School of Nursing
Course Information – Semester 5
Spring 2017
Fall Classes begin January 23, 2017
Clinical Requirements. All clinical requirements—CPR, health and auto insurance, immunizations and
TB screening are due to CastleBranch by January 2, 2017. If CPR expires soon, schedule renewal now
and make sure you take the correct course. The CPR card needs to read “Healthcare Professional or
Healthcare Provider” and is good for 2 years.
Please Note: If clinical requirements are not updated by January 2, 2017, students WILL BE disenrolled from clinical courses, which could affect financial aid eligibility and clinical placement. You
will also need to have your ATU HIPAA test completed by Monday, January 2, 2017.
Register for the following courses: N422, N424, N474, and N475. (See Class Schedule on the web.)
All courses are described below. Course syllabi and supplements will be available in Blackboard Learn.
Please print out all syllabi and supplements prior to class orientations.
N422: (Registration # 4243). Class will meet on Tuesdays, 8-10:50 a.m. (Room TBA). Orientation will
be on the first day of class. This course fulfills the writing intensive requirement for the major. Please
check Blackboard for further information about the course.
Textbooks: Textbooks may be used but please note that the strength finder assessment will need to
be purchased independently [est. $15] if a used Rath (2007) book is purchased.
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Marquis, B. L. & Huston, C. J. (2015). Leadership Roles and Management Functions in Nursing
(8th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Huston, C.J. (2016). Professional issues in nursing: Challenges & opportunities (4th ed.).
Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
Rath, T. (2007). Strengths Finder 2.0. New York, NY: Gallup Press.
American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological
Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
N424: This is a preceptor course so it has no established day. You will need to schedule your clinical
time around theory courses, public health clinical days and your preceptor’s schedule. Clinical time
will start week 4 of the semester. Mandatory Orientation will be on Monday, February 13, 2017 from
1-3:00, place TBA. You will also need to be prepared for hospital orientations. These will vary by
clinical site and are schedule according to hospital’s timeframe. So please be flexible with your time
during weeks 3 and 4 to accommodate the mandatory hospital orientations.
N424—section 1—Registration # 4285 – Feather River Hospital, Instructor: Persaud
N424—section 2---Registration # 4286 – Oroville Hospital, Instructor: Ottem
N424—section 3—Registration # 4287 – Enloe Medical Center, Instructor: Salopek
N424—section 4—Registration # 4288 – Redding (Shasta), Instructor: Kelly
Textbooks: No additional textbooks. You will use N422 textbook and references (drug/lab books from
other semesters).
N474: Your clinical day will be either Wednesday or Thursday for the entire semester. Plan on being
available 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on your clinical days. Regardless of the day your N474 is scheduled, keep
Wednesdays and Thursdays available for the first three weeks, to be available for agency orientations
and simulation activities. Additional simulation activities will be scheduled later in the semester. You
will also engage in a community project, time to be determined based upon the individual project.
Orientation for sections 1 & 2: Wednesday, January 25 (9 am - 4 pm) Room: TBA
Orientation for sections 3 & 4: Thursday, January 26 (9 am – 4 pm) Room: TBA
N474 – Section 1 – Registration # 4252 (Wednesdays) – Lightfoot/Kajla (North region)
N474 – Section 2 – Registration # 4253 (Wednesdays) –Morgan (Butte Co. area, South region)
N474 – Section 3 – Registration # 4254 (Thursdays) –Kralj (West regions/ Butte Co.)
N474 – Section 4 – Registration # 4255 (Thursdays) –Harris (South & West region)
Additional Information:
N474 - Public Health Seminar - There will be seminar meetings as part of the N474 course.
Seminar meetings may be either through virtual network or in-person, depending upon
faculty preference. The dates of seminars will be decided during the 474 Orientation.
N474 Public Health Nursing Clinical Placement- Semester 5 is a busy semester with many
courses and clinical sites to coordinate. A PHN Clinical request survey will be used to help
determine your clinical assignment for public health N474. The Clinical Request survey for
N475 is available at this link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ZGCN2TN. Please complete
this survey by December 1st, 2016.
N475: (Registration #4251). Class will meet on Tuesdays from 2-4:50 p.m., Room: TBA. Orientation
will be on the first day of class.
Required Textbook:
Allender, J.A., Rector, C., & Warner, K. D. (2014). Community & public health nursing: Promoting the
public’s health (8th ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. (ISBN: 978-1-60913-688-8).
Recommended Textbook:
American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological
Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author. (ISBN: 978-1-4338-0561-5)
Supplemental Reading: There will also be a book club assignment. Students will select one book from
the list below to read for this assignment. You may select your book early and begin reading over
break if you desire. Please select a book that you have NOT already read. All books are available in
paper form and as audio books.
 Kidder, T. (2003). Mountains beyond mountains. Random House. Electronic source is available
through the Meriam Library.
 Grande, R. (2013). The distance between us: A memoir. Washington Square Press. (2014-15
CSU Chico Book-in-Common).
 Stevenson, B. (2014). Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. Spiegel and Grau. (201516 CSU Chico Book-in-Common)
 Steinam, G. (2016). My life on the road. Penguin Random House. (Current 2016-2017 CSU
Chico Book in Common. See the link: http://www.csuchico.edu/bic/ )