COURSE SYLLABUS RNSG 2260 (2:0:6) CLINICAL NURSING (RN TRAINING) TRANSITION ********** ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING PROGRAM DEPARTMENT OF NURSING HEALTH OCCUPATION DIVISION LEVELLAND CAMPUS SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE SPRING 2010SCANS COMPETENCIES RESOURCES: Identifies, organizes, plans and allocates resources. C-1 TIME--Selects goal--relevant activities, ranks them, allocates time, and prepares and follows schedules. C-2 MONEY--Uses or prepares budgets, makes forecasts, keeps records, and makes adjustments to meet objectives C-3 MATERIALS & FACILITIES-Acquires, stores, allocates, and uses materials or space efficiently. C-4 HUMAN RESOURCES--Assesses skills and distributes work accordingly, evaluates performances and provides feedback. INFORMATION--Acquires and Uses Information C-5 Acquires and evaluates information. C-6 Organizes and maintains information. C-7 Interprets and communicates information. C-8 Uses computers to Process information. INTERPERSONAL--Works With Others C-9 Participates as members of a team and contributes to group effort. C-10 Teaches others new skills. C-11 Serves clients/customers--works to satisfy customer's expectations. C-12 Exercises leadership--communicates ideas to justify position, persuades and convinces others, responsibly challenges existing procedures and policies. C-13 Negotiates-Works toward agreements involving exchanges of resources resolves divergent interests. C-14 Works with Diversity-Works well with men and women from diverse backgrounds. SYSTEMS--Understands Complex Interrelationships C-15 Understands Systems--Knows how social, organizational, and technological systems work and operates effectively with them C-16 Monitors and Correct Performance-Distinguishes trends, predicts impacts on system operations, diagnoses systems' performance and corrects malfunctions. C-17 Improves or Designs Systems-Suggests modifications to existing systems and develops new or alternative systems to improve performance. TECHNOLOGY--Works with a variety of technologies C-18 Selects Technology--Chooses procedures, tools, or equipment including computers and related technologies. C-19 Applies Technology to Task-Understands overall intent and proper procedures for setup and operation of equipment. C-20 Maintains and Troubleshoots Equipment-Prevents, identifies, or solves problems with equipment, including computers and other technologies. FOUNDATION SKILLS BASIC SKILLS--Reads, writes, performs arithmetic and mathematical operations, listens and speaks F-1 Reading--locates, understands, and interprets written information in prose and in documents such as manuals, graphs, and schedules. F-2 Writing-Communicates thoughts, ideas, information and messages in writing, and creates documents such as letters, directions, manuals, reports, graphs, and flow charts. F-3 Arithmetic--Performs basic computations; uses basic numerical concepts such as whole numbers, etc. F-4 Mathematics--Approaches practical problems by choosing appropriately from a variety of mathematical techniques. F-5 Listening--Receives, attends to, interprets, and responds to verbal messages and other cues. F-6 Speaking--Organizes ideas and communicates orally. THINKING SKILLS--Thinks creatively, makes decisions, solves problems, visualizes, and knows how to learn and reason F-7 Creative Thinking--Generates new ideas. F-8 Decision-Making--Specifies goals and constraints, generates alternatives, considers risks, and evaluates and chooses best alternative. F-9 Problem Solving--Recognizes problems and devises and implements plan of action. F-10 Seeing Things in the Mind's Eye--Organizes and processes symbols, pictures, graphs, objects, and other information. F-11 Knowing How to Learn--Uses efficient learning techniques to acquire and apply new knowledge and skills. F-12 Reasoning--Discovers a rule or principle underlying the relationship between two or more objects and applies it when solving a problem. PERSONAL QUALITIES--Displays responsibility, self-esteem, sociability, self-management, integrity and honesty F-13 Responsibility--Exerts a high level of effort and preservers towards goal attainment. F-14 Self-Esteem--Believes in own self-worth and maintains a positive view of self. F-15 Sociability--Demonstrates understanding, friendliness, adaptability, empathy, and politeness in group settings. F-16 Self-Management--Assesses self accurately, sets personal goals, monitors progress, and exhibits self-control. F-17 Integrity/Honesty--Chooses ethical courses of action.RNSG 2260 1 Campuses: Levelland COURSE SYLLABUS COURSE TITLE: RNSG 2260 Clinical Nursing (RN Training)-Transition INSTRUCTORS: Reva Lynn Baldwin, RN, MSN OFFICE LOCATION, PHONE/ E-MAIL: Reva Lynn Baldwin TA 106C, 716- 2392, [email protected] OFFICE HOURS: Posted on instructor’s door. SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE IMPROVES EACH STUDENT’S LIFE I. GENERAL COURSE INFORMATION A. COURSE DESCRIPTION A method of instruction providing detailed education, practice and work-based experience and direct patient care, generally at a clinical site. Specific detailed learning objectives are developed for each course by the faculty. On site clinical instruction, supervision, evaluation and placement is the responsibility of the college faculty. Clinical experiences are unpaid external learning experiences. Course may be repeated if topics and learning outcomes vary. College laboratory and clinical agency experiences offer opportunities for nursing skill practice and application of classroom learning applied to the adult client experiencing bio-psycho-socio-spiritual stressors of illness. Through classroom and laboratory/clinical experiences the student explores basic concepts and skill related to nursing process, communication, teaching/learning, pharmacology, nutrition, safety, problem solving, critical thinking, collaboration, delegating, referrals, cost effectiveness, quality care, ethical/legal practice, self awareness/self monitoring and client advocacy.RNSG 2260 B. COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (LEVEL II) Upon satisfactory completion of RNSG 2307, RNSG 2260 and RNSG 1115, the student will meet all Level II course educational objectives (designated by numbers within the column headings) as specifically applied to Medical-Surgical nursing. In addition, competencies and foundation skills of SCANS (designated by letters and numbers under the unit title) and NEAC