Nursing 94 Medical-Surgical Nursing II: Care of the Older Adult
- Wednesday, 12:00 pm - 3:50 pm, although most of class is purely online
- Instructor: Janice Yao Valadez, RN, MSN
- Location: Zoom during Weeks 1, 3, and 6
- 2 Units
- This is an online course. Enrolled students will have access to the course in Canvas beginning 2 to 4 weeks before the quarter begins (must be enrolled to have access). Enrolled students will view weekly videotaped lectures. Powerpoint slides to accompany lectures are provided on Canvas site.
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Office hrs: Monday & Tuesday, 2:30-5:00pm at clinical site ; Wednesday, 4:00pm-5:00pm on non-Zoom days. (Other times may be available by appt. with 5 days notice.)
- Instructor contact:
- Instructor email: cimatujanice@fhda.edu
- Students will be given a mobile phone number in Week 1 as the contact number for instructor.
Open invitation to all DAC nursing program students!
Students are invited to attend and participate in all monthly department faculty meetings, and regularly scheduled department Curriculum and Policy committee meetings. We welcome your input and ideas! See instructor for more information.
Information for Incoming Quarter 4 Students! - see Nursing 94L page
Greensheet
Course Syllabus
- Course objectives and topical outline
- Student Learning Objectives (SLOs)
- RN Standards of Competent Performance
- Nursing Practice Act information for Q4 - please review!
- Required Reading and Class Preparation List - check editions carefully!
- Iggy 10th and Touhy 10th editions - new version
- Iggy 9th and Touhy 10th editions
- There are additional prep activities on Canvas, in the Week-by-Week sections
- Hesi case studies - per Canvas. One to two case studies per week, due by 5pm each Wednesday for weeks 2 through 6 (total of 7 cases). These can be found in one section on the Canvas page
Other Valuable Resources and Links
- Nursing Department Student Handbook (SHB)
- Nursing Department web page - skills criteria sheets, Bloodborne pathogen packet, and other resources can be found here
- Students National suicide hotline 800-784-2433 phone; or text 741741 “Home,” then can chat "live"
- One website for pathophysiology you might find useful: Medscape
- One website for pharmacology you might find useful: Micromedex Clinical Knowledge Suite
- QSEN website
- Evidence-based practice
- BRN website
- How to take the Hesi exam
- Hesi remediation walk-through
- ANA tips for using social media
- Division web page - Division Student Handbook can be found here
- De Anza College Library
- Free online tutoring!
- Start preparing NOW for your Hesi Exit Exam and NCLEX!