King Saud University
Faculty of Nursing
Medical Surgical Departm
Undergraduate Curriculum
Course Content
Course Number: NUR122
Course Title: Foundation of Nursing
Credit Hours: 3 hours (2 theories + 1 practice)
Co-requisite: NUR 123
Level: Two
Course Overview
Foundation of nursing has been designed to provide today's students with solid foundations of nursing principles to prepare them to meet the challenges of tomorrow. Therefore, this course introduces the student nurses to the fundamentals of nursing skills within the nursing process framework. This course is offered as a co-requisite to NUR 123 (Concept). The course is designed in a modular form; each module integrates theory and skills needed to perform basic nursing skills. The teaching method demonstration and return demonstration will be employed, and evaluation will be on the student's fulfillment of the prerequisite material for each module, as their active participation in the teaching sessions.
General objectives
At the end of this course the student nurse is expected to have:
◘ Acquire cognitive, psychomotor and affective skill needed to carry out foundations of
nursing activity.
Course Objective
At the end of the sessions the student nurse will be able to:
Cognitive
◘ Comprehend the rationale and basic concepts underlying nursing care in order to adjust nursing skills accordingly.
psychomotor
◘ Acquire competency in performing basic nursing skills in the nursing process framework
◘ Apply the process of critical thinking to patient care interventions.
Affective
◘ Provide a safe environment for clients, self and others while performing nursing care activities.
Course Requirements
The theoretical knowledge will be given in a simplified self-study module format. Students are required to fulfill the modules prerequisite assignments (reading and homework) as scheduled prior to the teaching sessions. Basic nursing procedures and skills will be presented by demonstration and return demonstration teaching method in clinical skills nursing lab. Provision by the faculty member facilitating the course will be made for each student to individually redemonstrate the procedure
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Course Outline
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Topics
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No. of Weeks |
Contact Hours |
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I- Promoting Infection Control:
◊ Basic (Medical Aspects).
◊ Basic (Surgical Aspects). |
2 |
4 |
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II- promoting Patient Hygiene:
◊ Bed making
◊ Bathing a Patient
◊ Patient Personal Hygiene.
◊ Hair Care
◊ Foot Care |
2 |
4 |
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III- Assessing Vital Signs:
◊ Temperature.
◊ Pulse rate
◊ Respiration
◊ Blood pressure.
◊ Height and weight |
2
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4
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IV - Medication Administration:
◊ Drug administration.
◊ Oral medication
◊ Sublingual medication
◊ Topical medication
◊ Eye medication
◊ Ear medication
◊ Respiratory medication
◊ Suppository medication
◊ Parenteral medication |
5
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10 |
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V-Wound Care:
◊ Dressings |
1 |
2 |
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VI- Nutritional Management:
◊ Nutrient Via Tube Feeding |
1 |
2 |
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VII- Urinary And Bowel Elimination:
◊ Urinary elimination.
◊ Bowel elimination. |
1 |
2 |
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Assignment
◊ Colostomy care
◊ Catheter care
◊ Administration of intravenous solution
◊ Nutrient Via Tube Feeding
◊ Enema
Method of Teaching
· Lecture
· Discussion and Participation
· Data show presentation
· Demonstration and Redemonstration
Course Requirements
· Co-Requisite: NUR 123
· Class participation in discussion
· Class attendance
· Assignment
Student Evaluation
◊ Quizzes 10%
◊ Midterm written examination 10%
◊ Midterm clinical exam 20%
◊ Final clinical exam 20%
◊ Final written exam 40%
Learning Resources
A. References:
· Kozier B, Erb G, Berman A and Snyder S. Fundamentals of Nursing. 7th ed.
Pearson Education,Inc.Upper Saddle River. New Jersey. 2004.
· Kozier B, Erb G, Berman A and Snyder S. Techniques in Clinical Nursing. 5th Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River. New Jersey. 2004.
· Smelter S. Bare L. Brunner and Suddarth Textbook of Medical -Surgical Nursing. 10 th ed. Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. 2004.
· Roe S. Delmar's Clinical Nursing Skills & Concepts. Library of Congress Cataloging- in- publication Data. 2003.
B. Facilities Required:
· Nursing labs
· Projector
· Data show
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