NUR 213

 
 

Course Content
 

   Course Number: NUR 213

   Course Title: Foundation of Nursing

   Credit Hours: 3 hours (2 theories + 1 practice)
 

Course Overview

Foundation of nursing has been designed to provide today's students with solid foundations of nursing principles to prepare them to meet the challenges of tomorrow. Therefore, this course introduces the student nurses to the fundamentals of nursing skills within the nursing process framework. This course is offered as a co-requisite to NUR 123 (Concept). The course is designed in a modular form; each module integrates theory and skills needed to perform basic nursing skills. The teaching method demonstration and return demonstration will be employed, and evaluation will be on the student's fulfillment of the prerequisite material for each module, as their active participation in the teaching sessions.

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General objectives

 

:At the end of this course the student nurse is expected to have

 

            Acquire cognitive, psychomotor and affective skill needed to carry out foundations of    1-

             . Nursing activity
 

:Course spicific Objectives
 

:At the end of the sessions the student nurse will be able to 

           Comprehend the rationale and basic concepts underlying nursing care in order to adjust nursing skills accordingly-

.Psychomotor

           Acquire competency in performing basic nursing skills in the nursing process framework-

          Apply the process of critical thinking to patient care intervention-

.Provide a safe environment for clients, self and others while performing nursing care activitie-  

:Course Requirements

The theoretical knowledge will be given in a simplified self-study module format. Students are required to fulfill the modules prerequisite assignments (reading and homework) as scheduled prior to the teaching sessions. Basic nursing procedures and skills will be presented by demonstration and return demonstration teaching method in clinical skills nursing lab. Provision by the faculty member facilitating the course will be made for each student to individually re demonstrate the procedure
 

:Course Outline
 

Topics
  

I- Promoting Infection Control:
 

(Basic (Medical Aspects. 

(Basic (Surgical Aspects.
 

:II- promoting Patient Hygiene 

.Bed making-

.Patient Personal Hygiene-
 

:III- Assessing Vital Signs
 

    Temperature-

     Pulse rate-

     Respiration-

     Blood pressure-

 

:IV - Medication Administration
 

      Drug administration-

     Oral medication-

      Sublingual medication-

      Topical medication-

      Eye medication-

      Ear medication-

      Respiratory medication-

      Suppository medication-

     Parenteral medication-
 

: V-Wound Care 

     Dressings-
 

VI- Nutritional Management:
 

      Nutrient Via Tube Feeding
 

VII- Urinary And Elimination  

Catheter care- 

Enema- 
 

Methods of Teaching:
 

·        Lecture-
 

·        Discussion and Participation-
 

·        Data show presentation-
 

·        Demonstration and Redemonstration-

 

Course Requirements
 

·        Co-Requisite: NUR 123
 

·        Class participation in discussion
 

·        Class attendance
 

·        Assignment
 

Student Evaluation
 

      Quizzes                                        10%

      Midterm written examination       10%

      Midterm clinical exam                20%

      Final clinical exam                       20%

      Final written exam           40%
 

: Refrence and Learning Resources
  

·       Kozier B, Erb G, Berman A and Snyder S. Fundamentals of Nursing. 7th ed.
 

Pearson Education,Inc.Upper Saddle River. New Jersey. 2004.
 

·       Kozier B, Erb G, Berman A and Snyder S. Techniques in Clinical Nursing. 5th Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River. New Jersey. 2004.
 

·       Smelter S. Bare L. Brunner and Suddarth Textbook of Medical -Surgical Nursing. 10 th ed. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. 2004.
 

·       Roe S. Delmar's Clinical Nursing Skills & Concepts. Library of Congress Cataloging- in- publication Data. 2003.
. Facilities Required 

       Nursing labs- 
       Projector- 
·        Data show-
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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