NURSING 118 REGISTRATION AND CLASS INFORMATION

This information includes the booklist and course overview.

Registration Instructions for Nursing 118 & Nursing 203

 All students will do a 5-week pediatric rotation at Kaiser Hospital in San Diego.

Students registering for NURS 118 must first enroll in a clinical (CLN) section and will automatically be enrolled in the lecture (LEC). Students must also register in one of the LAB classes.  All students will do a 5-week pediatric rotation at Kaiser Hospital in San Diego.  Before completing registration, register for NURS 203. This is a lecture only class.

Notes:  Students must be available on clinical days for variable clinical assignments from 7am-8pm. 

Met AA Degree requirements? Contact Elvia Nunez, liaison counselor for Nursing Students at ext. 2179. 

BOOKLIST FOR 118

Fall 2007

Required Books:

  1. Ackley, B., & Ladwig, G. B. (2006). Nursing diagnosis handbook: A guide to planning care (7th ed.).  Philadelphia: Mosby.
  2. Ignatavicius, D. D., & Workman, M. L. (2005). Medical surgical nursing: Critical thinking for collaborative care. (5th ed.). Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders.
  3. Deglin, J. H., & Vallerand, A. H. (2006). Davis’s drug guide for nurses. (10th ed.).        Philadelphia:  F. A. Davis.
  4. McKenry, L., Tessier, E., Hogan, M. (2006).  Mosby’s pharmacology in nursing. (22nd ed.).  St. Louis: Mosby.

5.      McKinney, E.S., Ashwill, J. W., Murray, S.S., James, S.R. Gorrie, T.M., Droske, S.C. (2005). Maternal-child nursing (2nd ed.), Philadelphia:  W.B. Saunders Company

  1. Pagana, K. D., & Pagana, T. J. (2006). Mosby’s manual of diagnostic and laboratory tests. (3rd ed.). St. Louis:  Mosby.
  2. Pickar, G. D. (2004). Dosage calculations. (7th ed.).  Albany:  International Thompson Publishing.
  3. Potter, P A., & Perry, A.G. (2005). Fundamentals of nursing. (6th ed.).  St. Louis: Mosby.

 

Suggested Books:

1.                  Hacker, Diana. (2004) Rules for Writers. (5th.ed.) Boston:  Bedford/St. Martin’s. 
 

N118 Topical Outline Fall 2007

 

Week

Monday

Classroom Topics

Tuesday

Classroom Topics

Tuesday

Campus Lab Topics

1.               

8/20

Introduction to N118

Communication within the family. Family centered nursing care

 

8/21

Unit 2a

Breast Disorders

Sexually Transmitted Disease

8/21

Drawing up medication from vials, and ampules for Intramuscular and Intradermal Administration.  Infusion Pumps.

2.               

8/27

Female Reproductive

Dysfunction

 

 

8/28

Unit 2b

Male Reproductive Dysfunction

8/28

Math Competency Testing

Changing IV Solution and Tubing.

Monitoring IV infusion pumps. Converting an IV to a Saline Lock.  Sterile Gloving.

Practice Adm. Injections.

3.               

9/3

Labor Day Holiday

9/4

Exam Units 1, 2a, & 2b

9/4

Skill Testing IM injections.

Practice IV Skills.

Practice Sterile Gloving.

 

4.                   

9/10

Unit 3

Antepartal Nursing Care

9/11

Psychosocial and cultural

aspects of childbearing

 

9/11

Pediatric Teaching Project

Urinary Catheterization

(Foley and Straight Cath)

 

5.               

9/17

Nursing Care During Childbirth

 

9/18

Nursing Care During Childbirth

 

9/18

Care of Wounds and Dressings – Irrigating, Packing, and Change of Dressings

6.               

9/24

Postpartum Nursing Care

 

 

9/25

Care of the Newborn

Written Plan -Teaching Project is due.

 

9/25 Breastfeeding Panel

Newborn Scenarios

Practice Sterile Dressing Packing and Change

7.               

10/1

Exam Unit 3

 

10/2

Unit 4a

Growth and Development

10/2 Skills for Ambulatory setting: Ear lavage, Throat cultures , Wound Care PPDs, and Suture Removal  Breast Self Exam