I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Nursing Practicum I
2. Course Prefix & Number:
NURS 2513
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 0
Lab Hours: 9
4. Course Description:
Clinical component that focuses on the use of nursing judgment, evidenced-based practice, and informatics in the application of the nursing process, including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation with 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. Clinical sites may include acute and long term care settings, as well as clinics and various community service agencies. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
NURS 2513 - Nursing Practicum I
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
NURS 2513 - Nursing Practicum I
All Credit(s) from the following...
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| NURS 2501 | Adaptation to Health & Illness Through The Lifespan I | 6 cr. |
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
|
Name of Institution
|
Course Number and Title
|
Credits
|
|
Alexandria Technical College
|
NURS 2312 Comprehensive Clinical I
|
6
|
|
Ridgewater College
|
NURS 2050 Professional Nursing Practice
|
4
|
III. Course Purpose
Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
|
Name of Program(s)
|
Program Type
|
|
Associate of Science, Nursing
|
AS
|
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate oral communication skills |
Apply principles of effective communication through interactions with clients, nurses and families |
| Apply abstract ideas to concrete situations |
Apply nursing theory to clinical situations. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
|
Expected Outcome
|
MnTC
Goal Area
|
|
Demonstrate ability to consistently provide a safe and effective care environment to clients across the lifespan.
|
|
|
Utilize nursing interventions for health promotion and maintenance in the clinical setting.
|
|
|
Integrate psychosocial integrity and adaptation in nursing practice.
|
|
|
Demonstrate accurate knowledge and psychomotor skills for pharmacological and parenteral therapies.
|
|
|
Demonstrate knowledge and ability to promote physiological adaptation to current illness.
|
|
|
Demonstrate communication patterns that serve to enhance interpersonal relationships with clients, peers, instructors, and members of the health care team.
|
|
|
Document in the client’s medical record, using correct charting procedures, abbreviations and medical terminology.
|
|
|
Integrate theoretical concepts from physical and behavioral sciences to nursing care.
|
|
|
Accurately assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate clients according to NANDA care planning theory.
|
|
|
Demonstrate professional attitude and practice that is committed to professional growth and RN role transition.
|
|
|
Practice within the professional, ethical and legal framework.
|
|
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions
|
Clinical sessions involve 15 clinical
shifts (0645 – 1445). Topics covered
include:
|
|
1. Application
of Nursing Process: Each student must
be evaluated for the ability to make a nursing care plan for a patient
including:
a.
Assessment
b.
Planning
c.
Intervention
d. Evaluation
|
|
2. Health teaching and counseling. Each student must be evaluated for the
ability to:
a.
Promote a
patient’s understanding of a health practice or of needed area through
teaching.
3. Teaching nursing personnel. Each student must be evaluated for the
ability to:
a.
Assess nursing
personnel for a learning need
b.
Make a teaching
plan for meeting a learning need
c.
Implement a
teaching plan for nursing personnel
d. Determine if a learning need of nursing personnel
has been met
|
|
4. Therapeutic
communication skills
a.
Apply
principles of effective communication through interactions with clients,
nurses and families.
b.
Demonstrate
complete and concise end of shift oral report
c. Document in patients chart completely and concisely
according to facility policy and procedure, including use of the electronic
medical record as needed
|
|
Clinical sessions involve 15 clinical
shifts (0645 – 1445). Topics covered
include:
|
|
1. Application
of Nursing Process: Each student must
be evaluated for the ability to make a nursing care plan for a patient
including:
a.
Assessment
b.
Planning
c.
Intervention
d. Evaluation
|
|
2. Health teaching and counseling. Each student must be evaluated for the
ability to:
a.
Promote a
patient’s understanding of a health practice or of needed area through
teaching.
3. Teaching nursing personnel. Each student must be evaluated for the
ability to:
a.
Assess nursing
personnel for a learning need
b.
Make a teaching
plan for meeting a learning need
c.
Implement a
teaching plan for nursing personnel
d. Determine if a learning need of nursing personnel
has been met
|
|
4. Therapeutic
communication skills
a.
Apply
principles of effective communication through interactions with clients,
nurses and families.
b.
Demonstrate
complete and concise end of shift oral report
c. Document in patients chart completely and concisely
according to facility policy and procedure, including use of the electronic
medical record as needed
|
I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Nursing Practicum I
2. Course Prefix & Number:
NURS 2513
3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:
Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 0
Lab Hours: 9
4. Course Description:
Clinical component that focuses on the use of nursing judgment, evidenced-based practice, and informatics in the application of the nursing process, including assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation with 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. Clinical sites may include acute and long term care settings, as well as clinics and various community service agencies. Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory grading
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
NURS 2513 - Nursing Practicum I
There are no prerequisites for this course.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
NURS 2513 - Nursing Practicum I
All Credit(s) from the following...
| Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
| NURS 2501 | Adaptation to Health & Illness Through The Lifespan I | 6 cr. |
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
|
Name of Institution
|
Course Number and Title
|
Credits
|
|
Alexandria Technical College
|
NURS 2312 Comprehensive Clinical I
|
6
|
|
Ridgewater College
|
NURS 2050 Professional Nursing Practice
|
4
|
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
|
Name of Program(s)
|
Program Type
|
|
Associate of Science, Nursing
|
AS
|
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
| College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
| Demonstrate oral communication skills |
Apply principles of effective communication through interactions with clients, nurses and families |
| Apply abstract ideas to concrete situations |
Apply nursing theory to clinical situations. |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
|
Expected Outcome
|
MnTC
Goal Area
|
|
Demonstrate ability to consistently provide a safe and effective care environment to clients across the lifespan.
|
|
|
Utilize nursing interventions for health promotion and maintenance in the clinical setting.
|
|
|
Integrate psychosocial integrity and adaptation in nursing practice.
|
|
|
Demonstrate accurate knowledge and psychomotor skills for pharmacological and parenteral therapies.
|
|
|
Demonstrate knowledge and ability to promote physiological adaptation to current illness.
|
|
|
Demonstrate communication patterns that serve to enhance interpersonal relationships with clients, peers, instructors, and members of the health care team.
|
|
|
Document in the client’s medical record, using correct charting procedures, abbreviations and medical terminology.
|
|
|
Integrate theoretical concepts from physical and behavioral sciences to nursing care.
|
|
|
Accurately assess, diagnose, plan, implement, and evaluate clients according to NANDA care planning theory.
|
|
|
Demonstrate professional attitude and practice that is committed to professional growth and RN role transition.
|
|
|
Practice within the professional, ethical and legal framework.
|
|
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions
|
Clinical sessions involve 15 clinical
shifts (0645 – 1445). Topics covered
include:
|
|
1. Application
of Nursing Process: Each student must
be evaluated for the ability to make a nursing care plan for a patient
including:
a.
Assessment
b.
Planning
c.
Intervention
d. Evaluation
|
|
2. Health teaching and counseling. Each student must be evaluated for the
ability to:
a.
Promote a
patient’s understanding of a health practice or of needed area through
teaching.
3. Teaching nursing personnel. Each student must be evaluated for the
ability to:
a.
Assess nursing
personnel for a learning need
b.
Make a teaching
plan for meeting a learning need
c.
Implement a
teaching plan for nursing personnel
d. Determine if a learning need of nursing personnel
has been met
|
|
4. Therapeutic
communication skills
a.
Apply
principles of effective communication through interactions with clients,
nurses and families.
b.
Demonstrate
complete and concise end of shift oral report
c. Document in patients chart completely and concisely
according to facility policy and procedure, including use of the electronic
medical record as needed
|
|
Clinical sessions involve 15 clinical
shifts (0645 – 1445). Topics covered
include:
|
|
1. Application
of Nursing Process: Each student must
be evaluated for the ability to make a nursing care plan for a patient
including:
a.
Assessment
b.
Planning
c.
Intervention
d. Evaluation
|
|
2. Health teaching and counseling. Each student must be evaluated for the
ability to:
a.
Promote a
patient’s understanding of a health practice or of needed area through
teaching.
3. Teaching nursing personnel. Each student must be evaluated for the
ability to:
a.
Assess nursing
personnel for a learning need
b.
Make a teaching
plan for meeting a learning need
c.
Implement a
teaching plan for nursing personnel
d. Determine if a learning need of nursing personnel
has been met
|
|
4. Therapeutic
communication skills
a.
Apply
principles of effective communication through interactions with clients,
nurses and families.
b.
Demonstrate
complete and concise end of shift oral report
c. Document in patients chart completely and concisely
according to facility policy and procedure, including use of the electronic
medical record as needed
|