Total Army Training System Courseware

PRACTICAL NURSE

Course No. 081-301-91C20
Title PRACTICAL NURSE
Effective
Date		 1 JULY 1995
Supersedes
TATS
Course(s)		 NONE
Proponent The proponent of this document is the Academy of Health Sciences.
Foreign
Disclosure
Restrictions		 The materials contained in this course have been reviewed by the course instructors in coordination with the Fort Sam Houston foreign disclosure authority. This course is releasable to military students from all requesting foreign countries without restrictions.
Purpose/
Scope

. The purpose of the 91C Practical Nurse Exportable Course is to prepare selected and qualified Army Medical Department enlisted personnel to: 1. Provide basic practical nursing support during the delivery of medical and nursing care to patients during peacetime and mobilization. 2. Function as efficient and effective soldiers and first level noncommissioned officers in a variety of settings by demonstrating personal integrity, accountability, responsibility, dependability and initiative.

Crucial Course Objectives: 1. Discuss principles of basic level anatomy, physiology, microbiology and nutrition. Perform basic level pharmacological calculations. 2. Discuss personal and vocational adjustments; legal aspects of nursing and ethics. 3. Administer safe and effective beginning level practical nursing care. 4. Apply knowledge of drug therapy to nursing practice. 5. Demonstrate effective oral and written communication skills. 6. Demonstrate leadership skills as both a team member and a team leader. 7. State basic principles of field nursing in accordance with (IAW) FM FM 8-230.

Special
Instructions		 This course is available for download only. Materials may be in more than one format, for example: Microsoft Word (DOC), Microsoft Power Point (PPT), Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), and Moving Picture Expert Group (MPEG). Necessary viewers are available from the RDL "DOWNLOAD VIEWERS" site.

Testing Material. Test material is not included with this course. The TASS Battalion Test Control Officer will order the test material from:

U. S. Army Medical Department Center and School
Academy of Health Sciences
Department Of Nursing Sciences
Fort Sam Houston, Texas 78234-6100

Questions concerning subject matter of this course may be addressed to the Proponent.

TATS
Course
Content		 This TATS Course consists of the following:
ACADEMIC TIME
ANNEX A: ORIENTATION SUBJECTS 41.0
ANNEX B: CURRENT TRENDS AND PRACTICES IN SURGERY 10.0
ANNEX C: CENTRAL MATERIEL SUBJECTS 51.0
ANNEX D: GENERAL SURGICAL SUBJECTS 84.0
ANNEX E: DUTIES OF THE CIRCULATOR 17.0
ANNEX F: DUTIES OF THE SCRUB 21.0
ANNEX H: MANDATORY ANNEX 0.0
TOTAL 224.0

A course Read-Me Data File (RMDF) lists all files included for download. Files are grouped by download package. The intent of the RMDF is to assist the instructor in downloading only what he needs and ensuring that he has all required materials following download.

To download course materials, click on ALTFMTDownload Documents to see a list of downloadable self-extracting zip files (packages). Select and double-click, one at a time, on the files (packages) that contain the desired materials. You will be prompted for a "save" location on your hard drive.