Course Syllabus

 

NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE

COURSE SYLLABUS

 

Course title:  Nursing Health and Illness II

Course prefix, number, and section number: VNSG 1509   100

Semester/Year of course:  Spring

Semester start and end dates: January 16, 2024 through May 11, 2024

Modality Face to face

Class meeting location, days, and times:  Gainesville HSC,  W, 0900

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

Semester credit hours:  5

Contact Hours: 80

Course description:  Introduction to health problems requiring medical and surgical interventions.

 

Student Learning Outcomes: Compare and contrast normal physiology of body systems to pathologic variations in the patient with medical-surgical problems; evaluate and treat patients with medical-surgical health problems using the nursing process including nutrition, pharmacological therapy, clinical judgement model, and principles of safety.

 

Course prerequisites:

VNSG1420	Anatomy & Physiology for Allied Health	4
VNSG1323	Basic Nursing Skills	3
VNSG 1509	Nursing in Health and Illness I	4
VNSG1227	Essentials of Medication Administration	2
VNSG1360	Clinical I	3

 

 

Required course materials: TEXTBOOKS and RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS

Linton, A.D. Introduction to Medical Surgical Nursing. 8^th ed. (2023) St Louis, Elsevier ISBN# 978-1-4557-7641-2

Vocational Nursing Student Handbook of North Central Texas College, revised 2023

SimChart by Elsevier/Evolve access

Skidmore. Mosby’s Drug Guide for Nursing Students 15^th ed. (2023) St Louis; Elsevier. ISBN# 978-0-434-12388-7

ATI 

 

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

Office location:  Bowie 146

Telephone number: 940 872- 4002 ext 5204

E-mail address: dswofford@nctc.edu

Office hours for students:  Contact Instructor for appointment

 

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:

7	Unit exams
multiple	daily
1	Final exam

 

Final grade scale: 90-100=A              80-89.99=B         77-79.99=C          65-76.99=D         Below 65=F

Unit exams 70%

Daily           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: : 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 [(FLB (LOCAL)]”. 

 

Consequences for academic dishonesty may include:

• Implement a VN Program Contract.
• Dismissal from the VN Program.

 

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 NCTC 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.

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/Coordinator: Cathy Carney RN

Office location: Gainesville Health Science Center

Telephone number: 

E-mail address: ccarney@nctc.edu

 

Name of Instructional Dean: Diane Neu  MSN RN

Office location: Gainesville Health Science Center

Telephone number:

E-mail address:  dneu@nctc.edu