Clinical Procedures IV
Overview
- complex wound care
- sterile glove technique
- nasogastric insertion, maintenance and removal
- care and maintenance of enteric tubes
- providing nutrition and medication via enteric tubes
- use and care of feeding pumps
- enterostomal therapy
- orophanrygeal, nasopharyngeal and nasotracheal suctioning
- care of the permanent tracheostomy
- pediatric medication preparation and administration
- urinary catheterization
- catheter irrigation and continuous bladder irrigation
- neurological assessment
- care of client with restraints
- blood transfusion (theory)
- documentation
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.
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.
In this course the student will use the Douglas College Department of 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.
A list of required and optional textbooks and materials is provided for students at the beginning of each semester.
Requisites
Course Guidelines
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
Course Transfers
These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca
Institution | Transfer Details for PNUR 3430 |
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Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | No credit |
Course Offerings
Winter 2025
CRN | Days | Instructor | Status | More details |
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CRN
14476
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Thu | Instructor Last Name
Swiatecki-Hill
Instructor First Name
Michele
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Course Status
Open
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PNUR 3430 001 is restricted to BSPN Students. One section for registration. Students will be assigned to groups by course instructors.