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Medical Surgical Nursing I

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Medical Surgical Nursing I - Clinical

PURPOSE:

The purpose of this rotation is to introduce the student to medical surgical nursing principles and procedures in the acute care as well as long term care setting and to progressively acquire nursing skills and build on past experiences. Experiences will include caring for geriatric patients incorporating rehabilitative principles, documenting on the legal record of care, administering medications and performing nursing procedures.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

The students will provide care for medical-surgical and geriatric patients utilizing nursing principles (34.0, 37.0) in the acute care and long term care setting. The clinical experience will focus on developing basic nursing skills such as practicing within the scope of practical nursing; performing aseptic techniques (27.0), performing physical comfort and safety skills (29.0), providing personal patient care (30.0), performing nursing procedures (31.0), applying principles of nutrition (33.0), administering medication (following successful completion of Pharmacology) (32.0), providing care for medical surgical and geriatric patients (34.0, 37.0), applying the principles of infection control (38.0), providing bio-psycho-social support (40.0), developing organizational skills 41.0) and demonstration of basic employability skills (42.0).

Observational hours shall not exceed 18 hours.

Medical Surgical Nursing Scope: PNMNCCL.SCP.doc

Student Clinical Evaluation:PN clin eval 2007.doc