Maricopa Community Colleges  NMT200   19924-99999 

Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 3-24-92

NMT200  1992 Summer I – 2010 Summer I

LEC

1.5 Credit(s)

1.5 Period(s)

Patient Care in Nuclear Medicine

Working knowledge of hospital structure, patient handling, hospital sepsis, basic nursing skills, emergency care, and patient-technologist communications.

Prerequisites: Health care experience within the last three years or permission of program director or department chair.

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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

 

NMT200  1992 Summer I – 2010 Summer I

Patient Care in Nuclear Medicine

 

1.

Describe the interrelationships between the nuclear medicine department and other departments in a hospital. (I)

2.

Demonstrate proper patient handling and movement to include, lifting and turning patients, transferring patients to and from wheelchairs, beds, and stretchers. (II)

3.

Describe hospital sepsis as related to communicable diseases/disease transmission to include, terminology, aseptic/sterile technique and isolation considerations. (III)

4.

Describe the standard techniques for the following basic nursing skills for measuring pulse, respiration, blood pressure, temperature, suction, oxygen adminstration, and perform an intravenous puncture. (IV)

5.

Recognize symptoms and describe the correct emergency care for patients experiencing the following conditions: hemorrhage, seizures, respiratory distress, fainting, choking, nausea, and vomiting. (V)

6.

Discuss standard patient-technologist communications to include, explanation of examination, patient rights, patient history, confidentiality, communicating with children, the seriously ill and the dying. (VI)

7.

Describe the care for patients in special situations to include patients on ventilators, with cervical halos, traction devices, and other ancillary equipment. (VII)

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MCCCD Official Course Outline:

 

NMT200  1992 Summer I – 2010 Summer I

Patient Care in Nuclear Medicine

 

I. Hospital Structure

A. Nuclear medicine department

B. Major departments

C. Ancillary departments

II. Patient Handling

A. Lifting patients

B. Turning patients

C. Transferring patients

III. Hospital Sepsis

A. Terminology

B. Aseptic and sterile technique

C. Specific communicable diseases

D. Disease transmission

E. Isolation considerations

IV. Basic Nursing Skills

A. Pulse

B. Respiration

C. Blood pressure

D. Temparature

E. Suction

F. Oxygen administration

G. I.V. puncture

V. Emergency Care

A. Hemorrhage

B. Seizures

C. Respiratory distress

D. Fainting

E. Choking

F. Nausea and vomiting

VI. Patient-Technologist Communications

A. Explanation of examination

B. Patient rights

C. Patient history

D. Confidentiality

E. Children and the seriously ill

F. Care for the dying

VII. Special Situations

A. Ventilators

B. Cervical halos

C. Traction devices

D. Other ancillary devices

 

 

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