NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE
COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE AND INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
Course title: Basic Nursing Skills
Course prefix, number, and section number: VNSG 1323 Section 100
Semester/Year of course: Fall 2023
Semester start and end dates: August 28, 2023 through December 16, 2023
Modality (Face to face/Synchronous or Asynchronous online/Hybrid): Face to Face
Class meeting location, days, and times: Classroom 2416, Tuesdays 8:30-12:30
Semester credit hours: 3
Course description: Mastery of basic nursing skills and competencies for a variety of health care settings using the nursing process and clinical judgement model as the foundation for all nursing interventions.
Course prerequisites: Admission to the Vocational Nursing Program
Required course materials:
Elsevier (2022) Fundamental Concepts and Skills for Nursing Ed. 6
Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing
ATItesting.com
North Central Texas College Vocational Nursing Student Handbook
Name of instructor: Tiffany McQuien, RN
Office location: 1525 West California St. Office 2411-H Gainesville, Texas 76240
Telephone number: (940)668-7731 ext. 4917
E-mail address: tmcquien@nctc.edu
Office hours for students: Monday 9am-12pm Tuesday 9am-12pm Thursday 9am-12pm Friday 9am-12pm
Name of instructor: Brooke Banks, LVN
Office location: 1525 West California St. Gainesville, Texas 76240
Telephone number: (940)668-7731
E-mail address: bbanks@nctc.edu
SYLLABUS CHANGE DISCLAIMER
The faculty member reserves the right to make changes to this published syllabus if it is in the best interest of the educational development of this class. Any such changes will be announced as soon as possible in person and/or writing.
SUMMARY OF COURSE ASSIGNMENTS
Skills exams will be given on Wednesdays, with the exception of Exam 6 and special circumstances.
List of exams: Unit 1 Exam September 6 77% for passing grade
Unit 2 Exam September 20 77% for passing grade
Unit 3 Exam October 4 77% for passing grade
Unit 4 Exam October 18 77% for passing grade
Unit 5 Exam October 25 77% for passing grade
Unit 6 Exam November 7 77% for passing grade
Final December 11-14 77% for passing grade
Final grade scale: Major Exams - 6 Unit Exams at 70%
Daily Grades - Quizzes and Assignments at 5%
Comprehensive Final Exam - 25%
Students must make a minimum of 77 in each course to continue in the Vocational Nursing Program.
Unit Exam questions may be developed from all required textbooks, PowerPoints, and other sources utilized for course work.
Students have 1 (one) week from the scheduled date of the exam to challenge test questions as outlined in the Vocational Nursing Student Handbook. After the 1-week period, all exam grades will stand and no appeal will be allowed.
Late work policy: No late quizzes or assignments will be accepted. 1 exam, per course, per semester may be made up at a time determined by the instructor. It is the student’s responsibility to make arrangements with the course professor to take the make-up exam and arrive on time. Any student not completing a unit exam within the allotted time determined by the professor, will receive a grade of “0” for the missed unit exam.
End of semester schedule changes: At the completion of the skills course, Tuesdays will be used as clinical days. Hours for clinical will vary depending on the clinical sites. Start time may be as early as 5am.
SEE CANVAS FOR THE COMPLETE COURSE CALENDAR, OUTLINE, DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF GRADED WORK, AND OTHER RELATED MATERIAL.
COURSE POLICIES
Academic Integrity Policy: Scholastic dishonesty shall include, but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, academic falsification, intellectual property dishonesty, academic dishonesty facilitation and collusion. Faculty members may document and bring charges against a student who is engaged in or is suspected to be engaged in academic dishonesty. See Student Handbook, “Student Rights & Responsibilities: Student Conduct”.
Consequences for academic dishonesty may include:
- Written contract
- Removal from program
Attendance Policy: Regular and punctual attendance is expected of all students in all classes for which they have registered. All absences are considered to be unauthorized unless the student is absent due to illness or emergencies as determined by the instructor. It is the student’s responsibility to provide documentation as to the emergency for approval and judgement by the faculty member. Approved college sponsored activities are the only absences for which a student should not be held liable and only when provided by a college official ahead of the absence. Valid reasons for absence, however, do not relieve the student of the responsibility for making up required work. Students will not be allowed to make up an examination missed due to absence unless they have reasons acceptable to the instructor. A student who is compelled to be absent when a test is given should petition the instructor, in advance if possible, for permission to postpone the exam. Student will be dropped from a class by the Registrar upon recommendation of the instructor who feels the student has been justifiably absent or tardy a sufficient number of times to preclude meeting the course’s objectives. Persistent, unjustified absences from classes or laboratories will be considered sufficient cause for College officials to drop a student from the rolls of the College. From Board Policy FC (LOCAL). See North Central Texas College Vocational Nursing Student Handbook for specific program absence allowances.
• Students must attend class regularly.
• More than two (2) absences in a course per semester will result in dismissal.
• Three (3) tardies equals one absence. No one will be allowed into class if she/he is tardy until the first break. A tardy will be recorded in the gradebook.
• Leaving early is considered an absence for the whole day.
Withdrawal Policy
A student may withdraw from a course on or after the official date of record. It is the student’s responsibility to initiate and complete a Withdrawal Request Form.
Last day to withdraw from the course with a “W” is: November 6, 2023
Student Learning Outcomes: Demonstrate safe and competent basic nursing skills; describe how each step of the nursing process and clinical judgement model relates to nursing care; and discuss the implementation of basic nursing skills in a variety of health care settings.