Summer 2018 Course Syllabi

DAKOTA NURSING PROGRAM Bismarck State College • Dakota College at Bottineau •Lake Region State College •Williston State College 1 NURS 129 Syllabus – Summer 2018 COURSE: NURS 129: Practical Nursing III CREDIT HOURS: 3 Semester Hours (48 classroom hours) *This is an 8-week course so there are 6 classroom hours per week. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Continue to examine evidence based nursing interventions, nursing process, nutrition and drug therapy for health promotion and disease prevention in the culturally diverse client across the lifespan along the health-illness continuum. Students will have access to additional knowledge in the areas of quality improvement, informatics, and accountability, ethical, legal and professional issues of the practical nurse. MEETING TIME: May 21 - July 13, 2018 Section I Monday and Tuesday 0800-1100 BSC-Bismarck A, BSC-Hazen, LRSC, LRSC Mayville, LRSC Grand Forks and WSC Section II Monday and Tuesday 1200-1500 BSC-Bismarck B, BSC-Harvey, DCB, DCB-Minot, DCB-Valley City INSTRUCTORS: Melanie Schock, MS, RN, CNE (Lead Course Instructor) Assistant Professor of Nursing BSC- Allied Health Campus 500 E Front Ave Suite 267 Bismarck, ND 58504 Toll free: 1-800-445-5073 Office: (701) 224-2473 (leave message) Office Hours: email or call for an appointment melanie.schock@bismarckstate.edu Weeks 1 and 2 Joanne Vandal, MSN, RN Nursing Instructor Dakota College at Bottineau 105 Simrall Blvd. Bottineau, ND 58318 Office Hours: email or call for an appointment Office Phone: 701-228-5681 joanne.vandal@dakotacollege.edu Week 7 and 8 Amber Solheim, MSN, RN Nursing Instructor Lake Region State College 1425 S Columbia Road Grand Forks, ND 58201 Office Phone: (701) 665-4635 Office Hours: email or call for an appointment amber.solheim@lrsc.edu Weeks 3 and 4 Gail Raasakka, MSN, RN, CNE WSC 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 Week 5 and 6 PREREQUISITES: NURS 120 Foundations of Nursing NURS 121 Practical Nursing I NURS 122 Clinical Practice I NURS 127 Practical Nursing II: Introduction to Medical/Surgical Nursing NURS 145 Introduction to Maternal Child Nursing NURS 124 Clinical Practice II COREQUISITES: NURS 126 Clinical Practice III