MPN 1020 - Fundamentals of Nursing for CMA
Clock Hours: 60
Course Description:
This course is the foundation for all nursing care and highlights basic nursing concepts and measures from the simple to the complex. The student is guided to formulate his or her identity as a beginning nursing student by a careful correlation of the biological, physical, and social sciences. Emphasis is placed upon the normal as a means of comprehending the abnormal. The comfort, safety, maintenance of health, and the recovery of the client will be stressed. The importance of the Practical Nurse as a member of the healthcare team and nursing as a social discipline is stressed. Upon completion of this course, the student should also be able to apply the principles of emergency nursing care. A planned schedule of laboratory experience allows the student the opportunity to practice and demonstrate proficiency prior to the clinical setting.
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Identify and utilize scientific principles and fundamental skills to give nursing care as a practical nurse.
2. Demonstrate knowledge of safe nursing practice by observing and instituting safety measures as needed.
3. Demonstrate knowledge of assessment skills.
4. Identify his/her role as a member of the healthcare team.
5. Provide appropriate nursing care, recognizing that all clients have the same basic needs of personal care and hygiene.
6. Utilize the nursing process to provide individualized nursing care.
7. Recognize the influence of multicultural differences in nursing care.
8. Demonstrates appropriate nursing documentation.
9. Demonstrate knowledge of client care organization and prioritization.
10. Apply evidence-based practice when providing client care.
11. Recognize reportable changes in client’s health status.
12. Utilize observational, assessment, and communication skills in client care.
13. Provide nursing measures designed to prevent complications of immobility.
14. Complete a client assessment including: nursing history, physical assessment, height/weight, and vital signs.
15. Incorporate patient teaching and reinforcement as indicated by client care needs.
16. Identify the Practical Nurse’s role in emergency situations.
17. Identify the principles of standard /universal precautions related to emergency situations.
18. Recognize the Practical Nurse’s legal and ethical responsibilities, including:Good Samaritan Law and Common Legal Issue.
19. Identify physiological and psychological needs in emergency situations.
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