Fall 2018 Course Syllabi

DAKOTA NURSING PROGRAM Bismarck State College • Dakota College at Bottineau • Lake Region State College • Williston State College 1 NURS 121 Syllabus - Fall 2018 COURSE: NURS 121: Practical Nursing I CREDIT HOURS: 3 semester hours (Didactic course – 48 hours classroom) COURSE DESCRIPTION: Explore three core concepts of health assessment, nutrition and mental health as they relate to client care. Learn how the nurse incorporates this knowledge in caring for the diverse client from the moment they begin care for an individual to any point along the health-illness continuum. MEETING TIME: Section I 1000 – 1120 T/R - BSC-Bismarck A, BSC-Hazen, BSC-Ashley, BSC-Garrison, LRSC-Devils Lake Section II 1330-1450 T/R – BSC-Bismarck B, DCB-Minot, LRSC-Mayville, LRSC-Grand Forks Section III 0800-0920 T/R – DCB-Bottineau, DCB-Valley City, WSC- Williston WSC-Tioga INSTRUCTORS: Connie Geyer, MSN, RN Health Assessment Weeks 1-7 and Nutrition Weeks 8-9 Nursing Instructor Dakota College at Bottineau- Minot site 307 5 th Ave. S.E. Minot, N.D. 58702 Office Phone: (701) 857-2921 Office Hours: email or call for an appointment constance.geyer@dakotacollege.edu Gail Raasakka, MSN, RN, CNE ( Mental Health Weeks 10-17) WSC Nursing Program Director/Associate Professor of Nursing Williston State College, HSSC 165 1410 University Avenue Williston, ND 58801 Office Phone: (701) 774-4290 Toll Free: 1-888-863-9455 Office Hours: email or call for an appointment gail.raasakka@willistonstate.edu PREREQUISITES: Admission to Dakota Nursing Program, Practical Nursing Certificate COREQUISITE(s): NURS 120 Foundations of Nursing NURS 122 Clinical Practice I REQUIRED TEXTBOOKS: 1. Assessment Technologies Institute (ATI) Review Package and Skills Modules for PN students. 2. Burton, M. A. & Ludwig, L. J., (2015) Fundamentals of Nursing Care Concepts, Connections and Skills (2 nd ed), Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis (Text and Study Guide) 3. Shadow Health. (2017). Digital Clinical Experience (Version 5.0) [Software]. 4. (ISBN: 978-0-9897888-1-6) Available fro m http://www.shadowhealth.com 5. Silvestri, L. (2018) Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX PN (7 th ed.) St. Louis: Saunders/Mosby. 6. Skyscape Nursing Constellation package (Includes Davis’s Drug Guide for Nurses, and Davis’s Comprehensive Handbook of Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications 7. Varcarolis, E, M., Halter, M. J. (2017) Varcarolis’ Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, (8 th