Fundamental of Nursing 1

Are you looking for the notes and powerpoimt slides of Fundamental of Nursing Part 1?

Then you are at right place. Here you will find all the Notes and outline of the fundamental of nursing which is being taught in the 1st semester of Generic BS Nursing.

Fundamental of Nursing


Overview of Fundamental of Nursing

This course introduces the student to nursing as a professional discipline. A brief overview of the historical evolution of nursing, definitions of nursing, nursing education, the practice, duties of the nurse, and nurses responsibility are used to explore the idea of a professional nurse. The link between human needs, adoption and homeostasis, changes in health, voluntary and involuntary processes, and nursing intervention is offered as the conceptual foundation for nursing practice. A description of its structure, administration, resources, and staff helps to clarify the role of nurses in the nation's health care delivery system. There is a discussion about international nursing and healthcare organizations.

Course Objectives:

This course contains the following objectives 

  • Describe the historical development of Health care and Nursing. 
  • Describe early Nursing Leaders and their contributions to the profession of nursing. 
  • Compare requirements and advantages of different Nursing Educational Programs. 
  • Compare and contrast definitions of nursing by different Nursing Scholars. 
  • Describe the roles of a professional nurse. 
  • Describe the relationship among Human needs, Adoption Homeostasis, alterations in Health, Voluntary and Involuntary processes, and nursing intervention. 
  •  Explain the content and purposes of Code of Ethics, and Standards of Nursing practice. 
  • Discuss the purposes and activities of the World Health Organization and the International Council of Nurses.

 

 

Teaching/Learning Strategies:

There are different methods and strategies with which you can teach and learn these topics. Some of which are; Lecture, discussion, role play, group work, group presentation, demonstration video and return demonstration

 

Evaluation Criteria:

According to the new evaluation criteria, 30% marks will be internal and 70% will be of KMU or other university.

  • There will be Quiz (s) of  40%
  • Skills Performance Test (s) 20%
  • Final Exam will be taken which will be of 40%
  • Total 100%

 

 

COURSE OUTLINE

This total course of Fundamental of Nursing semester 1, year 1 contains the following topics/units.

Unit No

Topic

        1.     

History of Health Care and Nursing

        2.     

Roles of the Nurse in Health Care

        3.     

Goals of Nursing and related concepts

        4.     

Communication

        5.     

Nursing Skills (Vital Signs)

        6.     

Skin Management

        7.     

Concept of Safety: Risk Management

        8.     

Concept of Teaching Learning

        9.     

Oxygenation: Respiratory Function & Cardiovascular System

        10.  

Activity and Exercise Pattern

        11.  

Process of Hospitalization

 

To read slides of Biochemistry, Click Here

To read slides of English 1, Click Here

To read slides of MicroBiology, Click Here

To read slides of Computer skills, Click here

To read slides of Anatomy and Physiology, Click Here

 

Unit-1: History of Health Care and Nursing (Download)

In this unit, you will be able to learn the following objectives.

·      Summary of ancient cultures

·      Site of Health Care in Ancient Cultures

·      Islam and Nursing

·      The founder of Nursing

·      Historical Perspective

·      Nursing in Mogual period

·      Nursing Defined by different scholar 

·       Definition of Nursing by WHO

·      Types of Nursing Educational Programs 

·      History of Nursing Education in Pakistan

 

 

Unit-2: Roles of the Nurse in Health Care (Download ppt)

In this unit, you will be able to learn the following objectives.

·      Professional

·      Characteristics of a Profession

·      Role of the Professional nurse

·      Description of Career roles

·      Description of role as Communicator

·      Description of role as a Teacher 

·      Description of role as Counselor

 

 

Unit-3: Goals of Nursing and related concepts (Download ppt)

In this unit, you will be able to learn the following objectives.

·      Define basic human needs.

·      Discuss basis of nursing practice.

·      Define World Health Organization.

·      Explain model of conceptual framework for generic BS N program.

·      Explore nursing and nursing practice.

·      Define goal of nursing process.

·      Identify historical perspective of the nursing process

 

 

Unit-4: Communication (Download ppt)

In this unit, you will be able to learn the following objectives.

·      Define Communication, elements of the communication process, ways of communication.

·      Identify the characteristics of the effective verbal communication

·      Describe factors that’s facilitates and interfere with the effective communication

·      Discuss techniques that facilitate and interfere with effective communication

·      Define ways to respond therapeutically

·      Identify non therapeutically respond

·      Discuss the legal aspects of documentations

 

 

Unit 5: Nursing Skills (Vital Signs) (Download ppt)

In this unit learners will learn the relationship between temperature, blood pressure and respiratory functions of the body and how these skills can be assessed.

At the completion of this unit, you will be able to:

·      Define Vital Signs.

·      Define terms related to Vital sign.

·      Describe the physiological concept of temperature, respiration and blood pressure.

·      Describe the principles and mechanisms for normal thermoregulation in the body.

·      Identify ways that affect heat production and heat loss in the body.

·      Define types of body temperature according to its characteristics.

·      Identify the sign and symptoms of fever.

·      Discuss the normal ranges for temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressure.

·      List the factors affecting temperature, pulse, respiration.

·      Describe the characteristics of pulse and respiration.

·      List factors responsible for maintaining normal blood pressure.

·      Describe various methods and sites used to measure T.P & B.P.

·      Recognize the signs of alert while taking TPR and B.P.

 


UNIT 6: Skin Management 

In this unit, you will be able to learn the following objectives.

·      Define decubetic ulcer (bed sore)

·      List the causes of decubetic ulcer

·      Apply nursing interventions to prevent decubetic ulcer. 

·      Identity rise bactars of bedsores

 

UNIT 7: Concept of Safety: Risk Management (Download ppt)

In this unit learners will explore various hazards in the environment and will identify ways to minimize or eliminate these hazards.

At the completion of this unit you will be able to:

·      Define safety

·      Describe the characteristics of safety

·      Identify physical and microbial hazards in environment

·      Discuss various ways to minimize hazards

·      Discuss the assessment for environmental safety

·      Identify physical and microbial hazards in the hospital environment, which interfere with patients’ safety

·      Explain general preventive measures for safe environment for health team members and patient

·      Using assessment, identify people at risk for safety dysfunction.

 

 

Unit-8: Concept of Teaching Learning (Download ppt)

At the end of this unit, you will be able to;

·      Identify the learning needs of the patient at the clinical site

·      Develop teaching learning plan

·      Perform health teaching at the clinical site

 

 

Unit-9: Oxygenation: Respiratory Function & Cardiovascular System (Download ppt)

In this unit, you will be able to learn the following objectives.

·      Identify factors that can interfere with effective oxygenation of body tissues.

·      Describe common manifestations of altered respiratory and cardiovascular function.

·      Discuss lifespan-related changes and problems in respiratory function and cardiovascular system.

·      Describe nursing measures to ensure a patient airway.

·      Apply Nursing Process and teaching plan for a client with altered respiratory function and cardiovascular function.

·      Recognize the emergencies related to respiratory and cardiovascular system.

·      Explain ways that caregivers can decrease the exposure of clients to infection.

·      Differentiate between medical and surgical asepsis.

 

 

Unit 10: Activity and Exercise Pattern (Download ppt)

In this unit learners will explore the benefits of mobility for maintenance of health. Develop the understanding of Range of Motion (ROM) to maintain muscle strength and body alignment for bed ridden patients.

At the completion of this unit you will be able to:

·      Define terms mobility, joint mobility, body alignments and body mechanics.

·      Discuss the benefits of activity and exercise.

·      Identify the principles of gravity that affects balance.

·      Discuss factors affecting mobility.

·      Discuss the effects of immobility on human body.

·      Review A&P of muscular skeletal system and characteristics of normal movement.

·      Describe the impact of immobility on Physiologic and Psychological functioning.

·      Apply nursing process while planning for the client with altered muscular skeletal system.

 

 

Unit 11: Process of Hospitalization (Download ppt)

At the end of this unit you will be able to:

·      Define the team admission, transfer and discharge

·      Discuss the procedure for admission, transfer and discharge

·      Identify nursing responsibility during admission, transfer and discharge

·      Discuss nurse role in preparing patients and family for discharge

·      Discuss the normal reaction of patient being hospitalized.

 

List of Skills Labs

Following are the list of skills which you will perform in the laboratory in FON 1.

·       CPR Certifications BLS

·       Preparing of different beds

·       Bathing a patient in bed

·       Measuring body temperature

·       Assessment of pulse

·       Assessment of Respiration

·       Monitoring of Blood pressure

·       Mouth care of unconscious patient

·       Measurement of Height & Weight

·       Admission of a patient in hospital

·       Discharge of patient in hospital

 

Clinical Objectives of Fundamental of Nursing:

Following are the clinical objectives of FON course.

1. Identify the roles and functions of health care team members.

2. Describe the functions of the various departments in a hospital.

3. Describe the physical setup of a ward

4. Utilize techniques of therapeutic communication skills with patient and health team members.

5. Collect patients’ data through interview.

6. Observe the coordination of patients’ care between the health team members.

7. Identify different forms used for documentation in patients’ care.

8. Utilize appropriate hospital forms for documentation.

9. Assess, document and identify variations in Vital Signs

10. Discuss the observations for different Vital Signs pattern.

11. Develop problem list based on patients’ assessments and rationalize each problem identified.

12. Document assessment of patients’ problems/needs by using Maslow’s Hierarchy of human needs at a beginning level.

13. Develop Nursing care plan based on priority patients’ problem by following all the six components of nursing process.

14. Observe the process of admission of a patient in hospital.

15. Orient a patient to hospital environment.

16. Assist in transfer of patients from one unit to another unit and department.

17. Assist in preparing patients and family for discharge.

18. Document the discharge of patients from the hospital.

19. Observe various legal forms/documents used in the admission process

20. Observe patients’ reactions to hospitalization and give assistance as needed.

 

21. Demonstrate occupied and unoccupied bed making.

22. Assess the need of personal hygiene care for selected patients and provide care accordingly.

23. Document patients’ assessment and care provided.

24. Utilize skills to maintain healthy nails and feet

25. Demonstrate use of following safety measures for patients:

26. Side rails

27. Restraints

28. Hand washing

29. Demonstrate application of body mechanics when moving and lifting patient.

30. Demonstrate range of motion exercises on a patient.

31. Provide back care to bed ridden patients.

32. Assist in transferring patients from bed to bed, bed to chair and bed to stretcher.

33. Utilize different comfort devices in patients’ care.

34. Assist patients with different types of positions.

35. Demonstrate characteristics of a professional nurse.

36. Assist patients in maintaining proper body alignment in bed.

 

References:

1. Carpinito L. J. (1998). Nursing Care Plans & Documentation: Nursing Diagnosis and Collaborative Problem (3rd ed.) Philadelphia: Lippincott

2. Craven, R. F., & Hirnle, C. J. (2000). Fundamentals of Nursing: Human Health and Function. (3rd ed.). New York: Lippincott.

3. Delaune, S. C., & Ladner, P. K. (2002). Fundamentals of Nursing: Standards and Practice. (2nd ed.) Canada: Delmar.

4. Erb, G. K., B. (2000). Fundamentals of Nursing: Concepts, Process and Practice (5th ed.) Addison: Wesley.

5. Potter, P. A & Perry, A. G. (2003). Basic Nursing: Essentials for Practice (5th ed.) St. Louis: Mosby.