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NUR 1006 Medical Surgical Nursing Concepts

Jan Brandenburg
Spring 2023

Weekly Schedule Class Due dates

Wednesday, 8:30-9:50 Labs
Thursday, 8:00-9:50
Friday, 8:00- 8:50, Open Lab
learning activities
Week 1 (First week only: Personalized Learning (PL): Chp 8
1/18, 20 Wednesday, 8:00-9:50 Fluid Imbalances due 1/18
Friday, 1/21 8:00-10:20 instead of
Unit 1 Thursday)
Intravenous Syllabus, Intro to Davis
Therapy, Fluid Unit 1
and Electrolytes IV therapy
Read Chp 10 Hoffman and Sullivan
IV therapy, peripheral and central
LAB 1 LAB LAB 1/20 Fri, 10:30-11:50
Tuesday, 1/17, Tues, 1410-1700 Central line dressing change and
Wednesday, Assessment and skills review, blood draw
Friday 1/17,18,20 medication administration critical
Skills review, IV thinking, escape “room” activity
Therapy, Blood
draw, Central 1/18 Wed, 10:00-12:30
Lines IV starts, Venous blood draw, IV
pumps and tubing, IV calculations
Week 2 Unit 1 PL: Chp 8 Electrolyte Balance due
1/25, 26, 27 Fluid and Electrolytes 1/25
Read Chp 8 Hoffman and Sullivan Edge: Fluid Imbalances and
Unit 1 Fluid and Electrolytes Electrolytes (2) due 2/1
Fluid and Registerednursern.com videos Clinical Judgment: Chp 8 Fluid and
Electrolytes Electrolytes in class
Open Lab: Jeopardy, Case Study Other assignments (lab tables, case
studies, etc.): Lab Cheat Sheet #1
due 2/8
Week 3 Unit 1 PL: Chp 9 Acid Base due 2/1
2/1, 2, 3 Acid/Base Balance Edge: Acid Base due 2/8
Read Chp 9 Other assignments (lab tables, case
Unit 1 Registerednursern.com videos studies, etc.): Lab Cheat Sheet #2
Acid/Base due 2/8
Balance Open Lab: Acid Base Tic Tac Toe,
practice quiz
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Week 4 2/8 EXAM 1 Unit 1 PL: Chp 15-17 Pre-, Intra-, Post-op
2/8, 9, 10 (3) due 2/9
Unit 2
Unit 2 Peri-op PL: Chp 11 Pain due 2/10
Pain, Peri-op, Read Chp 15-17
Lecture during Guest speaker Samantha Edge: Pre-, Intra-, Post-op , Pain (4)
open lab Mahaffey due 2/15
Pain Management
Read Chp 11 Other assignments (lab tables, case
studies, etc.): Case study
Open Lab: Pain lecture

Week 5 Unit 3 PL: Chp 19 Hypersensitivity due

2/15, 16, Immunity and HIV 2/15, Chp 22, HIV due 2/16
No class 17 Read Chp 18, 22, assigned
sections of Chp 19 PL: Chp 50 Pressure Injury, Chp 21
Unit 3 MRSA (optional) due 2/22
Immunity, HIV, Integumentary, Wounds, MRSA
Read Chp 49, 21, assigned Edge: Hypersensitivity, HIV due
Integumentary, sections of Chp 50 (recorded, no 2/22
Wounds, MRSA lecture, will be on Exam 2)
Edge: Pressure Injury, MRSA
Open Lab: None, no class (optional) (2) due 2/22

Other assignments (lab tables, case

studies, etc.): Lab Cheat Sheet #3
due 2/22

Week 6 2/22 EXAM 2 Unit 2, Unit 3 Part 1 PL: Chp 14 Shock, due 2/23
2/22, 23, 24
Unit 3 Edge: Shock due 3/1
Unit 3 Shock and Sepsis Clinical Judgment: Chp 14 Shock
Sepsis Read Chp 14 due 3/1

Open Lab: Case Study Other assignments (lab tables, case

studies, etc.): Lab Cheat Sheet #3,
Faces of Sepsis due 3/1

Week 7 Unit 4 PL: Chp 34 Anemia (optional) and

3/1, 2, 3 Hematological Disorders Sickle Cell Disease due 3/1
Read Chp 33, assigned sections
Unit 4 of Chp 34 PL: Chp 13 Cancer (optional), Chp
Hematological Cancer 65 Breast Cancer due 3/2
Disorders Read Chp 13
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Cancer, STIs STIs *PL: Chp 67 STIs due 3/22*

Assigned sections of Chp 65 and
67. No lecture on STIs, review on PL: Chp 24 Influenza, TB, (one
your own, due after spring break. required, your choice) due 3/2

Begin Unit 5 Edge: Anemia (optional), Sickle Cell

Respiratory Disease, Cancer (optional), Breast
Read Chp 23, assigned sections of Cancer (2) due 3/8
Chps 7, 24,25,26 (not on Exam 3)
*Edge: STIs due 3/22*
Open Lab: Cancer case study
Other assignments (lab tables, case
studies, etc.): Lab Cheat Sheet #4
due 3/22

Week 8 3/8 EXAM 3 Unit 3 Part 2, Unit 4 PL: Chp 26 Asthma, COPD (one
3/8, 9, 10 required, your choice)
Unit 5 Chp 25 Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Unit 5 Respiratory due (2) 3/9
Respiratory Read Chp 23, assigned sections of
Chps 7, 24,25,26 Edge: Influenza, TB, Asthma, COPD
(two required, your choice),
Open Lab: Respiratory Scenarios Obstructive Sleep Apnea (3) due
3/22
Clinical Judgment: Chp 26 COPD
due 3/22

Other assignments (lab tables, case

studies, etc.): Case Study

3/10 Lab LAB 2

Fri, 3/10, 0900-1150
Simulation Shock, Respiratory
Spring Break! NO CLASS Review Chp 67 PPT, no lecture
3/13-17 *PL: Chp 67 STIs due 3/21*
Rest and Relax! *Edge: STIs due 3/21*

Week 9 Unit 6 PL: Chp 28 Cardiac Assessment,

3/22, 23, 24 Cardiovascular Chp 29 Cardiac Electrical
Read assigned sections of Chps Conduction (optional), Chp 30 HF,
Unit 6 28, 29, 30, 31 Chp 31 Hyperlipidemia and HTN,
Cardiac DVT (one required, your choice) (3)
Open Lab: Cardiac Scenarios, due 3/22
ECG interpretation
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Edge: Cardiac Assessment, Cardiac

Electrical Conduction (optional),
HF, Hyperlipidemia and HTN, DVT
(one required, your choice) (3) due
3/29

Other assignments (lab tables, case

studies, etc.): Lab Cheat Sheet #5
due 3/29

Week 10 3/29 Exam 4 Units 5 & 6, STIs PL: Chp 36 Seizures and
3/29, 30, 31 Alzheimer’s, Chp 39 due 3/30
Unit 7 Stroke due 4/6
Unit 7 Neuro
Neuro Read Chp 35, assigned sections of Edge: Seizures, Alzheimer’s, due
Chp 36, 39 4/5, Stroke due 4/10

Open Lab: Neuro scenarios

Week 11 4/5 no class, watch recorded PL: Chp 46 Cataracts and

4/5 Advising Sensory lecture, and do PL and Glaucoma, Chp 48 Hearing Loss (3)
day, no class Edge quizzes due 4/5
4/6, 7
Unit 7 Cataracts, Glaucoma, Hearing Loss
Unit 7 Sensory due (3) 4/14
Sensory Read Chp 45, assigned sections of
MS Chp 46 and 48 (recorded, no PL: Chp 53 Osteoporosis (optional),
lecture, will be on Exam 5) Chp 54 MS Trauma due 4/10

Neuro continued Edge: Osteoporosis (optional), MS

Trauma due 4/14
Musculoskeletal
Read Chp 52, assigned sections of Other assignments (lab tables, case
Chp 53, 54 studies, etc.): Case Study

Open Lab: Jeopardy CV, MS,

Neuro

4/7 Lab LAB 3

Fri, 4/7, 0900-1150
Cardiac, Neuro, MS
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Week 12 4/10
4/10, 13, 14
4/10, 13 Unit 7 continued
Class will be on Musculoskeletal
Monday and Read Chp 52, assigned sections of
Thursday this Chp 53, 54
week only, 4/10
and 4/13. Peds 4/13 EXAM 5 Unit 7
Health Fair is on
Tuesday and 4/13 Begin Unit 8 Endocrine after PL: Chp 40 Endocrine Function, and
Wednesday, 4/11 exam, continue during open lab Chp 42 Adrenal, optional, Chp 43
and 12 Thyroid, (2) due 4/14
Unit 8
Unit 8 Endocrine Endocrine Edge: Endocrine Function, Adrenal,
Read Chp 40, assigned sections of optional, Thyroid, (2) due 4/19
Chps 42-43

Open Lab: Endocrine lecture

Week 13 Unit 8 PL: Chp 44 Diabetes, Chp 56 GERD,

4/19, 20, 21 Chp 57 PUD, Chp 58 IBS,
Endocrine Appendicitis (two required, your
Unit 8 GI Read Chp 44 choice) (3) due 4/19

GI Edge: Diabetes due 4/26,

Read Chp 55, assigned sections of GI Chp 56-58 optional, none
Chps 56-59 required, do Kaplan instead

Open Lab: GI scenarios Kaplan: Do Gastrointestinal NGN B

Focused Review and Remediate by
4/28 11:59 pm. Ticket to Test for
Integrated Kaplan on 5/4

Clinical Judgment: Chp 44 Diabetes

due 4/26

Other assignments (lab tables, case

studies, etc.): Lab Cheat Sheet #6
due 5/3

Week 14 Unit 8 PL: Chp 62 Renal Failure, Chp 63

4/26, 27, 28 Renal Kidney Stones, Bladder
Read Chp 61, assigned sections of Incontinence (both optional) Chp
Unit 8 Renal, Chps 62, 63 66 BPH (2) due 4/26
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Endocrine
Open Lab: Review Edge: Renal Failure, Kidney Stones,
Bladder Incontinence (both
optional), BPH (2) due 5/3

Clinical Judgment: Chp 62 Renal

Failure, due 5/3

Other assignments (lab tables, case

studies, etc.):

4/28 Lab LAB 3

Fri, 4/28, 0900-1150
Simulation, NCLEX review

Week 15 5/3 EXAM 6 Unit 8 5/4 Kaplan

5/3, 4, 5

Week 16
5/9-11 Comprehensive Final Exam TBD

**SCHEDULE GUARANTEED TO CHANGE!**