Summer 2009
NURE.3339-004 Introduction to Perioperative Nursing
This course resides in the Department of Acute Nursing Care
Course Package will be provided the first day of class
COURSE DESCRIPTION
| This
is a three week, concentrated course, designed to build on the
existing general preoperative and post-operative knowledge of
the undergraduate. The continuity of nursing care needed by
a patient in the perioperative period will be explored. The
emphasis will be placed on the student functioning within the
intraoperative period as part of the surgical team. New technical
equipment will be examined, along with exploring decision making,
accountability, and responsibility in nursing actions. Nursing
process will be applied throughout the intraoperative period
for the patient who is viewed as a total biopsychosocial being. |
CREDIT AND TIME ALLOCATION
| 3
semester hours (1.5 hours class and 1.5 hours clinical) |
PREREQUISITES
| Generic
students - NURS. 3802, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Semester and Flex students, Interview with Instructor |
COURSE OBJECTIVES
- Describe
roles of the multidisciplinary surgical team. in the preoperative,
operative, and postoperative areas, and the specific role
of the registered nurse as a member of this team.
- Demonstrate
basic skills of scrubbing and circulating.
- Demonstrate
ability to conceptualize and control an aseptic perioperative
environment.
- Apply
the nursing process consistently in providing perioperative
care to selected patients and their families.
- Identify
and utilize AORN standards of perioperative nursing practice.
- Critically
examine legal and ethical issues that may affect the organization,
healthcare worker and patient during the perioperative period.
- Describe
in detail a pathological condition requiring surgical intervention
and present orally a current aspect of perioperative nursing.
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CLINICAL OBJECTIVES
Clinical Guidelines:
- Work only in your assigned room unless otherwise directed.
- If cases in your room finish early, notify instructor for a new assignment.
- Do not leave the Operating Room area without notifying the instructor or nurse preceptor. One 15 minute break is allowed during your morning clinical; taken in the respective lounge on your assigned floor.
| Clinical Agency/Clincal Days |
Clinical Days |
Lab/Post Conference/Class |
University Hospital
Main Operator: 358-4000
Operating Room
2nd floor: 358-2555
11th floor: 358-4955 |
6:30am-12:30pm
Mon - July 21, July 8, Aug 4
Tues - July 22, July 29, Aug 5
Wed - July 23, July 30, Aug 6
Thur - July 24, July 31, Aug 7
Fri - July 25, Aug 1, Aug 8
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Post Conference Lecture
1:30pm - 3:30pm daily |
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CRITERIA FOR EVALUATION / GRADES
| 50% - Quizzes x 2
30% - Preceptor Evaluation
10% - Written article summary (1)
10% - Oral presentation
100% - Total |
A = 90-100%
B = 80-89%
C = 70-79%
D = 60-69%
F = Below 60% |
Dress Code: Scrubs will not be provided by the hospital. Freshly laundered scrub top & pants will be worn during clinical hours. Any color or print fabric except white is acceptable. No long sleeve garment to be worn under scrub top. Your UTHSCSA identification tag must be worn on your scrub shirt at all times. Comfortable, supportive shoes with enclosed toes and heels and socks should be worn with shoe covers. Fingernails should be kept short. No nail polish or artificial nails allowed. Facial make-up should be minimal. Perfume/aftershave should be light. No chewing gum, please. Scrubs, head covers, and masks will be worn in all restricted areas. No jewelry allowed except watches, wedding rings, and one pair of earrings, preferably the post type. It is advised that you eat breakfast prior to attending clinical. |
SCHOLASTIC DISHONESTY
| Students are expected to be above reproach in all scholastic activities. Students who engage in scholastic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary penalties, including the possibility of failure in the course and dismissal from the university. "Scholastic dishonesty includes but is not limited to cheating, plagiarism, collusion, and submission for credit of any work or materials that are attributable in whole or in part to another person, taking an examination for another person, any act designed to give unfair advantage to a student or the attempt to commit such acts." Regents Rules and Regulations, Part One, Chapter VI, Section 3, Subsection 3.2, Subdivision 3.22. |
American with Disabilities Act (ADA) Accommodations
| Any student seeking ADA Accommodations under the American with Disabilities Act should contact the Associate Dean for Students within the first week of the semester so that appropriate accommodations may be arranged. A Request for Accommodations (Form 100) must be completed. These forms are available in the Office for Students Room: 1.118-16 |
REQUIRED TEXT / REFERENCE
1. No text required.
2. Lecture notes, handouts, information on video tapes and PowerPoint shown in class include testable material. |
RECOMMENDED (OPTIONAL) TEXT / REFERENCE
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*Meeker & Rothrock (1995) Alexander's Care of the Patient in Surgery, 10th ed., Mosby
*On reserve: Curriculum Resource Center, Nursing School |
CALENDAR - First Week Only
Please check the Summer 2008 Schedules for recent updates on Class Dates & Room.
| Date |
Topic / Assignment Due |
| Monday July 21st, 2008
Tuesday July 22nd, 2008
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Orientation to Environment, Roles & Responsibilities; Surgical Attire
University Hospital, 2nd Floor OR
Course Packet provided first day of class |
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