Tuesdays and Thursday 1:00 pm-3:30 pm M117
Theory and clinical experiences will be correlated as the student studies man's adaptation to major illness states in his/her attempt to attain, regain, or maintain health. The student will expand upon previous learning of the nursing process, therapeutic nursing skills and communication to provide nursing care to individuals throughout the life cycle who are experiencing interferences with physiologic and safety needs.
PNUR 1138 and PNUR 1241 - Must be completed prior to taking this course. BIOL 1564 or both BIOL 2644 and BIOL 2654 - Must be completed prior to taking this course.
General Education Outcomes are the knowledge, skills, abilities, attitudes, and behaviors that students are expected to develop as a result of their overall experiences with any aspect of the college, including courses, programs, and student services, both inside and outside of the classroom. The General Education Outcomes specifically learned in this course are:
- Communication
Relationship to academic programs and transferability
PNUR 1140 was designed to meet specific student needs either individually or within a program. For the transferability of courses to specific four-year institutions, go to www.itransfer.org and choose CAS (Course Applicability System.)
Course Outcomes
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
1.Demonstrate accountability for own practice as defined within the Nurse Practice Act.
2. Demonstrate increasing ability to use effective verbal, nonverbal, and written communication with the clients, families and health care team members.
3. Illustrate the nursing process in determining care of the clients at various points on the health- illness continuum to ensure the promotion of health and safety of clients.
4. Apply evidenced-based research findings to nursing care with instructor direction.
5. Demonstrate caring interventions through utilization of the nursing process while providing person centered care.
6. Identify the utilization of resources to meet client care needs.
Teaching Methods
- Lecture and discussion
- Multimedia
- Group activities and presentations
- Skill demonstrations
- Simulations
- Client Care
- Clinical conferences
- Case Studies
- Flip Classroom
- Sherpath
- Shadow Health Med./Surg
Topical Outline
The following topics will be studied during the semester. The order of topics is tentative.
- Respiratory Disorders
- Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Gastrointestinal Disorders
- Cardiovascular Disorders
- CVA
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Urinary Disorders
- Reproductive Disorders
- Complementary and Alternative Therapies
- Surgical Nursing
- Blood and Lymphatic Disorders
- Pediatric Nursing
- Mental Health Disorders
- Immune Disorders
- HIV/AIDS
- Cancer
- IV Therapy
Clinical and Laboratory Experiences
- Long-term care
- Assisted living
- Off-site rotations to Adult and Geri-psych, and Physician offices/clinics
- Skills Lab
- Simulation Lab
Faculty Contact Information
We are available in our office, by email, and online (online by appointment only). Outside of student support hours, we will respond to emails within 24 hours, Monday through Friday. Zoom appointments can be made through email outside of our student support hours if needed
Course Information
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate accountability for own practice as defined within the Nurse Practice Act.
- Demonstrate increasing ability to use effective verbal, nonverbal, and written communication with the clients, families and health care team members.
- Illustrate the nursing process in determining care of the clients at various points on the health-illness continuum to ensure the promotion of health and safety of clients.
- Apply evidenced-based research findings to nursing care with instructor direction.
- Demonstrate caring interventions through utilization of the nursing process while providing person centered care.
- Identify the utilization of resources to meet client care needs.
- Respiratory Disorders
- Musculoskeletal Disorders
- Gastrointestinal Disorders
- Cardiovascular Disorders
- CVA
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Urinary Disorders
- Reproductive Disorders
- Complementary and Alternative Therapies
- Surgical Nursing
- Blood and Lymphatic Disorders
- Pediatric Nursing
- Mental Health Disorders
- Immune Disorders
- HIV/AIDS
- Cancer
Textbook(s) *
Textbooks
Required – 1st Semester
Elsevier Custom Package:
Shadow Health – Gerontology Digital Clinical Experience (eCm)
Skidmore – Roth – Mosby’s Drug Guide for Nursing Students 15e
Swearingen – All-in-One Nursing Care Planning Resource 5e
Elsevier – Sherpath for Cooper Foundations and Adult Health Nursing (eCm) 9e
Elsevier – Elsevier Adaptive Quizzing for NCLEX-PN Exam (eCommerce Version) (eCm) 4e
Cooper – Foundations and Adult Health Nursing – Binder Ready 9e
**Ogden – Calculation of Drug dosages 12e
Kee, J. (2018). Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications (10th ed.). Upper Saddle River,
NJ: Pearson-Prentice Hall.
Basic Equipment Bag - available at KCC bookstore
Professional Guide to Diseases (11th ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins.
Berman, A. and Snyder, S. (2016). Skills in Clinical Nursing (8th ed.). Pearson Education, Inc.
**Same textbooks used for PNUR 1241 – Pharmacology I
NEW Second Semester
- PN IV Kit - PN Nursing Students (available at KCC bookstore)
Silvestri - Saunders Comprehensive Review for the NCLEX-PN® Examination - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 9th Edition (eBook) Ignatavicius - Developing Clinical Judgment for Practical/Vocational Nursing and the Next-Generation NCLEX-PN® Examination, 1st Edition (print) Elsevier - Lilley Pharmacology and the Nursing Process - Sherpath for Pharmacology, 10th Edition Package includes Evolve Student Resources Package C
- Lippincott Client Cases
Recommended
Mosby Dictionary of Medicine (10th ed.) (2017). St. Louis: Mosby (or any medical dictionary published in the last 3 years)
Criteria for Passing PNUR 1140
This course consists of a theory and a clinical component. Both parts must be passed to progress to the next course. The clinical component is pass/fail, and all clinical competencies must be passed.
Evaluation
Criteria for passing PNUR 1140
The course contains two components: classroom (lab and theory) and clinical. Both components must be passed in order to progress to PNUR 1316. The student’s grade will be determined by totaling all 10 unit exam scores, quizzes (unannounced), homework/in-class assignments, nursing care plan, and final exam. Each unit exam is worth 35 points, homework/in-class assignments, data research tools and activities totaling 70 points, and final exam will be a computerized HESI final worth 50 points for a total of 470 points in the course. The final exam is cumulative of content learned throughout the semester and the course.
Evaluation Methods · Unit tests, quizzes, homework assignments, and comprehensive final exam · Medication calculation competency · Care plan assignments with related research article summary · Clinical off-site summaries · Clinical portfolio assignments · Skills validations · Clinical performance evaluation tool
Grading Scale / Point Conversion
Maximum number of possible points in course = 470
Grading Scale:
A 89.5-100 %
B 83.5-89.4 %
C 80-83.4 %
F <80%
At the end of the semester, point totals are converted to percentages. The following are minimum point conversions for letter grades:
Points % Letter Grade
420.65 89.5 A
392.45 83.5 B
376 80 C
Below F
Grade Calculation: Points % of Total Grade
Unit Tests: (10) 350 points (68%)
(10 tests @ 35 pts each)
Quizzes/Homework Assignments/ Math quiz 25/25 points (50 total) (15%)
Research Tool Assignment: (2) @ 5 points each 10 points (7%)
Teaching Project 5 points
HESI Med-Surg. Exam - 5 points
Comprehensive Final Exam 50 points (10%)
Total possible points for course: 470 points
Minimum points required (80%): 376 points
The student’s grade will be determined by totaling all unit exams, quizzes (unannounced), homework assignments, in-class assignments, 2 Research tools, a Teaching Project and the final exam. Total points for the course are 470. Each unit exam will be weighed equally in determining the grade. The final exam is cumulative of materials learned throughout the semester(s). Content from previous required courses may be tested in this course as it relates to the current objectives.
Students are expected to keep a record of their grades. There will be several homework assignments given throughout the semester. Students are expected to submit these assignments by the start of class on the assigned due date. In the event of late assignments, there will be a 2-point reduction in score for every day the assignment is late, beginning with after the start of class on the assigned due date.
Medication Calculation Competency Exam
A math competency test is required. The first test will be given Thursday February 26, 2026. The student must pass the test with 100% in order to achieve the maximum points (10 points). If the student is unsuccessful in the first attempt, he/she will be required to complete a remediation packet before the next attempt. The student will then be allowed to retake the 2nd math calc test on March 26th after class time. If 100% is achieved on the second attempt, 5 points will be awarded. If the student does not achieve 100%, he or she will be given 0 points. A student who misses the administration of a math calculation test without notifying the instructor prior to the scheduled test date and time, will lose one of the 2 attempts offered for the test.
It is the student’s responsibility to use the pharmacology textbook to review calculation skills. The textbook provides many opportunities for practice problems and self testing. If a student is experiencing difficulty with calculations, it is his/her responsibility to seek assistance in the nursing lab with a nursing tutor or from a KCC math tutor
Course Requirements
Attend all scheduled classes in accordance with the standards and guidelines in the KCC Nursing Student Handbook.
Complete all laboratory demonstrations by Friday April 17th 2026
It is the student’s responsibility to notify their instructor if and why he/she is unable to attend any class session. Should a student be absent from class, it is his/her responsibility to notify the instructor prior to the scheduled class time and obtain class announcements, notes, and handouts from another student or during office hours.
- Take all exams as scheduled.
- Successfully complete all assigned computerized assignments by the specified due dates.
- The students test average needs to be above 78% to pass the course. This grade will not be rounded up.
- The overall average must be 80% or higher after the final exam to pass the course. A grade between 79.5 and 79.9 will not be rounded up to receive a passing grade.
Clinical Requirements
- Successful demonstration of all required lab demonstrations by April 17th 2026
- Attend all scheduled clinical days. All clinical absences must be made up. It is the student’s responsibility to schedule makeup days. Makeup days should be scheduled as soon as possible when days are available. Failure to make up a clinical day will result in failure for the course.
- Simulation is considered a clinical day. Call-offs should be made to the clinical instructor.
- If the student will be absent from the clinical site, the student must call off to the clinical facility and clinical instructor. Failure to do so will be considered a “No Call/No Show”. If a student were to have a second No Call/No Show” it will result in failure of the course.
- Absences equal to or greater than 20% of your semester clinical time will result in failure of the course. See individual clinical guidelines for specific number of days equaling 20%. (3days)
- Meet all clinical competencies for the semester—graded on a pass/fail basis.
- Completion of all clinical written assignments by the assigned due dates.
- If a student fails a clinical day he/she will receive a <80% on the clinical evaluation for that day. If a student fails a 2nd clinical day he/she will receive a formal write-up which communicates the improvement that must be shown on all further clinical days. Should a student fail a 3rd clinical day this will result in failure of PNUR1140.
Please refer to the PNUR1140 Clinical Guidelines booklet for the other requirements and expectations related to the clinical portion of PNUR 1140.
Laboratory Return Demonstrations
A variety of skills will be required for this semester. YOU MUST PRACTICE! When you demonstrate the procedure, you will be required to show competency.
During the semester, professors will demonstrate a number of basic nursing skills others will be found in your canvas shell in a video format. A list of these skills can be found in the front of the KCC Skills Book. Each student will be required to show competency in these skills by performing the skill satisfactorily for a professor in the nursing lab by the assigned due dates. These return demonstrations are graded on a pass/fail basis. The time necessary to return the demonstration, can be found in KCC Skills validation book. Students will be asked to sign-up in canvas using Google sheets for return demonstrations with his/her instructor. Remember you can only sign-up for three 15 minute slots in one day.
You must bring your KCC Skills Book and nursing lab equipment pack to each return demonstration. Remember that completing demos is your responsibility. If you need to remove your name on the day of your demo, please email that instructor.
Demo time is valuable time. If a student does not show up to their scheduled demo time, it will be considered a no-call, no-show. Two no call, no shows will result in a write-up on professionalism, which will then be placed in your student file.
All required return demonstrations must be successfully completed by April 17th 2026. Failure to successfully complete the required return demonstrations by the assigned due dates will result in a failing grade for the course.
Students are required to do a return demonstration of catheterization in February (repeat female catheterization) and March (male catheterization.) You are not allowed to complete both catheterization demos in the same day or month. These are done separately to ensure that you are practicing consistently the skills of sterile technique. Students failing to complete the demonstration by the end of the assigned month will not be allowed to return to clinical until the demonstration is successfully completed. The required return demonstrations for this course and assigned due dates are as follows:
Due by February 20, 2026:
Female catheterization (repeat skill from PNUR 1138)
Hand washing (repeat skill from PNUR 1241)
Nasogastric (NG) tube insertion
Due by Friday, April 17th, 2026:
Male catheterization
Tracheostomy care and suctioning (30 minutes)
Suture and skin staple removal
Petition for Graduation
Before May 6 2026, you are required to petition for graduation at Student Services. You are required to do this whether you are walking in graduation or not. The fee associated with graduation is dependent on your degree status. Please see your academic advisor for the specific fee.
Health Careers
Dean, Brad Wood; 815-802-8815; M107; bwood@kcc.edu; Division Office – W102; 815-802-8800
Continuity of Knowledge and Courses Nursing knowledge is cumulative and builds from one course to the next. Students will be responsible for recalling and applying content taught in previous nursing and pre-requisite courses. This content is testable at any time.
Nursing- Policy for Tests and/or Quizzes
Professional Conduct
You will be expected to consistently demonstrate the values of honesty and integrity as a KCC Nursing student. Failure to do so will be considered a violation of professional behavior, and may result in dismissal from the nursing program as well as any health career programs at KCC. Please note the “Policy for Health Career Programs Student Dismissal” in your handbook. Violations include:
-Cheating by using or attempting to use unauthorized material, information or study aids during an academic exercise or examination.
-Sharing information about an examination or assignment with other students.
Most course assignments (tickets to class, homework, care plans, etc.), tests, and/or quizzes are to be an individual’s own work. This includes online activities. These assignments are not to be done in groups unless specified by the faculty.
Students must also understand that plagiarism will not be tolerated at any time.
Test Policy and Environment
All tests and quizzes will be taken on the scheduled day and time. Tests or quizzes may not be taken early. If a student is going to miss a test, they will have one week to make it up in the testing center. The student must notify the instructor of the absence before class. It test must be completed before the start of class the following week. The student must notify the faculty member when they will be taking the test in the testing center.
If a student is tardy to class on a test day, they may be allowed to start the test, but they will not be given extra time to complete it. Students need to be aware that all tests may be an alternate test if they are not taken on the scheduled day and time.
No more than two tests can be made up (taken) in the testing center in the course within a semester.
The time allowed for taking a test is determined by the faculty proctoring the test. As a goal for NCLEX readiness, the student should strive for approximately 1.5 minutes or less per question.
Quizzes may be unannounced. You cannot make up quizzes missed during class or online.
All nursing knowledge is cumulative, and content may be re-tested at any time throughout the program in any nursing course.
The testing environment is created to ensure fairness to all students. Students will be provided a scratch paper to use during the test. This paper will be collected and shredded by the faculty. Faculty may randomly assign seats during a test and will try to put one seat in between each student. All desks/tables must be cleared prior to handing out the test. All backpacks, purses, phones, computers, drink bottles, hats, watches and hoodies must be placed in the front or back of the classroom. No head coverings including hoodies will be allowed. Phones should be turned off to minimize distraction. Pencils and erasers can be left on the desk to use for the test/quiz. If the student chooses to use ear plugs, these must be inspected by the faculty prior to the exam.
If a test requires a calculator, one will be provided by the faculty. Students should cover their answers on the scantron.
After completing the exam, students will leave the classroom and not return until instructed by the faculty.
Test Review
Test review will only occur after all students have taken the exam. Students who wish to review their test must do so within 3 weeks from the day the test was given. Faculty will do a group review with the class.
When students are reviewing their test, the desktop will be cleared. Pens, pencils and phones will not be allowed. Students are not allowed to take notes during the test review. In addition, students are reminded that they are not to discuss tests and quizzes outside of the classroom.
Students who earn less than 80% on a test are strongly encouraged to meet individually with their faculty. It is the student’s responsibility to seek this help.
There will be no review of the course final exam.
Test Remediation
If a student fails a test, remediation is required. Students must meet with the faculty privately and review the test along with completing a test analysis. If the student continues to fail tests. The student must meet with the instructor and develop a plan for improvement. This will be a formal Student Progress report that will be signed and go into the student’s file.
*Failure to follow the testing policy will result in a recorded “0” for the test.
~Extenuating circumstances regarding tests and quizzes will be reviewed and considered by course faculty and the Director of Nursing on an individual basis.~
Students are expected to attend all scheduled class and clinical times, submit written assignments on due dates, and take tests at the scheduled times. It is the student’s responsibility to notify their instructor if and why he/she is unable to attend any class session. Should a student be absent from class, it is his/her responsibility to notify the instructor prior to the scheduled class time and obtain class announcements, notes, and handouts from another student in the class. (See the Attendance section of the Nursing Student Handbook).
Given in class and posted in CANVAS.
College Policies, Resources and Supports
For information related to the Student Code of Conduct Policy, Withdrawal Policy, Email Policy, and Non- Attendance/Non-Participation Policy, please review the college’s Code of Campus Affairs and Regulations webpage, which can be found at catalog.kcc.edu under the Academic Regulations & Conduct Guide.
KCC offers various academic and personal resources for all students. Many services are offered virtually, as well as in person. Please visit Student Resources - Kankakee Community College to access student resources services such as:
- Clubs and organizations
- Counseling and referral services
- Office of disability services
- Student complaint policy
- Transfer services
- Tutoring services, etc.
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