COURSE SYLLABUS For Clinical Content Spring 2012

COURSE INFORMATIONADN 11AL - Introduction to Nursing LaboratoryClinical lab:9 hours per weekRequired Texts:1. LBCC Staff, ADN 11A Syllabus Current semester edition on line2. Potter & Perry, Fundamentals of Nursing, Mosby, 7 th Edition, 20093. eDose, Meti4. Dudek, Nutrition Handbook for Nursing Practice, Lippincott, 5 th Edition, 20065. Ladwig & Ackley, Mosby’s Guide to Nursing Diagnosis, 3rd edition, Mosby,20116. LBCC Staff, Student Handbook for Associate Degree Nursing Programon lineSupplementary Learning Materials:1. Articles, videos and other media assigned in the Learning Center/Library2. Miller-Keane Encyclopedia & Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, & Allied Health,Saunders, 7 th Edition, 2003 (A Medical Dictionary purchased for use in a prerequisitecourse may be substituted)3. Eliopoulos, Gerontological Nursing, Lippincott, 6 th Edition, 20054. Castillos, Strategies, Techniques & Approaches to Thinking, 4 th Ed., Sanders 2010Requirements of the Course:Clinical Lab/discussionClinical self evaluationsVideo and other mediaLaboratory experiencesStudent Clinical Evaluation:See Criteria for Satisfactory Clinical Performance in syllabusStudent Course Grade:The theory and lab portion of this course must be taken concurrently and boththeory and lab must be passed in order for the student to proceed in the program. Thestudent will receive the same letter grade for theory and for lab unless he/she is less thansatisfactory clinically in which case the policy in the Student Handbook for marginal orunsatisfactory clinical ratings will be followed.Teachers - Office hours posted on the door of each officeLead: Debi Beitler RN, MSN, FNP Office I 938-4182Co-Lead: Joanne Armenia RN, MSN, ANP-C Office I 938-4908Agencies for Clinical Experiences:Long Beach Veterans Affairs Medical Center Nursing Home Unitsiv