NRSG 1510 Health and Illness Concepts I

SYLLABUS FOR NRSG 1510 Health and Illness Concepts I Section 101 CRN 74213 Section 102 CRN 74545 *Section 401 CRN 74546* Spring 2019 Central New Mexico Community College I. General Information: MEETING DAYS/TIMES: R.R: Wednesdays SEMESTER CREDIT HOURS: 3 credit hours theory course CONTACT HOURS: 45 contact hours INSTRUCTOR: EMAIL: Patricia Justice MSN, BA, RN OFFICE PHONE: Main campus 244-4000 ext. 53766 Rio Rancho campus 244-4000 ext.29060 OFFICE LOCATION: Main campus JS 401-P Rio Rancho campus RR 210 OFFICE HOURS: R.R W (Jan 16 - Apr 21) Main M-T (Jan 14 - Apr 21) Main TH-F and (Jan 31-Mar 22) Other hours by appointment only. Note: Students can attend any of the above listed office hours for any class, the office hours are also listed in MYCNM and in CNM Learn in the Instructor information tab COURSE DESCRIPTION This course will focus on health and illness concepts across the lifespan, with the focus on wellness and common variations. Concepts covered are related to homeostasis/regulation, sexuality/reproductive, protection/movement and emotional processes. REQUIRED TEXTBOOK/RESOURCES Ackley, B. J., Ladwig, B. B., Makic, M. B. F. (2017). Nursing diagnosis handbook: An evidence- based guide to planning care (11th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier. Giddens, J. F. (2017). Concepts for nursing practice (2nd ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier. Gorski, L. (2018). Phillips’s manual of I.V. therapeutics: Evidence-based practice for infusion therapy (7th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Halter, M. J. (2014). Varcarolis’ foundations of psychiatric mental health nursing (7th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier. Lewis, S. L., Bucher, L., Heitkemper, M. M., Harding, M. M., Kwong, J., & Roberts, D. (2017). Medical-surgical nursing: Assessment and management of clinical problems (10th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier. McCuistion, L. E., Vuljoin-DiMaggio, K., Winton, M. B., & Yeager, J. J. (2018). Pharmacology: A patient-centered nursing process approach (9th ed.). St Louis, MO: Elsevier. McKinney, E. S., James, S. R., Murray, S. S., Nelson, K. A., & Ashwill, J. W. (2017). Maternal-child nursing (5th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier. Mulholland, J. (2014). The nurse, the meds, the math: Drug calculations using dimensional analysis (3rd ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Potter, P. A., Perry, A. G., Stockert, P. A., & Hall, A. M. (2017). Fundamentals of nursing (9th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier. Vallerand, A., & Sanoski, C. (2017). Davis’s drug guide for nurses (15th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Van Leeuwen, A., Poelhuis-Leth, D., & Bladh, M. (2017). Davis’s comprehensive handbook of laboratory diagnostic tests with nursing implications (7th ed.) Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company Wilson, S. F., & Giddens, J. F. (2017). Health assessment for nursing practice (6th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier. Note: The majority of assignments in this course will require the use of APA format (based on the 6th edition), please make sure you have this information available for your review: you can either use APA manual itself (6th edition), or consult APA website for reliable APA format resources, or use Purdue OWL (information pertinent to 6th edition of APA): II. Learning Outcomes Statements: COURSE GOAL This course will focus on health and illness concepts across the lifespan with emphasis on exemplars, evidence-based practices, collaborative care, healthcare standards, nursing informatics/technologies, and care resources associated with the concepts of the course are discussed. Normal physiology and healthy adaptations of the patient are integrated into the concept/exemplar content. Prerequisites: NRSG 1010: Introduction to Nursing Concepts, NRSG 1015: Principles of Nursing Practice Co-Requisites: NRSG 1520: Health Care Participants, NRSG 1530: Nursing Pharmacology, NURS 1535: Assessment & Health Promotion COURSE OBJECTIVES Knowledge, Skills, Behaviors COURSE Objectives: 1. Describe the scope, risk factors, physiologic processes, attributes, and clinical management of selected concepts and exemplars across the lifespan. (L2 SLO 3) 2. Discuss evidence-based practices and healthcare standards of care related to the concepts/exemplars of the course. (L2 SLO 2, 3, & 4) 3. Explain the collaboration necessary related to the concepts/exemplars of the course. (L2 SLO 5) 4. Utilize informatics and resources related to the concepts/exemplars of the course. (L2 SLO 6) 5. Integrate considerations of normal physiology and healthy adaptations into nursing practice of patients across the lifespan (L2 SLO 1, 3) ENABLING LEARNING OBJECTIVES Additional enabling learning objectives are provided to the students as a guide of what specific material will be assessed to determine course grades. The enabling learning objectives for this course are those described and posted under every online Learning Module that corresponds to course concepts and exemplars; additional enabling learning objectives are provided in the textbook as pertinent to assigned readings, or other learning activities. III. Course Requirements: ATTENDANCE Students enrolled for credit or audit are expected to attend all class sessions. Instructors will take attendance. Absences do not relieve students of the responsibility for missed assignments and exams. Students must take the initiative in arranging with their instructors to make up missed work. A student who misses the first class meeting and has not contacted the instructor, or who misses two consecutive class meetings in the first week may be dropped from the course. A student with excessive absences may be dropped from a course. Students dropped from a course for non-attendance will also be dropped from co-requisite courses. A student should not assume he/she will be dropped ........................................continued..................................................