Spring 2019 Course Syllabi

DAKOTA NURSING PROGRAM Bismarck State College • Dakota College at Bottineau • Lake Region State College • Williston State College 1 NURS 237 Syllabus - Spring 2019 COURSE: NURS 237 Clinical Applications II CREDIT HOURS: 5 Semester hours (240 lab/clinical hours) 192 hours in clinical (40 of these hours are on preceptorship) 48 hours in lab 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: Anna Anderson, MSN, RN Assistant Professor of Nursing Bismarck State College 500 East Front Ave Bismarck, ND 58504 Office Hours: email or call for an appointment Office (701) 224-2476 anna.anderson@ndus.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: 1. Assessment Technologies Institute (ATI) Review Package, Skills Modules, and Virtual Review for RN students. 2. Doenges, M. (2016). Nurses pocket guide diagnoses, prioritized interventions and rationales . (14 th ed.). Philadelphia: F. A. Davis. 3. Horntvedt, T., (2015). Calculating dosages safely: A dimensional analysis approach. Philadelphia: F. A. Davis. 4. LaCharity, L., Kumagai, C., & Bartz, B. (2019). Prioritization, delegation, & assignment. (4 th ed.). St. Louis: Mosby/Elsevier. 5. Lewis, S. L., Dirksen, S., Heitkemper, M., & Bucher, L. (2017). Medical-surgical nursing: Assessment and management of clinical problems. (10 th ed.). St. Louis: Mosby/Elsevier. Text and/or eBook