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Clinical Procedures I COURSE
SYLLABUS |
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Course Code: |
HEA 170 |
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Instructor: |
Rhonda Harris, RN,
AND, BSN, MSN E-mail: rhondaharris@forrestcollege.edu Phone: 864-933-9428 |
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Course
Schedule: |
This course meets in
room 102 on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 PM to 7:33 PM starting July 1,
2008 to September 13, 2008 |
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Credit Hours: |
3.0 Credit hours
awarded upon successful completion of course requirements |
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Text: |
Kinn’s: The Medical Assistant - An Applied Learning Approach 10th
Ed: Alexandra
P. Young & Deborah B. Proctor; Elsevier, 2007; ISBN: 1-4160-2420-4 Study Guide to Accompany Kinn’s: The
Medical Assistant - An Applied
Learning Approach 10th Ed; Alexandra P. Young & Deborah B.
Proctor; Elsevier, 2007; ISBN:
978-1-4160-3835-1 |
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Course Description: |
The student will be introduced to the
impact of infectious diseases.
Infection control, medical asepsis and sterilization are
reviewed. Taking medical history and
documentation in a patients chart.
Vital signs and measurements. Physical Examinations, procedures of the
body systems, assisting with minor surgery, and nutrition. |
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Course Objectives: |
Note: You may expect that questions on your
tests/exams will be based upon demonstrating your knowledge of the following
course objectives. Upon successful
completion of this course, the student will be able to:
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Prerequisite: |
HEA 150 |
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Course Outline: |
Week One: Introduction to course;
Chapter 26 Infection Control Week Two: Lab for Chapter 26 Week Three: Chapter
27 Patient Assessment Week Four: Lab
for chapter 27 Week Five: Chapter 30 Vital Signs;
Chapter 31 Assisting with Primary Physical
Examination Week Six: Lab for Chapter 30 and
Chapter 31 Week Seven: Midterm
Exam; Chapter 48 (Electrocardiography) Week Eight: Lab
for Chapter 48 Week Nine: Chapter
55 Surgical Supplies and Instruments; Chapter 56 Surgical
Asepsis and Assisting with Surgical Procedures Week Ten: Lab for Chapter 55 and 56 Week Eleven: Review
and Exam |
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Instruction Method: |
A variety of instruction techniques will be used in this course. These practices include (but are not
limited to) class lecture; small group work; discussion; group projects;
out-of-class assignments; individual assignments; electronically based
research; expected e-mail communications, etc. |
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Grading: |
Homework........................................................................................................ 5% Cumulative Test 1........................................................................................... 20% Cumulative Test 2........................................................................................... 20% Cumulative Test 3........................................................................................... 20% Quizzes........................................................................................................... 10% Final Exam..................................................................................................... 25% Total.............................................................................................................. 100% *Missed tests: If you miss a
test, you must schedule to take the test within one week of having missed it
or you will not be eligible to take the test at all. Grading Scale: A = 90-100 B = 80-89 C = 70-79 D = 60-69 F = Below 60 |
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Attendance: |
Regular attendance is expected because it is through
regular attendance that you will hear and learn from the experience of your
instructor as well as from the input (questions, answers, discussions,
concerns) of others of the members of your class. You may also “attend” classes (when you are
not physically able to be present in class) by communicating with members
of your assigned group and finding out from them what class materials you
have missed and/or other aspects of what went on in class that you should
know about. You can also “attend” by keeping
in touch with your instructor through the use of e-mail. Let your instructor and members of your
group know that you might be late, or that you’re too ill to come to class,
or that you’ve missed an assignment and are trying your best to complete it,
etc. As you can see by the section on
grade assignment (above), you will earn one point for every week of perfect
attendance. You attend ten weeks and
you receive a very positive 10% of your grade. You must be in attendance for your
scheduled test dates. You must be in
attendance for your scheduled group presentation dates. |
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Make-up work: |
It is the
individual student’s responsibility to find out from one of his
classmates and/or group members what materials he/she might have missed as
the result of having missed a class session. Call your classmates; e-mail
them; keep up with them; be responsible for getting the information that you
need in order to demonstrate competence in this course. |
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Academic
Dishonesty |
Plagiarism and cheating are serious offenses
and may be punished by failure on exam, or homework or failure of the course,
and/or suspension/expulsion from the college. |
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Resources |
The College has adequate resources to assist students in researching
projects (i.e. books, magazines, newspapers, Internet, LIRN). |
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Changes |
In accordance with the policy of the College, your
instructor has the right to change the syllabus in a manner that he/she feels
necessary in order to better accomplish the goal(s) of this course. |
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Cell
Phones |
Cell phones are absolutely prohibited to be used in class
for calling or texting. Cells phones are to be off or on vibrate. Use of cell
phones could result in the cell phone being taken up and held until the end
of class. |