NRS 224A Integrative Practicum

This course is designed to formalize the clinical judgments, knowledge and skills necessary in safe, registered nurse practice. The preceptor model provides a context that allows the student to experience the nursing work world in a selected setting, balancing the demands of job and life long learner. Faculty/preceptor/student analysis and reflection throughout the experience provide the student with evaluative criteria against which they can judge their own performance and develop a practice framework. Required for AAS and eligibility for RN licensure.

Credits

2

Prerequisite

NRS 222A and NRS 222B and admission into the Nursing Program

Corequisite

NRS 224B 

Course Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Make sound clinical judgments, based on increasingly complex knowledge base and experience in care selected populations
2. Set priorities in the provision of care with attention to client needs and available resources
3. Practice self-reflection and self-analysis and identify areas for improvement
4. Advocate for inclusion of client/family uniqueness in all aspects of care
5. Identify costs and benefits of resource options for client care
6. Regularly evaluate and augment own leadership in client and team situations in the selected population
7. Delegate to, and evaluate, others ensuring that the task is within their scope of practice
8. Access, evaluate and integrate new learning into practice
9. Identify a vision and influence others to share the vision to support quality of care
10. Demonstrate commitment to new and continuing learning opportunities, expanding repertoire of learning activities and experiences with other health care team members, especially those who hold different points of view
11. Demonstrate competent performance when evaluated against national standards and criteria accepted in selected populations and/or settings
12. Promote collaborative teamwork and empower others