First day of class and reading assignments
NUR 159: Nursing Care Management II
Fall 2009 Fast Forward I and II

The faculty of NUR 159: Nursing Care Management II welcomes you to the course. Please take the time to read through the information that follows. The information, hopefully, will address your concerns regarding both the first day of class and clinical for both fast forwards. A course calendar will be posted in “shared files” during the week prior to the start of the course.

Monday, August 24 (Fast Forward I), or Friday, October 16 (Fast Forward II) is the first day of class. Bring all components of the syllabus which are found in shared files under the title of “Syllabus Components.” The course overview will be done on the first day.

The content for NUR159 will start with respiratory system and continue with hematologic, immunologic, cardiovascular, and endocrine systems. All readings for these content areas come from the Lewis, Heikamper, and Dirkesen textbook. Please note that the seventh edition is being used.

Lewis, D., Heitkamper, M., & Dirkesen, S. (2007). Medical surgical nursing (7^th ed.). St. Louis:  Mosby.

Content readings which may be started prior to the start of the course

Respiratory reading: pages 509-655, 333-337

Hematologic reading: pages 281-310 (Cancer), 665-737

Immunologic reading: pages 224-270

Cardiovascular reading: pages 739-923

Endocrine reading: pages 1255-1319

The NUR 159 syllabus will be posted in CampusCruiser the week before the first day of class. The syllabus will better define the topics and page numbers that will be studied for each content area.

 

Facility Specific Orientation

All students are required to complete their facility specific CWO. The facility specific CWO is found on http://www.medialabinc.net/ and can be accessed with the same user name and password used to access your mandatory inservices when registering for the course. If you have trouble remembering your user name and password, refer to the Student Nurses Handbook, page A-40. All students are to complete their facility specific CWO and its components prior to the first day of clinical.  The facility specific CWO is considered current for one year from date of completion except for MUSC. At MUSC the CWO needs to be current between January and December of the year.

East Cooper Regional Medical Center (ECRMC) – Facility specific CWO must be completed by the first day of clinical. Students are to print off forms from their facility specific CWO and bring to their first day of clinical. Bring the following two documents to the first clinical day.

1.    CWO-East Cooper Medical

2.    East Cooper Medical Center Checklist

Kindred Hospital – A facility specific CWO must be completed by the first day of clinical.

MUSC – Facility specific CWO must be completed by the first day of clinical. A large component of the MUSC CWO is completing CATTS. Access to CATTS is granted by MUSC. MUSC NetID manager will send access information in two separate emails.  CATTS is found in medialabinc’s CWO-MUSC. Use MUSC’s NetID and password to access CATTS. Bring the following three documents to the first clinical day.

1. CWO-Medical University of SC certificate (found in medialabinc)

2. Transcripts of CATTS mandatory education modules (found in CWO-MUSC)

3. Signed communicable Disease Attestation form (found in CWO-MUSC)

Remember to wear TTC picture ID on the first and every clinical day.

If you have questions about accessing CATTS, please contact Gay Purcell, 574-6709, or Audrey Dobberfuhl, 574-6403.

Roper – Facility specific CWO must be completed by the first day of clinical. Students are to print off forms from their facility specific CWO and bring to their first day of clinical.

St. Francis Hospital – Facility specific CWO must be completed by the first day of clinical. Students are to print off forms from their facility specific CWO and bring to their first day of clinical.

Summerville Medical Center – Complete the CWO for the Trident Health System which includes both Trident Hospital and Summerville Medical by the first day of clinical.  Bring the following four documents to the first clinical day. Failure to complete can result in being excused from clinical for one day.

1.    CWO-Trident Health System certificate (signed)

2.    Exhibit A (signed)

3.    Exhibit B (signed)

4.    Answers to the quiz (the quiz itself does not need to be submitted)

Trident Medical Center – Complete the CWO for the Trident Health System which includes both Trident Hospital and Summerville Medical by the first day of clinical.  Bring the following four documents to the first clinical day. Failure to complete can result in being excused from clinical for one day.

1.    CWO-Trident Health System certificate (signed)

2.    Exhibit A (signed)

3.    Exhibit B (signed)

4.    Answers to the quiz (the quiz itself does not need to be submitted)

Note: If you do not complete the required facility specific orientation, you may be excused from clinical in order to complete the requirements.

Parking Information and where to meet the first clinical day

East Cooper Regional Medical Center (ECRMC) – Parking is free. Park in the back lot and enter through the emergency department (ED) doors.

Kindred Hospital - Prior to the first clinical day, please arrange parking. Kindred Hospital encourages carpooling and use of CARTA Express. Kindred partners with MUSC to make available free parking passes for the Hagood lot. To obtain the free pass, bring your TTC picture ID badge, car make, tag number, and car registration to the MUSC parking office, on the corner of Bee and President Streets. You can also obtain a $10 CARTA Express pass from the TTC Palmer and Main Campus Bookstores. See the CARTA Express web page: http://www.ridecarta.com/ click on routes and then Express 1 and Express 2. Meet your instructor on the first day of class per the instructor’s email message.

MUSC – Prior to the first clinical day, please arrange parking. MUSC encourages carpooling and use of CARTA Express. MUSC does make available free parking passes for the Hagood lot. To obtain the free pass, bring your TTC picture ID badge, car make, tag number, and car registration to the MUSC parking office, on the corner of Bee and President Streets. You can also obtain a $10 CARTA Express pass from the TTC Palmer and Main Campus Bookstores. See the CARTA Express web page: http://www.ridecarta.com/ click on routes and then Express 1 and Express 2. Meet your instructor on the first day of clinical in the main lobby of the main MUSC hospital.

Roper Hospital - provides discounted parking to students.  Property Management must have the specific names and dates of all students before any parking can be assigned. All students park in the Bee Street garage, which is located at the corner of Courtenay and Bee Streets.  *There is a 25 student limit and is based on first come ~ first serve. The procedures for parking are as followed:

1.  Go to Access in the main hospital and pay the $25.00 fee.

2.  Go to the Forms page on the TTC Nursing website (http://www.tridenttech.edu/nursing_2852.htm) and print out the MUSC Parking Management Form for Roper Parking. Bring completed parking form, vehicle registration, and receipt from Access to the Property Management Department – located in the Webb Building (across the street from the hospital).

3.  Students will be issued a temporary parking pass and an access card for the Bee Street Garage.

4.  Students MUST return the access card at the end of their semester.

If a student parks at the Jonathan Lucas Street garage, students pay approximately $15 per day. Students may also consider riding the CARTA Express or finding their own parking as long as they do not park in a restricted area. CARTA passes are sold at the TTC bookstore for $10. These passes are good for 6 months.  Meet your instructor on the first day of clinical in the Calhoun Street lobby.

St. Francis Hospital – Park on the right side of the hospital in employee parking lot next to Lowe’s. Meet your instructor on the first day of clinical in the main lobby. The instructor will follow up with an email.

Summerville Medical Center – Park on the left side of the hospital and enter on the left side. Meet your instructor on the first day of clinical in the main lobby of the hospital. The instructor will follow up with an email.

Trident Medical Center – Parking is free. Park in the garage. Meet your instructor on the first day of clinical in the main lobby of the hospital. The instructor will follow up with an email.

VA Medical Center (VAMC) – Parking at the VA is limited. Please consider car-pooling with classmates. You can meet on Trident Tech’s Palmer (downtown) campus and carpool to the VA.  On the first day, your instructor will give you more information about parking in the Hagood lot across from Joe Riley’s stadium. After the first day, there will be three VA parking passes issued. Meet your instructor on the first day of clinical in the lobby of Bee Street.

NUR 159
Writing Assignment

FORMAL WRITING ASSIGNMENT

Purpose: The purpose of this formal writing assignment is to discuss the current evidence for the delivery of safe patient-centered care to adult medical-surgical patients.

Introduction:

The ability to use evidence is integral to planning and delivering safe clinical practice.  Evidence-based practice (EBP) is the thoughtful integration of the best available evidence, coupled with clinical expertise. EBP requires the nurse to assess clinical guidelines, current and past research, and other information resources in order to identify relevant, best clinical practices.

EBP involves formulating a clinical question based on current practice, identifying articles and other evidence-based resources that answer the question, and critically appraising the evidence to assess its validity. This formal writing assignment will introduce the student to the process of using evidence to determine the best clinical practice related to the chosen safety issue.

Reading Assignment: Lewis, Heitkemper, & Dirksen (2007), p. 5-7

Grading Rubric performance objectives

The student will:

Formal Paper Format

Refer to Policy for Formal Papers found in Student Course Materials. APA format is required for the title page, text, and reference page. Leveled headings are not required but page headers are. The length of the formal paper should be approximately one to two pages; however, the paper will be primarily evaluated on the depth of thought and exploration of topic.

Turnitin

Plagiarism is a form of academic misconduct and falls under the Procedure for Disciplinary Action for Academic Misconduct as outlined in the Trident Technical College Student Handbook. Trident Technical College offers students thee ability to check for acts of plagiarism in their paper through a web-based program called Turnitin. Turnitin generates an originality report, which cites areas of plagiarism within the paper. This originality report is a requirement for this formal writing assignment. NUR 159 has an account on http://www.turnitin.com/. A Class ID log-in and enrollment password will be provided in CampusCruiser’s NUR 159 shared files.

Submission of paper

Refer to Submission of Papers found in Student Nurses Handbook. Submit the formal writing assignment prior to the start of lecture on the day noted in the course calendar. The following components must be submitted with the paper: Grading Rubric, full text articles, key word list and Turnitin’s originality report. Submit the formal writing assignment in its entirety in a two-pocket folder. Five (5) penalty points will be deducted from the assignment grade for missing the grading rubric and full text articles. Five (5) penalty points will be deducted for each day or portion of the day (including weekends and holidays) that the assignment and/or originality report is late. The assignment is incomplete without a Turnitin originality report. If a report is not received, the assignment will be graded a zero (0).

Grading

Grading will be based on outcome measurements listed in the Grading Rubric.

                                                                                                Student Name:_______________                         ___________

                                Grading Rubric with expected outcomes for the Formal Writing Assignment

Expected Outcome/ Expected Score	A	B	C	D-F	Score
1. Formulate a clinical question based on current practice. (Located in paper) 20 pts	Clinical question is clearly written and significant to clinical practice. 20-19 pts	Clinical question is not clearly written or is minimally significant to clinical practice. 18-16 pts.	Clinical question is not clearly written and is minimally significant to clinical practice. 15-14 pts	No clinical question or is not related to NUR 159 content.   13-0 pts
2. Describe a patient safety issue & one relevant nursing intervention based on the clinical question. (Located in paper)   15 pts	Clearly describes a patient safety issue and one relevant nursing intervention regarding patient who has a disorder from the NUR 159 content 15-14 pts	Describes a patient safety issue and one relevant nursing intervention with variance in clearly describing either one.   13-12 pts	Minimally describes a patient safety issue and one nursing intervention.       15-14 pts	List one or both and offers no description of either or both. Either or both are not related to NUR 159 content.     10-0 pts
3. Identify relevant keywords which were used to conduct a professional database search. (attach search history)   15 pts	Keywords are well defined for finding information on the nursing intervention. List is included.     15-14 pts	Keywords are more specific than general for finding information on the nursing intervention. List is included.   13-12 pts	Keywords are very general for finding information on the nursing intervention. List is included.     11 pt	No search history (zero for this section.)  Key words do not represent either the nursing intervention and/or patient safety issue    10-0 pts
4. From the database search, select relevant evidence applicable to the nursing intervention (attach document) 15 pts	Information is relevant to the identified nursing intervention and patient safety issue.   15-14 pts	Information is fairly relevant to the identified nursing intervention and patient safety issue   13-12 pts	Information is minimally relevant to the identified nursing intervention and patient safety issue   11 pts	Information has no relevance to the identified nursing intervention and patient safety issue   10-0 pts
5. Discuss whether or not the selected information supports the use of the nursing intervention (Located in paper) 15 pts	Information is clearly discussed     15-14 pts	Information is not consistently clear, lacks appropriate reference   13-12 pts	Information is minimal, unclear, and lacks appropriate reference   11 pts	Information is inadequate.  Unable to follow.     10-0 pts
6. Demonstrate logical organization when writing paper (paper) 10 pts	Excellent organization and paper flow   10 pts	Organization is good with few to no problems, wording awkward in a few places 9-8 pts	Organization is somewhat problematic but can still follow thought progression. 7 pts	Problematic  organization of some sections resulting in loss of clarity; awkward wording; cannot follow thought progression 6-0 pts

7. Use appropriate  grammar and spelling (paper)  5 pts	No grammatical and spelling errors   5 pts	One grammatical or spelling error   4 pts	Two grammatical and/or spelling errors   3 pts	Three grammatical and/or spelling errors   2 pts	Four grammatical and/or spelling errors   1 pt	Inadequate, five and more grammatical and/or spelling errors    0 pts
8. Use APA format (paper) 5 pts	APA format followed completely 5 pts	One error in use of APA format   4 pts	Two errors in use of APA format 3 pts	Three errors in use of APA format 2 pts	Four errors in use of APA format 1 pt	Five plus errors in use of APA format 0 pts
Penalty points (minus)
Total Score

Instructor’s name: _______________________________________