OUTLINE FOR RENR PREP- COMPETENCY BASED

1. NURSING PRACTICE
 Nursing process
 Ethico-legal considerations
 Research
 Nursing management of patients with various disease states
 Pre and post operative management
2. PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
 Code of Ethics
 Principles of Bio-ethics
 Ethical dilemma and ethical decision making
 Legal responsibilities of the nurse
3. HEALTH PROMOTION AND MAINTENANCE
 Health education
 Teaching strategies
 Learning styles
 Level of prevention
 Theories of health promotion
4. LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
 Functions of management
 Leadership styles
 Change management
 Motivational theories
 Quality assurance
 Care delivery models
5. COMMUNICATION
 Roles/functions of the nurse
 Therapeutic relationship
 Counselling process
 Communication process
 Effective communication
6. CLINICAL DECISION MAKING AND INTERVENTION
 Critical thinking skills
 Decision making
 Inductive and deductive reasoning
 Evidence base practice
7. PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
 Continuing education
 Competent practice
 Efficient and safe use of technology

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 SCHEME OF WORK
TOPIC
PROFFESSIONALISM DIABETES MELLITUS

-Definitions -Etiology
-Characteristics of a Profession -Pathophysiology
-Nursing as a Profession -Signs and Symptoms
-Professional Behaviors in Nursing -Diagnostic Tests
-Professional Development in Nursing -Medical management
-Professional Standards -Nursing management using the
-Nursing Process Nursing Process
-Patient Classification
HYPERTENSION ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
(ANGINA)
-Etiology
-Pathophysiology -Etiology
-Signs and Symptoms -Pathophysiology
-Diagnostic Tests -Signs and Symptoms
-Medical management -Diagnostic Tests
-Nursing management using the Nursing Process -Medical management
-Nursing management using the
Nursing Process
ETHICS MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
(MI)
-ICN Code of Ethics
- -Bio-ethical principles -Etiology
-The importance of Ethics in Nursing practice -Pathophysiology
-The Nurses’ role in promoting and maintaining -Signs and Symptoms
ethical standards of the Nursing profession -Diagnostic Tests
-Behaviors depicting adherence/non-adherence to -Medical management
ethical principles -Nursing management using the
Nursing Process
HEART FAILURE LEGAL ISSUES IN NURSING

-Etiology -Assault and battery

-Pathophysiology -Negligence and mal practice
-Signs and Symptoms -Fraud
-Diagnostic Tests -Defamation of Character
-Medical management -Invasion of privacy
-Nursing management using the Nursing Process -False imprisonment
Legal responsibilities:
-Informed consent
-Documentation
-Delegation
-Staffing
-Main areas of Litigation against nurses

ASTHMA FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE

IMBALANCES
-Etiology
-Pathophysiology -Etiology
-Signs and Symptoms -Pathophysiology
-Diagnostic Tests -Signs and Symptoms
-Medical management -Diagnostic Tests
-Nursing management using the Nursing Process -Medical management
-Nursing management using the
Nursing Process

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TRAUMATIC HEAD INJURY FLUID AND ELECTROLYTE
IMBALANCES (CONT’D)
:Depressed Skull Fracture
:Epidural Hematoma -Etiology
:Subdural Hematoma -Pathophysiology
-Etiology -Signs and Symptoms
-Pathophysiology -Diagnostic Tests
-Signs and Symptoms -Medical management
-Diagnostic Tests -Nursing management using the
-Medical management Nursing Process
-Nursing management using the Nursing Process
RSEARCH METHODOLOGY ACUTE RENAL FAILURE

-Types of research -Etiology

: Qualitative vs. Quantitative -Pathophysiology
: Experimental vs. Non-Experimental -Signs and Symptoms
-Diagnostic Tests
-Research designs -Medical management
-Research process -Nursing management using the
-Sampling methods Nursing Process
-Ethical issues in nursing research
-Data collection tools
-Problem statement in research

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE

-Impact of a disaster on society -Etiology

-Natural disasters -Pathophysiology
-Industrial accidents -Signs and Symptoms
-Occupational health and safety act of Trinidad -Diagnostic Tests
and Tobago -Medical management
-The components of a disaster preparedness team -Nursing management using the
-The role of the nurse in disaster preparedness Nursing Process
and management
:Pre-disaster
:Intra-disaster
:Post-disaster

SUB-ARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE GILLIAN BARRE SYNDROME

-Etiology -Etiology
-Pathophysiology -Pathophysiology
-Signs and Symptoms -Signs and Symptoms
-Diagnostic Tests -Diagnostic Tests
-Medical management -Medical management
-Nursing management using the Nursing Process -Nursing management using the
Nursing Process
CEREBROVASCULAR MYASTENIA GRAVIS
ACCIDENT/STROKE
-Etiology
-Etiology -Pathophysiology
-Pathophysiology -Signs and Symptoms
-Signs and Symptoms -Diagnostic Tests
-Diagnostic Tests -Medical management
-Medical management -Nursing management using the
-Nursing management using the Nursing Process Nursing Process

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COPD (EMPHYSEMA, CHRONIC MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
BRONCHITIS)
-Etiology
-Etiology -Pathophysiology
-Pathophysiology -Signs and Symptoms
-Signs and Symptoms -Diagnostic Tests
-Diagnostic Tests -Medical management
-Medical management -Nursing management using the
-Nursing management using the Nursing Process Nursing Process
MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP PNEUMONIA

-Functions of management and leadership -Etiology

-Leadership styles -Pathophysiology
-Characteristics of a leader -Signs and Symptoms
-The nurse as a manager and leader -Diagnostic Tests
-Ward management -Medical management
-Quality Assurance -Nursing management using the
-Performance Appraisal Nursing Process
-Nursing Audit
MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP TUBERCULOSIS

-Functions of management and leadership -Etiology

-Leadership styles -Pathophysiology
-Characteristics of a leader -Signs and Symptoms
-The nurse as a manager and leader -Diagnostic Tests
-Ward management -Medical management
-Quality Assurance -Nursing management using the
-Performance Appraisal Nursing Process
-Nursing Audit
CHANGE MENINGITIS

-The nurse as a change agent -Etiology

-The characteristics of a change agent -Pathophysiology
-The factors preventing change -Signs and Symptoms
-The factors promoting change -Diagnostic Tests
-The role of the nurse in promoting change -Medical management
-Lewin’s Model of Change -Nursing management using the
- Kotters Change Model Nursing Process
INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE: RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
CROHN’S DISEASE, ULCERATIVE -Etiology
COLITIS -Pathophysiology
-Signs and Symptoms
-Etiology -Diagnostic Tests
-Pathophysiology -Medical management
-Signs and Symptoms -Nursing management using the
-Diagnostic Tests Nursing Process
-Medical management
-Nursing management using the Nursing Process
HAEMOTHORAX, PNEUMOTHORAX, INFLAMMATORY BOWEL
TENSION PNEUMOTHORAX DISEASE:
CROHN’S DISEASE,
-Etiology ULCERATIVE COLITIS
-Pathophysiology
-Signs and Symptoms -Etiology
-Diagnostic Tests -Pathophysiology
-Medical management -Signs and Symptoms
-Nursing management using the Nursing Process -Diagnostic Tests
-Medical management
-Nursing management using the
Nursing Process

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HEALTH PROMOTION TRAUMATIC INJURIES (MVA,
STABBINGS, GUNSHOT
-Levels of health promotion WOUNDS, BEATINGS)
-Health teaching/education
-The role of the nurse in health promotion -Etiology
-Pathophysiology
-Signs and Symptoms
-Diagnostic Tests
-Medical management
-Nursing management using the
Nursing Process

COUNSELLING HIV/AIDS

-The Wessex model of counseling -Etiology

-The therapeutic relationship -Pathophysiology
-The nurse as a counselor -Signs and Symptoms
-The counseling process -Diagnostic Tests
-Medical management
-Nursing management using the
Nursing Process

PANCREATITIS HEPATITIS
-Etiology
-Etiology -Pathophysiology
-Pathophysiology -Signs and Symptoms
-Signs and Symptoms -Diagnostic Tests
-Diagnostic Tests -Medical management
-Medical management -Nursing management using the
-Nursing management using the Nursing Process Nursing Process
CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER BURNS
-Etiology
-Etiology -Pathophysiology
-Pathophysiology -Signs and Symptoms
-Signs and Symptoms -Diagnostic Tests
-Diagnostic Tests -Medical management
-Medical management -Nursing management using the
-Nursing management using the Nursing Process Nursing Process

BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA GASTRITIS

(BPH) -Etiology
-Etiology -Pathophysiology
-Pathophysiology -Signs and Symptoms
-Signs and Symptoms -Diagnostic Tests
-Diagnostic Tests -Medical management
-Medical management -Nursing management using the
-Nursing management using the Nursing Process Nursing Process
TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION OF THE
PROSTATE (TURP)

-POST OPERATIVE NURSING

MANAGEMENT

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BREAST CANCER PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE
-Etiology -Etiology
-Pathophysiology -Pathophysiology
-Signs and Symptoms -Signs and Symptoms
-Diagnostic Tests -Diagnostic Tests
-Medical management -Medical management
-Nursing management using the Nursing Process -Nursing management using the
MASTECTOMY Nursing Process
-Modified Radical -POST OPERATIVE NURSING
-Wedge Resection MANAGEMENT
-Partial
-POST OPERATIVE NURSING
MANAGEMENT
PANCREATIC CANCER PROSTATE CANCER
-Etiology -Etiology
-Pathophysiology -Pathophysiology
-Signs and Symptoms -Signs and Symptoms
-Diagnostic Tests -Diagnostic Tests
-Medical management -Medical management
-Nursing management using the Nursing Process -Nursing management using the
WHPPLE’S PROCEDURE Nursing Process
POST OPERATIVE NURSING PROSTATECTOMY
MANAGEMENT -Suprapubic
-Retropubic
-Perineal
-POST OPERATIVE NURSING
MANAGEMENT
COLON CANCER CERVICAL CANCER
-Etiology -Etiology
-Pathophysiology -Pathophysiology
-Signs and Symptoms -Signs and Symptoms
-Diagnostic Tests -Diagnostic Tests
-Medical management -Medical management
-Nursing management using the Nursing Process -Nursing management using the
COLECTOMY AND CREATION OF Nursing Process
COLOSTOMY/ILEOSTOMY HYSTERECTOMY (TAH,
-POST OPERATIVE NURSING RADICAL)
MANAGEMENT POST OPERATIVE NURSING
MANAGEMENT
BRAIN CANCER CHOLECYSTITIS AND
-Etiology CHOLELITHIAS
-Pathophysiology -Etiology
-Signs and Symptoms -Pathophysiology
-Diagnostic Tests -Signs and Symptoms
-Medical management -Diagnostic Tests
-Nursing management using the Nursing Process -Medical management
CRAINIOTOMY -Nursing management using the
POST OPERATIVE NURSING Nursing Process
MANAGEMENT CHOLECYSTECTOMY
-POST OPERATIVE NURSING
MANAGEMENT
LARYNGEAL CANCER SICKLE CELL DISEASE
-Etiology
-Pathophysiology -Etiology
-Signs and Symptoms -Pathophysiology
-Diagnostic Tests -Signs and Symptoms
-Medical management -Diagnostic Tests
-Nursing management using the Nursing Process -Medical management
LARYNGECTOMY -Nursing management using the
POST OPERATIVE NURSING Nursing Process
MANAGEMENT

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LUNG CANCER ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
-Etiology -Etiology
-Pathophysiology -Pathophysiology
-Signs and Symptoms -Signs and Symptoms
-Diagnostic Tests -Diagnostic Tests
-Medical management -Medical management
-Nursing management using the Nursing Process -Nursing management using the
THORACOTOMY Nursing Process
POST OPERATIVE NURSING
MANAGEMENT
NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS PARKINSON DISEASE
-Etiology -Etiology
-Pathophysiology -Pathophysiology
-Signs and Symptoms -Signs and Symptoms
-Diagnostic Tests -Diagnostic Tests
-Medical management -Medical management
-Nursing management using the Nursing Process -Nursing management using the
Nursing Process

ACUTE AND CHRONIC LYMPHOCITIC SENILE DEMENTIA

LEUKEMIA -Etiology
-Pathophysiology
-Etiology -Signs and Symptoms
-Pathophysiology -Diagnostic Tests
-Signs and Symptoms -Medical management
-Diagnostic Tests -Nursing management using the
-Medical management Nursing Process
-Nursing management using the Nursing Process

HODGKINS AND NON-HODGKINS NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS

LYMPHOMA -Etiology
-Pathophysiology
-Etiology -Signs and Symptoms
-Pathophysiology -Diagnostic Tests
-Signs and Symptoms -Medical management
-Diagnostic Tests -Nursing management using the
-Medical management Nursing Process
-Nursing management using the Nursing Process
SUBSTANCE ABUSE ACUTE AND CHRONIC
-Factors precipitating substance abuse MYELOID LEUKEMIA
-Effects of substance abuse
-Interventions for substance abuse -Etiology
-The role of the nurse -Pathophysiology
-Signs and Symptoms
-Diagnostic Tests
-Medical management
-Nursing management using the
Nursing Process
PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS MULTILPLE MYELOMA

-ANXIETY -Etiology
-SCHIIZOPHRENIA -Pathophysiology
-DEPRESSION -Signs and Symptoms
-BIPOLAR DISORDER -Diagnostic Tests
-Medical management
-Nursing management using the
Nursing Process

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MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH ABUSE
Physical
Sexual
Emotional
Child
-Factors precipitating abuse
-Preventing or reducing abuse
-Interventions for abused victims
-The role of the nurse
EYES THE SUICIDAL CLIENT
-Cataract
-Glaucoma