PNC 111 – FOUNDATIONS SKILLS LAB

SYLLABUS

JACKSON COLLEGE

Winter 2018

LAB SYLLABUS

Winter 2 – 2018

COURSE NUMBER:PNC 111

COURSE TITLE:Foundations Skills Lab

DEPARTMENT:Nursing

CREDITS: 1 Credit

CONTACT HOURS:45 hours - laboratory

FACULTY:

LAB COORDINATOR:

OFFICE HOURS:Posted outside instructors’ office doors.

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course introduces the student to fundamental skills of practical nursing and the nursing process. The laboratory component will provide the student with visual demonstrations of procedures, as well as hands on practice with a variety of equipment.

LABORATORY REQUIREMENTS

  1. Attendance in laboratory is required. If a student must be absent, it is the student’s responsibility to obtain all lecture notes and other information shared in class PRIOR toreturning to the class. Additionally, the student must obtain from the instructor a lab contract identifying assignments and activities to make-up missed time.
  1. Students must be present in laboratory to participate in and receive credit for group work and quizzes.Tardiness to class may mean missing group work or quizzes.
  1. Students are responsible for finding out the meaning of any unfamiliar words or terms encountered in the readings or laboratory.
  2. Reading assignments (text, assigned articles, handouts, etc.) should be read for understanding before coming to the class for which they are assigned. Students are encouraged to bring questions to class. Some questions, however, will be best answeredfollowing class because of limited class time.
  1. Students are expected to maintain professional conduct at all times in the classroom, and be courteous of others in the classroom. Students who talk and disrupt the class inappropriately will be asked to leave the room. Faculty expects students to be kind to one another and to faculty at all times, and faculty will reciprocate.
  1. Students are required to present completed lab learning objectives at the beginning of class to receive credit for this assignment. Objectives that are asterisked may be written out on an index card (for easy review of skill) or within the laboratory objective packet.
  1. Students are expected to have ALL return demonstrations completed by the dates indicated on thestudent assignment record.
  1. All written work should be neatly done using proper grammar, spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure. Written work with three or more spelling errors or grammaticalerrors will be unsatisfactory.

USE OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES IN CLASS

While the nursing faculty recognizes that communication with family and friends is important, the use of cell phones, texting, instant messaging, and pagers in class can be distracting to others. Please keep all electronic devices on vibrate or silent during class. If you are experiencing a family emergency and must keep a cell phone on, please obtain instructor permission prior to class. Students must have instructor permission to record class and/ or lab either using a voice or video recorder. We appreciate your cooperation in providing an environment conducive to learning.

  1. Nursing Department Academic Honesty Policy

Refer to Foundations of Nursing Course Syllabus.

  1. Laboratory Quizzes

Lab Theory Quizzes

  • are given weekly at the end of the four hour lab class
  • are given to evaluate the student’s knowledge of the theoretical concepts related to nursing laboratory skills
  • cover:
  • abbreviations & measures that were assigned for that particular week
  • heavy on content/skills covered the previous week
  • light on content/skills covered in that lab

Pre-Demonstration Quizzes

  • must be taken prior to checking-off on a skill
  • are given to evaluate the student’s knowledge regarding focused content of the skills

In order to proceed into the clinical setting, the student must have a combined (lab theory and pre-demo) quiz average of 78%. Failure to meet this pre-clinical requirement results in a 1.5 overall course grade.

NOTE: Student who have already taken lab quizzes (classroom lab and/or predemo quizzes) are NOT to share information about content or answers with students who have not yet taken classroom lab quizzes and/or pre-demo quizzes. This constitutes academic dishonesty – see policy on cheating.

  1. This laboratory includes required time in the lab and extra scheduled time during open lab times for skills practice and return demonstration / check-off of skills. No check-off of skills, except handwashing and glucometer use will be complete during laboratory class time.
  1. Students are expected to perform satisfactory return demonstrations (as described at end of each unit objectives) on all procedures marked with an asterisk (*), (also refer to the Student Laboratory Assignment Record), prior to clinical experience. Before the skill can be demonstrated the student must pass the written quiz (Pre-demonstration quiz) with a 80%. This quiz may be repeated only one time and may NOT be retaken on the same day. If the student is not successful (< 80%) on the second attempt, individual remediation with an instructor will take place before the student will be allowed to demonstrate the skill in the laboratory. The Pre-demonstration quiz is required to be complete 1 day prior to return demonstration of the skill.

**for grading purposes the score from the first attempt will be used in determining the final laboratory grade.

13.It is expected that students are adequately prepared for skill check-off to be performed independently, without coaching and within the designated time frame.

14.Students must make an appointment during open lab hours to return a skill demonstration. If you cannot keep your appointment, it is expected that a minimum of a four (4) hour notice will be given, barring an emergency.

Cancellations are best done during open lab hours, however, there is capability to leave a voice mail message. Call the lab at 796-8423.

15.A student will be allowed only 1 (one) “no-call-no-show”. After the first missed appointment, the quiz grade for the nursing skill being demonstrated will be deducted 5% points.

16.Students may not observe another student return demonstrating a skill. This, of course, will not apply to those skills that require a partner.

17.If a student does not pass a return demonstration, they may not attempt doing another return demo of that skill on the same day.

18.Professional behavior is expected of students in the laboratory and classroom setting. Examples of these behaviors are as follows, but are not limited to:

  • dressing in full uniform (JC maroon scrubs, white shoes, white lab coat, hair off shoulders, minimal jewelry, etc.) for skill check-offs beginning with head to toe assessment(dressing in full uniform is required only for return demonstrations, not for practice or for classroom lab time)
  • arriving 5 – 10 minutes prior to schedule appointment
  • completing skill within time frame
  • being considerate of others
  • maintaining professional communication and demeanor
  • following the laboratory guidelines presented in class by the lab coordinator

All pre-demonstration quizzes MUST be complete by May 1, 2018 or a grade of 1.5 will be recorded for the overall laboratory grade and thus the student would receive a 1.5 for the overall PNC 110 course grade.

All required skill check-offs must be successfully completed by the close of open labMay 4, 2018. If the skill check-offs are not completed by the assigned date, five percent (5%) will be deducted from the students lab grade for each week or portion of week past the deadline the check-offs remain delinquent.

If you are having difficulty meeting the deadline please contact either Roxy or Darlene early in the semester.

INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS:

Collaborative/Group workReturn Demonstrations

LectureAudio Tapes

DiscussionDVD, CD-ROMs & Video Tapes

HandoutsMannequins

Assigned ReadingsComputer instruction

TEXTBOOK(S) REQUIRED:

Refer to Foundations of Nursing Course Syllabus.

  • ** An E-Text book is available for this required text. Go to , click on the “Chegg” Icon below where it says “Available E-books”. This will take you to the chegg website where you can purchase or rent an e- text book.

AVAILABLE LEARNING SERVICES:Refer to Foundations of Nursing Course Syllabus

STUDENT EVALUATION CRITERIA

Each course may contain one or more grading components. The components consist of lab quizzes, and pre-demo quizzes, and group work. theory exams, group work, written assignments, laboratory & clinical. A student must earn a minimum of 78% in the following components:

1. Lab theory quizzes

2. Pre-demonstration quizzes

3. Total course AVERAGE

If a 78% is not met in the laboratory grade, the student may not progress to the clinical setting. Further, if any of these requirements are not met the student will receive a maximum of 1.5 in the course. The student will be dismissed from the program, and unable to continue. In the event of an academic failure of PNC 110 OR PNC 111, the student will not be eligible for readmission to the PN program.

The grading components for this course include:

COMPONENT / PERCENT of GRADE / EXPLANATION
I. LABORATORY GRADE (includes lab theory & pre-demo quizzes, lab prep points, and assessment project) / 100% / Quizzes will reflect laboratory learning objectives and assigned readings. Make-up for the weekly lab theory quizzes is at the discretion of the instructor. Attendance at all labs is required. One nursing assessment assignment will be included in this portion of the grade.
LABORATORY LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Students are required to complete written lab learning objectives prior to the beginningin preparation for pre-lab quiz.
V. PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS / Satisfactory OR
3 % off final course grade / It is the student’s professional responsibility to keep all records updated in the nursing office and in their personal portfolio. This includes, but is not limited to, health assessment form, TB test, CPR, Vaccinations, etc. Failure to update this information by the first clinical day of any clinical course will result in a 3% reduction of the final course grade and may mean missed clinical days and possible failure in the course. (See JCC Nursing Handbook.)
IV. SIMULATION / Attendance / Low-Fidelity: This experience is required prior to the start of clinical. Students must earn a satisfactory grade (18/22 points = 78%) to advance to the clinical setting. In the event the student is unsuccessful he/or she is allowed an additional attempt, maximum of 2 attempts. If a 78% is not met in the laboratory grade, the student may not progress to the clinicalsetting.
High-Fidelity: This experience is not graded, however, attendance and participation is required.

TESTING POLICY: Only answers to questions recorded on the students’ scantron answer sheet will be graded. Unless instructed by the Instructor at the beginning of the test to record answers in a different place. When grading tests, faculty reserves the right to not count questions that they deem are not of good quality.

Please see pages 24-25 regarding addition testing information and academic integrity.

GRADING SCALE:

The grading scale for this course follows the Nursing Handbook which is as follows:

4.0 94 – 100%

3.590 - 93%

3.086 - 89%

2.582 - 85%

2.078 - 81% A 2.0 is required to pass the course.

1.574 - 78%

NURSING PROGRESSION:

See Nursing Handbook for progression policies.

The student must earn a 2.0 grade in Theory and Laboratory and a satisfactory in clinical to pass the course. Students who withdraw or fail this course will not be allowed to progress to the next level. Students who earn less than 2.0 for the first level nursing course, Foundations, will NOT be allowed to repeat the course and are therefore dismissed from the program.

Course Outline – Laboratory

Week / Topic / Instructor
1 / Infection Control
  • Medical asepsis
  • Surgical asepsis
  • Transmission-based precautions
Blood pressure / Roxy
Darlene
2 / Assessment of Basic Needs
  • Head to toe assessment
  • Heart sounds
  • Lung sounds
/ Darlene
3 / Skin Integrity, hygiene & mobility
  • Body mechanics
  • Range of motion
  • Positioning
  • Moving & transferring
  • Protective devices
  • Assistive devices
  • Bed bath & oral care
/ Roxy
4 / Safety & Surgical Asepsis
  • Wound care
  • Dressing changes
  • Application of heat & cold
  • Staple & suture removal
/ Darlene
5 / Medication Administration / Darlene & Roxy
6 / Fluid Balance & Elimination
  • Enemas
  • Urinary catheterizations
  • Intake and output (IV)
/ Darlene
Roxy
Darlene
7 /
  • Clinical Overview
  • Ostomy
  • Accuchecks
/ Roxy
8 / Air & Nutrition
  • Tube Feedings
  • Oxygenation
  • Complex Wound
/ Darlene
Roxy
Darlene
9 / Low Fidelity Simulation / Lab Staff/ Faculty

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