Fundamental Of Nursing 2

Are you looking for the notes of Fundamental of Nursing Part 2?

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 2^nd semester of Generic BS Nursing.

 

Overview of Fundamental of Nursing 2

This course if of 4 Credit hours. It provides an introduction to various nursing ideas with a focus on patient needs identification, communication skill development, and nursing process application. You will acquire the fundamentals of nursing caregiving while also developing awareness of the theoretical principles, standards, and norms of the field. The requirements of the patient will be evaluated using Gordon's Functional Health Patterns (FHPs).

 

Course Objectives:

By the completion of this course, you will be able to:

·      Identify the prescribed standards of nursing care set by the institution.

·      Begin to identify the importance of evaluation in his/her nursing practice.

·      Identify relevant sources, which contribute to personal and professionals growth.

·      Begin to use the nursing process to deliver safe nursing care to individuals.

·      Begin to understand the knowledge derived from Humanities, Natural and Behavioral Sciences, when providing nursing care to clients.

·      Identify basic principle that protection against

·      Use critical thinking skills in selecting nursing intervention and outcomes for the planning of care setting.

·      Perform all basic nursing skills safely and accurately at clinical settings

 

Teaching/Learning Strategies:

There are different 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.

·      Quiz (s) 40%

·      Skills Performance Test (s) 20%

·      Final Exam 40%

·      Total 100%

 

List of Skills Labs

Following is the list of all skills which you will perform in the laboratory in the Fundamental of Nursing (FON 2).

                

S. No	Topics
1.	Application of hot water bag
2.	Application of Cold Compresses
3.	Applying bandages including wound dressing
4.	Performing nebulization/steam therapy
5.	Apply suction therapy.
6.	Care of drainage bags (catheter)
7.	Sitz bath
8.	Elimination: Suppositories, Enema, Flatus Tube, Manual extraction
9.	Specimen Collection
10.	Urine Testing through dipstick

 

 

COURSE OUTLINE

This total course of Fundamental of Nursing semester 2, year 1 contains the following topics/units.

Unit No	Topics
1.	Nursing Process
2.	Concept of Value Belief
3.	Self Concept and Self Perception
4.	Concept of Pain (Different Therapies)
5.	Concept of Nutrition and Dietary
6.	Concept of Elimination
7.	Concept of Sleep
8.	Human Reponses to Illness
9.	Concept of Sexuality
10.	Concept of Loss & Grieving and Death and Dying
11.	Concept of Stress & Coping
12.	Oral Medication
13.	Parental Medication

 

 

Unit 1: Nursing Process

In this unit you will be introduced to the application of the nursing process in professional nursing practice.

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

·      Define nursing process.

·      Describe the purposes of nursing process.

·      Identify the components of the nursing process

·      Discuss the requirements for effective use of the nursing process

·      Describe the functional health approach to the nursing process

 

Nursing Assessment:

·      Describe the assessment phase of the nursing process

·      Discuss the purpose of assessment in nursing practice

·      Identify the skills required for nursing assessment.

·      Differentiate the three major activities involved in nursing assessment.

·      Describe the process of data collection.

·      Perform a nursing assessment using a functional health approach.

 

Nursing Diagnosis:

·      Define diagnosis in relation to the nursing process.

·      State the meaning of nursing diagnosis

·      Describe the components of a nursing diagnosis

·      Differentiate between a nursing diagnosis and medical diagnosis.

·      Identify the clinical skills needed to make nursing diagnoses.

·      Formulate nursing diagnoses according to NANDA list.

 

Outcome Identification and Planning:

·      Define outcome identification and planning

·      Explain the purposes of outcome identification and planning.

·      Describe the components of the nursing plan of care.

·      Use a functional health approach to plan client care.

 

Implementation and evaluation:

·      Define implementation and evaluation

·      Discuss the purposes of implementation and evaluation

·      Describe clinical skills needed to implement the nursing plan of care.

·      Describe activities the nurse carries out during the evaluation phase of the nursing process.

·      Use a functional approach to implement and evaluate client care.

 

Communication of the Nursing Process: Documenting and Reporting:

·      Describe the purposes of the client record

·      List the principles of charting

·       Discuss the guidelines of documentation.

·      Discuss the importance of confidentiality in the documenting and reporting.

 

Critical Thinking:

·      Explain the importance of critical thinking in nursing.

·      Discuss definitions of, characteristics of, and skills used in critical thinking.

·      Identify the three major factors that affect thinking.

·      Explore ways to enhance and develop critical thinking skills especially as applied to nursing.

·      Set personal goals for developing critical thinking skills.

 

UNIT 2: Concept of Value Belief

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

·      Define value/belief pattern

·      Explain how behaviors related to values

·      Identify sources of professional nursing values

·      Apply cultural and developmental perspective when identifying values

·      Examine values conflict and resolution in nursing care situations

 

UNIT 3: Self Concept and Self Perception

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

·      Define self perception/ self concept pattern.

·      Describe the functions of self and self concept

·      Discuss how self concept develops through out the life span

·      Discuss factors that can effect self concept

·      Identify possible manifestation of altered self concept

·      Apply nursing process for a person with an altered self concept

 

UNIT IV: Concept of Pain (Different Therapies)

At the end of the session you will be able to:

·      Define the process of pain (physiological changes)

·      Describe the different theories of pain theory.

·      differentiate between acute and chronic pain

·      Discuss the non pharmacologic interventions pain management.

·      identify pharmacologic interventions for pain management

 

UNIT 5: Concept of Nutrition and Dietary

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

·      Define nutrition/metabolic pattern.

·      Review essential nutrients and examples of good dietary sources for each

·      Review normal digestion, absorption, and metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.

·      Discuss nutritional considerations across the life span

·      list factors that can effect dietary pattern

·      Describe manifestations of altered nutrition

·      Explain nursing interventions to promote optimal nutrition and health

·      Apply nursing process for client with altered nutritional status

 

UNIT 6: Concept of Elimination

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

·      Define elimination pattern

·      Discuss common problems of elimination.

·      Identify nursing interventions for common problems of fecal elimination.

·      Discuss common problem of Urinary Elimination

·      Identify nursing intervention for common urinary problems

·      Describe factors that can alter urinary function

·      Discuss nursing process for a patient with altered elimination pattern.

 

UNIT 7: Concept of Sleep

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

·      Define rest and sleep pattern

·      Define terms related to rest and sleep.

·      Compare the characteristics of sleep and rest.

·      Discuss the characteristics of two kinds of sleep.

·      Enumerate the functions of sleep.

·      Discuss factors affecting sleep.

·      Identify common sleep disorders.

·      Identify conditions necessary to promote sleep.

·      Discuss nursing process for a patient to promote sleep.

 

UNIT 8: Human Reponses to Illness

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

·      Define coping stress tolerance pattern.

·      Differentiate the concepts of stress as a stimulus, response, and transaction.

·      Identify physiological and psychological manifestations of stress.

·      Discuss Factors affecting coping pattern during hospitalization.

·      Describe various types of coping pattern.

·      Discuss the nursing process related to coping stress pattern.

 

UNIT 9: Concept of Sexuality

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

·      Review the Anatomy and physiology of the male and female reproductive system

·      Describe normal sexual pattern

·      Relate sexuality to all stages of life cycle

·      Identify factors that effects sexual functioning

·      Describe common risks and alteration in sexuality

·      Understand the nursing process as it relate to sexual functioning

 

UNIT 10: Concept of Loss & Grieving and Death and Dying

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

·      Assess the physiologic signs of death.

·      Identify beliefs and attitude about death in relation to age.

·      Discuss the various ways of helping the dying patient meet his/her physiological, spiritual and emotional needs.

·      Discuss care of the body after death.

·      Discuss the legal implications of death.

·      Describe how a nurse meets a dying patient’s needs of comfort.

·      Discuss important factors in caring for the body after death.

·      List changes that occur in the body after death.

·      Define terms related to loss and grieving.

·      Discuss Kubler-Ross’ theory to assess grieving behaviors.

·      Identify common manifestations of grief

·      Discuss the effects of multiple losses on the grief process

·      Apply the nursing process to grieving clients

 

UNIT 11: Concept of Stress & Coping

The objective has to be developed for this unit.

 

UNIT 12: Oral Medication

The objective has to be developed for this unit also.

 

UNIT 13: Parental Medication

The objective has to be developed for this unit too.

 

Year 1 Semester II Skills

Followings are the list of some more skills which you will learn and perform in the clinical side in FON 2.

S. No	Skills
1.	Medication (Oral and Topical)
2.	Medication (Parental)
3.	Sitz bath
4.	Care of catheter 5. Mouth care of unconscious Patient
5.	Elimination: Suppositories, Enema, Flatus Tube,
6.	Manual extraction.
7.	Urine testing/ Specimen collection.

 

Clinical Objectives of Fundamental of Nursing:

Following are some of the clinical objectives of FON 2.

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:

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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.