NURSE - 131 - Communication Skills Lab - 11 Qtr

Course Change Form (Nursing) - 2025-2026

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  • ** Read before you begin**

    1. This form is for NURSING courses only.
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  • Rationale for Course Changes*: *

    Update neded to the course topics for the addition of contemporary nursing concepts to include Social Determients of Health and Health Equity. The topics of manipulation and power and control are concepts that feel out of date within the current contemporary nursing practice.. Some other topics added to the course outline include developmental level, sensory & cognitive levels. Pediatric content is threaded in the nursing curriculum, but the developmental communication considerations are well aligned in a communication in nursing course at the beginning of the program.

    Please explain what you are doing along with your rationale for doing so. Example 1: Revising prerequisites to increase student preparedness for course material. Example 2: Updating topics in outline and course description to reflect current subject matter knowledge and best practices.
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Description
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  • Subject Area (Prefix)*:*
    SUBJECT AREA is also known as the Prefix or the Department/Division code.  EXAMPLES: ABE for Adult Basic Education AES for American Ethnic Studies ENGL or ENGL& for English (The "&" indicates Common Courses.) MATH or MATH& for Mathematics PE for Physical Education
    Catalog Number (Code)*:*
    131
    131
    The CATALOG NUMBER (known as Code in MC Catalog) is a one-to three-digit number assigned to a particular course. Courses numbered under 100 are pre-college courses. Courses numbered 100 are transferable, but only as gray area courses. EXAMPLE: 101 is the course number portion of our ENGL& 101, English Composition I course.
  • Course Title (Name)*:*
    Communication Skills Lab - 11 Qtr
    Communication Skills Lab - 11 Qtr
    This is the title that will appear in the Course Catalog and in the Quarterly Class Schedule. Limit of 100 characters.
  • Transcript Abbrev. Title*:*
    Comm Skills Lab - 11 Qtr
    Comm Skills Lab - 11 Qtr
    This is the title that will appear on student transcripts and on registration forms. Please try to make your abbreviations as understandable as possible. Type in upper and lower case format. Limit 30 characters.
  • Minimum Units*:*
    1
    1
    EXAMPLE: MATH& 141 is a standard lecture class that meets for one hour a day, 5 days a week, for 11 weeks (Shoreline's standard) and has 55 credit hours at a 1:1 ratio and is worth 5 credits. Course credit hours are determined by the type of student contact hours and the ratio of those hours to the number of weeks in a quarter. Credit hours are defined as the unit by which an institution measures its course work. The number of credit hours assigned to a course is defined by the number of hours per week in class and the number of hours per week in out of class preparation. See student contact hours for definitions of the modes of instruction available, lecture/discussion (1:1 ratio), lab/applied learning (2:1 ratio), clinical/worksite (3:1 ratio), other (5:1 ratio).
  • Maximum Units*:*
    1
    1
    Unless this is a variable credit course this number should be the same as Minimum Units.
  • Financial Aid Progress Units:
    1
    1
    Enter 0 if this course is not eligible for Financial Aid, otherwise should be the same as Maximum Units.
  • Student Contact Hours*:*
    2
    2
    Enter the total number of classroom hours (lecture, lab, and clinical) that a student will be expected to attend each week.

  • The COURSE DESCRIPTION is the main description published in our catalog and the online class schedule. The description should include sufficient detail to convey the subject area and institutional intent of the course. If there are recommended prerequisites they should be included in the description. (Note: there is a field and definition of required prerequisites below.)

  • Course Description*:*

    Practice of communication skills including communicating within the health care team and with clients; group process; and responding to individuals with varying needs, ages, and problems. Techniques for managing personal stress in health care settings are explored. Equivalent to .

  • Dual listed as:
    A DUAL-LISTED COURSE is a course that can be taught in two different disciplines at the same time, and possibly meets two different distribution areas. Dual-listed courses must be listed and described, with identical descriptions and titles, under both disciplines listing in the college catalog and quarterly class schedules. When new dual-list course proposals are made, both courses should have identical course numbers. Please see the Procedures for Dual Listing on the Curriculum Committee SharePoint site.
  • Previously:
    When a course prefix or number is changed, the prior course information should be included here for 3 years.

  • PREREQUISITES are courses that must be taken, or conditions that must be met, prior to registration for a course. (Examples: "Placement into ENGL 99", "ALEKS score of 46 or higher", "Completion of CHEM& 121 with a 2.0 or higher", "Audition required.") Required prerequisites* are programmed into the registration system and checked against the student's record. If a student does not meet a prerequisite they will be unable to register for the class.**

    CO-REQUISITES are courses that can or must be taken concurrently. (Examples: "Concurrent enrollment in MATH& 146 required", "BIOL& 211 with a 2.0 or higher, or concurrent enrollment.") Required co-requisites are also programmed into the registration system.

    * Recommended prerequisites or co-requisites should be included in the Course Description above. Recommended prerequisites and co-requisites are not checked during the registration process.

    ** If a student is currently registered in a prerequisite class, the registration system will allow them to register under the assumption they will pass the prerequisite class. Failure to pass the prerequisite class will result in the student being dropped. Additionally, instructors and advisors can provide "Permission Codes" to students allowing them to bypass the prerequisite checking.

  • Prerequisite Required:

    Admission to the Nursing Program.

    Course prerequisites are a course or courses that must be taken prior to or concurrently with a higher level course, or other conditions that must be met prior to registration (for example: a minimum placement test score or an audition for a music course).

  • A COURSE TOPIC may be an attribute ot the course (such as Honors, or Writing Intensive) or a frequently used descriptive title ("Health Care in the News", or "Beyond Good and Evil: Reasoning about Morality") which will appear in the online schedule and will be printed on the student's transcript. Note that a course may have more than one Topic listed, but individual class sections can only have one topic selected (i.e.: an Honors section cannot also have a descriptive title topic).

  • Course Topics:
  • Add Consent*:*
    Indicates whether a permission code is required to enroll in the class.
  • Drop Consent*:*
    Does this course require instructor or program permission to drop? If you answer yes, students will not be able to withdraw without an instructor or dean signature.
  • Meets Requirements for Communication Skills:
    Course has been approved by the Communication Skills committee as meeting the Communication Skills requirement.
  • Meets Requirements for Multicultural Understanding:
    Course has been approved by the Multicultural Understanding committee as meeting the Multicultural Understanding requirement.
  • Meets Requirements for Quantitative/Symbolic Reasoning:
    Course has been approved by the QSR committee as meeting the QSR requirement.
  • Meets Requirements for Human Relations:
  • This Course Fulfills a Distribution Requirement:
    Academic courses should should follow ICRC guidelines for distribution area credit. Professional/Technical courses are almost always "Restricted Transfer."
  • Grading System*
    Choose which of the following grading systems will be used for this course: * Graded: Students will be awarded grades from .7 to 4.0 in 0.1 increments, or a 0.0, I, W, or Z. * Pass/Not Pass: The instructor will give only 0.0, I, P, NP, W or Z grade as defined in the College's current grading policy. * Student Option: Grading system defaults to decimal graded but students can request to change to Pass/Not Pass grading.
  • Grading Basis:*
    The grading basis programmed into ctcLink. * Graded: Default to decimal grading from .7 to 4.0 in 0.1 increments, or a 0.0, I, W, or Z. The "Student Option" grading system is entered into ctcLink as Graded, but students may request a change to Pass/Not Pass grading. * Pass/Not Pass: The instructor will give only 0.0, I, P, NP, W or Z grade as defined in the College's current grading policy. * BEdA: Adult Basic Education courses must use this grading basis. See the College's current grading policy.
Outcomes
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  • COURSE OUTCOMES are broad statements of what students should be able to do at the end of a course. They are meant to describe student learning within a course in a way that can be observed and evaluated by the instructor. Most courses have 4 to 7 outcomes.

  • Learning Outcomes*:*
    • Demonstrate therapeutic communication skills which facilitate nurse-patient relationships and promote patient-centered care.
    • Apply concepts of group process.
    • Demonstrate therapeutic communication techniques which facilitate interprofessional teamwork and collaboration in health care settings.
    • Demonstrate effective use of verbal and nonverbal strategies to reduce risk of harm to self and others in health care settings.
    • Identify and practice professional boundaries.
    • Demonstrate behaviors which promote professionalism including self-awareness and self-regulation.
    What should students know and be able to do as a result of taking this class? Course Outcomes are broad statements of what students should be able to do at the end of a course. They are meant to describe student learning within a course in four to seven statements. These outcome statements should describe student learning that can be observed and evaluated by the instructor.
Outline
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  • Course Outline*:*

    NURSE 131 provides students an opportunity to acquire skills and apply theory from NURSE 121 as well as theory presented in this course through role play and group discussion. Students learn group process while facilitating group discussions.

    1. The Patient as a health care consumer
      1. Patients' Rights
      2. Patients' preferences, values and needs
      3. Diversity, culture, power and privilege
      4. Social Determinants of Health
      5. Health inequities of marginalized populations
    2. The Role of the Nurse
      1. Characteristics and roles
      2. Professionalism
    3. Nurse-patient relationships
      1. Verbal and nonverbal communication
      2. Therapeutic communication concepts and techniques
      3. Impacts of culture, language, gender, beliefs, values, stereotypes, developmental level, and biases on patient-centered care
      4. Impacts of cognitive and sensory impairments on patient-centered care
      5. Professional boundaries
    4. Emotional and Physical Safety of Patients and Care Providers
      1. Culture of Safety & Just Culture
      2. Psychosocial environment & emotional safety
      3. Therapeutic environment
      4. Assertive behavior and managing conflict
      5. Patient advocacy
      6. Nursing burnout & moral injury
      7. Workplace violence & verbal de-escalation
    5. Self Awareness
      1. Self-concept, self-esteem
      2. Strengths and limitations
      3. Therapeutic use of self
      4. Anxiety & stressors
      5. Adaptive and maladaptive coping mechanisms
      6. Self-care strategies
      7. Motivation
    6. Interprofessional Relationships
      1. Group Process
      2. Relationship stages
      3. Communication facilitators
      4. Communication blockers
      5. Collaboration and teamwork
      6. Dynamics of Power in a group
      7. Feedback and advocacy
    Please list or outline the major topics this course will cover. This outline will be used by other faculty to understand the information that should be provided to students through this course.
Detail
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  • Institutional Intent*:*
  • Lecture Contact Hrs (Instructor hours):
    LECTURE: Students are engaged with faculty and class members in learning theoretical material and/or engaging in activities to apply the theory leading to mastery of course outcomes. Modes of instructional delivery could include but are not limited to: lecture, small group discussion, guided conversation, demonstration, case studies, role playing, problem based inquiry, and collaborative activities. Instruction may be a mix of presentation, facilitation and guided activities evidenced by frequent ongoing communication between instructor and students. Such activities could take place in a variety of instructional modalities. One credit is generated by one weekly contact hour of instruction or the equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time. Generally requires out-of-class student effort, typically two hours per class hour.
  • Lab Contact Hrs (Instructor hours):
    2
    2
    LAB: Students are actively engaged in practicing and mastering skills under the supervision of the instructor. This category of instruction could include but are not limited to labs, studios, shops, clinical experiences, computer-mediated learning, hands-on projects, or other skill building activities. Instruction may be individualized or group-focused and include skills assessment. Such activities could take place in a variety of instructional modalities. One credit is generated by two weekly contact hours of instruction or the equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time. May also include out-of-class student effort, typically one hour per two class hours.
  • Clinical Contact Hrs (Instructor hours):
    Clinical: Students are engaged in autonomous study or related work activity under the intermittent supervision of the instructor. This mode includes working with or under the direction of professional practitioners and may include preceptorships, co-ops, internships or service learning activities. Verification of learning outcomes is documented by college faculty in collaboration with professional practitioners. One credit is generated by a minimum of three weekly contact hours of supervised learning experience. Whereas, three weekly contact hours is the minimum programs can determine that additional hours are needed for the student learning needs. However, only one credit will be generated for enrollment counting purposes.
  • Default Section Size*:*
    12
    12
    The default section size is the number of seats determined to be the standard maximum capacity of a particular course. Capacities are recommended to the Vice President of Academic Affairs who makes the final decision regarding course capacity.

  • See the following link for CIP Code definitions by number:

    CIP 2020 - CIP Descriptions

  • CIP Code*:*
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  • Quarter(s) in which the course is typically offered:
Financial Information
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  • Funding Source*:*
  • F/T Base Term Contact Hours (Factor) - Lecture:
  • F/T Base Term Contact Hours (Factor) - Lab:
    18
    18
  • F/T Base Term Contact Hours (Factor) - Clinical:

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