UNIT 1: GENERAL INTRODUCTION►

Definition of Terms

  • Definition of Terms

    1. Incident An occurrence or event that interrupts normal procedure or
    precipitates an injury Incident report A form that is filled out in order to record

    details of an unusual event that occurs at

    2. the facility

    3. Instructional resources Equipment or materials used during laboratory
    demonstration and return demonstration. These include CD and DVD,

    multimedia projector, and smart board. 

    4. Laboratory technician He is the person in charge of the laboratory.

    5. Laboratory equipment and supplies All the equipment and materials
    used in the nursing procedures. These are, but not limited to the different
    types of mannequins, anatomic models, beds, wheelchairs, bedside tables,
    stretchers, infusion pumps and supplies. 

    6. Laboratory Instructor He is the responsible person that provides
    professional support, supervision, guidance to the nursing during their

    clinical experience in the skills laboratory.

    7. Laboratory users All students, laboratory instructors and demonstrators

    using the laboratory.

    Nursing Laboratory A place where students acquire basic skills as part of

    their preparation in the actual

    8. clinical exposure. 

    9. Nursing Clinical Learning This is a practical integration and application of
    knowledge, skills and attitudes learned from the skills laboratory and applied
    it in the actual clinical set-up.This process is facilitated with the provision of
    professional support, supervision, guidance, feedback and evaluation by a
    preceptor assigned in the hospital and clinical Instructor. It is on the aspect
    of clinical education that provides students with context-based learning that
    is gained through first-hand client and professional interactions and through

    opportunity to experience “the doing” in the clinical practice setting. 

    10. Practical This is an actual application of knowledge gained from the

    theoretical 

    11. aspect of nursing. The nursing student has a chance to practice all the skills
    required to meet the competency in caring patients in the skills laboratory or

    in the actual hospital clinical set-up. 

    12. Skills Laboratory This is an area in the college in which lecture and
    demonstration is carrying-out by the laboratory instructor as well as the

    return demonstration of the nursing students are being performed. 

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