NURS 291 - Entry Nursing Practice/Practicum (lecture)

Credits: 3
Variable Credit Course: No

Lecture Hours: 33
Lab Hours: 0
Worksite/Clinical Hours: 0
Other Hours (LIA/Internships): 0

Course Description: Focuses on factors impacting entry into practice. Examine challenges faced in today’s workplace and how to prepare for them. Power, leadership, communication and collaboration are viewed as key factors in helping the nurse be effective in the healthcare environment. Analyzes the safety and well-being of the patient and the nurse. The concepts of context and environment, knowledge and science, personal and professional development, quality and safety, relationship centered care and teamwork are integrated throughout.

Prerequisite: NURS 281 and 282 with grade of 2.7 (B-) or higher. Concurrent enrollment in PHIL 291.
General Education Requirements:

Fulfills Think General Education Requirement

Meets FQE Requirement: No
Integrative Experience Requirement: No

Student Learning Outcomes

Examine the challenges of today’s workplace in relation to established nursing practice standards.
Use personal and professional resources to prepare for nursing practice through application of practice strategies based on professional standards.
Analyze safety concerns that impact the nurse’s and patient’s well-being.
Determine the effective use of team-based collaboration and leadership to positively impact clinical outcomes related to healthcare disparities.
Evaluate information that promotes effective communication within a team utilizing research and EBP.
Examine current health care related systems and organizations that impact nursing as a profession.
Evaluate the relationship between prioritization of care and appropriate collaboration and delegation.
PROGRAM OUTCOME: Human Flourishing: Advocate for patients and families in ways that promote their self-determination, integrity, and ongoing growth as human beings.
PROGRAM OUTCOME: Nursing Judgment: Make judgments in practice, substantiated with evidence, that integrate nursing science in the provision of safe, quality care and promote the health of patients within a family and community context.
PROGRAM OUTCOME: Professional Identity: Implement one’s role as a nurse in ways that reflect integrity, responsibility, ethical practices, and an evolving identity as a nurse committed to evidence-based practice, caring, advocacy, and safe, quality care f
PROGRAM OUTCOME: Spirit of Inquiry: Examine the evidence that underlies clinical nursing practice to challenge the status quo, question underlying assumptions, and offer new insights to improve the quality of care for patients, families, and communities.

Course Contents

The challenges of today’s workplace.
Preparing for nursing practice.
Safety concerns for nurses and patients.
Power and leadership in nursing.
Current healthcare-related systems and organizations.
Effective communication within a healthcare team.
The relationship of prioritization of care and appropriate collaboration.

Instructional Units: 3