31-543-301, 10-543-101 Nursing Fundamentals
Course Outcome Summary
Course Information
Description
/ This course focuses on basic nursing concepts to provide evidenced-based care to diverse patient populations across the lifespan. Current and historical issues impacting nursing will be explored within the scope of nursing practice. The nursing process will be introduced as a framework for organizing the care of patientsTotal Credits
/ 2.00Pre/Corequisites
Prerequisite / Admission to nursing programPre/Corequisite / General Anatomy and Physiology or Anatomy and Physiology I. For stand alone PN programs, Body, Structure, and Function may also be substituted
Program Outcomes
1. / ADN1. Implement one's role as a nurse in ways that reflect integrity, responsibility, ethical practices, and an evolving professional identity as a nurse committed to evidence-based practice, caring, advocacy and quality care2. / ADN2. Demonstrate appropriate written, verbal, and nonverbal communication in a variety of clinical contexts
3. / ADN3: Integrate social, mathematical, and physical sciences, pharmacology, and pathophysiology in clinical decision making
4. / ADN4: Provide patient centered care by utilizing the nursing process across diverse populations and health care settings
5. / ADN5: Minimize risk of harm to patients, members of the healthcare team and self through safe individual performance and participation in system effectiveness
6. / ADN6: Lead the multidisciplinary health care team to provide effective patient care throughout the lifespan
7. / ADN7: Use information and technology to communicate, manage data, mitigate error, and support decision-making
External Standards
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/ American Nurses Association Standards (ANA)Sponsoring Organization
/ American Nurses AssociationDescription
The ANA provides a set of standards for professional nursing practice.
Target Standards
ANA 1: Assessment: The registered nurse collects comprehensive data pertinent to the patient’s health or the situation.
ANA 3: Outcomes Identification: The registered nurse identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the patient or the situation.
ANA 4: Planning: The registered nurse develops a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes.
ANA 5: Implementation: The registered nurse implements the identified plan.
ANA 8: Education: The registered nurse attains knowledge and competency that reflects current nursing practice.
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/ Healthy People 2020Target Standards
Healthy People 2020: Access to health services
Healthy People 2020: DATA 2020
Healthy People 2020: Education and community-based programs
Healthy People 2020: Health across life stages
Healthy People 2020: Healthcare associated infections
Healthy People 2020: Health communication
Healthy People 2020: Health information technology
Healthy People 2020: Immunizations
Healthy People 2020: Infectious diseases
Healthy People 2020: Medical product safety
Healthy People 2020: Public health infrastructure
Healthy People 2020: Social determinants of health
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/ National Patient Safety GoalsSponsoring Organization
/ The Joint CommissionDescription
The purpose of the National Patient Safety Goals is to improve patient safety. The goals focus on problems in health care safety and how to solve them.
Target Standards
National Patient Safety Goals
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/ NCLEX Test PlanSponsoring Organization
/ National Council Licensure Examination for Registered NursesDescription
The NCLEX® examination assesses the knowledge, skills and abilities that are essential for the entry-level nurse to use in order to meet the needs of clients requiring the promotion, maintenance or restoration of health.
Target Standards
NCLEX: Integrated Processes: Nursing Process
NCLEX: Integrated Processes: Communication and Documentation
NCLEX: Psychosocial Integrity: Cultural Awareness/Cultural Influences on Health
NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Pharmacological and Parenteral Therapies
NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk Potential
NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Physiological Adaptation
NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care: Assignment, Delegation and Supervision
NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care: Collaboration with Interdisciplinary Team
NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care: Ethical Practice
NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care: Information Technology
NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care: Legal Rights and Responsibilities
NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Management of Care: Performance Improvement (Quality Improvement)
NCLEX: Safe and Effective Care Environment: Safety and Infection Control: Accident/Error/Injury Prevention
NCLEX: Physiological Integrity: Reduction of Risk Potential - reducing the likelihood that clients will develop complications or health problems related to existing conditions, treatments or procedures.
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/ NLN Competencies for Graduates of Nursing ProgramsSponsoring Organization
/ National League for NursingDescription
Addressing nursing programs across the academic spectrum and reflecting the NLN's core values, NLN competencies guide nurse educators in designing curricula that position graduates for practice in a dynamic health care arena: practice that is informed by a body of knowledge and that ensures that all members of the public receive safe, quality care.
Target Standards
NLN Core Value: Ethics
NLN Core Value: Patient Centeredness
NLN Core Value: Integrity
NLN Integrating Concept: Professional identity
NLN Integrating Concept: Human flourishing
NLN Integrating Concept: Knowledge and science
NLN Integrating Concept: Nursing judgment
NLN Integrating Concept: Quality and safety
NLN Integrating Concept: Spirit of Inquiry
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/ QSEN: Quality and Safety Education for NursesSponsoring Organization
/ QSEN InstituteDescription
QSEN faculty have defined pre-licensure and graduate quality and safety competencies for nursing and proposed targets for the knowledge, skills, and attitudes to be developed in nursing pre-licensure programs. Led by a national advisory board and distinguished faculty, QSEN pursues strategies to assure that future graduates develop competencies in patient-centered care, teamwork and collaboration, evidence-based practice, quality improvement, safety, and informatics.
Target Standards
QSEN: Patient-Centered Care
QSEN: Teamwork & Collaboration
QSEN: Evidence Based Practice
QSEN: Quality Improvement
QSEN: Safety
QSEN: Informatics
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/ The Tiger InitiativeDescription
The TIGER Initiative, an acronym for Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform, was formed in 2004 to develop a shared vision, strategies, and specific actions for improving nursing practice, education, and the delivery of patient care through the use of health information technology (HIT).
Target Standards
The Tiger Initiative
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/ Wisconsin Administrative CodeSponsoring Organization
/ Wisconsin State LegislatureDescription
The Wisconsin Administrative Code governs the Registered Nursing profession in Wisconsin.
Target Standards
N6
N1.06
N 1.06 (2) (a)
Course Competencies
1. / Differentiate scopes of practice within the nursing professionAssessment Strategies
1.1. / in an oral, written or performance assessment
Criteria
Your performance will be successful when you:
1.1. / distinguish among the different levels of nursing education1.2. / specify the ethical and legal boundaries of the student nurse as presented in the Code of Ethics and the Nurse Practice Act
1.3. / detail responsibility for maintaining patient confidentiality
1.4. / compare various settings in which nurses work
1.5. / detail the role of nursing organizations
1.6. / describe the contribution of all members of the healthcare team
1.7. / outline the standards of regulatory and reimbursement agencies
1.8. / examine the role of evidence-based practice in nursing
1.9. / examine the concept of quality in patient care
2. / Maintain a safe, effective care environment for adults of all ages
Assessment Strategies
2.1. / in an oral, written or performance assessment
Criteria
Your performance will be successful when you:
2.1. / indicate correct identification of patient prior to performing any patient care measures2.2. / identify safety considerations for adults of all ages
2.3. / include of industry standards and regulations regarding microbiological, physical, and environmental safety
2.4. / apply decision making related to measures to minimize use of restraints
2.5. / identify evidence-based practices
3. / Use appropriate communication techniques
Assessment Strategies
3.1. / in an oral, written or performance assessment
Criteria
Your performance will be successful when you:
3.1. / analyze how your own personal factors influence your ability to communicate effectively3.2. / use therapeutic communication techniques
3.3. / apply principles of distance and space
3.4. / demonstrate assertive and professional communication
3.5. / use the steps of the interview process
3.6. / adapt your communication to the level of the patient or the audience
3.7. / verbalize strategies for maintaining confidentiality
3.8. / use technology to access current and reliable information
3.9. / use correct medical terminology and abbreviations
3.10. / report significant patient information orally and in writing
3.11. / document according to legal guidelines
3.12. / use correct grammar and spelling
4. / Use the nursing process
Assessment Strategies
4.1. / in an oral, written or performance assessment
Criteria
Your performance will be successful when you:
4.1. / follow the steps in the nursing process in the correct order4.2. / outline the data resources needed to complete a patient data base
4.3. / identify nursing diagnoses from an designated source
4.4. / include suggestions for the development of a care plan
4.5. / reflect priorities of patient care.
4.6. / contribute to the evaluation of patient outcomes
4.7. / document of each phase of the nursing process
4.8. / differentiate between the role of the PN and RN in the nursing process
5. / Adapt nursing practice to meet the needs of diverse patients in a variety of settings
Assessment Strategies
5.1. / in an oral, written or performance assessment
Criteria
Your performance will be successful when you:
5.1. / consider all aspects of diversity including age, gender, culture, socioeconomic status, disability and sexual orientation5.2. / demonstrate principles of holism by assessing the impact of development, emotional, cultural, religious, and spiritual influences on the patient's health status
5.3. / protect patient dignity
5.4. / demonstrate principles of holism by incorporating emotional, cultural, religious and spiritual influences on patient health
5.5. / demonstrate principles of patient-centered care (i e patient values, customs, culture, and/or habits)
5.6. / detail specific adaptations in patient care to accommodate the needs of diverse populations
5.7. / adaptations are reasonable, legal, and ethical
5.8. / adhere to the Patient Bill of Rights
5.9. / identify strategies to advocate for patients
5.10. / identify evidence-based practices
6. / Provide nursing care for patients with sleep/rest/mobility alterations
Assessment Strategies
6.1. / in an oral, written or performance assessment
Criteria
Your performance will be successful when you:
6.1. / assess factors that put patients at risk for problems with mobility and sleep6.2. / identify factors related to sleep/rest/mobility across the lifespan.
6.3. / recognize characteristics of sleep deprivation
6.4. / consider the use of non-pharmacological measures to promote sleep and rest
6.5. / assess the effects of immobility on body systems
6.6. / detail the nursing measures to prevent complications of immobility
6.7. / promote the use of effective techniques of body mechanics among caregivers, patients, and significant others
6.8. / identify evidence-based practices
7. / Provide nursing care for patients with comfort alterations
Assessment Strategies
7.1. / in an oral, written or performance assessment
Criteria
Your performance will be successful when you:
7.1. / assess patients for subjective and objective manifestations of alterations in comfort7.2. / identify factors related to comfort across the lifespan.
7.3. / adhere to standards of care for the patient experiencing pain
7.4. / identify non-pharmacologic measures to minimize pain and discomfort (nausea, pruritis)
7.5. / outline the plan for monitoring the patient response to the interventions for pain and discomfort
7.6. / identify evidence-based practices
8. / Provide nursing care for patients with nutritional, fluid, and electrolytes disturbances
Assessment Strategies
8.1. / in an oral, written or performance assessment
Criteria
Your performance will be successful when you:
8.1. / describe variables that influence nutrition, fluid and electrolyte balance8.2. / identify factors related to nutrition, and fluid/electrolyte balance across the lifespan.
8.3. / assess a patient's nutritional and fluid/electrolyte status
8.4. / outline specific nursing interventions to promote nutrition and fluid and electrolyte balance
8.5. / base your decisions on the signs and symptoms of fluid volume excess and fluid volume deficit
8.6. / base your decisions on the action of nutrients, signs of excess and deficiency, and specific foods associated with each nutrient.
8.7. / base your decisions on the interpretation of diagnostic tests and lab values indicative of a disturbance in nutrition and fluid and electrolyte balance
8.8. / give examples of appropriate vitamin use across the lifespan
8.9. / identify evidence-based practices
9. / Provide nursing care for patients with commonly occurring alterations in elimination patterns
Assessment Strategies
9.1. / in an oral, written or performance assessment
Criteria
Your performance will be successful when you:
9.1. / assess factors that put a patient at risk for alterations in urinary and bowel elimination9.2. / identify factors related to alterations in elimination across the lifespan.
9.3. / outline the data that must be collected for identification of alterations in bowel/urine elimination
9.4. / base your decisions on the interpretation of basic diagnostic tests of urinary and bowel elimination: urinalysis and occult blood
9.5. / detail the non-pharmacologic measures to promote urinary and bowel elimination
9.6. / identify evidence-based practices
10. / Provide nursing care for patients with integumentary disorders
Assessment Strategies
10.1. / in an oral, written or performance assessment
Criteria
Your performance will be successful when you:
10.1. / identify the patients at risk for impaired skin integrity10.2. / identify factors related to alterations in integumentary system across the lifespan.
10.3. / assess a patient's skin integrity
10.4. / note normal from abnormal findings
10.5. / assess the characteristics of the wound
10.6. / apply correct terminology in the description of wounds
10.7. / adapt care based on integumentary assessment data gathered
10.8. / identify evidence-based practices
11. / Provide nursing care for patients with infection
Assessment Strategies
11.1. / in an oral, written or performance assessment
Criteria
Your performance will be successful when you:
11.1. / outline the factors that put patients at risk for infection11.2. / identify factors related to infection across the lifespan
11.3. / outline the dress code and personal practices that reduce the risk of infection transmission
11.4. / base your decision on the signs and symptoms of infection
11.5. / base your response on an interpretation of the diagnostic tests related to patient's infectious process
11.6. / detail the nursing interventions to support or minimize the physical and psychological effects of the infectious process
11.7. / demonstrate the ability to correlate nursing interventions to methods used to prevent or disrupt the chain of infection
11.8. / follow industry standards for isolation procedures
11.9. / identify evidence-based practices
12. / Provide nursing care for patients with cognitive and sensory impairments
Assessment Strategies
12.1. / in an oral, written or performance assessment
Criteria
Your performance will be successful when you:
12.1. / collect data to identify patients experiencing alterations in cognition or sensory perception12.2. / identify factors related to cognitive and sensory impairments across the lifespan.
12.3. / demonstrate respect for the dignity of the patient with cognitive or sensory impairment
12.4. / detail support for family/significant others caring for patients with cognitive or sensory impairment
12.5. / include community resources available for patients and families with a cognitive or sensory impairment
12.6. / include adaptations to the environment to maintain safety for the patient with impaired cognition or sensory impairment
12.7. / incorporate nursing strategies to maximize cognitive functioning and sensory perception
12.8. / outline nursing interventions for specific cognitive and sensory disorders
12.9. / identify evidence-based practices
13. / Provide nursing care for patients and families experiencing grief and loss
Assessment Strategies
13.1. / in an oral, written or performance assessment
Criteria
Your performance will be successful when you:
13.1. / demonstrate respect for the cultural and spiritual beliefs of the patient/significant other experiencing grief and loss13.2. / demonstrate the anticipated responses to grief across the lifespan
13.3. / include personal and community resources available
13.4. / advocate for the ethical/legal concerns of the patient/family making end of life decisions
13.5. / employ nursing measures to support palliative care during the dying process
13.6. / outline the nursing responsibilities associated with postmortem care
13.7. / identify evidence-based practices
14. / Provide nursing care for patients with alterations in oxygenation
Assessment Strategies
14.1. / in an oral, written or performance assessment
Criteria
Your performance will be successful when you:
14.1. / assess patient for objective and subjective manifestations of impaired oxygenation14.2. / identify normal from abnormal assessment data
14.3. / adapt care based on oxygenation assessment data
14.4. / base your response on the interpretation of diagnostic tests and lab values indicative of a disturbance in oxygenation
14.5. / identify evidence-based practices
31-543-302, 10-543-102 Nursing Skills
Course Outcome Summary
Course Information
Description
/ This course focuses on development of evidence-based clinical skills and physical assessment across the lifespan. Content includes mathematical calculations and conversions related to clinical skills. In addition the course includes techniques related to obtaining a health history and basic physical assessment skills using a body systems approach.Total Credits
/ 3.00Pre/Corequisites
Prerequisite / Admission to nursing program or current LPN licensePre/Corequisite / General Anatomy and Physiology or Anatomy and Physiology I. For stand alone PN programs, Body, Structure, and Function may also be substituted
Program Outcomes
1. / ADN3: Integrate social, mathematical, and physical sciences, pharmacology, and pathophysiology in clinical decision making2. / ADN4: Provide patient centered care by utilizing the nursing process across diverse populations and health care settings
3. / ADN5: Minimize risk of harm to patients, members of the healthcare team and self through safe individual performance and participation in system effectiveness
4. / ADN7: Use information and technology to communicate, manage data, mitigate error, and support decision-making
External Standards
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