RNSG 1412 / 1262- Nursing Care of the Childbearing and Childrearing Family

Faculty

• Debbie Perez RN, MSN, CNS, CNE (Lead Professor)
• Ann Hearn RNC, MSN
• Christina Hernandez RN, MSN

Orientation:

• Date: January, 17 2012
• Time and Place: 0800 - 0830 CEC room 1.114
• What to bring: A copy of the course calendar as posted below.

Calendar: Spring 2012

Textbook – McKinney, E..; James, S.; Murray, S.; Bindler, Ashwell, J.; Maternal - Child Nursing third ed. 2009: Saunders Elsevier, St.Louis, Missouri

Class:

• When: Tuesday from 0800 - 1230.
• Occasionally, an extended class time to accommodate a guest speaker.
• Where: CEC C1.114

Tests:

• Four semester tests and a final
• Tests administered in the CEC nursing computer lab C2.127
• See calendar for specific test dates

Labs: All labs are mandatory

• Pediatric and obstetric orientation lab. See calendar for dates.
• Simulation scheduled for April 9, 2012 in CEC skills lab from 1300 - 1700.
• Normal labor lab scheduled on January 24, 2012 from 1115 - 1230.

Mastery Skills Check Off: January 18, 2012, CEC Skills Lab 1.225 and 1.226

• There will be a comprehensive mastery skills check off to include a sterile procedure, medication administration and documentation. Any of the following may be included for mastery:
• Medication administration all routes, including site location
• Foley and urethral (straight catheter) catheterization
• Intravenous medications (piggy-back, starting an IV, calculation of drip rate and IV push administration)
• Tracheostomy care and suctioning
• Sterile dressing change
• Each student will receive a patient situation with several skills to complete in 20 minutes.
• Each student must successfully complete mastery skills check off to continue in any Level 3 course.
• Please utilize the available open lab times for practice.
• Open lab time is available the week before the semester. Plan time to practice.
• Reference the BlackBoard site for this course frequently for updates.

Dosage Calculation Test:

• All students must take a dosage and calculations test on January 17 from 1315-1415, starting promptly at 1315, in the computer testing lab at CEC C2.127.
• You must successfully pass this exam to administer medications in the clinical setting.
• Bring ADN Clinical Clearance Ticket as your permit into this exam.

HESI Specialty Test:

• The HESI specialty test is a mandatory course requirement. You will need to print the correct HESI Form, take it to the bursar's office with the fee and bring the receipt with you to the computer lab for the HESI test. See the course calendar for date and time.

RNSG 1262 Childbearing and Childrearing Clinical

• Clinical experience consists of two five-week rotations divided into a pediatric and an obstetric rotation.
• Students who are co-enrolled in RNSG 1247 will also attend a five week medical/surgical clinical rotation.
• Students will be placed in clinical rotations and changes are not allowed.

Pediatric Rotation:

Preparation: PLEASE COMPLETE the COMPASS TRAINING PRIOR TO THE FIRST DAY OF THE PEDIATRIC ROTATION

• Where: Dell Children's Medical Center
• When: Pediatric clinical days consist of 12-hour clinical days/evenings on either Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday hours or a combination of days and evenings. Specific groups assigned first class day.

Pediatric Nursing care plan template

Obstetric Rotation:

• Where:
• Seton Main Medical Center
• Brackenridge Hospital
• St. David’s Main Medical Center
• North Austin Medical Center

• When: Wednesday or Thursday for 12 hours each week; or a combination of Wednesday and Thursday 12 hours each day.

Semester Requirements:

All students must present an ADN Clinical Clearance ticket to the Level 3 faculty to take the dosage and calculation test scheduled for January 17, 2012. Failure to take the dosage and calculations test will result in withdrawal from the level.

If you have any questions, please contact the CEC level lead Professor, Debbie Perez MSN, CNS, CNE at dperez2@austincc.edu.