NURS 270 Nursing Internship Winter NURS 270 Nursing Practicum and Capstone Project

NURS 270 Nursing Internship Winter NURS 270 INTERNSHIP This course syllabus is a contract between you and Bryant & Stratton College. It represents the minimum expected learning outcomes for this course. Your instructor will also provide a supplemental syllabus describing the approach to the course, instructional methods, tracking calendar, assignments, assessments and grading scheme, plus guidelines for your success. Semester Credit Hours: 2 Lecture: 1 (15 total hours) Internship: 6 (90 total hours) Term: FALL 2018 Proficiency Available: Prerequisite(s): Final Semester Co-requisite(s): NURS 230 Nursing Issues and Leadership Date of Last Revision: 8.2018 COURSE CATALOG DESCRIPTION: The focus of this course is to transition from student nurse to graduate nurse including preparation for the NCLEX-RN licensure examination upon graduation. LEARNING OUTCOMES Bryant & Stratton College prepares graduates for career and life by facilitating learning experiences for students to achieve the following intended outcomes: Course Outcomes: Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Utilize the nursing process to make effective clinical judgment when caring for culturally diverse patients as well as employ strategies for reflection on learning and practice. 2. Evaluate cognitive, affective, and psychomotor skills necessary to meet patients’ needs in a variety of health care settings. 3. Critically appraise QSEN competencies and best current evidence to guide decision making in nursing care and care planning. 4. Select appropriate communication techniques and leadership roles when working with patients, groups of patients, families and members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team. 5. Describe the responsibilities of the registered nurse and interpret the legal ethical concepts to implications for nursing practice. 6. Create independent learning goals to enhance life-long learning. 7. Support safe, effective, ethical nursing care utilizing information literacy to meet the needs of patients in a variety of health care settings. Institutional Outcomes: • Information Literacy and Communication - Utilize appropriate current technology and resources to locate and evaluate information needed to accomplish a goal, and then communicate findings in visual, written and/or oral formats. • Relational Learning - Transfer knowledge, skills and behaviors acquired through formal and informal learning and life experiences to new situations. • Thinking Abilities - Employ strategies for reflection on learning and practice in order to adjust learning processes for continual improvement. • Quantitative and Scientific Reasoning - Follow established methods of inquiry and mathematical reasoning to form conclusions and make decisions. • Community and Career - Participate in social, academic, and professional communities for individual growth and to function as a citizen of a multicultural world. MEDIA/EQUIPMENT/SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS: Bryant & Stratton College faculty, as content area experts, selected the following media package for this course. A decision was made from these approved packages and is reflected on the supplemental syllabus. SKILLS ASSISTANCE: The instructor will be available for Skills Assistance hours. The times and locations are published in the supplemental syllabus. TOPICS TO BE COVERED WILL INCLUDE: Delivery of Nursing Care ▪ Collaborate with instructor in designing an individualized learning experience ▪ Practice nursing in diverse settings, with varied populations/colleagues ▪ Collaborative practice Professional Performance ▪ Critical thinking ▪ Apply knowledge and skills of nursing and related courses ▪ Apply skills in time management and clinical judgments Cultural Sensitivity ▪ Cultural influences on patient care and care planning Review and Apply Nursing Theory in a Variety of Practice Environments ▪ Relate knowledge gained from previous coursework to the clinical setting Prepare for the NCLEX RN Licensure Examination ▪ Comprehensive NCLEX predictor exam Medication Calculations Information literacy ▪ Information systems ▪ Best current evidence ▪ Communicate ▪ Manage knowledge Abuse and Neglect ▪ Legal and ethical responsibilities of the nurse Teaching and Learning ▪ Utilize teaching and learning techniques with patients and their support systems Communication ▪ Appropriate communication styles to patient ▪ Communicate assessment and evaluation findings to members of the health care team • HCAPS o Courtesy o Respect o Active listening o Explanations o Service Leadership ▪ Appropriate leadership management styles with groups of patients ▪ Leadership management styles in team leading ▪ Prioritization ▪ Delegation Pharmacological Considerations ▪ Pharmacologic implications of medication administration for clients in diverse settings o Medication calculations and conversions o Preventing medication errors • Actions ▪ Rights to medication administration ..........................................CONTINUED.............................................