Hospital;
Hospital number: 205-939-9100
Amy Davis, RN, MSN-Clinical Instructor
Troy University School of Nursing;
Office Hours: Check Weekly Schedule
Course Provides clinical learning opportunities for students
Description: to provide illness and restorative care for children
experiencing alterations in health states. Emphasizes
use of the nursing process in facilitating human adaptive
responses to child health alterations.
Student Learning 1. Analyze theoretical and empirical knowledge from nursing, scientific,
Outcomes: community, and humanistic disciplines in the nursing care of children
experiencing alterations in health states.
2. Engage in nursing roles designed to meet developmental and health needs of
children, using socially and culturally appropriate approaches.
3. Provide safe, evidence-based nursing care of children, including health promotion
and clinical prevention.
4. Demonstrate evidence-based clinical decisions in the application of the nursing
process for children with alterations in health states.
5. Incorporate research findings and current evidence into nursing care for
improvement of health states for children and their families.
6. Provide safe, cost-effective, and quality nursing care for children.
7. Use effective techniques for interpersonal communication with children of all
ages, their families, and other health care professionals for promotion of optimal
health states within a caring environment.
8. Assume responsibility and accountability for appropriate professional and personal
attitudes and behaviors in the nursing care of children and their families.
9. Preserve safe, legal, and ethical standards in the practice of child health nursing.
10. Use appropriate safeguards and information technologies to support safe, quality
nursing care of children and their families.
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Required:
Hockenberry, M. & Wilson, D. (2015). Wong’s Nursing Care of Infants and
Children (10th edition), ELSEVIER Mosby. ISBN 978-0-323-22241-9
Suggested:
Gahart, Betty J. (2015). Intravenous medications. St. Louis: Mosby.
Hockenberry, M. Wong’s Clinical Manual of Pediatric Nursing, C.V. Mosby
Other Troy Library Databases: http://library.troy.edu/databases.html
Resources:
Other Materials: a. Scantrons will be furnished to students
b. The School of Nursing provides computers, Internet access, laser printers and other
technology resources. Students who wish to print must bring copy paper.
c. Students who wish to save files should purchase travel drives.
Evaluation: Final letter grades for each course are to be determined by computation on the following
scale, based on the total number of available points assigned to each individual course.
90 - 100% of total points = A
82 - 89% of total points = B
74 - 81% of total points = C
66 - 73% of total points = D
Below 66% of total points = F
Evaluation Methods:
Activity Percentage Points
Clinical Performance Evaluation (all) 70%
*Kid Check (Bazzell) Required
*Reach Out and Read (Bazzell) Required
*Let’s Pretend Hospital (Bazzell) – Spring ONLY Required
*SAMC Evaluation Required
Children’s Hospital Evaluation 10%
Care Plan and Health Assessment Paper - SAMC 5%
Weekly Developmental Assessment and Clinical Snapshot; Evaluated with
other paperwork clinical evaluation
ATI Practice Exams (2) 95% required Pass/Fail
Clinical Exam (74% or higher required) - Blackboard 5%
Dosage Exam (74% or higher required)-Sept 9 after EX 1 10%
Final Grade 100%
*Make up examinations will be given on the day of the final exam unless other arrangements have been determined
by instructor. Make up exams may be in any format or combination (multiple choice, short answer, or essay
format). Make-up exams are only given for excused absences.
Class Procedure: This course is conducted with traditional classroom sessions and clinical experiences in the
hospital and community based centers. The computer lab in the School of Nursing building in
Troy provides access to the Internet and software for learning activities. The TROY library
provides online access to many scholarly resources, reference books and material in the
library or through Interlibrary Loan. Students are expected to maintain an email account
during the duration of the semester; TROY provides email accounts to all students free of
charge.
Students must assume accountability for their own learning through a variety of learning
activities. The course instructor serves as a guide for student learning, but the student’s
interaction with the course material is the learning focus.
School of Nursing
Child Health Nursing Practicum
NSG 4404
Fall Semester
Troy Campus
Instructors:
Judy Bazzell, RN, DNP - Course Coordinator – Troy University
Sharon Bussey, RN, MSN – Clinical Adjunct – Southeast Alabama Medical Center
Cinnamon Banks, MSN – Clinical Adjunct – Children’s Hospital
Amy Davis, RN, MSN- Clinical Instructor – Troy University
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Course Overview ........................................................................................................................... ….......... 3
Evaluation Methods ....................................................................................................................................... 4
Child Health Dosage Examination.................................................................................................................. 10
Child Health Clinical Examination ................................................................................................................. 11
Chapter 22 Objectives ..................................................................................................................................... 12
Chapter 23 Objectives .................................................................................................................................... 13
Chapter 4 Objectives ...................................................................................................................................... 14
IV Therapy Objectives ................................................................................................................................... 15
Children's Hospital Clinical . ..................................................................................................................... 16
Children’s Hospital Information Sheet………………………………………………………………….. 17
School Health Rotation .................................................................................................................................. 19
School Health Sign In Sheet……………………………………………………………………………… 22
Southeast Alabama Medical Center . .............................................................................................................. 23
Clinical Snapshot ........................................................................................................................................... 24/25
Developmental Assessment Tool ................................................................................................................... 27
Nursing Diagnoses Form ............................................................................................................................... 31
Health Assessment Tool. ................................................................................................................................ 33
Criteria for Evaluation of Care Plans ............................................................................................................. 45
Skills Checklist ............................................................................................................................................... 47
Reach Out and Read Information and Sign In Sheet…………………………………………………… 49
Kid Check; Let’s Pretend Clinical Experience. ............................................................................................. 51
Evaluation Tool (Student)………………………………………………………………………………….. 53
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Troy University School of Nursing
Course: NSG 4404 (Section TZPA) – Child Health Nursing Practicum
Credit 2 Credit Hours (2-4)*
Hours/Clock (Usually 60 – 70+ hours – clinical time)
Hours:
Prerequisites All 3000 level courses. Co-requisite: NSG 4403.
Course Clinicals are located in Montgomery, Troy, Dothan, Union Springs, and Birmingham.
Information: Clinical hours: day shift, evening hours, and weekend shifts
Faculty: Mrs. Judy Bazzell, RN, DNP, FNP-C – Course Coordinator
Collegeview Building, School of Nursing
Phone: 334-670-3428 ext. 3431
Email:
Office Hours: Check Weekly Schedule/Office #170
Sharon Bussey, RN, MSN – Clinical Instructor/Adjunct
Southeast Alabama Medical Center;
Hospital number: 793-8111
Cinnamon Banks, RN, MSN – Clinical Instructor/Adjunct
Children’s Hospital;
Hospital number: 205-939-9100
Amy Davis, RN, MSN-Clinical Instructor
Troy University School of Nursing;
Office Hours: Check Weekly Schedule
Course Provides clinical learning opportunities for students
Description: to provide illness and restorative care for children
experiencing alterations in health states. Emphasizes
use of the nursing process in facilitating human adaptive
responses to child health alterations.
Student Learning 1. Analyze theoretical and empirical knowledge from nursing, scientific,
Outcomes: community, and humanistic disciplines in the nursing care of children
experiencing alterations in health states.
2. Engage in nursing roles designed to meet developmental and health needs of
children, using socially and culturally appropriate approaches.
3. Provide safe, evidence-based nursing care of children, including health promotion
and clinical prevention.
4. Demonstrate evidence-based clinical decisions in the application of the nursing
process for children with alterations in health states.
5. Incorporate research findings and current evidence into nursing care for
improvement of health states for children and their families.
6. Provide safe, cost-effective, and quality nursing care for children.
7. Use effective techniques for interpersonal communication with children of all
ages, their families, and other health care professionals for promotion of optimal
health states within a caring environment.
8. Assume responsibility and accountability for appropriate professional and personal
attitudes and behaviors in the nursing care of children and their families.
9. Preserve safe, legal, and ethical standards in the practice of child health nursing.
10. Use appropriate safeguards and information technologies to support safe, quality
nursing care of children and their families.
, 4
Required:
Hockenberry, M. & Wilson, D. (2015). Wong’s Nursing Care of Infants and
Children (10th edition), ELSEVIER Mosby. ISBN 978-0-323-22241-9
Suggested:
Gahart, Betty J. (2015). Intravenous medications. St. Louis: Mosby.
Hockenberry, M. Wong’s Clinical Manual of Pediatric Nursing, C.V. Mosby
Other Troy Library Databases: http://library.troy.edu/databases.html
Resources:
Other Materials: a. Scantrons will be furnished to students
b. The School of Nursing provides computers, Internet access, laser printers and other
technology resources. Students who wish to print must bring copy paper.
c. Students who wish to save files should purchase travel drives.
Evaluation: Final letter grades for each course are to be determined by computation on the following
scale, based on the total number of available points assigned to each individual course.
90 - 100% of total points = A
82 - 89% of total points = B
74 - 81% of total points = C
66 - 73% of total points = D
Below 66% of total points = F
Evaluation Methods:
Activity Percentage Points
Clinical Performance Evaluation (all) 70%
*Kid Check (Bazzell) Required
*Reach Out and Read (Bazzell) Required
*Let’s Pretend Hospital (Bazzell) – Spring ONLY Required
*SAMC Evaluation Required
Children’s Hospital Evaluation 10%
Care Plan and Health Assessment Paper - SAMC 5%
Weekly Developmental Assessment and Clinical Snapshot; Evaluated with
other paperwork clinical evaluation
ATI Practice Exams (2) 95% required Pass/Fail
Clinical Exam (74% or higher required) - Blackboard 5%
Dosage Exam (74% or higher required)-Sept 9 after EX 1 10%
Final Grade 100%
*Make up examinations will be given on the day of the final exam unless other arrangements have been determined
by instructor. Make up exams may be in any format or combination (multiple choice, short answer, or essay
format). Make-up exams are only given for excused absences.
Class Procedure: This course is conducted with traditional classroom sessions and clinical experiences in the
hospital and community based centers. The computer lab in the School of Nursing building in
Troy provides access to the Internet and software for learning activities. The TROY library
provides online access to many scholarly resources, reference books and material in the
library or through Interlibrary Loan. Students are expected to maintain an email account
during the duration of the semester; TROY provides email accounts to all students free of
charge.
Students must assume accountability for their own learning through a variety of learning
activities. The course instructor serves as a guide for student learning, but the student’s
interaction with the course material is the learning focus.
