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INTRODUCTION The following policies, guidelines, and statements are subject to on-going review and may change due to changes in the learning environment and/or due to college, legal, and/or accrediting agency mandates. Revisions and new policies will be communicated and made available as addendums to this handbook. Communication will include, but not be limited to, classroom announcements, memorandums, e-mail messages, and class handouts. Students will receive a current handbook at the beginning of each academic year. In addition, please refer to the Navarro College Catalogue and Navarro College Student Handbook for further information regarding college policies and standards as well as regulations related to student conduct. This handbook is not intended to replace official publications of the college. According to the Standards of Professional Nursing Practice, the registered nurse is to know and conform to the Texas Nursing Practice Act and Texas Board of Nursing (BON) Rules & Regulations as well as all other laws, rules, and standards. A student enrolled in a professional nursing program in preparation for licensure as a registered nurse, is responsible for knowing and following the policies of the nursing program and for learning state laws regulating nursing practice. Students purchase publications from the Texas Board of Nursing and are instructed regarding those laws and rules. Updated September 2010 Equal Opportunity It is the policy of Navarro College to provide equal opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, or veteran status. This policy extends to employment, admission, and all programs and activities supported by Navarro College. Equal opportunity shall be afforded within the Navarro College system to all employees and applicants for admission or employment regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, age, or disability. Navarro College will make reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities.
WELCOME
To All Incoming Associate Degree Nursing Students: Congratulations on your success in entering the Associate Degree Nursing Program at Navarro College. Nursing faculty and staff at Navarro College are committed to promoting the best possible educational experience for you. Please do not hesitate to talk to nursing program teaching staff, nursing faculty, and the department chair/program director. The ADN Student Handbook is provided as a resource tool. Other information and course requirements are provided at the beginning of each course. However, please become familiar with the contents of this handbook. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask for assistance in interpreting any of the policies. An overview of the contents of this handbook will be included as a part of your orientation to the program. Again, congratulations!!
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ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING FACULTY & STAFF Fall 2012 ADN Program Director Betty Shumate, MS, RN Email: betty.shumate@navarrocollege.edu Office Telephone 903-875-7588 FAX 903-875-7675 Health Professions Administrative Assistant Pending Office Telephone #903-875-7581 FAX# 903-875-7675 Full-time Faculty (preferred phone contact is in each course syllabus) Rosemary Bell, RN, MS, ANP-C Email: rosemary.bell@navarrocollege.edu Lisa Lindsey, MSN, RN Email: lisa.lindsey@navarrocollege.edu Alaine Long, MSN, RN Email: alaine.long@navarrocollege.edu Patricia M. Lucas, MS, RN Email: patricia.lucas@navarrocollege.edu Delores Price, MSN, CEN, CNE, CMS, RN Email: delores.price@navarrocollege.edu Cathy Van Zandt, RN, MSN Email: cathy.vanzandt@navarrocollege.edu Sherry Wright, MS, MSN, RN, CNE Email: sherry.wright@navarrocollege.edu Part-time Faculty Doris Jeanette Collins, MSN, RN Tonya Hill, MSN, RN Sigrid Jones, MSN, RN Johnes Monyoncho, BNS, RN Kathy Porter, MSN, RN Kathy Rozelle, MS, RN Dorothy Thompson, BSN, MSN, RN Christina Thomson, MSN, RN Lisa Updegrove, MSN, RN ADN Program Assistant Elizabeth Stroud, BSN, RN Office telephone # 903-875-7590
Email: elizabeth.stroud@navarrocollege.edu
Faculty telephones include voice mail, which accepts messages 24 hours a day. Faculty can access the voice mail from remote locations. Office telephone numbers and other instructor contact information is provided to students through the course syllabus. The Program Director can be reached during regular office hours at 903-875-7588, 903-8757581, or 903-875-7590. Waxahachie Fax# 972-923-6469 Corsicana Fax# 903-875-7675
problems/needs, selects nursing diagnoses, involves the client in setting individual or familycentered goals, plans and implements care utilizing evidenced-based practice to achieve the goals, and evaluates outcomes. Patient Safety Advocate In the role as patient safety advocate, the Associate Degree graduate promotes safety in the patient and family environment by: following scope and standards of nursing practice; practicing within the parameters of individual knowledge, skills, and abilities; identifying and reporting actual and potential unsafe practices; and implementing measures to prevent harm. The Associate Degree Nurse provides safe administration of medications and treatments. Member of the Health Care Team In the role as member of a health care team, the Associate Degree graduate provides patientcentered care by collaborating, coordinating, and/or facilitating comprehensive care with an interdisciplinary health care team to determine and implement best practices for the patient and their family. The Associate Degree graduate is prepared to provide and coordinate care for a group of individuals who have health care problems/needs with attention to quality of care and cost effective use of resources. In organizing nursing care, the Associate Degree graduate may delegate nursing tasks to licensed and unlicensed personnel based on their educational backgrounds and experience. The Associate Degree graduate is responsible and accountable for tasks delegated to others. Nursing Education Education is a developmental process incorporating experiences whereby an individual assimilates knowledge, develops potential, and establishes a value system. In nursing education, the responsibility of the faculty is to utilize knowledge about the student and the teaching/learning process to enhance the nursing educational environment, instilling commitment to life-long learning and promoting the value of evidence-based practice. Nursing education is a process through which the student may acquire behaviors essential for competence and accountability in professional nursing practice. The process occurs in a variety of settings and may be influenced by physical, psychological, political, economic, cultural, and social factors. Teaching-Learning Environment Faculty and students share the roles of teacher and learner, in that often the teacher learns, and often the learner teaches. Learning is enhanced in an environment in which the student is provided guidance and given opportunities for self-direction. The student has responsibility for his/her own learning. Teaching incorporates caring, student engagement, and facilitation of the learning process. Learning is facilitated when the learner exhibits readiness and motivation, participates in the decisions which influence learning, and has sufficient opportunity for meaningful practice. Faculty are responsible for managing the learning environment and facilitating achievement of the ADN mission. Accepted December 1993. Revised January 1995, July 1995, July 1996, July 1997, July 1998, February 1999, March 2000, May 2004, December 2004, May 2005, May 2007, May 2008, March 2011
health or to support a dignified death. Also by assisting the client and his or her family in attaining health goals, illness prevention, and health-promoting behaviors. 5. Therapeutic Communication - Nursing intervention which involves specific responses, verbal and non-verbal, by the nurse to convey respect, acceptance, caring, empathy, and encourage the client or family member to express his or her feelings and ideas. 6. Teaching-Learning - Nursing intervention which involves teaching as an interactive process that promotes learning. For the nurse, teaching refers to a planned set of actions that help individuals gain new knowledge and change attitudes and behaviors. Learning refers to the attainment of knowledge which is exhibited by changes in attitude and behavior. The three basic domains of learning are cognitive, psychomotor, and affective. 7. Role of the Associate Degree Nurse - Although multifaceted and complex, the role of the associate degree nurse is demonstrated in four roles: (1) member of the profession (2) provider of patient-centered care, (3) patient safety advocate, and 4) member of the health care team. Differentiated Essential Competencies of Graduates of Texas Nursing Programs are defined by the Texas Board of Nursing for each of the four roles of the ADN Nurse and are integrated into the theory and clinical courses.