Part-Time/18-month Completion

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  Display basic conceptual knowledge of the essential skills of the registered nurse;
  

Unit II: Basic Hygiene, Bed-Making, and Transferring

Unit III: Mobility, Body Mechanics, Transferring, I & O, Weighing

Unit IV: Pharmacology, Common Medical Tubes, and Oxygen Delivery

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  No medications discussed in this course, only mechanics of medication administration
  

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  Lecture content
  

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  Testing and skills check-offs
  
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  Skills check-offs with instructor
  

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  Demonstrate competence in performing essential skills of the registered nurse; and
  

Sterile technique

CVL dressing

Foley cath

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  Lecture content
  
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  Demonstration by instructor, practice with instructor in simulation lab, check-off demonstration
  

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  Testing and skills check-offs
  
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  Skills check-offs with instructor
  
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  Skills check-offs with instructor
  

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  Exhibit competence in calculating basic medication mathematics.
  

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  Lecture content
  
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  Demonstration by instructor, practice with instructor
  
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  CAI and practice tests in LRC
  

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  Health Promotion, Wellness Basics
  
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  Teaching Process
  
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  Providing Culturally Responsive Nursing Care
  
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  Human Needs
  
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  Nursing Diagnoses
  

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  Promotion of health in older adults
  
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  Review of Erikson’s developmental stages related to older adult
  
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  Human Needs
  
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  Nursing Diagnoses
  

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  Promotion of health in young and middle-aged adults
  
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  Review of Erikson’s developmental stages related to young and middle-aged adults
  
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  Human Needs
  
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  Nursing Diagnoses
  

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  Lecture
  
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  In-class Activity: Complete a Learning Needs and Characteristics Assessment Interview
  
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  In-class Activity: Prioritize the health education needs of various age, cultural, and ethnic groups
  
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  In-class Activity: Work together to develop an individualized teaching plan (case study) – also under Teamwork & Collaboration
  
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  In-class Activity: Complete a group project within a specified period of time
  
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  BlackBoard Private Journal Entry: Imagine yourself at 80 years of age. Describe the environment you wish to have, what roles you will have, and roles you will have relinquished. Make a statement of the legacy you wish to leave. What is most important to you? Are you happy with the life you have led?
  
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  In-class Activity: Case study related to developmental stage and prioritization of issues
  

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  Testing
  
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  Collaborative Health Promotion Education Project (students are divided into groups to complete 4 assignments; to complete, they must use the teaching process to develop and implement a teaching plan for a group of culturally diverse people across the lifespan)
  
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    Assignment 1: Assessment and Diagnosis
    
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    Planning and Implementation
    
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    Scholarly Paper
    
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    Poster Presentation
    

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  Basics of teamwork and collaboration; group functioning and group roles
  
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  Classroom group activities
  

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  Classroom group activities
  

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  Classroom group activities
  

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  Classroom group activities
  

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  In-class Activity: Work together to develop an individualized teaching plan (case study) – also under PCC
  
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  BlackBoard Private Journal Entry: Describe your feelings toward working in a group. Could the project have gone more smoothly? Why or why not? What would you have done to improve group functioning?
  
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  BlackBoard Private Journal Entry: Describe your experience of teaching health promotion strategies to a group of selected learners. Were the learners engaged? Do you feel like your teaching group made a difference in the lives of the learners?
  

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  Testing
  
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  Collaborative Health Promotion Education Project (students are divided into groups to complete 4 assignments; to complete, they must use the teaching process to develop and implement a teaching plan for a group of culturally diverse people across the lifespan) – project requires students to work as a group throughout
  
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    Assignment 1: Assessment and Diagnosis
    
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    Planning and Implementation
    
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    Scholarly Paper
    
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    Poster Presentation
    

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  Concepts of Growth & Development – throughout the lifespan (brief overview, using Erikson’s Developmental Stages)
  

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  Differentiating between EBP and opinion-based websites; using EBP websites to lead classroom discussions
  
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  Concepts of Growth & Development related to older adult (Erikson)
  

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  Concepts of Growth & Development related to young and middle-aged adult (Erikson)
  

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  Concepts of Growth & Development related to infancy through adolscence (Erikson)
  

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  Pre-class Activity: Review the video “Blood Sugar and Fears”. Be prepared to discuss the risk factors for Type 2 Diabetes and intervention for stopping it.
  

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  Testing
  
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  Collaborative Health Promotion Education Project (students are divided into groups to complete 4 assignments; to complete, they must use the teaching process to develop and implement a teaching plan for a group of culturally diverse people across the lifespan) – students must use EBP to develop their teaching plan. Must cite reference in modified APA paper.
  
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    Assignment 1: Assessment and Diagnosis
    
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    Planning and Implementation
    
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    Scholarly Paper
    
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    Poster Presentation
    

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  Complementary & Alternative Healing Modalities – overview
  

See medications

See medications

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  Black cohosh
  
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  Ginseng (Panax Ginseng)
  
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  Gingko
  
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  Kava Kava (Piper Methysticum)
  
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  St. John’s Wort (Hypericum Perforatum)
  
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  Garlic
  

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  Folic Acid
  
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  Vitamin D Compounds
  
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  Calcium Salts
  

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  Varenicline (Chantix)
  

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  Pneumococcal vaccine
  
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  Shingles (Herpes Zoster) vaccine
  
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  Hepatitis B Vaccine
  
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  Rotavirus Vaccine
  
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  Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Acellular Pertussis (DTaP) Vaccine
  
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  Haemophilus Influenza Type B Vaccine
  
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  Inactivated Polio Virus (IPV) Vaccine
  
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  Yearly Influenza Virus Vaccine
  
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  Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR) Vaccine
  
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  Hepatitis A Vaccine
  
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  Varicella (Chickenpox) Vaccine
  
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  Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine
  
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  Meningococcal Vaccine
  

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  For each herbal supplement or medication, students are required to know the following:
  
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    Generic and trade names
    
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    Classification
    
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    Indications
    
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    Action
    
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    Contraindications/Precautions
    
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    Common side effects
    
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    Life-threatening side effects
    
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    Usual route and dosage
    
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    Nursing implications
    
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  For each immunization, students are required to know the following;
  
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    Vaccine side effects and safety
    
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    Appropriate dose, route, and site
    
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    Patient/family teaching
    

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  Testing
  
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  Collaborative Health Promotion Education Project (students are divided into groups to complete 4 assignments; to complete, they must use the teaching process to develop and implement a teaching plan for a group of culturally diverse people across the lifespan) – students must address safety issues with all age groups
  
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    Assignment 1: Assessment and Diagnosis
    
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    Assignment 2: Planning and Implementation
    
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    Assignment 3: Scholarly Paper
    
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    Assignment 4: Poster Presentation
    

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  Review of QI
  

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  Pre-class Activity: Review the website: “Healthy People 2020”. How can nurses assist with meeting one of these goals? Be prepared to discuss in class. – Also under Informatics
  
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  Pre-class Activity: Students review course SLOs and determine how they are related to different age groups (then discuss in class)
  
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  Students discuss in class how to think and talk in terms of the 6 QSEN competencies
  

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  Testing
  
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  Collaborative Health Promotion Education Project – students must address ways in which they would improve their teaching plan if they were to implement it again – must show in scholarly paper and in poster presentation
  
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    Assignment 3: Scholarly Paper
    
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    Assignment 4: Poster Presentation
    

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  Review of what constitutes EBP website vs. commercial website
  

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  Review of EBP websites to lead in-class discussion
  

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  Review of EBP websites to lead in-class discussion
  

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  Review of EBP websites to lead in-class discussion
  

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  Pre-class Activity: Review the website: “Healthy People 2020”. How can nurses assist with meeting one of these goals? Be prepared to discuss in class. – Also under QI
  
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  Pre-class Activity: On the CDC website, open “State of Aging and Health in America” Be prepared to discuss ratings in Arkansas.
  
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  Pre-class Activity: On CDC website, open “Health Information for Older Adults”. Students are divided into groups and discuss topics associated with their groups.
  
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  Students review multiple CDC weblinks related to health promotion for all age groups
  
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  Case studies related to developmental stage and prioritization of issues
  

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  Testing
  
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  Collaborative Health Promotion Education Project (students are divided into groups to complete 4 assignments; to complete, they must use the teaching process to develop and implement a teaching plan for a group of culturally diverse people across the lifespan) – students are to use evidence-based health related websites to complete assignments.
  
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    Assignment 1: Assessment and Diagnosis
    
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    Planning and Implementation
    
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    Scholarly Paper
    
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    Poster Presentation