Practicum in HS Off Campus Clinic M

1 week  -Ethical  and Legal 

• Advanced  Directives (UT medical school video- embedded)

• Informed Consent

• Patient Rights (Empathy Edpuzzle)

• HIPAA/Patient Confidentiality (Edpuzzle)

• Ethics (Terri Schiavo video) (Bingo with ethics terms) (Scenarios)

• Scope of practice (qualities of a nurse edpuzzle)

• Sexual harassment

• Legal Terminology/Responsibilities

• Restraints (practice with mitten, vest, and wrist restraints) 

• Abuse and neglect 

• Healthcare Facilities/Alternative Therapies

• resources: restraints

2 week-Infection Control 

• Types of Microbes

• Chain of Infection (worksheet)

• Isolation Precautions & PPE

• Medical vs. Surgical Asepsis

• Nosocomial Infections

• Skills: handwashing (with glow germ lotion and flashlights), gowning, gloving, sterile gloving

• Bloodborne Pathogens (worksheet)

• TB (video clip- embedded), MRSA, C.diff

• resources: gowns, gloves, masks, sterile gloves, sinks/soap/paper towels for handwashing, glow germ lotion and flashlights 

1 day Safety and Governmental Regulation      

• Body mechanics 

◦ bed making and patient transfers (gait belt practice)

• Fire safety (RACE & PASS) (video)

• Hazard communication (SDS)

• Electrical safety

• Fall Risk (video clip- embedded)

• Medication Errors

• Needlestick safety (video)

• Latex Allergy

• OSHA compliance 

• Resources: videos, gait belt

2 Weeks BLS and Vital signs

• Blood Pressure Assessment 
Temperature, Pulse and Respiration (Skills: BP on practice arm, manual and automated vital signs equipment, doppler for pulses) 

• Adult CPR and Use of an AED (AHA skills certification)

• Child/Infant CPR and AED (AHA skills certification)

• Foreign Body Obstruction/Choking (skills assessment)

• Resources: IVACS, stethoscopes, alcohol swabs, pulse oximeters, BP cuffs, doppler, thermometers/probe covers, practice arm, manikins, simulation lungs, 1 way valves, pocket masks, ambus, AED’s, clorox wipes

1 day Communication

• Therapeutic Communication (board game)

• Communication w/ barriers

• Healthy Relationships

• Conflict Resolution (role play game)

• Electronic Communication

• Cultural Diversity ed puzzle

• Resources: board game, role play game

1 day Age Specific Competencies 

• Developmental milestones from 

◦ infancy

◦ toddlerhood 

◦ school age

◦ adolescence 

◦ adulthood

◦ geriatrics

• Break out box exercise in groups 

• Resources: break out box kit

1 day MLA formatting/Plagiarism 

• Scientific writing skills related to MLA 8th edition 

• Correctly citing another author’s work to avoid plagiarism 

• Presentation by librarian (Nearpod activity)

• Resources: ipads for nearpod

1-2 days Hospital required preparation

• Hospital identification badges 

• Immunizations/TB tests 

• Hospital Orientation 

• Background

All Year Professional Conduct & Clinical Rotation Experience  

• Medical facility rules and regulations

• Medical Term

• Professional Dress (daily assessment)

• Chain of Command 

• Work Ethic 

• Military Time

• Cultural competence

All Year Clinical Rotation Experience (will continue to incorporate all of the above throughout clinical rotations) 

• Clinical Journal -  Documentation of clinical experience (weekly summary of new knowledge gained and skills observed/performed)

• Basic facts (once per rotation- real world application questions related to safety, standards precautions and emergency codes/evacuation)

• Independent Study (once per rotation- in depth knowledge based questions related to specific unit within the hospital)

• Task Sheet (once per rotation checklist of observations/skills performed in assigned unit)

• Knowledge Checks (weekly assessments of clinical knowledge)

• Report Sheets

• Clinical Reports, Oral presentations, Case Study Infograph (once per rotation- culminating project specific to unit)

• Career exploration (5 different units for an average of 10 days each or about 130 hours/year)

• Departments within various medical Facilities 

• Patient assessment as it relates to the student’s assigned unit.

1 day Global Health

• Discuss and understand global health issues

• Societal impacts

◦ sanitation

◦ water 

◦ environment

◦ housing 

◦ nutrition

◦ disease 

• Activity: (In class group work)  Research 2 different health issues on different continents and brainstorm strategies for improvement for each.

• Resources: computers

1 Day Stop the Bleed and Triage

• Skills: Use of CAT tourniquets, wound packing on simulated leg 

• “Stop the Bleed” course slides/materials 

• Types of triage (START video- embedded)

• Types of shock

• Activity: classification using triage dolls

• Jenga review using terms and concepts

• Resources: tourniquets, triage doll kit, simulation legs, gauze, jenga games and questions 

2 Day Fractures, Burns, Wounds

• Types of fractures and bone healing 

• Levels of burns and TBSA calculations 

• Types of wounds and wound healing

• Activity: TBSA burned using Lund and Browder, Rule of nines, and  Rule of Palms

• Jenga review using terms and concepts

• Resources: jenga games and questions  

Fall CCA

12-16 Days

Strategies for the Prevention of Disease

• Health and Wellness

• Mental Health

• Public Health

• Environmental Health

• Pain Management

• Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)

Patient Education 2 Days

• Idea for Semester Exam

• Students make a video presentation & brochure to demonstrate knowledge of material covered during the 1st semester.

1 Day OSHA

• Homework assignment: Careersafe online training (10 hours) to obtain OSHA healthcare certification

• Resources: computer

2 days: Pregnancy, Labor and Delivery 

• Healthy habits before pregnancy

• Signs of pregnancy 

• Activity: Calculation of TPAL and EDB

• Stages of labor 

• Dangers and complications of pregnancy (worksheet)

• Stages of involution and recovery

• Activity: Empathy belly, life size pregnancy book

• Jenga review using terms and concepts

• “Miracle of Birth” videos

• Resources: videos, empathy belly kit, pregnancy book

1 day: Newborn 

• newborn vital signs, vital statistics (newborn measurements) and normal characteristics

• APGAR scoring 

• SIDS prevention

• Reflexes 

• Jenga review using terms and concepts

• Activity: Swaddling the crying/moving infant with NAS, FAS infant 

• Newborn worksheet

• Video: physical assessment of the newborn 

• Resources: FAS and NAS babies, swaddles, jenga games and questions, infant measuring band

12-18 Days Occupationally Specific knowledge and skills

• History & physical

• Activities of daily living (proper gait belt use)

• Admission, Transfer & Discharge procedures

• Intake & Output (skills practice)

• Bedmaking (skills practice)

1 Day: Job Seeking Skills

• Thank you letters

• Resume 

• Cover letters

• Letter of resignation 

Spring CCA

Required Project:

1.     Adult CPR and Use of an AED

Required Project:

1 Clinical Reports, Oral presentations, Case Study Infographic

Required Project:

1 Clinical Reports, Oral presentations, Case Study Infographic

Required Project:

1 Clinical Reports, Oral presentations, Case Study Infographic

Cycle 1:

-Professionalism

-Teamwork

-Problem Solving

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- Job Seeking Skills

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-Communication Skills

-Self Management Skill

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-Civic and Social Responsibility

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