COURSE OUTLINE:
LABS – LAB SKILLS – 40 HOURS
Brief Course Description This course addresses the promotion of health, healing and client safety. Participants
explore and develop the essential knowledge, competencies, and critical components
of foundational nursing skills from an evidence-informed perspective. Participants will
have the opportunity to practice and demonstrate completion of ethical, competent,
and safe nursing skills.
Learning Objectives Upon completion of this course students will be able to:
Be an independent, self-directed, self-reflective, and life-long learner who is
an accountable professional
Increase awareness of the requisite skills and abilities that are required to
attain the entry-level registered nurse competencies
Make competent, safe, and ethical decisions using critical inquiry based on
multiple ways of knowing, and evidence-and informed research
Develop and refine a strong foundation in nursing theory, concepts and
knowledge, health sciences, humanities, informatics, research, and ethics
Demonstrate the critical components of all nursing skills including: Asepsis,
Assessment, Comfort, Privacy, Teaching, Safety, Organization, Resources,
Body Mechanics and Documentation
Explain the purpose, principles and rationale involved with each nursing skill
Practice the select number of nursing skills in the context of the whole
person using the components of the decision-making framework safely,
competently, and ethically
Provide written feedback for self and/or peers based on the critical
components of a nursing skill during practice and open lab
Practice using appropriate-age and culturally safe interpersonal
communication
Recognize the limitations of their individual experience and knowledge, and
seek guidance from experienced practitioners and evidence-based resources
Course Duration 40 hours; 4 hour sessions; 10 sessions; 2 weeks of in-lab consolidation of skills
Homework Hours 2 hours of homework per week is expected during this course
Delivery Method Indicate how the program is delivered.
☒ On-site delivery.
☐ Distance delivery.
☒ Combined delivery (on-site and distance.)
Instructional Methods
● In-class demonstrations
● Directed exercises and activities
● PowerPoint presentations
● Practical exercises
● Simulation of nursing problems
Delivery Methods Method of Delivery (reflect all methods used) Contact Hours
Classroom (Instructor Led) Lecture Format 0
Computer Based Training 0
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Distance Education 0
Instructor-Led Supervised Lab 40
Required Textbooks / Potter, P., Perry, A. G., Stockert, P., Hall, A. (2019). Canadian fundamentals of
materials nursing (6th ed,. Astle, B. J., & Duggleby, W. Eds.). Elsevier Canada.
Equipment required for Students require a personal laptop or tablet that is wifi enabled.
this Program
Other Materials Students can access online resources from their personal devices (laptop, phone,
tablet) and the computer lab. Extensive use of Social Media; such as youtube.ca and
LinkedIn. Students are informed that a dictionary would be beneficial, however the
College does have supply on hand for student classroom use.
Attendance expectation Students will maintain a minimum of 80% attendance.
Dress expectations Professional Dress for all business presentations
Student evaluation Grades are composed of:
methods
Attendance/Participation 10%
Documentation Assignment #1: 10%
Documentation Assignment #2: 10%
Skills Demonstration #1: 20%
Skills Demonstration #2: 20%
Health Assessments Exam: 30%
Completion Students are assigned a ‘pass’ upon completion of all activities and tasks assigned
requirements during this course.
Course Breakdown Daily Course Coverage
Session 1 Review of Infection Control, Health Assessments and Patient Safety
o Handwashing
o Donning/Doffing PPE
o Isolation Precautions
o Vital Signs
o Head to Toe Assessments
o Safety Checks
o Documentation
o Documentation Assignment 1
Session 2 Review of Body Mechanics and Musculoskeletal Injury Prevention
● Bedmaking – occupied, unoccupied, open/closed
● Activity/Exercise Body Mechanics
● Safe Transfers – bed, wheelchair, commode, wheelchair, walkers,
mechanical lifts
● Activity/Exercise Turning/Position Mobility (ROM)
● Culmination of skills practice
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● Documentation
Session 3 Review of Personal Care and Activities of Daily Living
o Bed baths & Hygiene
o Dressing
o Feeding Practices
o Urinary and Bowel Elimination – appliances and Briefs
o Colostomy/Ostomy and Catheter Care
o Blood Glucose Monitoring
o Documentation
Session 4 Review of Surgical Asepsis and Chronic Wound Management
o Sterile Wound Care
o Sterile Catheter Insertion
o Documentation
Session 5 Pain Management
o Pain Assessment
o End of Life Care
o Oral and Nasal Suctioning
o Oxygen Therapy
o Documentation
o Skills Demonstration #1
Session 6 Quality Practice Environments
o Hospital Setting – Case Scenarios
o Residential Care Setting – Case Scenarios
o Enteral feedings and medications via nasogastric, jejunostomy and
gastrostomy tubes
o Culmination of Lab Skills
o Documentation
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Safe Medication Administration
Session 7
● Oral, topical, subcutaneous, intramuscular and intradermal, inhalation
● Inserting a percutaneous infusion device
● Intravenous Management and Medication Administration
● Taking and transcribing physician’s orders
● Documentation of response to medication
● Activity/Exercise Turning/Position Mobility (ROM)
● Culmination of skills practice
● Documentation
Session 8 Comprehensive Assessment Review
o Skills Consolidation
o Case Scenarios
Session 9 Comprehensive Assessment Review
o Skills Consolidation
o Case Scenarios
o Skills Demonstration #2
Session 10 Skills Review and Health Assessment Exam
o Skills Consolidation
o Health Assessments Exam
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