NURS 3313 Strategies for Prof Nursing: Clinical Skills

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The course focuses on clinical nursing skills commonly employed by professional nurses in the provision of competent nursing care to patients experiencing transitions in health status. Emphasis is on the theoretical basis for the skills, correct psychomotor techniques, and customization of these skills in various simulated patient situations. Students are expected to integrate knowledge from the basic physical and psychosocial sciences into the acquisition of new skills. Learning experiences include content presentations/discussions, independent study with various modalities, and supervised laboratory practice.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

1. Identify the steps of the nursing process in relation to competent performance of clinical nursing skills.
   
2. Assume the professional partnership role with faculty and peers to enhance learning of self and others.
   
3. Describe the use of therapeutic communication skills when performing clinical nursing skills.
   
4. Demonstrate critical thinking skills and application of scientific principles in performing and customizing clinical nursing skills.
   
5. Demonstrate scholarship for the acquisition and application of new knowledge to practice.
   
6. Work collaboratively with faculty and peers to improve skills performance of self and others.
   
7. Identify the ethical and legal implications of skill performance and medication administration.
   
8. Participate actively in integrated learning experiences.