OUR LADY OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY College of Nursing Quezon City I. Course Title II. Course No III. Prerequisite IV.

Course Units V. Placement : : : : : FUNDAMENTALS OF NURSING PRACTICE NCM 100 A TFN 3 units (2 units theory, I unit skills laboratory) 1ST YEAR, 2ND SEMESTER

VI. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Concepts and principles in the provision of students knowledge with an overview of nursing as a science. It includes discussion on the primary role of a nurse emphasizing on health promotion and prevention of illness through the utilization of the nursing process as a basis for nursing practice. VII. TERMINAL COMPETENCIES: Given simulated situations, the student will be able to: 1. Demonstrates beginning nursing skills in health promotion and illness prevention utilizing the nursing process. 2. Value nursing as a science, an art and a profession. INTERMEDIATE COMPETENCIES: By actively participating in varied teaching- learning activities designed for the course, the student will be able to: COGNITIVE COMPETENCIES: 1. Understand the concepts of nursing as a profession and both as an art and science. 2. Enumerate the purpose and importance of the nursing process. 3. Compare nursing process with problem solving.

4. Discuss the steps of the nursing process. PSYCHOMOTOR COMPETENCIES: 1. Utilize the nursing process as a basis for nursing practice. 2. Demonstrate self- awareness and other caring attributes as a nurse. 3. Apply proper communication techniques in dealing with clients. 4. Effectively perform basic nursing tasks as a nurse working in a hospital set-up. 5. Exhibit proper judgment based on accepted ethical and moral principles of the profession. 6. Conduct correct and accurate assessment of a healthy client. 7. Formulate nursing diagnosis and nursing goals. 8. Implement nursing intervention based on needs and problems of healthy client. 9. Evaluate and modify plan of care based on outcome of intervention. AFFECTIVE COMPETENCIES: 1. Develop an appreciation to the chosen profession, being a nurse. 2. Realize the importance the nurses role of providing humane nursing care in meeting clients needs and problems. 3. Stress the importance of upholding the privacy and other rights of the client when promoting their physiological and psychological needs. VIII. COURSE OUTLINE: Week No. 1 Major Topics I. Orientation to the course Description Sub- topics 1. Discussion of Course and syllabus. 2. Discussion of the Vision/Mission of the university II. Review Definition of Nursing 2 III. The Nursing Process 1. Nursing as an art 2. Nursing as a Science A. Definition

1. Definition of Terms 2. Purposes/ uses of the Nursing Process 3.Overview of the Process 4. Nursing Process compared with problem solving and scientific method. 3 B. Steps in the Nursing Process 1. Assessment a. Assessment Models b. Maslows Hierarchy of Human Needs c. NANDAs Human response patterns d. Steps in Assessment

Data Collection Organization of Data Nursing History - Relevant Information for Nursing History Taking -Nursing History Format

2. Nursing Diagnosis a. Data analysis b. Problem identification c. Formulating Nursing Diagnosis

Actual Nursing Diagnosis

 High Risk/ Potential Nursing Diagnosis Wellness nursing Diagnosis Syndrome nursing diagnosis d. Guidelines in stating Nursing Diagnosis 3. Planning of Care a. Setting Priorities b. Goal setting Types of Goals Parts of a Goal Stating Goals 5 4. Writing the Nursing Care Plan a. Types of Nursing Intervention b. Environmental management c. Physician initiated and ordered interventions d. Nurse initiated and ordered interventions e. Formats in Nursing Care Plan Writing 5. Implementation a. Validating the care b. Documenting the nursing care plan guidelines for Legally accepted Documentation/ Charting c. Patients Chart/ Record

 Types of Patients record Purposes Forms/ sheets in a patients record 6. Evaluation evaluating the effectiveness of interventions 6 7 PRELIM EXAMS IV. Medical and Surgical Asepsis A. Infection Cycle B. Principles of Sterile and Clean Technique C. Sterilization and Disinfection 8 V. Administration of Therapeutic Agents A. Methods of Data 1. Oral 2. Parenteral 3. Topical 4. Drug computation 5. Nurse's responsibilities in drug administration B. Intravenous Fluid Therapy 1. Definition 2. Purposes for IV Therapy 3. Types of IV Fluids 4. Procedure for IV Therapy

5. IV Flow rate Computation 6. Major Complications for IV Therapy 7. Nurse's responsibilities in IV Therapy 8. Documenting IV fluids 9 C. Blood Transfusion 1. Definition 2. Purposes of BT 3. Methods for BT 4. Types of blood and their compatibility 5. Procedure for BT 6. Major Complications of BT 7. Nursing responsibilities during BT 10 D. Oxygen Therapy 1. Definition 2. Purposes of O2 therapy 11 3. Methods of Oxygen administration E. Suctioning 1.Definition 2.Purpose of Suctioning 3.Methods of Suctioning 12 Mid-Term Exam

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F. Bed bath and Bed Making 1.Definition 2.Purpose of Bed bath 3.Methods of Bed bath and Bed Making

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G. NGT 1. Definition 2. Purposes of NGT 3. Methods of NGT

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H. Catheterization 1. Definition 2. Purposes of Catherization 3. Methods of Catherization

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I. Enema 1.Definition 2.Purposes of Enema 3. Methdos of Enema J. Heat and Cold K. Mobility and Exercise

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VI. Meeting Needs relation to Dying/Grief

1. Concept of Death and death (Dying and Grieving) 2. Care of the Terminally ill patients and grieving their families 3. Post Mortem Care

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Final Examination

IX. TEACHING METHODOLOGIES: 1. Lecture (use of Powerpoint Presentation) 2. Recitation 3. Pre. & Post 4. Return Demonstration X. GRADING SYSTEM: LECTURE - 80% Attendance Recitation Prelim ExamMidterm Final Quizzes 5% 5% 20% 25% 25% 20% 100% x .8 80 XI. TEXTBOOK: 1. Kozier's, Erb's, Fundamentals of Nursing: Concepts, Process and Practice, 8th Edition,2008, by PrenticeHall XII. REFERENCE 1. Talor, Carlo. Fundamentals of Nursing : the art and science of nursing care. 5th Edition, By: Lippincott Phila 2. Neiswadomy, Rose Marie, Fundamentals of Nursing, 5th Edition, 2007, by:Pearson Singapore 3. Seaback, Wanda Walter, Nursing process : Concepts and Application, Second Edition, 2007, by: Thomson-Delmar Australia LABORATORY- 20%

4. Gulanick, Meg, Nursing Care Plans : guidelines for individualizing client care across the life span, 7th Edition, 2007 by: Elsevier Singapore 5. Neiswadomy, Rose Marie, Fundamentals of Nursing, 5th Edition,2007, by: Pearson Singapore 6. Wilkinson, Judith M, Nj. Introduction to Nursing process and Critical Thinking, 4th Edition, by: Pearson 7. Davis, F.A., Procedure Checklistsfor Fundamentalsof Nursing, 2007 8. Bautista, Joy N, Nursing Health Assessment; A textbook for Filipino Nursing Students. 2007, by: Mla; Educ'l Pub House 9. Ackley, Betty, Nursing Diagnosis: A Guide to Planning care, 7th Edition,2006, by: Mosby St. Louis 10. Doenges, Marilyn E, Nursing care plans : guidelines for individualizing client care across the life span, 7th Edition, 2006, by: F.A 11. 12. 13. White, Lois, Foundation of Basic Nursing. (Second Edition), 2005, by: Johnson, Betty M, An Introduction to theory and reasoning in nursing, Lefebre, Alfaro Rosalinda, Applying Nursing Process: A tool for

Thomson-Delmar Australia 2005, by: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Thinking, 2005, by: Lippincott William and Wilkins Phila 14. White Lois, Documentationand the nursing process, 2005, by: ThomsonDelmar Australia XIII. WEBSITES: www. prenhal.com/berman www. voldosta.edu/nursing/history_theory/theory.html www.home.earthlink.net www.tcns.org