In this course, the student focuses on the experience of illness and the impact of illness, both acute and chronic, on the hospitalized client. The primary focus is the individual client; however, the individual is considered within the context of the family. Each student has clinical rotations working with adults in a hospital setting who are experiencing an acute episode of illness or an exacerbation of a chronic illness. Students learn to apply the principles of primary health care to nursing practice in the acute care setting.
January 6, 7:
Ozog & Ostendorf (2024) Parenteral Medications, Chapter 22. In Perry, Potter, Cobbett (2024). Canadian Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 2nd edition. Elsevier: Toronto, ON. pp. 617-632; 648-654.
Table 22.1 Preventing infection during an injection into tissue, pp. 619.
Box 22.1 Recommendations for the Prevention of Needle-Stick Injuries, pp. 622.
Skill 22.1 Preparing Injections: Ampoules and vials, pp. 622-630.
Procedural Guideline 22.1 Mixing Parenteral Medications in One Syringe, pp. 630-632 (omit Mixing Insulin for now- we will cover this in a couple of weeks).
Skill 22.5 Administering Intramuscular Injections, pp. 648- 654.
Turner, S. (2023). Reconstituted Medications, pp. 234-239; Reconstituted Parenteral Drugs, pp. 244-248. In Mulholland’s The Nurse, The Math, The Meds (5th ed.). Toronto, ON: Elsevier.
AMNF Federal Education Team (2019). Aseptic Technique Tutorial (ANTT), Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal, 26(7), 24-26.
January 13, 14:
Simpson, D. & McIntosh, R. (2021). Measuring & monitoring fluid balance. British Journal of Nursing, 30(12), 706-710.
ANTT: AMNF Federal Education Team (2019). Aseptic Technique Tutorial (ANTT), Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal, 26(7), 24-26.
January 20, 21:
Turner, S. (2023). Basic Intravenous Calculations, pp. 297-310. In Mulholland’s The Nurse, The Math, The Meds (5th ed.). Toronto, ON: Elsevier.
January 27, 28:
Ozog & Ostendorf (2024). Parenteral Medications, Chapter 22. In Perry, Potter, Cobbett (2024). Canadian Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 2nd edition. Elsevier: Toronto, ON. pp. 617-632; 633-648.
*Table 22-1 Preventing infection during an injection into tissue, pp. 619.
*Skill 22.2 Administering Intradermal Injections, pp. 633-637.
*Skill 22.3 Administering Subcutaneous Injections, pp. 637-643.
*Skill 22.4 Administering Continuous Subcutaneous Infusions, pp. 643-648.
February 3, 4:
FIT Forum for Injection Technique Canada, 4th ed (2022). Retrieved from https://fit4diabetes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/FIT-Pocket-Guide_EN-2022.pdf
FIT4Safety Canada (2023). Recommendations for Best Practice in the Safe Use of Diabetes Sharps, 2nd edition. Retrieved from https://fit4diabetes.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/BDC6959_E_FITSafetyGuideUpdate_v15_30Aug2023_36-3.pdf
Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines Expert Committee (2024). 2024 Clinical Practice Guidelines Quick Reference Guide. Diabetes Canada. Retrieved from https://guidelines.diabetes.ca/getmedia/5c0e12a5-8f2d-49ce-9a86-00bfcf7c89f6/Quick_Reference_Guide_WEB_10_24.pdf
Diabetes Canada (2018). Types of insulin. Can J of Diabetes, 42, S314, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcjd.2017.12.006.
March 3, 4:
Sussman, G. (2023). An update on wound management. Australian Prescriber, 46(2), 29-35.
Kohr, Colwell & Hudson (2024). Procedural Guideline 39.1 Performing a Wound Assessment, pp. 1103; Skill 39.3 Removing Sutures and Staples, pp. 1110-1115. In Perry, Potter, & Cobbett (2024). Canadian Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 2nd edition. Elsevier: Toronto, ON.
AMNF Federal Education Team (2019). Aseptic Technique Tutorial (ANTT), Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal, 26(7), 24-26.
Kohr, Colwell & Hudson (2024). Skill 39.5 Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy. pp. 1121-1126. In Perry, Potter, & Cobbett (2024). Canadian Clinical Nursing Skills & Techniques, 2nd edition. Elsevier: Toronto, ON
March 17, 18:
AMNF Federal Education Team (2019). Aseptic Technique Tutorial (ANTT), Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal, 26(7), 24-26.
March 24, 25:
Petlin & Tyerman (2020). Closed chest drainage systems. pp. 745-762 (Stop at Autotransfusion of Chest Tube Drainage). In Perry, Potter, Ostendorf & Cobbett (2020). Canadian Clinical Skills & Techniques. Elsevier: Toronto, ON.