First 8 Weeks

Orientation:

• Date: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
• Time and Place: 8:00am to 10:20 am; Round Rock Campus, room 3339.00
• Preparation: read content in Modules 1 and 2 on your Blackboard site. Start answering the questions for learning guides for Modules 1 and 2, bring these to seminar. You should be in Blackboard prior to the orientation.
• Be sure to activate your ACC gmail account, otherwise you may miss important communication from your instructors.

Calendar: Spring 2012

Seminars:

• Seminars occur mainly every Monday and will cover the modules as indicated on the calendar. This is a hybrid course and attendance in seminars is encouraged.

Labs:

• When: Primarily on Thursdays and some Fridays; see calendar for dates
• What to Bring: Items from your lab pack that are pertinent to the lab. Drug book and textbook are sometimes helpful.
• Where: Round Rock nursing skills lab (room will vary from day to day)

Mastery Skills Check Off

• As scheduled on the calendar periodically throughout the course.
• It is very important that you utilize the OPEN LAB times at either Round Rock campus or EVC campus
• There will be a comprehensive mastery skills check-off over previously learned skills from RNSG 1105. You will be given several Skills to complete satisfactorily. The lab will be open the week before the semester begins and you are encouraged to take advantage of this learning opportunity.
• You must pass this satisfactorily to continue in the course.

Dosage Calculation Test:

• You will be required to take a dosage calculation during the first 8 weeks of the semester. See the calendar. Review your dosage calculation!

RNSG 1160 - Foundations Clinical

Clinical assignments are mainly at North Austin Medical Center, Georgetown Hospital or Texas Neuro Rehab hospital on Wednesday days and Thursday afternoon; on the days you have lab at Round Rock you will not have clinical. You will have a clinical orientation to the clinical course on your first clinical day.

Clinical preparation:

Each week you will be required to go to the hospital on the previous day (Tuesday) to get your patient assignment and gather information. After gathering this information, you will need to then prepare for the care of the patient and complete designated written work, review skills, look up medications, etc. so that you will be prepared to safely care for your patient the following day.

• Students are expected to have their ACC ID badge, uniform, lab coat with ACC patch, and all required equipment prior to the first clinical day.