Capstone Clinical Immersion

Catalog description

Senior level clinical immersion course that emphasizes the integration and application of theory, clinical reasoning and judgement and evidence based practice. NURS 450C is the clinical capstone course for the Second Degree Nursing Option and provides a total of 315 clinical hours. Clinical hours will be spent with a preceptor in a clinical setting, where the student will be responsible for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the care of clients and will have the opportunity to employ management and delegation skills in the care of clients. Clinical hours focus on preparing the student to transition into the Registered Nurse role. Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to demonstrate the ability to practice in a holistic, culturally competent and caring manner; demonstrate the ability to practice within the context of professional, ethical, regulatory and legal codes of nursing practice; demonstrate the ability to promote, support, and facilitate the health, well-being, and comfort of vulnerable populations so as to enhance the quality of service delivery; demonstrate the ability to perform comprehensive and systematic assessments and take appropriate actions; demonstrate the ability to utilize evidence based practice and modern technologies to assess and respond appropriately to patient needs; utilize nursing skills to provide optimum care and to practice principles of health and safety in a caring, nonjudgmental manner; utilize nursing skills to respond to a person's needs throughout the life span, i.e. life choices, disability, and end of life issues; demonstrate current and relevant knowledge of the social, health, and behavioral sciences that can be applied to nursing practice; demonstrate current and relevant knowledge of ethical, legal, national, and international policies that can be applied to nursing practice; demonstrate current knowledge of nursing research to provide nursing care that is rigorous and evidence based; demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively (including the use of technology) with patients, families, social groups and the health care team; identify, manages and support health promotion and health educational activities to optimize patient safety and well-being; demonstrate the ability to lead and coordinate a team, delegating care appropriately; demonstrate the ability to assess risk and actively promote the well-being, safety, and security (patients and coworkers) in the work environment; demonstrate increased confidence in the nurse generalist role and in the value of life-long learning.