I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Professional Nursing Practicum II

2. Course Prefix & Number:
NURS 2514

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 3

Lecture Hours: 0

Lab Hours: 9

4. Course Description:

This course is the clinical lab component that focuses on integration of knowledge, skills, and theoretical principles, with continued emphasis on the use of nursing judgment, evidenced-based practice, and informatics in the application of the nursing process while caring for individuals across the lifespan experiencing acute and chronic illness and families experiencing childbearing in order to provide safe, quality, patient-centered care and promote human flourishing. Additional course emphasis includes the application of leadership skills, including prioritization, delegation, supervision, and the management components necessary to promote professional development and a spirit of inquiry in the transition to the graduate AD registered nursing role. Clinical sites may include acute care settings, clinics, and/or various community service agencies. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading.

5. Placement Tests Required:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

9. Co-requisite Courses:

II. Transfer and Articulation

1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:

 

III. Course Purpose

1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course fulfills a requirement for the following program(s):

Nursing A.S. (Mobility)

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies	Students will be able to:
Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills	Role model communication patterns and teamwork that serve to enhance interpersonal relationships with patients, families, peers, instructors, and members of the healthcare team (QSEN Competencies: Teamwork and Collaboration).
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations	Demonstrate effective interpersonal communication in the delegation and supervision of the healthcare team (QSEN Competencies: Teamwork and Collaboration).
Work as a team member to achieve shared goals	Evaluate and modify existing plan of care utilizing the RN role functions of planning and promoting a higher level of wellness and health promotion (QSEN Competencies: Patient Centered Care).

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

• Integrate physical, developmental, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual integrity for planning holistic, patient-centered nursing care utilizing the nursing process (QSEN Competencies: Patient Centered Care);
• Role model communication patterns and teamwork that serve to enhance interpersonal relationships with patients, families, peers, instructors, and members of the healthcare team (QSEN Competencies: Teamwork and Collaboration);
• Evaluate and modify existing plan of care utilizing the RN role functions of planning and promoting a higher level of wellness and health promotion (QSEN Competencies: Patient Centered Care);
• Demonstrate ability to consistently provide a high-quality, safe, and effective caring environment to clients and families across the lifespan (QSEN Competencies: Patient Centered Care; Safety);
• Integrate the knowledge and science of nursing for accurate performance of psychomotor skills such as medication administration and various other therapeutic nursing interventions or treatments (QSEN Competencies: Evidence Based Practice; Safety);
• Demonstrate knowledge and integration of theoretical concepts to promote physiological and psychosocial adaptation to acute and chronic illness, including disease prevention, health promotion and maintenance;
• Demonstrate effective interpersonal communication in the delegation and supervision of the healthcare team (QSEN Competencies: Teamwork and Collaboration);
• Integrate the use of information and technology to enhance patient safety through navigation and documentation in the patient's electronic medical record using correct documentation procedures and medical terminology (QSEN Competencies: Safety; Informatics);
• Role model professional attitude and practice within the ethical and legal framework committed to excellence, diversity, and personal/professional development during RN role transition (QSEN Competencies: Teamwork and Collaboration);
• Demonstrate advanced level critical thinking and spirit of inquiry while implementing the nursing process and providing a higher level of wellness and health promotion; and
• Integrate electronic resources research with evidence-based practices and protocols that support decision making (QSEN Competencies: Evidence Based Practice; Informatics).

 

V. Topical Outline

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

2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions

1. Nursing care plan
2. Management of care
3. Prioritizing
4. Evaluation and modification of nursing care plans
5. Health promotion, prevention, and maintenance of acute and chronic illness
6. Delegation and supervision
7. Psychosocial development
8. Leadership
9. Reflection of RN role and achievement of program student learning outcomes