Summer 2019 Course Syllabi

DAKOTA NURSING PROGRAM Bismarck State College • Dakota College at Bottineau • Lake Region State College • Williston State College 1 NURS 126 Syllabus - Summer 2019 COURSE: NURS 126: Clinical Practice III CREDIT HOURS: 3 semester hours (144 lab/clinical hours) COURSE DESCRIPTION: Refine nursing knowledge, skills and ethical comportment in the role of a practical nursing student to provide safe and effective care for clients across the lifespan with stable or predictable health problems and assisting with those whose conditions are critical or unpredictable. Critical thinking, effective and therapeutic communication, nursing process, management of nursing care, and delegation of unlicensed assistive persons are incorporated into the clinical experience. MEETING TIME: Summer session begins Monday, May 20, 2019 and concludes on Friday, July 12, 2019. Lab & Clinical times are scheduled at each site. The NCLEX Review is scheduled for June 19 and 26 from 0800-1500. The Comprehensive Predictor is a three-hour exam and will be taken as scheduled per site. NCLEX review and testing hours are mandatory clinical hours. See your local lab/clinical schedule. INSTRUCTORS: Joanne Vandal, MSN, RN Dakota College at Bottineau 105 Simrall Blvd. Bottineau, ND 58318 Office Hours: email or call for an appointment Office Telephone 1-701-228-5453 joanne.vandal @ndus.edu Erin Williams, BSN, RN Dakota College at Bottineau 105 Simrall Blvd. Bottineau, ND 58318 Office Hours: email or call for an appointment Office Telephone 1-701-228-5444 erin.beth.williams @ndus.edu Your Campus Program Director and Faculty are the contacts for your clinical topics. See local site schedules for the Clinical Instructors at your location. PREREQUISITES: NURS 120 Foundations of Nursing NURS 121 Practical Nursing I NURS 122 Clinical Practice I NURS 124 Clinical Practice II NURS 127 Practical Nursing II – Introduction to Medical Surgical Nursing NURS 145 Introduction to Maternal Child Nursing COREQUISITES: NURS 129 Nursing Practice III 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 & skills (2 nd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis (Text and Study Guide)