I. General Information
1. Course Title:
Clinical Reasoning & Skills in Professional Nursing Lab
2. Course Prefix & Number:
NURS 2519
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 a Practical Nursing curriculum. Role differences between the LPN and RN, including scope of practice, advanced communications skills, critical thinking and nursing judgment, educator role, and nursing leadership and management skills are integrated. This course focuses on application of clinical reasoning and psychomotor skills through quizzes, worksheets, exams, videos, and audio PowerPoints. The theoretical concepts taught in this course will be applied in NURS 2519. .
5. Placement Tests Required:
6. Prerequisite Courses:
NURS 2519 - Clinical Reasoning & Skills in Professional Nursing Lab
There are no prerequisites for this course.
7. Other Prerequisites
Admission to AD Nursing Program.
9. Co-requisite Courses:
NURS 2519 - Clinical Reasoning & Skills in Professional Nursing Lab
All Course(s) from the following...
Course Code | Course Title | Credits |
NURS 2518 | Clinical Reasoning & Skills in Professional Nursing Lecture | 1 cr. |
II. Transfer and Articulation
1. Course Equivalency - similar course from other regional institutions:
Ridgewater College, NURS 2020 Transition from Practice to Nursing Education, 1 credit
Ridgewater College, NURS 2010 Assessment in Professional Practice, 1 credit
Ridgewater College, NURS 2030 Transition from Practice to Nursing Practicum, 1 credit
III. Course Purpose
1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):
Associates of Science, Nursing
IV. Learning Outcomes
1. College-Wide Outcomes
College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies |
Students will be able to: |
Demonstrate oral communication skills |
Demonstrate effective communication technique through role-play that promotes patient safety, teamwork, and collaboration, in the simulated health care setting. |
Demonstrate interpersonal communication skills |
Demonstrate patient-centeredness and caring behaviors in the utilization of verbal and non-verbal communication techniques that promote safety. |
Utilize appropriate technology |
Demonstrate theoretical and research-based knowledge and science in the performance of professional nursing skills in a simulated health care setting. (QSEN Competencies: Evidence Based Practice) |
2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of
the course:
- Apply knowledge of cultural diversity in the performance of holistic health assessment and client education across the lifespan in a simulated health care setting. (QSEN Competencies: Patient Centered Care);
- Demonstrate patient-centeredness and caring behaviors in the utilization of verbal and non-verbal communication techniques that promote safety. (QSEN Competencies: Patient Centered Care);
- Role-play effective communication techniques that promote patient safety, teamwork, and collaboration in the simulated health care setting. (QSEN Competencies: Patient Centered Care; Teamwork and Collaboration; Safety);
- Demonstrate 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. (QSEN Competencies: Evidence Based Practice; Safety);
- Apply concepts of quality and safety in the performance of professional nursing skills in a simulated health care setting. (QSEN Competencies: Quality Improvement, Safety);
- Demonstrate personal and professional growth in a simulated health care setting. (QSEN Competencies: Patient Centered Care; Evidence Based Practice; Safety; Informatics; Teamwork and Collaboration; Quality Improvement);
- Demonstrate theoretical and research-based knowledge and science in the performance of professional nursing skills in a simulated health care setting. (QSEN Competencies: Evidence Based Practice).
V. Topical Outline
Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.
2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions
- Head-to-Toe Assessment
- Medication Administration
- Documentation Skills
- IV Therapy
- Newborn Assessment, Cares & Feeding
- Central Line Dressing Change
- Central Line IV Medication Administration
- Blood Product Administration
- Delegation & Supervision
- Wound Care/Skin Assessment
- Tracheostomy & Chest Tube Management
- Nasogastric Intubation, Enteral feedings & TPN