WELCOME BACKFall 2012

COURSE OUTLINE AND CLASS CONTENTThe Course Outline for Nursing 222

is on the nursing website as well as the NRS 222 Supplement. It is expected that you will complete the chapter readings before the first lecture. You will observe in the first Power Point presentation that there is a comprehensive review of Female/Fetal A&P and Reproduction.

COURSE OUTLINE AND CLASS CONTENT This content will not be in Quiz I but it is

expected that you will answer the questions at the end of the review and be prepared to discuss your answers. This review will also be discussed on MERCER ONLINE with online students.

“Land” students will be meeting Monday mornings from 9AM-12PM for lecture. The classroom is LA 147. Please bring your clickers!

NURSING 222 SUPPLEMENT MANUAL

The Nursing 222 supplement is on the website so you may download it’s contents. Please bring the supplement manual to lecture and clinical with you each week. We will be utilizing much of the material included in the manual.

THE NURSING 220 TEAMToni Racioppo, MSN, RN, CNS, Nursing

222 Coordinator

Ieachia Mcqueen, MSN RN, WHNP, Adjunct Professor

ANOTHER SEMESTER---CONTINUED SUCCESS

Dress Code must be strictly enforced in the OB area. If your hair is longer than should length, it must be tied up and off your collar when in OB.

Identification—Yes, please wear your ID to class and while on campus!

Signing your forms from the handbookPlease hand these forms in the first day

of classAcademic integrity--reviewGuidelines for testing--review

COMPUTER CLASSESYou will receive your clinical institution’s

general electronic medical record training in the second five week session.

When you enter your OB clinical at UMCP or RWJ, you will be oriented to their individual form of electronic medical recording specific to the OB area.

CLINICALPlease read the chapters related to the first lecture before your clinical experience.

For students at RWJ, please meet your clinical instructor in the lobby closest to the Maternity pavilion (near the emergency department).

CLINICALFor students at UMCP, we will also meet

in the lobby.You will obtain an ID on the first day of

clinical.

Please do not bring large books, backpacks, or valuables. There is not an area where these can be stored safely.

CLINICALRefer to the Student Handbook as to

what you are expected to bring to your clinical experience.

For those students at UMCP, I have sent an e-mail requesting your scrub size. I will need this information by August 30. For those at RWJ, scrubs will be given at clinical.

CELL PHONE USEPLEASE, CELL PHONES ARE NOT A

PART OF YOUR CLINICAL EXPERIENCE!

IF YOU FIND YOU CANNOT BE WITHOUT YOUR PHONE FOR FOUR OR MORE HOURS YOU MAY WANT RETHINK WHETHER NURSING IS THE PROFESSION FOR YOU—BELIEVE ME, MOST OF THE TIME YOU WILL NOT HAVE THE TIME TO USE THEM AND MANY HOSPITALS BAN THEIR USE BY STAFF.

CELL PHONE USETHE INSTRUCTOR MAY ASK YOU

TO LEAVE LECTURE OR CLINICAL IF CELL PHONE USE IS OBSERVED. An action plan may be initiated.

THIS MEANS THEY ARE NOT TO BE ON YOUR PERSON. Please refer to Page 18 of the Student Handbook.

CELL PHONE USE CELL PHONES ARE NOT ALLOWED IN

LECTURE.THIS MEANS THEY ARE NOT ON YOUR

DESK OR ON YOUR LAP BUT PUT AWAY AND OFF. MY EXPECTATION IS THAT YOU WILL DEMONSTRATE PROFESSIONAL, COURTEOUS, AND RESPECTFUL BEHAVIOR TO YOUR COLLEAGUES AND YOUR INSTRUCTOR. PLEASE READ THE POLICY IN YOUR STUDENT HANDBOOK RELATED TO CELL PHONE USE.

HESI OB EXAM YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO TAKE THE OB

EXAM PROVIDED BY HESI. DATES:

Session I Tuesday, 10/1/2012 12:15PM

Session II Tuesday 11/5/2012 12:15PM

Session III Tuesday, 12/10/2012 12:15PM

ROOM TO BE ANNOUNCED

MCCC STUDENT E-MAIL Communication will be through the

Mercer E-Mail system.

Please check your email frequently. This is how the Nursing 222 team will primarily communicate updates and changes.

ATTENDANCERefer to page 20 0f the Student

Handbook about attendance.

If you are going to be absent or late either to lecture or clinical, please call or e-mail your instructor (not a fellow classmate) before class.

CULTURE PROJECTPlease refer to the Nursing 222 Supplement for

requirements. This will be discussed on the first night of lecture. On line students will be advised via Angel.

The presentation portion of the project is 20 points. We expect that you will prepare a stimulating learning experience for your classmates, emphasizing how the key points of the childbirth experience of your selected country/culture contrasts/compares to Western culture.

The project will be completed in pairs.

MID-TERM EXAM DATESTHE MID-TERM EXAM WILL BE GIVEN

AT THE BEGINNING OF LECTURE 3.DATES:

Session I Tuesday, September 18

Session II Tuesday, October 23

Session III Tuesday, November 27

FINAL EXAM DATES

THE FINAL EXAM WILL BE GIVEN THE FRIDAY AFTER LECTURE 5 IN NURSING 222

DATES:

Session I Friday, 10/5/2012 9AMSession II Friday, 11/9/2012 9AM

Session III Friday, 12/14/2012 9AM