NURS 2290 Acute Care Clinical II

Description

Acute Care Clinical II builds on the knowledge, skills, and attitudes from NURS 2190. Refinement of assessment, communication, and technical skills is practiced in an acute care setting. The student creates and evaluates patient centered plans of care while utilizing Evidence Based Practice (EBP).

Credits

2

Prerequisite

NURS 2125, NURS 2130, NURS 2135, NURS 2145, NURS 2150, and NURS 2190. Maintains current requirements of clinical sites. Castle Branch documents are completed.

Corequisite

None

Topics to be Covered

1. Nursing Process

2. Assessment

3. Nursing Interventions

4. Evaluation of goals

5. Therapeutic Communication

6. Patient Education

7. Collaboration

8. Prioritization

9. Nursing Skills

10. Charting via HER

Learning Outcomes

1. Develop and evaluate plans of care for diverse patient populations and families. (QSEN – Patient Centered Care; NLN – Nursing Judgment).

2. Appraise own level of communication skill in encounters with patients, families, and the health care team. (QSEN – Quality Improvement, Teamwork and Collaboration).

3. Examine own limitations to knowledge and clinical expertise to provide safe and effective care and to prevent errors. (QSEN – Safety, Quality Improvement).

4. Design an individualized teaching plan based on the identified learning needs of the patient and family. (QSEN – Patient Centered Care; NLN – Human Flourishing).

5. Demonstrate care within an ethical and legal framework. (NLN – Professional Identity).

6. Demonstrate application of nursing skills appropriate to individualized patient care. (QSEN – Safety).

7. Correlate integrity, responsibility, and ethical practice within the professional identity of a nurse in the clinical setting. (NLN – Professional Identity).

8. Plan effectively within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care (QSEN: Teamwork and Collaboration).

9. Incorporate technology to research, plan, implement interventions, evaluate and document client care. (QSEN – Informatics).

10. Prioritize selection of nursing interventions that are based on evidenced based practice to provide holistic care to clients and family. (QSEN – Evidenced Based Practice; NLN – Nursing Judgment).

Credit Details

Lecture: 0

Lab: 2

OJT: 0

MnTC Goal Area(s): None