Fall 2016 Course Syllabi

DAKOTA NURSING PROGRAM

Bismarck State College • Dakota College at Bottineau •

Lake Region State College • Williston State College

NURS 227 Syllabus - Fall 2016

COURSE:

NURS 227: Clinical Applications I

CREDIT HOURS:

4 Semester hours (192 lab/clinical hours)

(144 hours in clinical and 48 hours in lab)

(1 credit of lab/clinical course = 3 contact hours)

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Participate collaboratively with members of the interdisciplinary health care team to provide safe and

culturally sensitive client centered care in the lab, clinical area and simulation lab. Practice parenteral

medication therapies and demonstrate professional and leadership competencies while incorporating

evidence based practices and sound nursing judgment.

MEETING TIME:

Clinical:

Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday. Please see

individualized site calendars for your clinical assignments.

Lab:

as scheduled by your coordinator for three hours per week.

Students are expected to prepare for lab by completing the eCollege

assignments each week before lab.

INSTRUCTORS:

Kari Lesmeister, MSN, RN

Nursing Instructor

Williston State College

1410 University Avenue

Williston, ND 58801

Office Hours: email or call for an appointment

Office (701) 774-4277

kari.lesmeister@willistonstate.edu

See local site schedules for the Nursing Coordinator and Clinical

Instructors at your location.

PREREQUISITES:

Admission to Dakota Associate Degree Nursing Program

COREQUISITES:

NURS 224, Professional Role Development

NURS 225, Alterations in Health I

NURS 226, Maternal Child Nursing

REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS:

Assessment Technologies Institute (ATI) Review Package, Skills Modules, and Virtual Review for RN

students.

Doenges, M. (2016).

Nurses pocket guide diagnoses, prioritized interventions and rationales

. (14

ed.).

Philadelphia: F. A. Davis.

Horntvedt, T., (2015).

Calculating dosages safely: A dimensional analysis approach.

ed.).

Philadelphia: F. A. Davis.

LaCharity, L., Kumagai, C., & Bartz, B. (2015).

Prioritization, delegation, & assignment.

ed.). St.

Louis: Mosby/Elsevier.