NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLEGE
COURSE SYLLABUS
COURSE AND INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION
Course title: Nursing in Health and Illness III
Course prefix, number, and section number: VNSG 2510 100
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): Face to Face
Class meeting location, days, and times: Bowie 148 M 0900- 1400
Lab meeting location, days, and times: N/A
Semester credit hours: 5
Contact Hours: 80
Course description: Continuation of NHI 2. Further study of medical – surgical health problems of the patient including concepts such as mental illness and clinical judgment model. Incorporated knowledge necessary to make the transition from student to graduate vocational nurse.
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 clinical judgement model including nutrition, pharmacological therapy, and principles of safety; discuss concepts such as mental illness; and utilize learned skills and knowledge for transition from student to graduate vocational nurse.
Course prerequisites: Grade of 77 or better in NHI1 & NHI2 and all previous nursing classes
Required course materials:
Linton, A.D. Medical Surgical Nursing. 8th ed. (2024) St. Louis: Elsevier
Skidmore. Mosby’s Drug Guide for Nursing Students 15th ed.(2016) St Louis; Elsevier. ISBN# 978-0-443-12388-07
Silvestri, Saunder’s Comprehensive Review for NCLEX-PN 6th ed. (2014) Philadelphia: Saunders
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: OFFICE HOURS
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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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1300-1500
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By Appointment
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In GV
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1100-1400
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By Appointment
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No office hours when clinical starts
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No office hours when clinical starts
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By Appointment
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I am available by email form 0900 -1700 M-F when not on campus
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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:
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# of Graded Course Elements
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Graded Course Elements
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Percentage or Points Values
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7
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Unit exams
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70%
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multiple
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daily
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10%
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1
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Final exam
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20%
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Late work policy: No Late Work 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
See LVN student handbook for detailed policy
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
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.
I expected you to follow the college AI statement, “using generative AI tools to substantially complete an assignment or exam is not permitted”
STUDENT HANDBOOK
Students are expected to follow all rules and regulations found in the Student Handbook.
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 MSN 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
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