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RNSG2201 - Care of Children and Families

Catalog Description: Study of concepts related to the provision of nursing care for children and their families, emphasizing judgment, and professional values within legal/ethical framework. This course lends itself to a blocked approach. Progression: student must pass RNSG

Semester Credit Hours: 2
Lecture Hours per Week:
Contact Hours per Semester: 32
State Approval Code: 5116010000

Course Subject/Catalog Number: RNSG 2201
Course Title: Care of Children and Families

Course Rationale:

Provides nursing care concepts related to children.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Use the nursing process as the framework to provide safe, individualized therapeutic and caring interventions in a manner inclusive of the participants’ diversity.
  2. Recognize the value of lifelong learning and continued nursing education and participation in community and professional organizations.
  3. Make collaborative nursing decisions with clients and families across the life span utilizing the principles and knowledge of biology, psychology, and the humanities within the construct of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.
  4. Act within the legal and ethical framework of nursing practice.
  5. Use acquired critical thinking skills as the basis for managing nursing care for groups of clients in structured acute, chronic, and wellness settings.
  6. Apply teaching/learning principles to assist clients and families in making informed health care decisions and achieving levels of wellness.
  7. Use interpersonal communication skills to collaborate with health care team participants to attain desired client-centered goals.

Specific Tasks Accomplished:

Upon completion of this course, the student will:

  1. Discuss the critical thinking components for making collaborative nursing decisions with children and their families, using principles of the biological sciences and humanities within the construct of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. (SCANS 1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11)
  2. Analyze the nursing process in order to assist children and their families to achieve levels of wellness by the inclusion of teaching/learning principles. (SCANS 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,9,11)
  3. Discuss the legal and ethical framework of associate degree nursing practice as it applies to children and their families. (SCANS 1,2,4,5,6,7,9,10,11)
  4. Discuss therapeutic and caring interventions for routine situations involving children, families, and selected members of the health care team. (SCANS 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11)
  5. Explain common disruptions of children and their families resulting in alterations in levels of wellness. (SCANS 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11)
  6. Analyze the elements of the teaching/learning process that would enhance child/family care for the necessity of optimum levels of wellness. (SCANS 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11)
  7. Relate types of communication skills for effective interaction with children and their families, inclusive of the participants’ diversity. (SCANS 1,2,5,6,7,9,10,11)
  8. Identify community services and/or professional organizations that promote optimum levels of wellness for the children and families. (SCANS 1,2,4,5,6,7,9,10,11)

Grading Policy:

In order to successfully complete RNSG 2201, the student must achieve an overall course grade of 74.5 or higher. The components used to determine the course grade are as follows:

  1. Satisfactory completion of all components of testing with an average of 74.5% or higher grade will comprise 85% of the final course grade:
    1. Four (4) unit exams and one comprehensive final exam, which will be computed as follows:
      1. Four (4) grades will be computed to achieve an exam average. This average will comprise 70% of the course testing score.
      2. A comprehensive final exam grade will comprise 30% of the course testing score.
      3. This course testing will result in a final course testing score, which will comprise 85% of the final course grade, and must be a passing score.
      4. A student unable to take a scheduled exam/quiz will need to contact the instructor the day of the exam. The instructor will then make arrangements for the student to take a make-up exam, which will be essay style.
  2. Satisfactory completion of a term paper and written assignments with
    1. 74.5% or higher grade, which will then comprise 15% of the final course grade. The term paper will not count as a grade unless the testing score is a passing score of 74.5% or above.
    2. Students will have opportunity to redo term paper once if a score is less than 74.5%. The maximum core on a redo paper is 74.5%.
  3. Percentage points (1% - Level 2) for TNSA participation may be added to the final grade for students meeting the following criteria:
    1. Achievements of a final course testing score and course assignment(s) grade(s) of 74.5 or above and satisfactory performance in RNSG 2201.
    2. Attendance and participation in One (1) TNSA meeting.
    3. Active participation in one (1) TNSA project.
    4. The percentage points are as follows:
      1. Level Ill 1% = x 0.01
  4. For additional information, see Lee College Allied Health Student Handbook -Grading System.

Late work will be considered for acceptance only when an extension is requested by the student, in writing, at least 24 hours prior to the due date and permission is granted by the instructor.

Note: Both RNSG 2201 and RNSG 2161 must by successfully completed concurrently in order to be eligible to enroll in the next nursing course.

Textbook and Supplies Requirement:

  1. Hockenberry, M.J. (2003). Wong’s Nursing Care of Infants and Children (7th ed). St. Louis, MO: Mosby.
  2. Hockenberry, M.J. (2003). Study Guide to Accompany Wong’s Nursing Care of Infants and Children (7th ed). St. Louis, MO: Mosby.
  3. Hockenberry, M.J. (2003). Wong’s Clinical Manual of Pediatric Nursing (6th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby.
  4. Sowden, L.A. and Betz, C.L. (2003). Mosby’s Pediatric Nursing Reference (5th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby.
  5. Hockenberry, MW Wilson, D., Winkeistein, M. (2003). Virtual Clinical Excursions — Pediatrics for Hockenberry: Wong’s Nursing Care of Infants and Children (7th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Mosby
  6. Syllabus RNSG 2201 and RNSG 2161
  7. Allied Health Student Handbook (current edition)
  8. Current Nursing Manuals of Pediatric Laboratory Tests and Pediatric Drugs

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