Clinical Procedures III

Curriculum Guideline

Effective Date:
Course
Discontinued
No
Course Code
PNUR 3330
Descriptive
Clinical Procedures III
Department
Nursing - Psychiatric
Faculty
Health Sciences
Credits
1.50
Start Date
End Term
Not Specified
PLAR
No
Semester Length
15
Max Class Size
10
Contact Hours
2.0
Method(s) Of Instruction
Lecture
Lab
Learning Activities

Students will learn clinical procedure skills through a variety of means including lecture, observation, audio-visual aids, demonstration, simulations and case studies. Students will have an opportunity to practice skills in a laboratory setting.

Course Description
Students will continue to develop and integrate foundational skills of psychiatric nursing practice and will be introduced to advanced practice skills relevant to the clinical practice setting.
Course Content
  • Use and maintenance of intravenous infusion device
  • Calculating intravenous flow rates
  • Regulating, monitoring and maintaining intravenous therapy, and fluid balance
  • Changing an intravenous bag and tubing
  • Discontinuing an intravenous infusion device
  • Preparation and administration of intravenous medications via a secondary infusion set
  • Use and maintenance of intravenous saline locks
  • Preparation and administration of medication via intermittent line or IV direct (bolus)
  • Converting an intravenous infusion to a saline intravenous lock device
  • Pre and post-operative care including ECT, surgical and diagnostic treatments
  • Neurovascular assessment (complex) and cast care
  • Surgical asepsis
  • Sterile dressing change (simple)
  • Removing sutures/staples
  • Maintaining and removing closed wound drainage devices
  • Holistic client assessment
  • Documentation
Learning Outcomes

In this course the student will use the Douglas College Psychiatric Nursing Curricular threads (wellness-illness continuum, professional values, professional caring and health care delivery system) and domains (person, environment, health, psychiatric nursing) to integrate knowledge, skills and attributes related to clinical procedures when caring for the person experiencing an episodic health challenge.

Means of Assessment

The course evaluation is consistent with Douglas College evaluation policy. An evaluation schedule is presented at the beginning of the course.

This is a graded course.

Textbook Materials

A list of required and optional textbooks and materials is provided for students at the beginning of each semester.

Prerequisites

PNUR 2201, PNUR 2221, PNUR 2230, PNUR 2261, and PNUR 2285

Students in the BSPN program are required to maintain a passing grade of 65% (C+) in all courses in order to progress in the program.

Corequisites
Equivalencies