NURS 2150 Skills Lab

NURS 2150: Skills Lab

Description

Skills Lab assists the student in developing safe, evidence based nursing skills. Delegated medical functions as well as physical and psychosocial assessment of adults and children are practiced. Safety in medication dosage and medication administration is practiced. Simulation will be used to integrate skills in preparation for the acute care clinical environment.

Credits

2

Prerequisite

Admission to the Associate in Science nursing program

Corequisite

None

Topics to be Covered

1. Physical and psychosocial assessment

2. Communication

3. Nursing math & safe medication administration

4. Application of nursing process in simulated situations

5. Practice of selected nursing interventions

Learning Outcomes

1. Demonstrate a holistic physical and psychosocial assessment in the laboratory setting. (QSEN: Patient-centered care).

2. Demonstrate appropriate focused nursing assessments in a simulated setting. (NLN: Nursing Judgment).

3. Examine a developmental assessment of a child. (NLN: Human Flourishing).

4. Demonstrate safety in selected nursing skills such as IV starts, central line care, NG insertion/removal, and blood administration. (QSEN: Safety).

5. Demonstrate dosage calculation and medication administration. (QSEN: Safety).

6. Demonstrate techniques of therapeutic communication in a simulated situation. (QSEN: Teamwork and Collaboration).

7. Utilize the nursing process to integrate clinical reasoning and judgment skills in a simulated setting. (NLN: Nursing Judgment).

Credit Details

Lecture: 0

Lab: 2

OJT: 0

MnTC Goal Area(s): None