WELCOME Spring 2013

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 Tuesday evenings from 5:30-8:30PM for lecture. The classroom will be announced before the first class. 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, CNS RN, Nursing

222 Coordinator

Pat DeLongaig, CNM, MSN, RN, Adjunct Professor

Gary Fassler, MSN, RN, 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. Also please bring in your registration number and make and model of your car for a parking permit.

You will obtain an ID on the first day of clinical. If you have a UMCP ID, please bring it with you.

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 will send an e-mail requesting your scrub size. I will need this information by January 14 for Session I. For those at RWJ, scrubs will be given at clinical.

CELL PHONE USEPLEASE, CELL PHONES ARE NOT

A PART OF YOUR CLINICAL EXPERIENCE!

MANY HOSPITALS BAN THEIR USE BY STAFF. We follow the policies of the institution and the Nursing Program.

CELL PHONE USETHE INSTRUCTOR MAY ASK YOU TO

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

THIS MEANS CELL PHONES 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 Friday, February 22, 2013 Session II Friday April 5, 2013

Session III Friday, May 10, 2013

ROOM TO BE ANNOUNCEDAll HESI Exams given after Final Exam

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.

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

AT THE BEGINNING OF LECTURE 3.DATES:

Session I Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Session II Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Session III Tuesday, April 23, 2013

FINAL EXAM DATES

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

DATES:

Session I Friday, February 22, 2013

Session II Friday, April 5, 2013Session III Friday, May 10, 2013All exams start at 5:30PM

JOINING THE SNAThe Student Nurses Association has recently formed at the college and the membership is growing. Please join your peers and learn the benefits of being a member of this dynamic organization. I will have applications on the first day of class.