NUR250 – Professional Nursing Practicum
Prerequisite: Admission to LPN to RN
Completion Program
4 Credit Hour (Clinical)
Syllabus
Department:
Nursing: LPN to RN Completion Program
Course Description:
The purpose of this course is to provide the student the opportunity to function as a contributing
member of the interprofessional team and collectively apply the knowledge and skills acquired in
previous courses. Students will be given the opportunity to provide care to patients with multisystem
disorders in complex care settings that is safe, evidence-based, patient-centered, and focused on
promoting positive patient outcomes. They will also be expected to make clinical judgments using
clinical reasoning skills. Emphasis is placed on demonstration of professional behaviors, communication
that supports information exchange, collaboration and conflict mediation, ethical comportment and the
ability to effectively use leadership skills.
Course Competencies:
1. Perform a comprehensive health assessment of patients across the lifespan with deviations
from normal that contribute to complex, multisystem alterations in health.
2. Evaluate individualized, evidence-based care to ensure that it demonstrates an appreciation of a
patient’s diverse cultural, spiritual, and developmental variations while addressing the
interaction of multisystem alterations in health.
3. Act as a patient advocate when collaborating with members of the interprofessional healthcare
team in the provision of safe, quality care for patients across the lifespan with complex,
multisystem alterations in health.
4. Demonstrate clinical judgment when managing the care of patients across the lifespan with
complex, multisystem alterations in health.
5. Integrate knowledge of pharmacology, pathophysiology, nutrition, established evidence-based
practices, and concepts from previous nursing courses when caring for patients across the
lifespan with complex, multisystem alterations in health.
6. Evaluate the use therapeutic communication by the interprofessional team and its effect on
patient outcomes.
7. Use healthcare information systems and patient care technology to manage patient care,
mitigate error, and communicate relevant patient information with members of the healthcare
team.
8. Integrate evidence based knowledge into the management of patients with complex,
multisystem alterations in health.
9. Evaluate the efficacy of health-related education that has been provided to patients, families,
and groups.
10. Integrate the use of effective communication and clinical reasoning skills to influence members
of the healthcare team when making clinical judgments regarding resource utilization and the
management of patient care.
11. Using evidence and recognized nursing standards evaluate the need to make changes in patient
care.
12. Adhere to ethical, legal, and professional standards while managing the care of patients across
the lifespan with multisystem alterations in health.
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NUR250 – Professional Nursing Practicum
Prerequisite: Admission to LPN to RN
Completion Program
4 Credit Hour (Clinical)
Course Content:
Clinical Objectives:
A. Coordinate patient care with members of the inter-professional healthcare team.
B. Evaluate nursing care provided to patients, families, groups, populations, and communities
across the lifespan from diverse backgrounds in a variety of settings to ensure that it is
compassionate, age and culturally appropriate and based on a patient's preferences, values and
needs.
C. Implement actions that minimize safety risks and environmental hazards in healthcare settings.
D. Integrate input from other members of the healthcare team to improve individual and team
performance.
E. Model culturally sensitive care for patients, families, and groups from diverse backgrounds.
F. Perform a comprehensive health assessment including physiological, psychological, sociological,
and spiritual needs of patients, families, groups, populations, and communities across the
lifespan experiencing complex (unstable acute conditions) health alterations in a variety of
settings.
G. Use clinical reasoning and clinical judgment when evaluating nursing care to improve patient
outcomes.
H. Use the nursing process to prioritize the delivery of patient care, with two or more patients, to
achieve optimal outcomes
I. Use verbal and nonverbal communication that promotes caring, therapeutic relationships with
individuals, families, and groups.
J. Advocate for patients, families, and groups regarding nursing care issues and health care
decisions
Instructional Materials:
Syllabus
Instructional Materials:
ATI: Comprehensive Testing and Review Package for RNs: Skills Modules, Nurse Logic 2.0,
Pharmacology Made Easy 2.0, Dosage and Calculations 2.0
Lippincott's CoursePoint for Brunner & Suddarth's Textbook of Medical-Surgical Nursing
Brunner 13e, Hinkle, Cheever, 13th Ed., 2 vols., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
ISBN-13: 978-1-4698-8663-3
Lippincott’s DocuCare Online v 0.2, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2012
ISBN-13: 978-1-4511-8687-1.
Optional:
Physical Assessment Check-off Notes, Holloway, FA Davis Company, 2013
ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-2965-3
RN Pocket Pro, Myers, FA Davis Company, 2013 ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-2982-0
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NUR250 – Professional Nursing Practicum
Prerequisite: Admission to LPN to RN
Completion Program
4 Credit Hour (Clinical)
Guidelines for Requesting Accommodations Based on
Documented Disability or Medical Condition
It is the intention of Highland Community College to work toward full compliance with the Americans
with Disabilities Act, to make instructional programs accessible to all people, and to provide reasonable
accommodations according to the law.
Students should understand that it is their responsibility to self-identify their need(s) for
accommodation and that they must provide current, comprehensive diagnosis of a specific disability or
medical condition from a qualified professional in order to receive services. Documentation must
include specific recommendations for accommodation(s). Documentation should be provided in a timely
manner prior to or early in the semester so that the requested accommodation can be considered and,
if warranted, arranged.
In order to begin the process all students must complete the “Disabilities Self-Identification
Form” at this link: https://highlandcc.edu/pages/disability-services.
Syllabus
This form can also be accessed at the Highland Community College homepage under Students
Services/Student Resources/Disability Service or by contacting the Disabilities Coordinator.
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