NRSG 216 - Clinical Practicum 4: Advanced Acute Care

3 Credits

In this course students will demonstrate and practice advanced concepts from theory in the acute care setting and build upon skills related to assessment and patient safety. The student will have opportunities to develop professional behaviors and clinical reasoning skills, applying advanced techniques in communication and collaboration with the healthcare team.

Pre-requisite(s) NRSG 136 with minimum GPA of 2.5.
Program Admission Required Yes Admitted Program NRSG
FeesHG AH

Quarters Typically Offered
Fall Day, Evening, Weekend
Winter Day, Evening, Weekend
Spring Day, Evening, Weekend

Designed to Serve Fourth quarter AAS-Registered Nurse program students.
Active Date 20230320T10:56:38

Grading Basis Decimal Grade
Class Limit 28
Contact Hours: Clinical 99
Total Contact Hours 99
Degree Distributions:
ProfTech Course Yes
Restricted Elective Yes
ProfTech Related Instruction

Communications
Computation
Safety
Human Relations

Course Outline
Advanced Medical Surgical Acute Care

Assessing abnormal
Safety
Professional behaviors
Clinical reasoning
Collaboration
Communication
Cultural responsiveness
Informatics

Student Learning Outcomes
Professionalism, Communication, & Collaboration

Model professional behaviors among peers that reflect collaboration and teamwork in a clinical setting.

Clinical Judgment

Identify patient cues and provide rationale for nursing clinical decision making for expected and unexpected patient outcomes.

Safety

Execute safe patient care and mitigate risk of harm within scope of practice.

Person-Centered Care

Identify and respond to patient values, preferences and expressed needs of a patient experiencing acute alteration in health status.
Perform nursing interventions to address needs of a client experiencing acute alteration in health status.

Informatics & Quality Improvement

Completes documentation in healthcare record that reflects quality and standards of care.