1) Orientation to Semester 1
a) The Student Nurse Role
b) Skills Lab – Refer to Skills Lab Check-off list for Semester 1
2) Evolution of Nursing and Healthcare Systems
3) Critical Thinking: Introduction to the nursing process
4) Legal and Ethical Aspects of Nursing
5) Basic Physiological Needs
a) Medical Asepsis
b) Universal Precautions
c) Disease Transmission
d) Cultural Considerations
e) Client Education
6) Basic Psychological Needs of Client Care
7) Emergency and Disaster: Meeting Environmental and Safety Needs
8) Basic Bedside Nursing Care
a) Hygiene
b) Bedmaking
9) Vital Signs
a) Data Collection
b) Orientation to Basic Physical and Mental Assessment
10) Elimination
11) Rest and Exercise
a) Hazards of Immobility
b) Body Mechanics
c) Range of Motion
d) Turning, Positioning, and Moving
12) Emergency and Disaster: CPR
13) Heat and Cold
14) Surgical Asepsis
a) Pre-operative nursing
b) Post-operative nursing
c) Suctioning
d) Catheters
e) Dressing/ Binders
f) Pain Management
15) Ambulatory Aides
a) Casts and traction
16) Documentation
17) Communication
18) Gerontology
19) Admission, Transfer, and Discharge
20) Rehabilitation
21) End of Life Care: Cancer
22) End of Life Care: Death and Dying
II) Nutrition
1. Nutrients
2. Metabolism
3. Energy
4. Basal metabolic rate (BMR)
5. Good Health and Nutrition
6. Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA)
7. Basic Food Groups
8. Food Pyramid
1) Introduction
2) Functions
3) Digestion
4) Metabolism
5) Dietary Requirements
6) Sources
7) Intake and Output
C. Nutrients -- Carbohydrates
1) Introduction
2) Functions
3) Classifications
4) Digestion
5) Metabolism
6) Dietary Requirements
7) Sources
D. Nutrients -- Lipids
1) Introduction
2) Functions
3) Classifications
4) Digestion
5) Metabolism
6) Dietary Requirements
7) Sources
E. Nutrients -- Proteins
1) Introduction
2) Functions
3) Classifications
4) Digestion
5) Metabolism
6) Dietary Requirements
7) Sources
F. Nutrients -- Vitamins
1) Introduction
2) Functions
3) Classifications
4) Digestion
5) Metabolism
6) Dietary Requirements
7) Sources
G. Nutrients -- Minerals
1) Introduction
2) Functions
3) Classifications
4) Digestion
5) Metabolism
6) Dietary Requirements
7) Sources
H. Clinical Nutrition -- Diet Therapy
1) Modifying a Diet
2) Classifications of diets
3) Consistency changes
4) Calorie Changes
5) Levels of Nutrients
6) Bulk
7) Spiciness
8) Levels of specific foods
9) Feeding intervals
10) Enteral Nutrition
a) Formulas
b) Indications
11) Physical impairments
12) GI tract problems
13) Physiological disturbances
14) Hypermetabolic states
15) Alterations in consciousness
16) Routes of administration
17) General information
18) Tubes
a) Intragastric
b) Nasogastric
c) Orogastric
d) Nasoduodenal
e) Nasojejunal
f) Ostomy
g) Complications
19) Parenteral nutrition
20) Peripheral Parenteral Nutrition (PPN)
21) Total parental nutrition (TPN)
22) Nursing Implications
1) Introduction
a) Terminology
b) Foundations of Pharmacology
c) Medication administration
d) Enteral
e) Parenteral
f) Topical
g) Other routes
2) Autonomic and Central Nervous system drugs
3) Cardiovascular system drugs
4) Respiratory system drugs
5) Digestive system drugs
6) Endocrine system drugs
7) Reproductive system drugs
8) Urinary system drugs
9) Drugs affecting the eye
10) Muscular system drugs
11) Antimicrobial agents
12) Miscellaneous