NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE

COURSE SYLLABUS

Course title: Pharmacology

Course prefix, number, and section number: VNSG 1331   0130

Semester/Year of course: Summer 2024

Semester start and end dates: June 3,2024- August 8,2024

Modality (Face to face/Synchronous or Asynchronous online/Hybrid): Hybrid/ Face-to-Face

Class meeting location, days, and times:  HSC 2416 , Thursday, 0900-1200

Lab meeting location, days, and times: N/A

Semester credit hours: 3 credit hours

Contact Hours: 48

Course description: Fundamentals of medication and their diagnostic, therapeutic, and curative effects. Includes nursing interventions utilizing the process and clinical judgment model.

Student Learning Outcomes: Identify properties, effects, and principles of pharmacotherapeutic agents; and explain nursing interventions associated with the various pharmacotherapeutic agents

 Course prerequisites: Anatomy and Physiology for Allied Health, or Anatomy and Physiology I and II

Required course materials:

• Lilley, Rainforth Collins, Snyder Pharmacology and the Nursing Process. 10^thEdition
• ATI Pharmacology Content Mastery Series
• ATI for completing of homework and exam requirements

Name of instructor: Dial Swofford, M.Ed., BSN, RN

Office location: Bowie Rm 146

Telephone number: (940) 872- 4002 ext. 5204

E-mail address: dswofford@nctc.edu 

Office hours for students:  Please email instructor for appointment time.

Office hours for students: 

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

List of graded assignments:

• See course schedule

• Unit exams: 60%
• Daily assignments: 10%
• ATI PN Pharmacology Practice A, Practice B, and Proctored Exams: 10%
• Final exam: 20%

Late work policy: Late work will not be accepted

SEE CANVAS FOR THE COMPLETE COURSE CALENDAR, OUTLINE, DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF GRADED WORK, AND OTHER RELATED MATERIAL.

COURSE POLICIES

Academic Integrity Policy: Academic honesty is expected at all times.  Cheating in any form or fashion will be grounds for dismissal from the LVN program

You are expected you to follow the college AI statement,  “using generative AI tools to substantially complete an assignment or exam is not permitted”

Attendance Policy:

• Students will be allowed a maximum of two absences during this course
• A third absence will be grounds for dismissal from the LVN program
• Three occasions of being tardy will equal one absence
• Tardy is defined as being more than one minute late for class
• Students are expected to be in their seats ready to begin class on time

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: See academic Calendar

Core Objectives: 

The Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) conducted extensive research and interviews and determined that “workplace know-how” consists of two elements: foundations skills and workplace competencies.

These SCANS Skills are referenced with each course objective and are as follows:

(1) Foundation Skills

• Basic Skills: A worker must (i) read, (ii) write, (iii) perform arithmetic and mathematical operations, (iv) listen, and (v) speak effectively.
• Thinking Skills: A worker must (i) think creatively, (ii) make decisions, (iii) solve problems, (iv) visualize, (v) know how to learn, and (vi) reason effectively.
• Personal Qualities: A worker must display (i) responsibility, (ii) self-esteem, (iii) sociability, (iv) self-management, (v) integrity, and (vi) honesty 
• Workplace Competencies
• Resources: A worker must identify, organize, plan, and allocate resources effectively.  This includes (i) time, (ii) money, (iii) material and facilities, and (iv) human resources.
• Interpersonal Skills: A worker must work with others effectively to (i) participate as a member of a team, (ii) teach others new skills, (iii) serve patients/customers, (iv) exercise leadership, (v) negotiate, and (vi) work with diversity.

 (c)   Information:  A worker must be able to (i) acquire and use information, (ii) organize and maintain  

        Information:   (iii) interpret and communicate information and (iv) use computers to process information.

• Systems: A worker must understand complex interrelationships as in (i) understanding systems, (ii) monitor and correct performance, and (iii) improve and design systems 
• Technology: A worker must be able to work with a variety of technologies, e.g. (i) select technology, (ii) apply technology, and (iii) maintain and troubleshoot equipment.

COLLEGE POLICIES

STUDENT HANDBOOK

Students are expected to follow all rules and regulations found in the Student Handbook.

ADA STATEMENT

NCTC will adhere to all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations and guidelines with respect to providing reasonable accommodations to afford equal educational opportunity. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the Office for Students with Disabilities to arrange appropriate accommodations.  See the OSD Syllabus Addendum.

AI STATEMENT

Absent a clear statement from a course instructor, use of or consultation with generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) or other similar technologies shall be treated analogously to assistance from another person, agency, or entity. In particular, using generative AI tools to substantially complete an assignment or exam is not permitted. Students should acknowledge the use of generative AI (other than incidental use) and default to disclosing such assistance when in doubt.

When students use generative AI to replace the rigorous demands of personal engagement with their coursework, it runs counter to the educational mission of the college and undermines the heart of education itself. Artificial Intelligence, large language models, and other such technologies hold promise for deploying knowledge in service to others and accelerating the discovery of new knowledge. However, such technology poses new challenges to pedagogy and to integrity. Within the context of the teaching mission of the college and consistent with the Student Code of Conduct, the authority to define the appropriate use, study, and deployment of these technologies’ rests with the faculty.

Individual course instructors, in coordination with their divisions, set policies regulating the use of generative AI tools in their courses, including allowing or disallowing some or all uses of such tools. Course instructors will set such policies in their course syllabi and clearly communicate such policies to students. Students who are unsure of policies regarding generative AI tools are encouraged to ask their instructors for clarification.

STUDENT SERVICES

NCTC provides a multitude of services and resources to support students.  See the Student Services Syllabus Addendum for a listing of those departments and links to their sites.

QUESTIONS, CONCERNS, or COMPLAINTS

The student should contact the instructor to deal with any questions, concerns, or complaints specific to the class.  If the student and faculty are not able to resolve the issue, the student may contact the chair or coordinator of the division.  If the student remains unsatisfied, the student may proceed to contact the instructional dean.

Name of Chair: Cathy Carney RN

Office location: Gainesville Health Sciences Center

Telephone number: 

E-mail address: ccarney@nctc.edu

Name of Instructional Dean (Interim): Diane Neu, RN MSN

Office location: Gainesville Health Sciences Center

Telephone number:

E-mail address: dneu@nctc.edu