Maricopa Community Colleges  NCE210   19954-99999 
Official Course Description: MCCCD Approval: 04/25/95
NCE210 19954-99999 LEC 1 Credit(s) 1 Period(s)
School Nurse Emergency Assessment Skills
Update of emergency assessment in the school setting. Includes emergency assessment of seizures, asthma, head and neck injuries, heat-related problems, bites, stings, and burns, and orthopedic injuries. Prerequisites: School nurse, school health aide, other health professionals or permission of the instructor.
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MCCCD Official Course Competencies:
 
NCE210   19954-99999 School Nurse Emergency Assessment Skills
1. Identify current seizure assessment and treatment for the school-age child. (I, II)
2. Describe the recommended treatment for head and neck trauma encountered in the school environment. (III)
3. Describe the acute interventions involved in treating lacerations and orthopedic injuries at school. (IV)
4. Identify the infectious diseases encountered by the school-age child and describe current treatments. (V)
5. Explain current interventions in the treatment of bites, stings and burns. (VI)
6. Identify the children at risk for developing heat-related problems and describe interventions. (VII)
7. Identify current modalities and describe current assessment procedures for the asthmatic child. (VIII)
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MCCCD Official Course Outline:
 
NCE210   19954-99999 School Nurse Emergency Assessment Skills
    I. Overview of emergency assessment
      II. Seizures
          A. Types
          B. Assessment
          C. Intervention
          D. Current update on treatment
        III. Head and neck trauma
            A. Mechanism of injury
            B. Intervention
            C. Prevention
          IV. Orthopedic injuries
              A. Types
              B. Intervention
              C. Prevention
            V. Infectious diseases
                A. Types
                B. Intervention
                  1. Reporting
                  2. Other
                C. Prevention
              VI. Bites, stings and burns
                  A. Identification
                  B. Intervention
                  C. Prevention
                VII. Heat-related illness
                    A. Types
                        b. Intervention
                    C. Prevention
                  VIII. Asthma
                      A. Assessment
                      B. Intervention
                      C. New therapies
                      D. Prevention
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