Spring 2017 Course Syllabi

DAKOTA NURSING PROGRAM

Bismarck State College • Dakota College at Bottineau • Lake Region State College • Williston State College

NURS 237 Syllabus - Spring 2017

COURSE:

NURS 237 Clinical Applications II

CREDIT HOURS:

5 Semester hours (240 lab/clinical hours)

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

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Prioritize safe, effective, and culturally competent client care in acute and community settings during this clinical

and simulation lab course. Clients with complex alterations in health and psychosocial issues are managed with a

spirit of inquiry and collaboration to make evidence based clinical judgments. Quality improvement practices

related to national safety goals are examined. Students will be challenged with a precepted activity during the

latter part of this course.

MEETING TIME:

Clinical:

Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and/or Saturday. Please see individualized

site calendars for your clinical assignments.

Lab:

As scheduled on Monday or Wednesdays per local campus

INSTRUCTORS:

Cheri Weisz, MSN, RN

Nursing Instructor

Lake Region State College

1801 College Drive North

Devils Lake, ND 58301

Office Hours: email or call for an appointment

Erlandson Building

Toll free: 1-800-443-1313 ext. 1643

Office (701) 662-1643

Cheri.weisz@lrsc.edu

See local site schedules for the Nursing Coordinator and Clinical Instructors at

your location.

PREREQUISITE:

NURS 224, Professional Role Development

NURS 225, Alterations in Health I

NURS 226, Maternal Child Nursing

NURS 227, Clinical Applications I

COREQUISITES:

NURS 228, Alterations in Health II

NURS 229, Health Promotion and Psychosocial Nursing

NURS 259, Role Transitions

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.

Lewis, S. L., Dirksen, S., Heitkemper, M., & Bucher, L. (2014).

Medical-surgical nursing: Assessment and

management of clinical problems.

ed.). St. Louis: Mosby/Elsevier. Text and/or eBook (also need study guide)