I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Advanced Skills for the Professional Nurse

2. Course Prefix & Number:
NURS 2542

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 1

Lecture Hours: 0

Lab Hours: 2

4. Course Description:

This course is designed to build on concepts, clinical reasoning, and skills attained in the fundamentals courses. Content includes the integration of advanced communications skills, critical thinking and nursing judgment, the educator role, and nursing leadership and management skills. Selected RN psychomotor skills will be taught and evaluated in a realistic, simulated learning environment with an emphasis on the application of the nursing process and use of evidenced-based practices that promote patient safety and quality in the performance of psychomotor skills. The goal is to provide exposure to actual clinical situations that will promote confidence and the ability to provide safe, quality, patient-centered care in the clinical setting as the student continues to transition in the RN role. This course focuses on the hands-on application of clinical reasoning and psychomotor skills through quizzes, worksheets, exams, videos, audio power points, skills test out, and simulation.

5. Placement Tests Required:

Accuplacer (specify test):

No placement tests required

Score:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

9. Co-requisite Courses:

There are no corequisites for this course.

II. Transfer and Articulation

III. Course Purpose

1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):

Nursing - Associate in Science Degree

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies	Students will be able to:
Demonstrate oral communication skills	Demonstrate an advanced level of patient-centeredness and caring behaviors in the utilization of verbal and non-verbal communication techniques that promote safety.
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations	Demonstrate an advanced level of theoretical and research-based knowledge and science in the performance of professional nursing skills in a simulated health care setting.
Discuss/compare characteristics of diverse cultures and environments	Demonstrate an advanced level of knowledge of cultural diversity in the performance of holistic health assessment and client education across the lifespan in a simulated health care setting.

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

• Demonstrate an advanced level of knowledge of cultural diversity in the performance of holistic health assessment and client education across the lifespan in a simulated health care setting;
• Demonstrate an advanced level of patient-centeredness and caring behaviors in the utilization of verbal and non-verbal communication techniques that promote safety;
• Role-play effective communication techniques that promote patient safety, teamwork, and collaboration in the simulated health care setting;
• Demonstrate an advanced level of critical thinking and nursing judgment substantiated with evidence in the application of the nursing process and performance of professional nursing skills in complex simulated patient scenarios;
• Apply concepts of quality and safety in the performance of professional nursing skills in a simulated health care setting;
• Demonstrate an advanced level knowledge of safety and infection control concepts that protect clients and health care personnel from health and environmental hazards in a simulated health care setting;
• Demonstrate an advanced level of personal and professional growth in a simulated health care setting; and 
• Demonstrate an advanced level of theoretical and research-based knowledge and science in the performance of professional nursing skills in a simulated health care setting. 

V. Topical Outline

Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.

2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions

1. Medication administration
2. IV therapy
3. Newborn assessment, cares, and feeding
4. Central line care
5. Central line IV medication administration
6. Blood product administration
7. Delegation & supervision
8. Wound care/skin assessment
9. Tracheostomy & chest tube management
10. Nasogastric insertion, enteral feedings, and TPN